the case seems inconceivable to those who know sampson done ick. wayne freedman is live outside the redwood high school . >> reporter: it's been big news in boston, but here in the bay area, those who know sampson doneick knew nothing about his legal problems. how could a kid with so much going for him wind up in such trouble, they wonder? if true, it's the story of a bright young man and star athlete who lived in this house in tiburon gone bad. this is sampson, an honor student and basketball player formerly at m.i.t. pleading not guilty in boston this morning, facing charges of rape, breaking and entering, intent to commit burglary and indecent assault and battery. >> i was one of the people whom he came into my room. >> reporter: police have been trying to identify sampson since last october when witnesses say he entered ten dorm rooms at boston university before sexually assaulting a woman. the victim says she wrapped herself in a blanket and that he fled from the room. others in the dorm say they have yet to recover. >> i kind of am afraid to

police found sampson unresponsive. they called for a medivac but the 24-year-old who worked as a substitute teacher with fairfax county public schools died. sampson grew up in rural virginia west of richmond. today by telephone his famil hearted, respesful young man who loved the lord. his cousins say you expect this stuff from certain type of people. but not t.j. he was a productive member of society. he had never been in trouble. people should take notice. according to dispatchers he was talking on his cell phone when he was shot. the other person on the other side of the line hung up. dialed 911. notified the authorities about the shooting. so far no arrests. we're live in alexandria, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. alison: thank you. still ahead at 5:00 -- a woman forced into a van and sexually assaulted in a busy area of d.c. we will tell you where it happen and what makes the two suspects stand out. leon: plus, alarming new revelation about zika. what the federal government is doing to get ahead of the rapidly spread

tarreece sampson returned home last night.is girlfriend tells me he saw a crime in progress. >> i heard from his mom. as far as i know he got home and walked into a situation where people breaking into cars. and he tried to ask them what they were doing or what was going on and they shot him. >> reporter: the shooting has unnerved people who live here. >> i didn't expect it here. it is a little concerning. >> that's really tragic in this area. it's not the first time i've heard gunshots unfortunately. i just really hope that his family is okay. >> reporter: tarreece sampson had his own marketing and photography business, but recently chose to work as a classroom instructional assistant at fort hunt elementary school. >> he just really wanto be somebody that these kids could go to. he wanted to be there for kids going through trouble. he wanted just to be supportive and a rock for anybody and everybody who needed it. >> reporter: fairfax county police are asking for the public's help to find the gunman who killed tarreece samps

sampson came into the parking lot or some or other reason for this. as soon as we know something we'll pair it along many live in fairfax. paul wagner. >> "safetrack" plan that's not the only change being made toben metro. transit agency fired 20 managers in what they call and effort toa help improve accountable.ac general manager paul wiedefeld is restructuring metro by reducing the number of direct reports to just nine managers. seven senior managers are among the 20 employees that have been letting. some departments willies be row a p lined under the new structure. >>> taking a look at weather and boy what a beautiful day. do we deserve this or what? >> just glorious. >> i know. gwen we're going to have to keeh this in our mind over the weekends. its not going to look like that. >>> i'm telling you. just have that picture per ptu suspect memory. its fabulous out there today with the sunshine, light winds.. its warm. in the 70s. its been a great day. well, you know what its a good t start to the weekend, things are going to starting to downhill of t

at that reese sampson -- treece sampson was just -- he was a teacher's assistant for fairfax county schools and, quote, wanted to make a difference in young people's lives. but police still don't know why his life was taken. the crime scene stretching down the length of the parking lot, a car and a motorcycle towed for evidence. the early morning murder makes residents nervous about living here now. >> when you hear about someone getting shot, you think about how i walk there every night and if it happens right here, i don't feel safe anymore. >> surprise for long time you and now it's -- you're nervous. >> pretty friendly community and it's comfortable to live here. i don't know -- we are not afraid, nothing. >> reporter: this dad says the convenience of the park makes this an ideal community but others say it's that very park that attracts trouble at night. >> walking in the metro and there will be eyes in the parkway at night hanging around. >> reporter: hanging around being sketchy, that's what some neighbors say. and we talked to a lot of neighbors off camera who did not want to speak

sampson's girlfriend tells us he tried to stop some people from breaking into cars. sampson was a teacher's assistant at fort hunt elementary school. >>> new questions about virginia governor's connection to a chinese businessman. he is a permanent legal resident. time reports that mcauliffe invited him to a fundraiser here at hillary clinton's house in washington back in 2013. three weeks earlier, an american company controlled by the businessman made a $60,000 contribution to mcauliffe's campaign. he wasn't sure he'd ever met the man, wong. >> i'm not sure i've ever even met the gentleman. went back and checked and our lawyers said this man had been fully vetted. >> the next day on the radio, comment. >> to mr. wong, who i probably met once or twice in my life, i'm not exactly sure, fine, upstanding individual. it is very unfortunate -- >> you don't have personal ties to him? >> no, no. zero. >> the fundraiser at clinton's house was one of at least three interactions between wong and mcauliffe. one meeting concerned an agreement signed by governor bob mcdonnell bef

police say sampson was shot just before 2:30 this morning on richmond hiy parking lot of the citysidemetro apartments. >> when you hear about someone getting shot, you think about how i walk there every night and if it happens right here, i don't feel safe anymore. >> police are asking anybody who saw anything suspicious between 1:00 and 3:00 in the morning to call them right away. >> virginia governor terry mcauliffe signed a $100 billion two-year state budget. called the language unconstitutional, overreach. house speaker william howell signaled he would challenge over the issues. >>> still to come on wusa9 at 6:00, meet the nonspeaking autistic teenager whose letter about compassion has gone viral. >>> but first, the surviving suspect in the deadly paris terror attacks is questioned by investigators. >>> tomorrow high temperatures, more like mid to late march, only 59 downtown, 57 in gaithersburg, 58 in frederick, maybe you will make 52 in andrews. come back and give you an hour- by-hour breakdown of the rain. also talk about sunday. that's not going to be >>> new information on to

investigators say she was in the area before 24-year-old tarreece sampson was killed. sampson, fairfax county classroom assistant shot to death friday outside of alexandria. leon: metro passenger is treated for injury suffered in an attempted robbery. this happened after noon at the l'enfant plaza station. police say the suspect knocked the victim on to platform in the robbery attempt. metro police quickly caught the suspect. the victim is now being treated for minor injuries. maureen: up next at 6:00, bears fighting. julius outside the woman's backdoor. the reason she said she stopped taking the video after a few seconds. leon: hopefully to run away. maureen: yeah. leon: doug hill has a look at the beach forecast. we'll find out where and when a potential named storm could affect your plans. maureen: "7 on your side" protecting senior citizens. every day seniors are targeted by identity theft schemes and other scams. if yo someone who may be a victim we have experts standing by to answer your questions. call 703-236-9220. you don't have to give your name. phone lines

terrence sampson was shot and killed friday morning. sampson worked as a teacher's assistant at fort hunt elementary school. his girlfriend told news 4 he returned home to find a crime in progress. fairfax county police have not made any arrests in his death. >>> a former frederick county commissioner faces a preliminary hearing today on prostitution charges. blaine young was arrested in february during a prostitution sting in anne arundel county. each of his four charges carries up to a year in jail and $500 fine. young served on the county board of commissioners from 2010 to 2014. >>> a driver is recovering this morning after a freight train collided with their car. this happened at railroad and oakmont avenues in gaithersburg. that csx train was carrying coal. the driver was taken tohe okay. it's not known yet what led to that crash. >>> even though this crash looks pretty bad, nobody was hurt here. fairfax county police tell us the driver of the bmw slammed through a garage near telegraph road just before 6:00 last knigh night. four

sampson was found near his apartment building in the huntington area. he joins us live near the scene. >> reporter: the victim who was killed in the overnight shooting lived here where it happened at the cityside apartments along route 1 in huntington. fairfax county police were called to the homicide scene just after 2:00 this morning. detectives investigated, looking for evidence at multiple crime scenes around cars and a sports bike. this afternoon, i spoke to his girlfriend by phone. >> he had the most beautiful heart i've ever known in my life. he just wanted to help the youth. he had an extremely in god. whatever god had planned for him, he was really going to change the world. >> reporter: tyrese sampson started a marketing business. he started working as an instructor. his girlfriend told me he returned home last night and ran into a crime in progress. >> i heard from his mom. as far as i know, he got home and walked into a situation where people were burglarizing cars. he asked what was going on and they shot him. >> reporter: fairfax county po

sampson appears that was on the phone that friday morning when he was shot multiple times, including in the head. the friend on the other line called 911. a resident we just spoke with who lives at the city said apartments said that the property manager who took over a few years ago stopped using a security agency. jummy: also happening righ scrambling to find the man behind a robbery and subsequent shootout. this started at a robbery at a jewelry store. the gunmen shot at responding police officers and then took off in a getaway car. he crashed that car and ran away. a bystander was struck by gunfire, but is expected to be ok. police are investigating a deadly shooting in temple hills. cameras arriving just after 3:00. police tell us that officers found a man shot. he later died at the hospital. offering ars are reward leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. we are following a developing story out of the mediterranean, where authorities continue to look for clues as to what caused egypt flight 804. this indicates a possible fire that was started right under the cop it. --

therese johns sampson was shot several times in the parking lot of the apartments where he lived off of richmond highway. stephanie galehart is live with more. >> reporter: he had a bright future, his whole life ahead of him. his principal tells me he recently aced a job interview for his dream job as a special education teacher. >> there were a lot of tears today, a lot of sad faces. >> reporter: to process that grief, staff and students at fort hunt elementary scol behind. >> they really got the kids to understand that when they did good things, good things happened. >> reporter: teacher's assistant therese sampson, known as t.j., worked in the second grade classroom. his principal says he wanted to make a difference. >> he always told them they could do it, whatever it was they put their mind to. some of the kids he would have to talk to a couple of times, he would make a contract with them so they would write out exactly what they were committing to and he would be the first person to bring the kids up to the office to brag about them when they did do when they set their goal out

officers found therese sampson dead in the huntington metro apartments last week. the victim's girlfriend told us she thinks he was shot after witnessing car break ins. >>> he was supposed to be delivering flowers and decided to let himself in to a woman's house. >> a well wired neighbor gave police what they needed to catch the guy. anthony reeves is facing a laundry list of charges. police say this is him on surveillance video trying to deliver those flowers to a home the day before easter. instead of dropping off the flowers he cased the house and then went in and took some cash, debit card and ipad. he even interacted with the neighbor who caught him on camera. said do you want me to sign for them? no, that's all right. >> were you suspicious. >> right then, there. i said there's something wrong somewhere. >> police believe reeves used his position as a dlefrry driver to commit more crimes and police are looking for other victims. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused a van to crash and send two dozen kids to the hospital. a transport van was d

they say tarreece sampson was found shot to death outside the cityside apartment complex. the city mall sees rise in crime. mainly softlifting. we look at how police are fighting back. >> officer tracy walks a beat. >> hi are you? >> keeping an eye out for shoplifters, many of whom are comfortable at fashion center. >> take a hiatus. come back. do it again. >> bates is part of a new team of arlington cops often in plain clothes, now dedicated fashion center pentagon row and pentagon center. before january, officers would patrol streets nearby and not be stationed inside the mall. cutting down response time and effectiveness. >> being in the mall help us arrest somebody then. >> shoplifting cases are up. 60% compared to last year. arlington police say it's a good thing. sign retailers are more comfortable reporting the crime knowing they will get attention. >> lately i noted more of a police presence here. not something i noticed before. >> police say 85% of the criminals use metro to get in and out of pentagon city. same number 85% of them are from maryland, d.c. or other

sampson worked in the second grade classroom. the 24 year old had dreams of becoming a special education teacher. he was murdered friday outside his alexandria apartment and police are still looking for the gunman. >> he was there to give the kids a pat on the back. sometimes he was there to make sure they were doing their best. but he was always about building relationships with the kids. >> tj's funeral will be saturday in his hometown outside richmo, >>> police are looking for the shooter who fired at two women today in northeast d.c. both women were found conscious and breathing along the 3700 block of hayes street. there is no word on a motive or suspect. >>> to some disturbing testimony about an attack in 2014 on a mclane virginia couple inside their home. leo fisher said his attacker barged in, phased him, put a pillow over his face and cut his throat from side to side. his wife was also stabbed and beaten. on trial, prosecutors say he was seeking revenge against fisher for firing his wife from a law firm. testimony contin

. >> a major surprise for a family who lost a loved one the line of duty. 7-year-old cheyenne sampson put a year putting together an audio book of stories. cheyenne herself was driven to alexandria to present the cook to an officer who died in the line of duty last year just after having a daughter. olivia. hours before maternity leave. now olivia has ay gift. >> i thought that olivia might be one of the kids who would like their parents reading to them at night time or someone reading to them before they go to bed. >> sweetness. the family gave cheyenne the officer's old girl scout sash. and she says she wants to to be pen pals with olivia when she gets older. >>> the marlins crashed the nationals party. jason is up next with sports. >>> oh, my gosh, i was having lunch and as soon as i saw this collision i was like -- i couldn't tell -- until they slowed it down even then when get up. >> stayed down, didn't throw the ball in. it was a bad play but both turned out to be okay. a weird day for the nationals and marlins. rubber game for both teams. miami's ace kept it in check again. he

sampson was found dead in a parking lot of the city side huntington metro apartments last week. the victim's girlfriend believes he was shot after witnessing a car break-in. >>> an historic moment happening right now in hiroshima. president obama speaking at this moment after he and japan's prime minister laid wreathes at the historic site. the president talking just moments ago about the mushroom cloud that eventually led to the deaths of 140,000 people there. the president of course the first sitting u.s. president to visit the the bombing there. 71 years ago. that is the latest. back to you. >>> a prince william county teen who faced felony charges for sexing his girlfriend has filed a civil rights lawsuit. trey simms was 17 and charged with distributing child pornography. police took pictures of his genitals and sought a court order to take more pictures. charges were eventually dropped. simms is now suing the prosecutor who handled that case and the estate of the officer who arrested him saying they violated his right against unreasonable search and seizure. >>> a flower de

sampson-- he was shot and killed outside his apartment and police were looking at the shooter. he worked in the second interviewed to be a special education teacher. his funeral is set for saturday. >>> in january this young man, the 16-year-old was shot in the head and was not expected to live. >> since then he has fought back learning to get back to the life of a normal teenager. walking and his graduation just a short time ago. ellison barber shows us what it took to get to that moment. >>> reporter: until one year ago this moment seemed inevitable. football with a championship team and he planned to play in college but in january, everything teenager were playing when an argument broke out. they say done more-- dunmore shot his two friends and himself. he barely survived. >> the bullet entered the back left part of the skull and exited above his left eye. he was blessed. >>> he went to prom with a date and a smile. today he graduated. >> we are very happy. >> he acted like nothing ever happened. >>> a young man walked toward something that few expected. >> good, how are you

. >> reporter: sampson was a teacher's aid here for fairfax public schools including for hunt elementary school. we understanded the memorial service planned for saturday. live tonight in alex andre, a marina morocco, fox5 local news. >> thanks. parent every prince william county teen are speaking out about their daughter's death. dan osha and her boyfriends were found monday night inside their apartment. the together, and her parents just found out about the relationship, even though they say the couple met more than a year ago through an on line dating app. was more than a decade older than simpson and her parents say they did not approve of the relationship. >> we didn't want them to move into an apartment. her best friends didn't want her to move into that apartment. her girlfriend didn't want her to move in that apartment. nobody was team meisha anal vin, nobody approved of this, of them living together. nobody. >> the family has set up a go fund me page to help with funeral expenses. we have put a link to it on our website fox5dc.com. >> lanier said she's behind the mayor's new pla

officers found tarreece sampson dead in the parking lot of the apartments last week. the victim's girlfriend says she thinks he was shot after he witnessed someone breaking into cars. >>> call it a crime of opportunity. a delivery driver accused of stealing from one of his stops, but the victim is just 8 years old and he has a serious medical condition. pat collins is live in kensington with details. pat, this is hard to believe. >> reporter: unbelievable, chris. this guy is a delivery man. he was just supposed to bring some flowers to this house in kensington, but police say he took some things as well, some cash, a credit card, and a very important ipad. this looks like a flower delivery, but it really turned most unusual kind. you might call it a very sad easter surprise. >> here we are. >> reporter: one of the items stolen, an ipad used by an 8-year-old. he has cerebral palsy. that ipad an important part of his life. >> he loves music and movies. the ipad is what he watches everything on. taking away the happiest thing in the world to him was the saddiesa saddest

at this point police say the 24-year-old tarreece sampson witnessed at least one person breaking in cars 2:30 friday morning and was shot a number of times while on the phone with a friend. the students were shocked to hear the news. >> if one of our teachers was at a meeting, he would take care of us. city side apartment tells us that the property manager took over a few years ago stopped using a security agency. right now police have not announced if they have any leads in the case. all right. now to the race for the white house. enough polls show clinton and de neck neck in the race. "washington post"/abc news poll shows trump leading by two points. if you look at the nbc/"wall street journal" poll it shows clinton ahead by three points. it doesn't matter which one you are looking at. they're all in the margin of error. today we have a new tool to help us know how you feel about a story. it's the abc7 instapoll. it's focused on election. who do you think will win? clinton, sanders, trump? log on to wjla.com/vote. vote now. we will show you the numbers in a minute because it's real-tim

cheering and applause ] and let me thank jim sobel and nick and francis fisher and gill, kendrick sampson and let me give a special thanks to a very good friend of mine and one of the great actors in our country, danny glover. [ cheering and applause ] danny is not only an extraordinary actor, but as many of you know, he has spent his entire adult life fighting for economic, social justice, danny, thank you for all that you've done. [ cheering cand applause ] let me also take this opportunity to say a word of thanks to the people of kentucky. [ applause ] in a closed primary, something i am not all that enthusiastic about where in independents are not allowed to vote. [ crowd booing ] where secretary clinton defeated barack obama by 250,000 votes in 2008, it appears tonight that we're going to end up with about half of the delegates from kentucky. [ applause ] [ chanting "bernie" ] i want to thank you all for coming out because this is in a sense is the beginning of the final push to win california -- [ applause ] when we -- and by the way, i should tell you, that there are a lot of peopl

counselors are hoping local elementary school students deal with the difficult loss. 24-year-old sampsonassistant. his girlfriend says he returned home to find a crime in progress. >>> a manhunt in the suspect of a killing of a massachusetts police officer is over morning. pli say jorge zanbrano shot and killed officer tear rtarantino traffic stop. police tracked the suspect down in an answermepartment nearby. >>> all safe at the white house this morning after a ska over a cluster of party balloons. this is one of our most read stories on nbc washington. t .com. a few of the balloons landed inside the complex spark the alert. this is two day after agents shot and killed a man who >>> to the supreme court now, eight justices are set to convene and possibly issue orders later this morning. the court has three major decisions left on decide before the justices take their summer break. those cases surrounds issues of abortion, immigration and affirmative action. tied votes would leave conservative appeals court decisions if place the cases of abortion and immigration. pete williams will cove

cheyenne sampson was so moved by the story she asked everyone from police officers to school principalslp her create an audio book for olivia. >> i thought that olivia might be one of the kids who would like their parents them at nighttime or someone reading to them before they go to bed. >> olivia's family members gave cheyenne the officer's old girl scout sash as a momento. cheyenne says she wants to be pen pals with olivia when she gets older. >>> wonderful story. just would not let go, that's what's being said about a shark that attacked a florida woman. >> how the victim handled the unusual a morning noon or night there's always a moment to discover visit annapolis and create your moment >>> well, this is certainly not the trip to the beach one woman was hoping for, a two-foot shark latched onto her arm while she was swimming on sunday in boca rat raton, florida. it was killed before help arrived but the shark wouldn't let go. the woman was taken to the hospital with the shark still attached to her arm. she is expected to be okay though. >> wow. >> can you imagine? >> no, i can't.

woman in in the sketch you see here may know something about the murder of a fairfax county teachers sampson was found dead in a parking lot at apartments last week. the victim's girlfriend believes he was shot after witnessing a car break-in. >>> back in 2014, trey simms was 17 and he was charged for distributing child porning on aggressive for sexing his girl trend. police took pictures of his genitals and sought a court order to take more pictures. charges were eventually dropped and simms is now suing the prosecutor who handled the case and estate of an officer who are sr.ed him saying they violated his right against unreasonable search and seizure. >>> a flower delivery turned into a robbery when the driver decided to let himself into a woman's house. anthony leavreeves is facing sel charges. this is him in this video trying to deliver the flowers. instead of dropping off the flowers, he cased the house and then went in and took he even stopped and spoke with a neighbor who caught him on camera. >> handed me the flowers and i said do you want me to sign for help? no, that's all right. >

grief counselors are helping local elementary students deal with a difficult loss. 24-year-old terese sampson shot and killed friday morning in the alexandria section. his girlfriend told news 4 he returned home to find a crime in progress. fairfax county police have not made any arrests in his death. >>> also right now president barack obama is overseas to announce the u.s. is lifting its ban on armed sales to vietnam. nbc's tracie potts has ts details behind today's announcement. >> reporter: despite lingering concerns about human rights, this morning president obama announced the u.s. is lifting its near decades long arms embargo against vietnam. >> this change will ensure that vietnam has access to the equipment it needs to defend itself. >> reporter: against china claiming disputed islands in the south china sea, and it eases vietnam's reliance on russia. the president ao u.s. investment in vietnam, 100 planes from boeing, engine and electricity from general electric totaling $16 billion. and the white house says 60,000 new jobs. >> new companies and new jobs being created constantly, so

i will turn it over to melinda from sampson. >> if i could have congresswoman custer make the introduction. >> thank you very much doctor. welcome the current medical officer for the office of pharmacologic studies at the substance abuse and mental health services administration. she is a position board certified in family medicine, with additional credentialing in addiction medicine. thank you for being with us. >> it's my pleasure. before i get down to the business of my presentation, i want to thank you. sam is supporting a new round of grantssa to improve access to high-quality medication assisted treatment. and funds to overdose prevention thanks to the budget you work hard to pass. similarly, i want to thank you for setting aside the block of time to together more information about treatment options for opioid disorders. i cannot begin to fathom the number of equally critical issues you are faced with. i came away from the first for him a few weeks ago deeply impressed with the urgent need that i felt from the members in attendance. i am going to try to be concrete and not be too hig

and let me thank jim sobel and ,rances fisher and adriana kendrick sampson, and let me give a specialhanks to a very good friend of mine and one of the great actors in our country , glover. -- danny glover. danny is not only an extraordinary actor but as many of you know, he has spent his entire adult life fighting for economic justice, social justice, racial justice. danny, thank you for all that you have done. let me also take this opportunity to say a word of thanks to the people of kentucky. in a closed primary, something i am not all that enthusiastic about where independents are not allowed to vote -- [crowd booing] -- sen. sanders: where hillary clinton defeated barack obama by 2000 votes in 2008's, it ends up tonight we're going to end up with about half of the delegates. [applause] [crowd chanting "bernie"] sen. sanders: not want to thank all fort to thank you coming out because this is the beginning of the final push to win california. [applause] sen. sanders: when we -- and by the way, i should tell you there are a lot of people out there, many of the pundits and politician

does that bother you sometimes only talk about the issues you are not being the kind of sampson and specificsomes to, for example, what you do in terms of the main $10 trillion to end what you do in terms of taking down isis. >> the reality is this is democracy, not a republic. the president has limited legislative ability. the president can't do a lot of things that only congress can do them. the president can lead to when you're looking for a president, you want a leader, someone who can influence congress and have a good idea where they are. everyone of the candidates had big decision papers, page after page. those things don't really make that much difference to voters and they don't make much difference when when you get in office. you're going to have to deal with congress. i think he's got a clear ability to do that. maria: which is why his tax plan was talk about. he said that, it is a proposal appeared in the negotiation. i want to read one excerpt from the book about making trump executive producer of miss universe. you had real experience dealing with donald trump. 30 years. i've h

i will turn it over to melinda from sampson. >> if i could have congresswoman custer make the introduction. >> thank you very much doctor. welcome the current medical officer for the office of pharmacologic studies at the substance abuse and mental health services administration. she is a position board certified in family medicine, with additional credentialing in addiction medicine. thank you for being with us. >> it's my pleasure. before i get down to the business of my presentation, i want to thank you. sam is supporting a new round of grantssa to improve access to high-quality medication assisted treatment. and funds to overdose prevention thanks to the budget you work hard to pass. similarly, i want to thank you for setting aside the block of time to together more information about treatment options for opioid disorders. i cannot begin to fathom the number of equally critical issues you are faced with. i came away from the first for him a few weeks ago deeply impressed with the urgent need that i felt from the members in attendance. i am going to try to be concrete and not be too hig