Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 Morning News 6 20160521 : compar

WTTG Fox 5 Morning News 6 May 21, 2016

Escaping an innocent person whoo was driving by was injured. Inj the suspect also took a car, got into a crash and then took off running to evade police. Fox5s Lindsay Watts is life inf springfield with the latest. Reporter matt and teisha, Fairfax County police say he they expect to be here into ther night investigating. Elsewhere officers are still trying to track down the gunmana were show you the shoppinge center where all of this took place. Police say it was just before 126789. 30 when a man robbed dubai jeweler next to jersey mikes. When an officer arrived he ended up getting into a shootout with a suspect. A person behind the officer dide get shot. Hot. That person is now in the hospital with life threatening injuries. Police say following theay shootout the suspect was able to get into a car and take off. The guy crashed that car just down the street from the fr Shopping Center an able get some video of that vehicle as it was being toed away. After the crash the suspects car jacked another officer. Luckily nobody got hurt there. The suspect p only drove a short distance in the stolen car before crashing that one, too, in a wooded area in the 7600 7 block of whose road. After the suspect crashed in thn car that he had car jacked he he bailed out on foot. At that time patrol officers secured the area. We had k9 and our helicopterur units in the area searching for the suspect. The at this time the active search in that area of whose road is no longer underway. However we are still searching for them throughout the county. If anyone does have informationn we ask to have them call us. A lot of the folks driving by in the Shopping Center have cen wanted to know whats going on. Theyve asked us about the description of this suspect. Fortunately all the police haveh said about him so far is that he is a black man in his 20 s an 30 s. We have askedd for Surveillance Video because youd only assume that there was cameras inside is the jewelry shop, possibly cameras on the exterior of their stores over there. Police have not release any images or video at this point. On wire hoping theyll do so later tonight. Well keep you posted as soon as we have more information. New tonight, cellphone video shows this Graduation Party gr being broken up by the university of Maryland Police. O now, the group of new grads have a lot of questions about whyt Police Showed up and used peppep spray. Yesterday was graduation, the th students say parties were wer happening all over campus and c they questioned if raise was aas factor in shutting their celebration down. Fox5s Alexandra Limon has the story. Reporter been a happy sell bring try gathering for graduation turned tense and then chaotic after university of Maryland Police pl officers showed up for a noise complaint. They were being very forceful fr using their arms to throw out people. At that point they started to spray everybody. To me it seemed like it was a ws lot extensive. This cellphone video showed a group of people in the hallwaysl as officers tried to get them to clear the area. Niosh diaz just graduate and shr was the party. She said students were trying tn comply with the officers. I see my friends retreating. I see them actively moving away from the officers, which is whah they were asked to do. And its after that point that they began screaming and they thats where, you know, my failure to comprehend comes in. The cellphone video you can hear the yelling and coughing. When i hear my friend screamingc and i rush back to see not faroe from where were standing on the ground clutching their eyes in pain, incapacitated, unable to see, unable to walk. This would not have happened ifa this was a white party. It makes me sick to say that. Students and graduates that we spoke to tell us they dont th understand why police were wh called in the first place, whyy those officers called for backup or why this all ended with some of these students getting pepper sprayed. How do you have people that are moving away, that are retreatine and doing what they were asked s to do and clearing the space and as a result theyre eye saltedey in this way. The university of Maryland Police Department Release a re statement confirming th officers showed up for a noise a complaint and pepper spray was used. They say two students were arrested for disorderly conduct, failing to obey orders and obstructing. They also said the department is reviewing foota from the body cameras worn from the officers f and from nearby security cameras. That footage was not release by the department. There is no chance for us to celebrate. It was ruined yesterday. Alexandra limon, fox5 local news meanwhile metro announced a big shakeup late friday ash. Ak generaleu manager paul wiedefeli fired 20 managers, we know sevev of the 20 people let go or senior managers. Now there already 650 managers within metro. So it isnt a huge percentage. Fox5 talked with jerry connellyo i believe that a problem in difference and immediate cross situate that spread in thethat organization over time and wer i have to turn that around. Roun so today was an important day id terms of sending a message iess hope to the whole organization. And i hope those, who i said, are not compared to meet thosehe standards of safety reliabilityy and Customer First leave. Irst the firings are a part of the gms plan to improve accountability and safety. Sa in the past week white feld also finalized a year long Maintenance Plan that will th include service delays and interruptions. Turning now to the forecast. Orec its been a dreary, rainy saturday. Heres the proof. Plus, its chilly out there. Definitely keep an umbrella and a jacket close by tonight. Lets check in the weather we center with gwen. Gwe have some good news. I have good newses, but ne youll have to wait for it. Thats all i can say. Today we had a pretty soggy day. We got a few breaks here and few breaks as well. We we wont have as much heavy he rainfall, but its still in the forecast. You can see weve got another gt wide band of rainfall thats well to the west of us. U theres actually just a little bit of lightning to the southouh embedded in that right now so were going to watch that closely. A few showers right now for frederick and the i95 corridor pretty okay except to the t northeast of baltimore. Heres a look at it all in action as it moves its wayts towards us and were going see this heading our way and i do d anticipate, especially in the te overnight hours, that we will see some rainfall tonight. Well see a few showers earlierr than that, maybe now some of you experiencing just a little bitci ofng drizzle. Rizz our highs today well blow seasonal, only in the low 60s once again. We should really be in the upper 70s. No such luck there and right now if youre stepping outside, it is 57 in the district, 56 in6 in baltimore. Dulles at 65. Thats the same for winchester. Martinsburg for 54 and leonardtown at 57. By 9 00 hour, 56degrees. I cant rule out seeing a few showers, then, the same for 11. Another soggy day to talk aboutt ill have all the details a little later, back to you. Now to prince georges countr where police are investigating n deadly shooting. Sh it happened this morning on rochelle avenue in District Heights when officers arrived here they found the victim. Investigators say someone shot h him several times. Ime that man was then taken to aen hospital where he later died. Police are now looking for the t shooter. Theyre asking anyone with any i information to contact them. The a man is behind bars in staffor county after ain deadly shooting last night. Sheriff deputies say corey terry shot and killed austin at in au other. The shooting happened during ha what was supposed to be a childi custody exchange. Agriculture no. Was with the childs mother. D the two drove from Northern Virginia to meet terry. They stopped at a gas station is stafford and allegedly shot ago nor. Theres new information tonightf in the search for two missing teens from Fairfax County. The fbi is now helping with the investigation. Police say 13 year old facet lima and 14 year owed ruddy to sedan oh may have changed their appearances since they were last seen. They were seen at a truck stop on may 12. Police dont think any foul plao is involved, but if youve seeny the teens, call the authorities. The latest now on the egypt air jetliner crash. There are conflicting reports on whether searchers have located the plains black boxes. Earlier there were reports the flight and data recorders were located, but Egypts Civil Aviation Ministry say the reports were false. Port we get the latest now from foxs greg halcott. Reporter search teams continue to scour counterfeit mediterranean see for the black boxes. The crash crashed thursday with 66 people on board remains a mystery. The i proo or the now is to fini the black box to understand whau happened to the aircraft. French aviation investigators it sent messages indicating smoke just before the crash. R it provides new details in the final moments, but fails to shee light on a specific cause. This new information doesnt shed any light. It lets us know there is a new a factor that we can depend on de during our investigation. Inv this will help along with the wi black boxes. It release the images of the first images. 180 miles north of alexandria,xa egypt. Terrorism p is a possible causea but no militant group has claimed responsibility. Ai smoke could be a result omef a terror this is a valid possibility, orp it could be the result of a o technical failure. The black boxes will be key too be shedding light on what happened on board the plain in the minutes before the crash. Investigators from france and fa britain will be assisting egypt in examining what is recovered. E just outside paris, greg halcott, fox news. Still to come tonight, new details on yesterdays shooting near the white house. What were learning about the te suspect shot by the secret service and the latest on thehe suit pecks condition. Ndit plus, a mother becomes thehe victim of a terrifying abductiob scam. Her warning to other parents tonight. The tsa troubles arent going away any time soon. A what the agency is now saying to travelers who are angry about an these long, long, long lines at airport security. Security. Im terhe is. At golf. People say im getting better. No ones ever said that. But id like to keep being terrible at golf for as long as i can. Hes just happier when hes playing. But hes terrible. For the strength and energy to keep doing what you love, try new ensure enlive. Only patented ensure enlive has hmb, plus 20 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle. And its clinically proven formula helps you stay you. Oh. Nice shot. New ensure enlive. Always be you. Now to the latest on yesterdays shooting near the white house. The gunman yes, sir i al veer i of pennsylvania remains in critical conditionment a secret Service Agent shot him when approached a guard house and refused to put down a gun. Garret kenny reports. Ke reporter nn the white house s temporarily locked down fridayy afternoon whenlo the secret service shot an armed man ma outside the white house when he refused to put down his weapon. N it was around 3 00 p. M. When secret Service Agents noticed a suspicion looking man andnd starting following him. The suspect walked up to a perimeter check point on the p shout west side of the white house grounds while holding a gun in plane site. The agents yelled him for to put the gun down, but he didnt. We heard the pop obviously and then as we were, you know,w, standing there the officer, he comes out of the side door. It i was the side door. The side door is when you can hear his radio going shot fired, shot fired, suspect down, suspect down. The secret service put out a statement after the shootingotin saying quote, recovered a firearm at the scene. The subject has been transported to a l l look area hospital for medical treatment. Reat the secret service has beenas under a lot of scrutiny from lawmakers such as the white house fence much p gummer in 2014 when a man jumped the fence and made way into the white house before being tackle by an ofbef duty agent since they theh added an additional barrier and last month announced plans to raise the fences from 6 six feet to 11 feet. To they are all continuing to investigate this incident, but at this point they say there are no indications that it was related to terrorism. In shall what than to, im d. C. Police are searching for men who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman who wasas walking down the street. Tree the Victim Told Police the menmn drove up to her on wednesday we morning. She says they forced her into a van, drove her to the 1100 block of 46 place and thats where tha they assaulted her. E if you have any informationny about this, you are asked to call police. And now in another sex assaultsl case. This one in northwest d. C. We now have this sketch of the suspect. Take a close look. C seloe if you recognize him. M. The indent took place inside a home on ingle side terrace in northwest. The victim says this man broke in, sexually assaulted him and then took off. The suspect was last seen wearing a jacket over a red sweatshirt. If you can help identify him arm more or if this image rings a bell, police want to hear from you. Fox5 has release the man found murdered friday morning. He was a classroom assistant wh ran a Side Business as a graphii designer. Investigators hope clues, including a bad cape left at the scene will help them find his killer. They may appear to be either evidence or it could be that be there are other vehicle alsoalso involved, so at this point were trying to just say that the it isnt one particular vehicle. Ehc there could be other cars thatca are parked here as well thatwell could al n be part of the crime scene. It is not clear if the victimict lived in the apartment complex or was just visiting. Tonight a Fairfax County woman is warning other parents after she got a frightening phonerigh call. The man on the other lineine claimed he abducted her daughter and then demanded a ransom. The West Springfield mother emptied her bank account, but get this 2, it was all a police say the same scam has happened at least four times in Fairfax County since last month. Susan wilder told us she heard a girl crying in the backgrounde that sounded just like her daughter. It could almost make me cry right now. Im just in absolute shear panic and fear for my daughters life and all i wanted to do is get my daughter back. K. In fact, wilder was still on the phone when the scammer when police arrived. Investigators told her theyator checked with her daughtersught school and confirmed that herer daughter was save and sound. Ound the mom reached out to us to make sure other parents do notdo fall victim to this scam. Oh, my goodness. You can imagine why she wanted to help, even paying any money. Y im happy were doing this stors just to get the information out there. Tsa officials appeared at one of the countrys the biggest airports. The fire storm comes as focus on security is higher than ever. Foxs matt thin has more on plans to make things a little smoother. Reporter during peak travele times passages at some usus airports are waiting nearly two hours in security lines. Line being inconvenienced for a the look of travelers now come summer because theyre out,yre people are going to travel. Appearing at chicagos busy ohuy hair airport friday, tsa administrator peter nevada injeras his agency is listeningment were doinggmen everything we can to mitigate that at the largest airports. I think youll see crowds in airports, but my crowd is tos keep you moving. In recent years the tsa has made budget cuts bringing levels to a five year low. They improve to fix theo f situation at the busiest airports by bringing in more employees and converting some parttimeome employees to full time. E. Senator dick turbine saysa Congress Needs to take an active role p in this plan. N th some of the things that he we have done in congress to p cap the number of screener, to limit the Resources Available to this agency are unferret. While the tsa is working on a solution, travel experts say passengers should focus on the n things they cant control andonr pack a little bit of patience. Get to the airport three hours earlier. That is the recommended time now for domestic flights. Flig take on a carryon bag, if you can. If you dont have to get in a line to check a bag, that ist going to safe you time. Tsa is urging passengers to apply for the precheck which moves you through the line much faster. Its an 85 fee for five years, but they say its looking to reduce the cost. Matt fin, fox news. I did that story this weekhi about getting that special precheck. Well, its a couple of weeks, you make an appointment at least at reagan you have couple of weeks or a couple ofop hours in line. Line thats also a headache. And then some people, now that everybody thats my question now that everybody has prechecks, that defeat the whole purpose. Safety is most important. Three hours beforehand, thats a long time, but not in youre safe. Still ahead tonight at 6, ready to get away for memorial day . Well break down the numbers on just how am of youof will be hitting the roadways next weekend. Researchers discover the sunscreen chain. What it means in the fight t against skin cancer. Canc how safe are your electronicectr medical records with hackers targeting hospitals and doctor offices. Take a closer look to make sure your personal information is safe. Well be back. With usaa is awesome. Homeowners insurance Life Insurance automobile insurance i spent 20 years active duty they still refer to me as Gunnery Sergeant when i call being a usaa member because of my service in the military to pass that on to my kids something that makes me happy my name is roger zapata and im a usaa member for life. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. Get an insurance quote and see why 92 of our members plan to stay for life. When i think i can even forecast the weather. 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