Wrong. He was the victim of a hoax, something that we know now called swatting. News 4s Meagan Fitzgerald spok to the columnist about his terrifying incident. Te repor Leonard Spitz an awardwinning journalist for the miami herald based in prince georges county. Pulitzer prize, commentary 2004. This is the citation. Reporter b hes also a fulltime grandpa. You know i know how to put my seat up. Porter on sunday morning just before 5 00, he temporarily became a murder suspect. Never beenst arred, and technically wasnt arrested then and never had handcuffs on before. Reporter pitts was sleeping wh his phone rang. Was bowie police calling after a 911 callerhe contacted about a crime happening inside pitts home. The caller on the line stated that he had murdered his wife and that he was going toho the police when they arrived on the scene. The caller gave the address in the 500 block of nebraska lane. The caller gave pitts address so poli called asking him to com they brought me out to right
Accepting responsibility for the dui crash that killed 5yearold twins alexander and rosalie and 1yearold isaac mejia. Hawks vehicle slammed into thei back of t vehicle as they were stopped at a red lies on indian head highway last december. Hawks bloodalcohol level was mo than twice the states legaat limit. The scene he was unable to stand, and a one point he fell asleep in the Police Patrol ca. We were coming from church. They didnt deserve to leave. We had so many plans with them. Reporter parents alexis and juanita were both injured in the crash and are expected to live with the pain o fose they are also living with the pain of no longer having their chondren. Last mday they experienced the twins first birthday since d theirth. Reporter we had to sit at their grave site missing out on the plans that we had for them as graduating kindergartners. N reporter hawks is out bond as he has been since this accident happened unt his sentencing set for september. Hes looking at the possibilit
I5 i5 i56. Good morning, lauryn. Good morning, melissa. Yeah, a lot going on out there rightw. No quiet in the Weather Department and cool when you walk outside but that humidity is increasing with each pasng minute right now. Not too bad out there. We do have some clearing sky. Maybe a few high cloud. For the most part looking good and sun is coming up at about 15 minutes to 6 00. 71 degree is our temperature right now and mostly clear skies. E 5 00 and 7 00 a. M. Hour the temperatures in the low 80s but when we po low 70s and into the now 80s be the tiy the time we 9 00. Rain out there right now. We have chance of rain as we continue through the day. Better chances wednesdy, thursday, and friday and watch come fourth of july. Thursday a chance of rain for that. Show you that tenday forecast in a little bit. E are days away from the fourth of july andhat President Trump calls one obithe ggest gatherings in the history of washingtonsd. C. It been called a salute to america. Expect trad
Temperature rise. Those temperatures continue to rise all week and let you know how hot it will get especially four fourth of july coming up. Lets talk about those road with melissa. Good morning. Brandnew problem on green belt southbound after nasa goddard. Left side is tcked so you to use the on ramp to get by that accident. Inner loop and outer loop of the beltway no delay. But allanes shut down because of a structure fire in arlington. I know you have moreon that right now. Right. We return back to the news in arlington. Crews on the scene of a largee fir a home on hayes street. Molette green is near the scene with the latest. What are you seeing . Reporter we are any moment waiting for an update fromgt arl fire on the situation here. We are in the 2300 ock of south hayes street in arlington. Alexandria and arlington fire crews are on the scene and now breaking down because the fire is out. That fire contained to the garage apartment. One person we know was taken to thhospital to a
Chance for a scattered storms thunderstorms later on this afternoon but not for everybody. We will talk about who could see those coming up. Good morning. Championship 4 over to check this out westbound 45 hearing it was shut down at washington boulevard because after tree across the roadway. Crews are on the scene and it c has notared out of the way so youll see that on the ride of the roadway. No major lay. Green belt is looking better after nasa goddard. That backup has disappeared. Aaron . Melissa, thank you. We have been staying on top of the breaking news. An early moing house fire in arlington. One person was rushed to the hospital for a burn. This person is in serious condition. Frefighters tweeted picture from the scene a hours ago. This happened on hayes street. That is near the crystal city area. The fire destroyed a detached garage and an apartment. It did not spread to the main how. Fire official say one firefighter is being treated for dehydration. Fire investigators are