For the suspect. Jasper spires. Theyre hoping to get some information from the public. If you have any idea where he is you are asked to call investigators. Back to you in the studio. Today, the first day of a trial in Northern Virginia for former day care worker accused of child abuse. This is cara sprigs. She worked at the facility until she was arrested last week. They say the women abused to here her toddlers accused of spraying them with full pressure hoses among other charges. Fairfax is mourning the death of a teenager who died in lake anna. Justin sprigs was last seen on a dock on sunday morning. When the people woke up in the morning they couldnt find him and divers found his body yesterday. We know the problem that caused the deck collapse that hurt more than 20 people. All off duty personnel report to station 45. The investigators now believe decades old nails gave way. This is in emerald isle, north carolina. A family from Northern Virginia was taking family photo on the de
Out. Someone reported hearing gunshots inside building one. Thats the iconic building for this facility with the tower. Now, everyone on the ground of the sprawling campus was ordered to shelter in place and teams from the military began a systemic search of building one, assisted by some Montgomery County police teams as well. Now, all 20 stories had to be searched. As you might imagine that did not happen quickly. It took almost four hours for shermgt in place to be the allclear being given. It turned out to be nothing, but no one is criticizing the person who made the call, as we hear from Montgomery County Police Captain paul starks. Given the times we live in and this facility we wanted to ensure that while we didnt have any indication at the time, except for the call, we want to be able to set up a perimeter and make things safe for the thousands of people on this campus. Reporter now, one of the things that did happen is all nonemergency applications and nonemergency appointment
Health police, atf, fbi, secret service and department of homeland defense. Reporter security teams began a systemic search of building one, 20 floors had to be cleared, every square foot searched. Nearly five hours later, another siren, another announcement, this one much more welcome than the first. It was the allclear. Allclear. Allclear. Resume. Reporter and of course, the best possible outcome in the situation and no one is criticizing the person who reported what they thought was a gunshot. This is exactly what authorities want people to do. They want to be able to sort this all out. Jim, back to you. Derrick ward, thank you. A better look at the Walter Reed National military Medical Center. This map gives you an idea why it took so long for police to search that campus, 243 acres. Todays scare happened in building one. Thats the tower in the front of the complex. Its a prominent building that can be seen as you drive by on Rockville Pike. For three hours, workers inside the comp
And ems, even though this is a medical facility. Even though there was one specific is threat thatfully turned out not to be real there was more than one specific threat prepared for and what we might say, this is an example of the emerging science of safety. Attention. Attention. All personnel are directed to shelter in place. Reporter the siren and the recorded message was clear, something was up. An employee at this facility heard what sounded like a gunshot. An employee did what was expected, reported it First Responders did what they are trained do here. A systemic search floor by floor of the 20story tower that is building one. Theirs was just the first phase of the sweep. Then dogs trained in the detection of explosive devices will enter those floors and look for explosive devices. Reporter this, even though the initial report, the call to 911 was for a gunshot. And there was no indication that there was an explosive device. We are here. We will do a complete job. Reporter a job
University alum on the platform yesterday. Derek joins us live from that know ma metro station. Garrett what have you learned . Reporter well, debra tonight the man that police are looking for was in their custody just a few days ago. According to court documents, jasper spire was charged in an unresulted assault late last week. But was released after his arraignment on friday to await trial which means the suspect in this case was back on the street for just 24 hours before this murder was committed. D. C. Police say this is the face of a coldblooded killer. Tonight, mpd has a warrant out for jasper spires arrest on the charge of first degree murder while armed. He stabbed 24yearold Kevin Sutherland to death in the know ma gala debt metro station. Then fled. The broad daylight murder shut down the station for hours on one of the busiest days to have year for public transit. The latest killing in an ongoing summer homicide spike. We actually were going to ride here and we werent able t