Jamyra gallmon before the incident that she was with gallmon after the murder, and that she benefitted from the items stolen from david messerschmitts room. Last week Jamyra Gallmon was charged with murder. According to court documents, messerschmitt was looking online for other men. Gallmon posing as a man went to his room at the donovan hotel. She told police she went there to rob him. It turned into a case of murder. Now, Dominique Johnson is expected to be officially charged here at superior court tomorrow. Live in northwest, pat collins, news4. Were tracking a line of showers and embedded thunderstorms. If youre looking to the western sky, here is a live look at our reston camera as we look off to the west there where the skies are darkening. Let me show you on storm team 4 radar, the line of showers and embedded dded thunderstorms you can see it advancing eastward. While we dont have a watch out for our area, we will see i think pockets of moderate and heavy rain with the potential for some high winds in a location or two. Southern West Virginia right now under a tornado watch until 6 00 p. M. This line as it heads eastward will be weakening. Were already seeing it weaken a bit as it makes its way closer to the mountains and hits cooler air. Luray, middleton, areas like front royal and winchester is where its headed over the next couple of minutes over the next 30 to about 45 minutes, the tail end of the line towards charlottesville by 5 50. Then it will make its way right through areas of d. C. Too. Around 7 00, 8 00, the line will be moving through. It will hit this cool pocket of air where weve had drizzle today. In just a couple of minutes ill tell you the impact that line will have on our area and whats next for us. I think some stronger storms potentially at the end of the week. Well talk about the timing of those. Now to that huge power outage that closed museums and a metro station and dimmed the lights on oprah. We now know what happened. The question tonight is why. And the goal to make sure it doesnt happen again. News4 news4s chris gordon spoke with pepco and city leaders today about the plan going forward. Chris . Reporter well, today i asked pepco directly how did this happen . And as youre about to hear, theyre still searching for the answers. Pepco engineers are in Charles County analyzing the insulator that broke, taking down a transmission line, causing Power Outages yesterday in d. C. Maryland and virginia. We also have to look at the other protective devices on the system that relay the power from one part of the system to the other to make sure what sort of protective devices operated properly and what did not operate properly. Reporter d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is expecting a report from pepco. In a city, any city, the Nations Capital included, emergencies can happen. Thats why its important that we have redundant systems to make sure theres no interruption of critical power. Reporter Council Member mary chai tells me there may be be a need for an independent investigation of the outage. Im going to wait and see what the report is from the grid, from pepco, about what had happened. And then in maythere may be be a need for the Public Service commission to look into it, but at this point im not sure. I dont have enough information. Reporter but others are confident pepco handled the situation well. Most areas had power again within 30 minutes and so it definitely showed vulnerability. However, by the same token, it showed that being proactive and forward thinking made this less of an event that it could have been. Reporter now, d. C. Council members tell me theyve gotten calls from residents asking could this happen again . Could it be even worse . Coming up on news4 at 6 00, i ask pepco, is the power grid vulnerable . Thats the latest live from the district building in downtown d. C. , jim, back to you. Chris, thank you. We have a full and detailed explanation of just what happened to that d. C. Power grid yesterday on our nbc washington app. Just search power outage. There is some new information in a murder that prosecutors say was made to look like a suicide. News4 was in the courtroom as prosecutors told the judge that broel yoe castillos dna was found his his wife michelles pillow, bed and clothes she was wearing when she was found dead. Police found her hanging in the basement of her ashburn home in march of 2014. The castillos were in the midst of a divorce at the time. That trial is now set for july. Police now have the car but are still looking for the driver who they say sped off injuring an officer. The officer was working security at the highend shops in achievy chase when he approached a suspicious car. Were told when he tried it talk to the driver the driver took off, causing the officer to fall into the street. That officer suffered a concussion. Police found the car in northeast d. C. This morning. A man shot by police in Anne Arundel County apparently had an air gun that looked awfully much like the real thing. Take a look. Thats the air gun on the top from the manufacturers web site and the real rifle below. A man identified as dallas ruff pointed the air rifle at them when they responded to a call in croften last weekend. A 22yearold veteran of the force opened fire, hitting ruff in the stomach. That lieutenant is now on administrative leave. Ruff is recovering. It zpnt it doesnt appear there will be criminal charges. Prison guards did not kill samuel shields. Video seen by bureau chief Tracee Wilkins shows shields being manhandled by guards last july. He refused to put on a uniform. Wilkins says shields appeared despondent in the video and was taken into a holding cell where there is no recording. A short time later, the video shows guards trying to resuscitate shields. It was decided that this was not a homicide. That was the ruling of the medical examiner in this case. None of the evidence pointed to a homicide. Also brooks says its standard procedure for jail deaths to be reviewed by a grand jury. The medical examiner ruled that shields suffered severe medical issues and died of a heart attack. A crackdown in a popular d. C. Neighborhood is targeting the sale of illegal synthetic drugs. As news4s tom sherwood reports, officers are trying to keep these drugs out of the hands of young people. Reporter d. C. Attorney general carl racine today was visiting a Senior Citizen home to warn about consumer scams against the elderly. While his office was filing complaints, complaints against the amanuel market on Georgia Avenue and other markets in the petworth community. City lawyers say they are illegally selling synthetic drugs that can be dangerous, addictive and they are targeting young people. I think its a significant problem. First of all, its illegal. To the extent we can under law and we think there are good theories there, well shut these businesses down. Reporter petworth is a rapidly changing neighborhood where longtime and new residents are battling crime and drug issues. Weve had a lot of problems in the neighborhood actually in general, rising crime rates. Its something were really worried about in this neighborhood. I want to touch on a reporter racine is talking to the petworth Advisory Neighborhood Commission tonight at 6 30 to talk about the synthetic sales. Most of the stores are responsible and they do not want to sell these things to kids. Other stores, you know, frankly, are profiting. Thats the people who well focus our energies on. Reporter news4 attempted to contact owners of some of the convenience stores, but they could not be reached for comment. Some clerks insisted sales were no longer taking place. In the district tom sherwood, news4. It doesnt just happen around the holidays. There is a search on for a man who snatched the package on the steps of a home on ninth street. The surveillance camera caught the man walking up and a few seconds later walking away with a package. Youre asked to call police if you recognize the man. There is a 1,000 reward. The home of the Washington Nationals is now facing a federal discrimination lawsuit. Three former ballpark ushers who are seventh day adventists are suing for damages and backpay. They say they were fired after they insisted on taking days off to observe the sabbath. The suit also cites changes in work schedule policies which included more weekend home games and concert events. A Nationals Park spokesman declined to comment on this lawsuit this afternoon. The federal government is creating a new commission to oversee safety issues at metro. This announcement comes after several highprofile incidents including the time that passenger died after smoke filled the tunnel near the lenfant mrauzplaza in january. The panel will have the power to require metro to implement its policies and guidelines. Were just Getting Started here on news4 at 5, working several big developing stories. A jury finds the Boston Marathon bomber guilty on all counts. Straight ahead, well go live up to boston. Nbcs jay gray will explain the scene in court today and tell us whats next. This shooting has caused outrage around the world. A South CarolinaPolice Officer kills an unarmed man, shoots him in the back. What city officials told the mans family at a new meeting today. And this just in. News4 interviews one of the firefighters burned in that ferocious fire fight at Prince Georges County. Hell explain why this situation turned so dangerous. Were coming right back. Know you can keep your financial big picture under control. Know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. Know you can easily keep track of what youre putting away. And know youre budgeted for the great escape. Thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. The new developments in the case of a white Police Officer who was caught on a cell phone camera shooting an unarmed black man as he away. Pat lawson muse is following the latest developments out of North Charleston from our newsroom. Wendy, patrolman Michael Flager was fired today and body cameras are coming. Those announcements today for the North CharlestonPolice Department in South Carolina. And we warn you that the video which has now led to a murder charge against flager, is disturbing. A bystander captured cell phone video of flager firing eight times into Walter Scotts back saturday, as scott was running away. Flager initially claimed selfdefense on a dispatch call. Flager was heard accusing scott of grabbing his taser. But the Police Department was quick to charge flager with murder after the video surfaced, showing scott running away. Demonstrators led by a group formed after the shooting of Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri, were vocal at a Police Press Conference today. I have watched the video, and i was sickened by what i saw. The mayor has also ordered every officer on the police force to wear a body camera. A judge denied bail for slager yesterday. Hes facing up to 30 years in prison if convicted of murder. Wendy jim back to you. The u. S. Embassy in kabul is contradicting that the an afghan Soldier Turned his gun on u. S. Forces in the city of jalalabad in eastern afghanistan. One american soldier was killed two wounded. Now, the soldiers returned fire and killed that afghan attacker. Nbc news has confirmed the shooting after u. S. Diplomat Donald Yamamoto met with afghan leaders. Hes serving as political adviser to the u. S. Military in afghanistan. Yamamotos delegation had already departed. All five men accused of murdering redskins star shante lore are now serving time in prison. Timmy lee brown pleaded guilty and will serve 18 years behind bars. Brown was the final of the five suspects to be convicted and sentenced. The five men tried to burglarize taylors home in ft. Myers, florida back in 2007. But when taylor confronted them, one of the burglars shot him. That man, eric rivera, was sentenced to 60 years. Some closure in boston today, as a jury finds Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts in connection with the marathon bombing. Lets go to Nbcs Jay Gray on how this case is going to move forward now. Whats next . Reporter yeah, wendy. They moved to the penalty phase at some point here. Thats expected next week. Right now though, still fallout from what happened today. All 30 counts as you talk about guilty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the bombing at the Boston Marathon almost two years ago. A jury of seven women and five men deliberated just under 12 hours over the last couple of days before reaching that verdict. After it was announced, reaction from family members of survivors and those lost including Karen Broussard whose husband, daughter and close friend were injured. Lets hear what she had to say. Throughout this whole thing hes been to use my word arrogant walking in and out of the courtroom and completely disinterested. So if i saw anything from him today i would have been a little more frustrated. I think he was all in with the brother. I dont think that he was driven to that by any means. Reporter broussard, of course, talking about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. His brother tamerlan, according to the defense team here is the one who was the mastermind behind the bombing plot and who drew Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in to that plot. That has been their contention throughout the trial, will continue to be in the penalty phase when the same jury will decide whether he spends the rest of his life in jail or is put to death. Again, that penalty phase expected to start next week here. That is the latest live here in boston, jay gray. Wendy, back to you. Thank you, jay. A college team Holding Back Tears today as they talked about the deadly plane crash that killed two of their staff members. The Illinois StateUniversity Athletics department held an emotional News Conference today. Their associate head basketball coach and deputy Athletic Director were two of the seven People Killed yesterday when their small plane crashed just before landing in bloomington. They came to our practices and it was just like these guys are just father figures to us. Our focus is our student athletes. Our focus is the families who need us now. Ntsb investigators are looking into how the weather and the planes speed may have led to the crash. An epa official confirms the toxic pesticide message il bromide was indeed used at a luxury caribbean rental complex where an entire family became seriously ill. That official is telling nbc news it was applied to apartments throughout the complex. Methyl bromide has been banned from indoor use since the 1980s. That family from delaware got sick last month while vacationing in the u. S. Virgin islands. One of the candidates for mayor up in philadelphia is back on the campaign trail tonight after a scary moment during a debate last night. Take a look. Sales tax are all enabling legislation. There on the ground is former District Attorney lynn abraham getting helped up after fainting while another candidate answered a question. Abraham later tweeted a thumbsup photo saying she was fine, adding that a doctor said it was likely a sudden drop in blood pressure. She tweeted another earlier today of her sitting with other candidates at a new forum. President obamas eldest daughter malia is driving around our area, thanks apparently to the secret service. In an interview with rachael ray, First Lady Michelle Obama said the agents would not let her get in the car with her daughter. She says the secret service is giving malia her driving lessons. She adds that driving gives malia a sense of normalcy. Mrs. Obama also joked that when her husband is out of office she cannot wait to ride around in a car with the window down. More Blue Bell Ice Cream recall today because a new sample tested positive for listeria. We first told you about this recall last month. Now its expanding to include blue bells banana pudding ice cream, mint chocolate chip, cookies and cream, vanilla, chocolate and some sherbet flavors previously recalled. In a statement, blue bell says tonight, no illnesses have been linked to the banana pudding flavor. Tonight a government Safety Agency says it will not investigate claims that certain minivans can stall despite more than 700 consumer complaints. The problem affects 220032007 are chrysler and dodge minivans and includes nearly 2 million vans. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration says finding the defect is unlikely because the stalls are rare and at low speeds. A Northern VirginiaHigh School Student dies from a mysterious illness. New tributes tonight from her classmates. Strong words today from the Fairfax County teachers union. Theyre fight