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WTTG Fox 5 News 5 April 28, 2016

Baltimore police say he would hw not listen to their commands com and a counter snipe are shotunte him. He went down. N. That pan was then on the pan was ground for quite som te time. T he would not abide by the by commands from the Baltimore Police and at that point theyt h brought in a robot and it took k quite awhile before they weree finally able to get that man into custody, handcuffed andand put into an ambulance. An ambula. Lets give you a little bit you more detail now from tj smith. M. Hes the spokesperson for f Baltimore Police. E. The suspect came out of the building and started advancing towards officers, was not listening to any of theinto anyo officers orders. Officers orde. Officers were telling him toere take his hands out of his pockets. Pock he had on a hooded jacket. Jke he had his hands in his his pocket, had a surgical mask on and a counter sniper shot the suspect. Susp reporter now, we knoww now that that man is in is custody. We do not know his condition cdi there are some other bizarre details in this situationon here. There was a vehicle fire inicler the parking lot here at fox 45 5 and now Baltimore Police say pes that they believe thats arson n because they found a rag that was in the gas tank. Apparently then set on fire onn purpose. When asked whether or not thishh may have been just a coincidence the Baltimore Police said it doesnt appeare r that way. So, just a very extreme dangerous and bizarre situation that played outeryed here on Television Hill this hih afternoon. Ternn. Again, bomb squad now goingow gi over this possible device. E dic its over this hill. H you cant see it from where we e are but theyre trying to tryg o render that safe, whateverhat that is. We do expect that well getl get some new information from the Police Commissioner who isommish here on the scene and as soon aa as we have that well bring itrg to you. To y live in baltimore, paulre, p wagner, fox5 local news. Oc new all right, taking it backitac here in the district where itwhe has without doubt been a roughnh year on metro rail. Ro r despite tough talk, the tal t problems have persisted. Erst fro train malfunctions elevator eva and he is cam later issuesssues riders are becoming increasingly frustrated overrato the increasingly unreliabley system they pay to use. Em t in just the past seven weeks the problems have become less l trivial. Ia im telling it like it is. Ii metro got a serious curse onur them. March 14th metro suspends sus rail service between foggy bottom and federal triangle so l crews can can repair a track a t after an Early Morning cableorni fire that caused single tracking and delays throughout the day. March 16th, just two days d later an unprecedented workdaynt shut down and the entire metro system closed for 24 hours forou urgent safety repairs. April 23rd, an electricalle fire in a tunnel left panickedid riders facing a chaotic evacuation. Uati. Red line rail problems that t following monday and causing severe delays withse trains headed inve opposite directions and forced to single track. Ra. Wednesday morning brought more t single tracking and more headaches. A smoky electrical problem near Friendship Heights led firefighters to briefly close t the station for safety reasonsoy shortly after 7 30 a. M. All right, welling if you, wl plan to take metro tonight forot the caps game or during the game weekend theres a developinges situation youll need to knowue about. Metros general manager has h launched a massive repair r blitz on the red line to fixix water leaks that are causingreau electrical problems fires and smoke. The emergency work is beingey done in upper northwest and into the bethesda on the red line and Tom Fitzgerald is live at the Friendship Heights metro station. Tro stati fitz you got an up close lookk at what theyre doing right r now. Reporter boy, we sure d we got an eye full. F they are calling this tonightigt the surge and remember, it was only less than 24 hours agogo right here at the friendship frn heights metro station. Ight now, the issue is this we arewea told tonight. Water leaks. L they are playing havoc withavoc the Electrical Systems in thishs system especially in thisecia area. Ar. These water incursions assions theyre called are causing big problems and metro officials oic say if they dont fix thisix thi right now well things couldngs u get even worse than they currently r we what happenedr to show you wesome of the videoo we shot on the system earliermar today. Today. Now, this was taking place at at the bethesda station thiss afternoon as maintenance crews started this blitz of work. Litzo workers are cleaning out the tunnels, inspecting power p cables. This is going on from van ness to medical center. Al cen the goal is to stop theseto the water leaks from rusting andakss corroding the electrical linescl and the tracks. E trcks. Now, heres the deal. In order to do all of this work, they are going to havee to do a lot of single tracking over the weekend and intondnt tomorrow. To now, the trains between van ness and Friendship Heightsheig and Friendship Heights andhts an medical center. Ce this is going to cause major delays this weekend and until monday. Mond theyre going to be singlego tracking outside of the rushus hours tomorrow. S thats the good news. s thed n theyre going to start again tonight at 8 oclock. They are going to go until u closing. Closin now, on friday, tomorrow, tomw, theyre going to start atg to sa 10 00 a. M. Theyre going to go to 3 00 p. M. Then theyre going to stop. Re g then theyre going to starto s again at 8 00 p. M. And thenhe all weekend long they areon going to be single tracking tck between these stations. On gm Paul Wiedefeld says preparere yourself. Your this work is going to go ono through the weekend but theseute nonstop fires, these nonstop smoke incidents, they have to be fixed and these repairs and this surge has to start now. Ow. Looking at all the cables,ab orange boots and just cables jus in general track, anything, leaks, basically we patch the leaks but as you know its at ao losing battle out there like a leaky basement and until you y get in and redo it you cant control it. Ro reporter all right, sor all if youre heading to the caps game tonight, this is important, you should be okay bo getting there. G there. Theyre not going to restartgotr this work until 8 oclock tonight. But they are keeping metro opened an hour later tonightight to accommodate passengers pseng going to that game. Am but you need to be on those tho trains by 12 45 tonight downow at Verizon Center in order tordt get back up here. H we are told this work startsta again tonight at 8 00 p. M. M you need to be aware and check metros web site for all this updated information because itee could change as this weekends we goes on. Es o we, of course, will have it havi posted on our web site as well fox5d. C. Com. Were live in friendship frien heightsto fitzgerald, fox5 local news. N we have reached out toed outo metro general manager paulagerau wiedefeld to come on ourome morning show. On fox5 morning news today anchor holly morris and stevete chenevey reached out. O hes the one who thought tug safety was so important heortanh shut down the entire system for one day in march for inspections. Inspti elevators are still stuck,ill tk escalators are still out oftiut service and crime continuesme ci under ground. Unground. So once again, mr. Wiedefeld, talk to the riders. Ders talk to the taxpayers. Taxyers. Come join us. Joi you can come later today, lat t tomorrow, next week, this seat t right here will be yours. Yrs and we will have a frank fra discussion about metro safetyrof and what needs to be done too fix it. Wiedefeld met with the media this morning after metro r held its weekly board meeting. G Tom Fitzgerald once againce aga invited wiedefeld to come on to our air. Our air take a listen. Is reporter mr. Wiedefelddefeld youve got really high marks him from your i was on the platform with the p yesterday as we were gettinget out of the Friendship Heightshis station where the smoken incident occurred. They all like you and theywhu an like what youve been saying. Mr. Evans just talked about a some fun facts about metro and o i dont know whether or not youre aware of it but theres a fun bunch of people who are on the air every morning atng fox5 with the good dayood d decembed. C. Show and they would t have you as a guest the i as would like to know are youo kno aware of their efforts to haveoa you join them and would yound wy like to spend some time with ti the good d. C. People. People. I believe i met with themm before and i have spoken to ske you twice this week. S wee reporter you speak to me t m all the time. L th but no, yeah, of course, crs yeah i mean, i dontt know it is a board day. Oa d theres a lot going on. On. Todays a pretty tough day to d be frank but i have no i have no issue with meetingee with them. Reporter the invitationation is extended officially. Ffic thank you, sir. You, there you go. All right, moving onl right, m disturbing new detailsurbi involving a fatal stabbing inbbn montgomery county. Mont police say the pregnant and they havent a arrested and charged her fiancee with murder. Fox5s alexandria limon is limoi live tonight in takoma parkko pr with more. Th alex. Reporter well, guys,te this is a pretty awful crimefule that happened here at the cambridge apartments in takoma o park. Pa and any other only is the victims fiance charged withe her murder but according te charging b documents putolice as investigating whether the victims pregnancy could have been the motive for her murderur and whether this whole thingle t was premeditated. 36yearold maria mbunga diedbui at the hands of her fiance fianc according to police. Pic Court Documents show her h throat was slashed. Ssh this is very scary. Thi reporter they saw the suspect thierry n a luck sack and actingg nervous. Ne about 15 minnesota later law min in the lobby were a stabtab wound. Wod. During interviews he toldnterew police a masked intruder intde attacked him in his apartment at but police say his superficial i stab wounds that only requiredd minor stitches dont match hist account of what happened. This never happened. Hpe this is my first time i hear that. Its very sadism charging cha documents show police arents pl investigating motive and possibly premeditation. Ti two different people toldeople t police he called them to askemoa for advice on what to do if a a friend got a woman pregnant and didnt want to take responsibility. The victim had cheated on nkusu and she had attacked himah in the past according toing t another witness. Witne carpet. That made it look like a body had been dragged into thatha apartment. T. Now, police say that suspectpe is from the congo and had only o been in the u. S. For a few years. Years. Hes being held on a 5 million bond with travel restrictions. Ctio reporting live in takoma park,k, alexandria limon, fox5 localal news. Coming up, painkillers and prince. Opioids now the focus can fuc of the Death Investigation as Health Rumors swirly. S mid ride malfunction caughtou on camera. Cam well explain how this rideow took a wrong term. Erm. Oh, my god. Wow. Parents left behind as the cruise ship leaves with their kids on board. Boa that dramatic story still ahead. Ah sue. Well have more good news h for cruising, right. Av that is scary stuff. Laura, sarah, welcome to earlcry march. Rc its another flashback onlashck back to some of the coolso of temperatures and rounds and drizzle that we had in earlyhaie march. March. We need the rain. We nee we actually got some helpfuleel rain today. Inoday. So, what can you expect for the rest of this evening ois e friday and the weekend . Welln have the first look at yourook u Weather Forecast when we come w right back. Right back. Revealing both parents missed a cruise ship that took off from the bahamas with their t children on board. N brd initial reports indicatedep it was just the mother. Heres a looorusk at the couplec scrambling to catch the ship thi before it set sail for newl for york. Oh, my god. They left them. Dude. Theyre done. Oh, my god. Od hes got a family. No. Here he comes. Here he c they left him andom his family. Family. They left them. He theyre leaving them. Eaving t oh, my god. Come back. B no way. N w too late. Its too late. S lat okay. So, theres the couple pullingeg up begging the crew to stop. To the woman was reportedly late l Society Husband hopped off theao ship to get her leaving thevingt children with relatives. Eliv Officials Say the cruise shipruh broke protocol by waiting extra 30 minutes. Min they didnt see the couple again until 93 docked in new york three days later. Days lat. You cant be late. Y at least the can kids hadthc relatives. El were, yeah. Thrilling rollercoasterilli ride with his son turned intos a terrifying experience for asop dad from texas. Texas this is scary. Sry Dell Bert Latham posted thelaamp video after a visit toit t Wonderland Park in amarillo. Arl here we go. I got you. Youre fine. Fine. I promise, okay. Oy. Here we go. I got you. Wow. Youre fine i promise, okay. Scary. Poor thing. Yeah, he does look very fearful. The off its furs drop dell bert dl r son appeared to slide out of the camera view. Th you saw. That he said his sons seat sons belt broke and from then onnd fn hes holding his son with a tight bear hug and then after ta that ride ended the dad told an attendant and get this, theht park worker admit they had ty seat belt had broken before. N bf thats a big problem. Probl i wonder if theres a lawsuitaw waiting to happen. H i would wonder. R. Not that i encourage thati but im just saying. Just sg. Yeah. Lets head out, take a look outside right now. Righ its been such a rainy coldnyol day. Y. 52 degrees and look how lk difficult it is just to see through the clouds and justt looking to the ground there. What a difference from thefrm beginning of this week. His wee my goodness, what happened . Apne . The were riding the rollercoaster of weather. Ofer were in a bit of an active pattern we did get at least some beneficial rain today. Icia what were left with right nowwh as you saw in live shot laura l and sarah is a little bit ofit mistnd there will probably be patches of fog a bit later. Bit later we had a half inch of more helpful rain earlier dan earer theres still more to come. To c to and night i think we think wt this with a light drizzle. Ht dre im not thinking the nats are a going to have any moreny m problems. I know they were a little bitwe delayed in getting starerted. Rtd heavier rain setting up down towards interstate 64. Nter theyve got their rain rai magneton apparently third day in a row. I want to show you why that t area is a focus as we look at everything in motion. A lot of clouds here but temperaturewise those clouds, e the east winds have kept usep cool at 52 coming down fromow the mid50s and a lot of 40s 4 at this point so it definitelyen feels like early, early springly but heres the bigger picture. U look at all the heat down toeato the southwest. The south it is still 79 in raleigh, beckley 73, even war warmer in elkins. El we have a severe thunderstormndt watch in warm area, that unstable area there where that frontal boundary is and justndaj south and west of it in factn f we just saw a severe stormerto form around the elkins, westin w virginia area. Ia are i dont expect to get any severe storms because of ourrmcs cool and rather stable air but tomorrow more of the same and it looks like well have toe we deal with a little bit more m shower activity even earlyacvity tomorrow morning. Ow morng. So, get ready for that. For tha well take you throughouhr fridays hour by hour forecastas and the weekend coming up withgw your full forecast a bit a bit later. Sarah, laura. Ra sue, thanks. Tha beyonce is getting into formation. How the lemonade singer put her marital drama on centern er stage during her first world w tour performance. Foance. The show goes on. School choir invited back to 9 11 memorial after being cut bi off mid performance. And donald trump trollsrump t president obama over plans to make the white house fenceen taller. Ta. Graphic grief. Why one universitywh Cheerleading Team is facing some backlash tonight over a flier detailing their tryoutso dos and and cashing in. A cas the incentive howard ha university is offeringsi is students to graduate in fourdue years. Yea were back after this. S. Its been a busy week inen politics you probably caught ara most of the majoblr headlines. Fox5s political reporter ronica cleary is here with some of the stories you maye have missed. Stha mis there were many stories. Sri some of them just dontus always make the headlines. Eadl we want to make sure youre upe to speed. Speed you may have heard the secret Service Plans to add 5 feet to the white house fence. E hous. They also want to add a new concrete foundation to it. Ationi they want to reduce the risk r of fence jumpers. Pers well, donald trump heard aboutut this inc if you will, he took tooo facebook to respond. So, we have that Facebook Post that he posted for you. You. And he said president obama understands that you build b strong tall beautiful walls to t keep people out who dont d belong. Be people who get permission can enter the white house legally. Oh, boy. Oy so there you go. G now you may recall the todayheod show last week Donald Trumpt d was there. He said that transgender tnd people should have the abilityhi to use whatever bathroom thatr m feels most appropriate. Ppropria you might recognize here weere have Caitlyn Jenner. Jen this is a video that she tookook on her Facebook Page and in this q and a on the today show, matt lauer asked trumpsk would you feel comfortable if Caitlyn Jenner used the womens restroom and he said s yes so she took him up on it,t, went to the trump T International hotel posted a po video. Heres a little sound from her vi okay. Thank you donald

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