they say phillip gilberti has friends here. he might have reason to be here. ray broomall lives nearby, he saw the police make their move. >> lots of cops? >> yeah. >> big guns? >> of course. >> what do you make of this? >> it's crazy, man. >> reporter: for hours, police surrounded the place, but when they got inside, no sign of the suspect. neighbor broomall know s gilberti. he described him this way. >> he's crazy. i wouldn't mess with him, come across his path at all. >> reporter: about a half a block away, police locate a pickup truck linked to the suspect. they tow the truck, still no sign of the man they're looking for. this afternoon in rockville, they located the van. the van that was used in the kensington murder. that caused police to intensify their search here. they set up a command center, they have the s.w.a.t. team at the ready, a helicopter on high. they're using every available resource. now over the weekend gilberti was arrested for violating the protective order. monday he was in court. the prosecutor wanted him held, the judge let him out o

soon after that is when phillip gilberti was named a suspect in this investigation.t's when police began a region wide search for phillip. they searched throughout kensington, throughout aspen hill, all areas of montgomery county. late this evening they got a tip he may have been here in the college gardens area. that's why police came out to this area, a s.w.a.t. team was here just like you heard chief major explain. they located the house they believed he was at. when they did have an opportunity to look inside, they found the suspect dead inside from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. of course, police are still going to be out here for a good portion of the night. the good news here, guys, is that the suspect is no longer on the loose. back to you. >> all right, ken molestina, we thank you. >>> former pennsylvania senator rick santorum shaking up the republican race for president tonight, winning both the alabama and the mississippi primary elections and keeping his campaign very much alive. gary nurenberg is with us to tell us what the number

show you his picture, he is phillip gilberti. a boxer who allegedly shot and killed his estranged wife this morning. he was apparently tracked down to a house in this neighborhood late this afternoon, early this evening, they tried to make contact. they were told by people he was in this house. but then they went in just a short time ago and confirmed that he had in fact killed himself. the video tape from earlier this morning, this was around 9:40 this morning at connecticut and knowles in the heart of kensington where witnesses say the couple, phil gilberti and his estranged wife, were in a van and they were on connecticut avenue heading southbound when witnesses say she tried to get out, jump out of the moving van. he pulled her back in, allegedly shot her in the head, pushed her out of the minivan and took off. this is a man who had restraining orders against him, not only from his estranged wife, but others in the community and i asked the chief a short time ago if there were threats to anyone else during the course of today

gilberti dumped her body on the connecticut avenue and drove off. >> i want answers as to why phillip gilbertias released. >> reporter: late they're same day gilberti would kill himself as police searched for him. today in rockville a handful of protesters gathered to keep the case and the cause alive. the days following that violent encounter it was learned that on the day gilberti was released the montgomery county district court system computers were down and that when judge hamilton let gilberti go he may not have had access to information such as the threats, assaults, and trespassing charges he amassed over a lengthy and troubled relationship with mcguire. mcguire's mother says her family was also in the dark. >> she had no idea that he was out on the streets. >> reporter: other information that was not out there, gilberti's attempted murder conviction dating back seven years before mcguire was killed. that conviction stemmed from gilberti trying to kill a girlfriend in nevada. mcguire's mother says the laws here need to be strengthened especially pertaining to repeat offenders. derrick

searching for this man, phillip gilberti. bob is live near the scene tonight with the very latest. bob, what do you though? >> reporter: we are at college ganders elementary school just north of downtown rockville where police have established a perimeter and a command center. they tell us they believe the murder suspect is in a home. they are not saying whether it's a house or apartment in this neighborhood. they have everything secured. the house surrounded. they are trying to establish communications with the suspect. they are hoping this thing ends without any more bloodshed. it began more than 12 hours ago. she was shot dead in the middle of connecticut avenue in kensington at 9:40 this morning. later identified at heather mcguire of rockville. police tuesday night, charging her estranged husband, 51-year- old former boxer, phil gilberti with first-degree mor. >> she was just laying there, you know, and the ladies from next door urgent care. they came out there and they did cpr and didn't look like she made it. >> reporter: this surveillance video from a gas station across the

police released this photo of the man they're looking for. 51-year-old phillip gilberti. kristen fisher has more. >> he's a powerful guy. and he acts before he thinks. >> reporter: he's been friends with 51-year-old phillip joseph gilberti for 40 years. phil stopped by his mechanic store, so he struck up a conversation that just took place on connecticut avenue. >> i said kensington is shut down. someone just killed a lady and dumped him out. he said tom, i got to go. and i go, give me a ride, i need a ride to the metro real quick. i go, all right. phil, let me see what's going on. i went into the shop, came back out, and he was gone. >> he was gone, but he left his van parked outside that mechanic shop. police believe just minutes earlier, that same van rolled up to this intersection. inside is believed to be gilberti and a woman. he shot her in the head before dumping her body in the middle of the street and sped off. when we asked tom if he thought his friend was capable of such a thing, he said -- >> i'm afraid so. he's a 260-pound bully. >> he has had nine restraining

by monday heather lynn mcguire would be dead at the hands of phillip gilberti. been released on an unsecured bond. police say he sought out and shot his estranged wife in front of terrorized motorists in a busy intersection in kensington. gilberti dumped her body on the connecticut avenue and drove off. >> i want answers as to why phillip gilberti was released. >> reporter: later that same day he would kill himself as police searched for him. today in rockville a handful of protesters gathered to keep the case and the cause alive. in the days following that violent encounter it was learned that on the day gilberti was released the montgomery county district court system's computers were down and that when judge barry hamilton let gilberti go he may not have had access to information such as the threats, assaults, and trespassing charges gilberti had amassed over a lengthy and troubled relationship with mcguire. mcguire's mother says her family was also in the dark. >> she had no idea that he was out on the streets. >> reporter: other information that wasn't out

the suspect is phillip gilberti. 6'1", 240 to 250 pounds. last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with black slacks. he has black slicked hair. there was a stayaway order that his ex-wife got in which she told the court, he said, if i catch you with with another man, i will kill you both. today, this is how the shooting happened along connecticut avenue. it happened about 9:39, police got a number of calls, from the public saying that a woman had been shot and pushed out of a van. silver or gray minivan along connecticut avenue in the southbound lane just before knowles. there was some kind of a fight, and that a woman was shot and was killed. this is how montgomery county police chief thomas major describes the situation as witnesses related it to police. >> what the witnesses said was that the victim was attempting to get out of the car, the suspect pulled her back in. shot her, and pushed her out. and then took off at a high rate of speed. >> we are standing at the kensington shell station. it was with ten years ago the d.c. snipers st

she was shot and killed in kensington days after getting a protective order against phillip gilberti. and six children, the industry fathered by gilberti in a. , dangerous storms, tornadoes and flooding pounded residents in texas. it is not over yet. evidence in a phone call, the police as a key clue in the killing of the 17-year-old boy? hillary clinton >>'s new cause. >> warming and could blow in. >> the pressure is mounting on police in florida or the fbi is investigating the controversial shooting of a 17-year-old. >> he was killed three weeks ago by neighborhood watch volunteer. the case is sparking public outcry. >> it is potentially damning evidence in the case of trayvon martin, the u.n. and a 17-year- old shot to death by neighborhood watch captain. martin was on his cellphone with a 16-year-old girl surely before his death. the conversation please apparently missed in their initial investigation. >> he said they were watching him. >> she spoke to the martin family attorney about what she heard. >> somebody pushed him. >> the line went dead. seconds later, he was shot by geor

the suspect 51-year-old phillip gilberti.ictim is his ex-wife who had a stayaway order against him. he may be armed and police consider him dangerous. federal prosecutors this week are sending out a flurry of subpoenas in the city's ongoing scandal against campaign corruption. >>> republicans are casting their votes in presidential primaries in the south. analysts say if mitt romney wins alabama and mississippi tonight, it could be curtains for his opponents in the gop campaign. >>> a man sentenced to 25 years in prison today for setting a series of fires in our area. >>> one of those blazes seriously injured d.c. firefighters. darcie spencer has more on the motive for that arson spree. >> reporter: was it good being there and being able to state how this impacted you? >> absolutely. >> reporter: robert alvarado gave a victim pact statement in court as the man who set the fire that injured him was sentenced for his arson spree. >> this is something that's going to affect all of us for the rest of our lives. never going to for

phillip gilberti had been in and out of jail days before macguire was murdered. -- mcguire was murderedill bittery later killed himself. >>> the -- gilberti later killed himself. >>> the secret service is looking into a massive identity breach. visa and mastercard are reporting the security breach due to a third-party credit card processor. >> reporter: a major scare for mastercard and visa card holders, their accounts potentially compromised after hackers may have gotten access to their personal data through a third-party payments processing firm. >> we don't really know all the details, but they're talking about 10 million with an m. that's a lot of numbers of. >> reporter: these credit card processors are people who hold themselves out to merchants and third parties saying we'll process your transactions for you. the security breach took place sometime between january 21st and february 25th. the company at the center of the breech is global payments inc., an intermediary between merchants and card processors. it says, "it is reassuring that our security processes detected an intrusio

lied but where a friend of his lived and the man you heard lives in that neighborhood and knows phillip gilberti and said that he is not a guy hosts to mess with. when you go to online court records, you can see gilberti has been arrested many, many times in maryland, many times for domestic violence, domestic assault and has served time in prison. new, police have an active search for him going right now in federal plaza on rockville peek, and that is where we turn to wttgs bob barnard. >> reporter: paul, police are here because there have been a number of reported sightings of the 51-year-old measured suspect and that he's frequented a bar here. they have canines out and we understand his van, the van that he left the murder sign in, which we believe was his estrangeed wife's, miss heather mcgwire's van, was recovered around 12:30 this afternoon on the other side of rockville pike and there have been some reported sightings since then. a short time ago, i had a chance to spoke with the attorney who represented gilberti in -- in some of the strange relationship he had with heather mire -- mcgwi

mcgwire was shot and killed tuesday by her estranged husband, phillip gilberti. he dumped her body and later shot and killed himself. he was locked up twice over the weekend for violating and attempting to violate a restraining order. the family says he was stalking heather. mcgwire's mom says he never should have been let out of jail. >> i think the best we can do is try to help other people from having this happen and that would be in heather's name. >> gilberti and mcgwire have three young children together. the computer system was temporarily down and the judge who oversaw the bond hiring didn't have access to the entire criminal record. >>> around the metro area, people had one question. what is that smell. is it mulch, flowers in bloom or something else? we have the answer coming up. hi, gary. >>> thanks a lot. not a lot of sunshine today. the temperatures kind of depended on where you were. the weekend forecast is coming up. >> thanks. >>> if you have a story idea, call the fox 5 tip line. the number is on your screen.  chili's $20 dinner for two has a b

close friends of heather mcgwire are wondering how and why a judge released her husband, phillip gilbertiover the weekend. he was arrested twice for violating a protective order to leave mcgwire alone. on monday the judge let him walk free. gilberti found mcgwire, shot her, and dumped her body by the side of the road in kensington. >> how does somebody like that get out after two arrests in 72 hours on violating the protective order against somebody he's already beaten, stalked, and harassed over and over and over? that judge is a disgrace. >> police say gilberti killed mcgwire as her friend was out trying to file another protective order against him. gilberti killed himself tuesday as officers closed in on him. >>> new developments in a d.c. political scandal involving the mayor. sources tell news4 that mayor vincent gray at a crucial moment early in his 2010 campaign personally handled as much as $1 hubble in campaign contributions from businessman jeffrey thompson. federal prosecutors raided thompson's house and businesses earlier this month. this is part of a wide-ranging probe into p

police say phillip gilberty shot and killed his wife, heather mcgwire. in november, mcgwire filed a protective order against her estranged husband. her friends and family are calling for a judge who released gilberti from jail to step down. he was in jail for harassing mcgwire despite the restraining order. >>> let's get a first look at our forecast now. a cool start, tom. >>> and bless you again. the pollen count four times higher than the day before. if you're waking up with a sinus headache, pollen count up over 2,000. mostly oak tree pollen. clouds are moving in across the mountains. around the metro area, clear, 37. culpeper, manassas, gaithersburg, frederick down to 34. there may be a little scattered frost west and north, shenandoah valley into the mountains this morning. closer to washington, southern montgomery county, arlington, eastern fairfax and much of prince george's counties in the low 40s. low 40s in southern maryland right near the bay. parts of the eastern shore in the mid 30s right now from easton toward the atlantic beaches. there's

also identified a suspect. 51-year-old phillip gilberti.nts show the two had been married, but in the mist of a divorce. gilberti violated a protective order against him. kristen fisher is working the story. >> a van pulled up to this intersection and the woman in the passenger seat threw open the door. witnesses say she was covered in blood, screaming for help. that's when the male driver

saturday, this past saturday, when a woman named heather mcgwire called police to say a man named phillip gilberti was stalking her, harassing her, and violating a protection order. he

investigators say her estranged husband, phillip gilberti shot her in the head and dumped her body onecticut avenue. gilberti later committed suicide. prosecutors say he had a long record of domestic abuse. >>> flags are being flown at half staff in maryland many memory of a maryland army national guard major killed in afghanistan. 48-year-old major from parkville was buried with full military honors today at arlington national cemetery. they were killed last month in an attack at the interior ministry in cobble. the taliban is claiming responsibility. >>> hundreds of computers that were used at the old walter reid campus have a brand-new home. they were donated to area schools today all part of the computers for learning program or cfl. the organization picks up schools and nonprofit organizations that need those donations. walter reid donated medical equipment to hospitals today. >>> coming up, the backyard danger that is greater this year all across our area. plus, it was supposed to be just a practical joke, but the video played at one best buy store now has the prankster in some

phillip gilberti killed his wife and hours later shot him. we're learning about what happened yesterday in kensington. beth parker talked to a man at a house where he showed up after the killing and is live with the story. beth. >> reporter: we have talked to a number of people who knew phillip gilberte, and there is a common thread: they all say he was a scary man. at least one calls him a monster. phillip gilberte was a 300- pound ex-con with a long history of violence. tony has known him since high school. >> loose canon. wee

they had phillip gilberty in custody for violating a protective order. they had him in jail. but monday, judge let him out. tuesday, he kills his estranged wife, shoots her inside her van and then dumps her body out on connecticut avenue in kensington. tuesday night, with police close on his trail, gilberty kills himself at a home in rockville. the murder victim, heather mcgwire, 37 years old, she and gilberty had children in common. last year, she got a stay away order on gilberty. she said he threatened her. i catch you with another man and i will kill you both. last weekend, she said, he threat and her nened her not on twice. my children believe he is going to kill me if i do anything to upset him. gilberty arrested by police, but then let go by a judge. how did this happen? renee sandler is a prominent attorney. >> we must have stricter bond requirements where there's a history of domestic violence and take the disgreg away. >> reporter: when police were hunting down gilberty yesterday, cops didn't need a picture. most of them already knew who he was. sheriff darren pop k

police say her soon to be ex- husband phillip gilberti woke her from her sleeping bed, beat her and droveown connecticut avenue in kensington. it was 9:30 in the morning when she tried to escape. he shot her in the head leaving her to die in the middle of the street. >> the last text she sent me she said mom, i think he's going away for a long time now. >> reporter: gilberti has a long violent criminal past with several restraining orders filed against him. when police finally cornered him later that night, he took his own life. >> i just feel that the judicial system absolutely let her down. >> if they don't change everything, then everything is going to stay the same and how many more people are going to die? >> reporter: today mcguire's friends and family members including two of her children rallied outside a montgomery county courthouse where they say the judge made a deadly mistake when he let the repeat offender back on the streets. >> he is a good judge. unfortunately it's come to my attention that apparently the computers in the courtroom were down. some of the criminal history o

police found phillip gilberty inside a home on fordhammond stre rod -- fordham road in roisk. accused of shooting and killing his wife yesterday morning. a gas station in kensington shows gilberti throwing her from a minivan on to the street. mcgwire is survived by her four children. >>> maryland lawmakers will hear testimony today about a bill to improve coordination to help find missing children. the bill is called felicia's law named in memory of felicia barnes. the north carolina teenager vanished two years ago while visiting baltimore and was found dead months later. felicia's law would require state authorities to oversee search efforts. it would also make sure that police and child welfare advocates work together. >>> there's still no sign of the man who carjacked an suv with a 5 month old child in the back seat. it happened in southeast washington yesterday. police say the baby had just been strapped into his car seat when a man jumped into the suv and took off. there was an intense search that ended a half-hour later a mile away. the car was ditched with the child ins

two weeks ago, montgomery county police say that phillip gilberti shot and killed his wife, heather mcgwire. in november, mcgwire filed a protective order again her estranged husband. friends and family are calling for a judge who released gilberti from jail to step down. he was in jail for repeatedly harassing mcgwire despite the restraining order. >>> virginia's highway projects are moving along. the new beltway express lanes in virginia should open by the end of the year. here's a look at what the new lanes look like. includes two lanes in each direction. vdot crews rebuilt 58 bridges and overpasses. vdot officials say those who use the lanes could cut their commute times in half between springfield and tyson's. drivers will have to pay to use the express lanes. drivers will need to use a device called an e-zpass transponder. >>> coop fusing surrounding red-topped parking meters. for the next three months, anyone can park at the meters. they were originally reserved for handicapped drivers only. but the d.c. council delayed it for 90 days so they could conduct more studies. there are deb

. >> reporter: they had him, had phillip gilberty in custody for violating protective order, they had him in jail but monday, a jim let him out. tuesday, he kills his estranged wife rks shoots her inside her van and then dumps her body out on connecticut avenue in kensington. tuesday night, with police close on his trail, gilberty kills himself at a home in rockville. the murder victim, heather mcgwire, 37 years old. she and gilberty had children in common. last year, she got a stay-away order on gilberty. she said he threatened her. "i catch you with another man and i will kill you both." last weekend, she said, he threatened her not once, but twice at her home on granden avenue in rockville and then again at a friend's house. my children believe he is going to kill me if i do anything to upset him. gilberty arrested by police, but then let go by a judge. how did this happen? renee sandler is a prominent montgomery county attorney. >> we must have stricter bond requirements where there's a history of domestic violence and take the discretion away from the judges in terms of what they

. >> reporter: her daughter was once married to phillip gilberti. when they started dating a friend in law enforcement told the mom. >> first he said oh, my god, get her way from him. he said i'm going to tell you the only way to get rid of him is either have him sent to jail or shoot him. >> reporter: she said when her daughter tried to break up with gilberti, he grew violent. >> apparently started beating her and going for her face which, you know, he did break her cheekbone and her nose, too, i'm pretty sure, just beat her up and she was covered in blood. >> gilberti was charged with battery and attempted murder in that 1995 case but pled guilty to a lesser charge and spent years in jail. >> the detective said it is the worst crime scene. he said it was worse than any murder crime scene that he had seen with the blood. >> this mom hasn't seen gilberti in a long time but wasn't that surprised when she found out montgomery county police were looking for him when a woman was beaten, shot and killed and her body was dumped on connecticut avenue. >> i

police arrested phillip gilberti twice over the weekend for violating a protective order against hisife, heather mcguire. on monday a maryland district judge released gilberti. police say he found mcguire, shot her in his van, and dumped her body on the side of the road in kensington. >> how does somebody like that get out after two arrest in 72 hours on violating a protective order against somebody he's already beaten, stalked, and harassed over and over and over? the judge is a disgrace. >> police say gilberti killed mcguire as her friend was trying to file another protective order against him. gilberti killed himself tuesday as officers closed in on him. >>> the u.s. soldier accused of a shooting rampage that killed 16 afghan civilians including nine children could be back on u.s. soil as early as today. nbc's jim miklaszewski reports that charges could be filed against the staff sergeant about his return. the soldier was flown totuate yesterday to move him away from the backlash over the rampage. a seattle-based defense attorney who has been selected to report the staff sergeant

two weeks ago, montgomery county police say phillip gilberti shot and killed his wife heather mcguire. in november she filed a protective order again her estranged husband who was jail would multiple times for ha harassing her. the judge let gilberti go. >>> jacob greengreenspun was ard in an undercover sting operation wednesday. he's charged with three counts of distribution of marijuana and a count of possession with intent to distribute. the arrest comes after a two-month police investigation. >>> students at surratsville high school in clinton, maryland, honored a classmate who died earlier this week. yesterday students walked the school track wearing pink in honor of 17-year-old tekau rasoyonm. her classmates also released balloons in her memory. rasayonm died suddenly on thursday while jogging during gym class. her father said he's not aware of any pre-existing condition. >>> today we'll learn which companies can grow and supply medical marijuana in the district. the d.c. health department will announce the winning bidders for the city's six medical marijuana permits. they could

that person is believed to be 51-year-old phillip joseph gilberti. a man that had nine restraining orders against him since 2004. >> he is a powerful guy and he acts before he thinks. >> reporter: he has been friends with gilberti for the last 40 years. he stopped shortly after the shooting took place. >> i said wow, that kensington is all shut down. somebody just killed a lady and dumped her out and he started, well tom, i got to go. >> reporter: he was gone, but he ditched his van. police believe he sped on foot and spent the afternoon searching for him in south sock riel. we asked tom if he thought his friend was capable of committing murder. >> he's a 260-pound bully. reporter: the search continues into tonight. police believe he is armed and dangerous. if you see him, you're asked not to approach him, call 911. in kensington, 9news now. >>> in d.c., police are looking for the person who carjacked an suv this morning with a five month old baby boy still inside. it happened around 7:30 a.m. at this house on suitland road in southeast. according to

police found phillip gilberti dead inside a home.>> reporter: well, tony it was a tragic end to a tumultuous relationship 36-year-old kimberly maguire murdered her body jumped here on connecticut avenue during busy rush hour yesterday morning her estranged husband dead with what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound by tuesday night in rockville. 51-year-old phillip gilberte has a lengthy criminal record including charges of domestic violence kneeing his armed -- knowing he was armed and a significant danger deputies surrounded a home they believe he confronted maguire in the home tuesday morning before the pair ended up in their minivan arguing on connecticut avenue where maguire was murdered 9:30 a.m. witnesses heard gunshots then saw maguire exit the minivan and collapse dead outside the kensington shopping center an attorney who represented him when maguire asked for a protective order told fox 5 tuesday what he believes might have led to this violent end. >> bill's best friend told me this morning that some photographs we

to court for help, but judge barry hamilton set an unsecured bail and philip gilberti was back on the street. bruce phillips live in rockville with the terrible story. >> reporter: one of the really sad things here is heather mcguire did what she was supposed to do faced with these multiple threats, alleged threats, by her husband to kill her. she went to the authorities, but when her case went before a judge at district court, the computers were down and the judge did not see gilberti's long, long criminal record, violent criminal record, that goes back for decades. heather mcguire's murder caught on tape, although you can barely make it out. she and her husband were headed to another court hearing tuesday morning when he shot her and dumped her body out on the street at the corner of connecticut and knowles in kensington. police later found the former professional boxer dead in a rockville home from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. mcguire had a protective order against him. she said he had told her i don't need a gun. i can just snap your neck. authorities arrested gilberti twice over the weekend for vio