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individuals in some cases as they slept. reporter: lanier pointed out the beatings at times were vicious and didn t stop even when the victim was defenseless. as a group, they would attack and viciously beat their victims, oftentimes continuing to beat and kick unconscious victims after they were down. reporter: lanier told us that more gang members will be arrested as this investigation continues and the group could be linked to many other crimes. not only here in d.c., will, but across the area. these arrests are good news across the city, matt. thank you. the principal of coolidge high school in the district turned herself in to police today following assault accusations. thelma squareet and two other employees accused of attacking a former staff member. it happened earlier this month after the homecoming football game. jarett is charged with simple assault and placed on administrative leave. aubrey brown will resume the role of acting principal. new at 5 tonig
last year in a fight over music. the jury found her not guilty on all counts late tonight. fox 5 s maureen umeh has the details. from the start the defense argued this was a case of self- defense and after three hours of deliberation the jury believed it. thank god. reporter: relief and joy from alexis simpson s friends and family just minutes after hearing a jury s verdict. the jury found simpson not guilty on all seven counts she faced in the stabbing death of her bowie state university suite mate domonique frazier, simpson s lawyers saying the jury made the right call. this was a is of defense case. alexis, there s no question in my mind acted in self-defense and so we are very gratified by the verdict. reporter: during the trial simpson testified she was being bulliedly frazier and said she bullied by frazier. she said she complained to officials and wanted to move out but was told there were no rooms available. on september 15th, 2011, simpson and frazier f
clearing skies. should be a beautiful day for most of the day here, and with temperatures back into the mid- 50s. warmer than yesterday. right now we ve warmed up to 46 at reagan national. 41 at dulles. bwi marshall 44 degrees. here s your friday forecast, and we ll peek at the weekend in just a minute. highs in the low to mid-50s. lots of afternoon sunshine. should be a dry friday for you and a dry start to the weekend, too. more details on the weather and we ll look at next week, thanksgiving holiday, we ll have the forecast for that. back to you. thank you very much. in our big story this morning, former cia chief david petraeus is testifying on capitol hill right now. he is answering questions about the deadly consulate attack in libya, while questions still swirl around his affair with paula broadwell. sarah is back with more on today s testimony. hi, sarah. hi. petraeus is set to give testimony in two closed door hearings before the senate and house intelligence c
county, maryland and that they are safe. authorities had believed they were in d.c. in the area, because of this man. he is eric eugene black which they were originally traveling with. all three went missing yesterday afternoon, but investigators quickly learned black had relatives in the d.c. area. black was pulled over by virginia state police on i-95 south of richmond around 4:30 this morning. again, an 18-month-old girl and her mother who had been the subject of an amber alert have been found safe in prince george s county. good news there. we turn to tucker barnes, he s going to tell us what we can expect for our forecast for today. good morning. off to a cool start today. temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. you saw the cloud cover in the live shot. lot of sunshine for your day and slightly warmer temperatures. good news forecast. reagan national now, 43 degrees. dulles, 38. bwi marshall 38. let me ion, north and west in the mountains temperatures at or below