we begin with mark segraves. mark, what's going on right now?er: jim weeshgs're right outside the cvs that everyone watched burn last night the intersection of pennsylvania and northwest avenue. as you can see, the crowd has been bigger than this, but this is about the average size of this crowd here today. now just moments ago, deep in that crowd is the police line. there's about 50 police standing with riot gear, and sometimes it gets tense between police and the protesters. here is the scene a little bit ago. now, so far there has been no

live in northwest, mark segraves news4. >>> one more look at our top story now. these are live pictures from our helicopter of a fire until a commercial area in capitol heights, maryland. this is prince george's county just off central avenue and the beltway. it's a three-alarm now, and as we've heard nobody injured here but they are struggling some to get this fire under control. the wind is a contributing factor. two pieces of fire fighting equipment have been destroyed by the fire here but they are hopeful that they can get this thing under control. smoke that can be seen for miles away and it's causing traffic problems and a lot of other disturbance and this again is in capitol capitol heights, maryland and we will keep you posted as this story continues to develop. >>> happier news we sent you a breaking news alert on the nbc washington app over the weekend. today major league baseball made it official. the all-star game is coming to d.c. in the summer of 2018. diana russini is here now. diana, big win for the team and everybody else around here too. >> some

we begin with mark segraves. mark, what's going on right now? >> reporter: jim weeshgs're right outside the cvs that everyone watched burn last night the intersection of pennsylvania and northwest avenue. as you can see, the crowd has been bigger than this, but this is about the average size of this crowd here today. now just moments ago, deep in that crowd is the police line. there's about 50 police standing with riot gear, and sometimes it gets tense between police and the protesters. here is the scene a little bit ago. now, so far there has been no incidents between police and protesters. there's been no arrests no violence here. of course, tonight at 10:00 this crowd will have to disperse. but many people came here today trying to pick up the pieces from last night. >> stop the violence please! we don't need this! where is everybody going to go and shop? y'all breaking into the stores and taking stuff. >> reporter: this woman has worked at this cvs for 13 years. last night she watched her neighborhood erupt in violence. >> it was wrong. it w

our team coverage continues with our mark segraves. >> he's live at medstar washington hospital whereolice officers are being treated. >> reporter: doreen and jim, here's what we know for a fact. d.c. fire and ems spokesperson confirms that three victims were transported from the 11th and h street shoot-out scene here to medstar hospital earlier this evening. we can tell you that we have seen d.c. police officers and officers from other law enforcement agencies coming and going here in the last hour or so. now, our sources tell us that two officers were transported here one was shot one was injured as a result of the crash that ended that car chase and the third person transported here was the victim. again, conflicting reports about the current condition of that victim but here's what d.c. police chief cathy lanier and mayor bowser said about an hour ago at a press conference. >> right now we know we have a sergeant who has been struck. he's struck by gunfire, he's at an area hospital being treated and we know the suspect has been struck. i don't know conditions on either. both were

. >> mark segraves will have a report from the courtroom. >>> it's called a debt strike. more than 100 students are refusing to pay their federal loans. i'll splain why they're i'll explain why and whether it's a good idea. >>> new tonight, what the new york city police department is saying about that officer who unleashed that blistering rant in the face of the uber driver. manufacture. >> the last person suspected in a shootout along a neighborhood street? prince william county is in custody. andre perry was tracked down to norfolk and was arrested. three others are already in custody. police say they fired shots while they were driving down a street in dumfries last month after they saw each other at a nearby restaurant. no one was hurt but the residents found bullet holes in their walls and their cars. >>> the culpeper man is dead after a run-in with police that involved a stun gun. police spotted dominick wise who appeared to be intoxicated walking in circles on bell avenue. when officers tried to get him out of the street, they say he swung and kicked at him. an off

news4's mark segraves is there live. mark, police think this guy they're looking for is a teenager? >> reporter: they can't tell his exact age, jim but he is definitely much younger than the victim in this video. now, much of this was caught in surveillance video all happening inside the eastern market metro station on capitol hill. we want to warn viewers, some of you might take this surveillance video as disturbing. the elderly man and his attacker got off an orange line train here at the eastern market metro about 1:00 p.m. the video picks up as the two were headed up the escalator exchanging words. then the young man reaches the top of the escalator turns and waits for the elderly man. the young man is then seen spitting in the man's face. the elderly man appears to try to push away the attacker and then the young man begins punching the 69-year-old victim repeatedly until he falls to the ground. >> >> the suspect walked out of the station, not a care in the world, no rushing, no looking back, exiting th

news4's mark segraves is at the eastern market metro station where it all happened with the latest onrch. mark? >> reporter: doreen, police are still interviewing witnesses and they say more and more witnesses continue to come forward. but the biggest witness is that video the surveillance video that captured just about the entire incident here at eastern market metro. and we want to warn our viewers many of them might find this video disturbing. >> this one is really alarming. >> reporter: by the ind end of it all, a 69-year-old man was down on an escalator being helped by passengers. as for what started it all police are unsure. >> i think he might have had a conversation about, hey, watch how you bump people or watch elderly people. you can tell there's some type of conversation. then the assault occurs. >> reporter: then the two are seen leaving an orange line train and getting on an escalator where the conversation turns to finger pointing and arguing. then the younger man appears to spit in the older man's face. the older man tries to push the attacker away and that's when the b

news4's mark segraves is live along the red line in bethesda tonight. mark? >> doreen back in 2009 the ntsb made several safety recommendations to improve the safety in metro. the two biggest getting rid of the 1000 series cars which is being done and to replace the circuit modules along the tracks. and that has now been completed along the red line. and that will allow automated control to resume next week. >> for the last six months during midday hours eight-car trains have been operating in automatic mode for training purposes with an instructor on board to get operators familiar with letting the train do the acceleration and deceleration. >> reporter: after the fatal accident metro stopped using the automated train operating system until safety improvements could be made. those improvements have now been completed along the red line and metro is confident the automated system is safe to use. >> all of the work we did was validated, tested not by one but by two external consultants and ntsb closed all the related recommendations so that's what gives us the

in baltimore, reporting live, mark segraves, news4. >> mark thank you. our team coverage of that state of emergency in baltimore picks up now with news4's tracee wilkins, live with a look at how the community is responding. she's in another crowd. trace tracee? >> reporter: well, i have to tell you that since we've been here in baltimore what we have seen on pretty much every corner we pass are people who are coming together to try and put this city back together again. people who don't know one another working together, gathering trash, cleaning up the neighborhood, picking up debris that was left after yesterday's riots. here's just some of what we have heard and seen here. >> it's not even about freddie gray anymore. it's about us. >> back it up! >> we keep sweeping black bodies under the rug and nobody's getting handcuffs for it. >> i was hurt, saddened by the whole thing by the whole situation. it's a shame that it came to this. >> this is not the baltimore that i know. >> i came out yesterday and tried to assist in calming everything, but to no ava

news4's mark segraves is live in columbia heights. mark? >> reporter: this is one of those neighborhoods, one of those blocks where everyone knows everyone else particularly the elderly cup who will had lived in this home for generations. >> just seeing the next-door neighbor s running out the house from the fire. >> reporter: the fire sent flames and smoke shooting through the roof that could be seen from blocks away. >> flames were coming out about 20 feet. >> reporter: despite attempts neighbors could not get into the house where the elderly couple was trapped. >> trying to break in the door. >> reporter: they even threw rocks at the windows trying to wake them up. >> the first officer on the scene pulled up he said over the radio the house was fully involved so it was probably too severe for anybody to get in and get to them. just lucky we got the neighbors out. >> reporter: this box of picture pictures and belongings was about all this woman could salvage from her grandparents' home. this is where her grandfather was raised and it's wh

news4's mark segraves is there live. mark, police think this guy they're looking for is a teenager? >> reporter: they can't tell his exact age, jim but he is definitely much younger than the victim in this video. now, much of this was caught in surveillance video all happening inside the eastern market metro station on capitol hill. we want to warn viewers, some of you might take this surveillance video as disturbing. the elderly man and his attacker got off an orange line train here at the eastern market metro about 1:00 p.m. the video picks up as the two were headed up the escalator exchanging words. then the young man reaches the top of the escalator turns and waits for the elderly man. the young man is then seen spitting in the man's face. the elderly man appears to try to push away the attacker and then the young man begins punching the 69-year-old victim repeatedly until he falls to the ground. >> >> the suspect walked out of the station, not a care in the world, no rushing, no looking back, exiting the station without incident. >> reporter: now that victim received multiple i

in gaithersburg mark segraves news4. >>> an unprecedented move in amp in loudoun county. this morning for the first time a crossing guard was outside creighton's corner to help students get safely onto school property. sheriff mike chapman made the installing the guard against protocol. usually roads around the school must be turned over the vdot first. in this case, they haven't been. >> we're happy to see progress. >> i think loudoun county schools need to figure out getting crossing guards at schools before we open schools. it's not just a problem at creighton. >> the crossing guard is an interim solution until the normal protocol can be followed. >>> you'll need your quarters if you plan to park on the street for any nats game. ddot have been enforcing meters around nats park this season including sundays and holidays when there's a game. the district does not enforce meters in the rest of the city on sundays and holidays. last season we reported about the confusion. ddot stopped ep forcing meters for the last several weeks of the season. the fist game that coincides

in falls church mark segraves, news4. >> and we have some breaking news. the justice department is opening an investigation to determine whether civil rights were violated during the arrest of that baltimore man who eventually died. 25-year-old freddie gray he suffered a spinal cord injury while he was in police custody last week and died this weekend. police have not said why gray was arrested or what caused the injury. today police released the names of the six officers who have been suspended with pay pending this investigation. we are working this story right now. we're going to have a report from baltimore a little later in our newscast. on capitol hill a group of demonstrators is marching against bruce tality, calling it a march to justice. some of them traveled from new york over the weekend. later in our newscast we'll go live to news4's a shomari stone at the rally. >>> a woman arrested in our area will be returning to philadelphia to face charges after allegedly leaving her disabled son alone in the woods. news4's kristin wright is live in rockvi

coming up mark segraves looking for answers and is finding very few from a local utility. >>> it's a problem we deal with every single year. huge potholes that in some cases can ruin your car. but right now there's one state that isn't paying a penny for damages. >> reporter: the heroin crisis is hitting more and more northern virginia families and now law enforcement officials are redoubling their attack. coming up i'll tell you about the new hot team. >>> in eastern china, a man was crossing a story on an electric bike wednesday when a container truck hit him. the truck overturned and fell on top of the man. people started running over the help. after 2:30 that group was able to lift the truck off of him. just as miraculous the guy went to the hospital and only had a broken bone. >> amazing. >>> after the winter we had, we all know someone who's hit a pothole np in pennsylvania drivers can file claims for reimbursement for their car repairs. >> that's right. but as nbc discovered every single claim filed this year has been denied. >> it's so strong, shook the hole car. >> reporter:

in the district mark segraves news4. >> nearly two dozen cars vandalized. police say this could be part of a trend that started in december. these are some of the vehicles that were spray-painted overnight earlier this week. all were along gilford road in jessup off i-95. police don't believe it's a hate crime or game related. they have no suspects. >>> a local woman who duped some of the most vulnerable people in our community could be spending decades in prison. she was found guilty today of neglect, abuse, kidnapping theft. prosecutor s prosecutors prosecutors say she tricked the disabled and elderly into moving into her bladensburg apartment, which they say had no heat minimal food and roaches. she's also found guilty of stealing their belongings and their money. >>> in virginia, a former teaching assistant is facing sexual battery charges. wesley phillips inappropriately touched two teenage girls while he worked in prince william county. they say it happened between 2013 and 2014 at the pace east school in manassas. phillips turned himself in today. he

news4's mark segraves is working this story for us joining us from the newsroom. mark? >> d.c. police have had a body camera pilot program for about seven months. reporters and members of the public have been asking to see footage from the cameras since day one. but the chief has denied those requests. in the interest of full disclosure, news4 was one of the first organizations to do a freedom of information request for the footage, which was denied. now the chief and the mayor want to exempt footage to foia requests and limit who would ever see the videos. more and more jurisdictions across the counpolice body cameras, and they face the same question d.c. is now faced with, whether to release the video to the public. seattle police have a youtube channel where they release a majority of the footage every day. they blur the images to ensure privacy. d.c. police have posted two examples of footage from traffic stops. but mayor muriel bowser included a provision in her new budget to restrict who has access to the footage. >> the city attempted to slip it in the budget support act

in the district, mark segraves. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00 a rare piece of history from the lincolnnation. we'll see the handwritten police blotter from that night and how it was almost lost forever. and be sure to watch nbc 4 this saturday morning for the lincoln assassination with aaron gilchrist, a special program marking 150 years since the death of our 16th president. >>> will the rain let up tonight for the candlelight vigil downtown? >> it should. the rain has already let up and any rain that comes through may be on the light side. we're talking about a small umbrella, not the bigger ones like we made needed earlier today. take a look outside right now, not clear skies but light rain around the region. national harbor camera looking pretty good as we look toward the woodrow wilson bridge and the calm potomac. a little earlier today, this was an all-wet picture. you can see no raindrops on the camera. current temperatures at 56, showers through 8:00, 9:00, then cooler weather through 11:00, really through tomorrow morning. currently 54 in gaithersburg baltimore rockville, coll

but i think the chief should air those concerns in a public fashion. >> in the district mark segraves, news4. >>> $8,000 lost. >> a local man out thousands of dollars. the warning tonight for anybody who may be trying to settle a debt with the irs. >>> and some of us could see some lightning before this night is through. doug tracking whatever is in jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. >>> still tracking areas of heavy rain right now across the region, showers forming in and around fairfax county, north and west of waldorf. look at these showers back to the west again, very heavy rain continuing to make its way across the area. and as we see the rain, we'll continue to watch it from winchester, front royal luray. again, ver

we begin with mark segraves. >> reporter: we just got the charge documents from the u.s. the charges in the district. it's painting a different picture of what happened and the time line. we know it began in washington with a kidnapping. and then it moved into maryland where the suspect shot and killed a guard and then came back here into the district where it ended with a shoot-out with police right here. >> in my car, the first gunshots i look up and guy shooting at the police officers and they shot back. >> definitely a shocking scene. >> reporter: police have identified the suspect as 48-year-old ronald anderson of southeast d.c. charged with armed kidnapping and assaulting a police officer. police say he shot and killed a security guard outside of the

news 4's mark segraves just spoke to the man. mark? >> reporter: jerome hunt from sacramento california told me he took a greyhound bus from california directly to washington, d.c. specifically to jump the white house fence. and he said he had a good reason to do so. but he would not say what that reason is.

news 4's mark segraves just spoke to the man. mark? >> reporter: jerome hunt from sacramento california told me he took a greyhound bus from california directly to washington, d.c. specifically to jump the white house fence. and he said he had a good reason to do so. but he would not say what that reason is. police say jerome hunt used a bicycle rack to get over the white house fence around 10:30 last night. this afternoon, he pled not guilty to one charge of unlawful entry. leaving the courthouse hunt answered some questions, including whether his birthday had anything to do with jumping the fence. >> no no. i don't -- i don't celebrate birthdays like that. >> reporter: when asked if he intended to get inside the white house or hurt anyone hunt said no. >> no. oh never. never. i do never do anything like that. >> reporter: how easy to get over the fence? >> i better not talk about anything because my lawyer told me not to. >> reporter: how long were on the grounds before you were taken into custody? >> they -- they have a good protect

our mark segraves joins us now to explain how that's all going to be paid. mark? >> jim, this is mayor bowser's first budget and she's asking the council to approve raising the sales tax and the parking tax to keep her campaign promises of creating more affordable housing, funding metro and fixing the district's aging public schools. mayor muriel bowser wants to increase the sales tax from 5.75% to 6%. just like it is in maryland and virginia. she says she has to raise taxes to give resident what is they want. >> while i wish we didn't have to consider it it does allow us to do the new things that residents all across the city -- i mean literally in each of our eight wards -- say to me fix the homelessness problem. >> reporter: fiscal watch dogs who advocate for more funding for social programs are optimistic. >> i think the good news is that the mayor took a really difficult situation where our revenues really aren't coming in where we need to maintain all of our services like education and health care yet came out with a budget that invests more in education, a

news4's mark segraves is in hyattsville with the story. mark?rter: that's right captain john fitzpatrick here at the kentland volunteer fire station says everything was going pretty much okay as he and his crew were battling those flames. that is, until the wind shifted. >> at the point where i made the decision to get my crew out, you know i realized we were surrounded by this molten tar that was igniting everything around us. we had hundreds of pallets of styrofoam that had ignited next to us and burning over us. >> reporter: these melted tools and the captain's helmet give you a pretty good idea just how hot it was in that fire. >> the only way to describe it is a river of molten tar that was rolling through the back and lighting everything in its path on fire. >> reporter: the blaze was fueled by building materials and wind. the only way for captain fitzpatrick and his crew to get to safety was to walk right through that fiery tar. >> took a step and went about knee deep in this tar, and it just stuck to my gear. it was almost like saran wra

mark segraves is live at the firehouse with that story. mark?rter: wendy, the first responders here aren't running as many calls as they normally would be because, as you said one of their fire engines was destroyed in that blaze earlier this week. and now today the captain who was in charge of that truck tells us that one minute his crew was battling the fire and the next minute they were surrounded by it. >> at that point we had gotten cut off by the only way to describe it is a river of molten tar that was roll willinging through the back and lighting everything in its path on fire. >> reporter: smoke from the warehouse fire could be seen from miles away. styrofoam, insulation and other building materials fueled the fire. but the changing wind became the biggest factor, trapping the crew and sending the river of fire right at their fire truck. >> our fire truck, our rescue engine, was about 50% involved in fire from the molten tar ha had rolled down and lit the tires on fire. >> reporter: this is all that could be salvaged from the rescue eng

mark segraves and jackie bensen have been working on this story since last night. mark kicks off our team coverage. >> reporter: i talked to mayor bowser earlier this morning. she described yesterday's chain of events and the shoot-out that took place on 8th street as shocking. as you said, this started with a kidnapping here in the district went into maryland where a security guard was shot and killed then came back here into the district where there were multiple shooting scenes. the suspect is 48-year-old ronald anderson of southeast washington. >> we know that our officers put themselves in harm's way. >> reporter: the first sign of trouble came about 5:30 yesterday evening when police got a report of a man with a gun kidnapping a woman. at the intersection of 3rd and t streets northeast. he was driving a green honda accord. about 30 minutes later there's a shooting outside of the u.s. census bureau headquarters in suitland maryland. at this point the police don't know the two incidents are related. the suspect flees in a green honda. that car is spotted sometim

mark segraves is reporting on how the rabbi plans to explain the crime to the congregation's youngest. mark? >> reporter: jim, earlier today the entire front and in fact every side of this synagogue was covered with swastikas and other hate graffiti. members of the congregation here spent the entire day cleaning it up. the rabbi tells me he's thankful this happened over spring break so most of the students here didn't see it. but he says when they return next week he'll use this incident as an opportunity to teach them about hate. >> we tell students that there are people who are not nice in the world, that do have hatred in their hearts. fortunately they're not most people. most people have good hearts and are welcoming and caring. and we just have to stand up to that hate. we have to be strong. >> reporter: surveillance video shows the suspects about 2:30 this morning wearing hoodies, masks, and gloves running from wall to wall and door to door outside of the synagogue spray-painting swastikas on every wall. derogatory terms. the letters kkk. and the name hitler. >> these types of h

we begin with mark segraves. >> reporter: we just got the charge documents from the u.s. attorneys for the charges in the district. it's painting a different picture of what happened and the time line. we know it began in washington with a kidnapping. and then it moved into maryland where the suspect shot and killed a guard and then came back here into the district where it ended with a shoot-out with police right here. >> in my car, the first gunshots i look up and guy shooting at the police officers and they shot back. >> definitely a shocking scene. >> reporter: police have identified the suspect as 48-year-old ronald anderson of southeast d.c. charged with armed kidnapping and assaulting a police officer. police say he shot and killed a security guard outside of the u.s. census bureau in prince george's county sending the campus into lockdown as police searched for an active shooter. it began about 5:30. the police say anderson kidnapped a woman near the intersection of third and t streets northeast. 30 minutes later anderson shot and killed that security guard outsid

mark segraves will have reaction from council members and the community at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> he had an eye to the sky. first at 4, brand-new details about a teenaged pilot's final moments. what happened after the ill-fated takeoff. >>> just because springtime allergies haven't hit you yet, why you could be feeling them worse this year and simple ways >>> tonight family and friends will gather to remember a spotsylvania county teenager who died while piloting a plane over the weekend. >> 16-year-old ryan mccaul died in a field monday when his plane went town. barbara harrison has new details. >> federal investigators are releasing preliminary information about the crash that killed pilot ryan mccaul. we now know that mccaul was taking off on his first solo cross-country flight. in flight school that means the first time taking off and flying to a different airport, landing alone without an instructor and returning to the airport where he started. and we know that mccaul had just over 30 hours of flight experience less than three of them solo. so what went wrong? the owner of mccaul's

. >> news4's mark segraves is here to tell us why hunt says he jumped the fence and what happened right after he got onto the white house lawn. mark? >> doreen, since being released ond monday, jerome hunt has been living on the streets and seeing a psychiatrist. his family tells news 4 he's been struggling with mental illness for years. >> i'm doing pretty good. then i'm getting help from my counselors. >> reporter: jerome hunt admits he jumped the white house fence late sunday night after taking a bus from california to d.c. since monday he's been sleeping on the sidewalks around union station. >> i'm learnfrp learning how to suv survive. >> reporter: hunt very much wants to get back on a bus and return to california but he's been ordered by a judge to stay in d.c. wearing an electronic monitor until his next court date. while hunt says he came to d.c. to jump the fence and try to see the president he said he almost didn't go through with it. >> i walked around the white house. i seen all the security and dogs and everything, and by seeing that i already thought, i can't do this. it's

news4's mark segraves is live in gaithersburg where this stunt could come with a serious penalty. >> reporter: this was supposed to be a day for families at the shaare torah synagogue to spend together celebrating passover. instead, many of them spent today scrubbing hate graffiti off the walls of their synagogue. this surveillance video shows the suspects wearing hoodies, masks, and gloves. about 2:30 this morning, going from door to door and across every wall outside of this synagogue and school spray-painting hate messages. there were 11 swaus kas. the name hitler. the letters kkk. >> most of all we're just disappointed that there are still people in our community who really just don't get it that see these kinds of symbols as something that they want to put out there for the public to see. it's just disappointing. we know it doesn't represent the entire community. >> reporter: while those who worship here at shaare torah are confident this attack doesn't represent an ongoing threat police say this goes far beyond a prank. >> much more than that. there's a serious penalty for this

new at 6:00 news4's mark segraves with word that washington gas is now

new at 6:00 news4's mark segraves with word that washington gas is now looking into this. >> reporter: beatrice harley's family tells us they've been looking for answers for weeks ever since they found the 102-year-old grandmother who's lived in this house for 25 years, dead covered in blankets near her radiator. they say the heat had been turned off. outside they found her gas line had been excavated and exposed. and they say washington gas is refusing to answer any questions. the forecast was calling for snow. the temperature was in the 30s. paul bowman came to check on his 102-year-old mother. >> she was found in her night clothes. she had taken as many blankets as she could find pillows, rolled herself up and got as close to the hot water radiator as she could. and that's where she was found. >> reporter: the medical examiner has not released the cause of death, but bowman says he feels sure it had something to do with the heat being turned out. >> yes. i totally do. i believe that they had not interrupted her heat in her house, my mother would still be here today. >> reporter: bo

mark segraves explains how the change will impact drivers and riders. what are you hearing? >> reporter: hey, chris. you know after that deadly accident six years ago the national transportation safety board made several recommendations including improvements that they wanted to see to the system's infrastructure. at the time metro officials said they were going to suspend automate operation until those improvements were completed. that's why today's announcement is seen as such a safety milestone. >> this is not a decision that we came to lightly. this is the culmination of years of work. >> reporter: beginning monday all eight-car trains on metro's red line will be operated automatically. just like other big city systems. >> it is kind of encouraging, but like i said at the end of the day i have to ride the metro to get to work. >> reporter: metro stopped using the automated system and went to manually operated trains after the deadly accident in 2009. because of safety improvements on the red line they can now no-go back to the automated system. but not on every train jus

as news4's mark segraves reports, her mother spoke of her empathy and her passion for life. >> we cannot believe that we won't hear her voice again that we will not feel her loving arms, that we will not hear of her latest project to repair the world and the lives of those around her. >> reporter: grace mann, the 20-year-old history major at mary washington university had a reputation on campus for speaking out about sexual assault and fighting for gender equality. >> she had the bravery to trust her beliefs and hold accountable those she thought were wrong. and unlimited love for those who needed her. >> reporter: mann's mother also recalled the less serious side of her daughter. >> as many of you know, there was also just so much fun in grace. it seems her smile lit up the room wherever she went. she was energy and life and love. >> reporter: mann's father, the judge here in fairfax, the family plans to set up a fund at the university to honor their daughter. >> we are blessed that we experienced what we did of grace and we are all forever shortchanged that it was for way too little of