Good morning. We have problems on the metro as far as possible delays here because of speed restrictions we have been talking about this week outside of mcpherson square. Those last until this friday. Well keep you updated. The outer loop of the American Legion bridge coming down in the outer loop as you hit virginia, we have one lane blocked. We have seen a half mile backup here as a disabled vehicle hopes to get that one out of the way soon. 270 at shady grove road, no problems. Its nice and green on the beltway. Well see you back in ten minutes. This morning female firefighters with the fairfax fire and rescue department say they are fed up. Their frustrations have to do with what others say about the culture within their department. Erika gone zalez is live with me on this announcement. Reporter in a little more than an hour, a group of women firefighters will speak out at this firehouse in dispel that harassment exists inside this workplace. Meanwhile, the board of supervisors wil
About this threat. News never stops on news 4. We will let you know on the latest on the search of the robot of the white pickup truck behind me and we will post the information on the nbc washington app and facebook and twitter on nbc washington. Live here on the national mall, im shomari stone, news 4. Troubling new details tonight about a shooting that left a 7yearold boy wounded in the district. That comes on the heels of a violent day in the district. Two People Killed in five separate shootings yesterday. Pat collins in southeast as police try to track down suspects. Pat . Reporter broad daylight gun violence in our city. In this case the victim is a 7yearold boy. In this case, police say the boy was with adults. In this case they say when the bullets started flying the adults ran away and left the boy alone. You thoughtha was going to die, didnt you . I did. I did. My heart i tried so hard to keep his eyes open and i was praying so loud and she was praying that loud, you know wh
Substance there to be concernedc with. But at this stage we just dont know the answers. Still a lot of questions here. Back here life, police tell us l that the man and every officer who came into contact with him has to be decontaminated before they can leave this scene. Scen thats just as a precaution. A as you can see, the situation is causing just a mess for traffic just in time for rush hour. Police say that roads here around the National Mall will be shutdown for at least a few more hours. Were life in northwest, Lindsay Watts, fox5 local news. D. C. Police say detectives are investigating a connection between two murders thatders happened just hours apart inin southeast. So a man was shot dead just before 1 00 p. M. Yesterday in an alley off of benning road. Less than three hours later aate woman was kill as she walkedwa toward her front door on 49th street just a few blocks away. A murder some think was carried out to send a message. Fox5s paul wagner joins us life from the sce
Response to what happened. Fox5s teisha lewis is life in manassas with the story. Teisha. Reporter tony and shawn, a lot of questions tonight. What i can tell you is that we have been here at the manassas campus, novas manassas campus since 7 00. We have seen these emergency boxes and these blue lit fans for students to access during emergencies. What we have not is a Security Officer amidst heightened awareness after two female students say they were sexually assaulted and raped by the same college professor. One incident happened inside that building. Thats the house man hall. 27 year old you receive that ream is charged with rain and sexually battery, among other charges. That ream has been an adjunct professor at he was fired on thursday, one week after the accusations surfaced. He was terminated. Police say the attacks happened recent as two weeks ago. Ive been having issues with a lot of manassas stuff. I havent gotten any remails. And i didnt get an alert about that as well. I w
In court, skew in court today, pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter facing six months to five years in prison, sentenced at later date. In virginia outside consultant being brought in to the Fairfax County Fire Department. One official on leave for posting leud sitings, other members gathering for 7 30 meet to go discuss bullying within the department. Melanie has more. Guys, yes, the reason we are here, thats group of female firefighters, once to publicly say theyve never been bullied or harassed within the Fairfax County Fire Department. But it is clear, that there is culture problem going on, that officials you talked about actually internal Affairs Investigators, the person in charge of investigating workplace complaints, that investigator also ned recent lawsuit filed by another female firefighter claiming workplace harrassment and hostile Work Environment saying investigator basically ignored other womens claims, so all of this together, is what led Fairfax County board of s