Right now at 10 00 a local uber driver with a criminal pasta caused of trying to kill two Montgomery County Police Officers. Tonight, fox5 asks the Ride Share Program why this man was ever allowed behind the wheel. And then, a disturbing crime in mannasas. Two women and two children found bound and gagged inside of their home. The desperate search to find whoever did this. Plus, jumping to action to do the right thing. These robbers did not know who they were messing with when they crossed paths with a brave 7yearold boy. Fox 5 news at 10 starts right now. And we begin with the arrest of that d. C. Area uber driver im tony perkins. Im Sarah Simmons in for john. Henning threatened two officers with heres the story. Sarah, this man is actually facing 21 criminal charges including attempted murder and when you order an uber and get in one, sometimes you may find yourself with, well a rude driver. What you dont expect is to be riding with a convicted fell felon. Would you expect him to hav
Right now at 10 00 a neighborhood gathers to reason a Democratic National committee employee shot to death during a robbery gone wrong. Nobody should lose their life. Have officials delivered on promises to make this up and coming community safer. And a regionwide amber alert for missing 6yearold tonight the baby girl is safe. Well show you where police found her. And plus a disturbing incident at Arlington Metro station and woman confront a man after he allegedly used his phone to look up her skirt. What happened next right now on fox5news at 10. And we thank you for joining us tonight. Im tony perkins. Im shawn yancy. A northwest d. C. Community gathered for a vigil tonight to remember a man killed during what appears to be a busted robbery in bloomingdale. Marina tonight. Theyre concerned about the spike in crime in their community. Reporter they are and have been, tony, you know what the police chief outing robbyes down about 20 and reality in this northwest neighborhood and bloomi
Hit a house in midst of severe storms slamming the d. C. Regio region. Were live with the latest. A youth minister trusted by the families of a maryland parent now faces disturbing charges. Its horrifying time, scar scary. Why did the Church Pastor report the aels to the arch sdi cease before the police . And, fire beware. A picture of puppy in need of home could lead new financial trouble. Your news starts now. We begin tonight with damage the cleanup in wake of tonigh tonights strong storms. Thanks for staying us with tonight im shawn yancy. Im tony perkins. A Lightning Strike sparked a fastmoving fire in gaithersburg home an a woman was inside at the time. Fox5 Lauren Demarco was live in the neighborhood with more tonight, lauren. Well, tony, this home along mid summer drive in Gaither Gaithersburg devastated. Look behind me here. You can seat debris lawn and inside of the home just gutted. The attic was hit by lightning and house caught fire. It spread. The rain was pouring down at
leaving in its wake more than 130 dead and more than 1,000 injured. the most vicious strike was without question here in joplin, missouri where today many were able to get back into their battered communities for the first time, searching for anything the storm may have left behind, though most still can t shake the haunting memory of how this all happened. the sound i ll never, ever get that sound out of my head. tammy beerly and her husband were trapped in their car when the tornado hit. he stopped because we knew we were done for. he held me and started started dreaming and we just held each other because we knew it was over. we were gone. we should not be alive. reporter: she is thankful, though still in shock, unsure of how or where to start picking up the pieces. it s just it s all gone. it s just all gone. and you don t know where to start. where do you start? it is an overwhelming struggle to survive, now faced by thousands of families in the wake of
it could be your saving grace. reporter: 9news now. john edwards and children were at elizabeth s side we understand at her chapel hill home. a family friend said just yesterday she was making the announcement the cancer treatment was not going to be continue. elizabeth edwards has died. we have other breaking news from the white house where president obama held a late afternoon news conference trying to convince democrats to get on board with his plan to end the gridlock over tax cuts. joel brown joins us with more on the deal the president struck with republicans. joel, this is going to be a hard sell for members of his party? reporter: the white house knew it had a sales job on its hands with democrats. by this afternoon the president decided he was going to make the case for his tax cut deal with republicans. president obama called reporters together so he could send a message to capitol hill. it is time to put politics aside. my number one priority is for jobs