we're talking about ruth ann ladado, ron kirby last year and the murder of nancy dunning years back. these are some images side by side. first the sketch that has been circulating in the alexandria community right next to the mug shot of charles severance that we got today from our affiliate in west virginia. as you can see there is some resemblance here. we learned from sources that severance was arrested at a library in wheeling, west virginia, yesterday afternoon about 2:00 in the afternoon and that a search was done of a hotel room where he apparently was staying that happened overnight. authorities want to talk to him as a part of their investigation. just to make the connectionis fr you here. we learned that alexandria police were looking into the possibility that there may be a connection between the murder of ruth ann ladado back in february, ron kirby in november and nancy dunning, wife of a former alexandria sheriff from 2003. they found similarities with rifling on some bullets that were connected to these incidents and some other connections as well. we learned our news 4

reporting what we learn about information that police hope will lead to an arrest in the killing of ruth ann ladado. >> a power outage is causing problems for d.c. customers. a boil water is in effect. >>> and a news anchor quit on tv. >> i'm a proud american and believe in disseminating the true. >> why she's taking a stand on the ongoing crisis in ukraine. >>> we're following breaking news tonight in d.c. and maryland. first, a crime scene on madison street in northwest washington just off georgia avenue north of the petworth metro station. police originally responded to a report of a crash here. then they found a man in one of the cars had been shot. we just learned that man has died and police are now treating this as a homicide investigation. nobody's been arrested yet. >>> breaking news in laurel, seriously injured after a crash on conte road. the car crossed the center line and hit the other head-on. the drivers were a man in one car, a woman in the other. they were both taken to the hospital pt t hospital. the man died from his injuries and the woman is in serious conditions. >>> tomorrow m

the law enforcement agencies working together to investigate the deaths of nancy dunning, and ruth ann ladado. bullets used at each crime scene had similarities. detectives say there was no larger threat. now some question if police jumped to that conclusion too quickly, alexandria police set up a special tip line for information. here it is. the number 703-746-6864. we posted that number on nbcwashington.com. >>> the d.c. fire department will enforce the new requirement in the wake of more than a dozen firefighters arrested. fire chief ellerby says he'll do background checks on firefighters that live outside the district. firefighters are required to report any time they are arrested or charged with a crime to the department. but so many of them live in other jurisdictions. it's difficult to determine if they are complying with that rule. prosecutors charged d.c. firefighter henry dent with prescription drug fraud in st. mary's county. he's the 13th d.c. firefighter arrested in the past six months. chief ellerby is taking heat at a council hearing yesterday. a retiring deputy chief accused h