High capacity magazines, as we discussed before, and theyre finding their way into the major cities across the United States and right now this is, you know, another tragedy involving children that just shouldnt happen. It is not clear yet how all those three victims knew each other, but they are all expected to be okay. While that investigation started near st. Elizabeths Hospital Police were already on the scene 5 miles away on east capitol street near ft. Chaplain park where a man was shot and killed right in front of st. Luke catholic church, but police do not believe the shooting when anything to do with the church. Police say more than a dozen shots were fired. They are still on the lookout for whoever pulled that trigger. Only on 9 tonight one on one with a witness, the escape of a possible killer. A witness who saw himself staring down the barrel of a gun. Peter petrof is an uber driver who suddenly found himself blocking the way of a burgundy chrysler fleeing from a gunfight i
Buses running on schedule as well. The inner loop of the beltway this is it van dorn street and springfield interchange where we have an accident thats blocking the left lane. Sky 9 will be making its way there shortly. We should be able to give you a live update in about ten minutes. Meantime if youre going to be traveling along 50, the bw parkway or 95, youre good to go, i will traveling along 50 from crofton, bowie, mitchellville. Youll have no major issues this morning. Coming up in ten minutes, well look at how things are shaping up on metro and take you out to other parts of virginia and show you how the commute is shaping up in that area as well. Well send it over you to. Reporter right now d. C. Police are working overtime trying to get a handle on all this violence thats happening acots city from across the city from shaw to southeast washington where two people were killed just yesterday. Lets take a look at some video of one scene right outside of a churn on east capitol str
Joining us. Im andrea roane. Peggy fox joins us from Fairfax County circuit courthouse with more on what happened today in the case against adam torres and his condition now. Peggy . Reporter andrea, i was sitting in the front row and adam torres was standing to hear the judges decision. Torres was wearing a dark green jumpsuit and the judge denied bond. Then the judge set a trial date of december 14. As soon as he did that, we heard a commotion and adam torres had collapsed. Ed fallen to the hed fallen to the floor and fainted. Bailiffs immediately went to his aid. They called 9116789 the courtroom was 911. The courtroom was uncleared. Rescue crews brought in a stretcher but they did not take him out on a stretcher. We believe he walked out but we understand he was taken to a local hospital and we also understand that he is doing fine. The 32yearold is the first Fairfax County Police Officer ever charged in an on duty shooting. He was fired from the Fairfax County Police Department th
Plans to dissolve the marriage. Oscar pistorius will not be getting out of prison at least not yet. The track stars release has been put on hold today because the south Africa Justice Department Says a parole board must give its approval first. Due to be released on friday after serving 10 months of a fiveyear sentence of manslaughter for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. It could be a stormy evening in some parts of our region. First alert chief meteorologist topper shutt is here, hes got the latest on our yellow weather alert. Top. Here west of town, kind of rocking and rolling right now especially west of i95, north of fredsburg up fredericksburg up towards warrenton. No lightning or heavy rain or wind. Good rain south of warrenton right now and down from 17. Everything pushing off essentially to the north, so this storm is actually headed toward middleburg on our stormtracker about 6 48 and i think it will hold together and maybe toward howardsville at about 7 03 as it moves
The gunshots killed 21yearold amare jenkins. Three men were in that van and they want to talk to those men. A spike in murders have the police chief, d. C. , communities of community d. C. Leaders and Community Members ask how do we stop the killings . A meeting going on inside southeast thats addressing d. C. s violent summer. Reporter this Community Meeting about the spike in Violent Crime particularly homicides has been going on for about an hour now and as expected we are hearing from both the community and the Police Department about what has worked to combat this rise in homicide now at 98 and what has not, particularly Community Members here are saying to us that while the police are doing their job, they want to see more Additional Resources brought in from federal partners from the outside and, yes, from the community itself to step up and help. Youre saying the police are doing their job, we need to see more of an effort from the community and some of these other partners . T