this is fox5 local news at 10. 0 i'm teisha lewis in baltimore. heart break here after a house fire takes the life of six children. we'll have a life report on the investigation. someone fired a bullet throughue the window of a northern virginia daycare center with at small behind remember inside.bei was the gunmannd targeting the daycare. >> plus make your travel experience e anything but turbulent. how people are using it at your local airports. and we did begin tonight inn baltimore with a story that is truly heart wrench ting to sayo the least. six children lost their lives in a horrific house fire. i'm ' tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. that fire started in a house in northeast baltimore early this morning. the mother and three of her children escaped. fox5's teisha lewis is live on n the investigation.nves any idea on what started thishis fire? >>reporter: well, shawn and tony, it appears that a space heater could be blame. sadly the last child's body was discovered here just hours ago. although there is no official cause again they're look

fox5's teisha lewis has more. >>reporter: here's the video police are pushing across social media. it shows three men and two women piling designer true religion jeans and more into garbage bags. it happened on thursday, january 5, just two hours before the westfield montgomery mall closed. that's incredible. what about mall security. do you feel like there was enough. >> until now i did. security. police say the group stole $12,000 worth of clothing.thin it's obvious this was a coordinated effort. police say one employee was assaulted by one the suspects as she left by a as the video shows, the groupoup was in and out in less than a minute and likely escaped through one of these exits before taking off about a mile for the interstate. i don't believe it. montgomery mall? i used to come to this mall all the time. i never had anything like this. if you recognize the crooks, call police. you can remain anonymous andnymo could be eligible for a $0,000 reward. teisha lewis, fox5 local news.s. > it's amazing that they do this with the cameras in the stores. >> no masks, nothing to hide

that's our own teisha lewis reporting from wheaton plaza mall. thank you, teisha mayor muriel bowser defended the metro plaza station today.day. the transit agency asked a judge to dismiss lawsuits from the case. you'll recall back in 2015 passengers got stuck on thee train at the station after an electrical malfunction, smokefuc filled the train and a woman died. metro says it was the fire department's responsibility to s rescue and evacuate passengers present trains. today, the mayor fired back.k. it was my belief then and it is now that our firefighters ran into harm's way to make suree that they could serve and safe people. but for their actions we don't even know what the severity ofiy that incident could have been. they walked into a dark, tunnel.tunn they riched a lot to safe a lot. they evacuated over 200 people0 out of the tunnel. > it required a statement todat with regard to emergency response a function on which metro's relies, riders are safer today as a result of mayor bowser's efforts since the incident to provide training interagen

fox5's teisha lewis joins us with the story. >>reporter: this is the facebook post that the center of it all. it's on job connection and hookups page. the capital heights college student says the f inter center services. the department of behavior health lists them as one of their service providers casting even a wider net over those who may be impacted. >> you don't know who i could have been and you don't know who i was sent to me before me. it all started with this facebook under the alias summer rose love saying i'm trying to higher someone to do my notes for $135 every two weeks. college student brianna jenkins responded. it sounded like a good side job to do. jenkins a pre-law major sensed something was wrong when she instantly received a dozen case files in herein box, with names, birth dates, social security numbers and most shockly medical diagnoses. i initially took one look at them and i realized that maybe you shouldn't be sending this to somebody that you've never met. like without any background check or anything.

teisha lewis is live in northeast baltimore with more. >>reporter: tony and shawn, this is just a really hard story to report. mainly because the youngest victim is nine months old. let that sing in. there's no official word yet on the cause, but it appears that a space heater could be to blame for what you're taking a look at right now. we've all seen a space heater, but that's what makes this so tragic, is that it could be to blame for this aftermath and also the young lives lost. the more we hear about what happened here, the more our hearts&break and we're not alone. we spoke with shannon row mel who lives by. i fell so bad forh the fire destroyed the malone house. katie malone remains in the hospital along with her two young boys who survived. all are in critical condition, but malone lost six children in this fire, including two boys, nine months and two years old. three year old twin girls and two older girls, 10 and 117zn ys old. i understand there may be a space heater involved here. we don't know. we know there was one in the ho

fox5's teisha lewis is live in laurel tonight with the story. >>reporter: well, shawn we're standing on the sidewalk, bothoh victims were reportedly not according to police. both accidents happened here along route 1 and it's easy to see why. this is a very heavily traveled, busy roadway, four lane roadwaye with apparently no crosswalks, but what makes this situation unimaginable is that the two fatal accidents happened with the same driver behindhe wheel. and the mother of the 23 year old victim in the most recent case that happened this n this vicinity that she thinks this a tragedy that should have andhave could have been avoided. >> there's no crosswalk there. he was walking. he was tyi him. he wasn't in the middle of the street. does this man need his eyes checked? it can't be just like he killed two people and that's just the end of it. it's not fair. > you hit somebody, you kill somebody's family member.mber the human thing in you, what yoa should have done, pick up the phone, call, try to fine the family, apologize. > and that's georgia

teisha lewis, fox5 local news.s. > new at 11 there is a battle over immigration buying inigra howard county. sanctuaryere is a bill that will allow the county to protect undocumentedd immigrants.immi hundreds of people showed up at a county council meeting in ellicott city to debate thisis proposal of the it would ban from deportation. county government must demonstrate their commitment toi ther education and well-being f our most vulnerable students bien coding into law provisions that would greatly enhance theie sense of safety and security. do we really want gangs like ms13 setting up shop in howardar county like they have done in other nearby sanctuary cities in maryland in please resist the urge to harm howard county and let the officials perform the job we pay them to do. for us and local law enforcemenm it doesn't matter, a victim t im a victim and a witness is simply someone who may be able to help us solve the case regardless of their status in this country.ry there is no connection with the enforcement of civil immigration and your police department. a vote on the bill coul

fox5's teisha lewis joins us us tonight with the story. teisha. >>reporter: well, tony the doing is a 22 month oldld rottweiler who goes by rocks i. after several surgeries she's expected to survive, but not without a long road to recovery. rockville city police confirmed the dog was shot, but who pullel the trigger injuring the poochge remains ar in mystery. brendan sutton said it all happened so fast. the minute that she new jerseyed her way out, i saw one light skinned person for a flash, oneh second and then i saw a pop, a flash, smelt it, heard her yelp and i thought she was gone. sutton says the front porch at his rockville home was filled with blood. the door was wide open and she was -- climbed up a flight of fi steps bleeding every she's stood next to the pool table panting about like this is grabbed a towel, wrapped her and brought her to bca.ca. the staff here called police ase doctors were forced to perform emergency surgery and ultimately amputate rocks i's right paw. pw shrapnel showed up on the cias from the bullet, exploding so to

fox5's teisha lewis joins us tonight with the story. >>reporter: it all started when she went to this job connects and hookup page and saw this posting. it was a friday night and a l could edge student in capital heights was surfing the web w looking for a job that wouldwoul give her some extra cash. she responded to this posting and less than two hours laterter she had scores of case files ins her bin. it all started with this wit facebook post under the alias summer rose love saying i'm rudy giuliani to higher someone to do my notes for $150 every two weeks. college student -- it soundedndd like a good job to do. it sounded like it was typingypn something up. but sequential a pre-law major sensed something was wrong when she interestly received a dozen case files with name, birthday, social security numbers and most shockingly medical diagnose '. >> iin them and i realized that maybe you shouldn't be sending this to somebody that you've never meant with out any background check oo anything. it came from inner city family services in s

fox5's teisha lewis first reported the story tuesday. tonight the case worker has beer fired and the agency's director had a pretty firery response res tonight. but there's a twist to this onet >>reporter: we were hoping to get some answers from the director of inner city services about this massive securityas lapse at the agency and why some victims were immediately.im instead the cops were called anl it was all caught on camera. instead of an explanation aboutu why one of their support workerk sent a dozen case files, including names, social security numbers and medical records to a college student responding to this facebook job post, thepost woman who emerged when we asked to speak with inner city director said this. call my lawyer and have a conversation with him. please do not come into the clinic again.gain sanders did not want to speak to us on camera and it took hertook three days for her to speak to # 2 year old brianna jenkins. jenkins is college student after she was sent the confidentialthe files via e-mail.e-ma they fired t

. > fox5's teisha lewis "eyewitness news" us live fromef laurel tonight with this story. teisha. >>reporter: tony and shawn, both accidents happened here along route 1 and it's not hardd to understand or believe why.y. take a look to my right. this is a very busy roadway. it has four lanes with no crosswalk, but what makes this situation unimaginable is that in the two incidents, the two fatal incidents, the same driver was behind the wheel. now, in this most recent incident it happened here in her this vicinity and the mother of the 23 year old man killed on december 27, just two days after christmas day, says she feels like this is a tragedy that could have been prevented. does this man need his eyes checked? something else has to be done.e. it can't be like he killed twold people and that's just the ended of it. it's not fair. you hit somebody. you kill somebody's familyamil member, the human thing in you should have done, pick up the phone, call, try to find the and that was gwyneth ton who says her jonathan john hadhn dreams of becoming an engineer. in the mean type he was w

teisha lewis, fox5 local new. > now to montgomery county where police are searching for a man who fired shots in a townhome community in gaithersburg. this happened around 3:30 this afternoon on lamont lane. one woman was hit in the leg by begun p fire. she's recovering at a hospital tonight. the woman and the gunman not kn e was likely a random act of rilen. investigators are talking to residents hoping someone will provide a tip that will lead them to the gunman. howard county police are investigating a shocking new year's day triple shooting. this happened on a home on know glenn drive in ellicott city. 16 year old charlotte certify em what was shot and hildebrand in her bedroom. her mother was also shot. a 15 year old boy shot himself in the head. he is currently in critical condition. many of charlotte's friends are still trying to process this loss. i hadn't cried yet, but i want to throw up. i've wanted to throw up all day. this is a phren. this is somebody you knew. she was always sweat. she seemed to have a ton of friends. my daughter gave a perfect description, small but might

teisha lewis is life in silver springs with the story.ring >>reporter: ws hat starred as a multiple stabbing inside the mall near this jcpenney quicklyy turned to a double homicide. now, tonight, the only sign the security.urit on the scene here monitoring the media, make no mistake there wae definitely something that went terribly wrong in the mall here. montgomery county has been tweeting out updates, the latest the second victim succumbed tocb his injuries at the hospital.osi we spoke to a witness who saw the aftermath.afte here's what she had to say. >> what i saw was a kid that got stabbed and it looked like he lk was walking around with his stab wounds. he looked a little, i guess -- when the police came in he was unconscious and there was blood every where. so what they were trying to do wastrie to get him out of thef mall and that's what they did.i they had to shutdown the mall because mr. was something going on. > here's a timeline. police say thea calls came iname reporting the stabbing shortlyol after 3:15 this afternoon. by 367. 30, police set up a westfield mall. the area of the

. > teisha lewis, fox5 local news. > some eyebrows were raised at george washington university last year when they learned a former islamic scream is. this man was arrested again, bue i doesn't have anything to doo with terrorism. the story is up next.next the entire senior management team at the state department stepped down. what this means for the agency'g future. later in the show, rememberembe this, the ionic mural on the side of ben's chilly bowel? itt is no more. barack obama, chuck brown, bills cosby, their faces have all been painted over.pa one of them is going to join usn live with reaction you want to record it. we'll be right back with fox5 news at 10. > new at 10, a fire burned up, cars in aa parking garage at westfield montgomery mall.ntgo you can see it did a number onue some of the cars.s. it was around 7:30 tonight inht the garage near the forward store. the flames are now out. the good news is no one out. george washington university made headlines last september islamic extreme is. the school is in the news one against.one lauren demarco is on the campus to ex

you can remain anonymous and could be eligible for a $10,0001 cash reward.ew teisha lewis, fox a 5 localews. > not even wearing a mask or anything to cover their identity >> unbelievable the boldness. usually in these cases peopleple get recognized. the videos are good these days,s too. > you should be able to pinpoint the people if you knowu who they are. >> hopefully. 10, a deadlyome at tornado rips through hat iceberg, mississippi.iceb whater we're learning tonight fi the victims. the latest on the clean up and recovery efforts. >> the cost of raising a child. how several different studieser are attempting to pinpoint the price tag. . > we have an update tonight on theupda health of former presidt george h bush and his wife barbara. doctors say both continue to show improvement. mr. bush was admitted to houston methodist hospital a week ago after having breathing problems. doctors determined he hader pneumonia and inserted a breathing tube.br a tube was removed yesterday and the former president is reportedly on the mend.nd mrs. bush is recovering from bronchitis and could leave the h

fox5's teisha lewis live at shady grove metro station in rockville with more. >>reporter: hey, lauren and matt, an all day affair as the women's march on washington here at shady grove metro station it is all wrapping up. if you look behind me, take a look, you can see the droves of participants ready to go home, many of them traveling from all different places. on the other side of this tunnes we do know that there are are charter buses that have essentially bussed people backbs to the shady grove bus station. i want to show you this picture and this pretty much says it all. this picture is what it looked like earlier today as participants were arriving here and heading out to the women's march on washington.ingt now back out here live again many of those folks coming backg here and one person that we didw meet if you want to come with me, her name is patty and s you started here at shady grovee metro station earlier, you'renning here.g tell me a little bit about thisi poster that you're holding because it's a little bit it different than some of's the poe ter

teisha lewis is live at dulles airport. the big question is, how did the employee get trapped in the first place. >>reporter: the short answer to that is that it was all just an accident, but needless to say, this was far from your typical day on the job for this baggage handler who ended up here at dulles international airport.rpr it appears the worker wasas accidentally locked into the compartment and again as you mentioned, he is lucky to be alive. it happened from charlotte to dulles. he reportedly worked for a company called g2 secure services, but dispatch workers could be heard saying he forgot his h airport id. now, that is the last thing you want to hear obviously thatt prompted a flurry of security concerns. ultimately the baggage handler'r identity was confirmed. listen to this audio of the workers discussing the incidentn as it unfolded. they want to make sure the person involved is an employee and not a stow away. they're also requesting possible support. > there is no one stuck inside the aircraft. he was a ba