More Sexual Misconduct reported on the hill. This time republican representative blake farenthold. He is the latest to announce hes stepping down all this while calls continue for an investigation into the president. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill now with the latest. Good morning, mel. Reporter and good morning. The texas congressman says that the allegations brought by a former Communications Director against him are false. Nonetheless he said he will not seek reelection next year. Accusations from former staffers include allegations of sexually graphic jokes and comments farenthold is also suspected of using taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed pie one of those staffers. The texan is accused of berating aides and creating a hostile work environment. He apologized on facebook. Face. Stress of the job to manifest itself in angry outbursts. Unacceptable behavior has been alleged no those stories and i think hes made the right decision that hes going t
The ground temperatures are colder. A little precipitation on radar not reaching the ground but it will change in the overnight not testify overnight. It will change after 6 00 or 7 00, the precipitation will move in. We expect it to be a freezing rain for a while. And plain rain after midnight as temperatures rise above freezing and we are still on track for mighty mild air. Ill be happy to tell you when and how warm in a few minutes. Michelle thank you. Breaking now. The corruption and the bribery scheme that started with Prince Georges County liquor board is growing. Jonathan today a state lawmaker is connected to the ring. Maryland bureau chief brad bell is in greenbelt with the breaking news. This is getting bigger. Brad you know what . It has gotten bigger and it is going to get bigger still. This is the plea agreement signed just last week by former state delegate, former prince georgia county councilmember will campos. In this, campos who served on the council for ten years adm
Details for you when that happens. Reporting live in fairfax county, herndon, tom roussey, abc7 news. Jonathan first tonight, a woman in a wheelchair, beloved member of the community shot to death on the way to the grocery store. The shots rang out after 10 00 this morning on elvan street in southeast washington. A second person also shot. That person survived. Kevin lewis is joining us from the scene. What happened here . What are the circumstances surrounding the shooting . Kevin well, d. C. Police are only saying they believe there were multiple gunmen. 68yearold murder victim described to us as the mother hen of the neighborhood. The best eyewitness just may be that d. C. Police camera attached to the wooden lightbulb located directly across the roadway. Its very, very, very unacceptable. On a day when the communities across d. C. Were celebrating peace i dont think it is okay. I think the police and once again the community and also the Property Managers need to come together and
Thousands of dollars worth of gear stolen. Tonight the band is speaking exclusively to fox5. We begin tonight in alexandria, virginia, where police are investigating a homicide at a senior care facility. Im tony perkins. Im shawn yancy. Police say a 72yearold killed an 82yearold. Both men were residents of the facility. Lindsey watts alexandria with the latest. Lipcy. Shawn, tony, were here in front of assisted care facility where the elderly man was killed on duke street in alexandria. And you can see on the sign down there its called sunrise and this is a community for the mentally impaired and the man accused of this crime has not been arrested yet. He potentially could still be living here. Tonight, Neither Police nor the too much information. This is what we know so far this happened more than two weeks going october 24. Police say the 72yearold mana salted 82yearold man and then the victim died two days later. Tonight hes been identified Hunter Alexander from here in alexandria.
Doug will have another update on the forecast in just a few minutes. Also, download our stormwatch app, so you can get alerts sent to your mobile device. Breaking news in the case of missing uva student hannah graham. Charlottesville police plan to hold a press conference tonight at 7 00 to discuss the case. We will carry the press Conference Live on our sister station, news channel 8. Meanwhile, police are looking for graham and this man, Jesse Matthew. He is charged with her abduction. Neighbors are showing their support and praying for grahams safe return at a vigil tonight. It hasnt even been 24 hours since the Neighborhood Association put the signed up in the neighborhood. All of us have been feeling very heavy hearted. Plastic tags with yellow within this are attached, but they cant seem to fill them fast enough of fast enough. We felt helpless and wanted to do something to show support. This is something simple. There is a lot we can do. But cap he wanted to take one, but the da