Dat toes elderly mother that february morning when she heard a loud noise and rushed to the front door. She went across the street to a neighbors and returned to take lodatos mother to safety. After that she went to be with a dying Ruthanne Lodato testifying franco then broke down sock on the stand. The judge called a recess. He witnessed a murder. She was shot. She led a 90yearold woman to safety, had 911 called, and then she put her own life at risk and returned to ruth ann to be with her until help arrived. The family is greenly and forever grateful to her. Reporter franco was asked to testify as the defense wanted to block use of that photo lineup at trial. But the judge rejected their request. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, i october. Neighbors are calling the fire devastating flames overnight ripping through a reof Historic Buildings in Harpers Ferrys business district. The blaze broke out this morning damaging at least four buildings that housed shops and apartments. For one shop,
Thank you, scott. The Train Service has been restored to Harpers Ferry that the nearby train station was shut down because the streets were blocked, but not damaged. A witness to one of three murders gave emotional testimony in the Charles Severance case today. The murders happened in alexandria over a 10year period, but the case will be tried in fairfax. And thats where our peggy fox joins us now live. Peg . Reporter the witness was the caretaker of ruthanne lodatos elderly mother. During this Pretrial Hearing today, she broke down and sobbed on the witness stand remembering ruthanne lodatos murder. And she said she saw the gunman, felt a terrible pain when she was shot in the shoulder, fell to the ground, and started screaming. The family is deeply and forever grateful to her. She was heroic, courageous. Reporter shes talking about the only witness in the Charles Severance triple murder case as severance sat in a wheelchair next to their council, she recalled the murder of her employ
The reason of their rights. Reporter the delegate would compare it to the old ban on sledding at the capitol. That might make it your sled or something. Search your sled. People are not aware that they are walking in to this zone where they could have their belongings, their bags, the backpacks search at the police officers. They would crash them all. And that they really felt that it was that strong about it, hiring a lawyer to go over there and ask those folks what they thought about it. And the sergeant in arms says that he will be considering the signs all around the capital down here. Warning people if they would actually order these kinds of suspicionless searches. Hoping that it would never happen. The ultimate responsibility is keeping people safe. The Civil Liberties activists say that they would have the ultimate responsibility to the constitution. Live at the capital, bruce leshan wusa9. Thank you, bruce. Critics do say that they will have legal challenges if that police wou
The suspect stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of trainwreck and then began firing into the crowd before turning the gun on himself. Now, within seconds a teacher inside the Movie Theater was able to pull the fire alarm. Governor jindal says that move and the quick thinking of Police Officers saved lives. The first officers heard the gunshots and they still rang through that theater. They do an amazing job of protecting us every single day. Im grateful for their heroism. Three people died including the gunman, nine others were injured. Some of the victims are in Critical Condition right now. Now the writer and star of trainwreck, the movie condemns the shooting. Amy schumer sent out a tweet saying my heart is broken, all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in louisiana. It is 5 01. Im aaron gilchrist. Im erika gonzalez. Welcome to news4 today. It should be a beautiful friday. Just happy that the weekend is here. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has the weather headl
We also have no word on a motive. As you might imagine, police are all over this area right now. Its investigation is in the earliest of stages, but well have more when we get more. Good evening. Im derek mcginty. A maryland family is heartbroken tonight after the death of their baby. 10monthold Juliette Nicholson powell apparently drowned in the bathtub of her fathers home. Ileana diaz spoke to the family. Reporter Police Responded to mulberry street after reports of a possible drowning and after hours of trying to save the life of juliette she was pronounced dead at a hospital nearby. I just want to remember her the way she was, not the way she is now. Reporter lynn cowell is holding onto these special moments she shared with her granddaughter. The day she came home from the hospital, the day she first started crawling, you know, the day that, you know, god blessed my life with her. Reporter that life now taken. This is Juliette Nicholson powell. She was just 10 months old and was fo