In the doorway of his springfield house. Police had been called for a domestic dispute. Torres said he shot geer because he saw it as a threat when geers hands went down quickly to his waist, but other officers said gears hands were clearly above his shoulders when they geers hands were clearly above his shoulders when they shot. I respect the Commonwealth Attorney and we have great faith in the criminal justice process head. Geers father don says, justice is prevailing. I figured it was going to happen eventually. Now to breaking news out of Prince William county, a Police Officer has shot and wounded a man who allegedly came at the officer with a knife. It happened while the officer was responding to a call about trouble between the 25yearold man and his mother at a home on torre loop in woodbridge. The injured man was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening condition injuries. The mans mother went to the hospital with minor injuries. Homicide charges against the father of a 5weekold baby. Last week police were called to this home in the 3700 block of ninth street northwest and found little robert smith jr. Unconscious not breathing. He was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. Now his father 28yearold robert smith sr. Is charged with first degree felony murder. Police have not released the details of the babys death. Right now at 11 00 police need your help identifying six men possibly linked to the murder of a 23yearold au grad gunned down saturday. Investigators believe 23year old Matthew Shlonsky was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was shot outside the shaw metro. Now the search is on for at least two shooters. Garrett haake is live in shaw in the latest neighborhood to experience the districtwide spike in crime this summer. Garrett . Reporter debra, that murder here in shaw saturday was actually the second major shooting in shaw last week and now people who live here say they think the two might be related by the type of illegal activity that was going on beforehand. Mpd officers formed a visible unmistakable presence on the streets of shaw tonight reinforcing a neighborhood still rattled by the broad daylight murder of Matthew Shlonsky on saturday. Its ridiculous. Its got to stop. Were killing each other for no reason at all and it doesnt make any sense of. Reporter at an afternoon News Conference mpd released Surveillance Video of six persons of interest. Three are linked to a stolen car seen fleeing the metro stop and recovered with bullet holes in it and three more seen ducking and dodging on the streets of shaw during the shooting. Shaws neighborhood commissioner told wusa9 bruce leshan the shooting erupted after an illegal craps game nearby. The incident on saturday start over at eighth and r street where theres been an illegal craps game and illegal drinking happening. Reporter chief lanier said it was too early to say for sure if that was the case but added. I cant tell you how many shootings and homicides we have every year and this year in particular where there are craps games going on sometimes inside of an apartment or home, sometimes out on the street where shots are fired and people are killed over those craps game. Reporter a shaw resident attending the News Conference wasnt convinced. Craps games have been going on for hours and no one did anything. Reporter yelling at the chief that he warned about illegal craps games two weeks ago and sharing a tweet with us to prove it. Its tragic. We already had a shooting. Thats why i was so concerned. We had bad lawless behavior going on in spa in broad daylight and the police werent coming by to break things up. In shaw in broad daylight and the police werent coming by to in shaw in broad daylight and the police werent coming by to break thing up. Reporter a possible break in the case tonight, mpd is actively looking for persons of interest even as we speak at this late hour tonight. They think they have a pretty good idea where they can find two of these young men. If we get any Additional Information tonight, well bring it to you on air and online. Police are hoping a 25,000 reward can convince anyone who recognizes those six people to call them. We posted the entire video on our website at www. Wusa9. Com and also on our free wusa9 news app. Tonight a lot of families in our area are mourning the loss of a machine who dedicated his life on a man who dedicated his life to making Sick Children smile. 59yearold robinson was known to most by batman when he was killed last night when his batmobile broke down on i70 and he was hit by a car. Mola lenghi is live in the newsroom. Some might say whats the big deal . This guy was just a guy in a costume . It might even seem a little strange for a grown man to dress up like a superhero, but tell that to the countless kids who he made smile. Lenny robinson was an ordinary guy or so it would seem until he became batman. He put on that costume and got in his car and wed drive wherever he needed to be. Reporter as batman he spent over a decade in and out of hospitals visiting Sick Children. Six years ago clair gold fogle lost her son ben to cancer. We spoke with her on face time. Ben was a patient at Childrens National for many years and he would have loved to have had a visit from batman at the hospital. Reporter in her sons memory goldfogle hosts bens run. In 2012 batman showed up. With a smile on his face and gifts for kids and people were flocking to his car from the moment he arrived. Reporter robinson became batman after selling his successful business. He then did what anyone would do, bought a lamborghini and customized it to resemble a batmobile. His friend alan gordon said robinson was no joke. He was just a nice guy and batman made him even nicer. You must get better. Reporter for years where there was pain or suffering or sorrow there was batman. I want you to do me a fusser and get better. Okay. That a favor and get better. Okay. That will make me very happy. He makes children realize that they need to enjoy their childhood of. Reporter at a time when they needed it most facing the sort of things that kids shouldnt have to face. And it lets kids be kids. Reporter oh, and he was there for big kids, too. I love you, man. Youre the best. Thank you very much. Youre doing a great job. Eporter yeah, maybe he wasnt helping save lives like superheroes or tv or maybe he was. At the end of the day you must ask yourself did i make a difference . Reporter who says superheroes arent real . Lenny robinson leaves behind three children of his own. Live in the newsroom, back to you. Still a sad story. The crash is still being investigated. Driver of the other vehicle has not been charged. An Army Parachutist who died after getting injured in a chicago airshow accident rather had ties to this area. 32yearold Sergeant First Class corey hood had family in ashton and bealeton, virginia. He was a member of the armys Golden Knight parachutes team. He died one day after the accident in chicago. He collided midair with another parachutist and video shows him clipping a building after the collision. It was scary. Everyone just stopped talking. It was a moment of silence. It was a true moment of silence. The other parachutist landed on a beach suffering a broken leg. He was later released from the hospital. Lots of smoke but no explosion, thats what pepco says about a manhole in northwest d. C. , 31 and t streets. Pepco says the equipment malfunction is what caused all this smoke to drift up and out of that manhole. Crews spent the evening working to restore power to about 100 customers in the georgetown area. Tracking metro tonight, they are already on the blue line, but a disappointing debut for the new service on the green line. Today metro put those new 7000 series trains into service and it left greenbelt station at approximately 5 30 this morning supposed to run through the morning rush hour, but problems forced both the green and yellow line to single track which caused delays in both directions, no word yet what caused those delays. Well let you know what happens tomorrow. A warning for commuters who use ez pass. Con artists are at work sending emails to people with accounts telling them they have a payment due of the email directs you to a real looking website and asked for credit card information, but dont get ripped off. If you receive an unsolicited e mail demanding payment, call the Toll Free Customer Service center instead. The rising death toll from an explosion in bangkok. Officials now say at least 19 people died after a bomb went off in a famous shrine in the center of the city. Around 117 people were hurt. The hindu shrine sits in one of the citys most popular tourist destinations. Police in thailand say the vicious act was meant to target civilians. At this point there is still no claim of responsibility. Tonight the all clear has been given after an Emergency Alert at a South Carolina nuclear plant. The Savanna River site in aiken, South Carolina, was shut down after specially trained dogs and an electronic scan indicated a truck might have explosive residue on it. The facility purifies highly enriched uranium and is part of the department of energys nuclear division. Hundreds of men walked from baltimore to d. C. Overnight to deliver a message billed as the 300 men march. Organizers said they were hoping to inspire men to get off the couch and get active in their community so they could make a difference, especially in the lives of children and young adults. Take responsibility for your own community, step into these young folks lives and be the intervention thats needed to really guide them away from a path of making these life altering decisions. The markoved 35 miles and took 20 hours. The march covered 35 miles and took 20 hours. Also in the district today the sounds of stevie wonder. You can feel it all over. Stevie wonder put on a surprise popup concert at the armory mall in southeast and talked about issues like Police Shootings and also talked about something called the claim the bullet campaign. Im hoping that there will be a way where people can have whatever and however in making sure that theyre eligible to be registered with these guns and for those who have the responsibility of protecting and serving, they have to be people who really are committed to doing something to perpetuate life, not taking it. Stevie wonder is also promoting the final run of his songs in the key of life tour. So what does it feel like to go inside a dangerous fire . A local Fire Department is getting some National Attention for amazing acts of heroism which were caught on camera. A little on the muggy side tonight. Well take you out with wakeup weather, mainly 70s at 5 00, a few upper 60s in some of the far burbs at 7 00, 70s and 80s by 9 00, still dry. Well come back and talk about the possibilities of showers and storms tomorrow and yellow alert days for wednesday and thursday. Look at this. A mothers mistake is caught on Surveillance Video. See what happens when well, good to know we knocked down the hottest day of the week today. Thats for sure. 80s are back in the forecast, but we still need to bring your umbrellas. Ill let you know when the best rain chance is this week. Join us tomorrow morning. Firefighters in three states are attacking nearly 100 large wildfires tonight. The flames are devouring more than 1 million acres in california, oregon and Washington State combined. The heatwave and bone dry conditions from the drought make the region a tinderbox. Firefighting resources are stretched so thin the military will help fight the fires. Its the first time in nine years thats happened. 200 active cue i it troops will be active duty trips will be heading to the fire line. Tonight were getting a look at a rescue captured on one of those cameras recorded from the helmet of a wheaton, maryland firefighter, captain adam st. John. A house fire broke out days before christmas. Another firefighter had fallen through the floor, brett russell. Christmas lights on the helmet of his cleared the darkness and the video of that rescue is now a teaching tool. Every time i watch it i can think about the time line, what i could have done differently to be able to help him find me even faster than he did. Many firefighters consider helmet cameras invaluable. Some Fire Departments have concerned about privacy and liability. A mother in texas tonight may be feeling very relieved because she could also be facing some serious charges. Surveillance video shows angelica cololo going inside a dallas 7eleven and leaving her 1yearold daughter in the car with the engine running. A man runs up to the car and drives off. Fortunately the man was found a little while later and the child was fine. The mother has not been charged with anything yet. She said she was on her way to church when she stopped to run a few errands. Gop frontrunner donald trump is starting to give details about how he would govern, but first hes taking time for jury duty in new york city. Reporter it looks like a campaign stop, but its donald trump reporting for jury duty in Lower Manhattan early monday. Something we have to do. Reporter this past weekend trump gave specifics about one of his biggest issues, immigration. Trump says he would triple the number of immigration officers, build a wall along the Mexican Border and even strip the citizenship of people born in the u. S. To parents who are here illegally. Donald trumps plan is about mass deportation of. Reporter immigration advocates call trumps plan irrational. If he goes so far as to say that he wants to strip the constitution of one of his most key amendments, what else is he going to propose . Reporter the latest National Poll from fox news shows trump far ahead of the field with 25 , ben carson, ted cruz next followed by jeb bush and mike huckabee. Ohio Governor John Kasich is hoping a fellow governor can give him a little bump. Im endorsing john kasich as the next president of the United States of america. Were hearing tonight that one 21yearold thats doing jury duty for the first time said trump made the experience more bearable, gave him a lot of material for his snapchat. Trump was not picked. So hes free to go back on the campaign trail tomorrow. Always watching always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather, d. C. s most accurate. Well, storm is on the way, not tonight, however, right . No. Were in pretty good shape. Three. Oh, we got to do the three . We do. We felt pretty confident yesterday. The big reveal. We went pretty aggressive, not quite enough. I went 95. I thought we have might have a bulls eye, 96. One off. Not so bad. Thats 27 in the last 30. Well go 90 tomorrow for an increase in clouds and a few showers and storms, should keep temperatures down a little bit. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, its still 80 right now, not very comfortable, humidity 67 , dew points in the upper 60s which is on the verge of being comfortable, not a great night. We got spoiled over the weekend. Not as hot tomorrow, a few afternoon thunderstorms, more to the west of town. Good chance for storms wednesday, some more thursday. Because of that weve issued a yellow alert for wednesday and thursday, dont think well need one tomorrow, but there will be a couple storms tomorrow for the evening commute. In the meantime no worries, temps in the 70s manassas, la plata, rockville, 69 in gaithersburg and bowie to start and by 9 00 were up to 80 with clouds rolling in from the south and west, but a dry commute tomorrow morning. By 1 00 most of the showers firing along i81 corridor and particularly back in the mountains, cumberland, romney, oakland, petersburg is where most of your storms will be during the afternoon. You can probably walk to lunch without your umbrella. It will be toasty, 87 downtown. Through the evening hours a few thunderstorms will roll through, by 6 p. M. Some showers between d. C. And baltimore, but were not perfect at predicting where the storms will be. Just be advised there will be a few isolated storms tomorrow with temps in the upper 80s to around 90. Tomorrow night temps holding in the 70s, kind of a plug i go night. For us overnight muggy night. For us overnight clear to partly cloudy, a bit muggy, low temperatures 68 to 75. For morning, well, partly cloudy, very warm, dry, 68 to 86 and by afternoon well say partly cloudy, not as hot, some isolated storms, wind southwest at 10. On the day planner essentially 70s to start downtown, 80 by 9 00, 84 by 11 00, up to 87 with maybe a insure west of town by 1 00 shower west of town by 1 00. Here are your yellow alert days, wednesday and thursday much better chance for showers and thunderstorms and temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. Now the next seven days look like this. Temperatures stay in check. We could see storms for the burgundy and gold game thursday and were okay as the nats come back into town on friday. Nats, redskins . Looking for a little pop . We hear the crickets. We need something. Bats were quiet, but that was thanks to some much needed time off. Can they if yonot just a meeting. Iness, own the room, not just be in it. If never settle is your mantra, youre our kind of different. At Keller Graduate School of management. Our professors bring real business challenges into the classroom so what you learn today can unlock the leader inside you tomorrow. Its what makes us different. On purpose. Devry universitys Keller Graduate School of management. Learn more at keller. Edu now wusa9 game on sports with Kristen Berset brought to you by xfinity. The Washington Nationals have the night off tonight, some much needed time after getting blanked by the giants last night in san francisco. Manager Matt Williams said he hopes this short break will help the guys get out of their recent funk. Well see what happens. The nats were world Series Hopefuls for much of the season but right now seem to be spiraling out of control. There is a lack of urgency and poor discipline at the plate. Since the allstar break the nats are 1020 and last in the league in batting average. The good news is they are the healthiest that three been all season. Now they just have to bounce back. They got some time, but its running out quickly. Wusa9 has partnered with the nationals to host grand slam for teachers day this sunday, august 23rd at nationals park. Five dollars of every ticket sold through nationals. Com schools will help fund teacher projects of four local schools. Theres more information about wusa9s teachers are Superheroes Campaign www. Wusa9. Com superheroes. Mike hydek and i will be throwing out the first pitch on sunday. Major League Baseball today announced the postseason schedule. The race for the pennant begins october 6th. The nats are 4 1 2 games back of the mets in the nl east. The orioles are 3 1 2 back in their division, but they hit their groove now. Tonight we start with 5year old haley dawson showing off her 3d printed prosthetic hand. Check that out. She would throw out the first pitch, pretty cool to see. She was all smiles tonight and would be at the end, too thanks to her birds. Bottom 4 Steve Clevenger recalled from triplea last week with a threerun shot. Bottom 6 birds up one, Center Fielder cant get to the deep ball, hardy scores. Orioles win 42 and complete the fourgame sweep of oakland. They face the mets this week, so they could help the nationals. The Washington Redskins have said goodbye to richmond and what sounds like a jubilant hello to ashburn. The team broke camp today and are just excited to get home and finally sleep in their own beds for the first time in almost three weeks. Now they turn their focus to thursday nights game against detroit building off their performance a week earlier. Griffin is expected to see about the same amount of playing time. Coach gruden says hes pleased with all of his signal callers, but he is the first to admit theres a long way to go. They just continue to grow, thats all we can ask. The three have all gotten better as a result. Im happy with the progress, but obviously theres a lot of work to do. Finally tonight why are we showing you arena football dancers . Because of this guy. Check out his moves. Hes the size of a lineman and they really want you to believe hes a player, but hes a professional dancer, but hes right there with all the girls enjoying the crowd. Its just fun to watch, love the splits. Wow. Great entertainment. He does it. Big guy with some serious moves. I like it. 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