Im julie broughton. Ginger is on assignment this afternoon. New findings suggest dogs love their owners more than cats do. How researchers came up with the controversial conclusion and the rebuttal were getting on facebook right now. But first, a grand jury is meeting to determine whether a downtown orlando apartment Security Guard should be indicted on charges he raped and murdered one of their residents. One of the pieces of evidence is this Surveillance Video that shows the 33yearold walking the woman to her unit at the uptown Place Apartments last october. Thats where they say he raped and killed her. Eric sandoval is getting answers about the other piece of information they may be considering. What have you found out . Right now, the grand jury is meeting on the fifth floor off the state Attorneys Office in the building behind me. They are looking it he video you just showed and looking at his if it theres enough evidence to go forward with the trial of this man, accused of raping
Corner now with the suspects weapon. He pulled the trigger on it twice. Thats when he realized it wasnt a real gun. To me it would be armed rob y, pellet gun, bb gun or whatever. The suspect described as a white male 58 medium build, allegedly jumped into an older large four door car. If you have any information about this suspect. Please call crimelin. In mims derrol nail, fox 35 news. Sonni now at five some kids walking to school tell police they were attacked and bitten by a homeless man. Bob cops do a little digging and they find out their story isnt exactly as it seems. Now, those kids could be in trouble. Fox 35 Holly Bristow is live in orlando trying to sort the whole thing out. Reporter at last check Orlando Police at the moment they believe the children walking to school were the aggressors in the homeless man did bite one of the kids, it was in selfdefense. Law enforcement is investigating an encounter two students had with a stranger on their way to school this morning near
Virginia Visitors Center around 9 00 this morning. Vdot reported 600 vehicles on the road and crews are only plowing areas with more than two inches of snow theyre telling us. Well we have heard a lot from parents in fairfax and loudon counties who said they were too slow to start on time. At one time Fairfax County Public Schools was trending worldwide on twitter. This is video from Sterling Virginia this morning where buses were out on the snow covered roads trying to get through to kids and then to school. Most of the area remains under a Winter Weather advisory right now until 1 00 this afternoon. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein begins our Team Coverage from the weather channel. Tom. Hey, barbara, most of the snow has ended in the metro area. The snow has ended. As we look at the storm team 4 radar, right now the last of the know is just to our north in the panhandle of West Virginia into washington and frederick county. A few lingering snow flurries in the eastern shore. It
66 again looking arriving i should say through falls church, arlington, you dont have any major issues. Remember of course to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car for the latest on traffic. New details this morning in a fraternity scandal at the university of maryland. The student who sent an offensive email using racial slurs and references to rape will not return to campus this semester. Megan mcgrath has details on this. Reporter we are learning new information about a university of maryland student who sent an email that has as you mentioned racial slurs and also uses references to rape. Were learning that student will not return to campus. Now, the student would wroteho wrote the email was a member of the kappa sigma fraternity. It was written a year ago but only recently came to the attention of university officials. A letter sent to the Vice President for Student Affairs says by Mutual Consent between the student, his family and the university he will
Law enforcement sources tell our station in that area that the body of noah thomas was found on his familys property in dublin virginia. Hundreds of volunteers have been searching all over that area looking for any sign of him. This afternoon there was a flurry of activity at the familys home. Police say theyre planning a News Conference within the next hour. Well have updates here on air and with a breaking alert from our nbc washington app just as soon as theres news on this. More breaking news now. This video is from new york city where two buildings have collapsed after an explosion. This is in the east village on Second Avenue at 7th street. Huge flames were seen shooting out of the front of the buildings. Firefighters say 12 people were injured. Well continue to monitor developments on air and on our nbcwashington. Com website. Two tragic deaths are taking an motion nal toll on a Northern Virginia community today. News4 went to the church of yvonne and emily selke, the mother and