richard jordan is live for us this woodbridge.e william's county, cla bn canceled all day today. richard, we can see the snow. >> reporter: it's light, but it just really started to come down a little heavier just within the past few minutes. but take a look this is route 1 near maryland avenue you can see nothing is sticking to the pavement here on the road. light traffic at this point and now that schools have been canceled here you can expect that it will sta whe things are brings city are on the major highways. about 700 plows are out all across northern virginia and prince william, fairfax, loudoun, arlington county. they have been doing a pretty good job of treating those roads, laying down the salt and brine. we haven't seen the plows having to actually hit the pavement to escape up anything at this point. it's just not sticking enough just yet. the snow is still coming it town pretty light. now, when we were making our way down here taking 95 southbound, we also noticed the snow at about lorton, the first flakes. and now s

south of woodbridge 95 was wide open. but we slowed down just a touch here as we're getting closer to the metro area. but not any trouble on the main roads. virginia vdot crews have been putting down the chemical and it has worked. a lot of schools that havev delayed for two hours, probably not a bad call because the untreated roads and sidewalks were covered. and a loth of of my twitter fo @chuckbell4. john says they have quarters of an inch in southern maryland. but here oic we' keeping a close eye on conditions in your neighborhood. rappahannock county public schools on a two hour delay today. snow falling in maryland d.c. and virginia. richard jordan is live in woodbridge. >> reporter: here the snow has been steady. but it hasn't been heavy. so it hasn't amounted to much. but let me show you something we've been talking about all morning. the difference between the treated and the untreated surfaces here at this parking lot, you can see this area where the pavement is clear, that has been treated. but these parking sp

. >>> we have a picture in woodbridge for you this morning. that's are we're getting some of the somewhat lighter to moderate snow now falling. that is a live view this morning. that snow coming done on pavement. that is subfreezing. so every flake that falls is going to stick. we have the heaviest amounts coming from the system south and east of the metro area. right around washington some very light snow in prince george's cou district and fairfax. farther to the west and southwest of us, we're getting that moderate snow now in culpepper. very heavy snow falling in st. mary's county this bright white area. this is the intensity scale for snow. it's tracking off to the north and east. it's that zone there in southern st. mary's calvert, southern charles that could get a couple inches as well as the northern neck. north and west dusting to about an inch by the time all of this tapers off by noon. we'll be in the 20s. up to around 30 by late afternoon under a cloudy sky. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21 the hour by hour snow timing th

. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in woodbridge where the new year got off to a tragic start. a 21-year-old woman was tracked down and allegedly stabbed to death by her own estranged husband. police say erica sherwood sought refuge at a friend's home on concord drive in woodbridge after a simmering argument with her 22-year-old husband john. but they say john hunted her down. she let him in and then he allegedly chased her through the small house stabbing her repeatedly. the friend finally ran across the street to call 911. >> the girl ran over to this house and knocked on the door and she had the baby in her arms. >> reporter: police say there is no history of trouble between john and erica sherwood, no protective order, no prior domestic violence calls, just a short family argument that ended in murder. >> i'm sorry for her, you know, and her familiar. it's terrible. >> reporter: police say that john sherwood has no fixed address. a magistrate ordered him held for now with no bond. in woodbridge bruce leshan, wusa9. >>> new year's eve violence also happening in prince george

>>> a tragic start to the new year in woodbridge, a 21-year- old woman tracked down, stabbed to deathown husband. this is hank silverberg in college park where a shootout has left 1 man dead and a shooter on the loose, that story coming up. >> reporter: everything set for welcoming a new mayor tomorrow in the district, what are people hoping for? i'm surae chinn with that story coming up. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erica grow. we're tracking an approaching storm system that will bring us showers and then much colder air arrives in first alert seven-day forecast. >>> tonight a prince william county man is behind bars facing murder charges after allegedly hunting down and stabbing his own wife to death. good evening. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm debra alfarone. all this happening less than two hour into the new year. bruce leshan has more on this sad start to 2015. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in woodbridge where the new year got off to a tragic start. a 21-year-old woman was tracked down and allegedly stabbed to death by her own estranged husband. police say erica sherwood sought re

and tonight he commented on the attack of a woman in woodbridge virginia from woodbridge virginia who was bitten by a police dog. live at our newsdesk now with more on this. >> some say this young woman was already on the ground when the officer released his k-9 on her. when attorneys got to norfolk tonight he compared her case to others involving police force. >> this young lady linda colvin is horribly injured. for you saying that it was all justified, people and their family in those communities are saying why is it that our lives aren't valued? >> benjamin crump had already been scheduled to speak at the university before this happened to linda colvin. she's a student there and soldier in the army reserve. last week police were investigating a fight at a party and tried to question her. colvin resisted. the police dog took a chunk out of her leg and left her with gruesome injuries. earlier today the police chief says the officer in charge of the dog used unreasonable force to subdue colvin. the chief put him on administrative leave and is launching a review of the whole k-9 progra

happened along concord drive in woodbridge where david culver is live. david, what are you hearing from police? >> repor chris, as police and as neighbo explain it to me it started with a woman who wanted to help a friend of hers who was dealing with marriage problemsso she let her stay with her in her home. but in the mide of the night, she heard those screams for help. and that's when she found herself a witness to a deadly domest. neighborn livingston d just finished watching the ball drop in new york city on . but her new year cele here in woodbridge cut short by a frantic knock at the door. it was the woman who lives across street. she was carrying a baby and pleaded for carolyn and her neighbors to call police. she told them someone stabbed her friend. >> i hollered out the window what w the address, so we could 911, and we did. and then she went back and got in the car and sat in the car. >> officers poure this quiet street. and then the police showed up. the more pol sho. that's about all -- then the helicos cam out. >> r they found erica rene's

live in woodbridge abc 7 news. >> chris, thank you very much. and d.c.ice are also investigating the first shooting of 2015. it happened around 10:00 this morning in the 3400 block of 22nd street southeast.police have not released details about the shooting and there's no word on the status of the victim or if any arrests were made. >> at least one person has been arrested after a protest inside the mall in wheaton. it came after a staged die-in aimed at protesting against deadly shootings involving police. rebecca coopers was in the middle of it all and joins us live with a video you'll see only on 7. rebecca? >> the protest organizers told us they did not choose this location because they have any specific complaints about montgomery county police. rather, they say it was simply a location that was easily accessible by car and by metro. but what started as a peaceful protest ended with an arrest and vows of more disruption in the new year. >> they arrested her without miranda rights. i mean this is just absolutely bordering on police state. she had an

lows tonight teens across the board, 18 at woodbridge, 16 in sterling, 15 in leesburg, 18 in bethesda and college park. we'll come back, talk about our storm sunday and tell you if the track has changed. >>> those wind gusts are already causing problems on streets. peggy fox is live from boston with more on that. >> reporter: i tell you what. i just got off the phone with dominion virginia power and this wind has been kicking up all day. i called earlier. there were some outages in woodbridge, but late this afternoon a tree has fallen on some lines in springfield taking out power to 500 customers there. look at some of the video we shot out and about today. a lot of people very surprised that these high winds, 35 mile- per-hour sustained winds up at the washington monument and the flags just flying stiff and the people there with their hair blowing look like quite a bad layer day. people really were -- bad hair day. people really were stunned at the brisk winds. if you're going out tonight, make sure you're bundled up because in boston here the thermometer says it's only 32 degrees, b

. >> reporter: we're this woodbridge. the tempera still holding right around 31 degrees. a lot of folks out slugging this mornin its the calm but cold. people have on their nice warm jacket gloves, boot as well. no problems as far as the commute into and home from work. temperatures during the morning commute right around 30 degrees. coming home temperature actually near 40. so today will be warmer than it was yesterday. our high today 39. high yesterday, 33. tom will be up talking about the weekend. it's a 50/50 split. for now we'll send it over to melissa. >> 95 north bound at scaggsville, still have a crash off to the right side of the roadway. route 1 between albion and van buren street, one lane getting by because or main problem. taking a look at travel times, 270 southbound no problems. same thing outer loop to 270. in virginia, 66 east fairfax to the beltway, 11 minutes. 95 north quan if i company to the beltway, 36 minutes. slow spot is dale city. >>> we have a few school delays. spotsylvania county fredericksburg, and king george county all on a two hour delay.

the delays again coming out of woodbridge across the occoquan. check out the ride for folks in maryland on the outer loop of the beltway past new hampshire avenue. your lanes are open. a little more merging traffic there as you head west through silver spring. a crash northbound 5 birch hill road trying to get out of clinton from brandywine had police on the scene. back to you, mike, nick? >>> the search for the wreckage and the victims of airasia flight 8501 is now in its ninth day. the plane plunged into the java sea halfway through a two-hour trip from indonesia to singapore. >> the relatives of the 162 people on board that plane spent part of the weekend praying while investigators try to figure out what brought that plane down. >> reporter: 46 members from 14 families were on board airasia flight 8501 when it crashed. the church's pastor offered grieving relatives encouragement during his sunday's sermon. >> one of the tasks we have to have is to actually care for all these family members who have been left behind. >> reporter: meanwhile sea

at 11:15, news 4 richard jordan continues our weather coverage in woodbridge checking on conditions rig. >>> if you know someone who left items on the plaza during monday's metro evacuation you'll be able to get them back today. transit police are cataloging those items. they'll be available at metro headquarters sometime later this afternoon. >>> now that yellow line service is back to normal d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is demanding answers calling for a congressional briefing with the ntsb after what she says was an unacceptable emergency response. passengers were trapped in the smoky train for almost an hour without any explanation of what was happening. the ntsb is still trying to fi out exactly what did happen but investigators say an electrical problem is to blame for this saul. all. >>> right now two people still in the hospital because of that underground emergency. 61-year-old carol glover died. the government contractor was on her way home to alexandria. >> we are out here with my son and would see her coming home and, you know exchange pleasantries. hem oh. how are yo

not that you need the express lanes, we're looking good into woodbridge. and looking good. i-66, east of manassas, lanes are open and we're looking good between front royal and falls church. bw parkway, they are still cleaning up the clash. ♪ it's the time of year for making lists... at chevrolet, we've made it onto a few lists ourselves. in fact this year, we've been at the top of more awards lists than any other car company. now during the chevy year end event, put us on yours. choose an impala in stock the longest and get cash back for 20 percent of the msrp. that's over sixty-five hundred dollars on this impala lt. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >>> crews are on stand by waiting for weather to clear to recover victims and wreckage from air asia flight 8501. 162 people were on board the two hour flight which disappeared from radar half way into the trip early sunday. the bodies recovered so far include a 22-year-old flight attendant wearing her uniform. >> a cycling advocacy group in maryland is going to hold a memorial bike ride and vigil t

delays coming through stafford county but better into woodbridge and springfield. on the outer loop, caution in the local lanes. there was an earlier vehicle fire north of 210 right side of the local lanes still blocked waiting for the treatment trucks to take care of the ice in the roadway. main lanes will serve you fine without a delay. outer loop into silver spring, no early issues there. remember, we have school delays and closings going to extend and delay the rush hour. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> the consumer electronics show is showing off all the latest gadgets in las ek. our part nears at review.com have been hard at work finding the new technology that has the best chance to change all our lives. >> it's so much fun to look into the future. it's always fun, david. what have you found? >> reporter: well, as you can see, it's still pretty early here in las vegas, but in a couple of hours, this place is going to be filling up, all two million square feet of show space. there's over 160,000 attendees here, the busiest ces ever. we have the choice

today's winner deb shelmidine from woodbridge. she says wusa9 is the only news she listens to. >> she wins a $90 gift card to hand & stone massage and facial spa. to enter go to our wusa9 facebook page and fill out >>> 6:38 on this thursday morning. it's cold out there. temps in the low teens in spots. that's not stopping these ladies at lacrosse practice in arlington. hats off to them. it's going to be a cold day. upper 30s, low 40s. as we get into mid- to late afternoon, we're talking about a threat for a rain/snow mix. some areas north may get minor accumulations. winter weather advisories are going up out there this afternoon. i'm come back and we'll talk about sunday night and monday. some snow potential as well. right now trenice and timesaver traffic. >>> this morning starting to see the slow go from manassas through centreville trying to make your way towards fairfax on 66. that steady, red line. lots of volume but no reports of any crashes along the way. elsewhere in maryland, taking a look at 270 southbound at 109, certa

sherwood's wife erica was visiting a friend on concord drive, woodbridge, when her husband showed up, chaid her and then -- chased her and then stabbed her to death. his vehicle was found near the crash scene and police eventually tracked him down and arrested him. >>> police are looking into a stabbing that happened early this morning in alexandria. >> they say this happened around 12:45 in the 5000 block of seminary road. no word yet on the condition of the victim. this is an ongoing investigation and we'll keep you posted. >>> in annapolis, five men are jailed this morning for stealing nearly $1300 worth of liquor. police stopped the car early tuesday morning and found 26 bottles in the car believed to have been stolen from two liquor stores. all five men have been charged with theft. >>> in about five hours, muriel bowser will be sworn in as the seventh elected mayor in the district. >> she takes over from vincent gray whose one term in office came at the end of a campaign where aides and a high dollar donor all pleaded guilty to taking part in a shadow campaign. so the new mayor-

early this morning in woodbridge a particularly brutal case and bruce leshan is live with the latest.er: john sherwood is locked up tonight charged with tracking down his wife erica and stabbing her to death while her friend who was trying to shelter her watched in horror. police say erica sherwood sought refuge at a friend's home on concord drive in woodbridge after a simmering argument with her 22-year-old husband john. they say john hunted her down. she let him in and then he allegedly chased her through this small house stabbing her repeatedly. >> obviously not all marriages are perfect. there are instances where there needs to be that separation and she created that separation. >> reporter: the friend awoke to screams. police say she saw sherwood chasing his wife and slashing at her. they tried to hide in the bathroom, but sherwood allegedly attacked them both. the friend finally ran across the street to call 911. >> the girl ran over to this house and knocked on the door and she had the baby

she and the suspect were driving to woodbridge senior high school when they got into a fight. this man, craig, started choking her while he was driving. he forced her out of the car and tried to take her cell phone. the woman suffered from minor injuries. >>> police need your help to find out who stole from the mourning loved ones. this woman stole a purse from someone visiting a cemetery from coleman manor. she used the stolen credit card to buy items at an upscale store in mcclain. >>> and this woman broke one of the ten commandments in a church of all places. this thief snatched a church from a classroom in a church and it happened this sunday afternoon. if you know who this lady is, police would love to hear from you. >>> frat and sorority parties can continue in the university of west virginia under one condition. they have to agree to safety rules. the school's president suspended activities after a now discredited rolling stone report on an alleged gang rap at a fraternity. the magazine has apologized for discrepancies of what happened. but because of the article, all f

she graduated from woodbridge high school. she was arrested for disorderly conduct after a party that police broke up over the weekend. and yesterday the police chief in norfolk said unnecessary force, meaning the police dog, was used during her arrest. a protest was also held outside woodbridge high school this morning. pat and chris? >>> thanks wendy. parents at a local charter school say some teachers were fired for teaching black history. today some of the staff members resigned in protest and the d.c. city council is looking into this. news4's kristin wright has details on this curriculum controversy. >> reporter: parents at howard university middle school tell news4 three social studies teachers have been fired for teaching black history. these parents tell us what is especially concerning to them is that the charter school is located on the campus of a historically black university. news4 has learned that d.c. council is also concerned about this and looking into the matter. two members of council have reached out to ho

john sherwood stabbed his wife over and over again at a home in woodbridge. erica sherwood went to the friend's hou after she got into an argument with her husband. nth area were sleeping b woke up to the sound of someone screaming yesterday morning. the husband led police on a briefcase re he crashed his car and started running toward i-95. the police caught him. the couple's child is in protective custody. >>> d.c. police investigating why a man was stabbed in southeast washington. paramedics loaded the victim into an ambulance last night. this was alabama avenue on 18th street southeast. the man was stabbed several times. >>> despe t brutal murder of a cab driver this week prince george's cnt finished 2014 with the efft murder rate since the -8 they saw 54 homicides last year that's down two. the highest was 2005 when 160 people were killed. >>> a bizarre new year's day shoot-out in west virginia. this happen in lewisburg south of charleston. the officers were conducting a traffic st o i-64. the suv they stopped had been reported stolen. during that stop,

virginia state police confirmed that a person from woodbridge was killed in a crash on 495 in alexandria near the van door and ask it, just after 1:00 this afternoon. guzman was not wearing a seatbelt. officers believe speed was a factor. an investigation after an explosion in northwest washington sent two men to the hospital at office building near 16th and k street. the men were working on a boiler on the roof when the boiler exploded. they were conscious and talking after the explosion and transported to local hospitals. new information about a homicide investigation happening now in prince william county. the victim's name is james burch, found dead on crain highway in croom. a a suspect is not in custody, but prince george's county police do not believe this was a random crime. a man in custody tonight accused of killing his sister-in-law in howard county. timothy fuller was arrested this morning in jacksonville, florida. they say that he killed casey fuller and set the home on fire. the police say there may have been an ongoing family dispute. a volunteer paramedic killed in the li

you can see parker at physical therapy in woodbridge last week.is the first time he's walked completely on his own in nearly two-and-a-hal at therapy, he normally uses a cane or walker. or has his therapist helping him stay balanced on his feet. parker started his senior year at hilton high school this past fall and uses a motorized wheelchair walker or cane to get around. great stuff. >>> well $20 million. that's all you need. that's the price of the area's most expensive home sold in 2014. accordin listing group mris. check it out. this is 15 dupont circle also known as the patterson mansion. you may have seen it if you have driven through embassy row. it was once home to president coolidge. the property boasts more than 36,000 square feet including, we all need this a ballroom. and according to zillow has 16 bedrooms and 15 bathrooms. wow. >>> this is even more amazing. the first-ever fleet of 3-d printed cars will go on sale this year right here in the d.c. area. a company called local motors is building a lab assembly floor and showroom at na

into woodbridge, heading into springfield kind of a friday light as far as that has been concerned. folks that would travel into bethesda though, you've had problems, sky 9 and delia goncalves both have been checking out the ride for anybody that would travel wilson lane not going to happen for you this morning with the ongoing repairs to the water main break just north or west of river road. impact has been all of the snow and ice that's been washing out into the roadways and been trying to keep that treated so it's liquid rather than frozen form this morning. eastbound 66 no incidents to report but some volume in manassas, centreville and again with all lanes open. back to you. >>> thank you beverly. at 6:40. after a rough 2014, general motors is looking to make a comeback. >> and honda faces the largest fine ever impose on the automaker. nick giovanni has those stories and more with a look at your mown. >> let's start with gm. their ceo mary barra is promising her company learned its lesson in the wake of the largest safety crisis in its history. you take a look she's claiming gm

more heavy traffic getting past prince william parkway in woodbridge and newington towards springfield. back to you. >> thanks, beverly. >>> s that is a says it's found the cause of the failed rocket launch on virginia's wallops island last july. the investigation shows the failure was linked to the installation process for the second stage igniter. the rocket ended its flight about 19 seconds after it was launched from nasa's wallops flight facility when an issue was detected. >>> it's not only a first for national harbor but for the world. plans to sell the first 3-d printed cars and it will open a microfactory and showroom at national harbor. the phoenix-based company local motor says the showroom will open later this year and the building will also feature a lab and assembly floor where people can participate in building products and those vehicles. >>> 6:13 now. you have a chance to speak out this evening about a proposed merger which could affect your power bill. a public areaing takes place this evening for a merger of pepco holdings and the chicago- based company xelon corporat

in prince william county, a 22-year-old man is behind bars charged with killing his wife in woodbridge erica sherwood was visiting a friend which it was attacked by her husband, john sherwood during an argument. she died of multiple stab ones. >> domestic violence, it is not a matter of where it is. people just snap at times i guess. >> john sherwood is being held without bail. they have an 18-month-old son who was not injured. in prince george's county, the police are investigating a deadly shooting at an upscale apartment complex on the top deck of the parking garage in the college park apartments at 2 a.m. stefan powell of district heights was killed. no suspects are in custody. fix society, the final haunting words of a suicide note that is getting national attention. they were posted online by a 17-year-old in ohio, the message that went up after the teenager was dead. richard reeve explains. >> it was a compelling and heartbreaking note from the 17 euro. she called herself lilo and said she would rest in peace if friends and people were treated like humans. her story is spreading

the company also has offices in woodbridge and bethesda. canada plans to introduce new anti-terror laws work on the laws began in october after a gunman killed a soldier at canada's national war memorial in ottawa and then stormed the parliament. the new laws will make it a crime to encourage terrorism against canadians and to allow anyone suspected of being involved in a terror plot to be detained without charge for up to seven days. it also expands the powers of canada's spy agency. still ahead at 6:00 how first lady michelle obama is trying to change the way war veterans are portrayed by hollywood. and doug is tracking the chance of winter weather over the weekend. he'll show us what to expect. >> coming up in sports we're looking ahead to a big super bowl weekend and we'll show you tiger's round from today. that's if you want to see it. that and more as abc 7 >> terrible thing to have your social security number and identity stolen. but things could be even worse when scammers manage to get your tax return too. tonight, "7 is on your si

she bought the ticket at the 7- eleven in woodbridge. that store gets a $10,000 bonus from the lottery for selling that winning ticket, so i guess congratulations all around. >> yes. and more than what she had yesterday. >> all right. >>> it appears that honda may have put the public at risk and they have been ordered to write a big check because of it. we're going to tell you about the record breaking fine. >>> coming up later. >> i'm investigating reporter russ ptacek at metro center. coming >>> before they would hurt or even kill people. >>> the head of general motors is promising to improve their safety record and their reputation. >> mary para held a press conference. gm had to recall 30 million cars in 204. more than two million were over the faulty ignition switches that were linked to at least 42 deaths. gm was hit with allegations that the company knew about those failures 12 years before they did anything about them. >> if i were to sum up 2014 i would have said a year of great disappointment, but also great progress. >> the re

eric smith in woodbridge was sentenced to two life terms today for killing gregory holly. peggy fox was in court today and talked with the family today. >> reporter: gregory holly's family accepted the plea deal allowing eric smith to avoid the death penalty. still it was painful to see and hear the man who murdered their father. >> he won't be out hurting anybody else. >> reporter: the holly family including four grown sons and their mom wiped away tears during the sentencing of their husband and father's killer today. >> that's all we can ask from the system and i think my father would be okay with the sentence. >> reporter: gregory holly was a retired army officer and former atf explosives agent. he had stepped out to walk the dog february 20th last year when he was gunned down. eric smith, a neighbor who did not know holly, robbed him and shot him dead. >> if he hadn't been out there, somebody else, it would have been somebody else and that's how i think of my father. he was always putting himself out there for others. >> reporter: in a guilty plea smith received two l

maybe 38 in laytonsville, 39 in leesburg, but most of us will touch 40 especially in springfield, woodbridge, waldorf 42. we'll come back, talk about what the clipper will do to our evening commute tomorrow and a more important system on super bowl sunday. >>> the most visible relic of baltimore is still making past came crashing to the ground today. workers imploded the l blast furnace as part of the steal making industry over 100 years ago. the mill was closed and over 200 people lost their jobs. the demolition was part of a plan to redevelop the property. >>> topper, this one is for you, my friend. folks are hitting the links, but it's in iowa. temperatures there are just 1 degree shy of the record yesterday. at least two courses took advantage and opened up for business, but like most good things it is not going to last. temperatures dropped down to their average tomorrow and this weekend they're talking snow. >>> always watching al tracking wusa9 first alert weather. weather -- always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. >> that was some brown grass golf there. >> delicious. that's a tre

>> police are awaiting the results of an autopsy today to determine whether a woman murdered in woodbridge was pregnant. just 90 minutes into the new year erica sherwood was stabbed to death. her husband 22-year-old john sherwood is charged in her death. the couple has an 18-month-old boy and if it's determined erica was pregnant, her husband could face additional charges. >>> police are looking for clue to first murder of the year in prince george's county. 22-year-old stefon powell was found shot to death in a parking garage just off the beltway in route 1 near college park. there were bullet holes in a car at the scene and neighbors tell wusa9 there have been several break-ins in that garage. >>> to mexico now where the search for a missing yoga instructor from northern virginia has taken a tragic turn. after looking for four days search teams found the body of hari simran. surae chinn is outside the yoga studio with more. >> reporter: this is not the outcome many had hoped. this is a heartbreaking time for the sikh community and its yoga studio where hari simran and his wife taught yog

. >>> a woodbridge, virginia man is behind bars charged with killing his wife. prince william county police say 22-year-old john sherwood stabbed and kilted 21-year-old erica sherwood early this morning. detectives say erica was staying with a friend last night when sherwood showed up and began stabbing her in the upper body. he fled the scene but was captured a short time later. >>> a maryland mother remains behind bars in ohio today. one day after police recovered the body of her 14-month-old son. stevens of frederick was in columbus, ohio when she told police she left her son cameron beckford on the stranger's porch. police later found the little boy's body in a bag in a creek. stevens was initially charged with child endangerment and no word on when or if any charges will be filed against her. >>> prince george's county police have very few leads as they work to identify a suspect or suspects in the murder of a cab driver. officers found 29-year-old kadir uhiai shot no death inside his cab -- to death inside his cab yesterday morning. the cab company says hi

virginia man is now charged in his stepfather's stabbing death. 29-year-old brian hernandez of woodbridge is charged in the death of 42-year-old mauro rodriguez. prince william county police say rodriguez walked into his family's home, grabbed a knife from the kitchen and began pacing around his stepfather. police say hernandez's mom and brother tried to stop him but he stabbed rodriguez several times. hernandez is being held without bond. and we are learning more this noon about a deadly shooting last night in southeast d.c. police identified the victim as 17-year-old phillip jones. investigators found jones with multiple gunshot wounds along martin luther king jr. avenue. a girl was taken to the hospital. she had minor injuries. believed to be connected to that shooting. >> the abc 7 on your side team is helping you find answers to all your legal questions. a team of lawyers will be on hand tonight for our ask the attorney phone bank. and you can call in with legal questions from 5:00 until 6:30 tonight. here's the number. write it down. it's 703-236-9220. and you can start calling that

. >>> tonight a woodbridge man is behind bars charged with killing his stepfather. investigators say 29-year-old brian hernandez grabbed a knife from the kitchen, walked into the living room and stabbed morrow rodriguez. the suspect's mother witnessed the whole thing and called police. medics rushed the victim to the hospital where he later died. authorities are trying to figure out what sparked the violence. >>> a followup to our report last night on the montgomery county couple under investigation for child neglect because they let their kids walk around their neighborhood on their own unaccompanied. there is a firestorm of reaction tonight. the meitiv children are 10 years old and 6 years old their parents let them walk together up to a mile from their home unaccompanied by an adult. andrea mccarren is live with a look at when you are saying -- what you are saying about all this on social media. >> the vast majority of people posting appear to support the parents. many recalled their own childhoods where, of course, kids played outside until nightfall when it was

it happened in the 15100 block of concord drive in woodbridge early this morning. 21-year-old erica sherwood was visiting a friend when police say she was attacked by her husband during an argument. she died of multiple stab wounds. police arrested 22-year-old john sherwood following a chase. he is being held without bail. the couple have an 18-month-old son who was not injured. a firefighter had some minor injuries after a fire at a restaurant along wisconsin avenue today. investigators believe that the fire might have started in the kitchen of district two. that is about three blocks north of the national cathedral. part of wisconsin avenue was closed for several hours while crews fought the fire. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 police on alert across the country. the latest events prompting an f.b.i. alert. >> then a little bit later, the suicide note that is causing ripples across the country and igniting debate about how some teens are treated. >> not a bad way to start the new year with some big changes that are in the forecast for the upcoming weekend. a co >> a dramatic end to the wi

police say erica sherwood sought refuge at a friend's home on concord drive in woodbridge after a simmering argument with her 22-year-old husband john. they say john hunted her down. she let him in and then he allegedly chased her through this small house stabbing her repeatedly. >> obviously not all marriages are perfect. there are instances where there needs to be that separation and she created that separation. >> reporter: the friend awoke to screams. police say she saw sherwood chasing his wife and slashing at her. they tried to hide in the bathroom, but sherwood allegedly attacked them both. the friend finally ran across the street to call 911. >> the girl ran over to this house and knocked on the door and she had the baby in her arms. i'm not totally surprised that something happened over there. >> it's always loud. there's always people fighting, you know. so the cops are over there a lot. >> reporter: neighbors say there's been trouble before at the house on concord drive, but police say there is no history of trouble between john and erica sherwood, no protective order, no prior d

. >>> a woodbridge, virginia man is being held without bond, charged in the murder of his wife. police say 22-year-old jon sherwood stab -- john sherwood stabbed his 21-year-old wife, erica, as she visited with friends. sherwood wanted to discuss an ongoing dispute but police say the argument got physical and ended with her death. the couple has one son who was in the home at the time of the argument. >>> prince george's county police are still looking for the man who shot and killed another man new year's morning. 22-year-old stefan powell was found dead in a parking garage on milestone way. there was a bullet hole in the car at the scene. residents tell wusa9 there have been several break-ins at the garage, even though there is a gate. >>> a traffic stop in west virginia ends with two officers shot and two bodies discovered in a truck. the driver of the truck shot the officers after they pulled over another vehicle on i-66 in greenbrier county. inside the truck of the driver who shot at the police were the bodies of a husband and wife from north carolina. their home had been s

this one in woodbridge virginia, we've got partly sunny skies there. also 43 degrees, however. and one last one, that's in laurel maryland, got a nice little mix of sunshine and clouds so we started out the day very cloudy and now working out to erode that cloud cover this afternoon and our winds have picked up as well. 45 degrees downtown with a northwest breeze at 10 miles per hour for the wind chill factor is about 40. we have 40 degrees at dulles and something crazy is going on there in manassas at the automated weather observing site. i assure you it's not 169 degrees there. it's 43 right now in winchester. 45 degrees right now. our winds are coming out of the northwest and helping to draw in that nice breeze today and pulling in the dryer air as well. should get some nice clearing through the rest of the afternoon and that's going to be kind of our waiting period and our call on the rest of today and tomorrow before our next system arrives which is up here across the midwest. so this is a clipper system. again, use usually one of those fast moving systems that doesn't a w

we have some sunshine in woodbridge virginia as well. current temperature is 45. the winds are starting to gust a little bit more out of the northwest and well it feels a little bit on the chilly side with wind chills in the 30's. however, i do see that we're sitting at 48 degrees. we had a little bit of moisture over earlier but i wanted to focus a little bit more on the system that's coming in this weekend. it's originating over the gulf coast right now and it's going to be taking this track. it's going to turn into a coastal low. and it's going to impact us for the upcoming weekend. i think the timing of it impacting us late in the day tomorrow and through the day on saturday. so our futurecast is nice and dry for the remainder of the day today and into the day tomorrow. in fact, i'm going to try and zoom back if i can. i advanced a little bit too quick. but as we go through this, nice and dry through the day today. a little bit of a northwest wind. overnight tonight, we stay dry. nice and clear. and then throughout the day tomorrow, we start to see some of tho

woodbridge school district in sussex county also oh and two hour delay.hristina school district in new castle county has canceled half day pre-school for tomorrow. of course, we'll have the latest school delays and cancellations tonight at 10:00 as well as on fox 29 morning news starting at 4am and "good day philadelphia" at 6:00 a.m. >> you can follow those closures at myfoxphilly.com as well. track those morning temperatures, click the weather tab at the top of our home page for your latest forecast and live radar um matches. now to a developing story a manhunt in france. the search for three men who begunked down and killed 12 people. police just announceing they now know who the suspects are. two brothers and an 18-year-old with links to al-qaida. the president of france spoke to nation tonight. he says everyone must remain united while police look for these three. authorities say they stormed into the paris offices of a satirical newspaper, 10 journalists and two police officers shot and killed. france now raising its terror alert to the highest leve

no death penalty for the young man who shot and killed a former atf agent out walking his dog in woodbridge. >> eric smith will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing gregory holly and peggy fox was at the sentencing and talked to holly's family. >> reporter: the holly family was okay with the plea deal which allowed eric smith to avoid the death penalty. still it was painful for them to see and hear the man who murdered their father. >> i think my father would be okay with the sentence. >> reporter: gregory holly was a retired army officer and former atf explosives agent. he had stepped out to walk the dog on february 20th last year when he was gunned down. eric smith, a neighbor who did not know holly, robbed him and shot him dead. >> if he hadn't been out there, somebody else, it would have been somebody else and that's how i think of my father. he was always putting himself out there for others. >> reporter: in a guilty plea smith received two life sentences today. >> we feel justice was served. >> reporter: smith who turned 26 yesterday apologized for the terrible pain i caus

heading into stafford, woodbridge and on to 395, a similar situation with the overall lighter volume. our trouble spots? inbound lanes of route 4. a crash still had only one lane squeezing by to the right. police have a tow truck outweigh eastbound 66 ramp that would take to you 29 rosalyn blocked off because of water main break repairs. mike and andrea, back to you. when the flu hits, it's a really big deal. the aches. the chills. the fever. an even bigger deal? everything you miss out on... family pizza night. the big game. or date night. why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to? prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1.3 days faster. that's 30% sooner. call your doctor right away. and attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing, have serious health conditions or take other medicines. if you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavio

an woodbridge they're at 25, feels like the teens. by 8:00 a.m. colder down to the low 20s with sunshine. then during the afternoon should be hitting near 30 degrees by noontime and by midafternoon mid to upper 30s there. right in the immediate metro area we hey get into the upper 30s this afternoon. but that feels like temperature will just be in the 20s through the afternoon. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41 we will take a look at your bus stop forecast for this wednesday morning. we'll call this winds-day morning. how are the roads? >>>over all pretty good. prince george's county, no major problems into up totown out of up to. a live picture here now rouk beltway at st. barnabas road, everything looking quite good. 270 in and out of town flowing nicely for us this morning. nice and green. very different from yesterday of course when we were shut down up of the top of montgomery county. 66 into and out of town, no issues. same thing looking at 95. 95 in maryland also look quite good as is bw parkway. nice and green and lots o

police say erica and john sherwood were at a friend's home in woodbridge on new year's day when they started arguing. argument turned violent and sherwood allegedly stabbed his wife and fled the scene. he is now in custody charged with murder. as crews recover more bodies following the crash of airasia flight 8501 there are new details this noon about how the plane went down. abc's lana zack has more on the recovery efforts under way. >> a heartbreaking discovery came today in the java sea. searchers found 21 more bodies some still belted into their seats. it's a major clue in understanding what happened to airasia flight 8501. >> where were the passengers who then recovered sitting. if they were all sitting in the back and most of these bodies are intact it would tell us or suggest to us that maybe the tail section came off. >> recovery teams are working around the clock battling against monsoon rains to find pieces of the wreckage like these window panels. while the search continues for those black boxes. and assisted by the american ship the u.s.s.samson 30 bodies about 25% of the

in virginia, all 36 parks are participatin i a few year us in lorton and woodbridge.not mistaken you like to hike, don't y >> absolel from the bay all the way to the mountains, gre biking. >> and you love to snap pictures. >> i do. i do. >> we see your pictures on twitter and instagram. i posted on facebook and twitter yesterday. and instagram as well. look at ts . first light of 2015 spreading across the city.sky, the winter classic at nationals park. it's not baseball. it is hockey. the field is ready to go. the rink iseago we have tts subfreezing now. gates open at 11:00. near 40 degrees. hovering in t low 40s during much of the day clear sky. winds gusting 15 miles per hour. should be back to 40 degrees. across accordingly. you won't need an umbrella. dry skies. you'll need a scarf gloves, warm coat, sunglasses as well. quite a flair off the ice with the low sun angle. right now in the teens to 20 all across the region, climbing into the low 40s around the metro area. central virginia some locations ought to get to mid-40s with lots of sunshine. this was early in

woodbridge and lorton as well. back with travel times in 10 minutes. >> your time now is 6:33. still dealing with subzero windchills out there for you. the combination of this cold weather and icy roads is letting some of your kids sleep in today. fredericksburg city schools are opening two hours late today. virginia, fairfax, prince william, arlington, two-hour delay. loudoun county schools closed. also closed, frederick county, clarke county. >> prince george's and howard county delayed two hours. so are anne arundel and washington county schools. montgomery tells us it is starting on time today. back to virginia. warren fauquier, response vane ya on a two-hour delay. alexandria, manassas city and park two hours. >> all these delays on the bottom of your screen and on the news 4 app and nbcwashington.com. >> right now about 100 cold and hungry people are getting the payoff for camping out all night in subfreezing temperatures. these brave men and women slept in tents outside the chick-fil-a in dumfries. the first 100 who made it through the night and the front door are gettin

only 24 degrees in woodbridge. by 8:00 low 20s with bright sunshine. by noon just near 30.nd then during the afternoon, mid-30s. bowie, prince george's county only 20 but feels like mid teens. by noontime just in the upper 20s to around 30. peaking there in the mid to upper 30s this afternoon. oakton now just 20. clear, bright and sunny. 8:00 only around 20. by noon, upper 20s. upper 30s by midafternoon. coming up at 6:41 chuck bell will join us live. >>> update on metro. orange and silver lines no longer single tracking. but we do have delays in both directions. westbound university at piney branch reports of icing on the road because of the water main break. causing some problems here at piney branch road. 270 south at clarksburg, he was seeing a big slowdown. about 16 miles per hour. but i'm not seeing it in my camera so it could be some of the sensors are a little off. top of the beltway a little slow 395 inbound a tad slow as well. prince george's county overall looking pretty good with the exception of indian head highway. 13 miles per hour inbound. travel times comin

you can see parker at physical therapy in woodbridge last week. this is the first time he's walked completely on his own in nearly 2.5 years. at therapy he normally uses a cane or walker or has his therapist helping him stay balanced on his feet. parker started his senior year at hilton high school this past fall and uses a motorized wheelchair walker or cane to get around but doing a whole lot better than ever expected. congratulations to him. >>> our time right now 11:50. coming up credit reports. what do you do with yours? that's not the right thing to do? and plus storm team 4 meteorolog amelia segal is back whip the weekend ahead. your friday forecast too, co >>> new information just in to the live desk about a lawsuit that will be filed tomorrow against metro following monday's deadly smoke incident at l'enfant plaza. the lawyer from cohen and cohen, that plau firm kim brooks rodney saying that the lawsuit will be filed in d.c. superior court tomorrow and the complaint alleges that metro was negligent in its response and maintenance. she say

this happened yesterday on north court in woodbridge. brian hernandez took a knife from the family's kitchen, walked into the living room and allegedly stocked mauro rodriguez. the victim was sittingn the couch watching tv and hernandez's mom tried to stop him. news4's david culvert spoke with a family friend and neighbor and has more about that man's life d at 5:30. >>> the same house where a deadly fire erupted last year went up in smoke again this morning inn 50 firefighters responded to the two-alarm blaze on marshall avenue in diehl this morning. investigators believe the fire was caused by a leaking propane heating system. the house being built to replace the home destroyed by that last fire in march. one person died in that fire. there were no injuries today. damage is estimated at there are 175,000. >>> we're tracking developments in a breaking story. belgium has just raised its terror alert level after two terror suspects were killed in a shoot-out with police. prosecutors say police conducted about a dozen raids in the eastern

that's when police say a woodbridge man was stabbed to h by his stepson. brian hernandez is the accused killer. mitts political analy say the 29-year-old walked into the home last night and headed to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and starts red pacing. at some point he attacked mauro rodriguez, his stepfather on a living room sofa. hernd's mother trieded to keep her son from stabbing her husband but investigators say he overred her. neighbor and friend denise green remembers him as a family man. >> very hard working. i would see him constantly on his way to work every single day. he pretty much worked seven days a week and i knew that he just took care of his family. >> hernandez is behind bars now charged with murder. neighbors say rodriguez leaves behind his wife and their two teenaged children. >>> virginia's governor terry mcauliffe is taking stock of his firs. his successes and one large defeat have helped shape his agenda for 2015. julie carey sat down with the governor and has >>> i always say i got 95% things of the things i wanted to get tone. >> r

woodbridge down to 25. by noontime getting above freezing. by midafternoon should be in the mid and upper are 30s. right now buoy is only low 20s there now. windchills in the teens. it will drop more by 8:00 a.m. by midafternoon ought to hit the mid-30s there. another hometown oakton just 20. and by 8:00 only going to be around 19 degrees. and then as we get to the afternoon hours getting a little above freezing there, bright and sunny. next weather and traffic on the 1s chuck bell joins us live with the storm team 4 x 4. a look at your bus stop forecast this morning. a water main break? >> brand new water main break in silver spring westbound university at piney branch. so take a look. westbound lanes understanding it's not really causing much of a problem it's on the right side right now. but still a warning here as we get traffic building. we could of course have a little bit of a slowdown there as they take care of that water main break. wide look at things overall, no major problems. taking a look at 66 you're on time there. no issues. 9