live at northwest, pat collins, news 4. >> thank you, pat. >>> right now, part of the pacific coast highway shut down because of a mudslide. that's the road that runs along the ocean between san francisco and los angeles. you can see a big pile of rocks and debris on the roadway. we're told the mudslide was caused by heavy rain. but that area won't see any more rain at least not today. >>> we also have rain in our forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us. >> it's beginning to move into the mountains. should be coming right into the metro area. but not until after snin between now and then, certainly not act like a winter day, as temperatures are already near 70 degrees to our south. look at fredericksburg. at 71 now. prince georges county, low 60s. near 60, washington and montgomery county. fairfax county, low to mid-60s. near 70 further west. leesburg spiked up to 70 degrees. frederick is at 68. shenandoah valley. out of the mountains too. we're incredibly within about 24 hours, they're going to get some icing and a mix. already it's low 60s there too. for the rest of the

. >> s ju spoke to pat collins and has a message for mothers out there. as eve shooting. >> reporter: she came to d.c. today becau she wanted to see for herself. she wanted to see the place where her son died. >> i love my son, all right? i love my son. he haass a home. he has a family. he's got two kids. >> reporter: barbara thomas at the scene where it happened. this is where police say her son, gregory marcus shot and killed after was gunned down in a shootout with the cops. barbara thomas she'll spend her new year's making funeral arrangements. >> it's hahe you have the bury your child. i didn't think it was going to be this hard. but i have so much love and so much faith in that man upstairst that he's better off. >> reporterit happened on christmas eve. police say they cornered a robbery suspe between two apartment bdi nlm road. they st"2é the man pulled asvp1Ñ gun and fired at police, that the cops returned fire and killed the suspect. that led to a bizarre case of mistaken identity. originally the police thought the deceased suspect was man, 29-yea

live in northeast, pat collins, news 4. >> well, this double shooting now brings the total number of home cites in the district to 105 this year. those numbers are close to last year but last year there was an inflated total because of the mass shooting at the navy yard. the others do not include two people shot and killed by police officers this week. a frederick county maryland woman accused of killing her grandmother will be examined by a psychiatrist. the judge wants to determine in 19-year-old is competent to stand trial. harris denies killing her grandmother. harris told police she saw a man running from the house, but police say there is no sign that anyone broke into that home and she's being held without bond. >>> a tow truck driver was killed this morning near route 7. the tow truck driver was standing on the shoulder near an unattended vehicle when he was hit by a box truck. the driver of that box truck wasn't ht but he's been charged with reckless driving. we pushed this new to you on the push alert, the new app. make sure you have downlouded it and turn on news ale >>> t

our pat collins is near the scene of the most recent shooting in northeast. >> reporte jim, in washington it appears that the year 2014 is coming to a bloody and violent in the last week in the city of washington we're ave. mayor-elect muriel bowser says she's meeting with police to deal with this spike in violence. >> none of us are at all satisfied with any violence in our neighborhoods, and i know especially that people are very scared when there's gunfire in their neighborhood but we're working diligently to get in >> just this afternoon, another shooting. this one in broad daylight. this time the victim is said to be a 27-year-old man shot outside this carryout on division avenue. police did not release his condition, but homicide detectives were called in to work the case. just last night a double murder on southern avenue. 71-year-old preston cornelius jansen sr. shot and killed 49 years old preston cornelius johnson jr., both men found dead around 10:00 p.m. found about a block away. one man found death youth side the car. one man found dead inside the car. he was retired from the

in northwest, pat collins, news4. >>> a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother inside a walmart store in idaho. police say the woman was shopping with her four children when the toddler reached into her purse and the concealed gun in there went off. the woman's name has not been released. we learned she was in the area visiting relatives. investigators say that woman did have a permit to carry a concealed weapon. >>> congressman at the center of a storm of criticism is reaching out. we'll tell you what he's saying now about his speech before a white supremacist group. >> news4 i team investigation in what's cost potential home buyers tens of thousands of dollars and how their dreams of ho were shattered. >>> law enforcement officers gathered to honor a c >>> final farewell today for a fallen county officer in charles county maryland. corporal james clagett with the sheriff's department there in the county was killed in a car accident on sunday. after doing what he loved to do and that is helping others. today hundreds of people attended his funeral. the emotional tribu

pat collins is live now on the scene. pat?> reporter: wendy, why would someone open fire on two teenagers walking to school? tonight, police are trying to figure that out. the 600 block of n street closed off for hours. one end to the other. it was a crime that called for a big-time police response. two teenagers shot. a gunman at large. the victims on their way to dunbar high school. they were just a few blocks away when it appears they were ambushed. this is how police tell the story. it's about 9:30 in the morning and two young men, one 16, one 17, they're with a group of other teenagers on their way to dunbar high school, about five blocks away. they cut through this parking lot at 6th and n streets northwest. all of a sudden, a man wearing a hoodie appears. he's got a gun. he fires off some shots. one shot, two shots. about six shots fired. the group scatters. the 16-year-old is hit in the back. they find him over there. the 17-year-old hit in the leg. they find him about a block down there. and the gunman? that gunman di

news4's pat collins is working this story. he will have reaction from the mother of one of the victims on news4 at 5:00. >>> we're learning more now about a warning to members of the military about isis lone wolf attacks in social media. this warning is from the fbi and department of homeland security. they tell us intelligence officials have seen isis leaders overseas calling for individuals in the u.s. to attack military personnel. this warning advises service members to be very careful in their everyday activities and to avoid giving out personal information on social media that could make them more vulnerable to an attack. >>> an alleged road rage incident on this black -- on black friday has landed one man in the hospital in critical condition and another in jail. police say the two got into an argument over who had the right-of-way in the parking lot of a wawa store in maryland. it turned into a fist fight. when one of the men got back into his truck and tried to drive off, he ran over the other guy. robert lee robinson

pat collins has more what led police to her death. >> reporter: a bizarre case of two women recovering from one roommate the victim and the other suspect, with a butcher knife. we begin our video in the home where w the murder suspect described how nice her life had become just a few months ago. >> today i live in a beautiful home in north bethesda with chan park. our apartment is perfect for both of us. >> this is her in a video last june talking about the apartment she shared with her roommate at white flint in rockdale. it was in this apartment they found her roommate murdered tuesday morning. the victim 67-year-old chan park she was found on the floor of her bedroom of the apartment these two women shared here. police say she had multi-stab wounds on her body and police say they found large butcher knife in her back. police say they found this woman on her bed with bite marks on her arm and found a letter where she wrote that she believed that park was evil and practice edd with craft. these two women lived in an apartment owned by house inging unlimited that provides housing for w

live in northwest, pat collins, news4. >>> thank you, pat. the flu has claimed the life of a fifth grader from creighton's corner elementary in ashburn, village. joshua justin died last week. his death come y room doctors are seeing a spike in flu cases. david culver at inova hospital. >> reporter: at all of the area hospitals you'll notice these signs going up. it's all part of an effort to stop the flu from spreading. the strict new visiting policy limits the number much visitors per patient to just two and if you walk through the doors you may be asked to put on a facemask. >> we definitely have seen a spike. started around thanksgiving. been increasing ever since. >> reporter: chief of infectiousl control says we've not seen the worst of it. flu is hitting our region hard. this year's flu shot is not as effective. >> we expect 80%, 90% efficiency this year it's about 52%. only covering about half the flu antigens. >> is it worth getting the flu shot? >> i still recommend the flu shot. lessens the symptoms and illness and can give you prot

live in:, southeast, pat collins news4. >> there e new details about the suspect behind a woman's murderr-old elisha smith was found shot to death. she lived in hagerstown. maryland e have issued an arrest warrant for 19-year-old terry, charging her with murder and assault. a man already charged in this case told police smith and terry were passengers in a car he was driving. he claims terry told him to pull over and that she shot the victim several times. he says he drove the suspect to new york cit >>> a bank robbery turned messy in maryland after the robber dropped some cash while trying to make his get away. someone robbed this td bank in burtonville. he passed a note demanding money. as he was running away, he dropped cash in the parking lot and other people picking it up. investigatoras any who got that money to turn it in or face charges of theft. >>> they won't be rooting for the same team but will have some more veterans from d.c. and chicago are being treated to an incredible experience. >> certainly once in a lifetime experience.opó >> reporter: army captain russ will be a vip

only news4 pat collins talked to the distraught mother. he's live at police headquarters on how this could have happened. pat? >> reporter: wendy, police told the woman her son was dead, gunned down in a shootout with cops. then came a magic call on christmas day, a christmas karen robinson won't soon forget. 3:00 p.m. dece 249th christmas eve. a suspect shot at police. fire was returned. 2:00 a.m. december 25th two detectives come to karen robinson's home. the detectives ask to see a picture of her son raymond robinson. she shows him this picture and then they give her the bad news. >> i asked them are you sure this is my son. you know that's the whole thing. they said yes, ma'am, we're sure. are you sure? you know i was going off. i couldn't believe it. i'm like -- i said what happened. he shot at the police and police returned fire on him. i said no. >> reporter: 10:00 a.m. december 25th karen gets a phone call. it's her son raymond. he wants to wish her a merry christmas. he says merry christmas ma. i said who is this? he said ma it's r

news4's pat collins has been talking with neighbors all afternoon, and he joins us live with more. t? >> reporter: doreen, what happened here today is news. but it's not really new. the victims here, teenagers. the shooter, a teenager. the motive, police are still working on that. when gunfire broke out this morning at 6th and n streets northwest, it came as no surprise to jared williams. he's been living around here for 35 years and says young people shoot at each other all of the time. >> there's been a lot of shootings in this neighborhood. but now they don't even know what they're shooting about. and the generation has gotten younger and younger every time. >> reporter: this morning, it happened again. two teen hajers, a 16-year-old and 17-year-old, shot and wounded as they were walking through this parking lot with a group of teens. they were on their way to dunbar high school, just a few blocks away. all of a sudden, a man wearing a hoodie appears. he's got a gun. he fires off some shots. one shot, two shots. about six shots fired. the group scatters. the 16-year-old is hit in