a homeowner in riverdale park o ying a burglar did try break through his front door. fired his gun. that was close to 5:30 yesterday evening at a home on the block of 59th avenue in riverdale park. police are c payingse attention to their front door and, of course, the front porch, as well. it's still earlyn the investigation. however, at this time police are inrsuing tips. they're also t to find some kind of evidence of this burglar. as we o come back live, we can tell you aboutueions this morning about who the personoas may have been shot. the question is, did the target get hit? live in palmer npark, jus finch, news4. >> thank you. >>> in the district, police are working to track down the people who robbed and trashed an airbnb in northwest. eight people left behind thousands in damage. utside ofideo is from the home near connecticut avenue. photos of the damage show televisions pulle off the walls. the owner says the suspects stole more than $5,000 worth of appliances, electronics, and clothes. pore offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest

investigators trying to figure out what haened at that home in riverdale park last night. we're live in palmer park,ju in finch, news4. >> thank you. >>> i loudoun unty, sheriff's deputies are searching for a suspected sexual predator. a m broke into a woman's apartment on north duke drive in sterling tuesd night. the woman says she woke up toan the sexually assaulting her. he ran off when she woke up. the sriff says it doesn't appear there was any forced entry. usit's possible thect walked in through an unlocked door or climbed through a window. >>> we have an update now to the breaking news we brought you wednesday morning. we're learning more about a deadly fire in old town alexandria. investigators belve an electrical cord set a mattress on fire, t andse flames kept spreading through the home. we're told jara verne diede in th house. her husband was rushed to t hospital with serious burns. neighbors say jara has had lately.y issues a dog and cat were rescued. the flames cause good $150,000 worth of damage. >>> a powerful gas explosion caused this massive fire you see he

police say an 18-year-old man targeted a home to rob in riverdale park on wednesday night. this morning we're hearing from the suspect's family. nbc4 justin finch has more. reporter: you might recall initially it was unclear if anyone had been shot at all in the riverdale park incident but this morni we now know a person was shot. we're also hearing from their family as well. they're coming forward not only questioning and afeo a dnt story. first showing you now victory em new carrollton said h was shot that wednesday evening after kicking in the front door there.ome the homeowner taking matters into his own hands, firing a gun anshooting him who manag to run away from the sceneotut police ne that at the timee was apparently armed. and now as prince george's county police investigate at hat home, we're told by a member of the embank family that a friend drove the 18-year-old t actor's hospital where he did die later. but the family question what erally happened because they say his friends told him, rathm, that he was shot by an unknown passerby and his aunt struggling so m

on wedne homeowner shot and killed a man who tried to break into his house in riverdale park. >> we'reng from the suspect's family this morning, and police are telling us whynk they t the home may have been targeted. news4's justin finch is live at police headquarters with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. prince george's county police have released new information so far in this case. there is servic video of this being captured. they'll say the man who kicked in the door wasd. ar we also now know who he is. take a look now. he's 18-year-old victory mbay. on wednesday close to 5 thort p.m., the river-- 5:30 a.m., the riverdale homeowner shot through the front door. mbang managed to run from the scene. police note that he was armed. now as police continue to investigate at the home, the family says that a frien of mbang's drove him to doctors hospital where heho died a time later. news4's jackie benson spoke with his aunt last night. >> he doesn't need anything. so the story about victory breaking into somebody's house is false. i would lik the police to really investigate t

on wednesday a homeowner shot and killed a man who tried to break into his riverdale park home. >> this morning we're hearing from the suspect's family. and policelire tel us why they think the home may have been targeted.us news4'sn finch is live at police headquarters now with more. oostin, good morning. >> reporter:morning. that's right. we do know also, too, this whols encounteraid to be captured on surveillance camera. however, the new details are not answering everyone's questions, including this young man's family first a look at victory mbang, 18. he is the one that the homeowner shot and killed wednesday hening after kicking in a front door of thee on 59th avenue in riverdale about 5:30 p.m. on wednesday evening. now the homeowner who fired that tot, he has not been charged with any crimes ats time. as prince george's county police investigated the home and the frontdoor, the family says md bang's friends drove him to doctor's hospital where he did die a short time after. for the family, this is hard to understand especiallyiven that they are saying her nephew was involved in a

the homeowner who says he shot a man breaking into his riverdale park home will n face charges. >> that suspect wound up dying, and his famil says he is the real victim. this all happened wednesday night. poliom say surveillance video captured the entire incident. foage shows victory meng armed and kicking in the door at the . 59th avenue ho the homeowner owned fire and hit victory who is then able to run off. friends dropped him off at the hospital about 2minutes later ere he died. meng's aunt said friends told the family he'd been shooting during a drive-by shooting. >> i've never known somebody that could break into somebody's use during the day with cameras all around, and to still walk -- i don't know. this is a kid that has almos everything he wants. >> investigators believe the home was targeted. >>> this morning, d.c. detectives are looking into the shooting of two men.ou one was fnd on the ground near the anacostia library in southeast yesteay afternoon. a short time later, a second young man showed up at a nearby hospital. detectives hope surveillance footage will help catch s

. >> a different shoveing igation is under way in riverdale park. that case involves a home invasion. news4's jackie bensen is live there tonight. jackie, what are police telling you? >> reporter: well, they have a mystery on their hands right we now. now that a gunshot was fired. we do not know if anyone was struck. here is some video of what it looked like earlier tonight. police called here about 5:30. the home, the front porch, throughout this eveni w processed as a shooting scene. detectives rs told that a man tried to break into the front door of his home here on 59th enue. the homeowner told them he fired a shot from his gun and the burglar took off. what police are dealing with right now, ty are not sure anyone was struck by the gunfire. they're trying to find the burglar, and obviously there are a lot ofue unansweredions at this point. live in prince georges county, jackie bensen, news4. >> okay, jackie, thank you. >>> more on the other scene in suitland, a man was found shot to death inside his car. police officers found just before 7:00 a

police say an 18-year-old h targetede to rob in riverdale park. >> the entire thing was captured on home surveillance video. police say the video shows an armed victory mbang kicking the door in at a home on 59th avenue wednesday. the homeowner grabbed h gun and shot him. the 18-year-old ran off and was dropped at the hospital 20 minutes later. he died. the homeowner who firsh the ots is not facing any charges at this time. >>> we're learning new details about the victim of this deadly crash in prince george's county. brought this as breaking news wednesday morning. moments after a tractor-trailer crashed into the schoolus and crushed a car in between, the driver was 32-year-olda chamiquea brown. she was marriedfnd a mother two. neighbors were shocked to learn about her death. ma>> really, e shocked and sad at this point because they're great peop. e family needs peace. the family is going to need comfort. >> police say the truck you see in the video here ran the red light 15 seconds after it changed. officers are the crash.tigating so far no charges have been filed. >>> a charles couy t

we begin in riverdale park. ficers were called to a home on 59th avenue around 5:30 yesterday evening. >> a homeowner says a man tried to break through his front door. he grabbed his gun and fired at the d-wo burglar. doesn't know if he hit m. the man took off running. in suitland, a man was shotde t ath inside a parked car on ryancedrive. poave not identified the victim or established a motive for the shooting. >>> in loudoun county, sheriff's deputies are searching for a suspected sexual prator. a wom says a man broke into sr apartment on north duke drive inrling tuesday night. she tells investigators she woke up to the man sexually assaulting her. he ran s off once woke up. the sheriff says it doesn't appear there was forceden tree. p's -- forced entry. it'ssible the perpetrator came in through an unlocked door or window. >>> a man suspected of assaulting his daughter faces prison time. 49-yasr-old daniel gross found guilty on three charges including child sexual abuse. he and his wife adopted the girl when s