Looking ahead to the forecast friday for the nats first playoffs game. But first tonight a Dramatic Development in the case of that missing uva student Hannah Graham. Good evening. Im derek mcginty. Im jan jeffcoat. Jesse matthew, the prime suspect, has been linked to the rape and murder of a Virginia Tech student five years ago at a 2005 sexual assault. Three cases, one important forensic link. Dan and Jill Harrington have been waiting for this day for five years. We always had it on the horizon that someday there would be an arrest and it would introduce a whole set of its own challenges. Reporter october 7 tonight, 2009, their daughter 20yearold 17th, 2009, their daughter Morgan Harrington vanished after attending a metallica concert. Her body was found dumped on a farm in albemarle county. The Virginia Tech junior had been raped and murdered. Law enforcement had the time to unravel this really tangled snarl of evidence, information. Theyve got plenty of time to sort it out and make
She was a graduate of Eastern High School in the district and Drexel University where she studied computer science. For about 20 years carol glover worked as a contractor for the federal government downtown. Her son said that each day she would board a bus near her home in alexandria go to pentagon si, and get on the yellow line to go into d. C. To work. And at the end of the workday, she would reverse that trip. She did it every day for about 20 years. But yesterday she never made it home. Diana rodriguez is a neighbor of carol glover. The two used to ride the bus together. Shes a really lovely warm wonderful person, and im really just devastated to hear this really. She was a great neighbor really beautiful lady. Reporter and then for her to die this way. Terrible. Really really tragic. Uh. I just hate to hear this. Reporter carol glover worked for dkw communications. In 2014 she was named employee of the year. Were all still in shock. I mean we just found out a couple hours ago. Car
Graham. Debra alfarone, wusa9. Concerns tonight after there were gunshots in front of the Ethiopian Embassy today, those shots fired along a crowded street. The shots rang out on the street just after noon and Bruce Johnson walks us through what happened on international drive. Reporter its already airing on ethiopian tv as breaking news. At 12 30 this afternoon shots rang out during a protest at the Ethiopian Embassy in northwest washington. Sources close by tell wusa9 it was an embassy employee, a member of the security team, who fired the shots at one of the demonstrators who was attempting to take down the ethiopian flag in front of the building. Three shots were fired. One of them hit a parked vehicle. Nobody was injured. The secret Service Spokesperson says the shooter has been arrested. Well see how that pans out if diplomatic immunity comes into play, Bruce Johnson, wusa9. Theres also new information on the man who scaled a white house fence. We have now learned 42yearold Omar
Commute tomorrow. And well talk about that. And we are following breaking news out of charlottesville where Jesse Matthew could pay the ultimate price if convicted of killing Hannah Graham. What went down peggy . Reporter i can tell you this. The Attorney Says they have new forensic evidence that lets them charge Jesse Matthew with capital murder. Matthew is accused of killing Hannah Graham the 18yearold University Student from fairfax county. He is still charged with first degree murder and attempt to dee file. And hes also charged with capital murder and abduction. Hannah grahams parents were in the courtroom today. Their daughter disappeared in september after a night out with friends. Her remains were found two weeks later in albemarle county. Someone pointed out earlier these are never easy decisions. If i didnt believe that the case were worthy of a capital charge if i didnt believe that mr. Matthew were someone that would be appropriate for this ultimate penalty we wouldnt be st
Lynch. The the relationship between police and community is the civil rights issue of this generation. Reporter the d. O. J. Has opened an investigation into freddie grays death. Charges against officers are possible but senator Barbara Mikulski says it should go further. The broken window resulted in broken trust. One solution is pull the purse strings. Federal grants should be made for body armor and extra officers contingent on the Officers Training in civil rights protections. The civil rights of this young men were apparently violated in the manner of his arrest and the manner of his treatment thereafter. You couldnt have a more classic kind of civil rights violation. The ability to create accountability across the country, starting with baltimore and makes us a model and using her power to prosecute and to hold officers that do things wrong accountable. That goes across the nation and so they know that the federal government is watching and will not stand by while this stuff happ