I get low, ready to go out the door. I get out the building, no one is behind me. Theyre jumping off the balcony. We had to go catch them. Reporter by 7 00 a. M. , the first of the firefighters arrive. It is already a well advanced fire. Two residents were found in windows and firefighters took them down by ground ladder. Reporter five residents injured, three taken to a local hospital for smoke inhalation and minor injuries. One firefighter is treated on the scene, but returns to duty. The fire leaves at least 12 families homeless just days before christmas. The American Red Cross is working with 21 adults and 11 children displaced by the fire. Were providing funds for food, clothing, lodging, and we are also connecting them with other agencies out there. Weve made arrangements with Prince Georges County fire, police, and toys for tots so that the children who lost their something for the holiday. Reporter some local churches are also gathering donations so that these homeless familie
Someone tried to steal those shoes, and there was a fight, there was gunfire, and 17yearold James Anthony smith ended up dead. Today i talked to his mom. She said she last saw her son alive yesterday afternoon. He said, ill be back, ma, i love you. Reporter thats the last you saw him there . Thats the last time i saw him. Reporter here at your job 4 00 yesterday afternoon . 4 00 yesterday afternoon. Reporter now hes gone. Hes gone. Reporter it has to be tearing you apart. It tares tears me apart him being shot, his life taken for tennis shoes. Reporter mike lives around her lives here. He was around last night. He heard the gunshots. It more than ten. Reporter he said there is a lot of lead in the air in this neighborhood. He says cars get shot. People get shot. Why, just last week, he says, he picked up all these shell casings right in front of his house. You could be sitting watching television. The next thing you know, its 100 gunshots, you know. You dont know whether to duck, get u
Mother says it was his sneakers. The new redhot jordan contour shoes that just came out earlier this month. Somebody tried to take those shoes . Somebody tried to take those shoes. Reporter and when he wouldnt give them up, they killed him . They killed him. Reporter what do you think of Something Like that . Its horrifying. Its horrifying. Reporter you see, ms. Smith bought a pair of the new jordans for james as an early christmas gift. He loved those shoes. He even went with her to pick them out. Hes wearing them in this picture. She says he was wearing them last night, last night at this basketball court. And she says someone killed her son to get those shoes. When you heard about what happened to your son, what was it like in your heart . I was disbelief, i still havent taken it in yet. I still dont believe it. Its untrue, its unreal. Its unreal to me. Because you cant excepted your children outside to play, for one. And we all walk around here with jordans. They can kill for our s
Doug kammerer. As we turn towards a colder pattern, the chances for snow are going up into next week. What i am watching is a storm system to your south. If youre leaving out of washington, run into some of this rain, you can see it down to our south along i95 right to raleigh back to roanoke and towards atlanta, some rain in those areas and because of that, temperatures start to fall and 46 right now in downtown. We could have issues and then looking cold for christmas. You mentioned snow chances. I have those for you, too, see you back here in 20 minutes. You got now its time to have the nbc washington app on your phone. You can see the forecast at any time, anywhere. Were staying on top of breaking news. Members of a virginia family killed in mexico. They were riding in a bus that flipped on tuesday morning. The skies were clear when the crash happened. News4s Jackie Bensen is in the lorton neighborhood with more. Jackie . Reporter you know, so many of us in this area dont know our
Road was dry when the bus flipped over. The driver was hurt. Were told that he is in custody. Its heartbreaking news tonight that a family was involved. Anna behar and her son died and moses behar and his son were hurt. Erika, a heartbreaking tragedy. Thank you. Only on news4, a consumer investigation getting some results this afternoon. Last month we told you about controversial guardrails lining our roads. Today maryland announced its not going to install any more of these. Susan hogan is working for you and shes here with an update. Thats right. The problem here is with the end piece of this guardrail and there are a lot of other situations like this but this is defective and sometimes it leads at least six people have been killed after crashes into these xlites. About a dozen states, including virginia, decided to stop using the xlite. And transportation officials tell us starting immediately they will only use guardrails that meet new, stricter crash test standards. The xlite does