That she said would risk the lives of countless innocent individuals. And the Metro Police Department has identified a man as a person of interest in the shooting death of 23yearold matthew shlonsky. We want to show you 19yearold andre dudley considered armed and dangerous. He is wanted for a burglary in northeast just three days before shlonsky, a recent graduate of american university, was killed and remember police are offering a 25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of any homicide in the district. If you have seen dudley, please call police at 2027279099. You can remain anonymous. Again thats 2027279099. Right now we know a large portion of d. C. Police have no confidence in chief cathy lanier according to a poll taken over the weekend by the d. C. Police union. Now 1 3 of those Union Members voted and 97 of them said they dont think lanier is doing a good job, but those are not the only opinions that matter. Ellison barber has more on how the public feels tonight
Maryland bureau chief brad bell is live with the plans to reduce that backlog. Brad . Brad this has been a problem for years. What happens is a woman suffers a rape. She goes to police and then is sent to the hospital where a specially trained forensic nurse looks for d. N. A. Evidence. The womans body actually becomes a crime scene. When they find evidence its put in something called a rape kit. Now, the problem is that in many cases, across the country, those rape kits sit for years so thats why today, the Vice President of the United States along with senator Barbara Mikulski toured the Maryland State Police crime lab in pikesville to see what is going on there in the way of work but also to announce that they have secured 41 million out of the federal budget that can be used by jurisdictions across the country to improve their faculty to test to eliminate that backlog. Senator mikulski says it is vital. Senator mikulski various jurisdictions have more resources than others. Thats w
Lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill after a long night that ultimately ended in failure. The government is closing this morning for the first time in about two decades. It is hard to see if there will be an end to the gridlock. News 4s Melissa Mollett is live. Reporter its been a bitter partisan fight. Quite a blame game weve seen over the past couple of days. We know that lawmakers will reconvene at 9 30 this morning. Heres what we know about what will happen then. Were understanding from harry reid that he will move to table whatever the house was working on overnight which will end up killing it. Democrats say they wont approve anything at all unless that thing is completely clear of any demands to change the Health Care Law. The hope, of course, this morning perhaps to go to this conference and end up actually talking through their differences. Theres a way to resolve this process and that is to go to conference and talk through your differences. I would hope the sena
Measure. But as many as 800,000 federal workers will be furloughed without pay. Thats right. We have it all covered this morning, the politics of it and the Economic Impact beginning with nbcs kelly odonnell. She is on capitol hill. Kelly, how did it all go down . Matt, what a night. Congress will be back to work today to try to fix this mess but aids in both parties, sources high up, say right now they think this could go on for days, maybe even weeks. And thats because that prediction is because theyre not dealing with money where they could just meet in the middle. Theyre fighting over differences about the future of the health care law. Reporter gridlock in the middle of the night. Should the public be prepared for this to go on for days . Lets hope not. Reporter no solution in site. John boehner left the capitol unable to strike a deal. The house made its decision known quickly. We believe we should fund the government and there should be basic fairness for all americans under oba
A crime was committed. That it was an unlawful shooting. He had no right to shoot this woman who was unarmed. His selfdefense plea was made up and did not hold up and the jury actually believed that. They did not buy his claim of selfdefense. The defense attorney got in his car and drove away. He told us earlier that he would only talk to us, depending on how he felt and i think he was very disappointed. However, as some spectators pointed out, it could have been a lot worse. He could have gotten murder one and that carries a twenty year to life sentence. So you know, if you look at it that way, he got off pretty well. Peggy, thank you. Daniel harmonwright found guilty. Well be following this in the sentencing phase. We have another guilty verdict this evening. This in the trial of anne arundel county, john leapold. Guilty of using his Police Detail to carry out his personal errands. He is not guilty on two counts. Break this all down. Deb. Late this afternoon, a judge found executive,