today they faced a judge on the charge that king killed matthew shlonsky. stephen tschida stepped out of the d.c. superior court where moments ago king faced a judge. steve: even though he -- stephen: even though he did not spend to kill shlonsky, opening fire on busy street required him to remain in custody. a gun battle raged across 7th street northwest on saturday at 5:00 p.m. 23-year-old shlonsky got out of a cab and walking up seventh street when a bullet tore through his chest and ripped apart his lungs and heart. investigators collected evidence off of a street blanketed in shell casings and spent bullets. his grandfather spoke about the loss of matthew shlonsky. >> it's a tragedy. >> during questioning king told investigators he had been shot days prior and was involved in a beef with a rival crew. he told how vims in a bargendy car and he exchanged gunfire. when he admit head fired in the direction of shlonsky the investigators determined they had enough evidence to charge him with second-degree murder. stephen: when he described his actions and de

worked matthew shlonsky as a consultant at deloitte and used to be a congressional aide. for alice are looking pretty chrysler 300 that fled from the scene. restauranty county had a big mess to clean up after a car slammed into it. this was eddie's carry out in gaithersburg. nobody was hurt, the calls under investigation. investigators have released the name of a prince george's county police officer who was involved in a deadly shooting in district heights. officer brian bell said that mainly attacked him when he responded to a car crash. he said thatmanley tried to grab his gun and it went off during the fight. investigators showed with underg that manley was the effects of opiates at the time of the shooting. a family member said he recently expressed suicidal thoughts. officer bell has been placed on routine administrative leave. a pilot isn't the hospital recovering after her small plane crashed behind homes in prince william county. it happened on looking glass court in bristow. jay korff has what we are learning about the investigation. jay: what is extraordinary a

lanier said that same car was seen speeding away from streetsand as straigs southwest, where matthew shlonsky was killed just outside of the shaw-howard metro station after two people traded gunfire from separate sides of the street. they say that shlonsky was not the target. others were also called on video. the police believe the proliferation of guns is part of the reason for the higher crime. chief lanier: we have recovered 102 illegal firearms, which is staggering. : chief lanier also said this is a troubling trend, that aps and dice games have been causing gunfire. she wants the public to call immediately if they see these games, and that if anybody who recognizes the persons of interest and contact authorities. jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: turning now to the weather, more heat and humidity setting up the chance of storms tomorrow. let's check the timeline with meteorologist brian van de graaff. brian: it is pretty steamy out there. this pattern will be ripped it if, although tomorrow not quite as intense. the belfort furniture weather center, 80 degrees, in the city, southwind at 12. i

matthew shlonsky was getting out of his attraction with his friends when he was hit in the cross -- taxi with his friends when he was hit in the crossfire, very wrong place, wrong time. there was a gunbattle and bullets were flying in each direction. it is not clear where the deadly bullet came from, either the red chrysler or from the street where marcus king was standing. nonetheless the prosecutor says king was reckless and participated in a gun battle that resulted in the death of shlonsky. king's grandfather says he has mixed emotions of this whole ordeal. >> it really hurts. i know what the other family is going through. >> reporter: what about you as a family member of someone who is accused? >> well, it hurts and i've done my best to try and keep him in school, try to mentor him, but if the streets get ahold of you, you know, a lot of times there's not much you can do. >> reporter: we need to know the accused was shot last week in the neck and we are not clear if this gunbattle last week was a result of retaliation. what court documents show is both parties were related or partic

police say his name was matthew shlonsky, he was 23. news4 was over at shaw-howard as the police took down the crime scene tape last night. it was packed with people when the gunfire started before 5:00. they told us a vehicle took off moment later. they're looking for a burgundy chrysler 300 with maryland tags. "the washington post" is reporting that he's an american university graduate. the second grad to be killed from that school this summer. >>> and an apparent assault in woodbridge. police arrested man who held a woman at knife point and tried to strangle her. police say they arrested tarik nichols before midnight last night. a woman told police he assaulted her in an apartment on pond run drive two days ago. she says it started with an argument and he tried to strangle her. the woman escaped unharmed according to police. >>> well, right here in d.c., around the country, people are mourning julian bond. >> the civil rights leader taught at american university and uva. he died last night. derrick ward is live with more. derrick? >>

all the shots missed their mark, but that one stray round killed matthew shlonsky. >>> maryland's u.s. attorney says a former federal police officer was trying to make meth the very same day an explosion went off inside of a building at the national institute of standards and technology. that officer, 41-year-old christopher bartley, was taken to the hospital following the explosion in gaithersburg and now he's been charged with one count of attempt at manufacturing methamphetamine. bartley faces up to 20 years. >>> we're settling into a rainy pattern for the next couple of days and first alert meteorologist topper shutt tracking what is in store. so what is hitting people right now, top? >> we have a couple showers and thunderstorms in parts of the metro area, debra, not quite warranted enough for a yellow weather alert just yet, but we have showers that moved across i-66 and tracking steadily west of loudoun county. heavier activity moved out of howard county into baltimore, see a little lightning there, so nothing severe certainly. we have this storm which is running just west of l

killer turns himself into police. 19-year-old marcus king was wanted in the shooting death of matthew shlonsky. delia goncalves reports from the scene. >> reporter: police have had a consistent presence here in shaw since the shooting. they've even set up this mobile camera to ease the concerns of many residents here but the news that the suspect turned himself in, really bringing a sense of relief. >> that's fantastic. >> oh wow. >> reporter: a community exhales after holding its breath for six days. at least one person police say responsible for that deadly drive-by shooting saturday now in custody. it was 4:30 this morning when 19-year-old marcus king turned himself into the homicide branch in southwest. our cameras were there as the police van transports him to central processing. he'll prepare to answer to a judge on the charge of second degree murder of 23-year-old au graduate matthew shlonsky. >> i feel kind of safe walking back and forth, i actually live right here but at the end of the day i'm happy it's been discovered. i think it's a will the 06 pressure with -- lot of pressure with

investigators believe 23-year- old matthew shlonsky was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was shot outside the shaw metro. now the search is on for at least two shooters. garrett haake is live in shaw in the latest neighborhood to experience the districtwide spike in crime this summer. garrett? >> reporter: debra, that murder here in shaw saturday was actually the second major shooting in shaw last week and now people who live here say they think the two might be related by the type of illegal activity that was going on beforehand. mpd officers formed a visible unmistakable presence on the streets of shaw tonight reinforcing a neighborhood still rattled by the broad daylight murder of matthew shlonsky on saturday. >> it's ridiculous. it's got to stop. we're killing each other for no reason at all and it doesn't make any sense of. >> reporter: at an afternoon news conference mpd released surveillance video of six persons of interest. three are linked to a stolen car seen fleeing the metro stop and recovered with bullet holes in it and three more seen ducking and dodging

wanted in connection with the shooting death of 23-year-old matthew shlonsky.ett hague spoke to the suspect's great aunt cheryl king on the phone. she says he does not own a gun but he is on the run since he is scared. the real killers she says are after him. >> if you talk to anybody around the way, they would -- around his way, they would tell uh-oh no, not marcus. because he's not a violent person. he's a timid -- young man. and confused. >> reporter: we've also learned that marcus king himself that 19-year-old suspect, was shot himself in the face on that same corner three days prior to that deadly drive-by. family members had hoped he learned his lesson and wanted to stay away from the area. they are urging him to turn himself in for his own protection they say. please call police in you have any information -- if you have any information. 7 or text them at 50411. outside of police head>> some thinger pointing this morning involving the clergy in st. louis and the city's police chief. over who

violent summer, a manhunt is underway for a suspect in the shootout that killed 23-year- old matthew shlonsky and just a short time ago wusa9's garrett haake spoke to the suspect's aunt who is begging her nephew to turn himself in. garrett is live tonight at d.c. police headquarters with the latest. what did she say, garrett? >> reporter: this is still very much an active manhunt. she said there are currently no negotiations going on that she is aware of for king to turn himself in. family members say if king can hear this message, he needs to turn himself in now. police kept close watch on marcus king's apartment building at the corner of eighth and r in northwest this afternoon just blocks from the scene of the murder he's now accused of committing. last night they searched a unit where king lives with his mother sources say, but king wasn't home. now mpd is asking the public to help them locate a man they are describing as armed and dangerous charged in the killing of 23-year-old matthew shlonsky. police believe the au grad was caught in the crossfire outside shaw metro saturday. i spoke t

today they faced a judge on the charge that king killed matthew shlonsky. ephen tschida stepped out of the d.c. superior court where moments ago king faced a judge. steve: even though he -- stephen: even though he did not spend to kill shlonsky, opening fire on busy street required him to remain in custody. a gun battle raged across 7th street northwest on saturday at 5:00 p.m. 23-year-old shlonsky got out of a cab and walking up seventh street when a bullet tore through his chest and ripped apart his

they say he shot and killed 23-year-old matthew shlonsky in the shaw neighborhood saturday. investigators say shlonsky wasn't the intended target. >>> right now, several families in prince george's county are without a home after a two-alarm fire here in lawyer al. the blaze began this morning on the third floor of this building here on south laurel drive. at least three firefighters are hurt tonight. one woman in the unit where it began says it's lucky no one was -- no one inside was hurt. county bureau chief, tracee wilkins, will explain why at the top of the hour. >>> the school year will start on time this year at thomas wooten high school, but it won't be the same place. principal michael dorn was found dead in his apartment yesterday. the cause of his death is still undetermined. news4's sackry quiche reports on how students there are remembering a man they knew as a leader and a friend. >> reporter: the death of michael doren has rocked the school community here at wooten high school. you can see the memorial that's happening here. this is parking spot right in front

his name was matthew shlonsky, he was 23. someone shot shlonsky just before 5:00 yesterday afternoon. >>> people remembering a symbol of the civil rights movement right now. julian bond died last night. he taught at american university and uva. he was 75 years old. >>> time now is 9:31. you know, we're not complaining but it will another hot one today. >> i will take summer as long as we can get it. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is out in the elements with the look outside. >> it is beautiful out here right now. it's more humid than yesterday, but the sun is shining, barely a cloud in the sky. temperatures are comfortable right now, generally in the 70s across the area. gaithersburg, leesburg, winner warmer than the district. and highs will warm today to the low to mid 90s. a heat advisory is in effect for anne arundel and howard county. those with heart disease or lung disease issue, you need to limit outdoor activities in those counties in gray. code yellow, there's some pollution in the air, and you'd expect that

you may remember by now that killed an innocent bystander, 23-year-old matthew shlonsky. he was an american university graduate. let's get right to this video so you can take a close look. see if you remember or identify or know any of these men. the suspects were caught on surveillance video from a home burglary in northwest. police tracked them down with the same getaway car from the murder scene. they later recovered that burgundy chrysler 300 riddled with bullet holes. the other suspects caught on camera here at 7th street ducking and running from bullets. the anc commissioner says he knows what led to the violence. >> the incidents on saturday stampted over at 8th -- started over at 8th and r streets where they had been in an illegal craps game and drinking happened. >> we had lawless behavior going on in shaw in broad daylight, and the police weren't coming by to break things up. >> reporter: so coming up in the next half hour, we'll tell you what police are saying about the illegal craps game and about this ongoing investigation. we'll have that at 6:30. for now we

police say an innocent bystander, matthew shlonsky was killed in the gunfire. king says he has had nothing to do with the shooting but he was there. >> reporter: king said he was interview wood you homicide detectives and he was there during the shooting, but he did not confess. >> reporter: in our phone conversation, king said repeatedly that's inspect. -- that he's innocent. >> reporter: police believe the shooting at the shaw metro was in retaliation for a previous shooting. king acknowledged in our conversation that he had been shot in the face a few days before the shaw incident. >> reporter: king's family tells me he has hired an attorney and he does plan to turn himself in. they would not say when he plans to turn himself in. news4 notified metropolitan police department about our interview with king before we aired it and at no time did we actually know where he is and we do not know were he is right now. jim, back to you. >> mark segraves, thank you. >>> a woman who was shot by a d.c. police officer after she refused to drop a knife is expected to be i

prosecutors and police are unable to determine actually who fired the fatal shot that killed matthew shlonsky, even though marcus king, according to prosecutors confessed to police he was there and did fire a gun, prosecutors called that scene that day urban warfare and an open-air gun battle and they acknowledge, at this point, they are not sure who fired the fatal shot. king's defense attorney said in that case, country charge their client with second-degree murder. the judge disagreed and said whoever was involved and everyone who was involved in that urban warfare that afternoon in front of the shaw metro, they are all responsible. so far, he is the only one who has been charged. now, we just spoke with his grandfather, who says they are in deep, deep grief over the loss of matthew shlonsky. they realize this was a bright young man with a bright future and feel terrible about his family but still, they are here to defend his grandson, who is now charged in that murder. coming up at 6:00, you will hear from the grandfather. reporting live at d.c. superior court, mark segraves, news4. >>> a

his name matthew shlonsky, an american university graduate, cleveland native and a community volunteer. he was an innocent bystander of a brazen drive-by that happened saturday at 5:00 p.m. he was simply enjoying a summer evening in this bustling northwest neighborhood when witnesses say someone in a passing car sprayed the area with up to six bullets. police have a lookout for a getaway car and they want you to keep your lookout. a burgundy chrysler 300 with a sunroof and maryland tags. as you know, 7th street very busy on a summer saturday evening, 5:00. i'm certain there were lots of folks out here, many who tell "the washington post," our news partner, that they were nearby in buildings cowering, hiding under desks when they heard this barrage of gunfire literally in the middle of the afternoon here on 7th street. this all happened four blocks from another triple shooting -- another drive-by and it was also a triple shooting that happened just four blocks away a week ago. so we'll have much more on this uptick in violent crime that's happening here in shaw coming up in the next hal

court documents say king had intent to kill, had conscious disregard and caused the death of matthew shlonsky, an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire when he got out of the taxi. the victim was shot in the chest. the bullet traveled through his lungs and heart. >> surae chinn is in the courtroom right now and she will report back on what happened as soon as things wrap up there. >>> the search for the guardians of this little young guy here is over. officers spotted the 2 or 3- year-old on benning road not far from blade understandsburg road in northeast around 4:30 -- bladensburg road in northeast around 4:30 this morning. he was wandering in his pjs and had a little bag. they found his mother and it's not clear why he was all alone and why his parents couldn't be found until 12 hours later. the case is now in the hands of child protective services. >>> another dismal day on wall street, the to being market taking a huge drop amid a -- the stock market taking a huge drop amid a worldwide selloff. the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 531 points. the s&p 500 dropped 65. the nasd

the police say that she shot and killed 23-year-old matthew shlonsky near the shaw-howard metro station saturday. he admitted shooting in shlonsky's direction, shooting at another car. family members are shocked. >> we had him over at the house. his mother lost control of them. leon: investigator say that king told them he had been involved in a dispute with a rival gang and had been shot just days before saturday's incident. an arrest in a bizarre carjacking. the suspect has just got out of jail minutes before. tom roussey has the details in the case. afternoon,monday 24-year-old hernandez is released from the montgomery county jail. the and been in locked up for alleged disorderly conduct in silver spring. a half hour after he got out, a mile away, somehow he has a knife and he approaches from these woods in potomac. the police say that he carjacked a woman at knife point, even throwing a brick at her before doing allt, allegedly of this even though a state police barracks is next-door. the woman who was carjacked helps with building maintenance. today's letter, they say that he carja

saturday afternoon's shooting claimed the life of 23-year-old american university graduate matthew shlonsky. delia goncalves has the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: right now sources tell wusa9 that police are closing in on two of the six men they say could be responsible for that deadly drive-by shooting that happened right here outside the shaw- howard university metro on saturday. they want you to help them locate the others. take a close look at this surveillance video. it shows fairly clear pictures of some of these men from a home burglary in northwest. police tracked them down with the same getaway car, that burgundy chrysler was later recovered riddled with bullet holes. the other suspects were caught on camera from nearby businesses on 7th street. they were seen ducking and running from bullets that saturday at 5:00 p.m. when the drive-by occurred. >> the people who know the individuals involved in this, they have to come forward. it's one neighbor today, somebody else's neighbor tomorrow. >> reporter: an illegal craps game nearby and drinking led to the violence, police

a judge denied bond for marcus king, the young man charged in the death of 23-year-old matthew shlonsky. shlonsky became an innocent bystander last saturday when he stepped out of a taxi in d.c. shaw neighborhood and was caught in the crossfire of gunbattle. police are looking for five additional suspects. >>> breaking news out of montgomery county tonight. it involves the death of a baby and the details are pretty hard to stomach. parents of a 10-week-old baby have been charged in the death of their daughter, little aleah thompson. the father robert davidson is under arrest facing several charges including second degree murder and sexual abuse of a minor. the more lorena thompson faces -- the mother lorena thompson faces charges for failing to protect her daughter. police say davidson admitted to shaking the baby. both parents neglected to get her help when she was hurt. >>> tonight the community in montgomery county gathered at wootton high for a celebration of life ceremony for dr. michael qur'an who died wednesday. stephanie ramirez -- qur'an doran who died wednesday. stephanie rami

neighborhood. 23-year-old matthew shlonsky is the latest victim after string of shootings in the shaw neighborhood. eight led to round-the-clock patrols in some neighborhoods but delia goncalves is told it's not enough. >> reporter: officers here patrolling the corner of 7th and s. this is the scene of that deadly drive-by shooting over the weekend. and police say this is the first step in stopping the violence. in busy shaw, it seems like the start of another workweek. >> i just felt this pit in my stomach. >> reporter: until you take a closer look. police on the corner. crime tape on a poem. a deadly drive -- on a pole. a deadly drive-by stilled a 23- year-old -- killed a 23-year- old on his way to meet friends. >> it's a terrible problem but drugs are not the whole issue. >> reporter: police blamed the spike in crime on synthetic marijuana with a high that leads to violence and a popularity that leads to turf wars. residents say the police play a part, too. >> we do not have true community policing in washington. and i think that that could still make a difference. i think it's a m

19-year-old marcus king faced a charge of second- degree murder in the death of 23-year-old matthew shlonski. king was in a gang that had a beef with another gang and investigator say he was an innocent bystander caught in the middle of a crossfire when he stepped out of a taxi last saturday in the neighborhood. outside the courthouse we spoke with marcus king's grandfather. >> it hurts and i've done my best to try and keep him in school, try to mentor him but if the streets get ahold of you, you know, a lot of times not much you can do. >> police tell us they are looking for five additional suspects in this case. >>> up in baltimore that city now has more homicides as of right now than this did in all of last year. craig boswell is in the charm city on how some community leaders are taking action. >> reporter: wayne washington showed us the spot outside his front door where a man was murdered thursday. >> that's the first thing i looked, was right at this spot, right where he was laying there. >> reporter: there have already been 213 murders in 2015, that's more than all of last year. in ju

police say his name is matthew shlonsky, he was 23.ews4's darcy spencer has more from the scene. >> reporter: police bring down the caution tape after wrapping up their investigation into the shooting that left a man dead just steps from a busy northwest d.c. metro station. it shut down the "f" street entrance of the shaw station for hours. evidence markers show what witnesses heard. more than a dozen shots fired. the victim was found outside the metro station just steps from the uprising muffin shop. it was 4:45 in the afternoon in a neighborhood where many were out enjoying a beautiful day. not far from the howard university campus. do you know why this is closed off? >> a shooting. but i don't know what happened. i just walked in, i came here. trying to go back home. >> reporter: the bulk of the shell casings were found at 7th and near a barbershop and a mural of marvin gay. but the victim was found outside a shop where people were enjoying muffins and coffee. police are trying to figure out who fired so many rounds and why. hundred

matthew shlonsky died when he was caught in the middle of gunfire two days ago. shlonsky was not targeted according to police, instead he was on his way to meet a fraternity brother when it started. >> when you're down, he'd bring you up. and now he ended up being at the broken pipe yesterday when two of the trucks fell through the street. you can tell through the pictures. this is near the intersection of duncan avenue. it caused two small sinkholes. that's when the trucks fell in. we are told the broken main caused silt to wash into the pond. >>> five people are now dead after a jet and a plane collide. you can see the broken plane here, it's in a quarter mile area in san diego area. ntsb is saying that the planes were approaching the runway when they ran into each other. they were possibly all military contractors with bae and one person in the single engine cessna plane. >>> the press corps is expected to swarm new york city as donald trump reports for jury duty. just yesterday he unveiled the specifics of his immigration plan. this is his first big policy pa

matthew shlonsky was killed in broad daylight. detectives appear to be inching closer to making an arrest in the shlonsky case. >>> the father of a five week old baby charged with killing his son calls himself a monster. his little boy was found unconscious august 4 at his home on 9th street northwest and pronounced dead later at the hospital. the medical examiner found evidence of physical abuse. court documents show robert smith, sr. admitted when his little boy cried, he would squeeze him to put a stop to that. >>> a former federal police officer is expected to plead guilty to attempting to manufacture methamphetamine. in a lab at the national institutes of standards and technology campus in gaithersburg. a lawyer for christopher bartley says his client was, quote, conducting an unauthorized training experiment when the blast occurred. bartley was the only one hit. >>> happening this morning, former fairfax county police officer adam torres will be arraigned in court facing murder charges in the shooting death of john geer. thi

someone shot matthew shlonsky near the metro station. it seems that shlonsky was just walking down the street and he was caught up in the shooting. he was on his way to meet a fraternity brother when someone started firing. >> he was a good person and he didn't deserve something like this. but you never expected it to happen to somebody you know. so it did. >> police say that the shooter was driving a burgundy chrysler with a maryland license plate. shlonsky graduated from a.u. last year and he was an intern on capitol hill. he was only 23 years old. >>> developing story right now at the live desk. search and rescue teams are trying to reach the wreckage of a plane that crashed in indonesia. right here, we have a file picture of the trigana airplane, 54 people were on board. the plane crashed in the mountains on sunday, so it is taking some time to get to it. here's all of what we know about what happened. the pilot lost contact with the airport in bad weather right before it was supposed to land in indonesia. we do expect to find out ve

several people firing shots that day and police don't know who fired the bullet that killed matthew shlonsky. butted judge agreed with prosecutors, that everyone involved in that shootout has some liability for shlonsky's death. several of king's family members were in court today to support king, but they also wanted to express condolences to the victims' family. >> that's tragedy, young man at the university, worked with rob porter and all of that you know, it's -- it's just a travesty that our youth, we can lose so many of our youth at a time in 2015. it is just a travesty. >> reporter: now, prosecutors say that the shootout at shaw was part of an ongoing beef between two crews. they say that king himself had been shot a few days earlier. prosecutors did acknowledge that king had no prior criminal record before this arrest. wendy, back to you. all right, mark segraves. >>> sentencing today for two women who were linked to the death of a prominent d.c. lawyer. it is a story we first reported on our nbc washington app alert. the judge gave jamyra galman 24 years in prison. she did plead gui

going to show you here in this case is related to the saturday afternoon homicide of 23-year-old matthew shlonskyon saturday, matththew shall lo ski was walking on 7th street, area of 7th and s street northwest, the area of 7th and s street northwest. he was walking with friends. evidence was recovered from both the southwest and the southeast sidewalk on the corners of 7th and s street that shows that guns were being fired from both of those locations. so, both the southeast and southwest corners of 7th and s street, we believe that two individuals firing from two different locations there. a burgundy chrysler 300 with maryland registration was observed fleeing from that area shortly after the shots were fired. it is unknown whether the occupant or occupants of that car, that burgundy 300 also fired shots tilt. mr. shlonsky died as a result of his gunshot wounds sustained in this shooting and we don't believe at this time that he was the intended target of that shooting. after the shooting of mr. shlonsky, we received reports that the occupants of the burgundy 300 then had interactions with seve

reporter: and when petrov pulled around and saw police officers performing cpr on matthew lon decision an up and -- shlonsky, an up and coming au grad from a stray bullet from a gunbattle more than 1/2 mile away, he was even more shook up. >> this guy right here, he's got a gun, just left. >> reporter: petrov had no trouble picking the suspect out of the surveillance tape released by police. >> i don't even want to look at it. >> reporter: sources tell me that detectives are making good progress talking right now to people who may have been involved and hoping to announce arrests soon. in the shaw neighborhood of d.c., bruce leshan, wusa9. >> and police stepped up their presence and installed portable security cameras in hopes of easing the fears of people who live in shaw. >>> well, the heat may be lessening, but storm chances are going in the other direct. >> first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt here with more on our yellow weather alert. top? >> yeah. we go the some thunderstorms, some clouds, that will hope temps i think in the 80s the next couple days, but in the meantime we actually could use