they arrest one of two suspects however there was a warrants out for michael wiggins sister. that's the late nest north west back to you in the stud dwro. >> also in the district off duty secret office officer baldwin he was gunned down in december. investigators believe he may have been victim robbery. this week they arepingted charles systems and charged him with first degree murder. >> ntsb is investigating a deadly plane crash in county and it went down in a field near bay bridge airport. both people on board were killedch the plane burst into flames when it hit the ground. >> flooding, use continue in texas and ft. area has been lay lujs and at least president barack obama landed in sauly arabia a short time ago. he is expected to push mid east alleys to do more in the fright against isis and will bheet king solomon. defense secretary ash cart ser actually traveling with the president. >> filled castro made what could be a last pub sick experience the almost 90 xwreerd discussions health and urged party toe fulfill position in 2006 after nearly dying from intestinal i >>

also police say they arrested 27-year-old michael wiggins of southwest dc. that arrest was made today and police say that was possible thanks to two things. the security cameras that are here in this area, and also the outout pouring of tips they got. >> i ran for the phone and for the child. she's saying compress it. >> reporter: after a 7-year-old girl was shot in the stomach by gunfire intended for somebody else, witnesses say her father picked her up and ran to the building next door. >> so i'm asking them where did she get shot, they not knowing. so he actually lift her shirt and saw a shoel. >> reporter: you can still see the blood stains on the floor where the girl's father and neighbors gave the girl first aid. >> you can imagine, and i know we all hate to imagine that any of us that have children, to be in that situation, for him to act the way that he did under that type of pressure is, like i said, it's amazing. it's remarkable, and it's very heroic and in all likelihood he saved her life. >> the victim was with her family when the gunshots erupte

agn there is a warrant out for michael wiggins sister at this time. police did let us know, though, that yesterday they did arrest that second suspect in this break in and she's been charged with burglary. that's the latest here northwest back to you in the studio. >> thanks annie, appreciate. it city of baltimore police department once again investigating a controversial arrest at the hands of a police officer. we'll have details coming up. >> first gary and erin will have a check warm and traffic on the fives when we come back pass passion >> 5:14 wednesday morning breaking news in south america another strong after shot hitting ecuador. a 6.1 magnitude earthquake striking 25 minutes ago after the devastating quake over the weekend that killed more than 500 people. hundreds are missing in that country. we'll continue to monitor breaking news and bring you updates as we get them. >> happening now thousands of people in the houston area are evacuating homes. people there are still dealing with severe flooding. high waters causing several deaths right

a man named michael wiggins has been arrested for shooting that little 7-year-old girl on friday night. that shooting shocked a lot of people in this community. >> we're glad to know the little girl is recovering. she's hospitalized. the mayor says she's anxious to get back to school and they say they belie they were able to make this arrest with ethe help of the public. >>> a man dead after crashing the man was driving here rutland road around noon when he ran off the road and hit trees. maryland state police are working to see what might have caused him to lose control. we're still working to learn his identity. the victim's identity. an important traffic alert now. new bus lanes opened along a stretch of georgia avenue in northwest. drivers who don't follow the rules could face big fines. as news4 kristin wright reports, the goal is to help buses move more quickly on one of the city's busiest corridors. >> reporter: if you're caught driving in the bus lane, the fine is $200. it looks like a lot of people may not even be aware of this change just yet. they're still driving through th

michael wiggins was arrested yesterday after the friday shooting. the girl was shot i a stray bullet and was taken to the -- by a stray bullet and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. she is expected to survive. new this new and, ron bateman is reacting to domestic violence accusations. the sheriff is charged with assaulting his wife. he just spoke about the charges. >> the sheriff walked out of the door behind me and playing close, appeared nervous and rushed. the press conference lasted exactly one minute. in the end, the sheriff denied he ever committed a crime. much and my wife very she loves me very much. reporter: anne arundel county sheriff ron bateman faced the his arrest. he is accused of hitting her in the back of the head. he denies the allegation. i never, ever,: ever assaulted her. things were said in high stress and high anger that were blown out of proportion and not true. charged: eight and was with second-degree assault. wasays his wife -- bateman charged with second-degree assault. he says his wife will tell a different

now 27-year-old michael wiggins of southwest d.c.ged with assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm. yesterday afternoon mayor muirial bowser joined in on community walk down the streets where the little girl was shot hartford street southeast. she was walking home with her parents when caught in the cross fire. >> and 5:35 nowment cigary i did my usual i'll go out and warm up my car and walked out and. >> come on. >> i was like i need to cool down by on. >> maybe there's extra minute you didn't need. >> i deposit gape them i walked outside to turn my car on and i was like why am i out here. >> you didn't have to wait for your car to warm up. >> i turn it on and go back inside. and threat warm up. >> i prewarm. >> it's all about time management in these early hour hours. >> i know. every little second counts you know? >> let's see do i brush my teeth today. >> exactly. >> i would have only gained minutesfy deposit walk outside. >> of course we machine our teeth. >> we don't skip there. >> showers comeing ac

. >>> 27-year-old michael wiggins was arrested from southwest washington in the shooting of a 7-year-old girl friday night. the found a gun that was used in the shooting. the 7-year-old was shot in the stomach and the 2900 block of knox's place in the southeast. she and her family were walking back from dinner when they got caught in the crossfire. mayor muriel bowser visited the area this afternoon. neighbors were adamant that they wanted more police patrols. >> my kids fear for their life. they don't want to go outside. >> police and press can make a difference. the usually back off, or something like that. >> the 7-year-old girl is in the hospital in fair condition and police are looking for anyone they can find in the investigation. >>> the man accused of killing will smith the new orleans has appeared before a judge. he is held on $1 million bond, cardell hayes. . new orleans police say cardell hayes shot will smith and his wife after a traffic accident late saturday night. the said ms. -- they said smith was shot in the back and side and his wife were shot in the leg. she is recove

. >>> and police have made an arrest after a 7-year-old girl was shot last week. 27-year-old michael wiggins dangerous weapon and assault with a firearm. he opened fire and the girl was returning home from dinner with her family when she was shot. >>> anne arundel county sheriff ron bateman is denying charges after he was charged with second degree assault. police saw the injuries on the pace of el see bateman. >> i would have to term them as minor injuries but clearly visible. >> according to court documents, his wife called 911 on sunday evening claiming that the two were fighting over a money clip. the sheriff admitted to drinking after his arrest. he had his gun confiscated and is putting himself on administrative duty while a special prosecutor pursues the happened. you can find the entire statement on wusa 9 and our mobile app. >>> lieutenant commander edward lin worked as a flight officers on a navy spy plane. the navy said that he passed information that he learned on those flights to china. if convicted, he could face the death penalty. >>> and sad news to tell you about. radio lege

the suspect is identified as michael wiggins. the girl is in fair condition at children hospital. she was hit by a stray bullet walking home with her family. mayor muriel bowser spoke with the family and says that the girl wants to get back to school. >> we certainly don't tolerate any level of violence in the city. and we are shocked that a child walking with her family could get caught in the cross fire. maureen: it happened near garfield elementary school two blocks from the seventh district police station. police say quick thinking by the girl's father who put pressure on her wound likely saved his daughter's life. leon: dozen of howard university students rallied against sexual assault today. >> it's on us to be the difference. leon: this was the scene as the protest there comes a few weeks after students began voicing concerns about how the school ha some say they worry a focus on athletics, creek organizations and other groups create organization hostile to victims of sexual violence. >> the frustration and the anger we feel are real. the reasons behind it are valid. leon:

about an hour ago they announced they had arrested michael wiggins, a man from southwest d.c. >> i got a chance to and her family yesterday. we continue to pray for her speedy recovery. she is very anxious to get back to school, and we are anxious for that to happen. >> derrick ward was there for that announcement. he is going to have new reaction to not only the shooting but this arrest coming up in the next hour. i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. back to you. >>> it's a deadly epidemic in prince george's county. seven women killed in i was dents related to domestic violence just since january. a prince george's county lawmakers is leading an effort to strengthen the laws and prevent some of these crimes. but as tracee wilkins reports, she may be running out of time. >> reporter: lawmakers have been working to figure out what the state can do to help solve problems. one lawmaker said she thought her bill was about to become law and then it just stalled. >> how i found out thath was because i needed them. >> reporter: angela angel, a freshman maryland state delegate says she was in

michael wiggins charged with the shooting that wanted the child as she walked home after dinner with their parents friday night. investigators say he opened fire while a group of people were arguing nearby. at last check she is in fair condition and still in the hospital. >>> today we can learn more about the evidence in a sex assault suspect in fairfax county. there is a hearing this afternoon and police say martinez broke into a mt. vernon home in february and raped the woman who lives there. officer spotted him several days later and arrested him and he's charged with rape, burglary, and giving false information. >>> we could learn later today the identity of the person dc police pulled from the c&o canal this morning. several roads were close while crews remove the body from the water. >>> in one of the final act of the maryland general assembly noah's law was passed and it's named in honor of montgomery county police officer noah leotta who was hitting killed in december by a drunk driver. governor hogan will sign the bill in the coming days. nikki burdine spoke with no was fath

police arrested michael wiggins, facing multiple charges, including assault with a dangerous weapon. friday night the seven-year-old girl was wounded walking home from a dinner with family. she is listed in fair condition at children's hospital. mayor muriel bowser spoke with family and said the girl wants to get back to school. tolerate any level of violence in our city and are shocked that a child walking with her family could get called in the crossfire. jonathan: the police are giving the father a lot of credit. thinking, his quick putting pressure on her wounded, is likely what saved her life. nobody else was hurt in the shooting which happened just two blocks from the seventh district police station. that is the latest from the solicitor. i'm jonathan elias. back to you. woodbridge, a baby is in critical condition after being stabbed on ridgeview court. say that a family member stabbed the three-month-old because she would not stop crying. the woman is being held, charged with malicious wounding. michelle: 7 on your side with a warning tonight from the top health official of th

police say the suspect is michael wiggins. he's charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. the shooting took place on friday night in southeast. police say the girl was walking home with her parents when she got caught in the begun fire. the girl's condition has been upgraded to stable. some say this might have turned out a thinking by the girl's father and a neighbor who gave the child first aid. >> you can imagine and i know we hate to image that anyone of us who have children, for him act the way he did under that type of pressure, it's amazing, it's remarkable and very heroic and in all likelihood he saved her life. >> today a community walk was held in the neighborhood where the shooting took place. residents say it's terrible for children to have to live somewhere that they can't go outside and play. >>> a three month-old-baby girl is hospitalized after police say her own mother stabbed her. the incident happened over the weekend in the 3200 block of ridge view court in woodbridge. authorities say she was watching the three-month-old and when the baby wouldn't stop cr

the 7-year-old michael wiggins unarrest. the woman was hit in the stomach along knox place. they say wiggins opened fire and the 7-year-old was in fair condition at the hospital last check. >>> ronal bateman is on leave charged with assaulting his wife in an argument. it happened sunday evening in pasadena. elise bateman says her husband threw her against the wall causing her to hit her back of her head. he says he did hold and that alcohol was involved. prosecutors referring it to outside the building. >> a woman is accused of stabbing a 3 month-old girl. airington charged with suspicious wounding, the baby was crying and airington stabbed the woman with a kitchen knife. another member called police and the baby was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. >>> hillary clinton and donald trump hold the leads. both count og a victory to help them clench a nomination. but ted cruz is fighting for it as well. >> ted cruz says in june it will be the final before the convention. >> california will decide the nomination. >> it takes so many delegates to lock up the nomination

police did tell us they arrested 27-year-old michael wiggins in connection with that shooting and on tuesday, police source confirmed to us there's a warrant out for arrests of wiggins sister according to a police report four days after the 7-year-old was shot wiggins broke into someone's apartment along with cousin daen not know the woman and the female victim was attacked as the second suspect dragged the young son out his room beating him while they say he outed his brother and the victim's 2-year-old son woke up from the commotion and was hit times for these women seeking retaliation. to make matters worse police sources are tell us the 11-year-old boy had nothing do with a the arrest and provide nod information to the police in connection with the 7-year-old girl shooting. we did learn also that police made app arrest. they arrested one of those women and the wiggins sister is still at large and there's again a warrant out for her arrest and as this community tries to sort of understand why someone would attack two innocent children we can till the tone of this neighborhood has

last friday night. 7 years old. 27-year-old michael wiggins of southwest d.c. is achargeed with assault of a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm. the mayor joychbd many a community walk down where the girl was shot. she was walking home with her parents when caught in the cross fire. >>> the prince george county now. a follow up on police-involved shooting we've been covering. it happened sunday night when officers responded to alarm that went off at the international market on 4th street in laurel the shooting is called unintentional. an officer's gun went off bullet hit rashjuan kishy. he is in stable condition that point and they caught a 15-year-old boy released to mother. the officer that fired the shot is on administrative leave pending outcome of the investigation. >>> 4:35 a check on today's forecast with gary mcgrady. showers coming down as i headed in at least. >> yes, you notice how mild it was. >> it was beautiful. >> temperatures interested tricky because we start off mild and then the front linge lingering to the west of us will

mayor bowser visited residents last night to announce the arrest of michael wiggins. a stray bullet from his gun hit a 7-year-old girl last friday on knox place. she is still in the hospital, but doing well. another fight at a donald trump campaign rally, this time in upstate new york. you can see a man pushed another man in the face twice. police in albany say they took one of men out of that crowd, but did not make any arrests. tonight trump will take part in a cnn town hall event, the gop frontrunner may be asked about accusations he made sunday that the nomination process is rigged. in recent weeks, senator ted cruz has collected more delegates than trump despite trump's claims that he is winning more votes. senator cruz suggested trump was, quote, whining. john kasich called the nomination process, quote, bizarre. and one week away from the critical new york primary, democratic hopefuls senator bernie sanders and hillary clinton will campaign again in the empire state. and nbc news "wall street journal" maris poll puts krin top ahead of sanders by 14 points heade

police say michael wiggins opened fire during some sort of fight involveing a group of people, a 7-year-old injured in the cross fire as she walked home from dinner from parents. she's in fair condition this morning. >> new this morning, maryland governor larry hogan set to sign in law today a bill that requires ignition interests lock def eess for anyone convicted of drunk driving in the state named after a montgomery county police officer killed by a suspected drunk driver. >> midnight and 1129 last night the votes came down. noah's law passing maryland house of delegates and passed senate moments earlier and this after the fwilself was thrown into doubt earlier in the day and differences in two different versusch bill passed senate version and house version and many consider house version to be a little weaker and after both sides and ironed out pretty appropriate reports and everything dime pass just about 31 minutes before the session was over. had they not acted on the bill noah's law would have been daetd. governor hogan set to sign the bill 10 state house. in annapolis. jim lokay. f

mayor muriel bowser visited residents last night to announce the arrest of 27-year-old michael wiggins. police say a stray bullet from his gun hit a 7-year-old girl last friday on knox place. she is still in the hospital in fair condition. >>> the secret service says he tried to jump the white house fence last mocht anth and now a arrest warrant has been issued for jose fuertes for not showing up to dourt. he was arrested on bike racks that serve as a barrier. he was charged with a misdemeanor. >>> today adam thiel will be named philadelphia's new fire ghigsner. he's the virginia deputy secretary of public safety and home lachd security right now. before that he was the alexandria fire chief for about seven years. >>> we're monitoring what could be a critical meeting in the nomination process for supreme court nominee merrick garland. judge garland will meet with senate judiciary committee dhar than chuck grassley this morning. grassley has the power to decide whether the senate will hold a confirmation hearing for the supreme court nominee. many republicans say president obama should

officers arrested 27-year-old, michael wiggins from southwest and they found the gun they believed was used in the shooting. it happened friday night and the 2900 block of knox place. mayor muriel bowser is walking through the neighborhood this afternoon to talk to people who live there about this ongoing violence. >> we certainly don't tolerate any level of violence in our city and we are shocked that a child walking with her family could get caught in crossfire. >> ellen brian spent the afternoon talking to the families and neighbors and they were anxious to speak to mayor bowser, where they? >> they were. they been stopping her to ask questions because they want a bigger police presence and they say they heard gunshots all the time and they don't think the violence was stop this will stop and more -- unless more police officers step in. >>reporter: a detective is investigating a shooting of people who live on knox place and hartford say these sites are normal. >> usually, it's frid 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. >>reporter: they think increasing officer patrols is the only way to stop

michael wiggins of southwest stray bullet hit a 7-year-old little girl in the chest on friday night. authorities say the weapon has been recovered. the child and her family were walking home from dinner on the 2900 block of knox place southeast when she was caught in the crossfire in a shooting that took place after an altercation in the area. >> i have to say without the community help in this particular case we would not make a closure. we want to thank folks. diane: police say the little girl is in fair and stable condition. the mayor says she had a chance to talk to the family and the little girl yesterday and she is anxious to get back to school. in southeast d.c., diane cho, abc7 news. leon: thank you. a navy officer will likely face a court-martial on charges he spied for thigh wan and china. they -- taiwan and china. they arrested him eight mo ago but lynn's identity wasn't made public until now. he was assigned in hawaii. he became a u.s. citizen at the age of 14. lin is now held in navy brig in chesapeake, virginia. michelle: the anne arundel countersheriff found himself on

she announced the arrest of michael wiggins. a stray bullet from wiggins' gun hit her while she was on a walk with her family. she remains in fair condition at the hospital. >>> the anne arundel county sheriff plans to be back at work. sheriff ronald bateman says he will not be carrying a weapon and will only handle administrative tasks as an investigation unfolds after being charged with second degree assault after finding his wife wi family home. the sheriff says the incident was, quote, just very emotional argument between husband and wife. >>> it is 5:15. today to celebrate equal pay day, president obama will desk fate a new national monument to honor the women's equality movement. this is the belmont house this northeast, it served as headquarters for the national women's party since 1929. today it becomes the belmont hall women's equality national monument. it is named for activist alva belmont and alice paul. >>> federal health officials say the zika virus is scarier than they first thought. unborn babies are at risk thro

on tuesday, yesterday a police source confirmed to "fox5" there's a warrant out for arrest of michael wiggins sister and according to police report we obtained four days after the 7-year-old was shot police say wiggins sister broke into unknown woman's apartment female suspects attacked a mother and two children. police say one of the suspects draped an 11-year-old out of bed and beat him and accused him of being a snitch and outing brothers to be alleged gunman in connection with this case and the victim's 2-year-old was punched in the face 4 to 5 times and by these women seeking retaliation. and to make matters worse police sources confirming to "fox5" that 11-year-old victim had nothing to do with this arrest and did not provide any information that led to this arrest. so, that obviously is very disturbing and we can also tell you that police did arrest one of those suspect yesterday. she is facing burglary charges and again wiggins sister still at large. that's the latest from northwest. back to you in the studio. >> thanks, and y disturbing all the way around. maim developments in flint

. >> the 27-year-old michael wiggins from southwest washington, d.c. has been arrested and charged in this case. i can't underestimate the help that we got from the community in this case, all the >> reporter: d.c. mayor muriel bowser came to the scene today amid the fear and outrage following the shooting of a child. she spoke with residents and parade with them. this block of knox place that run into hartford street is the scene. >> i have been shot before and i know how it feels. >> reporter: those wounds have healed but others from simply learning what happens to a neighbor say it will take some time. >> i fear more my life and my kids. >> reporter: knox place is getting new attention now since the shooting. >> unfortunately that's what it has taken for the city and the community leaders to say, okay, let us address this issue. >> reporter: and now that an arrest has been made, what do precedents think is needed long term when the focus inevitably turns elsewhere. >> we need policemen around 24. it's not safe around here. >> reporter: the assistant