About it. Metros safetrack planla officially starts in virginia vi tomorrow. Happening between East Falls Church and ballston. Bal fox5s annie yu is live fromive East Falls Church metro withetrh what you need to know. Yee first of all, patience andtience look at the big picture,the bipt right, annie . Annie reporter yes, absolutely, allison and make a plan so that you dont get get yourself in a nightmare situation. Tu local leaders urging everybodyvy to consider car sharing, uber, lyft, biking and that sort oft thing but thats not possibles e for all of us. This is going to affecto fe everyone. Ev not just metro riders because bu more cars are going to begoi to hitting the roadways and asad an you mentioned it does kick offk tomorrow but starting tonight,og metro is going to be closingo be at midnight, so be prepared ppae for that. R t now, this is the year long rebuilding program. Pgr it includes 15 safety surges sur and the first one is kicking kki off at this station here, theher Ea
People dead including mother who was carrying groceries into her home. Now the search for answers and justice continues this morning. Melanie alnwick joins us live from the sixth District Police station with what we know now, mel. Good morning there war five separate shoot ningz the span of five hours yesterday. The other four here in southeast. Police from other districts im told had to be pulled here to try help with all of those different crime scenes and everything elimination they have to deal with here in the sixth district. Two of the homicides do appear to be connected. First shooting happened 1 00 in the afternoon just before actually at the valero gas station texas avenue south east an argument, skuvrle and then a man on knees firing towards someone on bening road and return fire and the man was struck and fox5 a man came up and took the gun from a man on the ground. Family and friend gaermed and fighting broke out at one point and 3 30 p. M. Another shooting just a few block
Allison seymour. And im Steve Chenevey. Ste welcome to fox5 news morning. Ori lets get right to it this morning. A large fight overnight inrnht southeast d. C. Left three ment e with stab wounds. Police say it happened in the 2700 block of Martin Luther of king avenue just before 11 00ore last night but investigatorsti were on the scene most of thee o night. All three victims taken to thevt hospital. Ted toree victims expec survive. So far no word on a possible suspect. The dmv gearing up for g metros safe track program. Massive year long yea Maintenance Work plan begins tomorrow night. Fox5s annie yu is live ative a Eastern Market metro stationarks with what you need to know. Annie, good morning. Reporter good morning, allison and steve. Allison thats right, weve been b talking about it for weeks andos weeks now. Weeks its finally happening. It kicks off tomorrow night, o friday where a metro closes at midnight. Local leaders have been have b gearing up for this big day asss well. You
Program that includes 5015 safety surges and the first t kicks offer at east fallsof church metro station. M heres what you need to know. No you need to know that once o this kicks in on saturday sat metro will be closing at midnight every night. Every trains will be single trackingrk from East Falls Church to crc ballston. Orange and silver line trainsnea will also run every 18 minutes t so theres a delay there andrend expect crowded trains. S. Then in two weeks riders inids the district will feel the big impact. Ct starting june 18th there willhel be no service between easternene market benning road and minnesota avenue. A it will last about 16 days in d. C. Affecting orange and sill very line service for about a 230,000 people. D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city is macing plans too adjust she told us yesterdays y if trains are not run and theund city plans to lift some to lio parking restrictions. Trti that should free up some curbomu space and the city also planslas to extend
Between East Falls Church andrc ballston. Fox5s annie yu is liveyus from East Falls Church metroh m with what you need to know. Good morning. Reporter hey, good r morning, allison and steve. Atee yes, there are a lot of movingf parts to safetrack. Afetrack. It kicks off tomorrow butic starting tonight the metro station will be closed at midnight. Ht starting with this here, eastiss falls church, this is the is first round, the first safety sf surge that metro is tackling. Tl this is going to affect all of us. Not only commuters for metro, the casual metro riders butro rd traffic in general with moreit cars hitting the road. Roa this is the year longar lon rebuilding program. Proam it includes 15 safety surges sur and it is going to begin hereegr at East Falls Church as youurchu mentioned. Ntione its going to affect this station to ballston withio trains single tracking. Also metro closing at midnight i every night starting today. Tod orange and silver line trainsint will run every 18 m