, as funeral services were held in northeast for 17-year-old jamahri sitner >> dc police chief peter newsham and mayor bowser were among the mourners. fox 5 tisha lewis reports. >> family, friends and no connection to 17-year-old jamahri sit nor poured into great mount calvary in northeast >> the magnitude of people shows how much she was loved. >> reporter: the 17-year-old's death struck a cord highlighting the violence. highlights young lives >> only one person in custody right now, they haven't found the killer. >> they didn't need to >> we anticipate we don't find everybody who was responsible for this. >> reporter: police chief peter newsham describes her death as he's ever seen, hits close to home. her mother is on the force. >> we were just here as a police department to support our sergeant, who lost her daughter, and their family. >> reporter: it was thursday, august 10th, and sit nor likely never saw it coming, she was weeks away from starting her freshman year in florida. when a stray bullet struck her, taking her life and leaving those left behind shattered. >> at lot to take in.

police officers could not just watch the island to get destroyed, so they asked the union and chief peter newshamf they could flied out. >> i cannot be more proud of them going down there. tim: they will get three days state police with whatever puerto rico needs, then volunteer on their own time. >> we are taking on a mission to get it done. tim: some officer still have family members on the island. >> we were preparing all day. i got a call i was not expecting. i waved my tears for a second and back to the mission. tim: part of the mission is to find his sister. he has not heard from persons the storm hit. >> we became police officers there. and now we are going back to help. it means a lot. the officers here are flying out of andrews air force base tomorrow morning, expected to be down there about five days. that could change depending on how badly they are needed. reporting live, tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: meanwhil update nica,e island of domi where hundreds of american medical students are making their way home after being stranded in maria's aftermath. up andentire house went she was j

police chief peter newsham says kelly wall approached by 19-year-old saquan gillis. >> the 16-year-old had a knife. he stabbed the suspect in the robbery. the suspect then produced a firearm and ended and killing zaire. >> minding his own business walking home from a college seminar, 12th grade student, excellent student. >> reporter: friends say zaire wanted to go to florida a and m university and had what it took to get there. one friend said she thought zaire's success in the future was going to be great. >> i thought he was going to úbe the next barack. that's my opinion. >> reporter: the family declined to speak. they're quite upseven. neighbors are also upset. they say they have called asking that this area be better lit, to come in and improve the lighting around here, also cut down some of these bushes and they've also asked for more police presence at night but they haven't seen a lot of that and they say that this was bound to happen. they're upset that it happened to a neighbor who had so much promise. live in northeast tonight, matt ackland fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> new toni

they received permission from the union and police chief peter newsham to fly down there. some of those officers have family members on the island. one of the officers, jose gonzalez, hopes to find his sister. he has not heard from her since the hurricane hit. the officers will get three days of paid leave to help state police with whatever puerto rico needs. they'll then volunteer on their own time. as for the storm that started it all - maria has now been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves north. but the storm surge is already causing some flooding in north carolina's outer banks. maria is not expected to make landfall - but it's kicking up rough surf along the coast from florida all the way up to maine. we'll have a live report from ocean city- coming up at 5:45. happening now - the search for a missing college student last seen in norfolk, virginia. ashanti billie is from prince george's county. she's been missing for more than a week. her cell phone was found in a dumpster -- and her car was recovered elsewhere. her mini cooper was last seen entering a militar

peter newsham describes her death as one of the most tragic things he's ever seen, one that hits close to home because her mother is on >> we're just here as a police department to support our sergeant who lost her daughter and their family >> one person is in custody but he denies being the shooter, chief newsham experts more arrests and promising to find the people responsible for sydnor's death. >>> vigilant community members are being credited with helping police catch man wanted for a shooting in dc. montgomery county police arrested caesar morales yesterday in silver spring wanted for chasing man and shoot at him into the columbia heights metro steaks, a resident spotted him, called police when officers arrived, they say morales took off running into had a nearby parking garage. another witness told police morales was under a parked car. officers found him and charged him as a fugitive from justice. >>> well, less than a week after a passenger threw urine on a metrobus driver, the union is asking for police help them deal with what call unsafe working condition >> they had a prot

. >> and we candidate for an interview with police chief peter newsham tonight and mpd did not respond to that request they also didn't say whether or not this officer behind the instance gram account was disciplined. i reached out to thats of oner via social media than a i have not heard back. live in northwest, evan lambert, fox5 local news. >> new tonight, a 28 year old man is accused of having sex with a teenager that he was supposed to be mentoring. d.c. police say andrew brooks picked up the 14 year old girl at her home among long minnesota avenue . and brought the teen to his home that's where the two had sex. brooks was a court ordered mentor of the teen. he is now charged with the intent to engage in criminal activity. >> we have an update on some breaking news. the power has now been mostly restored to the university of maryland at college park. parts of the campus experienced an outage tonight which forced the closure of richie coliseum. the power has since been restored to all of the effected residents hauls, two angelica democratic buildings remain in the darkment crews ar

we also reached out to peter newsham, of course police chief. he has not gotten back to us. attempt to reach out to the officer directly through a different social account and he has not gotten back to us as well. that's the very latest here from d.c. police headquarters, annie yu, fox5 local news. >> thank you very much, annie. >>> 4:50 right now. and the battle continues over a confederate flag that flies high above i-95 in stafford county. the flag has flown near the falmouth exit since 2014. several people have tried to get it taken down but each time those efforts fail and that's because the flag is protected by free speech. at a recent board of supervisors meeting the county's attorney said although some are offended by the flag, the county can't remove it ar and that's because it sits on private property. >> and i have concluded without equivocation both back in 2014 and now that this county has no legal authority to require the removal of that confederate private property on that flag pole which is 80 feet in height. >> coward. >> the flag is reported the flown on th

police chief peter newsham says kelly was approached by 19-year-old is a kwan gillis about 8:30. >> in the course of the robbery the 16-year-old tried to defend himself. he happened to have a knife on him. he ended up stabbing the suspect in the robbery. the suspect then produced a firearm and ended up shooting and killing zaire. >> minding his own business walking home from a college seminar. twelfth grade student, excellent student. >> reporter: friends say zaire warr wanted to go to flora a and m what it too, to get there. one friend said she thought zaire's success in the future was going to be great. >> i thought he was going to be the next barack. that's my opinion. >> reporter: shawn, tony back out live you can see the crime scene tape here. we're told by one neighbor that robberies happen so often here that he'll walk through this park and sometimes pick up credit cards, sometimes pick up keys and other things that were taken and then discarded during robberies. neighbors say they've asked city officials to come out here and trim back some of the bushes and some of the trees an

we talked to police chief peter newsham he was on good day d.c. and he addressed their preparedness. a take a listen. >> most of the events are happening on park police territory. they're going to have their staffing out there. we're going to have the entire police department working to assist them. if you you come with the intent to break the law we're going to safely take you you into custody. look at the map of the road of the road closures in this national mall. about 15 sections of the road surrounding the mall will be closed down tomorrow. those closures will go from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and they include portions of constitution and pennsylvania avenue. also the ninth and 12th street tunnels will also be closed. we have all the information about closures on our website, fox5dc.com. i should also mention that there is an anti trump rally at the white house and that ill with be happening tomorrow morning as well. so tons of events going on this weekend and if you you don't want to be involved in any of them then probably not a good time to do som

one of the things we're talking with police chief peter newsham who joins us live to discuss these ands for having me. >> want to start with rallies and marches. we're all keeping an eye on what happened in london with the terror tack on the subway. >> yes. >> given the violence prone to app at rallies and marches here in d.c. are you adequately staffed to take on these massive crowds. >> yup. most of the events are happening on park police territory. they'll have their staffing out and there we'll have the entire police depth working to assist them with these rallies much it's going to be great weekend start the weekend off actual toll night with some local football games. yo dunbar. you got what's called the clash of the titans where woodson is hosting friendship collegiate over at woodson high school and then on saturday going our busiest day like you said we're going to have the what's call the mother of all rallies, that will be on the mall between 13th and 14th street. the juggie lows are coming in down by the lincoln memorial. and initially we had a lot of information that count

today i asked mpd for an interview with chief peter newsham. they did not make him available. i also asked if the officer behind the account had any discipline as a result of this. they did not respond to that inquiry as well. we tried to reach out to that officer on social responded. live in northwest, evan lambert, fox5 local news. >> new reports tonight that north korea could test a hydrogen bomb in the south pacific. this comes after north korea leader kim young hundred called president trump mentally deranged saying that he'll contain trump with quote, fire. the responses to trump's united nations speech on tuesday when he referred to the north korea leader as rocket man and threatened to totally destroy the country. us officials have stressed the use of zimmerman mattic options as tensions rice today the president signed an executive order toughening financial sanctions on north korea. the order allows the trump administration to cut off trade with international companies that choose to continue doing business with the rogue nation. for much too long north korea has been

s police chief, peter newsham, talks about what the plea means to the victim's family. >> a young woman who was, by all regards, a wonderful person, lost her life and the parents have been so gracious. they have been extremely thankful with the prosecutors and the police department for everything we did. >> johnson will be back in court in november for the formal sentencing. >>> some residents of little liberal takoma park are taking a look at some of the street names like lee and jackson, names maybe associated with the confederacy. the town council will discuss what, if anything, to do about those names tonight. >> sherman, lee, graham. >> reporter: diane cone >> that's right here. jefferson is here. >> reporter: a form are staff editor for rolling stones, her and her husband have lived in takoma park since 1982. people started asking about the street names since the violence in charlottesville. they will host a public discussion tonight on the issue. cone says there's no information that con federal rated a cr adv lobbied for the names. >> there's no documentation that any confederat

police chief peter newsham expects both protests to be peaceful and doesn't expect counterprotesters like we saw in charlottesville. he's ordering every officer to be on duty to also help with t nats game and the h street festival. he says security will be tight all across the city. >> we hope everybody has a really good weekend. >> reporter: so whether it's the nats game or h street festival, officials are urging you to use public transportation but there's one thing you should know. the smithsonian station here on the mall will be closed on saturday at the request of law enforcement. of course, we have everything you'll need to know about road closures and all of these events at the nbc washington app. just search road closures. in the district, mark segraves, news4. >>> news for your health about flu shots and miscarriages. the headline is alarming. here's what you need to know. according to the study, there was an uptick in miscarriages when women had a certain version of the flu shot two years in a row but this is a small study. it's not most of those who lost their babies were

hundreds were in attendance, including mayor muriel bowser and police chief peter newsham. >> on behalfl the men and women of the police department, i want to extend our most sincere and heartfelt condolences. reporter: her mother is a sergeant on the police force. her daughter was hit by a stray bullet while driving in the 1400 block of saratoga avenue northeast. her sisters can't help but remember her infectious smile. >> when she entered the room, it was her room. and it wasn't, she wasn't dimming anyone else's life but she let her own light shine. reporter: the 703-236-9220 -the 17year old was 10 days away from being a freshman at florida a&m university. d.c. police continue to look for two more suspects. >> we have made a lot of progress. and we anticipate that we are going to bring this family the justice they deserve. reporter: in the meantime, this family will continue to celebrate a life taken far too soon. if you have any information about the suspects at large, go ahead and contact the d.c. police department. judge has the most serious charge in the death of a penn state frat

police chief peter newsham.ing the c coverage on social media and also just in the media. the mother of all rallies, they are billing themselves as a pro-american rally. they say their goal is to protect preserve and defend american culture and history. they are asking attendees on site and also on their site, excuse me, and then also on their social media platforms to bring american flags. they say please don't bring confederate flags, please don't bring communist flags, please don't bring foreign flags, bring american flags and they also say that they are attracting what they describe as a silent majority wishing to protect and preserve and defend american culture. they're calling this the woodstock of rallies so you can only imagine that they are expecting thousands upon thousands of people. the clash and the concern about the clash that could happen is between that group and then also the juggalo march on washington which is the insane clown posse fans which are protesting that they've been designated as a g

some were trained in puerto rico to be police officers before theyoi they say peter newsham is supportive expected to be in puerto rico anywhere from a few days to a week. it's been a week since roared through puerto rico and still hanging around. it was downgraded earlier this week but maria regained her strength. it's now a category 1 hurricane as it churns off north carolina coast. it kicked up the surf and pushed water over both sides of the outer banks as it turns from the atlantic coast. maria has eroded beaches and flooded properties. >>> one of the search for survivors in mexico hope is dimming. nearly a week after the 7.1 magnitude quake shook the country. death toll 337 more than half dieing in mexico city, at least 38 buildings collapsed and rescuers still trying to find anyone who may still be alive in the rubble. search and rescue in the u.s. are helping w >> let's take a look outside right now, it is a hot one. i come back to what i thought was supposed to be fall. it's 91 degrees out there right now. of >> october is a couple days why. away. >> you should have delayed your

police chief peter n newsham is reporting that former chief of police eye zach ford died at the age of 77. fullwood served as chief of police in late 80s and early '90s during a difficult time for the city. >> according to posts he was ill with kidney failure. he found it difficult to leave his home in southeast. his death was confirmed by the police chief and that point no cause was given to former chief eye zach ike fullwood. >> the districts was going through a violent stage called murder capital of u.s. it was also going through crack epidemics and also during his ten tour that arrest was made on than mayor marion barry on drug charges. >> yeah there's a lot of information starring to come out or just a lot of people are sending their condolences to his family tonight again former police chief dead tonight at the aim of 77. >> we'll have more on this tomorrow morning on "fox news morning". >> thanks for joining us tonight. stick around brody lobe allege is next with the final >> welcome to the final five. i'm here stuck like a shmuck and jim lokay is enjoying the holiday weekend he

. >> reporter: now, we reached out to police chief peter newsham about this and we have not heard backtly to officer dennis sfoglia and we have not heard from him as well. but that is the very latest here from d.c. police headquarters, we'll send it back in to you. >> ♪ >> time for the morning line. nats always win in atlanta seems like it. looking for the sweep last night. my goodes in, they lost. how does that happen? it's pretty rare. three-two win for atlanta last night and r.a. dickey a knuckle baller got the job done to everybody except ryan zimmerman. another home run for zim. feeling pretty good. his 34th of the year a career high plus over 100 rbi's. zim is having season. nats head to new york today for a weekend series with the mets. 10 more games before the post season gets under way. r.a. dickey over 40 years old throwing that knuckle ball. >>> thursday night football. i don't think many people expected this to be what may be the highest scoring game of the week. it was a battle between two former redskins offensive coordinators kyle shannahan's 49ers, sean mcvay's rams. ug

meanwhile we've also reached out to peter newsham, the police chief.officer not heard back from him yet. that's the very latest here from d.c. police headquarters, annie yu, fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> time to talk weather with mike thomas. >> hey, guys good morning. happy friday. >> happy friday, happy final day of summer, first day of fall. >> it's not going to matter. it's not going to feel like it at all. >> just a ray of sunshine this morning. >> i know, exactly. [laughter] >>> okay, glass half empty. >> but we will have some fall-like weather coming our way later next week. >> try to turn it around now. >> it's friday . >> [laughter] >>> dulles 68. bwi 67 degrees this morning. we do have josÉ or what's left of it off the coastline spinning around and giving us clouds today. it will be a mix of clouds and sunshine, high of 86 degrees. and summer does end on a warm note. average high this time of year is 77 degrees so nine trees degs above normal is what we're expecting later this afternoon. here's your weekend forecast. looks gorgeous and we're stayi

police chief peter newsham described her death as one of the most tragic things he's ever seen.he police force. >> just here as a police department to support our sergeant who lost her daughter and their family. >> right now one person is in custody but he denies being the shooter. meanwhile chief newsham expects more arrests and he's promising to find the people responsible for sydnor's death. >>> police in prince george's county are spending the holiday weekend cracking down on a big problem in our area. illegal atv's and dirt bikes. they're rolling out a new strategy to stop violators in their tracks. fox5's tisha lewis live at national harbor with more. tisha this is a story we've been fol finally a big solution. good morning. >> reporter: annie you're right, it is a story we've been watching closely and this is a big development. prince george's county police teaming up with maryland state police to roll out this new strategy. it's similar to a spike strip that stops cars but this one will stop illegal atv riders and dirt bike riders. now, if you take a look behind me there

yesterday dc mayor muriel bowser and police chief peter newsham told us they're very proud of these officersupport them with their efforts to go back home and do whatever they can to help and it is going to be a quick trip there about three and a half hour flight but a very long three days of work for these folks. back to you guys. >> mel, thanks very much. 8:04. tuck is back with look at our forecast here. very nice start to the day today. although temperatures already up to 73 degrees. >> yeah. we'll top out near 90 again today. whoo! >> another hot one. been about two weeks in rotem hers well above normal. so, you know,. >> we'll enjoy a little bit more today, though. since it's the las seasons. >> all right. >> break it down. >> you guys have issues. you want to talk about thing. you want to talk about all kinds of it will things. >> nobody wants to talk about political things. we report the news. >> oh, yeah, okay. >> i like to have my seasons transition gradually. >> um-hmm. >> we don't wanting to straight to winter from here. >> it's that the beauty of living in washington. we get all