Us now live from Childrens National Medical Center where the boy is treated tonight. Reporter when that boy arrived here late tuesday night in grave condition, the result police say of a brutal beating received at the hand of his mothers boyfriend, all of it over a piece of cake. With his mother at work on tuesday, the boy was left at this apartment in the care of his uncle and his mothers boyfriend robert leroy wilson. According to court documents, when wilson caught the boy stealing cake, he cuffed his hands and beat the defenseless child until he was unresponsive and stiff. The boys uncle took the cuffs off and called 911. To have a 9yearold in the condition hes in now because an adult literally beat him into that condition is traumatic. Its marched on all of us to hard on all of us to deal with those things. Reporter a neighbor said nothing about wilson stood out when they chatted about motorcycles in the parking lot. Seemed like a normal everyday guy, didnt seem like the person th
Drenching rains and the terrorism alert. Were live at the National Monument where Security Leaders are breathing a sigh of relief, and im you are too bruce. Reporter yes, a lone wolf attack, isis inspired assault by an individual was among the top fears of security official, but thankfully the only explosions down here tonight were the fireworks. A Late Afternoon downpour forced thousands to seek shelter. But by the time the first blast of red, white, and blue hit the sky over the lincoln memorial, the rain had cleared and the crowd was overjoyed. Its beautiful its amazing. Really awesome the fireworks are beautiful. Reporter 700,000 people usually crowd americas front yard to celebrate the fourth, but metro numbers suggest far fewer came this year, scared away perhaps by the terror alert issued last week by homeland security. And by the weather. Special patrols watched the monuments, Surveillance Aircraft patrolled the sparkling skies. No one we talked to seemed worry. I didnt even kn
Their street around 11 30 last night. Other neighbors also tried to help. And with something that was in the roads, i didnt know exactly what it was, so i slowed down. Reporter after like five minutes nobody came back. If that call had came up the road, it would have ran over it. The baby just cried hard, you know, its a shame that they would do Something Like that. Reporter they were treated and released to child services. In the meantime a woman who saw the social media post online identified herself as the childs mother, turning herself in. They say they are taking what happened here very seriously. Reporter you cant leave a two to threemonth on the side of the road unattended, period. End of story. Reporter in maryland, stephanie ramirez, wusa9 news. Of course so many questions remain. How long was that baby alone and why again police are questioning the mom at this very moment. We will have the latest throughout the night on our app and right here at 11 00 tonight. Well, Independe
University alum on the platform yesterday. Derek joins us live from that know ma metro station. Garrett what have you learned . Reporter well, debra tonight the man that police are looking for was in their custody just a few days ago. According to court documents, jasper spire was charged in an unresulted assault late last week. But was released after his arraignment on friday to await trial which means the suspect in this case was back on the street for just 24 hours before this murder was committed. D. C. Police say this is the face of a coldblooded killer. Tonight, mpd has a warrant out for jasper spires arrest on the charge of first degree murder while armed. He stabbed 24yearold Kevin Sutherland to death in the know ma gala debt metro station. Then fled. The broad daylight murder shut down the station for hours on one of the busiest days to have year for public transit. The latest killing in an ongoing summer homicide spike. We actually were going to ride here and we werent able t
Weather center, how bad is it now . The storms will have heavy downpours and maybe some flash flooding, no hail or winds, so thats the Silver Lining, but this is the last hour, south to almost due north through the district, this is the heaviest one, and one just leaving the northwest part of town. Zoom in a little more, and you can see this storm is heavy around bethesda, and out 97. Zoom in a little more, rain fall rate on this was about an inch per hour, now its moving north, so its going to slow you down a little going home. Little further north, this is pretty heavy too. Earlier the heaviest rain shifted east and new york city, but at one north, but at one time rates at an inch and a third per hour. More storms out to the west, this will eventually head north into claysville about 5 05, and big storms near brunswick. When we come back well tell you when the storms die out, and the possibility of another yellow alert later this week. And frightening moments at a Medical Center afte