sean urbanski was indicted in july on one count of murder. at the time they said there wasn't evidence for hate crime charges and further investigation led to today's indictment. >> the evidence led us to the conclusion that lieutenant collins was murdered because of his race. >> it happened last may 20 at the campus bus stop near route 1. richard collins was a bowie university rotc student already commissioned as a second lieutenant in the u.s. army. he lived in an apartment in college park and was heading home after a night out when it's alleged maryland student urbanski approached, made a comment and then without warning stabbed collins once in the chest. investigators and students quickly found that urbanski was a member of a racist humor facebook book and the hate crime investigation was

we know urbanski was a member of a hate group, but that was not enough for police to charge urbanski with a hate crime immediately. it took two months to through his cell phones, computers, tablets. now we know they believe they have the evidence that will carry this charge, and hold it up when the trial, everything goes to trial in january. we're in prince george's county this afternoon. stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >> collins was supposed to graduate the next day from buoy state. >>> prosecutors were seeking life without parole. with the hate crime, urbanski could face an additional 20 years on top of that. >>> tonight the man who jumped a white house barrier is in police custody. we still don't know why he allegedly did it, or what his name is. investigators were also called in to look at a suspicious package there near the white house. >>> get ready, another chilly night on the way. temperatures dropping into the 30s. our cheerleader, topper shutt out on the terrace tonight, and loving it. sounds like some of us could actually see some frost morning. >> if you have plants, you want

but first, the suspect, 22-year- old sean urbanski, the stabbing unprovoked. this happened four months ago, and finally, prosecutors say they know why. stephanie ramirez starts our coverage. >> reporter: prince george county's top attorney said collins was killed because he was black. today, the victim's family said in a statement, we are pleased to hear that the state's attorney is adding hate crime charges. we believe and we will continue to fight to make sure that justice is done for our son. some four months months after sean urbanski was indicted, there is a grand jury decision to add a hate crime indictment. why no? prosecutors say it took months for two departments to comb through the suspect's phone, computer and r they used the words lots of digital evidence to payment a full picture of urbanski, which shows member to a group. it was just after 3:00 a.m. may 20th when police say richard collins iii was waiting at a university maryland bus stop with friend. urbanski told him to move. police say the suspect then fatally stabbed him when he didn't. colli

brad: urbanski set to go on trial in january. prosecutors announced they are seeking life without parol. >> he is looking at 20 years plus the hate crime resulting in death. brad: maryland put out a statement saying nothing about the hate crime charges except that as the case moves through the criminal justice system, their thoughts and symphonies remain with the collins sympathies remain with the collins family. brad bell, abc7 news. larry: moments of panic at howard university after report of an active shooter on the campus of if historically black university. and search of the college before the all clear was given. sam ford was among the first on the scene. tell us what caused this. sam: well, at this point from all indications this campus was disrupted for four hours today for what appears to have been a hoax. >> police scramble from around the city with word of an active shooter on howard campus. the caller or callers told howard university police it was happening in the medical school while they told the d.c. police about

police say steve urbanski did it. bureau chief tracee wilkins is live with what led to this new hate crime charge. tracee? >> reporter: leon, the prince george's county state's attorney said she wanted to get this right and it was not long it took. that's why this charge has come along now. now, there were people who were calling for this to be charged as a hate crime early on in the investigation and now the state's attorney is saying that's exactly what this is. a memorial still sits on the university of maryland's campus at the bus stop where lieutenant richard collins was murdered last may. and now a new class of students is haunted by what happened here. >> just kind of crazy to know we are going to live right next to where that happened. even my parents were warning me, be careful around students you never really know. >> reporter: sean urbanski, the university of maryland student believed to be the killer, is looking at hate crime charges. the prince george's county state's attorney says collins was killed beca

was suspect sean urbanski indicted on hate crime charges. >> think that had a role to play in it. tim: collins was murdered in may on the campus of the university of maryland. rotcowie state student and student was attacked by urbanski. >> i feel like it could have been any of my friends late at night. tim: after the murder, detectives discovered that urbanski was a member of a racistfaces to -- facebook group. if convicted, he could spend life behind bars. nancy: harvey officially resigned from the board of directors of a company as his brother, bob, is being accused of sexual harassment as well. the weinstein company said he repeatedly made unwanted romantic advances towards a woman. some of hollywood's biggest movie stars continue to share their tales of sexual abuse. honest, guilt for not coming forward earlier and taking action. true discussed at the director. nancy: that was actress reese witherspoon. the board of the weinstein company fired harvey weinstein last week from his position as chairman. amazon studios chief roy price resigning amid sexual harassment accusations.

university of maryland student named sean urbanski. he was stabbed once in the chest. apparently on video according to the police and the prosecutors. the motive remained a mystery. but the prosecutors say they went through and discovered what they are calling digital evidence on urbanski's phone. computer, tablet, that sort of thing that leads them to now say this was a hate based crime. they want an indictment from a grand jury today. >> we believe that the lieutenant collins was killed. he was murdered. that it's unjustified and premeditated and it was as a result of his race. brad: so the state's attorney did not reveal any of the specific evidence today. this case is scheduled to go to trial in january. and already the prosecutor has determined they will be seeking a sentence of life without parole for the murder. if there is a conviction well on the hate crime charge, hate crime causing death, that could add another 20 years to this sentence. that is if there is a finding of guilty. in upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. report of an active

sean urbanski is now charged with a hate crime.olice say he stabbed richard collins the third back in may, in an unprovoked attack. collins was at u-m-d visiting friends. he was days away from graduation. after the murder, detectives discovered, urbanski was a member of a racist facebook group. if convicted, he faces up to life in prison. a man is under arrest this morning - accused of flashing young children...then following them to a school! olah morgan of southwest is facing several charges. this happened in southwest- close to jefferson middle school - amidon elementary - and appletree charter school. police are investigating whether morgan is connected to other indecent exposure incidents in the area. a pre-labor day start is likely for prince william county schools next year. set to vote today on whether to start classes on august 27th, or september 4th. the superintendent's staff and a committee assembled to discuss the calendar are leading toward august 27th. if the school board chooses that option, classes will end on june

urbanski is facing life without parole plus 20 years. those 20 years for the hate crime charge. >> leon harris here at the live desk. a major backlash against ford tonight after a consumer advocacy group demands the automaker recall more than 1 million explorer suvs. they are claiming they admit exhaust fumes in side the velks. the center for auto safety says it is worried carbon monoxide poisoning is making people sick. over the summer police departments across the country stopped using ford suvs over that very concern. monoxide in their blood. ford blamed third-party modifications for those health results. the center for auto safety sa said they want ford suvs made between 2011 and 2017 to be recalled. some 2700 people have complained of exhaust odors. some of them have even reported feeling dizzy, some even passing out at the wheel. but ford says the vehicles are safe and they insist a recall is not necessary. instead, the company is offering free inspections and repairs to reduce possible exhaust issues. jim, doreen, back to you. >>

. >> reporter: a grand jury returned a new indictment for a hate crime for sean urbanski, the university of maryland student charged with killing collins today. the state's attorney would only say it was additional digital evidence that led to the indictment. >> we had an opportunity to analyze his phone, to analyze computers, whatever other, there was lots of digital evidence that we could look at to get a sense for the motive in this case. >> reporter: when urbanski was initially charged in the case, police say he followed the at reich on facebook, a hate group. students we spoke with at the university of maryland were happy to hear the case is a hate crime and believe there are more students following hate groups on campus. >> i think there is more instances of racism that aren't reported about. i see it on social formtz at the university of maryland. i hope that will open more dialogue for the university. >> on one hand it may help, but it may just put more fuel to the fire. i'm not really sure. >> reporter: an interesting thought from that student there, not knowing whether this wil

. >> if convicted, urbanski could face life without parole, plus 20 years. >>> pretty chilly start to the day again, 30s, frost. now the sun is up, and we've got a south wind coming into the picture, so today begins our warm up. our warm up is going to go all the way through the weekend. right now, nothing but crisp, blue skies. a south wind around 7 miles an hour. we still have low humidity, but as you'll notice over the next couple of days, you're going to start to feel, not that crisp, cool, fall feeling, but more like a mild, warm afternoon. so that's what we're looking forward to as we look toward the weekend. 66 in frederick, and right now these temperatures are running 5 to 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. 61 right now in winchester and culpepper is 67. today, we're up to around 70 degrees. either side of 70, and the warm spots will make it up to about 72 this afternoon. we've got the first home game of the season for the wizards tonight. i know they play indoors. but if you're heading there, no problems, just a light jacket for your drive home. the temperatures in t

prosecutors were seeking life without parole for urbanski. the hate crime charge >>> the threat of an active shooter put that campus on lockdown. students at stand were told to shelter in place. officers searched the buildings. >> right now my main concern is that there are people who are still trapped in the offices. >> this is crazy, because our homecoming is literally in two days. so it's a really positive vibe on campus. to see this, it's crazy. >> no, sir, no, sir. howard university is going to have a homecoming week. we have already, and will continue to plan a very safe event, and we had those resources already in play to do that. >> police said there was no everyday of a shooting, but they are still investigating this whole thing. there are homecoming events tonight, and for the rest of the week as howard celebrates university plans to add more security after this threat. >>> on capitol hill, a republican and a democrat say they found common ground on a short term solution to keep health insurance premiums from skyrocketing. mola lang

prosecutors were seeking life without parole for urbanski. the hate crime charge

has beenan urbanski charged with a hate crime, police saying that he stabbed in and collins the third unprovoked attack. collins was just days away from his own college graduation. after the murder detectives member of a racist facebook group. if convicted, he faces life in prison. autria: several families in montgomery county are waking up without a home. people were forced out of their buildings on skyler road just before 9:00 last night. crews say that it looked like the fire started after a man smoking near an oxygen tank. the fire caused $100,000 in damage. inry: a tricky firefight anne arundel county, storage trailers going up in flames, crews telling us they had to run feet of hose. the cause of the fire is still under investigation this morning. some of the top chefs d.c. are hosting a benefit or puerto rico. cooking upar chefs, a nine course dinner at the pineapple and pearls restaurant. the central kitchen. traveled there to prepare over 130,000 meals for those in need. autria: new developments concerning the calendar year for prince george's county school. they are set to v

just days before kol ipz was set investigators say a security camera recorded unprovoked killing urbanski was member of racist group. took fbi months before prosecutors were comfortable calling the murder a hate crime. >> just as fire crews begin to make progress new wildfires inle ka call. update next. >> can't get a break. plus we remember this incident went viral on board united flight. coming up punishment handed down to security officers involved. we're back in 30 second. ond. process of clearing land mines and bombs in the area und underway. clear it will be safe for civilenias to return. isis lost all territory once controlled in iraq and however with isis down fall and al-quida linked coalition benefitted and it's now gaping ground and looking to osama bin laden strategy of attacking west. >> crews in california battling several new fires this morning. flames in santa cruise broke out monday. new shelters have been set up for evacuees and big challenge here is that fires are br terrain and best access point are dirt roads that were eroded during last winter mudslides. crews are ho

urbansky faces life without prison and four years. >>> a series of robberies has a fairfax county businessman. he owns 106 of these coin operated vacuums. he says 58 have been robbed by the same man. the surveillance video shows that man in action at various gas stations around our area. you can see he first pulls in a quarter. then listens to see if the cash box is full. then he goes to work on the special lock. this man used his own vacuum to suck out the quarters. we have his picture and name but they haven't been able to catch him. anyone with information should call the police. he's stolen more than $200,000. this isn't petty cash. you put that together, it's a big chunk of change. >> it's enough that he's willing to risk it and do it again and again knowing they have video. i think it's a matter of time. >>> he's avoided interviews since the deadly las vegas massacre. now the security guard shot vowould be a disaster forion virginia families.e adams supports letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. seniors would be charged thousands more. 685,000 virginians

security camera that is recorded murder urbanski was member of racist facebook group took prosecutors were comfortable calling the murder a hate crime. >>> it's five past 5:00 this wednesday morning, gar fwar, man, it is cold. >> temperatures keep dro droppin, too. let's go to suburbs to see how cold it has gotten to far. mannasas and culpeper 35. frederick dropped to upper 3 30s. westminster still lower 40s in town we bottomed out so far at 47. tech if i cannily the frost advisory come across on the eastern side of i 95 this morning. so he definitely could be a little frost question out in spots. before school for kid owes 0s to 40s. chilly morning to prepare for that. still school after school as bell. but better with sunshine and there's no wind today really. winds south 3 to 5 miles an hour. relatively light. 65 to 70 there and clear skies this morning and clear skies today and little cloudyness out through kentucky this morning and we may see a f holds together. otherwise high pressure keeps us real, real sunny. 71 for high today. we continue with the slow warming trend towards t

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