Reach their children after the school was placed on lockdown. Obviously there is no longer a threat because the person was apprehended. Communicate with the parents by way of text message, email, something. Let us know something. The situation is stable. The students have been returned to their classrooms. There are not fights. There are not people wandering the halls. Reporter police say the incident began with a fight between three male students. Why and how it escalated to the point of a double stabbing is still under investigation. All of the kids involved are expected to be okay. This student wants better security inside of his school. The school doesnt really take a proper precaution of making sure what happens in the school who has what, whats being brought into the school. Its real a school thing they have to get under control. Reporter at the entrance to or every entrance inside of this or any of the Prince Georges County schools, he is saying that there may be some additional
Student Xavier Williams says he didnt see this coming. I know the person that was in the incidents im just like, wow, you know, im shocked. Reporter outside the school, police and the ceo of the School System worked to calm the fears of nervous parents who couldnt reach their children after the school was placed on lockdown. Obviously theres no longer a threat because the person was apprehended. Communicate with the parents by way of text message, email, something. Let us know something. The situation is stable. The students have been returned to their classrooms. Reporter police say the incident began with a fight between three male students. Why and how it escalated to the point of a double stabbing is still under investigation. All of the kids involved are expected to be okay. This student wants better security inside of his school. The school doesnt really take a proper precautions of maybe what happens in the school, who has what, whats being brought into the school. So, its reall
Independence. From the festival to the fireworks later on. Really, theres something for everybody. One thing to keep in mind is you will notice a lot of police. Law enforcement on high alert. News 4 derrick ward is live downtown with what you will need to know about that and other big events going on for the fourth. Its raining, i see, derrick. Reporter in this part of town, you will see a lot of police around town. Considering whats going on and what day this is, theres probably a bit more. Certainly more of a secure per am ter. There are other things going on as well. The fireworks are the big draw this evening. Theres a Folklife Festival on the mall. Its been moved up closer to the capitol. I dont think its necessarily a security concern, but logistics and repairs being done to the mall. Folks are already down here getting ready gather. The parade gets under way at 11 00. Some folks are going to be here ahead of time. The prime spots are under trees. We caught up with folks who were
Health police, atf, fbi, secret service and department of homeland defense. Reporter security teams began a systemic search of building one, 20 floors had to be cleared, every square foot searched. Nearly five hours later, another siren, another announcement, this one much more welcome than the first. It was the allclear. Allclear. Allclear. Resume. Reporter and of course, the best possible outcome in the situation and no one is criticizing the person who reported what they thought was a gunshot. This is exactly what authorities want people to do. They want to be able to sort this all out. Jim, back to you. Derrick ward, thank you. A better look at the Walter Reed National military Medical Center. This map gives you an idea why it took so long for police to search that campus, 243 acres. Todays scare happened in building one. Thats the tower in the front of the complex. Its a prominent building that can be seen as you drive by on Rockville Pike. For three hours, workers inside the comp
Was hit by a car on i95. We have learned that he has been on the force for about three years and was just doing a traffic stop when he was hit. Now, this happened just before 4 00 on 95 south near the exit for route 32 in jessup. Right now, there is one lane getting by but the backups are almost all the way back to the baltimore beltway. Thats about 13 miles away. Theres also Traffic Building on the northbound side and on 295, as drivers try to take some alternate routes to avoid that area. Now, you can see the ripple affect there the there were was medevaced to a hospital in baltimore. No update yet on his condition. We are going to stay on top of this at the live desk, chris lawrence. Thank you, chris. Now to breaking news here in the district, a big announcement just in the last hour about a man found murdered in a trash can. News4s derrick ward is live outside police headquarters. Derrick . Reporter it was the police chief and the mayor that held this joint announcement here inside