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
Prince georges county, the district, anne arundel, parts of howard county. Watch out for high water tonight. So hour by hour forecast for the next six hours will just begin to dry out a bit. The pavement still wet. Some sun breaks out later this morning. Low 80s by then. Next weather and traffic on the 1s, a look at your bus stop forecast for this thursday. Now melissa is looking at traffic problems early on this thursday morning. Have a couple of issues, inner loop at 295, a single car crash. Probably off the road work right now. 295 at malcolm x is blocked. And nutley road, its blocked there. Inner and outer loop no major problems. Virginia 95 here at lorton road a little bit of wetness, and through Prince Georges County, so be careful as youre headed out. 5 02. We are learning that two cars collided on branch avenue overnight. That crash happened near the intersection with earnshaw drive. Look here, you can see at least one of the cars went off the road. Three people hurt in another
Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Good morning. Grab the umbrella before you head out the door. You wont need it immediately in the metro area, but if you live in anne arundel you will. Right now we are getting brief heavy downpours near annapolis and right along the western side of the bay, up toward baltimore. Thats moving off north and east. That line did come through an hour or so ago. So some of the pavement is wet around the beltway and all the major streets and roads so watch out, theyre still slick. And this is the Flash Flood Watch map. These areas in green including fairfax, all of prince georges, arlington, as well as anne arundel, southern howard, watch out for high water tonight. We could get one to two inches of rain in a short amount of time. Now melissa, whats happening . I have two brand new crashes in northern virginia. Lets look at the first one here. Fairfax county, that just popped up. As did this one. A warning on those two. 216 so we had that crash, sounds
Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im e. Rerika gonzalez. Change of plans this weekend, well tell you the handful of metro stations closing starting tonight. And the honor students are preparing to give for a beloved principal after his death. A man arrested four times for threatening to assassinate u. S. President s. Who local lawmakers say dropped the ball. But first, lets check in with tom kierein. With pleasure this morning. We have got beautiful weather moving in. This flag at Union Station on capitol hill is flapping a little bit, a bit of a breeze coming in out of the north and west. That is bringing in the lower humidity. Your friday headlines, a mild morning. Much less humid afternoon. Beautiful summer weather coming in and then a dry pattern is going to be setting up here for the next seven days. Temperatures getting much more comfortable now. Metro area, right in washington, eastern southern suburbs, low 70s. Still humid around the bay. Were down into the 60s, most
Setting up here. It will be in place for the next seven days. A look at your drive time forecast at 6 11. Melissa, chopper 4 up over the beltway. Up over the top of the beltway. Right there at university boulevard you can see the inner and outer loop, moving fine for us. Dont have any real volume at least at this point to complain about like we like to do. Inner and outer loop, rest looks good. 66, 95 into and out of town, looking good as well. 270 at old hundred road, with etimcally we typically see volume at this point, but it looks good. Travel times in ten minutes. See you then. 6 01. Some major track work happening on metro this weekend. Four stations are set to close tonight. News4s Zachary Kiesch live with what we need to know. Zachary . Reporter yes, good morning, aaron. The closure will start at 12 01 saturday. Stay that way through metro closing on sunday. So if youre out late tonight you could be impacted. Buses are going to replace trains between Eastern Market on the orang