Is mourning the loss of his wife and his son. In a strange and tragic turn of events at the family home in gaithersburg. A domestic situation gone bad. And this case hits close to home for investigators, because at the center of it is one of their own a sergeant with 27 years on the force. Dead is the sergeants 25yearold son. Police say the officer opened fire on his child in defense of his wife, who was being stabbed. The officer observed his son attacking his wife with some type of sharp instrument, observed some type of stabbing motion. In an effort to stop this attack, the officer discharged a handgun and shot his son. Reporter the son died on the scene. Police say the sergeant called 911. They say he stayed on the phone getting medical instructions until rescue crews arrived. Despite his efforts, his wife died at the hospital. The family has lived at the home on lake catrine terrace for more than two decades. Neighbors are stunned. The whole family. Very nice people. Very devastat
Their heads and possibly boarding the wrong trains. More on the signs that show the blue lines going are not that line. It is a good system overall but it is it has those instances that you can always pull up the escalators and the signage or Something Like that and makes me wonder. What the metro rider is wondering is about how 13 new, yet incorrect signs, could make their way on inform this metro platform and be left out for days. New maps in metro center. Take a look. Metros that blue line splitting off at East Falls Church and going all the way down to Arlington Cemetery. That doesnt happen. When the blue line really does is split off at rosslyn and goes down to Arlington Cemetery and the blue line does not stop at courthouse and clarendon and virginia square, ballston or East Falls Church. The sign is wrong. We told metro about the problem. They came out and tore down the new sign but inn tearing down the new signs metro revealed that old signs that were also incorrect. You probab
Well talk about your sunday and snow chance when i see you in a few. This morning marks one week since the deadly Maryland Mall shooting that left two employees dead. Right now their friends and family are getting ready to honor and remember them. News4 derrick ward joins us live from the Columbia Mall with a look at todays events. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Theres nothing remarkable about this mall parking lot. Theres emotions you cant see that are front and center and will be for some time. Now its been one week ago, will be one week ago today that breana benlolo and Jonathan Taylor lost their life. Mental Health Issues seem to be at the center of why. Also in the days since remembrances of the victims. There is a vigil, has been a vigil for benlolo and johnson. That was on thursday and theres a memorial gone up outside of the mall and another inside. At the zumiez store, shoppers left messages of condolence and remembrances for the victims, for those lives cut short violen
Weather. Lets get over to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Good morning. Good morning to both of you and a good saturday morning. You waited all week for the weekend and the end of the bitter cold and its all here for you just in time for your saturday and sunday. Storm team 4 radar shows a little bit of light rain and snow way out to our west but it will stay away from us. We have a nice dry day ahead of us today and most of tomorrow. Snow chances arrive monday. Temperatures below freezing. Not that bitter cold. 31 degrees at national airport. Mid30s here this morning. Rising to the low 50s for a time today. Clouds sneaking back in tonight and tomorrow. Mild today and tomorrow. Well talk more about that monday snow chance in a few more minutes. This morning marks one week since a shooting at a Maryland Mall left two employees dead. Today friends and family will honor the victims during two events. The Columbia Mall will hold a moment of silence at 11 15 this morning. Its one min
Gay and lesbians in the state still cant get married until the case is resolved. Virginia now has 21 days to decide if it wants to appeal the case. The states attorney general has already said he wont defend the ban. He just spoke at a press conference. Today is yet another victory for the principle of equality that is so central to the American Experience and i am proud that the commonwealth of virginia is leading on one of the most important civil rights issues of our day. He believes it will be decided by the supreme court. A federal Circuit Court made a similar ruling in oklahoma. The governor there said she will appeal. Right now in richmond jury selection is underway in the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Bob Mcdonnell and his wife. Lawyers are going through a jury pool of 150 people. Before today the potential jurors had to fill out questionnaires. They are accused of taking more than 150,000 in gifts and loans from a wealthy businessman. Prosecutors say they did so