. >>> now to a developing story out of suitland. prince george's county police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a man and took off. this happened just across the street from the census bureau on suitland road last night. we're waiting to see if anyone saw what happened and have a lead on the car. >>> new information this morning about a purple heart recipient in the district chained to his own house for two days. >> jackie bensen brought you the story about george farris last night at 11:00 p.m. he said the poor upkeep of an alley by the district led to water problems that damaged his home's foundation. justin finch stopped by there and this is what he found. >> reporter: we were called in trying to figure out what's next for homeowner here, as well as his hom to our jackie bensen on the 11:00 news last night. he was chained up here to his front stoop. soon after he got this notice from the city. an abatement action saying they want to take action to fix his home. he had been here for more than two days. the issue is

. >>> developing right now in suitland. the search for a driver that hit and killed a man and took off. this is just across the street fr justin finch is live on the scene people say is a hazard for drivers and pedestrians. justin? >> reporter: erika, that is what we heard and you might recall we heard from two women that didn't went to go on camera saying they're convinced the man struck an killed out here was they loved one. we have put them in touch with the prince georges police department and they said they have not yet identified the victim at the time publicly but they're continuing to look for the driver that struck and killed that man here just feet from the census bureau. all day the cars on suitland road just seem to keep coming. >> so congested in the evening going from here to the district and back down to suitland road and in the afternoon. >> reporter: between silver hill road and shady side avenue, the u.s. census bureau. outside the gates rehmans of crime tape, rubber gloves, circles marking where shoes wer

in the 4500 block of suitland road took off. the victim was rushed to the hospital where he later died. again these are live images from the scene. police have the area roped off. disturbing right there. it look s like what appears to be the victim's shoe. police are looking for the driver as we get more information on the description of the vehicle we will let you you know. now to a battle that is brewing between neighbors in logan circle and a popular beer garden looking to add a second location. neighbors say the expansion would just bring more noise and traffic and even worse. fox's evan lambert is at the current doch a location. >>reporter: doch a beer garden is actually pretty busy on a thursday night and even through the weekend. that has neighbors in the planned new location worried about the noise. the beer garden is hoping for a compromise. on a thursday night or pretty much any other night glasses garden on seventh street northwest. but the noise coming from the open air beer garden has neighbors protesting a second p

this happened just after eight night in the 4500 block of suitland road. a car hit a pedestrian and then took off. the victim was rushed to the hospital and later died. police are looking for the driver and a few minutes ago suitland rode reopened to traffic. also tonig danger. tonight police are searching for this gunman who shot at a man going down a metro station escalator. investigator s release new information that they are hoping will help them track the shooter down. fox5's marina maracco is at the columbia heights metro station tonight where this all played out. marina. >>reporter: d.c. police are urging anyone who sees this man to immediately call 911 and the picture our screen is 22 year old caesar morale l ales. he is considered armed and dangerous. you're going to see this surveillance video from columbia heights metro station. this is friday afternoon. you're look ing at the video there where detectives believe morales fired off a single round down the escalators. police believe this was a targetedded act and you you can see in that video ther

police traffic south capitol at suitland parkway right lane blocked. we're seeing big delays suitland inbound to south capitol. watch for that as usual. also dealing with crash brand of avenue curtis avenue you make your way from prince george. look athat trafficment camera in the background 1 street bridge jamming up as usual and outer loop in maryland 95 to spur 26 minute trip and 95 northbound dale city 7 minute ride red zone eastbound 66 to gaipzville to 234 as you 16 pipt and delays continue through centerville to bel beltway. just a slow morning and metro orange line ba being to normal. all metro rail lines shaping up nicely now tat that delay eased. tucker is patiently waiting. >> he is excited for moreing meme. >> erin got >> no more toy cars. >> you missed toy car extravaganza. >> i was here early last week. >> last week feels like two years ago. >> feels like forever since we've bone the memes. >> let's get to it time for morning memes # morningmemes. >> we should have plenty to choose from. >> let's start number within i can relate i seem to

person hit by car in suitland. silver hill road approaching is suitland parkway.e ambulance on location. use caution there. suitland parkway looking kayann bigger delays on silver hill road. we've been showing you this big problem all lanes blocked 50 westbounded in beltway 202 and right now we see right shoulder delays are back to the beltway. you can see we're checking in four highly an hour average. take beltway to get around that. keep it to "fox news morning" we'll be right we took legendary, and made it liberating. we took safe, and made it daring. we took intelligent, and made it utterly irresistible. we took the most advanced e-class ever, and made the most exciting e-class ever. the all-new e-class coupe from mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. trul on the roads 50 up bound 202 crash inside the beltway. delays back to the beltway. welcome back to "fox 5 news morning" we'll have weather and traffic coming up on the fives at 6:35. first though i

suitland road between silver hill road and shady side avenue was closed three hours. you can see this police cruiser right now. speed cameras in this area, there are a lot of businesses around here, perhaps they have cameras that would show the suspect's car just driving away. the suspect in this hit and run crash. prince george's county police urge anyone with information to give them a call. we will bring you the latest information on our nbc washington app, facebook page and twitter. >>> thank you. a mother is apologizing tonight for her son. she said he struggles with mental health issues and she's sorry to hear he's acaused of attacking a liquor store employee. edwards is under arrest. he through a molotov cocktail at a employee would wouldn't let him inside. the employee's manager said the employee has third degree burns. >> he's in >> bureau chief found out sunday's attack also hurt a customer. he's already out of the hospital. >>> montgomery county police confirmed they have taken this man into custody. d.c. police say he is sees sar morales, he brazenly opene

police say -- a man was struck and killed, on suitland road at shadyside avenue. the car that hit him -- took off. investigators are now searching for that driver. stay with abc-7 and wjla.com for updates. covering metro -- a major escalator replacement project at the "u" street station is finally complete! today -- the 13th street entrance will reopen with two brand new escalators in service. it has been closed for about five months. work will begin early next year to rehabilitate the east entrance escalators at the "u" street station located at 10th street. morning washington... we've seen so many try.. but this time a group of thieves..managed to get away scott free with an atm! the investigation into how they pulled it off. plus..its the first day of september.. but it's a bit cool out there...starting to feel like summer is winding down already! an update on the forecast with eileen coming up. it's time for the biggest sale of the year with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses and automatically adjusts on both sides. the new 360 smart bed is part of

a man was struck and killed on suitland road, and the car that hit him took off.estigators now searching for the driver. stay with abc 7 for updates. just in from southeast washington, the police looking for three people who stole an atm. thesee seen many of temps, but it is rare for the criminals to succeed. surveillance video shows them carrying out the of the building. if you have information, contact the d.c. police. workers arrested in a bribe scheme involving two supervisors and four employees. investigators say they participated in a $9 million bribe screaheme for snow removal. vdot is assisting investigators. nancy: virginia senator tim kaine visiting a church that was the target of racist threats, the greater praise temple ministries. sunday, somebody left notes with swastikas and racial epithets and messages on the church door. kaine praising the church and others in the community who came together in a show of support. inhistory teaches us virginia and elsewhere you cannot be an innocent bystander to hatred because people in the common bold and and do t

autria: we're following breaking news in suitland. a deadly hit-and-run and now police are trying to track down the rife. a man was hit and killed on suitland road, near the shady side area. and now police are working. we do have calls out right now to try to get a description of the vehicles. stay with abc 7 and wjla.m at 6:48, gas is as precious as gold in texas now. larry: the demand is skyrocketing and so are the prices. this gas station in dallas, not even hit by the storm but seeing prices up over $5 a gallon. autria: as harvey head our way, those same price hikes are headed with it. john gonzalez is tracking the impact live in mobile track 7. johnny g? johnny: we're feeling the effects of hurricane harvey in a different way. the highest i've seen so far around the bay bridge. the highs on route 50 before you get on the bridge. the lowest and cheapest we've seen pass the bay bridge. valero, $2.49 under the national average. these gas prices spiking and coming at a bad time. right before the long holiday weekend. we have seen abo

suit22295 suitland parkway lookg good. 295 southbound looking good you head to the beltway past powder mill road and problem free on 270. i'll let you know if that changes. 295 in the district, plenty of green from 50 down to pennsylvania avenue. no congested areas on our secondaries aside from that shooting closing mlk jr. avenue. the rest of your secondaries throughout northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest looking pretty good right now. 66, we're wide opened on the eastbound side from gainsville through centreville. no typical congestion just yet. 28 in chantilly also looks good. now if you have an early morning flight to catch traffic on the way to bwi reagan national and dulles in the clear. not seeing any problems right now in southern maryland. metro service picks up at 5:00. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. >> 4:47 is the time right now. we're following some breaking news from the district that happened in the 3,000 block of martin luther king jr. avenue in southeast. we're told three men were shot,

it happened in the 4500 block of suitland road,.ice say a man was struck near the shadyside avenue intersection. the driver did not stay on the scene. police have not released any vehicle. right now... police want you to see this picture. investigators say this is the man who was caught on video shooting a gun at the top of a metro escalator last week! they say cesar morales started shooting at the columbia heights station - in the middle of the afternoon. he's considered armed and dangerous. if you see him - call police. thursday was a busy day for virginia senator, tim kaine. hours after appearing here on good morning washington-- he was in dumfries, visiting a church that was the target of threats. it happened at the "greater praise temple ministries". on sunday, someone left notes with swastikas... racial epithets... and "white power" messages on the church's door. senator kaine also praised those from other churches, and elsewhere in the community... who came together in a show of support. despite the threats -- the ahead with

megastorms form. >> it's all about saving li really going to have a real impact. >> reporter: in suitland pete muntean, wusa9. >>> every night here at 11:00 i'm going to fact check something you may have seen online or heard around town. we call it verify because we're checking things out to make sure they're legit like this. we know hurricane irma has people freaking out like these people in miami packing up heading out of town. it's serious situations like these when it's more important than ever that the information you are sharing with your friends and family is real. that's why until the threat is gone we are going to dedicate our verify team to sorting through all the bogus information out there to get you the truth. today somebody reached out to us about something that's being shared around. they wanted to know are airlines price gouging people who are trying to evacuate florida? to help answer that question here are the expert we've called on. seth kaplan with airline weekly and pat glassy, a travel agent with 35 years in the biz. we're also bringing data from the departme transpo

in the 4500 block of suitland road. pedestrian then took off. the victim was rushed to the hospital where he later died. police are looking for the driver. >> muslims around the world will celebrate one of islam's holiest festivals called the feast of sacrifice. the holiday marks the end of haj one of the world's largest pilgrimages. the festival lasts for three days. >> coming up, america's oldest sporting event opens its field to european athletes. >> how would you like wine delivered to your front door in an hour? one retailer says it can make that happen. >> cheers. as we head to break let's take a live look across the d.c. region on this friday morning. you see it's a little windy out there. see the flags blowing in the 5:10 is our time right now, 66 degrees. it's going to be a relatively cool day. we'll talk more weather, news and traffic on the other side of the break. you'r watching fox5 news morning. >> ♪ g. >> ♪♪ we sip, we peel, -and we slide! -whoo! nah. like this. grab a large or extra large fre