That includes weekends. Wusa9 mola lenghi joins us. Sometimes you find people that have not prepared because they somehow have not heard of what is about to happen. Not the case here. Among folks we talked to. Everyone we spoke with is not only preparing themselves, they are bracing themselves. They say that they have worked at metro safe track plan. And in arlington is among the first stations to be impacted. Riders dont know what to expect. I live in centreville so i drive and take the metro from vienna. I am nervous and interested to see what will happen but hoping to leave earlier and be prepared to stay later. My plan is to work from home as much as possible and from i havent yet. You havent heard about it. I havent changed my plans yet. You will be. Yes. What do you think you will be doing as a result . Allowing more time to commute and going in earlier and planning to stay later. Biking is not an option. The bus is an option. Reporter as you can tell there by what you heard unce
Save this mans life. Just before midnight, it was a much different scene. That is when police say a shot shots rang out, a man was shot of the stomach. Paramedics tried to save his life but he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. These lanes of rhode island avenue between 10th and 12th were closed. This as homicide investigators 7 30, for clues three by firefighters had sprayed soap and water to clean up the gruesome scene. Police have not released a motive or suspect information, but they believe a blue ford with tinted windows was involved. If you have any information in this murder, you are asked to contact police. This is the 89, cited the district so far this year. Homicide inhe 89th the district so far this year. A string of stabbings jummy history of stabbings reported. Less than an hour later, Police Responded to another stabbing in the 1700 block of columbia road. Officers say another stabbing was reported at 16th and lamont street. Stabbing, another this time at irving st
School game, make sure you know what time its starting. Melissa mollet is dealing with traffic right now. How is friday holding up . Okay. Chopper 4 over a little bit of volume for us, bw parkway south of 50 this morning. A little bit volume both northbound and southbound. 66 look okay and 95 here up in the Northern Virginia area looks okay but down south, again, 95 south at 639 ladysmith only one lane getting by that crash cleanup. That could be around for several more hours. Orange line delays to vienna track work between landover and new carrollton. 6 01 right now. Police are keeping a close eye on a popular spot for joggers in loudoun county. Two women have reported attempted assaults in the last week. Police have now released a sketch of one of the men they are looking for. Megan mcgrath is live with more. Reporter its a p people use it early in the morning or in the evening and unfortunately at those times the w and od can get a little isolated. There have been two attempted atta
The very first to be stalled in fairfax county. Take a look at this morning as pedestrians punched the button for the first time and put it to the test. The signal then activates the overheadlight to eventually turn to solid red and that stops traffic in both directions so the pedestrians can safely cross. It was put at this location to solve a frightening situation. An Elementary School right across the street from a big Apartment Community where many of the residents live. But the closest intersection with crosswalks were blocks and blocks away. Unfortunately, drivers are really distracted and at a minimum they are crossing where there is a crosswalk and here we had none so we gave people no option. Now that the option is here, we want to make sure everybody uses the crosswalk to cross the street. As you can see behind me, this is a busy road. Reporter now, when i join you at 5 00, we have obtained Security Camera video. Why it shows something that is every drivers nightmare. Back to
This is the first one installed in fairfax county. Even as some were applauding it today, the latest pedestrian fatalities are being investigated and were seeing Surveillance Video that shows how it happened. I watched him. Reporter leroy washington arrived to troubling news at the Shopping Center he manages. He learned a man had just been struck and killed right out front. Still trying to figure out why did he stand in the street instead of going across the street. Reporter a search of the Security Camera shows how it happened. The victim steps into the southbound lanes just before 6 15 a. M. And starts walking down the middle of the road. An suv strikes him. He died on the scene. Washington says he worries every day about countless people. Nobody will go to the light. And everybody keeps asking, whats the answer . The answer on a section in the springfield area, the hawk pedestrian beacon. It made its debut this morning. Supervisor jeff mckay was there at this crossing. Until now, pe