paul wagner starts us off tonight live from northwest. paul? >> reporter: tony, let me give you perspective on how this happened. i am standing here, that's wilson high school right hand me. the student, a 17-year-old senior came and parked his car right here on grant road, it's a dead end. at that point police say this man in his 30s approached, pulled a knife, and demanded that this student turned over a cell phone and a wallet. but then there was a struggle and during that struggle the student was stabbed in the thigh. the man got away with nothing. a source familiar with the investigation says the 17-year-old was able to bandage making his way across nebraska avenue and up to the front entrance of the school. that's where an ambulance was called which then took the teen to a nearby hospital. a source described the injury as a superficial stab wound. police recovered the knife and spent a considerable amount of time processing the scene on grant road. a popular place to park for students who can leave their vehicles there all day without bei

paul wagner joins us live from northwest tonight with that story. paul, terrifying. >> reporter: hey laura and sarah, this is where it happened right here on grant road northwest. the student came here, parked his car right here on this dead end street around 9:00 this morning. let me show you where he was going. he was heading right across the street right over there to wilson high school. just a block away or so. but according to dc police, the man approached with a demanded that the student turn over his cell phone and wallet. there was then a struggle. the student was stabbed in the thigh and then the man ran away, getting nothing. a source familiar with the investigation says the 17-year-old was able to bandage the stab wound to his leg before making his way across nebraska avenue and up to the front entrance of the school. that's where an ambulance was called which then took the teen to a nearby hospital. a source described the injury as a superficial stab wound. police recovered the knife and spent a considerable amount of time processing the

paul wagner picks up the story and joins us live.ns u >> reporter: 59 year old man ha beenye arrested by dc police. he lived inside this complex cox here where just down the street from the russian embassy. they've den identified him as charles esykes. he lived and a unit owned by a nonprofit that helps homilist wh chronic mental health issues. they were outside more thanthan three hours as police conductedn a search. this is the man taken into custody earlier today by dc police. he was identified as 59 charles sykes. he's lived at this address since 2000.00 inside a unit on the fifth flooo owned by the nonprofit an frank house. a group that provides permanentp housing for homeless men and women with chronic mental illness. >> the officers responded for a call with had of a suspicious package. wops they entered the premises they encountered an individual covered in blood. further investigation revealed that there was an individual inside of the apartment who subsequently expired as a result of injuries. at this time, it appears to be domestic related all parties involved are cooperati

fox 5's paul wagner is live in northeast tonight. i hear the mayor came out and reacted to this violence today. >> reporter: she did and we'll get to that in just a second. i do want to point out right off the top that a spokesperson for dc public schools told us in a statement a little while ago that suspensions and fighting is down 25% among students that attend dc public schools when compared to the same time last year. but still yesterday is troubling to many including to the mayor. to our knowledge, there was no trouble here at hd woodson today, but yesterday was a different story. several fights including this one captured on a cell phone broke out inside the school yesterday afternoon. a school resource officer tried to keep the peace. three police reports describe a variety of what officers described as rowdy behavior as they moved the stunds toward the calf 250er yo. in one report police say a female student used a closed fist to punish a police officer. office efrs were called to the school to help and found several fights

cou paul wagner fox 5 local news. on there's new information inti the case of deon kay cara way the prince george's countyin schoolce aid.id. a new lawsuit has been filed not only against carraway against the city of glenarden in thehe mayor. one the victims claims carrawaya threatened to kill her if she told anyone. he was accused of making child pornography and abusing 17d abui children he pled not guilty to all chancer.er. >>> disgrazed virginia law maker accused of having sex with a 17 year old employee wants to be richmond's next mayor. joe mora see made thede t announcement this week december 2014 the 58 year old lawyer was convicted of contributing to lending what see of a minor. the couple is now engaged and have two children. c he served jail time and reclaimed his city in-house off delegates last year.ear. >>> the summit wrapped up toyed. more than 50 leaders from around the world attended.ded. last night they gathered at thee white house for a working dinner. meantime outside the kong venges center today de

paul wagner, fox 5 local >> thank you for the update tonight. >>> the all-clear has now been given at the irs building in downtown dc. a transformer broke out -- or a transformer fire broke out in the basement of the building. employees were evacuated, several roads were blocked off so fire crews could get inside. fortunately no injuries were reported. >> fellow officers said their final good-bye today. he was killed while participating in a training exercise at the greyhound bus station in richmond last week. the suspect james brown iii was also killed in the altercation. visitation is under way. the trooper will be laid to rest tomorrow morning followed by a private burial. >> police in howard county tonight are trying to track down a cyclist who hit a four-year-old girl and took off. it happened last week. the girl's mother says she was walking along with her children. and that's when the bike hit the little girl. she suffered a broken femur and is scheduled to be in a cast for six weeks. >> a bike ran over me. >> did it hurt? >> it whats a mean bike. it broke my bones so it hurt s

fox5's paul wagner starts us off from prince williamliam headquarters. >>reporter: there have been at least 10 homes hit by gunfire since mid-february and at this point it's very fortunate thato no one has been understood withed. to get this to stop, prince william police say they needpo some morlie help. the gunfire has been reported at different times of day.day. here on stock home way thereere have been two shootings, one friday night around 11 in which a number of people called police to report hearing an argument and then gunfire.fire in the same block three days later the homeowner called police to say his home had been hit by gunfire, perhaps thee, p night before when he loud nerves at this point police believe they are two separate incidents. about five miles from there police found another home and a car riddle with bullets over the weekend. just about 2:00 on saturday morning, a man called to saysay that he heard gunfire out in front of his house and when police arrived they found one bullet hole appear in this section of the house, one over he

fox5's paul wagner joins us now with the very latest on this story, paul? >> new information, this afternoon virginia state police told us the investigation into nicole's death is now technically over. and they've no reason to believe that the post cents that were put out on her sex life had nothing to do with her death. still, fire chief richie boar said today he want to get to the bottom of any cyber bullying that may be going on within his department. >> fairfax fire chief richie because today lashed out at people who post anonymous vial and vicious comments about people on the underground. >> the anomaly right here right now is this blog and social media is out of control. people have no common sense. and they have no sense of responsibility. when you have anonymous posts, and people can say anything, and it is not factual, it is not true, it is wrong, absolutely wrong, and it is terrible. >> chief said he doesn't know what was in the note left by nicole before she took her own life in sean endo a national park, he said he has no idea at this point if t

fox5's paul wagner beginsr our coverage tonight live from the scene.the scen paul, we're learning theanng e didn't actually have a real bomb. bomb. >> reporter: he did not.not. and the description of thatdesc bomb is quite bizarre and we're going get to that ino thai just a second. son we'll play a sound bite from t. j. smith the spokespersonspso for baltimore city police andorl he'll explain exactly what it looked like. l it was not a bomb and it was strange. let's show you the picture ass he walked out of fox 45 fox what we know is just afterjust a 1 o'clock this afternoon theerno man dressed in what's beensen described as a panda suitan wearing a surgical mask and sunglasses walked into fox 45. he said he had a thumb drivehumd and he had information on it he wanted to get on the air.ir he talked to the security s guard.guard. the security guard called therdt news director.newsirec the news director came down and talked to the man.he m he decided it was a dangerous situation.situation. he called the police.d th the police came up to thee uto scene.sc then what we know is the man kno

our paul wagner will have more on this coming up here in a a little bit.t. developing situation princepi george's county fire chief cou saying today that they're hoping protocol because of whathat happened over the weekend will change, but no written protocol was in place at the house. firefighters out in the fieldiel perform welfare checks andnd that's when that unexpected shooting took place on fridayria evening. paul wagner has the rest of the story coming up right now back to you guys in > there is new informations tonight in the shooting that left one prince george's county county firefighter dead andef anotherig wounded. fox5 has learned new detailsails about what happened last fridays night on sharon road. sources familiar with theh th investigation say the firefighters were shot afterot a they entered the home and therer are differing accounts in the i sequence of events. fox5's pail wagner joins us nown life with that story. tha >>reporter: ladies, it's been a little bit unclear since fridaye night exactly what happened at that front door on sharon

, fox5 local news. >> paul wagner thank you.ner t >>> more problems today on probo metro one day after metro leadership testified before t congress about the issues thebot transit agency is facing. general manage injury paulra wiedefeld said he's focused onl making sure the train systemin s is up and running and is safe for passengers. pse he spoke shortly before a bore train got stuck in a tunneln a l between the foggy bottom and bo rosslyn stations. fox5's marina marraco iss live at the roslyn stationn stan tonight where those evacuatedva passengers were taken.. marina, what's the latest.heate. >> reporter: it was quiteep the evacuation effort, nearly n 200 passengers that were riding on that blueline trainelt as it was approaching thehing te rosslyn station.ron st that train got stuck in the tunnel, power off, right under d the river. rer an entire ordeal that took about an ho, to get every single passengerasg offloaded.offloade thankfully, though, everyonee walked off safely and i want i w to show you this video becauseec we caught as those passengers pg were getting off the train.

fox5's paul wagner is live i liv right now with the latest onatt that story. paul, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, i'm looking at the beltway now. what you just said surprises me because i don't see traffic i moving on the outer loop right d now, so itou appears to me thath the outer loop is stills sti closed.ed. so, i just wanted to updatepd people on that right away. a i'm not sure exactly wherely w you're getting that getng t information, but let's talk about the accident.out the trooper is now in critical condition.io he was medevaced off thehe beltway when this accident happened just before 3 o'clock this afternoon.er he was taken to shock trauma tra in baltimore.in balti we were just told by maryland md state police that he's inn critical condition. condition. let's show you video that wasidt shot from earlier today.er tod this is a very confusing scenefs so you really have to kind follow along here. what we're told is that the t maryland state trooper fromop f the college park barracks was investigating an accident onccen the outer loop on the r

paul wagner starts us off live tonight in arlington. >> reporter: hi, tony and shawn.era will not be on the field for the braves tonight. in fact he's off the team until further notice. he's been charged with assault and battery of a woman ritz-carlton hotel earlier this morning in arlington. we just found out from his attorney that olivera has posted the bond. he's now free. at this point, we're being told that it was assault and battery that he is being charged with and again he won't be on the field tonight. that's hector olivera, number 28, warming up on the field at nats park yesterday afternoon. the box score from last night's nats win shows olivera did not play the first time in 7 games so far this year. according to police the 31-year-old was taken into custody at the ritz-carlton hotel early this morning after a woman called 911 to say the player had assaulted her. >> she called from within side the building. >> what was her allegation. >> she alleged that she had been assaulted inside a hotel room. we responded to the scene, located her, and she was suffering

fox 5's paul wagner has the story. >> reporter: adam torres stood in court today and said i am trulyorry for my actions. there are no words that i can say today that can adequately express my remorse. with that the short hearing was over. there will be no trial unless the judge in the case rejects the sentence of one year in jail. adam torres was facing a murder charge when the last-minute deal came together yesterday afternoon. >> given the tortured history of this case and how maura and her family were sidelined for a couple of years and how they were treated, i couldn't bring myself really to again cross them and force their daughter to testify. >> in virginia the defense has the right to bring up the character of john geer and his prior behavior which may have been difficult for the family and geer's daughter. on that august day in 2014, he was fighting with his long-time partner who had just told him she was moving out and when geer threw a suitcase at her, she dialed 911. after a standoff that lasted 20 minutes, adam torres fired one round into geer's chest telling investigator

paul wagner joins us now with that story. paul. >> reporter: ladies judge roberd nailly says he madeie an error when he ordered an sheriffs deputy to activate a stun cuffat in to thousand 14. prosecutors called the judge's order highly disproportionate for nothing more than verbal interruptions king called whatlt happened to him quote torture. r tonight you can see and hear for yourself what happened in thatt court a warning. some people may find this video disturbing especially children north and east into that's elf delvin king standing at theg defense table inside the judge's crime july of 2014. he's representing himself in a gun case. right from the start the judge appears agitated. >> i didn't ask you what your name was i asked how you wish tu be addressed. stun cuff to his leg when theyey can ac 58 sending electricity to the defendant if he tries to run or becomes unruly. minutes into the proceeding theh judge bam exasperated with his w beaver had behavior. watch what happens next. >> mr. sheriff, do it, use it. you want

paul wagner fox 5 local news. nw >> a very sad end to the week fairfax county firefighter. >> abode found last night in shenandoah national park has been identified as 31 nicole mittendorff. police also found a suicide note inside her vehicle. she was first reported missinger last week after she didn't show up to work with fairfax fire and rescue. the body was taken to the chief medical examiner office for anfr almost.st. >> police in the districtt tonight need your help to identify three persons of o interest in connection with assault. surveillance video captured thee incident earlier this monthli along the 700 block of 7th street in northwest. take a look here.k you can see in the top t right-hand corner of the screen a female holding on to a man's s jacket following the alter station. three people were later caught on video boarding a metro bus. police are asking anyone with information to please give them a call. >>> meanwhile developing right now in ohio police say eight people were found dead today ata leas

paul wagner starts off our coverage tonight from the deanwood metro station. paul?> reporter: tony and shawn, this murder has absolutely stunned this community. the second murder here at deanwood in just over two weeks but it's the third murder on a metro line since july. we did find a witness to some of what happened. she did not w identified and she came upon the scene here at the station after getting off the train. she says that the victim, who may have been as young as 15 years old, had his brother with him. here's what she had to say. >> she said that it was a guy, he was coming down the escalator and he heard someone else say "go ahead." and when the guy said "go ahead," she seen a dude walk up behind the guy and punch him two times in the neck and his body right there. the guy trag to pump him i don't know if it was brother, i asked him. when i seen him there was a girl holding the phone towards his mouth because i guess he was on the phone with an ambulance. and there was another guy on the phone he was still pumping him but there wasn't no metro transit at

tonight our paul wagner revealse new details in the case. >>reporter: this is the front o door of the home on sharon roadr where firefighters arrived lastv friday night for a routine check on the welfare call. you can see it's damaged. apparently as the firefighters forced the door open. what happened next is what investigators are attempting to piece together. to a source familiar with thear investigation says there are differing accounts in the t sequence of events. we have every confidence that th the police department willent conduct the same investigationns that it conducts in every single one of these incidents and thatn is a thorough investigation. we have likewise had prosecutors who were literally on the scenec immediately following this incident who stayed therent w throughout the night and intoo the morning to ensure that our presents was there, able to be alongside the alo department as they were investigating this h case. the unnamed homeowner was release from custody without wit charges following the shooting. and authorities n

live at rfk stadium paul wagner fox 5 local news. vicinity gray's tween 10 campaign is back in the news. you'll remember the u.s. attorney closed the investigation late last year. he was never charged with any wrongdoing and ration maintainet he knew nothing about illegal activity. >> knew into investigation were eliseed matt ackland ago pouringer them and joins us now. matt that is quite impressive pack of papers you have. >> reporter: just when youepor thought it was all over back inn december, well, we've got moregt to tell you about today. a lot of documents here. this all comes at a time when mayor gray has gotten back into politics and is running for his old counsel seat. take a look for yourself. big old stack. these are documents that were released at 11 am today. in these t wants to seize computers, bank records even dig into personal email accounts. all as the feds tried to crack t this case, but they were never v able to charge mayor gray. just after 11 am a huge document released connected to the 2010 2 vicinity gray camp

paul wagner, fox 5 local news. >> there is new information intn the case of deonte cara way the prince george's county county school aids accused of producig child pornography. in the lawsuit, one of the victims claims carrawayarra threatened to kill her if she told anyone.e. accused of making child pornography and a abusing at least 17 children. he pled not guilty to all charges. >>> a disgrace virginia state legislator who admits he had sex with a teenage employee wants tn be the next mayor of richmond. the 58 year old lawyer pleaded e guilty in 2014 to a misdemeanor charge to>s contributing to lending what see of a minor. he is now engaged to to that employee. and have two children. he has experience to run the city. >>> general manage has a lot ofo people talking after announce an all options on the table after he creates a maintenance plan for the rail system. it may include, if necessary, shutting down an entire metro line to do major repairs.epai this as regular riders deal with major to the best including twot more day. jennifer davis filed this this earlier tonight. >> reporte

fox5's paul wagner has the details.>>reporter: there have been at least 0 homes hit by gunfire in prince william county since mid-february and at this point p it's just very fortunate that no one has been wounded. to get this toç stop, prince st william county police say they need some more help. the gunfire has been reported ae different times of day.ay. here on stock home way there have been two shootings, one friday night around 11234 which a number of people called polica to report hearing an argument and then gunfire. gu in the same block three days later, the homeowner calleder police to say his home had been hit by gunfire, perhaps the pe night before when he heard a loud noise. at this point police believece they are two separate incidents. about five miles from there, police found another home and a car riddled with bullets over the weekend. just 2:00 saturday night a man a called police to say he heard ha gunfire out in front house. when police arrived they found one bullet hole up here in this section of the

reporting live from dc superior court, paul wagner, fox5 local news. >>> new tonight, firefighters rush to a building near mets park to help man who became ill and was unable to get down. >> our cameras were there to capture it all as it happenedment fox5's matt ackland live in southwest with more on that. hey, matt? >> reporter: hi, jim, sarah, it all happened right here behind me. take a look at the top of that building that is under construction, we're here at the yard, to give you an idea of where we're located f we just pan this way, mike, you can see where right across the street from that stadium, some great video owing if i here from one of our photo journalists, meisha. take a look for yourself. firefighters first got to the top floor where they found a man who was described as feeling sick, so sick, he simply couldn't get down. so they put him in a stretcher and they actually used the construction crane above to lower him down to the street where other firefighters and paramedics on the grounds were able to transfer him into an ambulance. dc fire says he was put in that ambula

fox5's paul wagner starts us off from prince williamliam headquarters.orter: there have been at least 10 homes hit by gunfire since mid-february and at this point it's very fortunate thato no one has been understood withed. to get this to stop, prince william police say they needpo some morlie help. the gunfire has been reported at different times of day.day. here on stock home way thereere have been two shootings, one friday night around 11 in which a number of people called police to report hearing an argument and then gunfire.fire in the same block three days later the homeowner called police to say his home had been hit by gunfire, perhaps thee, p night before when he

paul wagner, fox5 local news. > sergeant rose says it is routine for us park police par officers to berol in that section of southeast. sou she also says timothy cox admitted to smoking pcp which may have cribbed to his behavior. > it has been six months since a us marine was killed in a hit and run crash in frederick county, maryland., police say they're not giving up on the search for the driver. 21 year old marine corporal william was hit by another driver. police say the pickup truck thau hit farrell pulled to the sideoh of the road for a few minutes, but then took off. a reward of more than $6,000 iss being offered for informationfee leading to an arrest. still to come, bryce harper's new commercial that's helping kick off season. but first tonight, beyonce debuted her clothing line and ad immediately got thrown a little shade by some haters. h another brand, we're going to have the whole story for you you when we come back. . leaving your current job andyo looking for another one? for according to a new survey one oy four workers changing jobs in 2016. this might give them hope.

paul wagner joins us live from fairfax tonight with the story, paul? >> laura, that last information for virginia state police is new information, that we received just couple of hours ago, we made an inquire toy verge state police after the chief told thaws there was still a criminal probe ongoing. virginia state police said that their investigation, although still open, is basically a closed, as far as how the nicole died. they say now they have no reason to believe that these blog posts had anything to do with her death. however, the fire chief says he wants to get to the bottom of any cyber bullying that may be going on. >>> fairfax fire chief lashed out at people who posted eamon must vial and vicious comments about people, fairfax underground. and on any, anomaly right now, out of control. people have no common sense, and they have no sense of responsibility. when you have anonymous posts, and people can say anything, and it is not factual, it is not true, it is wrong. absolutely wrong. and it is terrible. >> chief because says he doesn't know wh

live in arlington, paul wagner, fox 5 local news. >> now president obama is delivering a statement on national security at cia headquarters. let's listen in. >> and for their critical contributions to this fight. in late february at our meeting at the state department, i directed my team to continue accelerating this campaign on all fronts. and we have. this remains a difficult fight and a complex one, involving many countries and different communities in syria and in iraq. it is a military campaign, and a counter terrorism effort, but it also depends on a whole range of political issues that face these two countries. as we see brussels to istanbul to iraq, where isil slaughtered children watching soccer, these depraved terrorists still have the ability to inflict horrific violence on the innocent, to the revulsion of the entire world. with attacks like these, isil hopes to weaken our collective resolve. and once again, they have failed. their barbarism only stiffens our unity and determination to wipe this vial terrorist organization off the face of the earth. today, on the ground in

. >> fox5's paul wagner is live ie baltimore with more tonight.ht. paul?porter: officer garrett gre miller had absolutely nobsy n reaction to the judge's rulingul today in a proceeding thatceg lasted just about five minutes.n here's the issue.ss the state's highest court ruled last month that an officer canic be compelled with limited wh l immunity to testify againstñ ht fellow officers even though he himself is facing c so today gary william the judgee said he will have to testify iny a trial next month.on that's officer garrett miller ir the navy blue suit.ui the man in the middle. mide. he's one of two officers whoersw arrested freddie gray in westt baltimore last april, is chargeg the with second degree assault,, reckless endangerment and two at counts of misconduct.. city prosecutors now want him tt testify against edward nero.er the officer who made the arrestt with him as well as against lieutenant brian rice whorian ro scheduled to go on trial in july. in the only trial to take placep so far, a jury in december coulc not reach a verdict againstst

live in northeast, paul wagner, fox 5 local news. >> law enforcement leaders from across the dmv will join forces tomorrow. this comes after an atv hit and dragged a dc police officer over the weekend in southeast and another incident where atvs surrounded an ambulance on its way to children's hospital. those ambulance to stop even though its lights and sirens were activated. >> we're all working together and have been working together since last year. we'll talk about all those cases tomorrow. >> it's not an issue specific to the district. we have some issues around the region. we do hope to be able to announce something soon. >> the officer who was hit by that atv has minor injuries and is expected to be okay. >>> synthetic drugs have been an issue in the district for some time and leaders have pledged a war against anyone who sells them. the city passed a bill that the chemical compounds are added to the list. it tests the ability to test for, and prosecute cases against synthetic drug sellers and distributors. >> the county is making moves to close a legal loophole that allows the

live at superior court paul wagner fox 5 local news. >> abode was found floating in the c & o canal in georgetown. police casa witness found the t body wearing back packs near the one thousand block of 31st street. investigators are working to to identify the person. right now they do know it is a man in his 40s or 50s. several roads that were closed w during the investigation have since reopened. >>> tense moments this afternoon dc fire crews rescue a man fromo top floor of a building under ud construction. one of the construction workersu got sick, couldn't get down. put the man in a stretcher and used construction crane to lower him to the ground. g rushed him to the hospital he's in serious condition. >>> made a plea he is on leave after being arrested and charged with assaulting his wife. police responded to his homeo sunday night, bit told officers he attacked her. the sheriff told them the incident was an emotional family dispute. >> i love my wife very much and she loves me very much. i never ever ever assaulted her. >> reporter: things were said to police, high emotions, higho

live at deanwood metro, paul wagner, fox 5 local news. >> meanwhile, an arrest has been made in connection with the shooting of a 7-year-old girl in the district. 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 th

live at rfk stadium paul wagner fox 5 local news. >> into meanwhile a maryland state trooper is fighting for his life after a crash on the beltway. it happened yesterday afternoon on the outer loop near 450 in lanham trooper ezra is still in critical condition. investigators say the trooper was parked on the shoulder in an unmarked patrol vehicle investigating an accident that'' when another car smashed into the trooper's car. the driver of that car is also hospitalled no charges have been filed. >> police i can cannily arrested zoo 26 year old man for fatallyl stabbing another man inside a dc apartment. he is charged with second degree murder while armed. investigators say hill yard stabbed paul ivy inside a home in the 44 hon block of4 livingston road southeast overnight. its not clear what prompted the altercation.alte >> new details into gray's 20100 campaign. the u.s. attorney closed the the investigation late last year and gray was never charged with any wrongdoing. >> new documents released with w evidence that had not been previously made public. matt acan them. >> reporter: its

paul wagner joins us now from northeast with that story. paul? >> reporter: we want to tell you right off the top that a spokesperson for dc public schools today told me that the incidents of violence and suspensions are down 25% in dc public schools so far this year when compared to last year. and to our knowledge there was no trouble here at hd woodson today. however, yesterday was a different story where one student is accused of bawling up her fists and punching a cop. several fights including this one captured on a cell phone broke out inside the school yesterday afternoon. as school resource officers tried to keep the peace. three police reports described the variety of what officers described as rowdy behavior as they moved the students toward the cafeteria. one report police say a female student used a closed fist to punch a police officer. in a third report, police officers were called to the school to help and found several fights in progress. all of the violence taking place after 1:00 in the afternoon. none of the reports indicated an

in northwest, paul wagner, fox 5 local news. >> a sad end to the week-long search for a missing fairfaxounty firefighter. a medical examiner says 31-year-old nicole mittendorff took her own life. her body was found last night. police also found a suicide note in her car which was more than a mile from her body. she was first reported missing last week after she didn't show up to work. now that the search has finished, the trails have reopened at the nati >>> turning to your weather now we have some showers moving through the dc area right now but how are things looking for the rest of the weekend? gwen tolbart is here with your forecast. >> hi there. well the good news is the weekend is not a washout. yes we had some showers and they're going to continue tonight as well as into the first part of your saturday. so let's take a look at the radar and show you what's going on out there. right now you can see the wide swath of precipitation moving its way down from the south right up the mid atlantic and a pretty good swath of it, some of it a little heavier in spots than others and as we zo

live until northeast, paul wagner, fox 5 local news. >> staying in the district now where a police officer fatally shot a pit bull. >> the dog was one of two attacking a woman who is now recovering at the hospital. it all happened just moments ag now live from northwest with the story. so tisha, what happened out there? >> reporter: what i can tell you first and foremost is that this victim suffered minor injuries so it looks like she's going to be okay. just moments ago a fire crew arrived you can see what they're doing right there, they're washing what remains after the dog was removed just a few moments ago and it's a little bit graphic so we won't get too specific. you can see this is still an active scene, police are out here. again this victim called police as she was being attacked, not by one but by two dogs ambushed her including the pit bull. now when the officer arrived too the scene, here's what police say. they say that officer fired a round striking and killing the dog. now nearly two hours after all that happened, the dog remained here in the middle of the str t street. poli

paul wagner joins us live from the courthouse in fairfax with the story on this. what's going on here? >> reporter: hi, laura. john geere's mother was very much against this deal telling the prosecutor she wanted a conviction and a life sentence. he told reporters today he had to weigh many factors including the fact that the family did not want to put his daughter on the stand a a conviction was no sure thing. adam torres stood in court today and in a quiet voice said i am truly sorry for my actions. i am heartbroken for mr. geere's children. there are no words i can adequately say that can suppress my remorse. with that it was over. there will be no trial unless the judge rejects the case of one year in jail. adam was facing a murder charge wle the deal came together. >> given the tortured history of this case and how maura and her family were sidelined, i couldn't bring myself to cross them and force their daughter to testify. >> reporter: in virginia the defense has the right to which may have been difficult for the family. on that august day in 2013, john was

live in rockville paul wagner fox 5 local news. >> recently released police report revealed new informationf leading up to that crash that killed montgomery police officer noah. the man accused of hitting him with his vehicle told police he started drinking hours earlier at a another and rockville pike. the restaurant says the bartender who served him has h since been letting. and all employees are now required to undergo training on responsible alcohol service.ce. he had a blood alcohol that was nearly three times the legal limit. and also admitted smoking a joint and takesing xanax. >> dc woman under arrest a deadly pedestrian accident overnight. this happened around 1:30 in the morning on massachusetts avenuee northwest. a man was hit and killed after he stepped off of the curve. they say the victim was not in the crosswalk when he was hit.i. today, police arrested 24 year old miss joseph. charged with driving under the influence. police have not identified the victim at this time. >>> trouble use about the district circulator buses, they had safety problems that shoulds remove the vehicl

paul wagner has the story. >> when sam ellis got behind the wheel of his car and took off, prosecutors say he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol. court records show he had a blood alcohol of between.07 and .09. he lost control of the car and crashed into a fence. two of his passengers, friends, were killed. >> today is not only a difficult day for all the families, there is no jumping for joy. there are no winners in this situation. it was a traj ig situation that happened and it certainly is reflected in what seemed to be the remorse of this young man coming forward and taking responsibility for his actions. >> reporter: prosecutors say ellis and his friends had been at the home of kenneth salzman, a parent who prosecutors say allowed the drinking to go on. he pled guilty and was fined $5,000. a fourth person in survived. >> alex merk's family called today bitter sweat. while it relieves us to having to endure the endless pain, it drives home the cold hard fact that our son died at the hands of another human being. >> a recently revealed police report released new informatio

paul wagner, fox5 local news. > voters in maryland today are castellaniing ballots for their presidentialominee.iden but there is much more to today's primary than justimar picking a candidate for the white house. voters are also choosing candidates for congress. some of these raises are very who thely contested and oneand house raise in particular has become hugely expensive. fox5's ronica clear i lifee tonight in bethesda with that story. big deal here. >>reporter: yes, thanks jim and laura. you have probably seen those commercials for these heated primary raises. one for the senate seat being left by senator barbara mock column ski and then for presidential district four and 8 being left. those two are competing for the democratic primary to fill the senate seat. we want to he that you through these raises. let's start with the senate raise. chris van holland and donna isis running for the seat. they the two have similar voting records. donna edwards she has brought through the idea of identityntit politics in this case, i guess in an effort to differentiate hearse because she would be

fox5's paul wagner reports.eporter: these are just some of the pages listing theting evidence that has now beenow turned over to the defense. more than 300 items that include a post crime video of the inside of sue plus' stately home, copies of text messages, videoeo of the burning important issuemp stolen from the home as well ass autopsies of the four victims. >> i think they're turning over an awful lot, especially out off an abundance of caution.auti there has been a lot of accusations that prosecutors nos turning over intentionally or untensionly that might help thee defense. they're making sure everything that he can turn over they're turning over and they're turning it over early.ly. the letters we found list some intrigue i items. surveillance video from this home on rock creek drive, aroune the corner from the soup plus' home. police and prosecutors haverose never mentioned it.t. what does it show. and this address as well. an office building on wisconsin avenue in chevy chase where police recovered sur

paul wagner, fox 5 local news. >> right now a fire at the irs building in northwest dc is causing major traffic backups in the district. >> fox 5's marina marraco is live on the scene now with the details. marina? >> reporter: yeah, tony and sarah, it is quite a scene here downtown. dc and fire still on the scene here at the irs building. we understand the justice building also without power at this hour. dc fire telling us that it seems like a transformer blew in the basement of the irs building causing smoke to pour up into the building. they had to building and since then about two blocks surrounding the irs building shut down. you can see traffic being redirected here by homeland security as well as dc police on the scene. pepco also out here trying to figure out the situation as to what may have started the fire in the irs building but for now the irs building as well as the justice building, both of them without power. still a developing situation downtown. constitution between 10th and 12th streets shut down because of what's going on here. dc fire continues to investigate. back

fox5's paul wagner beginsr our coverage tonight live from the scene.the scen paul, we're learning the. bomb. >> reporter: he did not.not. and the description of thatdesc bomb is quite bizarre and we're going get to that ino thai just a second. son we'll play a sound bite from t. j. smith the spokespersonspso for baltimore city police andorl he'll explain exactly what it looked like. l it was not a bomb and it was strange. let's show you the picture ass he walked out of fox 45 fox

fox5's paul wagner is lives l at d.c. superior court with couw more. in the d.c. court affidavit today itt says that witnesses toldse police that maurice bellamyellay used the same gun to kill devante washington and the t secret service officer but the same affidavit says when a ballistics expert looked atxp the slugs from each crime he said they were compatible but not an exact match. maurice bellamy called himself e shoot mo and used that tha nickname under the picture of himself. now the teen is facing twointw murder counts from crimes committed a little over threelie months apart.pa bellamy was quickly caughtaugh after the murder at the deanwood station that appeared a to have taken place over a over look and a few words. words now police say the 17-year-oldyr was murder of arthur baldwin andwina off duty secret serviceter officer who was parked on parken first street southwest waiting u for a friend when police sayole several people walked up toked p his car, pulled guns and thennde began going through his car looking for items to steal.te but acco

our paul wagner in court therehe couldn't philadelphia international airporting thatai former policrpe ono count of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of john gear.h john gear was killed in the doorway of his springfield home back in 2013. 20 police responded there for callc of a domestic disturbance.. torres was due to go on trial ia the case today. again, former fairfax county police officer adam torres tre pleading guilty this morning ini connection with the shooting death of springfield residentesd john gear. we'll have much more from paull wagner throughout the day. we're expecting to hear from heo gear's family and attorneyttorne momentarily. paul is covering that for us. he'll have details and line ande full wrap up at 5:00 o'clockcloc this morning afternoon inno i alexandria right now the core achilleas school for math andatn technology and mount vernonno school down are lock in due touo police activity in the area. to possible bank robbery in that area.ar. again, alexandria virginia thent core achilleas school for math,r science and technology and mount vernon comm

very paul, paul wagner, thankr,a you for that update weevil check in with you for more updates ono this0 theme let'sel go ahead and check what else is trending on this monday. monda >>> first up, have you seen it? it is trending.s ding. beyonce' sixth studio album lemonade she premiered her houru with an hour long special on h hbo. there were spoken poetry,, personal video of her family and live out of the spotlight and a racy lyric.ic. her new songs implied severaledr times there may have been indeld will the in her marriage to jay-z.jay-z. the couple has never addressed those rumors. rors. bee john say says the album alb title is the tribute to her h grandmother lemonade is i available on her hub's music streaming sight tidal she's's actually coach owner andly coacn available oner i tunes and alsoa you can pre order it on amazon.n >> i actually thought it was tribute to jay-z's grant mothere >> because she made the commentm live has given me lemons butsut i've made lemonade. lemonade. >> i think you're right.nk maybe that was a misspoke, miss written. >> one of the grandmother.ndmot.

fox5's paul wagner has more.ras >> reporter: when sam ellissam l got behind the wheel of hiseelf carnd took off prosecutors pru say he was under the influencenn of drugs and alcohol. aoh court records show he had ahow e blood alcohol level of .07 and .09 which is above the legal limit.im and when he hit the gas downe ha the road that night the speedometer topped 100 miles an hour before the 19-year-oldr- lost control of the car crashing into a fence and overturning into a yard.turn two of his passengers friends alex murk and calvin li were killed. >> today is a difficult day i not only for thes li and murk k families but also for the afor ellis family. fam there's no jumping for joy. fory there are no winners in thisnert situation. it was a tragic incident that t happened and, you know, it i certainly is reflected in what w seems to be the remorse ofsef this young man can cominging forward and taking tak responsibility for hisonsibi actions. actions. >> reporter: prosecutors sayter: ellis and his friends had been at the home of kenneth saltzman a parent who prosecutors say allowed th

he was jacob wagner, and a former classmate said that he was bullied in school. >>> the number one hit still heard on the radio today and billy paul has died. [ music playing ].>> billy paul passed away yesterday at his home in new jersey, recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. his 1992 valid, "me and mrs. jones," earned him a grammy.>>> in the tower bells of minneapolis city hall playing the prince songs, and last week, prince passed away at his home recording studio at the age of 57. and we are awaiting the autopsy results to come back. the sales of prince songs are skyrocketing, 2.3 million songs have sold since the singer died, and 1 million were sold on the day of his death. and "purple rain" "little red coette" are among those that are top sellers. >> i forget about all of the songs he wrote to the other performers, amazing. and there is said to be thousands of songs at his compound that will be released. >>> 4:26 am. >>> a major blow as steph curry suffers another injury, and we will tell you what will happen today, and they will determine whether he will be able to play in game five against the rockets. >>> a homicide