Shooting of a teenage burglary suspect will stay locked up for now. A judge is considering bond for jimmy methe. Hes charged with manslaughter for the death of 17 year old Brandon Spencer. Authorities say methe shot spencer after spencer tried to steal property out of methes truck. Our mike desumma was in the courtroom today. Mike. Charles, dawndy its safe to say the facts of this case have taken a toll on both sides. Those who knew methe addressed the court asking for him to get a low bond. The judge for now is taking that request under advisement. Supporters also spoke to his character calling him a good father and member of the community. To Law Enforcement and prosecutors methe was not within his rights when he shot Brandon Spencer near his home saturday night. Investigators say methe saw the victim and another person near his truck early saturday morning. Fled. And then police say methe fired on spencer from behind fatally wounding him. Methes supporters say he had been the victim
R rebecca with the Montgomery County police and an unidentified suspect who saw the suspects. The male victim opened up the residence. The two suspects forced theyre way in. The 86yearold wife was home at the time. The suspects displayed handguns and ransacked the home. We saw two guys from a distance coming towards us. They were wearing black hoodies, a small under armour. Horizontal glasses, brown shoes, and keys hanging from them. Reporter again, an armed daylight Home Invasion here on our live court. The two suspects are still at large. Police are here trying to track them down. Ill be back at 5 00 with more. Chris, back to you. Thanks, pat. President obama says he doesnt think donald trump will ever be president. He went on record tuesday saying the maerng people realize the highest office in the nation is , trump took it as a compliment and is still leading in nearly every poll. He and the other republican candidates are campaigning in South Carolina ahead of saturdays primary. A
News first at 6 00. An indictment in a brutal and gruesome murder in a d. C. Mansion. Daron wint is facing nearly two dozen charges for holding a family hostage and then torturing and killing them before he set that house on fire. Jackie bensen has been looking through the indictment and has details now from our live desk. This is a copy of the indictment we just received it. Just the listing of charges takes up a full page alone. 34yearold daron wint has been in custody since the murders. Now d. C. Grand jury has returned a 20count indictment against him, 12 counts include charges in the murders of amy sav vop louse, phillip, and the familys housekeeper. The indictment charges wint with aggravating circumstances including one finding that the murders were especially heinous, atrocious, or police say wint held the four victims captive for roughly 18 hours inside the familys home. Wipt is accused of being paid a 40,000 ransom and then killing them before setting the house on fire. There
Tonight mostly clear with lows in the middle upper 20s friday mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s lower 50s saturday sun clouds with at our timesaver traffic system this morning. As we follow breaking news in wythe county. Police say interstate 81 is this morning. As we follow breaking news in wythe county. Police say interstate 81 is shut accident. You can expect major delays. All northbound lanes are closed. One southbound lane is open. And backups are about two miles. Virginia state police say the accident does not have serious injuries. But traffic is being detoured. If youre heading northbound. Youll be diverted off exit 84 onto north at exit 86. The accident happened at 1 45 long the interstate will stay closed. This morning, the defense calls witnesses for the first time in a federal trial. Stemming from the murder of Waynesboro Police reserve captain kevin quick. Prosecutors rested their case. After twelve days of presenting evidence. Against six alleged gang members. Four
Good evening once again tonight from our nbc news headquarters in chicago. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Its day 1,148 of the Trump Administration. 236 days to go until the 2020 president ial election. As this country now grapples with the concerns over coronavirus, there are many more stark signs of the outbreaks deepening impact. Wall street witnessed yet another meltdown, the worst day there since 1987. Despite the Federal Reserve promising to inject at least 1. 5 trillion worth of money into the financial system, the dow sank 10 . For the second time this week, the rapid stock selloff triggered a halt in trading. Yet even as todays markets were in free fall, the president was sounding optimistic about the financial future. We have a lot of things that were working on with the Financial Markets, and its going to work out fine. Were you have to remember the stock market as an example is still much higher than when i got here, and its taken a big hit. But its going to all bounc