About 20 different swatting victims, including a congressman from michigan, a federal prosecutor from massachusetts and news4 learned one of the victims, the head of the nra, wayneuph lapierre swatted. That1tn convinces local Law Enforcement to show upl8f at t in some cases to detain them. Wayne lapierre says when he was swatted in 2013, Police Showed up with guns at his Virginia Home and briefly detained him. Theres another component to this scheme. Socalled docksing, taking the credit reports of famous people and putting them online. He admitted that his conspiracy did that and hundreds of thousands of people did that to look at it f rejoin you at 5 00. For now, scott macfarlane, news4. Two breaking news now in michigan. We have live pictures for you from outside the courthouse in Berrien County where a shooting took place in the last 45 minutes. Several reports say it involved a police officer. Details are still coming in. Michigans governor says, meanwhile, the scene is secure and well keep you updated here on news4 and on the nbc washington app. Now to the developments on the tragedy in dallas. In the wake of theht shooting tt killed five officers last week, they will be investigating any new threats against the department as credible threats. They are going through more than 300 witness statements about what happened. The chief also says he felt nom ethical dilemma in using a robot and suspect. He says the responsibility to address all of the issues facing our society cannot be sole to the police. Do your job. Were doing ours. Were putting our lives on the line. Other u aspects of the governme needs to step up and help us. The chief also said they are still downloading more than x34x 170,000 hours of body cam video. Johnsons family is announcing new details andau saying that his rampage surprised him. His parents say that he was changed after Army Deployment in afghanistan and says that johnson hated injustice but had never shown signs for hatred of certain groups of people. Johnson was targeting white police officers. He opened fire at the end ofdaa demonstration that followed last weeks well, now its official, the u. S. Plans to send an additional 560 troops to iraq to help fight against the ongoing fight against isis. Ash carter made the announcement and the deployments will begin in the next few weeks. They will provide Logistical Support for mosul. This totals the amount of troops to 4600. Donald trump wrapped up an appearance in Virginia Beach today by bringing up last weeks Police Shootings and billing himself as the, quote, law and order candidate. Its what separates civilization from total chaos. At the same time, the tragic deaths in louisiana and work must be done to ensure and a lot of work that americans feel that their safety is protected. Trump also talked about his plans about how to better support veterans. He appeared with new jerseyscj governor Chris Christie. Hillary clinton is off the campaign trail today. Its a big day for her. Hz tomo as Bernie Sanders will endorse her during an event in new hampshire. Sanders defeated clinton by a details now in a deadly shooting in the district. A young man who worked forprwu Democratic National committee gunned down in the neighborhood where he lived. News4s pat collins has the story from bloomingsdale. Reporter his name, seth rich. He was 27pn years old andi f omaha, his big dream was to come to washington, get involved in politics and make the world better for everyone. And thats exactly what he did. He came to our city. He got involved with the Democratic National committee. He lived here in the bloomingdale section of washington. And it was here that he died. Sunday he was walking home at the intersection of flagner street and w street. He was jumped and shot twice in the back. Today by phone, i talked to his mother. And they took his life for literally no reason. They didnt finish robbing a61my they just took his life. They hurt the longterm possibility of what he could have done. Reporter coming up at 5 00, well hear more from seth richs monday and more details about ill see you then. New details now about a deadly domestic murder over the weekend in Prince Georges County. News4s derrick ward has details. Reporter we are here at Prince Georges County police headquarters. A local man is in custody after the death of his estranged wife. This happened late last saturday. Derom eyodom faces murder charg. The couple had shared a home in waldorf for a couple of years before the separation and neighbors who knew them said that they seemed like a very happy family. I think were all shocked because they just didnt seem to be having any kind of problems that we knew of. Reporter police are only calling this a domestic incident. Domestic violence in the county, especially with women dying at the hands of men that they know. Well have local reaction coming up on news4. Derrick ward, news4. Thank you, derrick. In the line of 2]fire. A local home and the people who live there in the path of flyine bullets. Not once, not twice but three times. Hear what the people who live there are saying about it. Its an app that is taking the world by storm but not without safety concerns. Why some users have found themselves in danger since the app launched. Low humidity and temperatures below average. Well talk about another heatwave, though, making its way anotherovies setback for th prosecutors in the 1eyju balti police trial. The bench trial resumed today with two other officers charged in the case taking the stand. Officer edward nero who was acquitted and William Porter whose case ended in a mistrial. Rice is the fourth of six officers to stand trial and the xw fsstranking officer facing charges. Rice died last year when being transported in ao and people werek; home at the time. Reporter for the second time in less than a week, this Fairfax County home was sprayed with bullets. You can see the markings on the side of the home here. The latesto vn incident happene friday night. The people who live in the home said they were home when bullets flew through the home. When they arrived, the suspects shot again. More on the breaking news now. Three people are dead following a shooting outside of a courthouse in michigan. The sheriff in Berrien County said the victims include two bailiffs and the sheriff was shot but hes been taken to the hospital. Bailiff and began firing in the southwestern part of michigan not far from the indiana border. One week to go now before the political conventions get under way. Republicans are up first in cleveland. Donald trump is keeping us in suspense about his new running mate. But he unveiled a new theme today. The law and order candidate. He vows to fight for the mostly minority cities that he says are being left behind but trump made clear his First Priority is standing up for the police. I am the law and order candidate. Reporter it sounded hardlined but donald trump said louisiana and minnesota, where Police Killed black men, taught him a lesson. The work must be done to ensure and a lot of work safety is protected. Reporter but dallas, trump says, was an attack on our nation. Its time for our hostility against our police and against all members of Law Enforcement to end and end immediately. Right now. Reporter with trump in Virginia Beach leaves Chris Christie a possible running mate. Law and order needs to be a priority in our country. Reporter trump is also considering retired Michael Flynn but he flipped from pro abortion rights. If donald trump doesnt pick a conservative, he could actually end up fueling rebellion. Reporter top vp candidates include former House SpeakerNewt Gingrich and mike pence. Trump is the Strong America needs. Quick fact check which is often needed when donald trump gives a substantial speech. He said Violent Crime has increased across cities across america and thats true if you look at 2015 compared to 2014. Over the last 20 years, Violent Crime in cities like this and every other city in america is down almost by a factor of 50 . Tomorrow, Hillary Clinton campaigns with Bernie Sanders for the first time, gets his endorsement as he fights the trump charge that shes part of the law breaking that hes vowing to put an end to. Im steve handelsman, news4. Thank you, steve. President ial candidates have sounded off on Supreme Court justice nominees but in a rare and very frank reversal, one justice is talking about the president ial race. Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently said she didnt want to, quote, think about that possibility of trump being president and joked the event that he becomes president. Some legal analysts are now asking whether ginsburg should recuse herself involving any Court Cases Involving trump. If youre going to Virginia Beach any time soon, theres a fish that is both ugly and shocking. A surfing group posted pictures of a northern stargazer fish. It has a speckled body and large head and can deliver an electric shock that stuns it is prey. Someone discovered the fish while walking in the sand. Well, i dont know if that fish likes heat but we have gotten a break from it. Are we going to stay in this nice, cool pattern . No. The heat is coming back. But you knew that was going to happen. Not bad out there right now. As a matter of fact, today has been beautiful. If youre outside and walking Beautiful Day for that. Plenty of sunshine outside. A few clouds. Temperatures are below average. Average is 89 degrees. Right now were sitting at 86 degrees. Humidity has not been a factor at all. Leesburg coming in at 87 degrees and mt. Vernon at 83. What are we seeing over the next couple of days . The temperatures are going to be on the nice side. 85 degrees tonight and dropping into the low 70s. Nothing on the radar. Storm team 4 radar is all clear. It will stay that way. Not expecting much in the way of showers or thunderstorms over the next couple of days although well start to see our thunderstorm chances increase as we make our way towards wednesday. Right now, not much in the way of cloud cover across our area. Were not going to see any thunderstorms with that and the wider picture is not going to show either until you get way two systems were watching, one to the north and south. The system to the south will try to give us more humidity and a better chance for showers. Tonight, only chance of showers is back towards the mountains. Check out the culpeper area. The rest of the area is dry and most of us stay dry. Wednesday, a few more clouds during the day and a better chance of showers and a couple of thunderstorms on wednesday afternoon. Wednesday is the day to take the umbrella with you if youre heading out. But not tomorrow. Tomorrow, another warm day. 88 degrees. Temperatures are a little warmer but also a little more humid and still fairly comfortable. A stray shower out there. All in all, looking very nice. As we move towards the next ten days, what are we thinking . Here comes the heatwave again. 87 on wednesday with a chance of shower. 93 degrees on thursday. 95 on friday. Thats the day we see the hazy, hot and humid weather return. Saturday, a temperature of 92 and most of the weekend looking good but were watching sunday. Could see a stormt chance of rain and thunderstorms. Well continue to keep you posted. All right. Thank you, doug. The next phase of metros massive Maintenance Program is about to start. Which neighborhoods will feel the impact and why visitors will be looking for work around. Plus, who else is sitting out the rio games over concer a plan to build a highspeed train from d. C. To richmond is causing some problems in the fredericksburg area. Some residents got notices that the tracks could run into and through their property. Theres a meeting scheduled tonight to talk about what else could be done. It takes place at 6 30. Joe berry is recuperating this afternoon after getting sick during a concert in new york last night. A fan captured the performer stumbling off stage. He sits on the front of the drum platform and stumbled behind the stack of speakers. Perry was playing with his second band, the Hollywood Vampires along with alice cooper and johnny depp. After the show, cooper tweeted that perry was in stable condition. One of americas top golfers wont be hitting the road to decision because of health concerns. That means golf will be without its top four players when it returns to the olympics for the First Time Since 1904. The u. S. Still has four players in rio and golf will continue to be part of the olympics in tokyo in 2020. Thats a champion. Gold medalists made the team again and simone and madison round out the new fierce five, as they are called. All the girls sat down with Natalie Morales to talk about this huge accomplishment. Its so amazing and going to two olympics, its like, wow. Team competition is my favorite. Once you reach your can cherish that moment together. Together i think were stronger than individually. They are the first gymnasts to make backtoback olympic teams since 2000. Its an app that has taken the world by storm. This smartphone sensation is raising serious safety concerns. Going viral, a poignant moment between police and protesters. Who linked arms with great time for a shiny floor wax, no . 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All the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. Meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing behaviors. A drink. A spoon. A kiss. It all started here. It might have been prevented with trumenba. Ask your doctor about trumenba. Right now at 4 30, and only on news4, a man sentenced in a federal courtroom here in d. C. For making prank phone calls to 911 that sparked huge responses from police. Sentenced to two years, one. Our pat collins has learned that the man who gunned down in the bloomingdale neighborhood over the weekend was 27yearold employee of the Democratic National committee, seth rich was his name. He died early yesterday morning a few blocks from Howard University hospital. So far, no arrests have been made. And Bernie Sanders will hit the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton tomorrow. He clinton. He would do it again. Thats what the chief of police in dallas is saying about taking out the gunman last week. Nbcs Chris Pallone has our report. Reporter cards, flowers cover two patrol cars here. Inside headquarters, police chief david brown again defended his decision to use a small robot that carried a bomb. Id do it again to save our officers lives. Reporter while he was hiding, he made it clear he wanted to kill more investigators are pouring over johnsons writings, phones, computers, going through the home he shared with his mother where they found a stockpile of weapons and bombmaking materials. Were going to turn over every rock and cover every lead until im satisfied that this was the lone person. Reporter johnsons parents said that his demeanor changed after serving in afghanistan. Meanwhile, chief brown called his Police Department the best in the country but said people and politicians are giving police too much to handle. Were asking cops to do too much in this country. We are. Were just asking to us do too much. Every societal failure, were putting it on the cops to solve. Reporter Chris Pallone, nbc news, dallas. Other countries are warning their citizens to be careful around policerelated the shootings last week. The kingdom of bahrain issued a warning about having caution in public areas and bahamas to be cautious with Police Interactions in the united states. Last night, Mike Rawlings linked arms with black lives matter protesters and marched down the street. Rawlings joined the prayer for change. Hes meeting with protesters today to give them a chance to air their concerns. More than 900 ems calls, another 60 plus fires and 100 emergencies, believe it or not, thats how busy it was just this weekend for firefighters and paramedics in the busiest firehouse. Reporter this is in northeast washington d. C. Its one of the busiest firehouses. And the fourth in the united states. They are in between calls right now so they are recharging their batteries and refilling the truck with water because, as always, they just came back from another call. These guys ran more than 7600 calls just in one fire engine last year. Youll meet the men who man this engine and hear what stress it takes on them and why they do this for a living. Im Mark Segraves in northeast. A pilot Composting Program that we told you about in false church is now a permanent program. They collect kitchen waste at the farmers market, includ fruit, coffee grounds, egg shells and flowers. They sell bins that you can use to collect the waste. We have an official program now where people can bring their food compost every saturday and its sent off to another facility where its made off to a fertilizer. The food Collection Program is now not only permanent, you can participate at a discount. Britains new leader will take over in a few days. Prime minister David Cameron will offer his resignation to Queen Elizabeth on thursday clearing the way for theresa may to take over. May is a conservative party member. She became the only contender after another potential candidate dropped out. Cameron announced that he was going to resign after the nation union. Well, it was a gorgeous day out there today. Plenty of sunshine. The best part, low humidity. And no rain. I guess theres two good parts to that. Things are going to change as we move into this week. Enjoy this evening. If you didnt get out this morning, its going to be dry throughout the evening. Youll get a chance to enjoy it. National harbor camera, thats a goodlooking monday. Currently, temperatures are in the mid80s. Weve got a nice wind and its coming in at 6 miles an hour. Temperatures are going to rise this weekend. Tenday forecast coming up. Thank you, lauren. They come from around the country to pay their respects to those who served. First at 4 00, the big effort to preserve hallowed grounds for generations to come. Plus, the reason you may see some lowflying aircraft around parts of the okawhoa ady . [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. Get americas fastest internet. Only from xfinity. Dont be surprised if you see something unusual above the skies tomorrow. There will be Helicopter Training flights as part of a military exercise. They test response and collaboration in the event of natural or manmade there wont be any weapons involved. Well, dirt, sweat, elbow grease and a lot of love. More than 400 volunteers paid tribute to the fallen with some very hard work. Photo journalist evan carr shows us the renewal and Remembrance Service project. You know, Arlington National cemetery is such a beautiful and sacred place and they take such wonderful care of it but at the same time they make an opportunity like this available. It was about 20 years ago that a group of 50 volunteers from the Landscape Association really felt driven to do something to honor our fallen heroes. And so they contacted the National Cemetery and arranged for the very first day of service. 20 years later, we had 400 volunteers, professional landscapers coming in, leaving their businesses to give back. And doing everything from cabling trees to protect these historic trees and putting in lightning protection. Were just tieing in the cable that goes all the way up from the top of the tree and terminates down. Its one thing to walk in here and visit the tombs and everything else. These are professional landscapers, Lawn Care Professionals that really want to do something to show our respect and honor all of the fallen. Its a history lesson. Its a memorial. Its a deeply personal place. Come back and find out what weve done and watch how matures. Its awesome. I tell you what, these kids are absolutely amazing. I mean, this is the future of our country and the future of our industry right here. They came from 29 different states. Unprecedented popularity for a brandnew app but with all of that attention comes serious safety concerns. How some players are actually hurting themselves. Do you use the metro station . You are out of luck starting tomorrow. It will be clos fored fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mrs. Wagners car to arrive for the airport, she can use fios to download the movie up in the air to watch while shes. Up in the air. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Only fios can. Woman i have a masurprise for you. Are you . Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. But they wont miss out on financial support. Because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. Why do we do it . Because our vets sacrifice enough. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Stand by me. Do you know about this . Its taking over smartphones around the world. It already has more down loads on Android Devices than tinder. Were talking about the newly released pokemon go app. Some players are actually hurting themselves. Reporter pokemon is back and taking america by storm. Catching them all is getting dangerous. I get paranoid that im going to bump into something. I ran into a pole yesterday at a stoplight. Its tempting to run across the street. Reporter with kids and adults alike glued to the game, they are hurting themselves. Honestly, im trying to catch them all. Augmented reality game to play on smartphones. It uses Gps Technology to place cute animated monsters in the real world around you on streets, at the mall and other local landmarks. The thing about pokemon go, everyone loves playing it, especially in places like hollywood boulevard. I found one right here but the problem is, people run into each other and into other objects, too. Reporter players are posting their bumps and bruises all over social media. Bloody arms and stubbed toes and plenty of scrapes. The Washington State department of transportation tweeted, if your weekend includes looking for pokemon go, do so safely. No pokemoning from behind the wheel. Its causing bigger problems. Outside of st. Louis, these three suspects were arrested for luring unsuspecting players into armed robberies. In wyoming, this stumbled upon a dead body face down in a river while playing the game. I wanted to get a water pokemon so i went up and got for a walk to catch pokemon. Reporter but finding a dead man is not stopping her from tracking down more pokemon. Shes not alone. On pokemon than snapchat. The pokemon go fever is in full effect here in the nations capital. They are urging everyone to be careful and respectful while catching any pokemon and they say it will Start Holding hunts around the national mall. Yes. So we want to know if youve tried this. Have you tried this new pokemon go game . I havent. Call or text the number on your screen. You can also vote and see the results on the nbc washington Facebook Page. A lot of people are having a lot of fun. Lets see if they have nice weather to do it in. Lauryn . Thats why i saw it all over my Facebook Page this weekend because i heard nothing about it until yesterday afternoon. Hopefully people are getting out and enjoying it and if thats what they are going to do, good for them. We have great weather as we continue into this week. Its going to warm up a little bit. Well have humidity during the overnight. When you wake up tomorrow morning, youll have a stray shower. Your car may have a few sprinkles on it. Again, youre going to wake up and notice the humidity. Thats the main thing. Current temperatures are up to 86. The official number hasnt come in. 86 is whe 88 in manassas. Its not that bad because we have low humidity out there. We dont have any rain showers. Very few clouds out there as well. So tonight, temperatures are falling and increased shower chances. Temperatures will top out at midto upper 80s tomorrow which is seasonable. Average temperatures are 89. Tomorrow, midto upper 80s. That was the wrong forecast. Not into the 90s until thursday or friday. If youre headed outside, morning jog, looking beautiful, its going to be muggy. Great pool day. Keep an eye on the sky. Isolated chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon and its going to be more humid out there. Lets go ahead, hour by hour, looking good. A few clouds pushing clouds continue into the afternoon. Thats about it. Less than a 20 chance. Better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. On wednesday, the warm front lifts to the north. Its going to be warm on wednesday. Mostly cloudy. Temperatures in the mid80s. Well top out at about 87 degrees on wednesday. Again, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms throughout the entire day. Well have isolated chances on thursday and friday but definitely gets warm on thursday and friday. Temperatures will be in the lower to mid90s. Maybe a little warmer. And then we top out around 90 for saturday and sunday. We have just a small chance of some rain showers as we get into saturday but a better chance looks to be on sunday. And with the extra cloud cover, temperatures in the upper 80s. Well continue to watch this forecast as we head into the weekend. Again, its only monday. But things are really heating up. Pat . Severe storms brought hail to parts of northern michigan. Hail of all sizes came down which damaged fruit crops. Growers said the fruit was bruised and some was ripped open. The storm damaged tart cherries, sweet cherries and wine grapes which is fruit that hasnt been harvested. They wont know the extent of the damage until midweek. Allen walden is the republican nominee running for mayor in baltimore. He learned that hes also facing a health challenge. Hes been diagnosed with Bladder Cancer and will under go surgery early next week. He made the announcement on his website and an email to his supporters. Hes 80 years old and says hes encouraged by his doctors prognosis for a full recovery and says, this procedure will take me off of the campaign trail for about a month. During that time ill be ahead. Im determined to be the next mayor of baltimore. Im julie carey in alexandria. A former employee faces charges for sending out fraudulent invoices. Monique has been charged with Money Laundering. She had worked there for two decades. She resigned earlier this year when she learned of the investigation into her activity. Jackson was first arrested in late february charged with obtaining money by false pretenses. The allegation kept quiet. Today, a grand jury heard the case and returned the Money Laundering indictment. Ahead at 5 00, what an inside source tells us about how the scheme worked and how much money may have been at stake. Riders beware. Just when the region gets used to metros theres another phase. What you need to know before it starts tomorrow. And why it will impact people who dont even live here. Youre watching news4, fi fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet nth online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Theres a lot of disappointed tourists outside of the eiffel tower in france. Police clashed with dozens of soccer fans. The fus the socalled fan zones where people gathered to join the euro soccer tournament on outdoor screens. When it got too crowded, police were forced to use tear gas and Water Cannons to force people away. It remains closed. Weve had the trip planned for nine months so its really disappointing. Now i cant do it. Are. Fans have been on high alert during the monthlong soccer tournament that draws fans from all around the world. Well, two campers are charged with arson for allegedly starting the cold springs fire in colorado. The two men did not ensure that a camp fire that they lit was properly extinguished before they left. Winds, combined with the hot and dry weather, allowed the camp fire to smoulder. The fire has grown to 538 acres and forced almost 2,000 people to evacuate since it first broke safetrack plan is already ready to end and another set to begin. News4s Megan Mcgrath shows us what youll need to know tomorrow. Reporter same lines, different section. Metros safetrack surge four gets under way tomorrow morning the work is on the yellow and blue line. Riders were given pamphlets explaining the impact. Its a complete shutdown between Reagan National airport and Pentagon City, which means the crystal city station will be closed. Just take the bus from my location. Were going to get off the Pentagon City and its not going to be much of an inconvenience. Reporter shuttle buses are an alternative. Work will last seven days wrapping up on the 18th the closure means people wont be able to get to the airport by rail. Theyll have to hop a bus. The ongoing work has presented some challenges but riders seem pretty understanding. A lot of the regulars i see no longer riding but i think theyve done a pretty good job handling it so far. Well see how it goes. Reporter now, the folks at metro would like you to offload at the braddock road station and take a shuttle bus from there. They only want Airline Passengers to ride the rails all the way to Reagan National. In crystal city, Megan Mcgrath, news4. Now at 5 00, a murder hits home. A swatting hoax. How a man is accused of sending s. W. A. T. Teams to the homes of some of washingtons most powerful people. Who he dallas. Surgeons are still shaken by the police ambush. I support you. I will defend you and i will care for you. That doesnt mean that i do not fear you. Thank you for joining us on this monday morning. A neighborhood has seen a lot of changes in recent years and yet over the weekend a young man and thats a couple of blocks from capital street. The victim worked for the Democratic National committee. News4s pat collins has details. Pat . Reporter wendy, it was about 4 00 in the morning. He was walking home. He was talking tohi on his cell phone. In fact, she heard some noise in the background and asked, are you all right . He said, dont worry, ill be home soon. You see, he only lives about a block and a half away. But seth rich, he never made it home. He was shot and killed right here. We begin our story now with some words from his mother. Seth rich, he loved biking, he loved america. This was his fourth of july outfit. Seth rich. He was from omaha, nebraska. He came to washington to get involved in politics. He lived in a shared house in the bloomingdale section of our city. And early sunday morning, as he was walking home, he was jumped and