the first actually happened at terrace drive in suitland.s where shots rang out and the body of a woman was found. then, i'veson street in temple hills just down the road is where the second shooting victim was found. she suffered a gun shot to the leg. police not sure exactly how she wound up, but they are investigating. now here in temple hills is where two teens were assaulted. this is right near the iverson mall. there was a carnival going on. they are closing things up, but a will the of teenagers out in the area. police also saying, of course, this spring break, so you have a lot of folks out and about tonight. again, they are investigating all of this. no word of any suspects either in the shootings of these two women or in the assault of a teenager as the teens were brought to the hospital and are being treated. that's what we know for now. we'll continue to update this. also tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. on fox 5 morning news. maurine, back to you. >> lauren, thank you for that. >>> we have going to take the edge off with robots sho

the difference is, that the records at suitland still belonged to the originating agency. while those at session formally by the national archives belonged to the national archives. i know that several years ago they were successing osd documents from 1965 and perhaps from 1966. but it's my understanding that nara does not necessarily succession the collections in chronological order. so speaking hypothetically, after the 1965 batch of osd documents, the next group of osd records to be accessed mine from 1978. so it's very complex. it's not an attempt to hide things, it's just, this is how unfortunately, or fortunately, the system works. there's another catch, the osd co comptroller files which were writing the budget history of the mcnamara years, remain with the office of the historian of the secretary of defense. because they're still used as working papers, not only for my project, but also for related projects. as far as mcnamara himself, he was quite unusual. he walked out the door and left his office files. there's a small collection of mcnamara papers at the librar

the difference is, that the records at suitland still belonged to the originating agency. while those at session formally by the national archives belonged to the national archives. i know that several years ago they were secessioning osd documents from 1965 and perhaps from 1966. but it's my understanding that nara does not necessarily succession the collections in chronological order. so speaking hypothetically, after the 1965 batch of osd documents, the next group of osd records to be accessed mine from 1978. so it's very complex. it's not an attempt to hide things, it's just, this is how unfortunately, or fortunately,

. >> happened in suitland, maryland, they got away in both cases. richard jordan has a look at evidence investigators would like you to see. >> they were different crimes. >> reporter: the postal inspection service reviews critical clues. the agency is investigating two armed robberies that put postal workers under the gun. each time the government employee was alone, opening the store. the video surveillance from september shows two men covered from head to toe walking in the suitland post office, one of them clearly has a gun. >> they are just robbing everyone, ridiculous. >> reporter: the men in this sketch were armed at the fort davis post office last july. in both cases they got away with money vital equipment. >> they can pose as postal employees which is very upsetting to us because we don't want anybody posing as a postal employee. our nation depends on our postal employees to deliver the mail every day. >> kind of weird, people have to watch their back. they can rob anybody. >> reporter: they are anxious to catch the crooks. >> we're not ce

a mi no me gustaba eso" la ola de violencia continuo el sabado en la noche en otro vecindario en suitlandn drea bwellue arrea,pechos arar y anar a unamujeen este ta a, cristalina warner la habria reportado como desaparecida.. ahora warner enfrenta cargos por asesinar supia uela... "la verdad que si hay mucha delincuencia, uno no puede salir, prevenidamente" tambien el domingo, una disputa en una casa termin muriy otro resultrido..ado, en estoss la oficina del fiscal esta evaluando ese casoa ver lo que vamos hacer en cuanto a cargos" " la policia continuara las investigaciones.. cabe recalcar que estos cuatro asesinatos no estan relacionados. soy maria rosa lucchini reportando desde prince george. ahora candidatos republicanos y democratas de maryland y el distrito de columbia se preparan para las primarias de manana martes, robernda la ampliacion... la directora de la administracion de servicios generales del distrito, presento su renuncia hoy, y otros dos oficiales fueron despedidos en medio de una investigacion sobre los exesivo gastos que se produjeron durante una conferencia de entren

the most recent left one woman dead in suitland.he second happened in lewis dale. >>> mitt romney and rick santorum and newt gingrich are all campaigning. right now romney holds a slight lead over santorum in polling. >>> and then wearing hoodees to church in response to the trayvon martin case. organizers are calling for the arrest of george zimmerman. he is the neighborhood watch captain that says he shot trayvon martin in self-defense. >>> right now three people are out there trying to keep a big secret. they won friday's jackpot, and so far we know one of the winners bought their ticket in maryland. the winner may want to be cautious when they claim their share of the $640 million check pot. >> most people are not equipped and prepared to walk in the next day and get that much money, and so we recommend they take precautions and talk to professionals. >> the store that sold the whipping ticket will get $100,000. there's also a mega millions buzz in illinois. a convenient store also sold the winning ticket. red bu tufptt is an ho

arrest in then of a suitland woman. > tuesday morning. let's jump into the forecast outsideit is cold deadliest north and west of the metro. will be a little n what we had yesterday afternoon. 41 in arlington and chevy frederick is 37. 37 in warrenton. 35 degrees in aldie. this afternoon will be sunny,ul, mostly around 67. mid to upper '60s this afternoon. increasing clouds tonight. southwesterly breeze keeping ok.eratures downtown at this time tomorrow. low 70's tomorrow afternoon. mostly cloudy and a slight showersf a few isolated tomorrow.he day that's the forecast. >> travel times in our favor. that is a wonderful thing. overnight construction barrels are being put to bed. we are moving nicely on 95 in maryland and virginia. also in good shape is the toll road, 66 centreville and the in bothif, moving well directions. 270.y good, along over to the wilson bridge, quiet allen of southern maryland. nothing between annapolis and the new york avenue. at the beltway at .niversity boulevard ago wean 10 minutes still movingy were construction

happened in hyattsville, suitland, landover and northwest d.c.here has only been one arrest in the shooting so far in d.c. that. victim showed up at an early voting polling place in takoma park with a grazed wound to the shoulder. just this morning police found two men shot inside a house in forestville. one of those men died. >> now we're investigating some sort of altercation that happened in the house. there were multiple people in the home. we're just trying to piece everything together to find out what was going on. >> the police in prince george's county say they're close to making arrests in some of the cases from this weekend. >>> anne arundel county police are also working a homicide case in humphries. police say the body of 46-year- old brian badly was discovered on boulevard avenue early this morning. he was pronounced dead at the scene shot in the torso. anyone with information on this shooting is asked to call police. >>> meanwhile investigators in stafford county are looking for whoever set a school bus on fire. the fire was reporte

the shootings happened in hyattsville, forestville, lewisdale, suitland, landover and in northwest d.c. all of them within 72 hours. so far, there was only one arrest, in the shooting in d.c. police in prince george's county say they are close to making arrests in some of their cases from this weekend. officials are expected to release more information about the investigation at a press conference later on this morning. >>> more rallies calling for justice in the trayvon martin case. people gathered for a special service in front of city hall in alexandria, virginia yesterday. now, many of those who attended wore hoodies. there was a moment of silence, songs and speakers. now, political leader and sports stars were among thousands of people would gathered in miami. the rally came one day after thousands marched through sanford, the town where neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman, shot and killed the unarmed teenager in february. zimmerman claims he did it in self-defense. the case is now in the hands of a special prosecutor. >>> mitt romney is hoping for a win tomorrow. the dist

the first shot was in hyattsville friday night and ended last night in suitland. john gonzalez is live in palmer park where police just wrapped up a press conference. >> the police chief has updated us. six different shootings in three days. one of the first was friday night in maryland. 17-rolled brandon wigans gunned down during a violent shootout. sunday morning in accokeek was the most recent period and 83- shell road was shot and killed inside her own home by her granddaughter. from hyattsville to accokeek, a violent weekend in prince george's county leaving nine people shot. four of them dead on. investigators said concluded none of these incidents are connected and none of them involved random victims of. >> 19-year-old lester flores- quintanilla shot and killed early saturday mordant on ning in lewisdale, maryland. saturday night, two women were shot near iverson mall. 25-year-old ashley and was killed by this, and, audrey a blackwell -- by this woman audrey itblackwell. >> and police were called to a party house in district heights. two wounded a. >> , a

. >> first a double shooting on terrace lane in suitland. the surviving victim got to a liquor store where she reported the shooting. turns out there was no shooting but there were two teens that were assaulted. a carnival was going on across the street. police have not made any arrests in either case. >> it was a great weekend, so sad to see all this violence. >>> today i thought we would have more sunshine than yesterday. >> you are taking it back? >> we may have to take some of it back. >> you are taking the sun out of sunday. >> it's not even a april fool's joke, sad enough. the low cloud deck stayed with us all night long and as a result we have to get rid of this little cloud deck first. more clouds with a rain-making system this afternoon and into the evening. it's a cloudy and damp start. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. and storm 4 radar is all dry at the moment. the nearest showers to us are just now starting to sneak into northern western ohio. they are about 13 hours away, which will put in about 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. y

they happened in hyattsville, forestville, lewisdale, suitland, landover and northwest d.c. so far, there has only been one arrest in this cases in the shooting in d.c. police in prince george's county say they are close to make arrests in some of their cases from the weekend. >>> the company being blamed for a massive credit security breach is expected to hold a news conference later on this morning. more than 10 million accounts may have been compromised at third party party processor global payments in january and february. the list includes all major card labels like visa and master card. visa has since dropped global payments from its list of approved service providers. >>> a technical problem affect the visa network kept some people from using their debit and credit cards yesterday. the outage lasted about 45 minutes but everything is now back to normal. versace says the issue was cause bid a recent update to its system and was unrelated to the security breach supported by global payments. >>> americans spent more than $1.5 billion trying their luck at becoming a megam

two women were shot in suitland. one died, another suffered a leg wound.day morning, another double shooting. this time two men shot. it happened in the 2700 block of judith avenue in district heights. one of the victims has died in that shooting, as well. we hope that police will announce that there's been at least an arrest in one of these cases. we don't know for sure. that's supposed to happen at about 10:30. we expect to be briefed directly by chief mcgraw on a violent weekend in prince george's county. one of the most violent that anyone can remember in recent history. live in palmer park, back to you. >> derek ward, thank you. >>> today pakistan expected to charge osama bin laden's three widows for living in the country illegally. the three women have been in pakistani custody since the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. raided bin laden's kpand last year. he was killed in the raid. if convicted, the women face prison time. >>> four british sailors are recovering this morning after a monster wave crashed into their yacht. it happened in the pacific ocean about 20

suitland parkway, seeing accident activity inbound past pennsylvania avenue. the lookout for the crash there. and traveling along route 50, here's a live look now. you are under speed heading inbound on 50. a live look past landover road. once you pass landover road, you're slower. average travel speed, driving at about 38 miles per hour. and over to i-270 southbound, not bad at all at shady grove. but getting to rockville, you are slow right around falls road. and you're under speed as you make your way to the beltway. good news, no accidents to report on i-270 north or southbound. aaron, over to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:52. your commute could be about to change if you use marc to get to work. the maryland transit administration is considering changes to the brunswick line. that move could impact commuters in montgomery county and in west virginia. three westbound trains would continue to run from washington to martinsburg, west virginia. but the west virginia stops would be cut from the super express train that sleeves union station at 4:55 p.m. west virgini

then police tell us saturday evening two women were shot at a suitland apartment building. the woman inside the apartment died. the other we're told was shot in the leg. she ran to a nearby liquor store for help. then police tell us just a couple of hours later they were called to fairlawn street outside a carnival held there for a report of gunfire. there they discovered two juvenile boys. >> we haven't been able to confirm a shooting. it appeared that the victims of the type of injuries they sustained were bruises. we're still looking as far as suspect information. it appeared they may have been assaulted in some way. as of right now we don't know how many suspects are involved. >> the violence came to a tragic end sunday morning when police responded to a forestville gunfight inside of a home. two men were shot. only one man survived. no motives, no suspects, at any point so far with these shootings. we're hoping that police will have more information at the 10:30 news conference a little later this morning. back to you. >> thank you, delia goncalves reporting live this

. >> the other locations for the two-mile run will be east riverdale, suedland, -- suitland, palmer park and glass manor. >>> you knowdy care costs can -- you know, day care costs can really upset a family's budget. coming up on 9news now, we'll take you to one school that is giving youngsters a great head start without breaking the bank. >> reporter: republicans pass a student loan bill despite a veto threat. i'm tara mergener in washington with the latest on this election year clash. >>> student loans have turned into an election year clash between republicans and the white house. tara mirnlgenner reports that -- mergener rompts that republican leaders have mixed the student loan issue with the debate over health care reform. >> reporter: millions of students like howard university sophomore derek simmons could graduate with more debt if congress allows the interest rate on federal student loans to double on july 1. >> it's so hard being a college student. it's so hard trying to pay for college. >> reporter: during campus visits, president obama pushed lawmakers to take action. friday

the suspects sped off, jumping out of the car around naylor road in suitland parkway.opper spotted them. police found them a short time later. >>> the same man who conducted a hidden camera investigation into the community group acorn claims he has evidence of voter fraud. last week during the d.c. primary, someone from his group walked into a polling place and claimed to be u.s. attorney general eric holder. he asked if he could vote even though he forgot his i.d. >> do you have an eric holder? that's the address. >> okay. please sign your name there. . >> i actually forgot my i.d. i left it in the car. >> you don't need it. as long as you're here, you're on our list, and that's who you say you are, you're okay. >> the justice department is refuting this video saying that the man posing as holder did not expose any kind of voter fraud because he didn't actually vote. holder has spoken out against voter i.d. laws saying they actually disenfranchise some voters. >>> renovation possibilities for the national mall on display for the public to see. people can check 12 desi

shootings are not related and happened in just about every corner of the county, louisdale, accokeek, suitland, district heights the first shots rang out friday afternoon. the final gunfire erupted sunday morning. when it was all said and done, five people were dead and one arrested including a 32-year- old accused of killing her 82- year-old grandmother. also arrested audreyia blackwell accused of killing her friend. >> the last 48 hours -- the past few days our community has experienced four murders and one accident which is being classified as a justifiable homicide. two of the four closed with arrests. >> reporter: the other cases are being actively investigated. in some of those cases they'll be able to close them within the next 24 to 48 hours. some of the shootings involved drug disputes in which a 17- year-old was shot to death during a gun battle outside an apartment building. that was in landover. then the shooting in louisdale involved an ms13 associate according to police. he was killed during an attempted robbery. within that, domestic dispute, just a bloody weekend that has had p

the defense is that the records at suitland still belong to the originating agency. while those thunderstoformally o the archives and i know that several years ago, they were ex-sessioning osd documents from 1965 and perhaps from 1966. it's my understanding that they do not necessarily ex-session the collects in chronological order. speaking hypothetically after the 1965 batch of osd documents, the next group of records to the ex-session might be for 1978. it's very complex and not an attempt to hide things. this is how the system works. there is another catch also. the osd comptroller files which were the basis for writing the budget history remain with the office of the historian of the secretary of defense because they are used as working papers not only for my projects, but related projects. as far mcnamara himself, he was unusual. he walked out the door and left his office files. there is a small collection of papers at the library of congress, but otherwise he left everything. it's

into the district at south capital street at the suitland parkway, looking good here and no major problems to report in d.c. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. metraffic. >> thank you. >>> bus tours for visitors are back on the national mall. open top tours, bright red double-deckers, are taking a new route to include the capital, smithsonian museums and the memorials. last year, tour mobile went out of business and that was the only company with permission to offer tours with stops on the mall. open top tickets are $32 for adults and allow to you hop on and off throughout the day. last month, amc tours began an express route for $5 per boarding. >>> we've heard the stories about wasteful spending by the general services administration. $820,000 on a lavish las vegas conference. video has surfaced showing government workers joking about it. in, it a gsa work sings about all the spending he would do if he were the commissioner and how he would never be subject to an investigation. the out ram yuhas charges already cost several government workers their jobs and two house committees

the crime scenes stem from adelphi to suitland. four separate incidents all over the county. the latest shooting happened at 8:00 this morning. darcy spencer reports from district heights. >> reporter: about 10:00 friday night, shots rang out at this apartment on northwest drive in adelphi sending three people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >> from an investigation, it revealed this resulted from a domestic incident. we do believe that the suspect is known to the victims. >> reporter: the triple shooting touched off a weekend of gunfire that left eight victims shot. three of them died. about 12:30 saturday morning, 19-year-old lester flores of alexandria was found shot to death in the 2000 block of woodbury street in louisville. on saturday night, two women were shot. one woman died, one was shot in the leg. >> apparently one went into the liquor store, found an off-duty sheriff who assisted this victim. >> the latest incident happened in the 2300 block of judith avenue in district heights. police say several people were inside the home when a dispute bro

incident number four in suitland, two women shot, one fatally. no arrests. incident 5, fairlawn street not far from iverson mall where a carnival was being held. two juveniles were beaten. both will recover. a total of six violent incidents over a three-day period. arrests have been announced only in the d.c. case. they are seeking one suspect. police in prince george county appear close to arrests in some of their cases. they have invited reporters to police headquarters tomorrow morning for updates on these violent incidents. >> thank you for that. >>> meanwhile, anne arundel county police say they have a homicide. this happened in humphrey. police say the body of brian badly was discovered on bolivar avenue early this morning. they say badly was shot in the tore some. he was pronounced dead at the scene. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> the occupy movement took advantage of april fool's day to hold what it called a carnival of resistance. they turned the area into costumes and games. it was built around the message that the current eco

no problems on route 210 out of accokeek and route 4 and pennsylvania -- this is the suitland parkway at capital street. no problems here heading into the district all the potomac and anacostia river crossing are incident-free. coming up in my next report, we'll focus on virginia. back to you mike and andrea. >>> thanks a lot. 44 blears have passed since dr. martin luther king jr. was shot and killed in memphis and to this day, the official records of that investigation remain sealed. >> records of how the government dealt with dr. king's growing popularity also remain locked up. gary nuremberg reports. >> reporter: half a lifetime later the images stimulant. in the 1970s, a house committee of assassinations ordered the files sealed for 50 years. >> there are also federal agency files, state and local files and police files, court sealed files and even some international files that we think would be important to release on the life and death of dr. king. >> reporter: john judge runs the coalition on political assassinations. >> i think no question the government played a role in it an

two women were shot saturday night in suitland. one victim dies and a second woman hospitalized.ree people were shot and wounded friday night near prince george's county mall in hyattsville. police have no suspects at this time. >>> this coming memorial day weekend will mark ten days that erica and her husband, benjamin, were convicted of killing a virginia couple on vacation in ocean city and dismembering their bodies. last week, erica filed her latest bid for a new trial. she's now claiming her defense counsel back in 2003 failed to highlight her mental instability and the dominance of her husband at the time of the crimes. she was convicted of first degree murder in the death of joshua ford and second degree murder in the death of martha crutchly. she's serving life plus 38 years. benjamin is currently serving 38 years. they were tried separately. >>> this evening, police in exington, kentucky -- lexington, kentucky are evaluating how to handle rowdy fans should there be a repeat of the incident that followed the wildcat win last night. fans overturned cars and lit couches on

the second was last september in suitland. one of the suspects clearly had a gun.s the post office worker was alone and opening the store. the suspects got away with money and equipment which officials say they could use to impersonate postal workers. >> they can also pose as postal employees, which is very upsetting to us because we don't want anybody posing as a postal employee because our nation depends on our postal employees to deliver the mail every day. >> so floor have been no reports of fake postal office workers. police are offering a $40,000 reward for information on either crime. >>> police also investigating another robberi, this time involving a postal worker outside the mt. rainier office. police say two men robbed the worker at gunpoint yesterday afternoon after he got out of his vehicle. the employee was not hurt in the incident. investigators aren't sure if this robbery is connected to the other two last year. >>> start saving up. this summer it will cost you to ride metro. metro's board voted to approve an across-the-board fare hike yesterday. ra

two women were shot saturday night in suitland. one victim died. the second woman remains hospitalized. and three people were shot friday night near prince george's county mall in hyattsville. no arrests have been made in any of these cases. >>> d.c. police are searching for a third suspect they say was involved in a shooting outside an early voting location in northwest on saturday. so far two men have been arrested in the case. one of the men walked into the tacoma recreation center looking for medical assistance after the shooting. >>> fairfax county police have arrested 19-year-old marco burke for allegedly making bomb threats against annandale high school. on friday police checked out the school using a bomb quad robot but never found the bomb. the threat itself kept the school closed for much of the morning and students were stuck sitting on buses for three hours. their parents not happy. >> annan dal high school -- annandale high school failed the parents, the students. they knew about this since 4:00 this morning. the kids should not even h

the shootings happened in hyattsville, forestville, lewis dale, suitland, landover and northwest d.c.all within 72 hours. so far, there has only been one arrest, in the shooting in d.c. police in prince george's county say they are closer to making arrests in some of their cases from this weekend. officials are expected to release some more information about the investigation at a press conference later on this morning. >>> people in alexandria gather for a special service to bring attention to the trayvon martin case in florida. some people wore hoodies for the service in front of city hall. several people we talked with say they are concerned that other young people may end up in the same situation as trayvon martin. juror it is a reflection of the rest of our country when something like this can happen and we must be looking out for this incident and for others like it and stand up. >> my heart is grieving for this family mostly and it is a situation where they're not at peace. they are not at peace because their child has been killed or murdered if you will and they don't know the

unusual delays leaving the suitland parkway to access 395. an accident on the inner loop in virginia where 66 eastbound traffic merges on to northbound 495. this is a new crash before leesburg pike? . new stops of and is in gaithersburg, maryland, where there's a collision, shady grove road at muncaster mill road. up is confined to the right lane for traffic on shady grove road. there's the police officer to help your around. >> we are in the belfort furniture weather center with a cold start to our tuesday morning. typical april weather. a light jacket in the morning. short sleeves by the afternoon. freeze warning along the mason- dixon line for the county's in bright blue until 9:00 a.m. montgomery county has a frost a advisory until 9:00 a.m. loudoun and prince william and points west included until 9:00. 39 degrees in winchester, 43 downtown. 30 degrees in manassas. cumberland, 36. 4-d in lexington park. mostly sunny this morning. but a great afternoon with highs around 67. slight chance of an isolated a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow. c

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incident no. 4 in suitland, two women shot, one fatally on terrace drive. so far no arrests. incident five, fairlawn street not far from iverson mall where a carnival was held. two juveniles were beaten. both will apparently recover. a total of six violent incidents over a three-day period. arrests have been announced only in the d.c. case. however, police in prince george's county appear close to arrests in some of their cases. in fact, they've invited reporters to police headquarters monday for an update on the string of apparently unrelated violent incidents. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >> the details are still very unclear on another shooting incident in landover. early yesterday morning police were called to brightseat road forreports of gunshots and found a man dead -- for reports of gunshots and found a man dead on the scene when they arrived. >>> police in humphrey found a body of a 46-year-old man bryant bagley was discovered on gulliver avenue this morning shot in the torso and pronounced dead at the scene. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> investi

. >> reporter: wanda grant from suitland, maryland, came to an earlier naca mortgage changing event. came on this day to say thank you for a radical mortgage restructuring. >> it saved me from $2,900 a month to $1,300 a month. >> reporter: at the bank of america tables with dozens of employees on hand with authority to refinance mortgages, there's a celebration when a deal is struck. [ applause ] and when the final paperwork is completed -- [ gonging ] >> reporter: -- the successful homeowner bangs a big gong. phil macy of laurel, maryland, fell behind on his mortgage when his 30 year business went bust during the recession. >> before the interest rate was 6.4 at $1,800 a month and today it's $1,022 at 3%. >> reporter: that's a fixed mortgage rate of 3%. this mortgage changing event run by the nonprofit naca will continue at the washington convention center through and including monday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in washington john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> his disappearance 33 years ago captivated the country and prompted milk cartons to display missing children. now the first break in decade

this video surveillance from september shows two men covered from head to toe walking in the suitland post office, one of them clearly has a gun. investigators say the weapon was used to threaten an employee. >> they walked up on him, told him not to make a sound, they actually put their hand to their mouth and made the sign for shh. >> reporter: he called the police. the worker is not the only one to get ambushed. in the july heat, the two men depicted in the sketch wore hoodies to the fort davis post office and confronted the lone employee there. >> held a gun to her head, she thankfully was not physically harmed but again distraught over the whole incident. >> reporter: the postal service has stopped assigning a single employee to a post office hoping there is safety in numbers. the crooks got away with money and equipment. the stolen items could be used to pose as a mail worker. >> kind of weirding out, people have to watch their back. they are robbing post offices they can rob anybody. >> a $40,000 reward in each case, if you know anything head to our website to see how you can l

they released surveys video yesterday of the robbery at the suitland office last september twocht menpproached the building. one was carrying a gun. this attack is similar to one that happened a few months before that at the ft. davis post office in southeast d.c. both times two men took money and postal equipment. >>> a former marine from virginia accused of firing shots at the pentagon, the marine corps, museum, and quantico and other military-related targets will be formally sentenced today. 24-year-old yonathan melaku was arrested for the shootings in the female of 2010. prosecutors released a home video of the masked man during one of the overnight shootings. no one was injured in any of the attacks. melaku pled guilty to the charges in january and agreed to a 25-year prison sentence. >>> police have charged one of the newest redskins with drunk driving. officers pulled safety brandon merryweather over yesterday on i-66 near north ohio street in arlington. police arrested him after he refused a breathalyzer and failed a field sobriety test. he recently signed a two-year deal with

a woman is dead after shooting on terrace drive in suitland. another woman was shot in the leg on nearby i'veson street. police believe these two are related two. more people were shot in temple hills. we will bring you more details as soon as they become available. >>> a shooting victim in northwest d.c. went inside a polling place this afternoon bleeding and looking for help. he was shot outside one of the city's eight early voting locations. fox 5 has the latest. >> some d.c. residents taking advantage of early voting arrived at a cay chaotic scene. >> they said you couldn't vote here and someone else said we could go in. >> d.c. police had roped off the perimeter of the takoma community center. scouring the area for evidence in a shooting. officials say it may have been connected to a robbery outside the building. >> individual was shot somewhere outside of the facility and entered into the rec center after having been shot. our staff did hear the gun shot on the scene and so they secured the polling place. >> there were no voters inside th

. >> the other locations for the 2-mile runs are east riverdale, suitland, palmer park, hillcrest heightslass manor. >>> a harley-davidson apparently logged some seriously tough miles. a man in canada found a bike washed ashore. japanese officials are trying to figure out if it was swept out to sea by the terrible tsunami of last year. if, so the harley traveled more than 3,100 miles across the pacific to canada. imagine that. >> imagine if you could fix it back up and that would run. that would be something. >> that's a story. a little cool today with the clouds, not crazy cool. we were within the ballpark of average, but tomorrow it's going to feel like june. get red ditch let's start with a love look outside. it's our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. high temperature, made it to the upper 60s. we are 66 now, a few breaks in the clouds, winds out of the south 70, pressure steady over the past hour 30.18 inches of mercury. ed is combined, warm front up to our west which is the key to our forecast the next couple days. that will roll through tomorrow. we're getting the

. >> reporter: charles hopkins, who grew up in suitland and is a local minority business owner, is proposingino with 4750 slot machines and 117 table games. the casino would have 5,000 parking spaces on top of the building. he says the project is shovel ready and could be up and running quickly. >> we could say from a development and build perspective at least two years versus the other locations. not to mention countless millions in infrastructure costs. >> reporter: the developer says the largo location would be ideal. it's very close to metro and has easy access to the beltway. but the question of whether the county will even get a casino is still undecided. the governor will meet with a house speaker and senate president tomorrow to discuss a special session. gaming could be part of the talks. >> the gaming issue is about $69 million coming to prince george's county a year and millions of dollars going to the state. >> reporter: county executive rashan baker has endorsed national harbor as the site for any new casino and says it is more of a destination than the largo location. >> we thi

a woman died after being shot during a domestic dispute saturday evening in suitland. police say they've arrested her alleged shooter. they also say they arrested a woman for killing her 83-year-old grandmother inside a home in brandywine. news 4's darcy spencer will have more on the grandmother murdered tonight at 5:00. >>> overseas today a pakistani court convicted osama bin laden's three widows and two of his daughters of illegally entering and living in a country. the five women have been in detention since last may when u.s. commandos killed the al qaeda leader at the family compound in pakistan where he had been living for five years. pakistani authorities formally arrested them on march 3rd. their lawyers said the women were sentenced to 45 days in prison with credit for time already served. that means they will serve another two weeks then be deported to their home countries. >>> in the race for the white house, gop contenders will focus on our area tomorrow. voters in maryland and the district will head to the polls. mitt romney remains the front-runner but no

in temple hills an accident route 5 near the suitland parkway. we'll go live to the beltway north of town. traffic still moving well here on the outer loop heading westbound into silver spring and beyond. coming up in my next report, an update on area roads again at 5:24. >>> the capitals play another close one at verizon center in the playoffs. highlights next. >>> stephen strasburg has another good outing as the astros visit national park. >>> let's take another look at the question of the morning now. instead of our normal multiple choice format, we want you to share some of your most memorable moments of the nasa's shuttle program, especially if discovery is going to arrive here later this morning. >> this is one of the responses posted on our facebook fan page. scott wrote, watching it on tv for the first time it flew, the u.s. had been out of manned space flight for several years at that point and it was great to see our country back out there. >> as always you can find our question posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response

evening, two women were shot inside an apartment building on the 3500 block of terrace drive in suitland. but the second victim police are telling us was found at a nearby liquor store. >> we had two victims that suffered gunshot wounds. it apparently looks like the victim in the 3500 block of terrace drive sustained life threatening injuries. was transported to a hospital. the second victim we're still trying to determine how they got to the 2200 block. they sustain add gunshot to the leg -- sustained a gunshot to the leg. that victim went into a liquor store and found an off-duty sheriff that assisted that victim. >> reporter: sunday morning a fight broke out in a forestville home. two men were shot, one man died. coming up new at 5:30, i'll have more on the youngest victims of this weekend's violence. back to you. >> delia goncalves reporting live from palmer park. >>> a local politician led one of the latest rallies in the trayvon martin shooting. alexandria mayor bill yule spoke to demonstrators. many carried signs and wore hoodies in memory of 17-year- old martin who was shot and k

happen a few times a week within the program's six target communities that include langley park, suitland, hillcrest heights. >> keep it in step! >> reporter: the voice you are hearing the loudest is the man in the white hat. county executive rashard baker. she leading this morning's three-mile run through langley park. today it is with police cadets. next time it could be another government agency. >> not just public safety but health, education, human services, family services, and employment. we are bringing every part of our government out here to the targeted areas until we change those neighborhoods. >> good job. let's go. >> start here. let's go. good job. >> reporter: some of the cadets will go on to work here in langley parks district one. today they have seen their new stomping grounds up close and person zblal when the police are on the inside of the of the car there is something between us and the community. when you are out on foot, whether you are walking or in today's case running, it just creates a very -- very real presence. >> reporter: this is not a one-time deal. they

later that night two men were shot in an apartment on terrace drive in suitland. one died and other managed to get hurt at a nearby liquor store. the latest shooting happened sunday morning. a fight broke out on a home in judith avenuing in district heights. two men were shot and one died. so far no arrests have been made. and any of these -- in any of these cases. a live report on what police are saying in just a few minutes. >>> new today. police arrest ad woman for stabbing a man in the district. it happened just before 1:00 this morning. inside an apartment in the 4200 block of massachusetts avenue, in northwest washington. the man was taken to the hospital and with minor injuries. he's expected to be okay. police are calling it a case of domestic violence. >>> turning to our weather now. oh, it is beautiful out there after those early morning showers. sun is out. still a little chilly, though. let's find out from tom what it will be like the rest of the day. good morning, tom. >> good morning, barbara. yeah. everything greening up there as you saw that live v

they're langley park, blade ens burk, suitland, kentland, hill crest heights and glass manor. >>> a wholeoods fight over plans to bring whole foods and other retail shops to prince george's county located on 36 acres on route 1 near the east/west highway in riverdale. this would be the county's first whole foods. county officials began a hearing today on this development. executive baker supports the project but critics fear the development could add too much congestion to route 1. if approved the store could open in two years. >>> growing back lash tonight over a plan to extend bar hours and also liquor sales on sunday. today council chair kwame brown and council member jim graham said the city doesn't need to make alcohol more available. graham said extended hours would only add a neighborhood noise and other problems. mayor gray proposed the changes to help raise more revenue. the council will vote on the proposal in the coming weeks. >>> next on news 4 at 5:00 a cheating scandal hits the national blue ribbon school in montgomery county. tonight the superintendent is addressing the all

the other robbery was last september in suitland.deo shows one of the suspects clearly had a gun. both times the post office worker of alone and opening the store. the suspects got away with money and equipment which can lead to even bigger problems. >>>. >> they can also pose as postal employees which is very upsetting to us because we don't want anybody posing as a postal employee because our nation depends on our postal employees to deliver the mail every day. >> so far there haven't been any reports of fake post office workers. police are offering a $40,000 reward for information on either crime. >>> police are also investigating another robbery at a post office. two men robbed a postal worker at gunpoint outside the mt. rainier office yesterday afternoon after he got out of his vehicle. the employee was not hurt. investigators are not sure if this robbery is connected to the other two last year. >>> the mother of a slain university of virginia lacrosse player, yeardley love, is now suing her daughter's killer. sharon love has fi

the shootings happened in all corners of the county including lewistown, landover, accokeek, suitland, district heights. the blood shed started friday afternoon and ended early sunday morning. residents are worried about all the violence. investigators say the shootings are not related. >> the last 72 hours have been challenging for our community and this department. over the past three days our community has experienced four murders and one incident which is being class filed as a justifiable homicide. two of the four closed with arrests. >> police hope to make more arrests in the next day or 2. motives in some of the cases included drugs, robbery and domestic violence. >>> a woman serving a life sentence for killing a fairfax county couple wants a new trial. erica siefert was convicted of killing joshua ford and another woman over memorial day weekend. now she claims her attorney failed to present evidence of what she calls her long standing severe personality disorder. siefert's ex-husband is serving a 38 year sentence in the case. >>> a baltimore woman who claimed to be a winner i

. >> reporter: charles hopkins who grew up in suitland and is a local minority business owner is proposing a casino with # 4750 slot machines and 117 table games. the casino would have 5,000 parking spaces on top of the building. he says the project is shovel ready and could be up and running quickly. >> we feel that the positives of our location would be very compelling from a development perspective and that we'd be extremely competitive with the other two offerings. >> reporter: the developer says the largo location would be ideal. it's very close to metro and has easy access to the beltway. but the question of whether the county will even get a casino is still undecided. the governor will meet with the house speaker and senate president tomorrow to discuss a special session. gaming could be part of the talks. >> we think national harbor is the best site there is in order to maximize the revenues coming into the county and to the state. >> reporter: we asked some county residents what they think about a largo casino. >> i just feel like it's a waste of money and they could be doing some

postal inspection service is offering $40,000 to anyone with information on the robberies, at the suitland office last september. two men approached the building, one of them carrying a gun. this attack is similar to one that happened a few months before at fort davis post office in southeast d.c. >>> both times two men took money and postal equipment. >>> going to check in again with tom kierein for the latest on the forecast. tom? >> still a chill in the air, barbara. around our region, temperatures are in the 50s most locations. around the hometown network right now, chantilly, 57, gaithersburg, 53, andrews air force base, prince george's county, 54. beautiful saint michaels, is in the mid 50s. we have a freeze watch out for those counties across the northern part of maryland into the pennsylvania border and out in the mountains for tomorrow morning. freezing temperatures perhaps tomorrow morning. for the rest of the afternoon, quite a bit of sun, highs reaching the mid 60s. the winds gusting right now to around 20 miles per hour will diminish overnight. by dawn tomorrow, it will probab

police are on the scene of a car fire westbound suitland parkway at pennsylvania avenue.ere. southbound travel lanes are open at father hurley, northbound as well you're clear. >> thanks so >> i love every bit. i would die for them. >> that, of course, is nadya suleman who gave birth to eight children back in 2009, earning her the nickname octomom. the single mother already had six kids which stirred some controversy. and the mother of 14 will be here tomorrow to tell us how she juggles it all right here on "today." >> it is so unbelievable when you think about her life. she'll tell us in her own words. incredible. just ahead, if you're planning on having family over for dinner this holiday weekend, celebrity party planner colin cowie will show you how to celebrate spring with colors, inspirations, of the season to dress up your dinner table. and then, what would look better on one of those tables than -- >> three italians. >> than a feast. >> serving them up. >> yes, the first family much italian cooking the scottos are whipping up a delicious supper in "today's kitchen.