When Steven Vander briel entered his plea in court this morning. Reporter hes accused of killing grace mann. Steven vander briel stood in front of a judge as the charges were read out lied. Murder, strangulation and abduction. He pled not get to all three. His arraignment lasted only about five minutes and his attorney ordered an evaluation. 20yearold grace mann was a student at Mary Washington and house mates with vander briel. They got into an argument. He hit her and then strangled her. Her body was found by her other two roommates who testified last time they were in court that graces hands were bound. A plastic bag was stuffed in her mouth as well as over her head. The other to roommates testified that right before her body was found, vander briel asked them a disturbing question. What would they do if grace was no longer here. He is due back in court for a status hearing november 5. In fredricksburg, im nikki burdine, wusa9. Grace mann was a mclean, virginia native. D. C. Police
Buses running on schedule as well. The inner loop of the beltway this is it van dorn street and springfield interchange where we have an accident thats blocking the left lane. Sky 9 will be making its way there shortly. We should be able to give you a live update in about ten minutes. Meantime if youre going to be traveling along 50, the bw parkway or 95, youre good to go, i will traveling along 50 from crofton, bowie, mitchellville. Youll have no major issues this morning. Coming up in ten minutes, well look at how things are shaping up on metro and take you out to other parts of virginia and show you how the commute is shaping up in that area as well. Well send it over you to. Reporter right now d. C. Police are working overtime trying to get a handle on all this violence thats happening acots city from across the city from shaw to southeast washington where two people were killed just yesterday. Lets take a look at some video of one scene right outside of a churn on east capitol str
Joining us. Im andrea roane. Peggy fox joins us from Fairfax County circuit courthouse with more on what happened today in the case against adam torres and his condition now. Peggy . Reporter andrea, i was sitting in the front row and adam torres was standing to hear the judges decision. Torres was wearing a dark green jumpsuit and the judge denied bond. Then the judge set a trial date of december 14. As soon as he did that, we heard a commotion and adam torres had collapsed. Ed fallen to the hed fallen to the floor and fainted. Bailiffs immediately went to his aid. They called 9116789 the courtroom was 911. The courtroom was uncleared. Rescue crews brought in a stretcher but they did not take him out on a stretcher. We believe he walked out but we understand he was taken to a local hospital and we also understand that he is doing fine. The 32yearold is the first Fairfax County Police Officer ever charged in an on duty shooting. He was fired from the Fairfax County Police Department th
This afternoon on your future cast and time it out. Here is larry miller, good morning. Your time right now, 6 01. Northwest d. C. Where we have fire activity or a fire being put out on butternut street between 7th street northwest and 9th street. It will be a huge presence of firefighters that are currently on scene. Commuters will need to stay away from this area as fire crews work to battle that fire. Another issue going on. This is northbound between malcolm x avenue. Be mindful of that. We have some delays out in that area. Well have an update for you in ten minutes. Well send it over to you. Following breaking news from the koreaen peninsula. North and south korea engaged in an exchange of artillery fire. South Koreas Defense Ministry says soldiers returned fire after north korea shot a single artillery shell at a border town. The Defense Ministry says it fired dozens of shells at the location of that north koreaen shell. Were also following breaking news out of northwest d. C. F
Its 7 right now at andrews and 61 though in frederick. So that cooler drier air is descending in. Ill tell you how long it will stick around coming up in the first alert seven day forecast. But right now its time for timesaver traffic and larry miller. Your time 6 01. Were doing really well around the capital beltway. No major issues to slow you down either on the inner or outer loop. 295 and 395 both on the maryland and d. C. Side free and clear of any issues. You can see traffic certain hi rocking and rolling both on the inner and outer loop but nothing to slow you down just yet. From our maryland camera we can see things on i270 from frederick to the capital beltway. All lanes are open as you approach clarkburg and making your way into bethesda. Well have another look at huh traffic is. How traffic is shaping up in virginia coming up in ten minutes. Over to you. New this morning d. C. Police continue their manhunt for marcus king. A 19yearold man who lives in shaw. Now charged in co