News Conference Held by the d. C. Mayor at police head quarters. Lets take a live look in fact it looks like theyre a little delayed in getting started. This is their monthly meeting to focus on getting illegal guns off the street. It comes after a violent night in the district. Eight people shot. One of them died. We are waiting for reaction on the string of shootings. For you, lets go to southeast d. C. Have Kristin Wright is standing by with more on the investigation. Reporter thats right. Listen to the numbers here. Eight people shot since last night in the district. Three shootings and now 109 homicides. A violent and deadly night in the district. At 10 00 p. M. , a shooting in southeast on mlk junior avenue. Five men shot. All expected to survive. D. C. Police looking for evidence and a shoot. 30 minutes a later, a shooting . Southwest n d. C. s 109th micide of the year. Two men shot, one dead, the other in critical to grave condition. No suspect information. At 4 30 a. M. In nor
You said that this is the bicycle bandit guy in last week . That is what i have been informed. Is it normal for someone like this to be watched my private security and not Fairfax County police . The federal authorities are in charge of his custody, so it this time i cannot speak on behalf of federal authorities and the contract for security, but he was guarded by private security. Did he fire the shot or did the Security Guard fire the shot . We will update you as soon as we get the answer. Is he on the ground . We have conducted several searches of the building. Right now we need to perform second and third searches of the building. We dont have any information that he has fled the area at this time. We are reviewing security cameras to make a determination as to whether or not he exited the building. We are locking down the entire area presuming that he did escape while we are searching. We had information about a girl who was possibly seen. Do you know anything about that . At this
Jay z making a big splash launching a new Online Streaming Service with some of the biggest stars in the business from madonna to rihanna to kanye. Are you just a few second as way from a new way to get your music . And we do say good morning, america. On this tuesday morning. That was some serious star power occupy on that stage. We want to get right to the breaking news. An active dangerous situation in Northern Virginia where an escaped prisoner is on the loose, police the fbi, u. S. Marshals searching a hospital and nearby neighborhood after he overpowered an Armed Security guard. David kerley is on the scene with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, george. You can hear a siren much you can see the police cars. Miles of this area have been cordoned off as theyre looking for this suspect at this hour. People are being told to stay in their homes at this point. Just ten miles from washington, d. C. A lockdown this morning. An escaped prisoner who police call armed and da
Blamed for deliberately crashing the aircraft. News4s brian ward is tracking this story. Jim and pat, a tornup medical excuse has been found among the copilots private papers. Investigators in dusseldorf say is note found during a search of his home would have excused him from work on the day of the crash. A prosecutor in germany says preliminaryily that would support that lubitz and his medical condition were hidden from the company. The note declared he was unfit for work this according to a german prosecutor working on the investigation. Germanwings Officials Say they neve saw the note and that the airline and its Parent Company lufthansa considered lubitz fit to fly. Dusseldorf University Hospital said he came to the hospital as recently as march 10th. The hospital says he was only there for what theyre calling diagnostic tests. The families have been taken as close as possible to the site and they have ar set up a memorial with an engraved stone where people are leaving flowers an
Where they found an adult male suffering from what theyre describing as trauma to the body. That person was pronounced dead on the scene. We are expecting a briefing from Prince Georges County Police Public Information Officer to give us details. We dont have any information on the identity of the victim or whether or not there are any suspects. This remains an active crime scene at this time. Its at the bedford station apartments here in langley park. As i said we will be hearing from Prince Georges County police shortly. Hopefully more details on this situation. Live in langley park derrick ward news 4. Just getting new information on a story weve been following all morning. We learned that someone did die in that crash. We brought it to you as breaking news. This happened around 4 00 this morning here on the inner loop of the belt way just before Central Avenue in Prince Georges County. Taking a live look. Traffic is moving again in the southbound lanes of the beltway. It was shut d