Wrong. He was the victim of a hoax, something that we know now called swatting. News 4s Meagan Fitzgerald spok to the columnist about his terrifying incident. Te repor Leonard Spitz an awardwinning journalist for the miami herald based in prince georges county. Pulitzer prize, commentary 2004. This is the citation. Reporter b hes also a fulltime grandpa. You know i know how to put my seat up. Porter on sunday morning just before 5 00, he temporarily became a murder suspect. Never beenst arred, and technically wasnt arrested then and never had handcuffs on before. Reporter pitts was sleeping wh his phone rang. Was bowie police calling after a 911 callerhe contacted about a crime happening inside pitts home. The caller on the line stated that he had murdered his wife and that he was going toho the police when they arrived on the scene. The caller gave the address in the 500 block of nebraska lane. The caller gave pitts address so poli called asking him to com they brought me out to right
Accepting responsibility for the dui crash that killed 5yearold twins alexander and rosalie and 1yearold isaac mejia. Hawks vehicle slammed into thei back of t vehicle as they were stopped at a red lies on indian head highway last december. Hawks bloodalcohol level was mo than twice the states legaat limit. The scene he was unable to stand, and a one point he fell asleep in the Police Patrol ca. We were coming from church. They didnt deserve to leave. We had so many plans with them. Reporter parents alexis and juanita were both injured in the crash and are expected to live with the pain o fose they are also living with the pain of no longer having their chondren. Last mday they experienced the twins first birthday since d theirth. Reporter we had to sit at their grave site missing out on the plans that we had for them as graduating kindergartners. N reporter hawks is out bond as he has been since this accident happened unt his sentencing set for september. Hes looking at the possibilit
Yes, more storms. Ill show you what that means for the fourth as well. And new tonight, a quiet neighborhood shaken by gunfire. Ashriple ooting in a ark v parking lot putting people who liv nearby on edge for the second time this year. Hi, everybody. Im jim handily. Right back to that soaker of a night. A noisy one too. First came the heat, then on cue those heavy down tonights round of summer storms moved in quick, but folks, they were powerful. They stalled traffic, took out , power lin even sent a tree through the side of this home here in olney. Now the question is what should we expect tomorrow . We have Team Coverage for you tonight. News 4s Darcy Spencer will give us a look at the cleanupis that still under way. But first doug cammerer in the storm center. Are we going to need those umbrellas again tomorrow . Youll need them but today if you went outside even the big umbrellas a day like today really doesnt help a whole lot because that rain is coming down so hard,uch big drops
And not much of a breeze either. Thickest of the fog towards Fauquier County and Prince William county. Upper 60s and a few spots in the 50s this morning. Tuesday planner nothing but sunshine all day long afternoon highs mid to upper 80s. More about tomorrow and the weekend coming up in a few. 4 traffic. Fir good morning. Right now Silver Spring Georgia Avenue and seminary dark traffir lights soat it as a stop. Repairs from an earlier crash and probably last through the morning hush. A slow situation there. Connecticut avenue at randolph road crash in the middle of the intersection here in Silver Spring. Seeing slowdowns the. Just got this in. F whiteserry shut down because of high water and impr debris. Pure panic and chaos as ugflash floods swept throthe d. C. Area yesterday. This is video from potomac, madeland. Outsi, folks are dealing with the aftermath of this. Many cars were waterlogged and seems like a river took over their neighborhoods in some cases. Molette green is ve on wi
61 winchester and leesburg 59 and commuter forecast for today. The only impact on your commutee weather witoday is a little fog around early this morning. Sun up at 5 51 and put off the fog relatively quickly and a Beautiful Day with temperatures in the mid topper 80s and nice weather tomorrow. More about that coming up. Thursday chance of rain coming up in a few. Taking a look at the road here in virginia. As we take a look at 66 here this morning. Rkying in. Fairfax county pay to the beltway we dont have anything in your way. 66 miles per hour. That takes you eight minutes. These repairs could be through the morning mess and you cant turn on seminary. 29 there between riley shut down for three months because of that road rk. Pure panic and chaos as flash tloods swept through d. C. Area yesterday. This is video from potomac, marylanid outs folks are dealing with the aftermath of this. Many cars were wa seems like a river took over their neighborhoods in some cases. Inside, water washe