Good morning. Fire forces several people from their homes overnight. Investigators are trying to find out if it was a firework that caused this. The race to the finish in the police and fire world games as they will come to a close and we will have a live report. Its a foggy soupy start throughout the metro area but temperatures are warming up and its going to be a lot drier than it was yesterday. Good morning. Thank you so much for waking up with us, best place for sunday morning television, wusa. Its hard to get out of the door in some spots with the visibility close to zero. Last night it was so thick, a firework would go off, the smoke would hang there. The same kind of thing happened for the display on the National Mall. We did take pictures. I have them posted on facebook and twitter accounts if you want to look. You really see the effect mike was talking about with the smoke hanging in the balance. Lets look outside and get things started. You see how the fog is hanging on out h
Gop frontrunner in alabama. Im erica grow. More of the great weather we had yesterday lies haze in the first alert 7day forecast. Im mike hydeck. And im erica grow. We want to start with the breaking news. The total number of homicides in the district is now 101. The first occurred in northeast dc in the 300 block of 54th street. And the second in the 1300 block of stevens road in southeast d. C. , both victims are male and died from multiple gunshot wounds. Another man is in serious condition in the hospital. And 20 hours plus after a man barricaded himself inside a northeast d. C. Home he is is keeping police at bay. A woman was shot and killed outside the home. This happened after a dispute with a relative and surae chinn has the story. Reporter residents are waking up with the ongoing situation as they are sheltering in place. Police are maintaining a Large Police Presence. I want to show you folks in Tactical Gear and a lot of police on the block. Theyre using this as a staging ar
Morning. We had a sprinkle pop through north of philadelphia. Some of you might get a slash on the windshield, but it wont last more than a couple of minutes. Temperatures are cool, 54 degrees in philadelphia. 46 in allentown. Close to 50 in trenton. 49 in wilmington. 6 is degrees in sea isle city. See if the winds are doing very much. Starting to pick up a little bit. 1 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. As we get past sunrise and into the majority of the day im looking at breezy conditions building with wind as high as 20. 8 00 a. M. , 53. Noon, 62. 66 by 3 00 p. M. The high of 67 around 4 00 p. M. A breeze accompanying the clouds and sun mix. When i step inside well have dropping temperatures including the possibility of a killing frost. What you got on the roads, karen . Reporter we have the schuylkill expressway expressway 26th street onramp we have an accident with two vehicles right here. Look at the number of police officers, penndot on the scene we have fire crews they left the s
Demonstrators were simply exercising their First Amendment rights. We see that comparison very clearly. Reporter attorney karl masinio of the partnership for Civil Justice represented the protesters in d. C. And he sees echos of the d. C. Case in the heavily armed military style response of police to the protests in ferguson. When the military looks at its target, its there to destroy the target. A civilian police force is supposed to act with restraint that comes from the constitution and also just from good sense. Reporter d. C. Police are far from the only police force in our region thats faced controversy over these kinds of issues. One Prince Georges County officer was convicted of assault and the county paid nearly 4 million after police beat a university of maryland student in a 2010 postgame riot and an undercover Prince Georges County officer was fined millions for following a Howard University student into Fairfax County and shooting him to death, but the Prince Georges Count
Happening and got out of his car and chased the suspect and the police joined the chase on the College Campus and they found what they believe was the suspects coat and the victims hat sources say he was seen discardeding inging them as he ran. The parking lot was owned by the one town apartments and residents were horrified to hear what happened here. I am surprised it seemed safe. Women that use their garage always felt safe here. I always felt safe but now im not sure. This is a relatively crime free section of town, some thefts of vehicles but nothing violent. People that live here is a this is a first. This is the first time this ever happened. I am working here ten years and this is the first time this ever happened. The victim is hospitalized in stable condition and the suspect is still being questioned and so far there is no word on criminal charges live in spring gardidnt david henry channel 6 action news. Thank you david. Bensalem police are investigating a home on the 1100 b