It is my turn here. 95 northbound at 100 here, we have lane blocked, disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. Keep an eye out for that. 95 in virginia, again, about a four mile backup here. As you get on in fredericksburg we have some road work hanging around through stafford. After that its clearing up out of the way. 66 to compton road, no problems there. Rolling along nicely. Same thing when you look at prince georges county. We are nice and green. And top of the beltway here no major issues. B. W. Parkway, 95, just fine and then 29 here also green as well. Back in ten minutes. See you at 5 11. Thank you. 5 01 now. A developing story, this morning a former Fairfax County Police Officer is on the other side of the law. Adam torres is waking up in jail after a grand jury charged him with murder in the death of john geer. Derrick ward has more on why the officer wont be going home today. Derrick . Reporter well, aaron, he has been a former Police Officer since the 31st of last month.
A look at your bus stop Weather Forecast in the next weather and traffic on the 1s. Whats happening now, melissa . Update on the 95 northbound situation. We are still quite slow. Getting a tiny bit better. 95 north at courthouse road, got the crash on the shoulder. It was a semi in the center lane. Still going pretty slowly as youre headed northbound. The problem is in fredericksburg, northbound here after stafford as you approach triangle. After that, its not so bad. The travel times are fairly good from quantico northbound. 70 south, to clarksburg and then some red line delays to shady grove from earlier delays. New this morning, d. C. Police investigating two shootings that happened hours ago. One on florida avenue in southeast d. C. , a man was shot on Frederick Douglas place. Molette green has more on the violent night. She is at police headquarters. Molette . Reporter yeah, aaron, two shootings as you mentioned coming just hours after the Police Chiefs latest appeal to the public
Trial date for december 14th that adam torres fainted in court. If you take a look, you can see First Responders on scene. They rushed inside to assist the former officer that fainted. It was about 30 minutes ago that they rushed inside to assist the former officer, facing a Second Degree murder charge. He didnt appear to show any signs of emotion until that moment. During court today, his attorney argued that the judge should set bond for him because he has roots in the community and doesnt pose a threat to anyone. The prosecution says hes a danger to the community because it was two years that he said he shot and killed john geer who had his hands up. This started in august of to 20 13. Police responded to the house after a domestic call. They arrived and asked geer come outside. He mentioned he had guns and a gun was on the ground near him. This is where things are clouded, if you will. There were conflicting reports on whether or not geer had his hands up. Some officers said he did
Police activity. It was all about this carjacking. We want to show you some video that youre only gonna see here on news4 of that arrest. Now, Police Arrested the suspect wearing a red shirt after searching for him in bethesda and northwest washington here this morning. Police say there was an armed carjacking. That happened about 10 30 this morning over on loughboro road over in northwest. The suspect then led police on a pursuit around American University into bethesda. Thats where the suv, a honda crv crashed into a wooded area on little falls parkway. Thats near river road. He got out of the suv and ran away. Now, someone from wtop radio happened to be in the area and saw Police Pursuing this suv. I was over on massachusetts avenue by American University when i noticed there was a police chase going on and immediately caught my attention. I was going back to the Radio Station and noticed this honda crv just went up on the sidewalk to get around traffic. And immediately, being in th
When the suv crashed, touching off a manhunt that lasted more than an hour. The guy went off the road into the trees here and thats when all hell was breaking loose and they called in for extra airships and police units. Reporter a helicopter circled over the area as police from Montgomery County, d. C. , secret service and maryland parks all responded. It all came to an end at 47th and mass in spring valley, one of washingtons most exclusive neighborhoods. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, police are investigating whether the suspect committed yet another crime while he was on the run. Reporting live from northwest, Darcy Spencer, news4. A young mother is now dead, killed as the district still grapples with this rising gun violence. Her name is tenika fontanelle. She was shot and killed and her 12yearold son recovering after he was also shot in their apartment. Their 17yearold neighbor is now charged in this case. And today, fontanelles family told us that her son was shot trying to protect