and southeast d.c.to see all of the work that's been done, transformation, the beauty, the artwork, it's an amazing thing. reporter: the event is supported by the 11th street bridge park, not far from the anacostia park designed to collect capitol hill to its neighbors on the other side of the river. >> we could not be more blessed to have a city on two sides of the river and one should not be the stepchild river. it should be a river just as grand as potomac river. that's what we will miss the anacostia river. reporter: again owe vive lives on capitol hill and came out to explore another neighborhood. >> excited about the he 11th street bridge project and wanted to see that and end of cherry blossom. reporter: thousands packed for an event organizers hope will continue to grow from years to come. in southeast d.c., abc7 news. kimberly: fans of hbo's "gate of thrones" didn't have to wait until tonight to watch the season premiere. the first four episodes of the fedge season showed up online. the leaked

right now, a southeast d.c. couple is in the hospital rescued by firefighters during an early morning fire. d.c. fire says one is in critical condition and the other in serious but nonlife threatening condition. our mike conneen got a hold of cell phone footage of the flames and you will see this only on 7. mike: just before 5:30 this morning, in the 400 block of 16th street southeast firefighters said there were heavy fire conditions in the second floor bedroom. >> it was kind of breath taking. it was shocking. mike: matthew buffington lives just around the corner with his wife and captured this video of the inferno. >> the deck is on fire. mike: he and other nearby residents woke up to a neighbor honking his car horn. they soon realized what was wrong. >> came out on the porch screaming "fire" and running down the streets. mike: the nearest fire station is a block away on c street. >> first unit arrived within approximately one minute. they received a call at 5:21 a.m. and the first unit on the scene at 5:22 a

court domes show that baldwin's ex-girlfriend lives in southeast d.c. and she accused him of kicking down the front door of her home and breaking two windows. baldwin was not there when police arrived, but he did come back while officers were still investigating and officers say that baldwin admitted he kicked her door down. he's now facing charges for burglary and destruction of property. >>> new at 11:00, public health officials have closed the food section of the target in columbia heights. that store was cited for minor issues and they came back to see if the store managers had addressed those problems and that's when they found mice droppings and insects. target can ask for a reinspection. if they have resolved the issues the food section will be allowed to reopen. >>> looks like hillary clinton is finally ready to run for president. sources close to clinton say she's going the announce her presidential campaign on sunday and she'll do it on social media. after that she'll head to iowa new hampshire and other key states to meet with voters in small

the 21-year-old who is from southeast d.c. was arrested last week and now yesterday, we know that 19-year-old, domonique johnson, gallmon's girlfriend and roommate is facing conspiracy to commit robbery in that crime. they are both expected to be in court this week. delia. >> i'm live in northwest d.c. and a new aaa report finds that some of the new traffic cameras here in the district costing the city more money than they are bringing in. $40million in more money that they are costing the city. now an auditor is going to look at the system, take a close look at the technical glitch, and figure out how to fix the problem. mike. >> thank you, delia. the trial of boston marathon bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev is entering the penalty phase. a jury will decide whether or not he gets life or death. yesterday, jurors found the 21- year-old guilty on all 30 counts, including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill three peand injure hundreds of others. the prosecution and defense could call additional witnesses to the stand during the

she is from southeast d.c. let's get you to a picture of her. is the woman police say is responsible for the murder of david messerschmitt. her name straight of juan de fuca gal and she was arrested yesterday and charged with his murder. now david messerschmitt you may remember was found stabbed to death here in a hotel room at the donovan hotel back in february. since thenpolice released surveillance video of a person of interest going into the hotel. although d.c. police still can't say for sure if gallmon is the person of interest in this surveillance video or not. up until recently police weren't even sure if that was a woman or not in that video. we also don't know why david messerschmitt, a local attorney who lived and worked in d.c. was in his hotel in the firstly . police tell us condoms, lubricant and credit cards were all found in this hotel. meanwhile we are learning more about the suspect. her former employer tells us she worked part time for the private security company up until december. they released a statement saying she represe

watching it move in towards southeast d.c.nce georges county and posting you as the night goes on. >>> say good-bye to the orange cheese powder in the blue box. kraft foods will soon nix artificial dyes from its original mac n cheese. kraft says it will be colored using spices of paprika and that's very good for you i hear. the move is part of a national trend to shift away from processed foods. kraft says it's been working for sometime on making the change but wanted to make sure customers didn't notice a change in taste. >> and heads up if you drive a mini cooper. they're being recalled. a sensor may not recognize a passenger is in the front seat and the airbag may not deploy in a crash. bmw received a report of an injury and replacing the sensors may 1st. go to nbcwashington.com to see if your car was affected. >>> millions of dollars of hidden fees tar getting our service members. consumer reporter erika gonzalez joins us of what this is all about. >> reporter: our service members with military allotments may be getting ba

one of the big issues we're following right now is a fire taking place in southeast d.c. where we just learned a moment ago that to people have been transported to the hospital taking place on the 400 block of 16th street southeast affecting 16th street as well as e street. metro buss in that area are being rerouted as a result of that fire. you want to check in with metro before you head out the door. we're keeping a close eye on another situation taking place on i-66 eastbound heading toward the beltway in gainesville where we have a lane closed as a result of an earlier accident causing some delays all the way to haymarket. we'll have much more on this coming up in 10 minutes. andrea and nick, over to you. >>> would you be willing to pay 15% more in property taxes if it meant more money for schools in your county? >> that question is now being debated across prince george's county. now the county executive rushern baker submitted the tax hike proposal as a way to improve county schools. >> nikki burdine is live in upper marlboro with reaction across prince george's coun

. >> police tracked him down in southeast d.c. >> it was so -- it was like it wasn't real. >> now the man suspected of being the guy they call the bicycle bandit is back in the custody of federal marshals. >>> news4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> it was a day of high drama and high anxiety in northern virginia. but tonight the manhunt is over. wossen assaye is back in jail. >> today's manhunt involved two carjackings and put the inova fairfax hospital on lockdown forre jackie bensen is tonight where it all started. jackie? >> reporter: doreen the u.s. marshals service says the escaped inmate is back in their custody. they won't say where but it's believed back at the alexandria jail. under investigation tonight how federal prisoner wossen assaye believed to be a serial bank robber known as the bicycle bandit managed to overpower a private security officer and take her gun while her partner used the rest room. he then used the officer as a human shield to make his escape from inova fairfax hospital. the manhunt was one of the most extensive in recent memory. but assaye wearing only a hospita

she's a 21-year-old woman from southeast d.c. there you see the victim, attorney david messerschmitt. police say they arrested goumen this afternoon and charged her with first degree murder in his death. he was found stabbed in the thomas circle hotel back in february. now, sources tell news4 goumen went to that hotel to have sex with messerschmitt. she met him online and they had a series of correspondence online. that is what helped lead detectives to her. they arrested her this morning. the only thing that's not clear is if the woman who is seen in that surveillance video we've been watching actually is goumen. news4 shomari stone is on the gather more information. he'll have an update at 11:00 and we'll be pushing out any alerts we get on this case on our nbc washington app. for now, i'm chris lawrence. >>> first on 4 tonight, we have learned that the death of a baby from leesburg virginia, last fall has now been ruled a homicide. >> news4 started tracking this case in october when we learned the death was considered suspicio

the two held hands, took a bus back to their southeast d.c. apartment and that's when according to court documents gallmon told johnson, "it went bad." johnson told police gallmon stole $40 from that married attorney plus his metro card which the prosecutor said johnson had been using ever since and as recently as april 1st. at first johnson denied involvement, but later admitted to being there to police. she'll be back in court on may 8th. debra alfarone, wusa9. >> reinforcing that once more, jamyra gallmon is expected back in court may 8th. >>> this is a yellow alert day. now here's wusa9 first alert weather. >> we're tracking some showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. right now big thunderstorms on the other side of the divide in garrett county and points west into west virginia. the shaded areas, a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. likely this same activity will be over us this time tomorrow. right now we're quiet. let's look at futurecast. by 1:00 tomorrow temperatures are back in the low 70s by lunchtime way few showers firing up. loo

got her gun, and despite a shot fired by the male guard escaped, ultimately being captured in southeast d.c. assaye was already charged in one bank robbery, suspected in 11 others. now he is being charged in this escape as well. his next court hearing is scheduled for friday. tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: the u.s. marshall for the region says he is planning on a review of policy for guarding inmates at the hospital. investigators believe that assaye was shackled at the time of his escape, but no information as to how he overpowered the armed guard while still in handcuffs. stay with abc 7 as the investigation continues. alison: during this manhunt, a dramatic on related car chase in fairfax county. the police tried to turn over -- try to pull over lakisha tracy, and she took off. her pickup truck crossed for lanes of traffic and made dangerous maneuvers, right in the middle of the morning rush. eventually a police officer hit the back of the truck, spotted out. guns were drawn and she was pulled from the car. she is in custody. she was wanted for credit card and identity theft. leon: we ha

john: it was yesterday morning here at stat on elementary in southeast d.c. ly school called her at work he was choking and having an asthma attack but he didn't have asthma. she said she was on her way but on a bus and it could take a while. >> he's 8 years old. that's my only child. what do you mean no one went with him to the hospital? john: the mother asked for an incident report to what happened yesterday. she was told she couldn't have one. she was referred to the security office that handles the schools. she says she's not satisfied with that strongly considering pulling the child from a school. a school spokesperson told me on the phone she is looking into the matter but added the priority in the situation like that is getting the child to the hospital as quickly as possible. >> no administrator, sent by himself with no book bag, no coat, no nothing. john: in southeast, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. jummy: coming up at noon a 12-year-old boy home alone when a burglar breaks in. the terrifying 911 call and how that brave boy and dispatcher helped nab the

leon: he was eventually arrested in southeast d.c. after investigators say he carjacked two vehicles. he is in the custody of the u.s. marshal service. alison: in montgomery county substitute teacher pled guilty to grouping of girls. jose pineda inappropriately touched three girls at different schools in the county. forest oaks event principle told one of the victims to keep quiet to avoid a scandal. jose pineda faces five years in prison when he is sentenced in may. leon: we are weeks away from a special election for the council seat and ward four of the district. tonight, a forum for candidates to speak to hundreds of seniors. 11 candidates covered a wage -- a range of issues. this seems left open when married a buzzer became mayor. the election is set for april 28. still ahead, it is considered one of the biggest cheating scandals in the history of u.s. schools. the verdict handed down in atlanta and the possible penalties. alison: crab cake fraud in maryland? you might not be getting what >> you are watching abc seven news at 11:0

. >>> 21-year-old keaway ivy of southeast d.c. was shot and killed in seat pleasant, maryland and this morning 21- year-old lafonzo iracks was arrested in his home in d.c. police say he and ivy were filming a music video together in seat pleasant at the time of that deadly shooting. >>> fairfax county police charged one homeless man with killing another homeless man. police believe the two men were using an employment apartment on wadsworth court in annandale and that is where the victim's body was found yesterdayful investigators have not confirmed his identity, but they know who the suspect is, 31-year-old ubaldo lopez juanez. he is in custody. >>> in the wake of a capitol hill attorney in an upscale d.c. hotel, there are so many unanswered questions tonight. >> reporter: i'm debra alfarone outside the donovan hotel where we are still learning more about the lives of the capitol hill attorney and the 21-year-old d.c. woman who is now charged with killing him. by all accounts 30-year-old david messerschmitt had it all, a wife who

these southeast d.c. youngsters are dancing in her footsteps. >> she's not like in the back or anything. like she's in like the front practically. so like that's like really cool. >> personally i'm not small comparing to a lot of the people i dance with. i am a little bigger. in my muscle size and whatnot. >> she brought to the table athleticism. >> what's your advice to aspiring ballerinas? >> do it because you love it because the work that you put into it is so much more difficult than i think getting up there and kind of being in the spotlight. i think just visually being able to see dancers like brooklyn and i approaching it i think gives them different dreams. >> reporter: and it proves that dreams come true. >> misty copeland's popularity now transcends ballet. we've seen her in an underarmor commercial and on tv as a dance show judge. she's written two books and is working on documentaries for the oxygen network. her performances this week all sold out. >>> an event that's often part of the outer b

doppler radar right now moving closer come inside the capital beltway, lingering showers around southeast d.c., moving off to the north and east. further to the north and west, northern montgomery county southern frederick county, the panhandle of west virginia, light to moderate rain the next half hour, 45 minutes. all of this moves away. the express forecast tomorrow, waking up tomorrow morning, you don't need the umbrella but the sunglasses, absolutely, all day long. they time highs near 70 degrees. the rest of the week and upcoming weekend forecast coming up. alison: thank you, steve. police body cameras are meant for transparency, that the d.c. mayor says it is not that simple. mayor muriel bowser is trying to keep some of the video out of the public eye. jay korff spoke with the mayor tonight and has both sides of the debate. jay: the police across the country are under more and more scrutiny due to cases of suspected police brutality caught on camera. now the seas mayor has serious concerns about handing over body camera video to the public and the press. when the d.c. police departmen

d.c. a fan of the nats game snapped this photo. you could see it from the ballpark in southeast. and this one came from a plane, a woman flying into reagan national with a sight she won't soon forget. and it's something that neighbors and firefighters hope they don't see any time soon. >> chris, thank you. >>> coverage doesn't end here. be sure to log on to nbcwashington.com or check out our app to see all the impressive viewer photographs that we got this evening. >>> developing tonight. we're looking much more about the father and seven children who were found dead in their home on maryland's eastern shore. the father has been identified as rodney todd a supervisor from his job tells us that todd was raising his five girls and two boys on his own. he worked for dining services at nearby university of maryland eastern shore, but when todd didn't show up for work today, his supervisor reported him missing. this afternoon that supervisor says her worst fears were realized. >> he's in the house with a generator, and that's what you know, carbon monoxide poison killed them. >> you c

southeast d.c. apartment. that's when according to court documents gallmon told johnson, "it went bad." johnson told police gallmon stole $40 from that married attorney plus his metro card which the prosecutor said johnson had been using ever since and as cently as april 1st. johnson is due back in court on may 8th. live tonight at d.c. superior court, debra alfarone, wusa9. >> again jamyra gallmon expected back in court may 8th. >>> flooding is creating problems in part of the nation's midsection. >> cars had to make their way through roads covered by floodwaters around milwaukee today and while most got through, not everybody was so lucky. check out that truck, water up to the roof almost. police quickly reminded drivers turn around if the water is too deep to see the road surface. >> you won't ever really know until you get into those situations. >>> we're under a yellow alert here. let's check in with topper for the soggy details. >> we have some big thunderstorms across the divide into the mountains, morg

the two held hands, took a bus to their southeast d.c. apartment. that's when according to court documents gallmon told johnson, "it went bad." johnson told police gallmon stole $40 from that married attorney, plus his metro card which the prosecutor said johnson had used ever since and as recently as april 1st. both gallmon and johnson will be back in court may 8th. debra alfarone, wusa9. >> gallmon also pleaded not guilty to all charges. >>> we've got a couple economic headlines tonight. >> a grand opening means new jobs in d.c., more on that in a minute. >> but first something every driver in the region loves to hate, those little metal boxes on the side of the road. those traffic cameras. >> boo. >> it turns out drivers know where they are, so guess what? they're slowing down. that's the purpose, right? it also means the city is not making as much money off the cameras as projected according to aaa. now they're bringing in an outside auditor to help them make sure the safety program remains efficient as they roll out more cameras later this year

police say a teenager shot last night in southeast d.c. has now died. that shooting happened on 37th street just three blocks from the fort dupont ice rink. the teen was rushed to the hospital. police say he did not survive. so far, no arrests. investigators are expected to release more information this afternoon so make sure you stay with abc 7 on air and on line for updates on wjla.com. autria: staff at gallaudet university are protesting sexual assault on campus. the campus was ranked number one for on campus sexual assaults. they are promoting a white house led initiative and the protest kicks off in less than half-hour. we'll have more tonight starting here on abc 7 news at 4:00. jummy: update now on that american health care worker being treated for ebola at the national institutes of health in bethesda. officials say the patient has been upgraded from fair to good condition. the person's name has not been released. we are told the patient contracted ebola while volunteering in sierra leone and arrived at n.i.h. more than three weeks ago. coming u

it was used by 21-year-old jamyra gallmon of southeast d.c. the story has ripped apart the family of david messerschmitt and the family of the woman sitting in jail now because the family says she had a lot of promise. the family of 21-year-old jamyra gallmon is frustrated after the judge calls her a danger to the community. what could have led this former basketball star and military academy grad to this, charged with felony murder? these court documents offer an inside look and it starts with craigslist. police say david messerschmitt placed an ad looking for a sexual rendezvous with a man the day he disappeared february 9th. that's when police say someone with the e-mail address chris sanchez 0906 @yahoo.com answer answered. the two communicated for hours and then the two were to meet at the donovan hotel between 7:00 and 7:30 that night. surveillance footage captured this picture of gallmon in the hotel at 7:44 p.m. the next morning messerschmitt is found with his hands cuffed by zip ties dead stabbed seven time, once right in heart. last

news4's derek ward is live in southeast d.c. how are things looking there on your side of the river? >> reporter: they're looking great. you know the weather's cooperating. of course this is always a beautiful place to be especially on a morning like this. especially on a day like this. now this is significant because now the cherry blossom festival officially across the river, not only events here on the anacostia but some going on in old town anacostia as well. joining me now is the director of the 11th street bridge park. people didn't know the park had a name. this is significant today. >> so pleased to be partnering with the national park service to bring the first annual anacostia river festival here east of the river. so fantastic the closing, final day of the national cherry blossom festival is east of the river, i think that speaks volumes. >> reporter: this park has a future coming up as well, doesn't it? some pier stuff going on. >> working with the community and the city to transform part of the old span of the 11th

was on lockdown for several hours yesterday when officers eventually cornered that suspect in southeast d.c., there was a shootout and an officer us a hit in the -- was hit in the leg. the suspect was also wounded. employees at the census bureau are understandably shaken. tom freedy spoke about talking with buckner as he checked in. >> i knew him over a period of time. you know, you talk about sports all the time and i was going about my day. ashe w going about his day. clock in, clock out but you never know when it's somebody's last day. >> police say the suspect ronald anderson dropped off his girlfriend sometime before the police chase and she is safe. >>> at least one person is dead after severe storms hit from texas all the way through the upper midwest. tornadoes swept through parts of central illinois. that is where a woman was killed and about a dozen others were injured. debris is scattered across the neighborhoods where many homes have either been damaged or destroyed. in a small town of fairdale, there are virtually no buildings that did not get at least some kind of damage. >>>

the debate was held at emmanuel baptist church in southeast d.c. >> i an former blackwater guard will spend life in prison for shooting and killing civilians in a busy baghdad square. nicolas slatten was convicted of murder in that case. witnesses say he was the first to fire shots during the 2007 attack. three other guards were sentenced to 30 years each. one of the security contractors says he was utterly betrayed by the american government that he served honorably. >> two egg executives are going to jail one of the rare cases where corporate misconduct ends with executives serving time. jack and his son were sentenced to three months for the egg scandal in 2010. as many as 50,000 people may have gotten salomon nel lay from the eggs shipped from iowa. the sentences will accepted a strong message to the food industry about safety. >> next at 11:00, the cry for help from under a flying airplane. tonight, the worker who became trapped in the cargo hold and why he was in there in the first place. >> for more than three decades, you could play volleyball between the lincoln volleyball an

. >>> one person is in critical condition, another has minor injuries after a house fire in southeast d.c. this morning. firefighters rescued two people from the rowhouse on 16th street just before 5:30 a.m. the man who was staying in a house two doors down says he woke up to the sound of a woman jeeping. >> she kept yelling fire, fire. i walked out and fire trucks started coming. a bunch of fire trucks started coming. everyone was outside. the fire guys are like getout side right now. >> the fire forced crews to block 16th street between d and e streets all while investigators looked for the cause of the fire. >>> now he belongs to the agents. around the clock performance is under way right now commemorating the 150th anniversary of the death of president abraham lincoln at forward's theatre. nikki burdine was there for the ceremony and joins us now. >> reporter: for the 150th anniversary, 10th street was shut down while people stood in the middle of the street to commemorate the anniversary of abraham lincoln's death. there were hundreds of peep here. some came last night and stayed ove

d.c. teenager is dead shot in southeast.e found 16-year-old luke holt on 37th street and she was pronounced dead at a local hospital. if you have any information, police want to hear from you and you could be eligible for $25,000. >>> a southeast d.c. woman is behind bars tonight accused of stabbing a metro station manager. this happened in march at the stadium armory metro. melissa langly asked for a free ride. when he said no, she spit on him and stabbed him on the left side. the manager is recovering from his injuries. >>> the officials running to be the republican nominee for president today doubled today when rand paul declared it. >> reporter: rand paul says washington is broken and it's going to take an outsider to fix it. >> i'm putting myself forward as candidate for president of the united states. >> reporter: the first term republican senator from kentucky launched the white house bid. liberty and limited government. >> the washington machine that gobbles up our freedoms and every nook and crannies of our lives mu

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d.c. police on bruce place in southeast where anderson opened fire on officers. a police chased anderson he opened fire again, this time near the intersection of 3rd and m streets northeast. about 8:00 the chase end near 1 11 and h streets northeast with a crash and a hail of gunfire. >> we know that our officers put themselves in front of harm's way. >> reporter: in fact a d.c. police sergeant was shot in the leg. anderson was also shot. >> i thought it was like shooting a movie at first. then i said no this isn't a movie, this is real life. >> reporter: that police officer who was shot is doing just fine. we're told he's been released from the hospital as of today. as for the suspects his condition has not been released. now, the charging documents reveal that the suspect has been charged with kidnapping and that that victim was at one point his girlfriend. the charging documents also reveal that the officer that he is charged with assaulting is not the officer who was shot here on h street during the shoot-out but a different officer who was shot during the po

. >>> new information coming in about a southeast d.c. fire right now. we know at least two people are in the hospital. d.c. fire tweeting out one of them is critical. firefighters right now are in the 400 block of 16th street in southeast. that's near potomac avenue at an apartment building. we are working to find out more about this, but a big heads up if you're catching the bus or driving in the area. d.c. police have closed the roads in the area. now on first four traffic melissa mollet has more. >>> that's good to point out. other issues here. in franconia at telegraph road, we have some lanes of telegraph road closed because of an earlier crash. again what molette was talking about, 16th street between d and e, some closures. and 66 westbound before the toll road got off the phone with police they're saying a three-car crash. no injuries. but we are a little bit slow here. 66 westbound as you see there just before the toll road this morning. taking a look at 95 in maryland, no problems, the parkway is slow slowed a as you're headed into town here. o

d.c. police on brews place southeast where anderson opened fire on officers. as police chased anderson he opened fire again, this time near the intersection of 3rd and m streets northeast. about 8:00 the chase ends near 11th and 8th streets northeast with a crash and a hail of gunfire. >> at that point, police cruisers were able to block the suspect's path. they collided with the suspect here. the suspect again opens fire on police and as an exchange of gunfire between mpd and the suspect. >> reporter: at the census bureau police locked down the campus and searched for an active shooter as employees sheltered in their offices and cars not knowing the suspect had fled back into the district. after taking gun frooir anderson d.c. police officers rammed their car into anderson's to end the chase. but anderson continued shooting at police who this time returned fire wounding anderson. a police officer was also shot. >> we know that our officers put themselves in front of harm's way. >> reporter: now the sergeant who was shot was grazed in the leg. we're told he's

forecast and when it's going to be the >>> in today's top story, southern avenue is back open in southeast d.c. after this serious crash. take a look at that. two cars off to the left of your screen collided just after 1:00 a.m. the black car is flipped over. we know that half a dozen adults were involved in this accident. two were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. >>> this morning the university of mary washington mourning the loss of one of its brightest students. he killed his roommate grace mann inside their home. police are trying to figure out why this morning. >>> a live look at the national mall this morning. in a few hours o the earth day concert will begin. some of the headliners include usher and fallout boy. that show is going to kick off at 11:00 a.m. you can go to our nbc washington app to read more about the show. >>> let's get a check of our forecast now. amelia is o outside. this is one of the times i'm jealous of you guys being outside. >> i get chilly so easily. it's a bit breezey out here and we're in the shade. so the temperature is 67 degrees, but if you're ju

she's southeast d.c.oungsters are dancing in her footsteps. >> she's not like in the back or anything, like, she's in, like, the front practically. so, like, that's, like, really cool. >> personally, i'm not small compared to a lot of other people i dance with. i am a little bigger in my muscle size and whatnot. she brought to the table athleticism. >> reporter: what's your advice to aspiring ballerinas? >> do it because you love it, because the work that you put into it is so much more difficult than i think getting up there and being in the spotlight. i think just visually being able to see dancers like brooklyn and i approaching these roles, i think, gives them different dreams. >> reporter: and it proves that dreams come true. >> inspiring story for so many. pretty much everyone. >> yeah. >> pat lawson muse reporting. >>> today is the last performance of the show, but if you don't already have tickets you're out of luck it sold out. >> pulled the rug from under us. >> see the cherry blossoms. >> right

leon: along the way, she captured the hearts of young ballerinas everywhere including these in southeast d.c. >> i just want to just spin around and be like her. leon: they say it's exciting to see people who look like them dancing in the lead roles in swan lake. >> i can finally see what it would look like if i was to be on stage with something like that. >> i just hope it provides her with hope and reinforcement. leon: and on behalf of those kids copeland and mac say they hope the world takes note of their soldout performances this week in washington. >> it's incredible that people are interested. they're interested in seeing something different and i think that says a lot. and i think the ballet world needs to take notice of that. leon: they are something different. strikingly beautiful in the process. and changing minds now. they'll be performing sunday night. copeland who, by the way is 32 wants to become the first ever african-american principal dancer at the american ballet theater and now with three of the company's principal dancers retiring soon the speculation is that she will be

police we understand that johnson who lives in southeast d.c. is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. now, this comes less than a week after 21-year-old jamyra gallmon was arrested in connection with the stabbing death of the d.c. lawyer. now, according to neighbors, they tell us that the two lived together in southeast. our tom roussey in that neighborhood tonight. he spoke to a neighbor who says that they never had any problems with either of the two women. now, david messerschmitt was found dead in a room at the donovan hotel back in february. according to court documents, messerschmitt used craig's list to set up a meeting there at the hotel. according to those court documents, gallmon went to the intentions of robbing messerschmitt. but ended up stabbing him. we understand that she's expected to be back in court later on this week. we have learned that dominique johnson is expected to be here in court tomorrow afternoon. we are continuing to follow these developments here on abc 7 news. reporting live brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> goo

it paralyzed neighborhoods from northern virginia to southeast d.c. darcy spencer is live in fairfax county with the latest on the day after. darcy? >> reporter: wendy we've been doing some digging to try to find out what was he doing during all those hours that police were looking for him? this was a massive manhunt. where did he go? what was he doing? we'll take you inside a house here in fairfax county where he spent a lot of time. the homeowner tell us that police confirmed that he was inside her house. she says he took some clothing. he had a little something to eat. and she believes he had some of her alcohol. this is the house on oak court in fairfax county where the suspect laijd suspect allegedly spent time after his daring escape. he parked the camry he's accused of carjacking in her garage. we were given the photos of the damage where he allegedly came in, a broken basement window a broken door. she says it appears he went through the entire house. >> it was quite obvious he was in there. there's a smashed window in the window well, which a

. >>> police are trying to figure out why a teen boy was shot in southeast d.c.d last night around 8:00 on 37th street. he was unconscious and not breathing. he was taken to a hospital. we're working to get an update on his condition. >>> police are searching for two people who robbed a convenience store at gunpoint. you see the video here. if you have any information d.c. police want to hear from you. >>> closing arguments begin today in the trial of former nfl player aaron hernandez. the defense rested the case yesterday. they only called three witnesses. he pleaded not guilty to murdering owen lloyd. >>> a maryland mother heading to court after fatally abusing a 21-month-old baby. she's charged with first degree child abuse after failing to stop her husband, frankie williams from beating the be i recall in frederick county. anayah williams died after she was return talked to her family despite a history of abuse. larry hogan will sign a passed bill giving more protection for children being returned to abusive homes. >>> a maryland mother wants the sheriff depu

communicated with a person he thought was a guy who ended up being 21-year-old jamyra gallmon in southeast d.c. what happened between the two the night of february 9th sun clear, but this psycho -- is unclear, but this psychotherapist says it's not uncommon for risk taking behavior to escalate when a person is essentially living two lives. >> you take risks. it's easy to think that okay, i took this risk and nothing bad happened. i can take it a little further and to keep pushing the envelope and taking more and more risks and perhaps becoming more lax about the safeguards and precautions that we take. >> reporter: to be clear, dr. smith has not treated messerschmitt nor his wife nearly three years kim vuong. >> she seems to be very graceful and dignified about the situation. all we can do is face the reality and try to move on. >> reporter: after gallmon's arrest vuong issued a statement thanking police and asking for privacy. online comments do suggest that messerschmitt may have used craigslist as far back as 2013 to meet men online. at 6:00 we'll look inside the alleged criminal mine of th

he then decided to follow that car and chased it all the way to southeast d.c. d.c.ice say the men crashed into a parked car on i street they took off and are still on the loose this morning. >>> the family of warren weinstein is waiting for more information about his death before they hold a funeral or a memorial. the 73-year-old from rockville died in january in a u.s. air strike in pakistan. president obama has taken responsibility for the horrific mistake and the question a lot of you are asking is how could the cia be so wrong? nbc's tracie potts has a look at what happens now. tracy? >> reporter: what happens now, a lot of questions. some of them starting here on capitol hill. how did this happen? how was information verified? was information verified before those drone strikes in january? there were two of them five days apart. and why did the cia not know that our hostage and an italian hostage were in that compound on the ground? there were two other americans killed also. they were working along with al qaeda. and this is a very local story. the family of w

at the southeast d.c. home that ronald anderson used as a mill drop and to meet his pro -- mail drop and to meet his probation officer, marcus barr said he was shocked to hear he was the man who allegedly kidnapped his girl friend, shot and killed a security guard, lawrence buckner in suitland, and then led scores of police on a chase that ended on h street. >> he never displayed any of that. he was always nice and kind to us. >> reporter: but court records show anderson was convicted of manslaughter in 1991 and that when he allegedly kidnapped his 20-year-old girl friend outside a battered women's shelter, he was already facing an assault charge that had left the woman shaking, crying and visibly afraid. >> now move, move, move! >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams locked down the census bureau and used explosives to breach the doors after the shooting. >> i can see where the cops are coming in and someone on the ground in a black uniform trying to get resuscitated. >> reporter: but anderson had already raced off

her family says her heat had been turned off in her home in southeast d.c. and they're having a hard time getting some answers. mark segraves with a story tonight you will only see on news4. >> i want to find out what happened. >> reporter: paul bowman and his family can't believe his mother is dead. >> my mother was 102. she was very spry. she painted. she's raised kids all her life and she was a god-fearing woman. >> reporter: last month when the temperature was in the 30s bowman called his mom. >> they was calling for snow bad weather on friday and i wanted to make sure she had enough stuff just in case we did get a snow. >> reporter: when she didn't answer bowman came to her home. >> i went in the house immediately when i opened the door the house was ice cold. >> reporter: he says the heat had been turned off. they found the 102-year-old wrapped in a pile of blan celts huddled against this radiator. she was dead. paramedics had to break down the bedroom door. her gas line excavated and this card left behind with no indication what work had been done or

. >>> we are working on a breaking story in southeast d.c. where a woman is rushed to the hospital after she's stabbed at a bus stop at 16th street and good hope road. >> metro officials tell us tonight the suspect is in custody and the weapon has been recovered. there is no word yet on a motive. news 4 headed to the scene for us. we'll get you a live report soon. >> right now a much calmer scene in baltimore. police say they are waiting for a march to city hall later this hour and hope it will be peaceful. students return to class for the first time since the violence erupted on monday and at one school they did so with police and national guard troops standing guard across the street. a curfew goes into place tonight at 10:00 and there's hope there will be fewer problems than last night when 35 were arrested. pat collins at camden yards with the os playing in an empty ballpark. we're going to start with tracy wilkins who spoke to students at douglas high school. >> reporter: let me paint the scene here at what we've been calling ground zero

bureau chief sam ford is live in southeast d.c. sam? sam: yes kellye the turnout is low. the enthusiasm in places like this are high. and you can see this man is well, not real smart. he's standing right in the middle of alabama avenue with a sign and it is rush hour. and the traffic is about to get here. anyway, the smart money is on mayor bowser endorsed candidates ruby may in ward eight and brandon todd in ward four. they have won the straw polls. they've raised $700000 between them. voter turnout is low in both races. winner in eight gets the late marion barry's council seat and his son today was running as marion once did. >> most important thing is the people in this community pick their own lear not someone backed by big business. sam: and there are 11 candidates in each of these races. four and eight. polls close at 8:00 p.m. reporting live from southeast washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. alison: sam, thank you very much. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 tonight, we will be standing by for another press conference. this one from maryland governor larry hogan about

judge today refused to grant an injunction that would stop work on the csx railroad tunnel in southeast d.c. csx official sas the 100-year-old tunnel is beginning to decay and they want to double its size. a city watchdog group is worried about noise, vibrations air pollution, and the risk of a rail accident. csx says it is "committed to doing the project the right way, safely, respecting our neighbors and working closely with residents and businesses to minimize the impacts and to ensure that they are november informed about construction plans." >>> now at 6:00 you may have to wait years before you can hop on the silver line and get to loudoun county but news4 has learned that firefighters there have been quietly building their own model tracks. our scott mcfarlane shows us why it could pay off for passengers. >> reporter: in recent weeks we've seen incidents of smoke near the rails of arcing insulator, firefighters responding to d.c. metro stations. in leesburg the deputy fire chief has seen them too, and knows his force will soon be doing the same. it's becoming clear to more people it's

. >> reporter: friends of the young rap artist keaway ivory from southeast d.c. say they believe his shooting death was an accident. he sang about violence drug and guns and it was during the making of a youtube music video like this one that he was shot and killed. this man says he was there when it happened. >> i mean i left i ran, because i heard gunshots going off. i'm running. i'm done. >> reporter: but then he says he came back and ivy was dead. police have arrested this man, lafonzo iracks and charged him with the murder. he's 258s 1 and lives in northeast. police say he was there behind a discount store in seat pleasant wednesday night when the video was being made when the gun went off. it's unclear if that gun was being used as a prop in the video or if the shooting was intentional. friends are trying to dispel rumors that it was a setup. >> i loved him as a man. he was a good dude. he was ambitious. she was smart and intelligent. i would never wish that on nobody. >> reporter: iracks was arrested two kay deys after the shooting in d.c. he'll be brought

these southeast d.c.s are dancing in her footsteps. >> she's not like in the back or anything. like she's in the front practically. so that's like really cool. >> personally i'm not small, compared to a lot of the people i dance with. i am a little bigger in my muscle size and whatnot. >> she brought to the table athleticism. >> reporter: what's your advice to aspiring ballerinas? >> do it because you love it because the work that you put into it is so much more difficult than i think getting up there and kind of being in the spotlight and i think just visually being able to see dancers like brooklyn and i approaching these roles i think gives them different dreams. >> reporter: and it proves that dreams come true. misty copeland's popularity now transcends ballet. we've seen her in an under armour commercial as a dance show judge. she's written two books and currently working on a docuseries for the oxygen network. she performs thursday and saturday night to sold-out performances. it's an important momen

diane: in southeast d.c. diane cho, abc 7 news. alison: and coming up at 5:00 -- hitting full stride we're going to take you to this year's boston marathon on the eve of judgment for one of the men who changed that event forever. leon: also, pen is mighty as the sword. what he did to kill a teacher. and later -- >> and won't yet. it smells awful! alison: "7 on your side" to investigate the smell that's leaving people holding their noses in part of d.c. reporter: a man is walking down a capitol hill street when he has a gun pointing in his face. he didn't know someone was behi leon: a man who donated his medal to the city of boston after winning its marathon two years ago is back in the winner's circle. the man from ethiopia won today's race with an unofficial time of 2:09:17. caroline rodish of kenya won the women's division and another from clarksville, maryland won the wheelchair division. sentencing begins tomorrow for the man convicted of taking part in the bombings at the marathon's finish line two years ago. dzhokhar tsarnaev

the person who gunned down a 16-year-old outside an apartment complex here along 37th street in southeast d.c. news4's pat collins is there. >> reporter: he was 16 years old. he was getting ready to go back to high school. he was shot and killed here on 37th street. a street that's no stranger to violence. when officials boast about the economic development in the city of washington it's not likely they'll show pictures of the 300 block of 37th street southeast. sure the gleaming washington nationals baseball academy is here. but a half block away you don't have to go far to find a neighborhood in decay where shoes in the sky draped over power lines mark the violent history here. >> this is the death zone. so many innocent kids getting killed around here. and they ain't doing nothing about it. they're not. >> reporter: i see all these shoes on the wires around here. what's that represent? >> one of the kids been killed around here. >> reporter: it was on these steps that luke holt was shot and killed yesterday. he was 16 years old. he was planning to go to coolidge high school tomorrow. >> ne

line. 21-year-old keaway ivy of southeast d.c. was shot between an apartment complex and a discount mart. there is a $25,000 reward on the table if you have information that leads to an arrest in this case. >>> a maryland bishop accused of killing a bicyclist while driving drunk entered a not guilty plea in court today. prosecutors say heather cook was drunk and texting when she killed the cyclist in baltimore back in december. still ahead, we'll hear from cook's lawyer and from the victim's family. >>> right now, the search is on to find two women accused of stealing from seniors. they're wanted for fraud in st. mary's county but they are believed to be traveling around maryland and virginia. on march 13th they stole from residents at a senior living facility in lexington park. they said they were college students selling magazine subsubscriptions. they pretended to be giving to different charities. >>> e developing tonight, details from the terror attack in kenya are getting worse by the minute. what the security officials are n

he is also 21 years old and lived in southeast d.c. he was shot and killed here wednesday night shooting that music video. he is an aspiring rap artist who raps about guns drugs, and violence and friends here minutes ago told me they believe that gun went off accidentally. >> he was a good person. he was a kind-hearted person. i mean, things happen at the end of the day. it was an accident. none of that was on purpose or intentionally. >> it is under investigation into the circumstances leading up to the shooting itself. what we can cop firm at this time was that the suspect, mr. iracks was in possession of a weapon at the time that mr. ivy was shot. >> reporter: coming up on news4 at 6:00 you'll hear from more of his friends including friends who were here when that shooting happened. they tell us why they left the scene and there was no one here when police got here that night. back to you. >>> a man in his 80s is still in critical condition tonight after police say his friend hit him over the head with a liquor bottle. officers took

according to the court documents, police were called to baldwin's ex-girlfriend's home in southeast d.c. for the report of a burglary. when they arrived, they found the door of the home had been kicked in and two windows broken. the woman there said her ex-boyfriend wouldn't leave her alone. baldwin left before police arrived, but he did return to that home while police were still investigating. officers say he did admit to kicking down the door. but he says he didn't break the windows. baldwin now faces charges of attempted burglary and destruction of property. this arrest comes just one day after we learned a secret service supervisor was being suspended for making unwanted sexual advances to a co-worker. at the live desk i'm wendy rieger. >> right now we're following an all-out manhunt under way in the annapolis area. anne arundel county police officers k-9 teams and recruits are searching for the man who shot one of their own and critically injured him. this happened overnight at a 7-eleven in the town of arnold. someone inside the store told the officer on patrol there's someone ha