had been suspended by the secret service. he had been in court shortly before his murder. stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: thank you. also the interest of promoting safety, the d.c. public schools change the dismissal times of two high schools beginning monday. mckinley technological high school will end the day at 3:05. dunbar high school will send substitutes home send students home at 3:25 so fewer students heading home to the metro station at the same time. alison? [inaudible] [inaudible] what we are talking about here is the text messages and the phone calls we got a look at earlier today. bateman s wife elsie telling a dispatcher she was punched in the face, had to talk down her husband. she claims he was drinking, violent and had guns everywhere. what is going on? he punched me in the eye. the voice you hear is elsie bateman talking to the 911 dispatcher claiming violence at the hands of her husband, a man with a recognizable name. joce: the newly released c
county firefighter nicole mittendorf. darcy spencer with the latest. reporter: there was a post on facebook through the search site for her from the family indicating that they were needing some help, some legal help. apparently they re wanting to get access into her cell phone. there could be critical information to help with this investigation. that s the very latest on that end. fairfax county s fire chief also just updated us within the last hour indicating that she did call out sick for her shift one week ago. and now the fairfax county urban search and rescue canine team is helping with the search. at a briefing with reporters officials confirmed missing firefighter nicole mittendorf called in sick for her shift last wednesday. that was the last day family had contact with her before she disappeared. officials did not want to be spec a her disappearance, but they do say normal procedure would be to call in before 5:00 a.m. at the present time there s still no news r
37-year-old john skillet ulmschneider was shot and killed in the line of duty. kevin swain was shot and injured friday evening. a homeowner opened fire shooting the two firefighters and his own brother who was with them at the time. the homeowner has not been charged. he told police he thought someone was breaking into his home. what happened that night is still under investigation and very much on the minds of the firefighters and friends who were there to the funeral for ulmschneider today. you start thinking who knows what s there. reporter: during his remarks, the fire chief promoted you w l ulmschneider to lieutenant. shedding new light on a similar incident a few months ago in montgomery county. firefighters were checking on a smoke incident at a burtonville apartment building. after knocking and yelling, they forced their way into an apartment, but a woman who had been sleeping on a sofa pointed a gun at them. a firefighter from fairfax county has disappeared,
not uniting and republicans are not presuming their nominee just yet. maryland could matter a lot. this gop battle could stretch out into july and the convention. i m steve handelsman, news 4. more now on maryland s presidential primary. there are 118 democratic delegates and 38 republican delegates at stake on tuesday. donald trump is holding a rally about an hour from now in this high school gym in berlin in worcester county. today, the entire community came together to say good-bye to a firefighter who was shot and killed in prince george s cou y county. he was a husband and a father. and the crowd for his funeral was so big they couldn t all fit into the church. tracy wilkins was there for the final good-bye for a hero killed in the line of duty. we re doing as well as can be expected. reporter: and how he died is weighing heavily on his firefighting brothers. i think we re in shock and just heartbroken. reporter: the investigation into how john ulmschneider w
connecting them to this latest incident back in december. over the last several months, they ve 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 george s county firefighter shot and killed last week during a welfare check. john ulmschneider was laid to rest today. his funeral at his family s church here in st. mary s 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. john s 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 good-bye to a good friend and how he died weighs heavy on this firefighter s mind. i ac