news 4's meagan fitzgerald spoke to him and the doctor who helped saveis life. >> the motorcycle, gunshot, fall afrom roof deck. >> reporter: trauma surgeons see and inds of injuries they're tasked with working quickly to fix the problem and save lives, which is why time is a difference between life d death. >> i think we're lucky that d.c. fire rescue was able to deliver him to us as quickly as they did. >> reporter: on october 20 of last year, duane brown came rushing through the doors of the g.w. university hospital and ended up oncthe 's operating table. >> as i was washing my car, i was wiping it and i leaned up and ieard this loud noise and i looked at my chest right here, i had heart.ot right at the >> reporter: brown was in his gated d.c. community when his neighbor, stephen jones, shot hi from his window over a trivial dispute about cleaning up the grass on hissi walk. >> the vast majority of people, overwhelming majority of people who are shot through the heart will die at thee. sc i'll never know those people existed. >> reporter: brown spent ten days in a ma, but h quickly pro

>> meagan fitzgerald, thank you, meagan. >>> act sus white nationalist from northwest d.c. will be held in jail until he guess on trial. late this afternoon, a judge ordered jeffrey clark to remain in custody on gun charges. news4's scott macfarlane is in our newsroom to tell us why prosecutors say clark is so dangerou >> wendy, prosecutors say they found a series of troubling things inside his home in the bloomingdale n northwest.in the including illegal guns, illegal ammunition, hollow point bullets, alsoi flag, a noose, and body armor, they say. and they point to som of his social media posts, including some threatening people of jesh faith. and another said that they celebrated the pipe bomb melees in october. in court late today, clark's attorney asked he be released, sayi his posts are first amendment free speech and that clark has no criminal record. t the judge didn't go for it saying at home is where the alleged crimes happened, and h father is n the person who turned clark in, prosecutors say. clark's family declined to comment tew the i-team. he is now facing 11

if you can't think of who to give to, meagan fitzgerald met a little girl is others like her who countrous dotions. >> when you meeter -- you'll quickly real ize there's something special about thi confident and smart 4-year-old. her mom knew it before she was born. >> 7 is the number of completion. god's perfect number. >> 7 is also her seventh child and she is not your average little girl. she was born -- >> it is an enzyme in her body that breaks down the garbage in her cells. >> it causes seizures and restricts her ability to move her eyes. it is why she comes to the national institutes of health evy year for a pediatric trial and a check-up on her condition. >> i y want to pour this in. >> it is also why she come here to the children's inn. >> it is aor placehe family for critically ill children to stay when they are participating in alinical trial at the national institutes of health. >> it is also a home awa from home and an escape from reality for kids like seven who flew in from across the country. >> it takes a load off. it takes t worry. we don't have to worry about how s'll

meagan fitzgerald, reporting live. >>> a major shake-up at general motors leaves thousandsf people looking for new jobs over the next year. susan hogan is at the live desk with the details. >>> gm says it will slash nearly 15,000 jobs across the work force, plant workers, engineers, even executives will fl the effects of this major restructuring effort. dwmpb m plans to close three assembly plants. one i michigan one in ohio and another in canada. theyll build cars gm won't sell in the u.s. after next year. theutomaker could decide to keep the assembly plants openilo different vehicles, however. now, power train plants in michean and right h in baltimore, maryland, they're also on the chopping block. about 300 people work at that maryland plant. gm says it is shifting its focus to electric and self-drivinghi es chit believes is central to the automaker's future. it planso complete the process by the end of 2019. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the future looking much brighter thanthat we've got breaking news coming in from outer space. nasa's insight spacecraf sitting safely on mars. lr hap

news 4's meagan fitzgerald talked with him and the doctor who helped sa his life. a >> motorcycle or a gunshot or fall from a roof deck. >> trauma surgeons see all kinds of injies. they're working quickly to fix the problem and save lives. that's why time is the difference between life and death. >> i think that we're lucky d.c. fire and rescue delivered him to us as quickly as they did. >> on octobe 20t last year, duane brown came rushing through the doors of the gw hospital and on to this doctor's operating bl >> as i was washing my car, i was wiping it and i leaned up and heard this loud noise. i looked a my chest right here. had been shot right in the heart. >> brown was in his d.c. jones window over a trivial dispute about cleaning up his grass on his sidewalk. >> the vast majority of overwhelming majority of people will die. i'll never know they existed. >> brown spent ten days in a coma and quickly proved he's not the majority of patients. today, alongside otherrauma survivors, brown shared his story with the first respoers and staff at the very hospital tha

meagan fitzgerald, thank you. th hijacked bus did not have a protective shield to keep drivers and passengers separated. but metro is adding safety shields to f their entireet of buses now. we checked in with them today for a progress report and a spokespeon tells us nearly two-thirds of metrobuses now have safety shields. and they expect to have 100% of their fleet completed withi seven months. >>> and there is a consumer alert about that massive data breach involving marriott hotels. this could o potentially be of the biggest breaches in history. trriott says that the information of u a half a billion guests may have been exposed. and the unauthorized access dates back four years. r let's getht to susan hogan live at marriott's world headquar trs tol us what do we do now?'l >> reporter: tell you, this is a biggie., bottom line f you stayed at a marriott hotel within the past four year, chances are this breach impacts you. the world's largest hotel chain now fing one of the largest data breaches. marriott interna

. >> meagan fitzgerald spoke with a man whose life has been turned around now because he foundgh t mentorss a big night forhis man. >> quick finr food. just to get people a taste of what i actually do. >> he's preparing f an event where hundreds of people can try his food as a way of making a name for his new catering business. in addition to serving peopleck also gives >> i'm a peer educator. i'm on my way to be an hiv, std tester. >> those who gave him aanecond at life. >> life has been a journey. >> his journey started on the streets of d.c. as a teenager. he was in and out of jail hanging with thecr wrong d. >> i was smoking and fighting. he internalized his depression and anger and caused him to lash out in a way his mother couldn't control. so he went from place to place and had nowhere else to sleep except on the streets. >> he found smyal,t houses lgbt youth struggling to findr thway. some are kicked out because of who they are. >> i didn't have a stable place. i was on the streets. and smyal noticed that and let me give you a place to stabilize your life. that's exactly what theyd

meagan fitzgerald reports. >> the number of shootings nationwide is skyrocketing. we're seeing. >> time is the dnce between life and death for trauma surgeons and their patients t >> he was i emergency department for about 15 minutes or less. >> duane brown came rushing gw ugh the doors of the university hospital and ended up on dr.aran i's operating table. >> as i was washing my car, was wipin it and i leaned up and heard this loud noise. iooked at my chest right here. i had been shot right at thear >> brown was in a d.c. community when h neighbor steven jones shot him from his window over a trivial dispute about cleaning up the grass on his sidewalk. >> the vast majority of people overwhelming majority of people shot through the heart will die. >> brown spent ten days in a coma. he proved that he's not the majority of patients. today, alongside other trauma survivors, brown shared his story with the first responders and staff at the very hospital that saved his li. hi message was simple. no matter how bleak things may look, never give up.e >> l is worth living. a

we starts with n 4's meagan fitzgerald in rockville. meagan? >> reporter: it's been a dangerous night here in montgomery county. one of the latest crashes happened just behind me here, right here in the rockville town center. montgomery county police s there could be a couple of contributing factors. raining,fact that it's but also, that it's getting darker earlier. a crumpled umbrella laying next the wheel of the vehicle police say struck a woman just before 5:30 this evening. >> she was on the ground and she cold.ike, out she was not moving at all. >> reporter: it was a traumatizing site foralana, who happened to be walking by moments after the crash. >> that's pretty scary. like, i feel really, really bad for her. i don't knowf she got hit and was, like, thrown. >> reporter: police say the woman was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. while the collision reconstruction team at the montgomery county police department started third investigation. this was just one of six pedestrian crashes in three hours across the county. >> i think

our meagan fitzgerald meagan fitzgerald is following late-breaking details, and we're going to be checking in with her a little later. from the live sk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you, erika. now at s take a look other top stories this afternoon. in northern virginia facing a sexual assault ch christopher semera is accused of hinappropriate contact w female inmate at the adult detention center last month. he was working as nurse with the community service there at the time. hes no longer employed by them. >>> a former high-ranking montgomery county employee pleat guilty tod embezzling nearly $7 million from the county. now per bang could be spending the next 20 years in federal prison. agreement,o his plea he stole the money over the course of six years while serving as the chief operating officer for the department of economic development.nd direct funds.bution of he was only caught after the irs noticed he was spending a lot of money o gambling, but hadn't reported all of his income. >>> a d.c. judge is easing the strictions on john hinckley, the man who shot president reagan in an aas

now there was news of yet another arrest in the case as news4's meagan fitzgerald explains, theeh person bind bar news isn't much older than his victim. >> reporter: police say it was a school resource officer who helped them to arrest this 16-year-old suspect. now early their afternoon, i talked to makiyah's mother she says these latest arrests bring her just one step closer to justice for her little girl. it was a crime that devastated the entirecity, four gunman hopping out of a blackin ii and opening fire in this clay terrace neighborhood in july. 10-year-old makiyah wilson, heading to get ice cream, struck and killed on her front step. the latest arrest came this afternoon. a 16-year-old is being charged as an adult. p yesterdayice arrested 24-year-old mark price of southeast. andhi earlier week, three other suspects charged with her murderur appeared in a judge reviewed the evidence and determined they were a danger to the community and held them without bond. according to courtnt docu quinton michaels was the ringleader who organized the shooti because of a beef he had with someon

it sure looked like something suspicious is going on he but as meagan fitzgerald tls us, this man is doing the homeowner a very big favor. >> reporter: most neighbors will tell you they invest in cameras on their front porch for safety reasons. she says that's usually the time of crime that happens around het northeas neighborhood. so this morning, while she was at work, she got aner alert on phone and saw this video of a man walking up to a front porch and seemingly looking around. >> the first they know you see is someone shoving something in my mailbox. i couldn't really tell what it was. and then hetarted to put it under the mat. >> reporter: it turned out this man found her wallet on th a nd stopped his car despite the freezing temperare and was looking for a safe place to leave it. >> i gue iidn't zip my bag. i was in a hurry. >> reporter: not one thing was stolen. >> i have my i.d. and several credit cards. >> reporter: these cameras supposed to catch the bad guys. in a refreshing twist, it caught a good samaritan going out of his way to do the right thing. >> there is so much

meagan fitzgerald has the report. >> reporter: members of father vasquez' order didn't have anything to say while they were court. they were in a courtroom when the judge charged him with sexuallybusing a minor. the victim said he grabbed her breast. it wea reported to the pastor. the court documents say he translated the account of what happened from spanish into but it wasa letter never reported to police until last week. rrent parishioners are shocked. >> it's sad. police learnf two other incidents that happened in 2015. a 16-year-old victim said father urbano kissed hern the lips in the church dining room. the girl's mother talked about this and saw the entire thing. he claimed he didn't knowmehat ver him. then 15-year-old girl said he rubbeder leg during confession but it took more than three years for action to be taken against the man many parishioners said they trusted. we want toet to part of the statement. it sayspo immediately learning of the serious allegation, the arch diocese removed father vasquez from ministry and suspended priestly facultie faculties. the headasr of

. >> in the district, meagan fitzgerald.she wants to thank that good samaritan. >> i hope she finds him. >>> two siblings are coming forward to tell the truth about their father. >> still seeing some ice out there. loudoun county, fairfax, prince william, all two-hour delayfor william, all two-hour delayfor tomorrs ow so, let's talk about williaconference calls.elayfor tomorrs ow there's always a certain amount of fumbling. a lot of times it doesn't work. we have problems. comcast business goes beyond fast. by letting you make and receive calls from any device using your business line. and conference calls you can join without any dial-ins or pins. (phone) there are currently 3 members in this conference. i like that. i like that too. i would use that in a heartbeat. get started with innovative voice and tv solutions for a low price when you get fast, reliable internet. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> afa er's secret hidden for decades leaves a brother and sister trying to trace their roots. >> thousands of families congs

. >> meagan fitzgerald has the details from court. >> reporter: the state attorney is calling these criminal acts and they are punishabl by up to life in prison. the defense team argued thesear xv-year-old boys. on the honor roll. never been in trouble before. the judge in the end took into consideration and decided to release these boys on $20,000 bonds. >>> tonight we're learning mor details about the alarming attacks that allegedly happened inside the damascus high school locker roo onhalloween. according to court documents, caleb thorpe, will smith, jean abedi and kristian lee sexually assaulted four freshmen jv teammates with a broom k.stic it happened while the victims were getting ready for the last practice of th season. the suspects entered the locker room and turned off thelights. lice say the smallest teammates were targeted. the ones the suspects thought wouldn't fight back but they did and shouted for the attacks to stop. the 15-year-old suspects appeared in court and listened prosecutors told the judge the victims were stomped on, n to theat, and thr ground in an act the defend

meagan fitzgerald spoke to one of the cousins. >> he is a fun pern to be around. he was so nice. >> pablo's family said he could make anyone laugh. his cousin said pablo's 2-year-old son his greatest joy. >> he would put family before anything else. when he became a dad, that s hispriority. >> pablo was a mechanic at a local dealershipn wood bridge. his family said he left work last night and was driving two his friends home. they never made it. just after 8:30, prince william county police rushed there. pablo was speeding northbound when he lost control of his car, crossing over the median before slamming into a bus. the front end of his car ruced to mangled metal. police say pablo and his 19-year-old friend prince arthur died on scene. the back seat passenger is fighting for his life and now three families are left to grieve. >> don't have words to describe howainle it is. >> reporter: pablo's family has created a go fund me page. if you're interested, you can find more information on our nbc washington app. >>> can republicans keep control of congress? or will

. >> meagan fitzgerald has the story from d.c.upior court. >> reporter: we're learning new disturbing details about what investigator say happened inside the rectory of the shrine of the sacred heart in 2015. the first victim was 13 years old. she said father vazquez put his hand down her shirt and touched her breast. court documents say he translated the account oft w happened from spanish into english in a letter but it was never seen untilast week. >> it hurts. >> during the investigation police learn of two other incidents which reportedly happen in 2015. one said the father kissed her on the lips in the dining room. the girl's mother talked about this and saw the entire thing. he said he didn't know what came over him. then a -year-old said he rubbed her leg during confession. but ite took man three years for action to be taken against a man many parishioners say they trusted. >> take a look at this statement released by the arch diocese of washgton. itays immediately upon learning of the algation, the archdiocese needily removed him from ministry and suspended his priestly activ

meagan fitzgerald introduces us to one mother who wishes she had the resources. >> reporter: stacey is like most parents. she made sure to have the talk aboutgs with her son joel. >> we would talk to him. don't even try this. don't even get started. >> reporter: she thought joel was an average 23-year-old guy. he had a full-time job and so many hobbies. >> he had a second on black belt, on the bowling team on the weekend. orter: never imagining he would be addicted to opioids. ouen she out last year, it was too late. >> my husband ran in the bedroom and said stacey, you have to come. it's joel. >> reporter: he had overdosed. his rents found him i his bed on valentine's day. >> it was the most awful feeling. to be out in front of my housei wa for my son's body to be removed and carri out. >> reporter: now, his cleats and pictures we here inside the hope house in his memory. it is a new project the charles county sheriff announc today. >> we can take it to the community. the community doesn't nece carily have toe to us. >> reporter: the lieutenant ashley burrows -- >> help parents figure

. >> meagan fitzgerald is outside court to tell us what the suspect said during sentencing. >> reporter: yeah, this suspect, loving, he seemed to be remorseful in court telling the judge that he feels bad aboutnt thee incident. which keep in mind it was captured on camera that we're now seeing for the very first time. for the first time we're seeing this video which captures the moments keith loving hijacked this metrobus before killing a 40-year-old man. it happened in may of 2016. thisideo shows loving getting on the bus on j street moments later, he is attacking with needle driver nose pchlteliers. thriver gets away and loving hijacks theus and makes his way to this gas station. s you can he stops in between two pumps, and waits 80s seconds. ta -- eight seconds. take aha look at trash can, you will see the gas station employee anthony pane had just taken the trash out before loving steps on the gas steerings bsteering the bus right into him.ne pa dies on scene. moments later, police arrive with guns drawn and try to arrest loving w refuses their commands. police move in, using pepper

l meagan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> aki p lot con flon tafronta ends with an ugly outburst with a slur. we hear from the family at the center of it. >>> amazon creating quite a buzz amongst local high schoolers. what the future i.t. workforce hopes to get out of 2. >>> and we have a wintry mix headed our way. we havag team c with dg and ameouli ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ whenou have doctors working a , you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ >>> we have a system heading our way. doug a andl amelia w take a look at it in a few minutes. >>> we'v talked about the potential for amazon to create thousands of jobs in our area. d many ofhose future workers haven't even graduated from high school yet. david culver takes a look at the splash amazon is making among local teens. >> reporter: amazon's hq2 announcement brought big numbers from jobs to potential revenue. and showcased futuristic designs. but much of this will not be reized for several years. which is doctor we wanted to might amazon's potential workforce. >> in order to be succe

. >> meagan fitzgerald, news4. >> what a wonderful story. we featured her for mother's day. the governor said cheryl is the running to be nationally recognized as mother of the year. d he'll be rooting for herlo andw we. >> he won't bon e. that's for sure. >> all right. close your windows and keep your umbrellas handy. >> we are in for a stormy night. >> yeah. that rain has already started in many parts of the area. we could see som stronger storms, too. gusts potentially to40 50 miles an hour. the timing about, 6:00 to 10:00. >> yeah. retice this. 69 d in d.c. 47 in west thvirginia. shows you something is going on here. >> look what's happening to the south, down toward the gulf of mexico. all of tint m its way in. we'll have a chance for storms. right now it is just rain and on the heavy side into parts of the area. leesburg seeing that around the warrenton area.he. starting to see it now in and around the beltway along the wester portions of th beltway toward bethesda. right out 270, herndon, reston. as we widenout, notice what's happening to the south. we're starting to

meagan fitzgerald will have that in a live report at 5:00. studio you in the >>> and we have more breaking news now, the former dallas police officer who shot and killed an unmed black man inside his apartment has been indicted for murder. ber guyger had gone to the wrong apartment and mistook the victim for a burglar. guy ger guyger is out of jail on a $300,000 bond. >>> new at 4:00, a mor payroll mistake right as we enter the holiday season. prince george's county public schools says that it double paid as many as 18,000 employees. this mistake affects employees who use the automatic deposit option for their pay. the school system says it will reverse one of th two payments and that could happen anytime between today and this monday december 3. f hool officials say i employees have already spent the money, you have to pay the school system back. they say we urge you not to spend the additional funds payrolls to the secokcond for. >>> now to the memory of a woman who loved children so much that she a retired went back to work again as a nann

meagan fitzgerald was inside the courtroom today. tell us when t some of evidence presented. >> rep ter: first i have to tell you, while the prosecution was presenting this evidence, the suspects showed no emotion at all. not when they got io the of why en ieve that these three m were responsible for killingkd makiyah and not when the judge said that it was unaccfatable but hely was emotional in tourt wh court when the prosecution produced the evidence of w the suspects should stay in jail. >> it was overwhelming fhi ever going on. >> reporter: prosecutors showed this video of the four suspects hopping o a black infinity and opening fire on july 16th, one of those bullets killing hel little prosecutors painted a picture of quentinichaels as the ringleader and the one who organized the entire crime. court documents show text messages between the suspects talking aboutti g guns and a car. their conversations that investigatorselieve are were had in the days and hours leading up to the crime. it ultimately contributed to the judget dete

meagan fitzgerald, tnk you. a new clue tonight into the abduction of a child in the falls church area. police tell us yesterday afternoon this woman and another man offered a treat to a little girl and herld adult brother. the brother and sister were walking on pine spring road and meadow view road. the little girl's brother pushed his sister away from the couple. neither was harmed, call police if you know anything about this. >>> and a warning from health officials as the cold temperatures move in tomorrow. the maryland department of health saye already have our first death of the season from the cold. it's a garrett county man who died at age 65 from symptoms that are related to thhymia. 61 people died in maryland from cold-relatedt deaths l season. health officials say if you are driving thiday weekend, ma make sure to pack emergency car kits and blankets to be on the safe side. >>> a testing back and forth between presidentrump and chief justice john roberts. just a short time ago, the president responded t