news4's mark segraves was the only reporter to travel with that d.c. team and he reported on how the con advice of unable to coordinate with local authorities in new orleans or with fema. medical personnel did provide help to some people they encountered but the overall effort failed. the d.c. team left new orleans with only one evacuee. eventually, the district took in hundreds of evac which is who were flown in from overburdened relief centers in arkansas. the d.c. armory housed those evacuees for weeks. >>> going out this evening? here's what you can expect. today, our temperatures topped out again in the low 80s cries the area. some neighbors stayed in the upper 70s, anacostia, there is like a lion village, alexandria. here is what you can expect, 7:45 this evening, the is up goes down, our temperatures, look at that shot, temperatures drop together upper 70s to 75 by 9:00. mostly clear, a warm evening for us. meanwhile, last couple of day we have been in the 80s, now the heat's gonna come back, we will talk about just which days will be the most s

. >> mark segraves is on the scene now. what have you learned? >> reporter: we have spoke on the some witnesses. one woman told me she heard at least seven shots just before 1:00 this afternoon. another witness tells us that they saw a car stop in front of the church. one suspect get out of the car and then open fire on the victim. we can tell you we see between 10 and 20 evidence tags on the ground all across the sidewalk here on east capitol right where it meets central avenue. there's evidence moarkers usualy indicate gun cases. now police have not told us anything except that this is being investigated as a homicide. the victim's family and friends started showing up. they were grief stricken. there was a lot of emotion in the streets. the chief tried to console the mother who eventually had to be taken away by ambulance herself. police are worried that there may be retaliation shootings because of this murder here today. just an hour after this shooting there was another shooting not far from here and about half of the police led out of here

to most of us, that is, news4's mark segraves takes us inside the big dig. >> reporter: the milestone for the d.c. clean rivers project that will be complete in 2022 has the enormous borehead from the underground drill was removed from the tunnel. >> about four and a half miles. it's taken several years to do. we're on time, we're underbudget. >> reporter: that budget is more than $2 billion. >> there's an item on everybody's bill. next year it's going to be $20. it's going to continue to go up. >> reporter: while water bills will continue to go up each year, our rivers and creeks will continue to get cleaner. the new tunnels will supplement the existing tunnels which were built in the 1800s and can't handle all of the rain and sewage which leads to massive flooding in d.c. neighborhoods. >> for a long time that maintenance was deferred. the bill has come due now. >> reporter: flooding isn't the only thing these new tunnels will fix. the existing sewers become overwhelmed each time we have a big rain, forcing billions of gallons of sewage and rain to be dumped directly into our rivers

here is mark segraves. >> we are having a good time here. >> reporter: it was 1985.alled the full moon jamboree. two days of concerts and fun on a farm off river road in potomac, maryland. thousands of people showed up. >> it was the end of an era. >> reporter: the group of teens who lived on the farm graduated from wooten high school and had been having parties for a long time. because of development, they knew it would be the last. >> we weren't willing to sacrifice our freedom for someone else so we got a bunch of bands together from all different genres. >> reporter: the party outraged neighbors who called police. because it was on private land, the police couldn't shut it down. >> the party is over, but it was on this past weekend for about 34 hours straight. >> reporter: much of the party was captured on video tape, something rare for 1985. a few years ago, a local film maker got his hands on that footage. >> there was a high quality professional footage of this wild party going on in potomac, maryland. >> rock 'n' roll, party! >> reporter: he took the fattage

i'm mark segraves, that suspect speaks exclusively to news4. coming up, you will hear what he told police about what he was doing during that shooting. >>> off the top at six, waiting for someone to get home tonight, could be a while. a line of storms could be dumping up to two inches of rain in our area. >> doug and amelia are double teaming this thing tonight. for example we going to get clobbered? >> places getting clobbered now the big thing continues to be the heavy rain, not a huge severe weather threat as far as wind, hail, nothing like. rain is the big factor. >> torrential downpours, when that heavy rain moves into the area, could last 45 minutes, that is continuing off to the east. >> seen in leesburg, seeing the rain about 20 minutes ago, that rain still continuing in and around leesburg, heaviest storms earlier in frederick county, diminished now, frederick, carol county, montgomery county, seeing little bit in lightning and thunder and damascus and mount airy. the area through loudoun county and look around 66. friends driving alon

mark segraves has more on the search for a suspect. >> another woman assaulted in a local park.i'm mark segraves and we will hear from police about what they are doing to catch whoever's responsible. >>> before the first day of school and kids at this brand-new international school in prince george's county are already getting some learning in. i'm tracee wilkins. i will have that story coming up on news4. >>> and some say it's the wave of the future when it comes to preserving our past. we will tell you about a new method generating big money for >>> yet another woman has been attacked in arlington, virginia. it is the sixth incident of its kind that's come in the few -- last few recent weeks. >> this time, the victim was a mom with her 3-year-old child. they were walking together in rubber run park about 8:00 friday night when it happened. the woman screamed and they were able to get away, but so did the guy who attacked her. mark segraves tells us what police are saying and doing about these attacks making so many of you nervous. >> reporter: it was along this trail in rubber

news4's mark segrave talked to people along the scene. >> we're here in wheaton. behind me on this service road is where it all came to an end this is where paramedics found the 20-year-old man down on the ground, suffering from life threatening injuries. now they tell us that it started when a crew from this road crew paving beer mills road called paramedics when they saw a man being beaten. it all started in this parking lot closer to randolph road between that laundromat and the dunkin' donuts. you see a big police presence up there. we're told a fight broke out between at least two to three or four men, and then at one point, one man started running away toward us, and was chased. here is how police describe the incident. >> at this time, we do not know what precipitated this event. detectives are on the scene. they are gathering information and talking to witnesses. and they will attempt to determine what happened. >> reporter: now again, several witnesses are telling us that the fight broke out, and then the victim fled running this way down beers mill road

mark segraves, thank you so much. >>> as extra police flood the streets of d.c. this weekend, the police union is asking officers if they have confidence in their boss, chief cathy lanier. officers had until 6 p.m. to answer the online poll. we are working to find out the results. the question, do officers have confidence in lanier's ability to manage the department's resources and keep residents safe as the city grapples with a spike in violence. the chief and union have become increasingly at odds over a solution. >>> an emotional memorial service today for the two journalists killed in an on-air ambush in roanoke. family, friends, colleagues and community leaders came together at a church in roanoke to remember reporter alison parker and photographer, adam ward. some of the mourners were able to laugh through their tears as they watched a video montage of ward and parker. wdbj station manager, jeff marks, spoke about the pair's positive affect on everybody around them. >> adam and alison saw as their mission to awaken us to what was good and fun in life. you'v

i'm mark segraves. up, we will tell you what that plan is and what it means for you. >>> plus, more safety concerns after someone shot at a metro bus. there's a new way that buses are being targeted now and it may have to do with what some drivers say is a flaw on the bus. >>> and, of course, our team coverage of the deadly shooting of that tv crew in virginia will be continuing. we are going to take a moment to look back at the lives of these two very young people who were killed, lives that were just beginning their careers. a special tribute to those >>> the news seem paying tribute to the journalists, bringing in a temporary walls with the pictures of parker and ward it is on display in the atrium of the museum and later, their names will be added to the two-story memorial glass alongside the names of all journalists who have lost their lives. >>> the murdered virginia reporter and photograph her their whole lives and careers in front of them. when they went to work, they never expected to become th

. >>> news4's mark segraves first told you the suspect in the murder of an au graduate surrendered to police. mark is going to be joining us to tell us what is next in this case. >>> our country's first female army rangers share how it feels to make history. >>> washington's football team won its second preseason game. why are so many fans a little disappointed? i'm explain. >>> and i'm storm team4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. we brought down the storm team4 by four, currently, 80 degrees here at gaithersburg. a beautiful, beautiful afternoon, plenty of sunshine. a lot of people out here enjoying it tonight. i will be hey terry stop! they have a special! so, what did you guys think of the test drive? i love the jetta. but what about a deal? terry, stop! it's quite alright... you know what? we want to make a deal with you. we're twins, so could you give us two for the price of one? come on, give us a deal. look at how old i am. do you come here often? he works here, terry! you work here, right? yes... ok let's get to the point. we're going to take the deal. get a $1000 volkswagen

mark segraves has the story. >> my instinct was survival at that point. i had proper training. >> reporter: today's training was for local council members and members of congress who are important when it comes to funding and staffing fire departments. that's why local fire departments across the country offer this unique experience. >> it's tough. a couple of minutes in there. a little disoriented so we have got give these guys everything they need to do the job. >> the heat and stress was intense it was nothing like the real thing. >> you go to one of the burning buildings. you have no idea if there's a hole in the floor or a body. >> that's exactly what happened to him. the floor gave out and he began to fall. >> i created a t with my body and was able to grab a metal railing on the way down and hang on while i called for safety. >> he credits training, but the metal he grabbed on was about 800 degrees and burned through his gloves. >> without a doubt my instincts kicked in. >> two other firefighters recently had much more serious injuries. >> third de

mark segraves is live with the latest on all this. mark?ter: yeah, doreen, the very latest is mayor bowser last week in her crime speed alluded to the fact that in addition to a police presence, they were going to put more services into neighborhoods and today, the deputy mayor tells news4 exactly what that plan will entail and how it will begin next week in anacostia. as for the all hands on deck this weekend, despite 16 violent assaults and two murders, people here in the wilson building are calling it a success that exceeded expectations. >> i guess i would also like to see how they would determine success, because those mothers of the people who passed away are not going to feel like it was successful at all. >> every single homicide that happens in the city is a failure of the government and its polls. >> reporter: councilman mcduffie calls the spike in violence an epidemic that should be treated like a health crisis with more than just police. community activists who oppose putting more police on the streets agree, saying the violence

in potomac, maryland, mark segraves, news 4. >> our director bringing up, it's not like people had go pros and big cameras. >> they need to bring it back. >> you are pushing for that. >> i am. remember the good ole days, circus magazine. it rivals rolling stone at one time. back to school for lots of kids monday and tuesday. not if you go here. why this brand-new high school doesn't open for two weeks. >>> details emerging about the ambush in southwest virginia. what we are learning about the victim and the suspect. >>> no rain in sight at the nbc 4 studios. what a glorious picture. could that change? amelia is keeping an eye on the area that could >>> announcer: news 4 today beginning with breaking news. >> that breaking news out of the district. two men dead after a shooting in southeast d.c. comes in the middle of what's supposed to be an all hands on deck for the police department. the shooting happened on b street just before midnight. police telling us two men were shot and killed. a third man found at the scene taken to the hospital. at last check, he's expected to survive. >>>

news 4 mark segraves is live on the scene. >> reporter: this happened just after 12:00 this afternoon. as you can see it's an active investigation with homicide detectives on the step of st. luke's church. the victim was shot right between a sign that reads be calm and trust in god and a statue of jesus christ. she now the 95th victim to be murdered on the streets of dc this year. witnesses say they heard shot after shot after gunshot. a woman working inside the church said she looked outside of her window and saw a man's body by the church steps. family members of the victim were visibly grief striken and frustrated. that suspect got back in the vehicle and sped off. one woman heard seven shots ring out. long time residents say young people need to be given more support from their community. they have no understanding and concept what friendship is. these guys have to be caught these things. you have got to gain these young men's trust. without that we lose this generation. >> as you can see this is still an active investigation here. police say there is no link between this shooting

in potomac, maryland, mark segraves, news 4. >> angie is saying are they talking about reviving it. would have gone to that? >> yes. '85, axle, slash. a good time. >> posting instagram. i know. now that they have social media, they could do it in a jiffy. they could arrange a reunion and bring it back. >> tweet it out now. >> sign me up. >> 6:28. >> it's back to school for lots of kids monday and tuesday, but not if you go here. why this brand-new high school doesn't open for another week. >>> new details emerging this morning about the on-air ambush in southwest virginia. what we are learning about the victims and the suspects. >>> no rain in sight at the nbc 4 studios this morning, but that could change. amelia segal is keeping an eye on the area that could see spr >>> announcer: news 4 today begins with breaking news. >>> that breaking news we are continuing to follow at this hour. two men dead after a shooting in southeast d.c. comes in the middle of what's supposed to be an all hands on deck for the police department. it happened on b street southeast before midnight. police te

along the national mall, mark segraves, news4. >>> the man charged in a deadly stabbing on a metro train will stay ijail for now a judge order jasper spires to under go a full comp tetency exam. he killed kevin sutherland on july 4th at the train station. he will be back in court in october. >>> cracking down on crime in the district. the mayor's plan is being rolled out as police begin their all hands on deck initiative this weekend. all this comes amid some troubling statistics. there have been 103 homicides in the city this year compared to 72 this time last year. news4's derrick ward live in northeast now with more on what you can expect to seen the streets will weekend. >> reporter: well, first of all, you can expect to see more officers. we are already in the midst of the all hands on deck. the next 48 hours or so, they will be saturating the city across all seven police district bus also are just on the cusp of another approach, another broader approach to the problem. d.c. police chief cathy lanier says she is on board with the mayor's recently announced crime initiative. >> she

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murder suspect talks to our mark segraves, he said he's ready to turn himself in. what neighbo >>> new into the live desk right now, out of bangkok, new fires are burning there this morning in the city of tianjin. this is of course where those explosions went off at a chemical warehouse. firefighters today trying to put out this new set of fires and flames. also new, high levels of cyanide in the city. 356 times higher than what is safe. this is in the evacuation zones, so workers cleaning up from the warehouse explosions are wearing protective suits. you see one there. dead fish are even washing up in tianjin. testing is happening now to see if this fish kill has anything to do with the explosions and what is in the air there now. back to you. >> all right, kristin, thank you. >>> let's get a look at your drive time forecast this morning. tom kierein is in the storm team 4 weather center. >> we are drying out after we had the heavy downpours yesterday afternoon and evening. there's the sky over washington, clearing out beautifully for the morning. midday and after

mark segraves continue ours team coverage now. mark? >> reporter: police have made an arrest and charged that 17-year-old who was involved in the shooting with the murder of tenika fontanelle. fontanelle's mother tells news4 that there's someone else who she believes should also be charged with her daughter's murder. >> my mother is sitting home, can't somebody explain to me why she is not locked one her son? >> reporter: police have charged a 17-year-old neighbor with the murder of taneka font tan nell. according to fontanelle's mother, the 17-year-old boy and his mother came to fontanelle's apartment and the two mothers began arguing. >> so i feel as though it was planned, i'm very, very disturbed why that lady is sitting two doors down, in her house when she should be locked up with her son. >> reporter: when the 17-year-old took out gun, phone tan them's 12-year-old son acres maris, tried to protect his mother. amare charged him to get the gun. that's how amare got shot, they were tussling with the gun. >> reporter: the two boys and

. >>> i'm mark segraves in the district, where over the weekend, police put just about every available officer on the street to deter violent crime. and yet, there were two murders and several shootings. we spoke to local leaders who called the all hands on deck initiative a success. but neighbors are calling it something else. and they say putting more police on the streets does more harm than good. coming up at 5:00, you will hear from both sides and you will hear what's next in the mayor's plan to fight violence. >>> right now, thousands of students in our area are making their way home from the first day of school. among those starting the new year, montgomery and charles counties in maryland and prince william county and loudoun in virginia. our back-to-school coverage starts in virginia. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in loudoun county where this year, there are more full-day consistenter garteners than ever before in the district even though it is not offered to all students. last year, just 11% of loudoun county's kindergarten-aged kids attended full-day class. this year with add

. >> marcus king talked exclusively with our mark segraves before he turned himself in. mark joins us live from outside d.c. superior court with the new developments in this case. mark? >> reporter: that's right. marcus king just appeared before a judge and a judge did find probable cause to hold him without bond until his first court hearing later in september. now, his attorneys argued that prosecutors and police are unable to determine actually who fired the fatal shot that killed matthew shlonsky, even though marcus king, according to prosecutors confessed to police he was there and did fire a gun, prosecutors called that scene that day urban warfare and an open-air gun battle and they acknowledge, at this point, they are not sure who fired the fatal shot. king's defense attorney said in that case, country charge their client with second-degree murder. the judge disagreed and said whoever was involved and everyone who was involved in that urban warfare that afternoon in front of the shaw metro, they are all responsible. so far, he is the only one who has been charged

in the district, mark segraves, news4. >>> i'm darcy spencer in downtown washington.ncy shutoff switch on metro buses that's supposed to be there for safety may actually be making these buses more vulnerable to potential criminals. officials confirm on at least a couple of occasions, juveniles were able to shut down metro buses that were on scene involving criminal incidents. coming up on news4 at 5:00, i will tell you what metro is doing to address what some are calling a serious safety problem. >>> we had a few clouds this morning, broke out with some nice sunshine. now we are seeing a few more clouds just ripple through our area. no rain from that, but take a look at satellite and radar. you can see the cloud cover just down south of southern maryland, through areas of richmond and up to our north, in between a good deal of sunshine. it's bap nice day, but a dry day, too. you look at our rain chances here the next couple of days, be pretty meager rain chances. probably your best chance will come monday, early part of next week, then talking about 50, 60% chance com

news4's mark segraves live at the shaw metro station where the shooting happened with new details for us. mark? >> reporter: that's right. that shooting happened a few weeks ago, a saturday evening here when shots rang out and as you said, an innocent victim was shot dead. police named the suspect in that case, 19-year-old marcus king. last night, police raided king's house a few blocks from this location. he was not home. earlier this morning, king's family called nbc4. they said that marcus wanted to talk to the public before he turns himself into police. he told me by phone that he is innocent, that he had nothing to do with this shooting and that's willing to turn himself into the police but that's too scared to do so right now. now again, it was a saturday evening when matthew shlonsky was shot to death while he was standing outside the shaw metro. police have been searching for a suspect ever since, even releasing surveillance tape. now, they have named that suspect and that suspect is speaking exclusively to news4, saying that's innocent, but is going to turn himself n coming u

that's where mark segraves is tonight. mark? >> reporter: the family of marcus king called news4 after police raided their apartment a few blocks from here late last night. i spoke to king on the phone this morning. he says that's inspect and that he wants to turn himself in. police came to this apartment complex last night, a few blocks from the murder scene near the shaw metro station. family members tell news4 they had an arrest warrant for 19-year-old marcus king, but he wasn't home. this morning king talked to news4 by phone, insisting that's innocent. and why are they looking for you? >> reporter: bliss releasepolice released surveillance video. >> people who know the individuals involved in this have to come forward it is their neighbor today, somebody else. >> reporter: king tells news4 he wants to turn himself in. >> reporter: police believe the shooting informs retaliation for the another shooting. he was shot in the face days before the shaw metro murder and he told that to police. >> reporter: now, king's family tell

i'm mark segraves.ing up, why police say >>> at least six women assaulted in arlington in the past month. >> we have learned of another attack friday night at rubber run park. as news4's mark sea grave shows us now the victim was walking with her 3-year-old daughter when someone attacked her. mark joins us now live in arlington. mark? >> reporter: that's right, each of these cases, the suspect comes from behind out of the dark and tries to wrestle the woman to the ground. and so far in each case, the women have been able to fight the attacker off. but as you said in this most recent attack, the woman not only had to protect herself, but also her young daughter. the recent assault happened friday at 8, a woman with her 3-year-old daughter was walking from george mason drive into rubber run park. the woman began to feel uncomfortable, she turned around to leave the park and that's when the man attacked her. he approaches her at that point, she goes shield her daughter from him is when he touches her inapp

in the district, mark segraves, news4. >>> take a look, this van may be connected to the shooting deathof a man on the steps of a d.c. church. police tell us they are looking for this blue honda odyssey as part of the investigation into the death of amare jenkins. jenkins was shot multiple times outside st. luke catholic church in southeast just after noon yesterday. there is a $25,000 reward for information in this case. >>> this has been a particularly violent 24 hours in the city. since yesterday, four people have died from gunshot wounds and that includes four separate shootings in the northeast and southeast quadrants of the nation's capital. among the victims, three men and a woman killed two children wounded. the most recent victim was found earlier today, a woman walking her dog this morning found a body near an apartment complex along stanton road southeast. this is just off the suitland park watch the a & c commissioner for that area says the spike in violence has been overwhelming. police say the man today had been shot but we do not have his identity. >>> a big announcement

that's the very latest, mark segraves, news 4. >> here at the live desk we're following that other shooting that jim and wendy just mentioned. three people including a child are now being treated after being shot just about an hour ago. these shots were fired on savanna street near st. elizabeth hospital and a block away from the congress heights metro stop. jack see bensie benson has just at the scene. what are you seeing out there? >> patrol services chief. diane grooms as well as mayor bowser. pan over and show you where we are panning over to show you this housing complex here and right here with yellow tape around it and the mayor's suv on the other side of that, that is a playground. we understand as you all have been reporting that i believe two children at this point shs two children injured. we do not know their ages. that playground certainly very concerning. this happened at a time of day where there would be a lot of children outside. right now we are trying to speak to officials here and find out the details of exactly what happened here just before 4:00 this afternoon. >> jack

. >> mark segraves, news 4. >>> we have a new picture of the smaller of the two panda cubs.ittlest one is getting extra attention from the zoo keepers. mei xiang has not allowed the swapping of the cubs in almost 24 hours. let's take a live look at the panda cam. mei xiang is doing a good job caring for the larger one. a lot of you have been asking abo aboutmented almost any mammal at about 1 to 700 mammals. it takes the weight of 700 cubs. the smaller cub is significantly smaller. it weighed just 86 grams at birth. a cub to mom ratio of about 1 to 12 50e. >>> veronica joins us now with the forecast and the best time to head down to the zoo weather wise. >> it's going to be this week. take advantage of the weather for this week. we will see and feel really nice weather. low humidity. temperatures won't be too high at all. we get into the weekend in the early part of next week. looks like a heat wave building. we will talk about that at 6:00. how many back to back days we could potentially go 0 degrees or higher. a good time to head to the zoo and check out the baby pandas. c

in college park, mark segraves, news4. >>> a developing story this morning. surrounding former maryland governor martin o'malley. why he could soon be under investigation for a major purchase. >>> and a first for president obama and any sitting president at that. why an upcoming trip will put him in the history books. >>> all right, a live look this morning. amelia segal will join school starts tomorrow, and they're not ready. with staples they'll be 110% ready. notebook, folders, glue sticks. 25¢, 15 and 50¢. aw, now i'm not sure if i'm ready for them to go back. i'm so ready. make low prices happen. make 110% ready happen. staples. make more happen. >>> in today's top stories, today the d.c. police union will announce the results of a possible no confidence vote on chief cathy lanier. once those results are out, we will send a notification to your phone using the nbc washington app. >>> and police are investigating how a man fell 40 feet at the baseball game. a man in his 60s fell from the second deck at the game last night. he passed away. >>> metro and mo

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matt shlonsky was an innocent bystander there and king spoke to mark segraves earlier this week. as you heard, he said he's innocent. it seems people in the shaw neighborhood are still concerned about growing violence there and an advisory neighborhood commissioner spoke with neighbors about safety concerns in the meeting last night. >> i keep hearing from everyone, except a few that we need the vice units back. >> several d.c. police union members say bringing back the vice units would help. king plans to turn himself in. we're working to find out if that's happened yet. >>> today, two 13-year-old girls will face a judge in a milwaukee court. they are charged with stabbing a classmate. 19 times last year, to appeal to the made-up character slender man. the girls both charged with attempted homicide. they are being tried as adults. both expected to enter pleas in the case today. >>> north korea says that it is preparing for war after exchanging artillery fire with the south. this morning the north says it placed the front line troops in a quasi state of war. south korea warning t

news4's mark segraves is live with our first look at this initiative. mark? >> reporter: doreen, the mayor will roll out this plan to the public tomorrow morning but what we have learned is that she wants to give police more resources as well as the ability to search violent offenders and put morer is fires have high-crime neighborhoods. one of the proposals mayor bowser is expected to make is give police the authority to search and detain people on parole or court supervision for violent crimes and gun crimes, but that authority will be limited. >> this notion that somehow, there's going to be police given the ability to do warrantless knock down of doors to search people's houses of all people with criminal records is simply not true. >> reporter: in a private briefing today, bowser and chief lanier told several council members many of the homicide victims and the suspects for those murders have something in common. many of them have been charged with violent crimes before. of the 103 murders so far this year, 22 of the homicide arrestees were under court s

reporting at smithsonian metro, mark segraves, news4. >>> we now know more about the murders of two virginia journalists whose lives were taken live on air. the medical examiner in roanoke released a report on their deaths. reporter alison parker and her photographer, adam ward, were both shot at least twice. they were hit in the head and torso. parker was shot first. the 24-year-old's parents held a news conference just a short time ago. her father says he hopes her death will help change gun laws. he described how she will be remembered. >> she lived with, you know -- her life was -- her life was full of joy. and she always saw the best in people. and she touched people, so many people and why they loved her. >> parker's dad says they are planning to honor her life on monday with a celebration of life ceremony. it will be just for family and friends. >>> and we are also hearing from the witness to those murders, that woman who survived the shooting, vicki gardner. she is now in good condition at a hospital and her family says she remembers dodging bullets. she was being interviewed when th

. >> mark segraves reporting. thank you, mark. >>> we have been mapping out the location of this year's homicides on our website. to see where it happened, search homicide map at nbcwashington.com. >>> adam ward is the young photojournalist who was killed on live television last week. tonight, his family is holding a -- pardon me, a visitation at salem high school in salem, virginia. his family encouraged people to wear maroon, that's the color of salem high, and virginia tech, ward's alma matter. some people have stood in line as long as an hour to pay their respects. many of his former teachers were there. >> it was comforting to me to know that the young child i taught in third grade became the man that he was. >> a celebration of ward's life will be held tomorrow morning. he and reporter alison parker both were killed by a disgruntled former co-worker, a man named vester flanagan, last week. >>> a friend and former roommate of flanagan's says he talked to the gunman right before flanagan killed himself. robert

i'm mark segraves.ing up, you will hear what that mother did to protect her daughter and what police are doing to catch whoever's responsible. >>> and two men strapped with high-powered weapons stopped at the entrance of a video game tournament. why their own social media post may have prevented a massacre. >>> and the rain didn't stop some protesters from baring it all at the beach. their story and reaction from some unenthusiastic spectators. >>> a young man who lives near the mayor a he is mansion is charged with firing a pellet gun at one of bim de blasio's bodyguards. a member of the protective detail was shot in the back last night in manhattan. she was treated for a minor injury at a local hospital. >>> some protesters bared almost all at a beach in new hampshire much. they want women to have the freed freedom to bare their chest the way men do some people were not okay with it, like the guy who was there with his two little brothers and his mom. >> if i was on spring break with my friends, i'm a

mark segraves is live with more on what the mayor is saying about this increase in crime. mark?reporter: nestor lopez is a popular deejay in club. he is home now, recovering at home. he counts himself lucky to be alive and praying that one else those go through with what he is dealing with now as for mayor bowser, she says she and the police are working to stop the violence. working hard to get ahead of any problems in all neighborhoods, so the police have been very active. >> reporter: nestor low spetz face of one of the newest victims of violence in d.c. he is best known as dj nestor heard on el zol radio and local clubs yes m s where he mixes mu >> we are vulnerable that time of night, coming in and out of club could have happened to me or any of us. >> reporter: despite being willing to hand over his money, nestor says the man began stabbing him over and over again, in the face, in the throat and in the head. >> at least you say thank god he is alive. we get the news he was almost dead, at least we didn't get those news, it was really shocking. >> reporter: district leaders

mark segraves is live with how this attack happened. mark? >> reporter: he is known as dj nestor and he is popular in local night club and on the radio here in d.c. after he was attacked leaving this club in dupont circle, his friend, colleagues and people in this neighborhood are concerned it could happen to them next. today on the radio the deejays were telling listeners what happened to their friend and colleague. dj nestor, as he was known. >> immediately, you think that happened to him it could happen to me. >> reporter: nester is a part time deejay and he mixes music at local night club. he has already developed a loyal following at a very young age. >> nestor is the kid, the new counted block that we all think is the greatest new talent. >> reporter: nestor was leaving this club in du pont circle on thursday when a man put a knife to his throat as he got into his car and he demanded his money. even after giving the suspect his wallet, the man stabbed nestor repeatedly in the head, face and neck. >> he says that he got blind right away,