The trooper was taken to the hospital with the life threatening injuries. The suspect shot and killed. Con symp that the gunman is dead. Two other people were shot. Were told by the Virginia State police. They have also been taken to the hospital, civilians. Plethora of the latch there on the scene in richmond. United states marshals, a. T. F. , f. B. I. On the scene. Virginia state Police Handling the investigation. They are in the process of interviewing witnesses. The Greyhound Bus station in richmond is shut down while this investigation plays out. That is what we know so far. Leon thank you. Well let you get back to it. Keep us posted to let us know if you learn something new. You were fortunately, scenes like what happened in richmond are too common in the area. In the past six weeks we have had to report to you on deaths of four officers, shot, killed in line o february 10, mark logston and Patrick Daley gunned down at panera bread. Most recently officer jacai colson, the Prince
Region as we move on through the rest of the evening hours. We mentioned the severe thunderstorm watch for Washington County, Frederick County, Baltimore County and includes the city of baltimore and points to the north it does not include d. C. Southward. The reason is we dont expect to see the Severe Weather continue south. Maybe a couple strong storm bus not quite as strong. Behind this system we see a major change in the weather pattern. Major change. Well talk about that in a few minutes. Some of the rough weather moves in, you can stay one step ahead with the nbc washington app. Track storms with the radar and get breaking weather alerts straight to your phone. If you live in maryland you have less than four hours to make your voice count in the president ial primary. Maryland is one of five States Holding primaries today along with pennsylvania, delaware, connecticut and rhode island. On the republican side, donald trump is looking for a clean sweep tonight. And hes looking to d
The attention of riders safety. Adam tuss joins us live at metro headquarters in northwest d. C. Adam . Thats right, melissa. The News Conference about to get under way in about a minute. We are expecting the general manager to lay out a huge massive track work plan that will deal with things that are completely disruptive, not just for the metro system but the entire region, really. Were talking about single tracking around the clock for as long as a month, possibly even longer on certain sections of rail lines. Were talking about closing down certain sections of stations for weeks on end. And a lot of buses will have to be called in to help people get around. This is going to be a Maintenance Plan that the region has never seen before. The general manager of the board of directors here at metro said in no Uncertain Terms the Maintenance Plan for metro up to this point has not worked. Its not been effective and that is why we have gotten into this state of disrepair of where we are. T
What we learned today should come as a surprise to parents all across maryland. According to the civil lawsuit filed this week, a strength and conditioning coach with the Walter Johnson High School Crew club struck up a romantic relationship with that 16yearold girl on the boating team. The two allegedly exchanged more than 3,000 Text Messages and in december went to the Woodmont Country Club in rockville where they had sex. Two days later that girl attempted suicide by ingesting pills. She survived but is now living at a Mental Health center. Why arent they charging her coach with a crime . According to the maryland law the age of consent is 16. While its still illegal for fulltime teachers and coaches to have sexual relations with the students and athletes, the law does not cover parttime coaches and teachers. Because he is a parttime teacher, a parttime coach there is no criminal sanction against him for these activities. I think he knew that. The fact he writes that in a text is so
Fox mill road work there. Melissa, thank you. Were following developing story, a controversial Political Action Committee Supporting d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is shutting down. News 4s tom sherwood tweeted the news last night. Fresh pac was formed by bowsers closest allies. It has come under withering criticism for raising large amounts of cash for firms and businesses doing business with the city. Mayor bowser is on a mission for trade and is not available for comment. Today a group of Community Leaders will announce a new probe into mayor Muriel Bowsers deals with pepco. She struck two deals in the last month. One revived the epsilon merger allowing it to move forward and the other secured land for d. C. Uniteds future stadium. Molette green is live with more on what this group wants to look at. Reporter eun, good morning. Critics of the merger are questioning the timing of it. Later this morning they plan to call for an investigation. They want to see the paperwork and find out if t