then najjar and artem ziberov were lured to their death, when najjar went to sell a graduation ticket. but najjar's parents... don't buy it. najjar's dad says he has no mercy and plans to see the case to the end. ziberov's parents are heading to russia on tuesday for his funeral. an update now on the ballpark ambush that wounded several people including louisiana congressman steve scalise. doctors say the house majority whip underwent another condition has been updated from "critical" to "serious". representative scalise was shot in the hip when a gunman opened fire on congressional republicans during a baseball practice. congressman scalise was feeling well enough to watch some baseball on tv saturday night. his accounted tweeted this message saturday night, saying he was rooting on his lsu tigers in the college world series. meanwhile-- life is slowing returning to normal in the alexandria community rocked by the shooting last week. police say simpson field, the site of the shooting, will reopen later today. officials will hold a small re-opening ceremony this evening. the field has

a friend of najjar told police that najjar allegedly stole drugs from a woman named kara yanez during a drug deal. then police say yanez filed a police report saying a passenger in a blue honda civic -- now remember this car -- stole her ipad and dragged her 50 feet. now we jump to june 5th this year najjar tells a friend that he's selling a graduation ticket to a person named roger garcia. later that night at 10:45 police are called to that cul- de-sac in montgomery village and found najjar and ziberov shot dead and the blue honda civic. 30 shell casings are littered around. police say a confidential informant says 25-year-old jose canales canales-yanez and edgar and roger garcia killed najjar in retaliation for that alleged robbery of kara yanez in december. on june 17th police searched edgar garcia's home and find a box of ammunition, 11 of the 30 shell casings the same time as found on the screen and they arrested l on the scene and they arrested all three. ziberov was hit 10 times by gunfire and his family said it was for no reason. on father's day the pain of parents now without

najjar and put on their caps and gowns. killed just hours before their graduation in what neighbors described as a hail of bullets. the friends were found dead in najjar's honda near 11:00. the father began to worry when he texted shadi and didn't hear back. >> when i texted him. he always responds. always responds to me, always responds to his mom. that night, he did not respond. >> reporter: memorial service is planned for najjar at his germantown mosque. we are told as police continue to look for clues, try to figure out who may have done this and also who those boys were with before they were shot and what brought them to montgomery village. we're live in germantown, justin finch, news4. back to you. >>> the entire school community observed a moment of silence yesterday d.a.r. constitution hall. shadi najjar and artem ziberov were good friends and been going to school since middle school. grief counselors will be at the school to help student it's and staff. >>> we are just getting some breaking news about a power outag

this is shadi najjar and artem ziberov. the two high school seniors were killed while sitting in a car in german village. najjar's father said his son told him he'd be late coming home tuesday night. like most parents he asked for the teen to keep in contact. but that final check-in from najjar would never come. >> it was 1:00 or 2:00, he did not answer. i waited. i asked are you okay? are you okay, my boy? are you all right? >> now, coming up, news4's justin finch will have more on the investigation and the resources available for grieving students at northwest high schools. >>> you're looking at chopper 4 footage of a frightening situation in night. take a look, montgomery county investigators say at least one child is being treated for minor injuries after a fire inside a storm drain tunnel near north better this bethesda middle school. apparently there were other children involved. >>> a prince george's mother faces 45 years in prison for suffocating her son and daughter. she pled guilty to killing her children inside t

hundreds are coming out tonight at 7:30 remember artem ziberov and shadi najjar. in germantown, debra alfarone, wusa 9. >>> and many najjar says the reward leading to an arrest and conviction has just been increased to $20,000. >>> a minnesota police officer has been acquitted in the shooting death of a black driver. officer jeronimo yanez faced death of philando castile. castile's girlfriend took a video right after it happened. and her video went viral last july. the officer's attorney said his client feels justified about the ruling because castile was carrying a gun. he had a permit to do so. the police officer yanez says he will be dismissed. >>> still no verdict in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. jurors have deliberated more than 45 hours. that's about as long as the prosecution and defense took to present their cases combined. cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman named andrea constand back in 2004. jurors told the judge yesterday they were deadlocked but he ordered them to keep going. >>> president donald trump appears to confirm on twitt

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we're hearing from the father of the other boy killed, shadi najjar. we spoke to him yesterday re arrests of the suspects and what he said happened. he called for justice in the death of his son. we caught up with the family today with about what police said. here's their reaction. >> that's a lie and i really wish they didn't say that because that's giving people a false idea of who shadi is who don't know him very well, who just hear on the news. it's not through at all. >> i believe somebody used his car and didn't tell him and they went there and did what they had to do or this is a false accusation. >> yes, it is. >> my son never need to do the stuff. >> he said every day was father's day to him and now he vows to defend his son's character until he sees evidence of what did and did not happen. >>> switching gears now, hot for father's day, but how is the workweek starting? let's get right out to chief meteorologist and super dad, howard bernstein. >> happy father's day to everybody out there. that's how warm it was, the heat index about 100. we'r

he told police he didn't know najjar but admitted he graduated from northwest high school. it was not until late last week police got the break they needed when a witness came forward with names and said the murders were pay back for robbery. >> you know i can not characterize this crime. obviously i will say to you that in court judge moffett when he set the bond as no bond the judge in the court called it brutal reflective of deliberate planning with lots of overkill. >> najjar and ziberov were shot multiple times by three gunmen using different caliber happened guns. ziberov had plans to go to klom college and was not named in the affidavit having anything to to do with robbery or drugs. >> in court today the prosecutors said when one of these men was arrested he was in a car with a suitcase filled with clothes indicating he may be trying to flee. all three men said they're going to hire their own attorneys and they're all due back in court together on jewel 14. live in rockville, paul wa wagner, "fox5 local news". >> and all right coming up tonight a bomb shell out of o

. >> aod najjar reacting to information about the murder of his son shadi najjar and his friend artem ziberov. here's the latest, police in montgomery county say they are looking for two or more killers responsible for the murders of two hon roll students shortly to death. police confirmed that the teens were targeted. 30 shell casings were found from several weapons. now, they say someone knows something, police, that is, that they need to come forward. debra alfarone has been covering this story for us and talked to shadi najjar's parents after that news conference. >> reporter: i showed the najjar's my facebook live video on my phone right after that. it was tough for them to listen to, and at one point, i couldn't listen anymore when they talked about how many bullets were fired. >> my son was set up. take this picture, my son was set up by somebody he knows. >> reporter: adi and gina najjar are desperate for new info. they listened to the news conference until they couldn't listen anymore and had to talk. >> my life doesn't mean nothing to me anymore. what my goal, my focus all m

. >> najjar and ziberov were found shot dead.made an announcement of three arrests in the case. >> live in montgomery county lindsay. >> reporter: lauren, mat, the big question in this case is why were these two teenagers brutally murdered right before their graduation. both of them were shot multiple times inside a vehicle. police let us know tonight they believe they have figured out why. they say that one of the teens murdered was targeted because of a robbery that he allegedly committed. the victim of that alleged robbery is the wife of one of the three men who was arr arrested. we'll show you now the photos of the victims. shadi najjar was in the red shirt and targeted after this alleged drug related robbery. they don't know for sure if najjar committed the crime but there were rumor it's happened. police say they also are not sure if this second victim, artem ziberov was targeted well or happened to be in the car with najjar. >> we're more convinced considering the progress we made in the investigation over the past 36 hour

three people have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of shadi najjar abnd artem ziberov. the police gav reporter kevin lewis for the details. this is a story we have been following closely, and there must be some relief for the families there are rest in this case? after absolutely, 12 days the murders took place, major crime detectives with a major break in the case, the arrest of three individuals, all montgomery county residents. they include 19-year-old roger garcia of germantown, ofyear-old erin edgar garcia gaithersburg, and jose canales-yanez, all three facing charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. during thesay wintertime, one of the murder victims in this case, 17-year-old shadi najjar, reportedly robbed the 25-year-old suspect's of her ipad, and the three men arrested today conspired to murder shadi najjar in an attempt of revenge. what is not clear is the 18-year-old student also killed in this, artem ziberov, if you targetintended car are caught in the crossfire. dozens of shell casings were recovered at the scene. at one

they were arrested yesterday for the murders of adi najjar and artem ziberov. this is just hours before both were set to graduate high school. police started to get help, tips from people involved here and a possible motive has emerged. police have been told that one of the victims, adi ar the victim of that robbery was the girlfriend of one of those suspects. the suspect yanez. they say that najjar was planning to sell a graduation ticket to yet one of the other suspects, roger garcia. investigators say najjar had been in contact with roger garcia not long before the murders. in fact, they say that was the last contact he had. now this has been fleshed out and it's still being fleshed out by investigators. that continues. the father of najjar spoke to channel 4 earlier and he talked about some of the questions that he had. >> why did they kill our boys? what there is? what's behind that? drugs? the drugs caused my son life? is it jealousy? we don't know and i need an answer. you know, whatever reason, no one deserves it, no. >> reporter: and it appears that th

tom: they were shot and killed inside of shadi najjar's vehicle monday night. audio from a surveillance system indicated well over a dozen shots. [gunshots] >> they were very good kids. tom: shadi najjar's father does not know why they were in montgomery village, but his son and artem ziberov were bright and took ap classes. >> why would somebody kill my boy, my beautiful boy? tom: the graduation went on as scheduled at constitution hall. >> very sad day, very emotional father said that his son said he had a next her ticket to graduation and planned to sell it. -- that he had a next her ticket to graduation and plan to sell it. again, he does not know why he came all the way to germantown. tom roussey, abc 7 news. jay: nancy chen -- nancy: nancy chen with breaking news, we are hearing from the parents of the 25-year-old government contractor accused of leaking a nsa confidential document about possible russian election tampering and sending it to an online news agency. tonight her mother and stepfather voicing support for her when they spoke to cnn's anderson c

that shooting stems from a robbery najjar committed back in 2016. police believe -- this is from talking to informants and drugs were stolen from the victim in that robbery. that victim was a girlfriend of one of the suspects, jose yanez. that victim was dragged by a car according to what police have developed now. it seems it may have been retaliation to najjar and the other victim was an innocent victim. we talk to the father of one of those victims. >> well, first, relief. and i want to thank, of course, police detectives and all the people who made this possible. i know the work is very hard. they're working day and night to solve this case. everybody was looking for this moment. i am glad know caught them and i hope they rot in hell. >> reporter: now each of those suspects face two counts of first degree murder and conspiracy, and this case is by no means closed. live at montgomery headquarters, derrick ward, back to you. >> thank you, derrick. >>> breaking news out of prince george's county. maryland state police say a trooper was nearly hit b

this afternoon, hundreds packed the islamic georgetown for najjar's funeral. najjar's grief-stricken father and uncle speaking out before the prayer service. >> cold blooded murder. that's what it is. whoever shot him. please, if you know anyone who killed my beautiful boy, please. you need to call. there is a reward. brad: so much pain and we saw it here today. now, the father there pleading for information. so are the police. that is the message from montgomery county police tonight. they still need the community's help. but the questions they are trying to answer what brought the two teenagers to this cul-de-sac. a road not anywhere near their own home. what was the money all about? they are still trying to look for a motive and look for suspects. in georgetown, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: hope they catch someone quick. thank you. this just in the newsroom now. camp springs have been reopened. the road had to be repaved after problems with a fire hydrant and a pipe that sent water rushing down the street on monday. the repairs have been made. the thief

he told police he didn't know najjar but admitted he graduated from northwest high school. it was not until late last week police got the break they needed when a witness came forward with names and said murders were pay back for a robbery. >> you know i can not characterize this crime. obviously i will say to you that in court judge moffett, when he set the bond as no bond in the court the judge called it brought ali r and reflective and overkill. >> shadi najjar and artem ziberov were shot multiple times by three gunmen. the 18-year-old is not named in court affidavit as having anything to do with the robbery or drugs. >> in court today the prosecutor in the case said that on the day of the arrest one of the men was in a car way clothing indicating he was trying to flee. all three men said they were going to hire their own attorneys. and they're all due back in court jewel 14. in rockville, paul wagner, "fox5 local news". >>> now a prince george county what started as botched robby rigerd when police thought was a barricade situation on annapolis road high at will. the th

najjar was murdered monday night in gaithersburg. along with his friend 18-year-old artem ziberov on the eve of their high school graduation. najjar's father still in pain, disbelief. >> he's a beautiful boy. handsome boy. he has clear heart. clear. pure. innocent. and somebody killed him. in cold blood. brad: in fact, multiple law enforcement forces say what happens to the boys as they sat in this small car did seem like a cold blooded ambush. it happened miles from the teens' home in a montgomery village neighborhood of single family houses. sources say it appears two or three gunmen fired p.m. two dozen shots in the car. why the teens were there remains a mystery? but sources say they were found holding cash as though expecting to pay someone at a meeting spot. police are not ruling out any motive at this point. >> we need help. we received multiple tips but we need more from the community. brad: the muslim community is also asking for more information. this mosque, the mosque, the imam here is the uncle of shadi adi najjar. he lo

shadi adi najjar and artem ziberov were both expected to walk the stage here at d.a.r. constitution hall as part of northwest high school class of 2017. earlier today a moment of silence as graduation got underway honoring the two. the two attended graduation rehearsal yesterday and hours later were found inside the car. fellow students tell us they were shocked to hear the news. many finding out on social media. >> this is supposed to be a day to remember for your life for many reasons. very upset to hear the situation from last fight. >> you would never expect to hear that, see them on the news for something like this. they were probably minding their own business. really scary. brianne: coming up tonight at 5:00, what we learn about the diplomas and what the principal is saying about the two teens. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. don't miss a breaking update. sign up for abc7 text alerts by logging on to wjla.com/text. you will get updates sent to your phone from our newsroom as soon as something breaks. well, the third attacker has be

najjar's mom denies that happened. >> my son is innocent. my son did not do ever in his life and he doesn't believe in that. >> the suspects are held without bond and will be back >>> the search is on in prince william county after a real police officer pulls over a fake cop. a man impersonating a police officer tried to make a traffic stop. he was driving this white chevy silverado with a blue flashing light on top. this happened monday morning on the prince william parkway in woodbridge. when a real officer pulled up behind him, the suspect took off and eventually ditched the truck which turned out to be stolen from fairfax county. they're still looking for him this morning. >>> we know that some people would go pretty far for their pooch, for their dog. d.c. police may have gone a little bit farther. take a look at this picture from the police chief. he said officers went above and beyond to save a chihuahua. looks more like below and beyond, though. the dog fell down a hole this weekend. looks like a pretty narrow hole. chihuahuas are ve

shadi najjar was sitting in the driver's seat and artem ziberov in the passenger seat. a source familiar with the investigation says one of the boys had cash in his hand. today, shadi najjar's father said it was artem ziberov. >> that's what the p i don't know what the police said. said he was holding $20 in his hand. i did not see it, not to my knowledge. i was not there but my son, no, he did not have cash. >> reporter: police found tickets to northwest high school's graduation, in the car they were found murdered in. both families said the boys were heading out to sell their extra tickets. a source familiar with the investigation says someone looking for a debt to be paid showed up at one of the boys' homes in the weeks before the murder. today, both shadi najjar's father and artem ziberov's stepfather said it wasn't true. >> not to my knowledge and nobody every come here asking for money. >> reporter: captain said 60 detectives and teches are working around the clock going through phone records and social media accounts. >> we can't imagine what someone did to deser

shadi najjar and artem ziberov, shot and killed one week ago in montgomery village. teens, shot multiple times, with nearly two dozen rounds fired. investigators are still trying to piece together the moments leading up to that shooting. so far, no arrests, but news4's pat collins is live in rockville with more on the story and some new information. pat? >> reporter: jim, it's been a week since the double murder. the pain for the victims' families, that's only intensified. one of the fathers told me today he's lost the ability to you'll ever see in your life. a man with no goal, no hope, a man with no feeling. >> reporter: it's been a week now since adi najjar's son was gunned down on a dead end street in montgomery village. >> i have no more love. my love has died the day my son died. i have no more love left in my heart. my heart right now is black. >> reporter: everywhere you look in their home, another memory of shadi najjar. his picture as a baby, the road trip to ocean city, his artwork, his diploma from northwest high school. 17-year-old shadi najjar and 18-ye

shirt and police say she was ta targeted after alleged robbery and they till don't know for sure if najjarmitted the crime fwlut were rumors it know if the second victim artem zibrov just happened to be in the car. one of the suspects arrested had arranged to immediate [ ajar and get extra graduationtic fretz him. they believed it was a use lor him to montgomery village and that man was one of the three suspects for attacking both n aj jar and sdiber off. three arrests. investigation is not over yet. >> we're even more convinced now, considering progress we've made in this investigation over the past 36 hours, that there are additional sources of information who have not yet come forward with information they may have about the case. >> the three men arrested are edgar, garcia gionna and roth whor is 19 and jose canalis yannis 25 thee are from montgomery co county. they're charged with two counts of first degree murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder. montgomery, lindsey watts, "fox5 local news". >> we have encouraging news to pass along about the condition of house majority

we spoke with the family of 17-year-old shadi najjar. they tell us that good friends with 18-year-old artem ziberov, that they were excellent students and their principal says they were making a positive impact on their peers, both looking forward to their graduation. loved ones want to know who shot them to death in najjar's car monday night in montgomery, miles away from their germantown home. najjar's father spoke with him hours before he was killed and can't believe it's the last time that he spoke to him. >> i said, are you okay, my boy? are you all right? where are you? where are you? what are you doing? give me a call. text me. and his phone goes straight to the voice mail. >> reporter: his family says they have not yet gotten back shadi's phone. they don't know if it was stolen or if it was police are offering 10,000 dlarsz ffor tips leading to their arrest. i'm justin finch, back to you. >>> we've learned about another victim of the terror attack in london. police now say eight people killed in the attack around the london bridg

the victims, 17-year-old shadi najjar and 18-year-old artem ziberov were shot multiple times the might before set to graduate from northwest high school, and at a press conference police say one of the teens, nach jar they believe was targeted after rumors he robbed one of the suspects. one of the suspects ranged to meet graduation tickets however, it was just a ruse. employees say they don't know if the other victim, ziberov was targeted or happened to be in the car at the wrong place at the wrong time. montgomery county police say information from the public helped them maim these arrests and they still believe there are people out there who may know something. if you know anything, you're urged to contact montgomery county police. that's the latest here in rockville, angelie hemphill. >>> authorities found a body in a lake in gaithersburg, firefighters responded to the lake after receiving a report of a teen in the water and some of the teen's personal belongings were found near the lake in the washington grove section of gaithersburg. firefighters searched the lake and last night,

. >> which indicates it was a najjar and 18-year-old artem ziberov, who were set to graduate today. they were from germantown, but found dead miles away from their homes. murdered last night on a quiet cul-de-sac in a posh section of montgomery village. the two young men found inside a blue honda civic car that belonged to one of the vehicles. marissa lives on the street where it happened. she heard the gun shots. >> it's like, pop pop pop, and then pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop. and then i was like, i think those are gun shots. >> reporter: rafine was on the scene shortly after it happened. >> the lights were on. we could see they were sitting there motionlessly. >> were the lights on inside the car? >> yeah, the lights were inside the car. >> the interior lights were on. >> inter well, were they not? >> exactly. >> reporter: at 6:00, police dispatches from the murder scene. they're chilling. i'll be back at 6:00. live in montgomery county, pat collins, news4. >> all yesterday in my house they were here and they were talking about today, the special day. >> we stand true to our m

shadi najjar's mother with her own message for the trio. >> you are murders.you are bad people and my son is not a brad: the suspects are next due in court july 14 also an indictment is returned. then the next court date will be postponed. i did talk to someone who came to court today who described herself as a friend of the suspects. i asked her about them. she said they are good people. in rockville, brad bell, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. in a barricade situation on annapolis road in hyattsville ended three hours ago. we first told you about this on abc7 news at 12:00 noon. it started after 10:00 a.m. at a check cashing store on annapolis road. employee says a man with a gun was there when the store opened. the police believe that person planned to rob the store. but no one was actually inside when officers finally got inside around 2:00 this afternoon. larry: developing now -- >> it's very hard. it's my only child. all i have. larry: heartbreak for a maryland father after the collision that killed seven u.s. sailors off the coast of japan. as danya bacchus

but instead of celebrating the son's accomplishments, najjar's father is preparing for a funeral. >> why? why would somebody kill my boy? my beautiful boy. today is graduation. jonathan: the graduation ceremony included a moment of silence. anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the police department. michelle: powerful images from inside the galaxy note 7 -- inside the notre dame cathedral. there was a man on the grounds shot by police officer after he attacked the officers with a hammer. he claimed to be a soldier of isis. he is hospitalized. the officer he attacked was hurt but not seriously. meanwhile, more than 130 religious leaders refusing to hold traditional islamic funerals for the london attackers. police publicly identified the third attacker in saturday's rampage at 22-year-old italian man who had been on a watch list in italy. jonathan: there is new information to tell you about on the n.s.a. contractor charged with stealing and leaking classie she spent months at fort meade before being arrested in georgia. as brad bell found, winner never raised any re

you may remember shady najjar and artem ziberov. sherp shot and killed two weeks ago.ve been retaliation for an earlier drug-related robbery committed kirsten dunce the the begield indicate walsh 13 girls trip guthrie guthly it natalie more razz legal meredith vee era ann curry willie geist matt lauer we're three steps up out of five on the scale. marginal chance for severe weather in the shenandoah valley. enhanced risk in and around the city. here's future weather. nothing more than a passing shower before lunch. look at this. 2 upon 30 this afternoon, a line of thunderstorms developing west of the city. between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m., likely to have strong to severe storms. here are four things to know on this monday. >>> coming up avilan done. >>> good morning, i'm landon dowdy we're losing ground for the competition. the giant's share of the the u.s. markets from 84% to 77% last month. that's according to a report by research firm second measure. a series of scandals at the company and the announcen of absence. guys, back to you. >> thank you, landon. >>> now the four

they are charged with the murders of shadi najjar and artem ziberov hours before they were to graduate from high school. saturday the shooting said it appears to be retaliation for a robbery they say was committed by najjar, a claim his father rejects. the u.v.a. student freed last week from north korea has died. otto warmbier returned to the united states with severe brain damage after being imprisoned 17 months. north korea said he contracted botch litch in prison. dock hor -- botch -- botulism but doctors here said he had the man who police say drove a van in worshipers leafing a mosque is 47-year-old darren osborne. a married father of four. the witnesses kept him from leaving the scene until police got there. he faces a slew of criminal charges. we have new video of the seconds after a driver rammed his car in a police vehicle in the champs Élysees in paris. officers pulled the man from a burning car but he later died. inside the car, the police found gas canisters and the guns that prompted authorities to launch terrorism investigation. this was the fifth attack against police of

shadi najjar and artem ziberov were found shot to death monday night in montgomery villege. they were inside najjar's vehicle. the two were students at northwest high school in germantown. and they were about to graduate. graduation went ahead as scheduled.. at d-a-r constitution hall in downtown washington. at d-a-r constitution hall in downtown washington. the murders have no suspects.. and no motive. a cheverly mother who pleaded guilty to suffocating her two children will be sentenced today. sonya spoon entered the plea back in march. police say in septemeber of 20-14 - spoon covered her two toddlers heads with plastic bags wrapped with duct tape. the murders happened about a week after spoon was released from a local hospital where she had been under evaluation after threatening to harm herself and her children. as part of her plea deal - spoon faces 35 to 45 years in prison. happening now.. one lane getting by each way on allentown road as crews rush to make repairs. on monday, a hydrant burst - sending water shooting into the air - and creating a crater in the middle

, najjar was laid to rest today. they are offering 20,000 reward to help find the ki killer. today a medical examiner did determine the teens' deaths were homicide kawinged by multiple gun shot wounds. >> the process of the investigation today is more inward kind of thing it may not appear that a lot is going on but there's a lot of work and effort trying to determine who is responsible for these two murders >> please, if you know anyone who killed my beautiful boy, please, you need to call. and we -- the reward will be $20,000 now. and i'll keep increasing it until i find who killed my beautiful boy. >> detectives continue to investigate this double homicide. so far no arrests and no motive and in fact there's a lot more questions than answers about exactly what happened and why. again police are urging anyone with information to call major crimes division 240-773-5070 we know that the two victims involved here were very close friend and we're told they immediately clicked when they found out they shared a birthday.

shadi najjar was sitting in the driver's seat and artem ziberov in the passenger seat.igation says one of the boys had cash in his hand. today, shadi najjar's father said it was artem ziberov. >> the police said, so i don't know whatever the police said, he was holding $20. i did not see it. not to my knowledge. i was not there. but my son, no, he did not have no cash in his wallet. >> reporter: police confirmed they found tickets to northwest high school boys homes in the week before the murder. today, both shadi najjar's father and artem ziberov's stepfather said it wasn't true. >> not to my knowledge. and nobody ever come here asking for money. >> reporter: darren franks 50 detectives's detectives and techs are working going through phone records and social media accounts >> we can't imagine what someone did to deserve this fate. we want to appeal to those out there that have information do the right thing and talk to the montgomery county police. >> i love my son and i always will love him. he's a very good student. he's smart intelligent and i will never think what

shad dig najjar and artem, those who know them are looking for peace. >> here at northwest high school, close to 100 people of shad dig argue najjar and artem sick rov. >> shad dig's father asked that anybody come forward that has information. they are still in shock. >> what has this community been like. >> very strong. good to see everybody come together in a time like this. >> it was a tragic event. sad to hear about them. >> they were great people. >> so why was it important to be here today. >> i was best friends with shad dig. >> he was artistic and friendly and loving. they didn't deserve it. everybody was cleatly surprise and heartbroken. >> these are artem's parents. they were escorted in. they said they are proud of their son and sure he is somewhere listening in. they are hopeful no one in the crowd will have to go through anyt l lives in the future. at northwest high school. >> at least two people shot up the car. police know they were targeted and they found some 30 shell casings at the scene from several weapons. ed if you know anything, anything at all that could help po

authorities confirming 17-year-old shadi adi najjar and 18-year-old artem ziberov were found shot to death inside this honda civic last night just feet from this man's driveway. >> a couple folks lost their lives not that far from where you live and you begin to be worried. >> they found the two victims inside their vehicle and they were declared deceased at the scene. >> reporter: the 8200 block of gallery court is lined with lush trees and green lawns and now spots of broken glass. it's usually quiet, but monday night was different. >> my wife and i thought we heard something hammering something. it didn't make any sense around 10:30. >> reporter: turns out, it was the blast of a bullet. it seemed like dozens of shots and a neighbor shared with us what his surveillance system picked up. >> i heard gunshots fired. >> reporter: that blue honda had never been seen before. >> i told him, we should call 911, i guess. we saw the police come and then the police are like, oh, my gosh, i think we saw a body. >> reporter: the students, again, identified who were found dead in that car as sha

artem ziberov were shot to death in najjar's honda parked in a montgomery village neighborhood. the car idling and windows shot out. neighbors reported hearing gunfire. the teens were to graduate on tuesday. they told their parents when they went out monday night that they were going to sell some extra graduation tickets. their friends and families are now left mourning their deaths. >> why would somebody kill my boy, my beautiful boy two days before graduation? as a father, i need to know what's happened to my son. why somebody shot him, what did he do wrong? >> supposed to be a day to remember for your life for good reasons and this just is very upsetting to hear about, the situation that happened last night. >> it just was not something you'd ever expect from them. you never expect to see them on the news for something like this. they probably were just minding their own business and really scary. suzanne: ziberov's birthday is old and was to attend the university of maryland at college park. he was an eagle scout. najjar was an honor role student going to attend montgomery c

but instead, 17-year-old sadi adi najjar of somebody shot and killed him and his friend, 18-year-old artem ziberov. the day before the two were set to graduate from high school. debra alfarone has the latest on the investigation tonight. >> reporter: police won't say the two teens were targeted here on monday night, or if they were killed at random. they also won't say if they have any suspects. the father of sadi adi najjar says he has a message for his son's killer. >> i want whoever did this, please, if you know anyone who killed my beautiful boy, please, please call. and we have a reward. it is $20,000 now. and i will keep increasing it until i find who killed my beautiful boy. >> reporter: it is tough to imagine how he is holding it together. he is burying his only son today. >> i love my boy. i do love i love him. >> reporter: it was monday night after 10:30 when someone fired a barrage of bullets into the car the 17-year-old and his friend, 18-year-old artem ziberov were sitting in. in a montgomery village cul-de- sac. about search miles from their germantown home. -- about se

just shooting, shooting, shooting, killing. >> reporter: shadi najjar and his friend and class name 18-year-old artem ziberov shot and killed monday night as they sat in this blue honda car on a dead end street miles from their home in germantown. into that car from the street. they say when police got to the scene the car was still running, that one of the teenagers was found dead inside clutching a $20 bill in his hand. now were these two teenagers set up? police are not saying but back at the funeral shadi najjar's cousin, she had some thoughts of her own. >> it had to be personal. you don't fire 22 rounds into somebody you don't know. just want to kill to kill i believe you wouldn't -- you know, make it death -- this is personal. >> reporter: now if the victims knew the suspects it's possible there are texts and e-mails that will help the cops track down the killer. live in montgomery county, pat collins, news4. >> i cannot discuss the specifics of conversation with the president of the united states. >> i'm simply asking did that conversation occur. >> i do that in an open session

najjar is willing to do whatever he can to find out who took their lives. >> the reward is $20,000 now. and i'm going to keep increasing it, until >> police say there are no suspects in this case, and they're just not sure why this happened. >> we did find out more about how they were killed tonight. he told us these details. >> we have determined that both individuals were shot multiple times. more rounds were found, more shell casings were found than we typically find at these kinds of shooting scenes. as you menaced, the car, we found it running. the lights were on, and the two victims were sitting in the car at the time. >> a lot of casings, a lot of bullets. a horrifying night in that neighborhood. tonight, we asked to go back to the scene of the crime, and talk to neighbor, and try to reconstruct what happened as best she could. >> reporter: we're going to walk through this together, so we can try to get to the bottom of this mystery. i've learned this neighbor came home from night. the victim's car was not here. an hour later at 10:30, the victim's car was parked right here wher

been retaliation for an earlier drug-related robbery committed by najjar. his parents spoke to news 4. >> when i heard some bad, talking with my boy, you know, i get reacting because i know my son is a beautiful son, beautiful boy. >> he would never, ever, ever harm someone or even steal. >> police stress that this is still an active investigation and they need people to come forward with information about this case. >>> people living in the delray community in alexandria are waiting for the field that was the site of the congressional baseball shooting to reopen, but they're happy they can once again enjoy the things they're used to doing. >> i feel good because i feel like there's no more danger, and it is open. >> it will be back to normal. >> for real. >> we're coming today because we want to check in on -- we have friends that work here, so want to know how they've been. >> congressman steve scalise's condition has been up grated to sear just. lobbyist matt mika could soon leave icu. an update on congressman scalise. see the special message he is shari

shadi adi najjar and artem ziberov should have been receiving diplomas from northwest high school in germantown, but they went out last night and never came home. they were found shot to death, sitting in a car in a quiet neighborhood. pat collins has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: joining me here is captain paul stars with the montgomery county police, he'll give us an update into this double murder investigation. but i want to draw your attention to the shattered car glass from the shooting. two teenagers from germantown, shot and killed on this quiet street in montgomery village, miles away from their home. what brought them to this street last night? a decisiont lives. 17-year-old shadi najjar, 18-year-old artem ziberov, two star students at northwest high school. they were set to graduate today. they were from germantown, but they were found dead miles away from their homes. murdered last night on a quiet cul-de-sac in a posh section of montgomery village. the two young men discovered inside a blue honda civic car that belongs to one of the victims. >> this is wha

take a look at them, shadi najjar and artem ziberov.nd shot to death in montgomery village monday night at 8:00 and their bodies were found in najjar's honda and the car idling with the windows blown out. the teens told their parents they were going out to sell an extra graduation ticket they had as their friends graduated late yesterday afternoon, family and friends are left with many unanswered questions. >> why? why would somebody kill my boy, my beautiful boy two days before graduation? as a father i need to know what happened to my son. why would someone shot him? what did he do wrong? why? >> at graduation practice we saw him and everything. so crazy for him not to be here. >> every time you saw him in the hall he was smiling or cracking a joke. you can always count on him to be happy no matter what. suzanne: ziberov was going to maryland and najjar was going to community college and then join his friend. they will have grief counselors to help students deal with the tragic loss. as for montgomery county police, now they have no i

but najjar's mother denies that ever happened. >> my son is innocent. my son did not steal ever in his life. he doesn't believe in that. >> those three suspects are expected to be back in court next month. >>> lawmakers in rockville are taking steps they say will protect i mmigrants. >> motion carries. 3-2. >> late last night the city council passed an amendment that bars all city employees, including police officers, from checking a person's legal status. that's unless it's required by law. councilmembers did not use the term the new bill. >>> if you see a ticket on your car in the district, don't worry. it might actually be there to protect you. d.c. police are leaving warning tickets on cars that leave valuables out in plain sight. the tickets don't carry a fine. police and the d.c. mayor bow certificate, want to keep people from smashing your windshield. thieves broke into more than 4,000 cars so far this year. that number is actually down from last year. >>> we don't have to tell you commuting in this area can be tough. but now someone is actually

one of the victims, shadi najjar, he was tina najjar's only child. believes someone knows something about the murder but is too afraid to go to the cops. today, her plea to that witness. >> please, you go to the police. you're young, you're very young, you're afraid to open your mouth, but you have to do the right thing. if you love shadi, if you have love in your heart, you love your mother, you love your daddy, you love your family, you have anything good, you should not have hate. go ahead and do the right tg. >> reporter: back at headquarters, police made a similar plea to that key witness. warning that silence could bring trouble. >> understand how brazen this case is, and how violent, that's obvious. they can take their chances that they know something and that they can go silent, or they can take their chances and come speak to us, do the right thing, and let us take these people off the street. >> reporter: for tina najjar, it's been the hardest of times. like mothers do, she keeps and collects things to remember him by. the origami shadi mad

najjar also wanted to know more about a motive and said there was no reason to take his son's life. >>> time right now is 6:04. a group of kids are hurt following a serious crash. montgomery county fire and rescue officials said the crash happened around midnight. going to show you a map where all of this happened along the klara barton parkway in bethesda. take a look at this picture that fire officials tweeted out. officials say five people had to be transported to hospitals. pretty serious wreck there. no one is dead, thankfully. it's not clear how many kids are hurt in total. >>> meanwhile, it will be a tough father's day for the families of some u.s. sailors. seven american sailors have been found dead. they were reported missing off the coast of japan after the "u.s.s. fitzgerald" ran into a containership. that crash happened on friday, and late last night they said they found the sailor's body in the damaged part of the navy of the sailors after the families have been notified. >>> it's 6:04. officials are working to identify the body of a body pulled out of the lake. a 13-year

police say on the night of the shooting suspect roger garcia lured najjar to the scene by arranging to buy his leftover graduation tickets. >> 6:05 our revolving door vacation just keeps going so in comes steve welcoming. >> yes. >> allison went out, tucker went out. >> tucker is out for two days. >> thursday we are here. >> yes, here i am. >> going to be a busy weather day. >> we're going to keep you ahead of the storms here. big ones. probably our best chance of severe weather in about a month here in d.c. so we'll have to keep our eye on it later this afternoon. muggy out there. you can cut the air with a knife. 80 degrees in washington at this hour. lots of 70's. 77 for gaithersburg. fred wick westminster, 78 manassas, 80 quantico, 77 in leonardtown. satellite and radar showing some clear skies. beautiful sunrise out there early this morning. off to the west you see the showers coming across the mountains. there is one shower quite literally over where melanie alnwick is in sterling, virginia this morning. so, brief little downpour there. don't worry, mel, it won't last that long.

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shadi najjar and artem ziberov were killed inside a car in mon montgomery village. there is more than one shooter in this case and police are doubling the reward to $20,000 and they say they need information from anyone who has it. >> we believe there are people out there that have not come forward and have not given us information that they know about this case. it may be something small, it may be something as big as they witnessed something. we need them to come forward. >> najjar and ziberov were high school seniors and died right before their graduation. chris gordon will have any new information right here on news4. >>> right now air force one is in the air headed to miami. this is video from an hour announce changing in policies for cuba. those will likely tamp down on travel restrictions. joining me now from engage cuba is luke. you're a seennior adviser. the biggest thing that we hear from folks when they get back and talk to us from the interest of a traveling perspective, how do we get down there? >> we need to take a step back. folks need to remember tha

najjar needed help from the his son's funeral and walk past the cap and gown he would have worn at the graduation had he lived. >> he is a beautiful boy. brad: his friend shadi najjar and artem ziberov were killed in an ambush style monday night in the neighborhood miles from the homes. they were sitting sitting in thl car when as many as three gunmen fired two dozen shots in the car. law enforcement sources say the victims were found holding cash though expecting to pay someone. captain paul stark says the detectives are still searching for a motive. >> they are not ruling attainability at this point. the families pleaded for answers. >> i don't know if they were in the wrong spot. did someone tell them to go there? i >> if you know anyone who killed my beautiful boy; please, you need to call. reward is $20,000. >> his father is in tremendous pain. the family is zeroing in on the real mystery. why were the young men in the car 10:30 at night in the court far from their own home? what brought them there? who were they there to meet? those are the questions the detectives are still work

shadi najjar in the driver seed and artem ziberov in the passenger seat. one of the his hand. today the boy's father says it was artem. >> whatever the police says he was holding $20 in his h hand. i did not see it not to my knowledge. i was not there. but my son knows he does not have cash in his wallet. >> police confirmed they found tickets to northwest high school graduation in the car the boys were found murdered in. both families have said the boys were heading out that night to sell their extra tickets. a source familiar with the investigation says someone looking for a debt to be paid showed up at one of the boys' homes in the weeks before the murder. and today, both shadi's father and artem's stepfather said it was not true. >> not to my knowledge. nobody ever came here. >> captain darren frank says 60 detectives and techs are working on the case around the clock going through phone records and social media accounts. >> we can't imagine what someone did to fate. and we want to appeal to those out there that have information, dot right thing and talk to the montgomery

najjar's friends say they will miss his happy disposition. >> i just say them two together, being best friends, so sad. our hearts are heavy. it's one of those things where nothing can prepare you for it, because it was such a shock. >> reporter: police held a press conference this morning, but they're so far not releasing very much information. there haven't been any arrests, and they're asking the public to come forward with any information that could help reeir case. d.c., sarah consmo. >> so many expressing sympathies online. tim saying, when is this hatred and killing going to stop? may god bless their parents and give them the strength to move on. >>> we now know an oxon hill man arrested for masturbating on a metro train monday is accused of doing this at least two our times in our area. wusa9 stephanie garehart joins us now. >> reporter: police say the suspect is responsible for three incidents in all. two happened on trains. one in d.c., one in maryland. the third on a bus in maryland, all while people were seated just feet away. when we he said he was innocent. a witness twee