scene on the umd campus this weekend. alleged violence at a party ending with police using pepper spray. was that really necessary? amy aubert reports, a larger investigation is underway. amy: video capturing the scene. >> my reaction is that it seems it was very chaotic. there. and people were on -- very upset. amy: one of those people very upset, ashley baskets. >> she was shaking and in tears because we were having small flashbacks. amy: she was pepper spray twice. >> it went straight into my eyes. amy: david mitchell says officers were responding to two complaints about the apartment party early saturday morning. yed complaint, the other about a possible fight inside and a baseball bat being used as a weapon. >> are there here? anybody using a ball that? they said no. felt an obligation to make sure everybody was ok. done nothing. no one had put their hands on anyone, especially police. amy: police say the cell phone video does not give as clear a picture as the officer's body camera video. they are still going throug

>>> right now at 6:00, more fallout from the police response to an on campus umd party. >>> another day in the search for a man who went on a violent crime spree during the streets of springfield. >>> more reaction to the attack pouring in. >>> and a brand-new nbc news/wall street journal poll gives us a clearer picture of where the race for the white house stands now. >>> there is chaos on campus has a graduation party goes terribly wrong. tonight, investigators are in should have used pepper spray to break up an on campus party at the university of maryland. darcy spencer talked to police and she's live tonight in college park. >> reporter: some students are criticizing the police department for that use of pepper spray. the president of the university and now the chief of the campus police department promising a thorough investigation. today, we learned several of the officers involved were wearing body cameras and they're expected to release some of that video. >> first of all, let me say i'm very concerned about the perception that my students have of what happened. >> reporter: th

umd police say an officer was surrounded by a crowd at one point. pepper spray was used twice. police say they are reviewing to see if the use of force was appropriate. meanwhile two people were arrested on multiple charges including disorderedly conduct during that incident. >>> developing this morning, the afghan taliban confirms mullah mansour has been killed in an air strike. president obama authorized the air strike. mansour led the taliban after death of another senior leader last summer. >>> two dead and nearly half a dozen hurt after a shooting at a concert in the western part of austria on a property used by a motorcycle club. police say he got a gun out of his car and started shooting at random. and he shot himself as police closed this. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why egyptair crashed. experts say there could have been a fire on board, explosion or technical glitch. crews are still trying to find the black boxes from the plane it could be weeks if not longer before they know exactly what happened on that plane. 66 people were on board the flight from p

. >> this turtle is like the face of umd. >> reporter: maryland -- >> people love that thing. >> at one time the university actually had a live terrapin as its mascot, but during the 193 3áu7b veiling of the copper look alike, it died from heat exposure. so instead of fearing the the turtle, the turtle at that point was fearing us. i have to say the time that i spent on campus there in college park i was never one of the superstitious people to rub testudo's nose. a, because it's beforehand sanitizer was widely available. but b, it's because i didn't have to go out of my way every single time to rub his nose. so it was like a counter superstition. >> i think did you rub his nose and you're just not telling us. >> i did it after. >>> moving on, a d.c. couple offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who returned their stolen puppy got great news. >> they were their four-month-old boston terrier maggie thanks to a senior in high school and wusa9. >> thank you. >> maggie! maggie! >> thank you all so much. >> maggie! >> you guys are so welcome. >> come here. >> come here, baby. >> oh. they got th

. >> chaos at umd. police say they were forced to use pepper spray. armed and dangerous.obbery and a shoot out still on the loose tonight. and when will it ever end? another rainy weekend with more wet weather ahead. your stormwatch forecast is first. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> now abc 7 news on your side. first, yet another day of rain, clouds and cool temperatures putting a damper on outdoor plans and don't put away that umbrella just yet. there is more rain ahead. josh knight has a look at your first forecast. tracking more rain. i n

at its opening yesterday, maryland senator ben car dip said umd is an ideal place to offer these services>> this is one of the great resource universities in the world. and you're going to use that talent on figure out how we can do a more effective i don't job to end modern day slavery. >> open the nbc washington app and search safe center. >>> the chief executive of alexandria public housing authority will retire at the independent of the year. you may remember roy priest was heavily criticized by the city counsel over the redevelopment of thera homes with apartments and shops. he has led the agency -- he led the housing agency for nine years, no word yet on his possible replacement. >>> former virginia supreme court justice jane roush is starting a new job after losing her spot on the bench. rousch will work as mediator for a richland based law pirm. last year terry mcauliffe appointed her to the state high court angering republicans who said they were not consulted. after a partisan battle, the legislature eventually elected a different judge to the high court. roush is most well-know

it was at a umd grad party in college park. some of it caught on cell phone video. students today tell stephanie ramirez this never should have happened. >> reporter: you hear yelling and screaming. young women appear to be pulling their friends out by their arms, then you hear sprays. we don't know what led up in the moments leading up to this but we know graduates are shaken up. courtney humphrey was there. campus police tell us they received a noise complaint. there was a grad party going on in court yards and apartment complex, part of campus housing. those there say there were maybe 50 or more people at the party and that it was almost exclusively attended by african american students who earlier that day walked down the aisle for graduation. >> most of us graduate in four that was robbed. no discord whatsoever. everyone was celebrating, enjoying themselves. >> reporter: campus police tell us more than one officer had a body camera rolling. they started reviewing that and surveillance video immediately. he lives upstairs and tell us he came down to see the comm

the umd we'll close the doors now. ths ba ti ere the back room. number oflicly criticized westfield montgomery for not locking down the mall or making an emergency intercom announcement. this local couple celebrating their anniversary was shopping when shots rang out. >> a guy came in and he told us there had been a shooting outside macy's. whoa, hey, what is going on? he said yeah, everybody just to be mall management set up a blue tent. i why ty didn't she they didn't want to create a sense of panic or chaos inside and says the mall has an emergency text call, alert system. that is what they activated after the shooting took place to notify managers of the stores of the incident. but as we said all afternoon long there is a lot of customers criticized the lack of notification to customers inside. live in bethesda, kevin lewis. jonathan: thank you. a college student beaten and stabbed at a party and then found dead hours later. the pictures police want you to see in the search for 11:00 we will rebound to lower 60s. sunday, mother's day, but d.c.

put a device in them that would keep >>> it was a today we show this inthe chaos, he punched fellow umdck parva in the head. it was because of that punch. >>> police are looking for the person responsibility for a deadly stabbing in alexandria. officers were called to the home near 395 last night. that's where they found a man who'd been gravely stabbed. he was rushed to the hospital but doctors were unable to save them. we are waiting for the release of his name and we also do not know about the suspect or a motive. >>> a total of 49 wildfires are burning in western canada. nearly 90,000 people the are battling the flames. officials say th enormous, they started creating their own weather system. >> even lightning was spreading. >> electric what we were seeing burping down it was absolutely apocalyptic. it was something that you'd see in a movie, and it's after the movie. >> officials say the fires are going to keep growing until the area gets some desperately needed rain. >>> to fredericksburg, virginia now and a story that's been nearly six decades in the making. >> that's where robe

my a frazer just graduated from umd college park and she was at the party.ts were trying to comply with the officers'ffic command. i see my friends retreating.. i see them pulling each other away. i see them actively moving away from the officers, which is whas they were asked to do. and it's after that point that they begin screaming and theyy get pepper sprayed.ayed so that's where, you know, my failure to comprehend comes the yelling and confidential. when i hear my friends screaming and i rush back to see them not far from where we're standing on the ground, clutching their eyes in pain, incapacitated, unablebe to see, unable to walk. this would not have happened if this was a white party. it makes me sick to say that.ay students and graduates that we spoke to tell us they don't understand why police were called in the first place, why those officers called for backak up, or why this all ended with some of those students getting pepper sprayed. how do you have people that are moving away that are retreating, that are doing what they were asked to do in c

umd police say an officer was surrounded by a crowd at one point. pepper spray was used twice. police say that they are reviewing to see if the use of force was appropriate. we know two people were arrested on multiple charges including disorderly conduct during the incident. >>> developing this morning, the afghan taliban confirms one of its chief mullah mansour has been killed in a u.s. drone strike. air strike along the afghanistan/pakistan border friday night. mansour led after the death of another senior leader last summer. >>> two dead and nearly half a dozen hurt after a shooting at a concert. police in austria say an argument in the parking lot led to that shooting. this happened in the western part of the country on a property that is used by a motorcycle club. police say the suspect got a gun out of of his car, went to the concert venue and started shooting at random. he shot himself as police moved in. >>> investigators are still trying to figure out why egyptair flight 804 sent automated messages just minutes before it crashed over the mediterranean. the messages in

peak over the last four days and hope is quickly fading for two other climbers who are missing. umdatively good conditions this year have brought a large number of adventurers to the world's tallest mountain but experts say many of them lack experience and are taken advantage of by companies that offer cheap packages and use poor quality equipment. >>> yet another appeal today in the tom brady deflategate case. at issue the appeals ruling that reinstated his suspension. brady's lawyers are arguing that roger odell overstated his authority. deflategate launched more than 16 months ago when the indianapolis colts accused the new england patriots of using underinflated footballs in the 2015 afc championship game. >>> so trending now, was a gay choir intentionally snubbed moments before their national anthem performance over the weekend? >>> twitter lashes out after last night's in >>> and you can't buy publicity like this. a viral video creates a was raining insults in tonight's trending report. mixed reaction to last night's prince tribute on the billboard music awards. >> ♪ purple rain ♪ pu

at its opening yesterday, ben cardin said umd is an ideal place to offer these kinds of services. >>his is one of the great resource universities in the world about thnd you're going t that talent on help figure out how we can end modern day slavery. >> more resources are on the nbc washington app, and search "safe center." >>> the chief executive of alexandria public housing authority will retire at the end of the year. you might remember roy priest was heavily criticized by the city council over the redevelopment of the 74-year-old ramsey homes. priest wanted to replace the homin community with new apartments and shops. priest has led the housing authority for nine years. no word on his possible replacement. >>> today you can use virtual reality technology to see just how dangerous distracted driving can be on the roads. at&t is launching the spanish language version of its "it can wait" campaign. recent research has shown has panics are more prone to using their smartphones while driving compared to the national average. as part of the campaign, drivers can try out the virtual rea

a male umd student says he heard a knock at the door and he answered it and that's when three men onea knife came in and assaulted the resident. the thieves got away with property the from from inside. if you know anything, call police. >>> some d.c. neighbors are demanding change after they say reckless gunfire sent a little boy to the hospital and he's in serious condition. neighbors say they heard as many as 16 gunshots before realizing the young than was on the ground. they say the gunfire is unacceptable and so is the fact that neither the mayor nor d.c.'s police chief responded to the scene last night. >> shootings eight and no one is concerned about what is happening to the poor in ward eight pl. >> police tell us the boy was breathing an conscious when paramedics took him from the scene. no word on a suspect. >>> eight are dead, 44 others are hurt after a charter bus crashed in texas. take a look at the damage there. chunks of dirt still stuck in the bus from when it rolled off the interstate yesterday afternoon. members of the national transportation safety board expect to ar

umd police say an officer was surrounded by a crowd at one point. pepper spray was used twice. of force was appropriate. meanwhile two people were arrested on multiple charges including disorderedly conduct during that incident. afghan taliban confirms thmulla mansour has been killed in an air strike. probl president obama shored the strike. mansour led the taliban after death of another senior leader last summer sfloop an argument in a park lot in austria at a concert led to a the shooting. it's a property used by a motorcycle club. police say the suspect just started shooting at iran dom. he shot himself as police closed in. >>> officials to figure out why the egyptair smoke crashed. experts say there could have been a fire on board, explosion or teca crews are still trying to find the plaque boxes from the plane and family members are still waiting for answers. >> i told them france had put us as disposal of authorities all the means available to advance the search for the plane and victims. >> investigators say it could be weeks if not the longer before they know exactly wh