. >> reporter: i'm matt jablow at northwood high school in silver spring where one student was arrested for allegedly stabbing another student earlier today. >> i think it's sad because we're a really great school. >> reporter: it was right around 11:00 this morning when montgomery county police were called to northwood high school in silver spring. >> i heard it was in the cafeteria in the courtyard area. >> reporter: when they arrived, they found a 15-year- old student who was stabbed in the buttocks area just outside the cafeteria. shortly hazard an 18-year-old student was arrested. police said they recovered a knife. the school is safe as far as you can tell. >> yeah, the school is say. >> reporter: montgomery county police said they're now looking into the possibility that today's stabbing was in retaliation for an incident last week. you know the kid who was arrested? >> yes. >> reporter: 17-year-old kayla mcduff, i a senior at northwood, said she's -- mcduffie, a senior at northwood, said she's friends with the suspect in the case and that today's stabbing was completely out of c

it hammed at northwood high school located at the corner of alcoa avenue and university boulevard. this happened about an hour ago. montgomery county police say that the victim is at a local hospital but is refusing to cooperate. there is no word on a possible suspect. we're continuing to follow the story. we'll have the latest developments for you on our website on wusa9.com and right now we're taking a live look at the school, northwood high school located at the corner of alcoa avenue and university boulevard. someone has been stabbed but we don't have details on the victim except to say that the victim is at a local hospital and the victim is not cooperating with police. that's a surveillance camera we're looking at right now. that's sky 9 they're telling me. that's sky 9, our helicopter. >>> two prince george's county police officers accused of beating a university of maryland student are on trial today. video from the 2010 incident shows the student, john mckenna, being beaten following an upset game that took place with duke, the basketball team. the university of maryland w

it happened this morning at northwood high school in silver spring. police say one student stabbed another with a knife. the two reportedly had been in an argument last week. police say the suspect ran away but was later arrested. coming up at 5:00, pat collins will have more on how security video could be a key part of the investigation. >>> a police beating allegedly started over a song and dance. that's the testimony we're hearing today in the trial of two prince george's county police officers. they're accused of assaulting a university of maryland student jack mckenna after a basketball game against duke back in 2010. cell phone video shows the incident. today a friend and witness testified that mckenna was only skipping and singing when police approached him. chris gordon is in the courtroom and will have more on what the defense is saying coming up at 5:00. >>> a coalition of religious groups is calling on metro now to donate money it received from that controversial advertising campaign. the ads contain what many consider are anti-muslim messa

el lunes un estudiante en la cafeteria de a escuela secundaria northwood en silver spring asalto a otro 15 anos al acuchillarlo en la pierna.... luego, esta misma semana, otro estudiante esta vez de 7 anos y de una escuela primaria, llevo una pistola de juguete asustando por segundos a sus companeros y profesores... '"le puso una pistola en la cabeza entonces es un peligro, es un peligro." en el primer indicente donde un joven fue herido en la pierna, el responsable fue arrestado...chidat tarawally ...quien enfrenta cargos criminales y espera la sentencia de un juez... en el segundo caso, el menor que llevo una pistola de juguete tambien enfrenta cargos criminales... "ni por chiste lleves nada a la escuela porque te van a arrestar, eso no es para jugar y mas bien quien sabe ni comprar juguetes ni pistolas a esos chicos de juguetes entonces que yo sepa que ni por un minuto ellos pueden meter ningun tipo de armas al menos ni que esten ocultas en sus libros en donde sea a la escuela porque hay consecuenc ias.. es por eso que los oficiales de la policia de montgomery recomienda a los padres

a student at northwood high school hospitalized after being a fight inside school. the victim's injuries are not life-threatening. exactlyon't know what was used as a weapon and they cannot identify the suspect. continue to follow the latest. opening statements begin today for two police officers accused beating the university of maryland student. the two prince george's werey police officers beating johne mckenna. penelope john gonzalez. it is the video shot from a dormitory room that will be crucial. minutes after the jury, made up men and seven women, courtroom, prosecutors played the video over and over again during opening arguments. the two prince george's county with firste charged e assault. degre reginald baker and james harrison. the video clearly shows an abuse power, broken trust, and of the law, say prosecutors. the prosecutors told a jury that old student was officersbeaten by the had handcuffs on several not the doctor until eight hours after he was beaten. he suffered a concussion, a .ajor bruises to his body the defense attorneys are dramatically di

. >>> parents are getting a note about a stabbing at their child's school, at northwood high school on university boulevard west in silver spring. one teenager was injured. another is in custody. news4's pat collins is at the school where school officials and police have a different version of what happened. pat? >> reporter: doreen, the victim, a student, the suspect a student. the crime scene, a high school. the crime, a stabbing. >> this is ridiculous. they have my e-mail address. i should have known there was a stabbing here today. i had no idea. this is outrageous. >> reporter: this is the most unsettling sight. a student in handcuffs led away from a high school. this, the scene today at northwood high school in silver spring, following a stabbing incident here. police looking into the possibility that the stabbing was a carryover from an argument at the school last week. now, they say it happened this morning around 11:00, right near the cafeteria. that the 18-year-old went after that 15-year-old with a knife. there was a stabbing. the suspect ran away. the victim taken to the ho

a 15-year-old is stabbed at northwood high school in silver spring much the victim will make it. the victim is not cooperating with the investigation. an 18-year-old student is considered to be a suspect and police are checking to see if surveillance video can help with this investigation. >>> in tonight's health alert doctors are washing that -- warning that the deadly meningitis outbreak could be getting bigger. now health officials say the rare form of meningitis could contaminate other products made at that acy. experts from the cdc are not sure how long it will take for the outbreak to slow down. until then they are encouraged to be on the lookout for symptoms which may not appear until after months of exposure. >> it's a very unusual infefntle fungal meningitis -- intention, fungal meningitis. these cases are rare. one of the fungal pathogens is novel in as much as it has caused meningitis in the past. so treatment recommendations. we're learning as we go. >>> in toon's consumer alert we warned you about lottery scams before but we have good news for you. joce sterman expla

it happened in northwood high school. the stabbing started with an argument. victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. officers arrested 18-year-old who is charged where second-degree assault. >> police are looking for a guy who held up a shell gas station on annapolis road in buoy. he pointed a shotgun at the clerk and got away with some cash. >> with the meningitis outbreak spreading, the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta opened this emergency operation center. 214 people are now sick. 15 have died from meningitis, including one pashlt in maryland and one in virginia. the food and drug administration is investigating whether drugs given to patients could be the cause of this outbreak. >>> now, to a warning for pet owners. nature's recipe is voluntarily recalling its over-baked biscuits with real chicken because of possible salmonella contamination. the company says if you have some of these treats, throw them out and contact nature's recipe. for more information, head to our web site, nbcwashington.com. >> going to be

a teacher at northwood elementary says a student's success is often impacted by what happens at home.> if you're coming to school and your parents are in jail, that's hard. so we work towards trying to get them to accept and do better for themselves. >> the group says that the results offer a visual representationation of issues including those based on race and location. to see the full report, look for a link at ktvu.com under web links. >>> the bay area's two baseball teams are playing a must-win game three's today. yesterday a's fans gathered to rally ahead of tonight's game. stomper and some former a's greats like berth came out for the rally at city hall. the a's are playing in game three tonight at the coliseum against the detroit tigers. the a's trail in the best of five division championship series, two games to none. brett anderson will pitch for the a's. >>> and it's also do or die this afternoon for the san francisco general motors. they'll be taking on the reds in cincinnati in two hours try front a sweep during a crucial game there. they trail two game zero. vogelsong wi

the stabbing happened yesterday morning at the cafeteria at northwood high school in silver spring. he's accused of stabbing a 15-year-old student in the leg. the victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. the two had reportedly been in an argument last week. tarawale is charged with second degree assault and possessing a weapon school property. >>> police need your help tracking down the man who robbed a shell gas station with a shotgun in prince george's county. take a look at the surveillance pictures of the robber released by police. the man walked into the store on annapolis road in bowie, pointed a shotgun at the clerk, and demanded money. no one was hurt. if you recognize this man, call prince george's police. >>> a woman pulled from her burning home in prince george's county over the weekend has died. 40-year-old deirdre young was found inside her home. she was suffering from burns and inhaling smoke and later died at the hospital. investigators say the fire was electrical in nature and has been ruled an accident. >>> 4:49 now. virginia governor bob mcdonne

a teacher here at northwood elementary says there's help before for kids before they enter kindergarten. >> we have a program here. we make sure they come up to the system. >> reporter: santa clara county only landed in the bottom third in all categories. san mateo county, in the bottom third in just four categories and top third in 15 categories. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> let's get a look at the traffic and we are gina head to the -- we're gonna head to the south bay. sal? >> northbound 280, it's kind of tough getting out of the downtown area coming out of the corner and getting in the valley. people are out early and 101 is still slow. that was removed. there wasn't a major crash. we do have slow traffic on 85, 87 -- on all of the freeways. 85, 87, 101 and 280. we're looking at the peninsula. we've been a little worried about 101 at the airport. it finally cleared up after roadwork snafus. the traffic is better. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. the traffic is backed up from the macarthur maze. you will see slow traffic until you get on the

police are investigating a violent attack inside a montgomery county high school around lunchtime at northwood high in silver spring. 18-year-old chidat tarawally is charged with stabbing another classmate. officers found a 15-year-old boy with a puncture wound in his leg. investigators say the two students knew each other and a fight last week may have sparked today's stabbing. >>> new tonight a warning from animal control after two reports of fox attacks in bowie, maryland. fox 5's lauren demarco is here now with everything you need to know. >> the incidents happened in the meadowbrook neighborhood behind bowie high school. the youngest victim is 4 years old. his name is ronan. he was playing with his older brothers in their backyard around 6:00 last night when the fox approached. the older boy screamed for help and when the fox grabbed the little boy's boot he fought back and ultimately scared it away. he escaped with several scratches on his hand and grazings from the fox's teeth. >> bite me. >> reporter: the fox bit you? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: did it hurt? >> yes. >> this is unbelievable

this happened at northwood high school in silver spring. the victim was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and is recovering. >> an episode of "america's most wanted" has generated new tips for the search of a killer. the virginia tech student was last seen after a metallica show. the suspect in a 2005 sexual assault case in fairfax county has been linked to the harrington case. >> a massive fire at a unit over the weekend. is started in a storage unit in manassas destroying 75% of the unit. we have more on what was left in that fire. >> investigators are still there. they know where it started, but not what sparked the fire. many came by concerned and ascared the loss of their valuables. >> and she rushed over to check on her stuff. she heard about the fire andquickly thought about her family valuables. she also thought about her niece who has her entire apartment stored in one of the building's. >> i called her immediately. she still does not know. >> they do not know what happened. >> last night firefighters rushed to be manassas

some people in the northwood park and four corners areas of silver spring received higher bills after pepco replaced paul peters with smart meters. the ccompany is canceling the incorrect bills. >> let's check in with adam caskey to see what the day has in store. >> a little damp and cool restart to the day and cool. a little warming tomorrow. the workweek will be below average temperature wise. areas of light rain especially in northern charles county from la plata northward through waldorf and calvert county, anne arundel county, and a little in montgomery county, around the beltway. even where it's not raining, you still have what roads from the overnight and early morning rainfall. in the 40's now. 44 in bethesda and leesburg, 44 in woodbrige. 47 in bowie. we will make it into the upper 50's this afternoon with mostly cloudy conditions. a few sunny breaks in the afternoon will boost temperatures in the low 60's for a few lucky locations. that will be the exception. a big improvement tomorrow. the nationals game three, partly cloudy, 70 degrees, where we should be for this time of

police tell us a northwood high school student stabbed another with a knife.wo had reportedly been in an argument last week. the victim is expected to be okay. >>> investigators are looking for the cause of a fire at the stor-all storage facility on sudley road in prince william county. more than 80 units were damaged or destroyed. >>> president obama, mitt romney behind closed doors on the eve of the big debate tomorrow, townhall style, at hofstra university in new york. the polls show the race is extremely close at this point. >>> doug? >> looking at a few showers and even a couple of thunderstorms out there. let's look right now at doppler radar, and you can see where the showers are as they continue to make their way through the region, in through portions of southern maryland. one area you notice, this is prince george's county and anne arundel county around the green belt, chevrolet area. as you move to the south and west, the strongest storm right now close to warrenton area. seeing very heavy rain and lightning and thunder, too. i'll show you where the

clara was rated one one of the better preforming counties and that didn't surprise a teacher at northwood>> we do have a big focus on the creating an area for them to learn and progress from the very beginning. >> the report by children now out of oakland put santa clara in the top third of 15 out of 28 categories. they only scored in the bottom in one category. the caters -- 58 counties, another teacher said students success is often affected by what happens at home. >> if you are coming to school and your parents are in jail that's hard. so, we work toward trying to get them to accept. >> it offers a representation of issues including those based on race and location. if you want to check out the scores for your school district you will find the report on the website. just go to the home page and click on web links. >> new health study finding -- adhd may betode to how much -- [inaudible]. it was done by researchers at the boston university school of public health. they found that eating two servings of fish a week was linked to about a 60% lower risk of kids developing certain adhd lik

. >> reporter: 17-year-old kayla mcduffie, a senior at northwood says she's friends with the suspect in the case. were you there at the time? >> no. >> reporter: and that today's stabbing was completely out of character. what's he like? >> well, i know he has a job and this is his senior year and he's actually really smart. so i don't understand why he would do something like that. >> reporter: two more pieces of information for you, first the victim in the case suffered what is believed to be nonlife threatening injuries and second late this afternoon montgomery county police identified the suspect as 18-year-old chidat tarawally of silver spring who has now been charged with first degree assault. >> matt, thank you. >>> two veteran police officers seen caught on tape in the beating of a university of maryland student after a duke basketball game in 2010 went on trial today. prince george's county officers reginald baker and james harrison are accused of assault and misconduct, but their defense lawyer said today it was the student john mckenna who was the threat. that trial is stil

the stabbing happened yesterday morning near the cafeteria at northwood high school in silver spring. officers arrested 18-year-old shadat tarawali. he's accused of stabbing a 15-year-old student in the leg. the victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. the two had been reportedly in an argument last week. tarawali is charged with second degree assault and possessing a weapon school property. >>> today an official from gallaudet university plans to discuss the controversy surrounding her stance on same-sex marriage. angela mccaskill will hold a press conference this afternoon in annapolis. the university recently placed her on leave after learning she signed a petition to put maryland's same-sex marriage law on the november ballot. an attorney for mccaskill says she is not anti-gay. she just wants maryland voters to decide on the issue. her attorney also said she's exploring legal options to get her reinstated to the university. >>> and voters in washington state will vote on a similar measure in november, and the supporters now include the retail giant nordstrom ba

police arrested an 18-year-old for stabbing a classmate in the leg at northwood high school in silver spring. the 15-year-old victim had minor injuries. investigators believe the incident stemmed from a fight. >>> the trial of two police officers accused of beating a student is underway. it happened back in 2010 following a student riot in college park after a maryland basketball game. prosecutors say the beating was an abuse of power but the officers say they acted lawfully. paul is live with the latest. paul? >> reporter: well, shawn, in many respects this trial really comes down to who you believe and what took place in that video. were the police actually taking part in police brutality and it was john mckenna, the student beaten by the police, was he the aggressor who was threatening to the police. all of that played out in court today. we did he hear from john mckenna and the lawyer who's are representing the police officers who have been charged with assault and misconduct in office. and a lot of what happened that night played out in court today. john mckenna took the stand an

the stabbing happened yesterday morning near the cafeteria at northwood high school in silver spring.ers arrested 18-year-old shadat tarawali. he's accused of stabbing a fellow student in the leg. the two had reported been in a leg. tarawali is charged with second degree assault and possessing a weapon school property. >>> two officers accused in the beating of former university of maryland student. reginald baker and james harrison charged with assaulting john mckenna. students were celebrating after the basketball victory over duke in 2010. the police say mckenna tried to throw a punch during a riot, but a fellow student and witness who took the stand said that is not what happened. >> he was standing there and singing, and there was clearly nothing in his hands. even though they're trying to say he was doing this and that was a threatening manner, any reasonable person could tell that is absolutely ridiculous. >> the officers face up to 25 years in prison each if convicted of assault. >>> take a look at these surveillance pictures. prince george's county police are looking for this