happening like this before in this area. it is a sad situation. reporter: now dr. allen lived a couple miles away in this reston home where friends and family stopped by throughout the day to offer condolences to her husband. ruth is a great neighbor. i mean, we ve been here since 98. and really enjoyed being our neighbor. it is a shock to us that she was killed like that. reporter: dr. allen was active in the bahai faith. her fellow church members working on ceremony to help commemorate her life. live here in reston. i m pat collins, news4. a critical night in the presidential campaign. president obama and mitt romney will face off for their second debate this evening. the president s performance in their first affair was widely panned. but mitt romney s campaign got a bump in the polls and some much needed momentum. nbc white house correspondent christen welker is at hofstra university with a look at what tonight might bring for both candidates and their campaigns.
will come on through. we could see potential for some strong winds as well as some hail. we ll continue to keep you posted right here. a powerful storm system leaving its mark across the country. here s the scene in central iowa. at least a half dozen tornadoes hit the area. everything from funnel clouds to golf ball size hail left a path of damage in five different counties. that same system caused major problems throughout north dakota. sleet and snow made driving conditions treacherous there. it is just early evidence of a pretty rough start to spring. we have some breaking news in the murder of two men in maryland within days of each other. what are police announcing? reporter: we received some shocking details about this just a short time ago. you ll remember that two homicide victims, one was found dead in his home. an 81-year-old man last friday. another man shot monday afternoon. he is 41. shot in broad daylight while walk home from his job. it is not a place we
pat collins talked to the victim and he joins us from metro headquarters in northwest washington with the exclusive story. pat? reporter: dorene, at a metro station, a man sees a beating. he goes to call 911, and he becomes victim number two. for robert joy, it s hard to talk. you see, his two front teeth were knocked out. he had six stitches inside his mouth, two stuch stitches outside. his right eye, black, blue and bloodied. it s a tragedy. that, i mean, for innocent people to get attacked at the subway. reporter: now listen to mr. joy s story. the suitland station, the green line, friday night around 6:30. he s waiting here for his niece to get off the subway. he says he is standing over there, near the station manager s office. he looks over near the gates and he sees some teenagers, about 15 of them, attacking another teen. he says they re all dressed in black, some are wearing masks. that teen is on the ground. he says a woman comes running to him and says, call
here live on the scene and of course, any updates become available, we will bring them to you. reporting live from silver spring. john schriffen. back to you in the studio. john, a question. earlier you mentioned seeing some passengers with book. do we know if the electricity on board these cars has been shut off? do they have lights? reporter: they pushed this far back from the trains. earlier we did see lights on the trains and passengers were able to walk around. police did push us back away from the scene them said it is for our own safety. the power lines were down and they were in the process of trying to depower those lines. so we got pushed back for safety and now they re in the process of trying to get those metro riders back so they can be safe. you mentioned that spring street was shut down. i believe you said between 15th and 16th streets. is there other traffic affected as well? reporter: if my camera man can take a pan, this is 16th street going across h