Reporter these cmes stretch from northeast to northwest. The ruthlessness in what you would almost describe as a precision is what leads police to believe they may be connected. Tonight we talk to a man who survived the frightening robbery. He says the four masked gun men entered last wednesday night in a terrifying way. One guy tried to open. Reporter the employee who asked whee not identify him says one man stood guy while another asked for the money. The lookout waved away incoming customers by showing his gun. They opened the door and left. Reporter dc Police Believe it could be the same group of men who terrorized during a robbery on 12th street and a similar robbery at a dominos may be the work of the same suspects and on january 28 a group fitting the same description robbed a metro access facility. In each case four to six suspects and lots of guns. D. C. Police are making the crimes a top priority. They are adding extra patrols and extra manpower. Metros red line is moving aga
Reporter Security Officials are on the alert for a new potential terror threat. An advisory was issued Late Wednesday warning airlines that terrorists may have found a new way to smuggle explosives on to airplanes using toothpaste or skin care products. Sources say the worry is teams of operatives could bring bomb making components on board an airliner. Then assemble an improvised explosive device while the plane is in flight. The potential threat is aimed at russia and the olympics and the security warning is for carriers flying from International Cities to russia. Russian Security Forces are everywhere in sochi. They have built a socalled ring of steel to protect olympic venues and visitors. The Russian Olympic Committee president says weve taken all the necessary measures to ensure safety. This includes deploying more than 40,000 police and soldiers. A federal official tells cbs news the alert originated after the arrest of chechen female suspects in austria and france. Terrorists c
Council of government was shot and killed inside his home about a mile and a half from here. That murder is still unsolved as well. Police say they are looking to see if there is any connection. Wow. Disturbing details there, peggy, thank you. A wild scene in manassas. Breaking right now where officers are on a man hunt. He got away from the Manassas City Police officers during a car chase. Mitchell is wanted for a homicide in pennsylvania and considered armed and dangerous. In yet another breaking story in virginia, the body believed to be that of missing preserve captain kevin quick has been found. The grim discovery made today. Multiple Police Sources confirmed to the local news outlet that the body is that of quick. He disappeared last friday night after leaving his mothers home in aspen, virginia. Now a brother and a sister, they are charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing his toyota four runner. Another sister was arrested on an unrelated outstanding warrant. All three
Maybe 1 to 2 up toward gaithersburg. Weather permitting its back to work and School Tomorrow and for most people across our area following last weeks winter storm. There is still just enough snow on the ground to make your life a bit difficult. Reporter im bruce leshan in bethesda. This is the kind of challenge some people will encounter during their morning commute, big piles of snow blocking your sight line making it potentially dangerous to pull t the intersection. People coming up to the corner cant see them. Reporter at wisconsin and willard avenues right in the heart of the busy Friendship Heights Business District another one of those potentially crash inducing piles of snow. Thats not safe. Reporter they should get rid of that . Yes. Reporter this mountain is 8 or 9 feet high dumped by crews trying to get the roads clear. Across the region theyve been struggling to sweep the snow from right turn lanes and merge points, but after an exhausting round of weather and with a little
Little more snow coming they have not been altogether successful. Potentially could be very challenging. Reporter wusa9 traffic expert Monica Centanni expects trouble. If you look closely, you see the shoulder and then none and this is only one car going by. Imagine tomorrow morning what this could look like with a full on morning commute. Reporter monica says a lot of roads still need the snow pushed back. Look at this person right here. Reporter what are we looking at here . A pedestrian Walking Around the mound of snow straight onto the street. Reporter speaking of pedestrians, some of the sidewalks remain unshovelled including these sidewalks along foxhall road, one of d. C. s swankiest neighborhoods. Sidewalks arent very good right here. I think people are doing their best, but it is a pain in the butt. Reporter in fairness when we drove around a lot of the area of d. C. , virginia, up into maryland, we found a lot of the roads in pretty dapper good shape. This sort of scene is fa