police detective who had asked his stepson to help with yardwork. police say the stepson ended the dugz with a gun, but the mother's emotional testimony in court today made it clear there is a lot more to this story. megan fitzgerald has more. meagan? >> reporter: doreen, a very dramatic and emotional moments playing and unfolding inside that crowded courtroom. friends and family seen leaving the courtroom in tears. the jury heard that frantic 911 call made just moments after d.c. police detective joseph newell was shot, and the suspect's mother says she believes it's her fault her son is on trial. it's a case family members on both sides describe as a nightmare. antwan james on trial for allegedly killing his stepfather joseph newell after prosecutors say newell asked him and his brothers to do yardwork. james' mother bernadette newell told the jury her son was depressed and in a downward spiral after he resigned from the d.c. fire department. when questioned by the defense attorney, bernadette said, quote, antwan was very emotional about leaving t

the two were arguing over yardwork at their home in upper marlboro. that's according to prosecutors. a surveillance camera at the neighbor's house caught the entire thing. detective newell was a 24-year veteran of the police force. >>> a father of two is now dead. detectives are looking for who killed him. someone targetted the young father. hes with shot and killed in the southern marketplace shopping center at 6:00 last night. it's in oxon hill on the d.c./maryland line. one bullet hit the wall of the chinese restaurant next door. no one was hurt. >>> right now at the live desk we're watch drag mattic pictures coming out of newsroom in california. the wildfire is burning everything in its path. you saw the charred car, there's a truck. one person has died. a lot of worry and concern. entire towns evacuated. the fire has spread way beyond wooded areas, destroying about 400 homes and buildings in middle town lake county. firefighters just cannot keep up with this one. it is too fast. imagine 60 square miles it has burned in 12 hours. back to you. >> t

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. >>> a fight between a father and stepson over yardwork ends with a police daeblthive murdered. one mrth says her son just snapped. >>> families of victims in the navy yard shootings file multimillion dollar lawsuits today and still think lives could have been saved. >>> a day morgan harrington's mother has long waited for as she finally gets to see the man she believes killed her daughter. >> to bring something positive from evil, that's how you triumph. that's how you beat some people. >>> but first at 5:00, tonight, a fight over a chore that most of us have had to do leads to murder. the victim, a d.c. police detective and the suspect is his stepson. news 4's megan fitzgerald joins us live from upper marlboro where the suspect's mother testified for the first time today. meagan? >> reporter: court wrapped up moments ago, but it was a packed courtroom for family and friends for the man who killed a d.c. police officer and his stepson, a former d.c. firefighter antwan james. james' mother took the stand today testifying against her son in the murder for her slain husband. it wa

very pleasant for outdoor yardwork and back to school tomorrow. a little warmer, upper 70s. a little sun in and out and needed showers each day maybe. a chance of that tuesday all the way into saturday. we're back ri >>> welcome back. this morning one of the officers charged in freddie gray's death says he asked for help. he said he was not sure if he was really hurt or trying to avoid jail. he was in possession of a switch blade. he suffered a spinal injury while being transported in custody. he died one week later a hospital. it led to major protests. >>> r & b singer chris brown will not be heading down under any time soon. he's been suspended because of his history of domestic abuse. they refused to give him a visa. he has 28 days to make an appeal. previously he was denied entry into australia, uk, and canada. >>> some are having watch parties for those who can't make it in person. a group of nuns in reading, pennsylvania, have been breaking out the pope corn, papal punch. they're working on,000 make the pope's leg see real in their daily lives after the pope leaves. >>

police officer who was allegedly killed after arguing with his stepson over yardwork. antwan james is charged with killing joseph newell two years ago. prosecutors say james shot him several times after they argued about mowing the lawn. newell was a veteran of the police department and 46 years old. >>> there is a massive search tonight for a college professor who has been named a person of interest in the shooting death of his colleague. ethan schmidt was gunned down inside his office at delta state university this morning. the campus where schmidt taught american history remains on lockdown as police search for geography professor shannon lamb. >> at this time we are not -- we don't think he's on campus, but we're not taking anything lightly and we're methodically going building to building to get the students out. >> police also believe lamb was involved in a murder earlier today about 300 miles south of delta state. >> new details tonight about how tough it's going to be to move around town when pope francis comes next week. drivers are being warned to add an extr

the two were arguing over yardwork in upper marlboro.a surveillance camera at a neighbor's house caught the whole indianapolis accident. he was a 24-year veteran of the metro police force. >>> police say lucy green was the woman killed in the car crash yesterday. her car crashed into a trea on the southbound side south of spout run. a stretch of the g.w. parkway was closed for several hours. investigators have not said why the crash happened or how it happened. >>> they're helping families who lost their homes. you can imagine the damage this blaze did to the 30 homes in maryland. investigators do not know how it started. they say everyone was able to get out safely. >>> in ""news4" your health, tricycle accidents were the top cause of toy-related deaths in 2012. that's according to research in georgia. almost all were between the ages of 1 and 2. most children don't have the balance or coordination to ride a tricycle until they're 3 years old and a lot of those younger children don't wear helmets. >>> a new procedure may let you put awa

say this all started in april of 2013 after joseph newell asked his three stepsons to help with yardwork. in court on wednesday, antwan james' mother bernadette newell testified that antwan was the only one who refused. she told the court she yelled at him and said, quote, if he didn't do the work he had to leave. bernadette told the jury antwan snapped saying, quote, he jumped up and said you're doing it because of him and said watch this, and he was out the door. the deputy state's attorney clarified that antwan was referring to his stepfather. moments later, bernadette testified she heard several shots fired. prosecutors played a 911 call made by antwan's brother asking for help for newell who was lying on the ground with gunshot wounds. after the shooting, news 4 interviewed julie parker with the prince georges county police department. she said video of the shooting was captured on a neighbor's surveillance camera. >> the video very clearly identifies the victim in this case, detective newell working on a light fixture outside his home and the suspect very clearly walks up to him an

the murder trial of a man accused of killing his police detective stepfather in an argument over yardwork. antwan james there is charged with killing joseph newell two years ago. prosecutors tell us james shot newell multiple times after they argued about mowing the lawn at their house in upper marlboro. newell was a veteran of the d.c. police department. he was just 46 years old. >>> here is a theft you don't hear about every day. d.c. police are looking for two capitol tour busses stolen from a private lot along chillelm place. they have capitol tours on s s maroon and gold lettering. it's not clear why they were stolen and anyone with information should call police. >>> news on halprin. the new recommendation is aimed at people in their 50s and 60s. there is good evidence now that a daily, low dose of aspirin could help prevent those already at risk for heart disease from future heart attacks, stroke, and even colon cancer. that's a cccording to the u.s. preventive service's task force. >> baby aspirin makes it sound very safe, doesn't it, but even an baby aspirin that's an 81-milligra

one neighbor usually doing yardwork next door, this morning he went for coffee and returned to feel the heat. >> full house full of flames. >> reporter: his siding melted off and some of his windows shattered by the explosion. >> house on the other side, nothing happened. it was all coming this way. >> reporter: you could see the destruction from sky force 10. down the street, mark says burnt insulation rained down on his home ten minutes ahead of the flames, precisely when a secretary to the judge who owned the building was pulling up for work. >> what happened if she was sitting in a chair? that's pretty scary. >> couldn't get the gas shut off. i guess that was just feeding it. >> reporter: police say the explosion shook their headquarters. kline construction was installed, police believe they cut a line that fed to the home's basement. >> at that point we knew there was another gas line opened, so we evacuated everything around the area here in case there was another explosion. >> that's one of those things that can't happen, you know? until it does. >> it's all surreal. >> reporter:

and the topiary business with edward scissorhands, and how far, and could you come do the yardwork fore? >> well, i never get far on the e show, because i get a day with them, and this ledeoux topiary garden is near my mom and dad that i with went to visit is, and anybody who has been in b t baltimore knows the place is around forever, and i wanted to see what they do, and the gardeners are like guarders in everywhere, but the stakes are high, and they are make dogs and fox hunts, and carving them out of -- it is a thing. >> i am so jealous of the job. >> it is a good gig. >> but i don't get out a lot anymore apart from the afghanistan and the iraq and all of that stuff. >> you see, when you get out, you get out. you go. >> i am way out there. >> i am going to the gardens with shears and making dogs. >> do you ever get somewhere and say, oh, this is a mistake? >> no, this is not, because a gig like this, we don't do a second take. that is the one thing that our gig has in common. >> yes. and me and you neither right now, because it is live. >> and so, yeah, and i think that though peop

they're doing yardwork.g the clouds begin to close back in a little bit for the lunar eclipse tonight. however, if there are breaks in the clouds, there might be by 9:00, 9 37b 30, the clouds may look like this. the blood moon, super moon. it looks larger than it usually is. the eclipse begins around 8:11 as the earth's shadow passes over the moon and the moon passes the earth's shadow at peak time, at 10:47. that's when the moon will be at its darkest color and for west potomac park, great for the concerts there. then overnight tonight after the eclipse, a lot of clouds around. tomorrow might get a little. have the umbrella handy on tuesday and wednesday. highs upper 70s. near 70 on wednesday but occasional showers looking more likely tuesday and wednesday. then maybe a few breaks in the clouds on thursday. still the possibility of a shower. then another round of some showers. looks like maybe the end of the week, first part of the weekend, highs in the upper 60s on friday and again on saturday. that's the