People, so they waited and waited. When he left and came to his car and he was alone, they moved in. They surrounded that car with Police Trucks and vehicles. They drew their weapons. They ordered him out. Hands up. Then they handcuffed him and took him in. Hear now chief tom manger. He describes the Police Strategy here. The suspect was actually in several of the businesses here. Knowing that the suspect was armed, knowing that the suspect had made statements about what he intended to do, we needed to make sure the public was safe when we took him into custody. Our fear was th since he hadople today, we cert not want to have any other bloodshed here, so the plain clothes officers waited until it was safe to take him into custody and thats what they did. Reporter now we have some pictures of that suspect car. You can see it is dinged on the sides. As i said before, the Police Vehicle wedged them in here today when they went after him with their guns drawn. Again, a takedown without inc
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
Near the metro train tracks. There you can see the workers all over that train that is parked right there. Using their flashlights, they have been going over all of this. We have calls into metro to get confirmation on exactly what happened here. Workers are combing this area, but we can tell you that there are trains moving on the other tracks along the benning avenue area. That is the latest live from the scene here in northeast. Back to you. Good morning. Im angie goff at the live desk with breaking news out of Prince Georges County. That is where police right now are on the scene here investigating a homicide. Youre looking at the 500 block of harry s. Truman drive in largo. Police responded to reports of gunshots and then they found a man who had been shot and he died at the scene. Anyone with information on this case, youre asked to call police. 5 01 our time. Good morning. We want to check our forecast, as well. Chuck bell telling us more about the soggy weather. Its they evs ne
He didnt show up again until friday morning when he allegedly opened fire in Montgomery Mall shooting three people in a carjacking attempt. So where was he in between the crimes . Authorities have also determined using license plate readers like this one that tordil was on the move. It did appear to be some indication that mr. Tordil following the shooting of his wife did drive around various parts of Montgomery County and into the state of virginia. Reporter tordil was a federal Police Officers for 26 years and suspended after his estranged wife got a protective order against him. His wife gladys was his first victim. Then police searched his apartment and found what was described as suicide notes with a prediction ever dying in a suicide by cop. Some notes were seized after the first killing in Prince Georges County that indicated that the defendant might be suicidal or might attempt to be involved in a shoot out with police. Reporter were told that police recovered the 40 caliber gl
Connecting them to this latest incident back in december. Over the last several months, theyve been working around the clock to try to bring this case to justice. Now they also tell us that this is still considered an active and ongoing investigation. Back to you. Thank you. A solemn day for the family and friends of a Prince Georges County firefighter shot and killed last week during a welfare check. John ulmschneider was laid to rest today. His funeral at his familys church here in st. Marys county just ended. Tracy wilkins has more on how he was remembered. Reporter when the bag pipes stopped playing for firefighter John Ulmschneider, there was silence among the hundreds outside st. Johns parish. So quiet you could hear footsteps. And when the church was packed to capacity, those left stood and listened to the service from outside the church. For this captain, this is a long goodbye to a good friend and how he died weighs heavy on this firefighters mind. I actually had to go into tw