members to call his mother. reporter: it happened around 9:45 this morning. two men shot in the 900 block of alabama avenue southeast. the victims wearing hardhats and reflective vests. they appear to be construction workers. on the scene, assistant police chief robert alder. the only lookout we have at this time is for a male wearing a mask last seen running south away from the scene. reporter: homicide detectives are on the case. police spent more than five hours here working the scene, taking pictures, collecting shell casings, marking evidence. they left nothing behind. back now to that good samaritan. i think it was a robbery. that s my personal opinion. reporter: 9:30 a.m. yes. reporter: broad daylight. this is southeast, sir. trust and believe, don t make a difference. reporter: both victims are in the hospital tonight. one is said to be in very critical condition. coming up at 6:00, we re going to hear from a friend and some neighbors here. i ll see
good morning, thanks for joining us, i m erika gonzalez. we re waiting for the mayor whose office called this a public announcement. tom sherwood who broke the story on twitter, that interim chief peter new sham is her pick. megan mcgrath is live with more on what we re hearing. reporter: good morning, guys, we re expecting this press conference to start any minute now. we ve seen a number of people beginning to gather in the certificaemonial conference roo. you can see the members of the metropolitan police department and others who have gathered inside again for this announcement that is going to be happening here any minute now. now, sources tells tom sherwood newsham to be the chief of police. he has been acting as interim chief since cathy lanier left. he rose up through the ranks, commander of the second district, promoted to assistant chief in charge of office of professional responsibility and later headed the investigative services bureau, most recently as the
the wind is still a little blustery this morning, gusting around 20 miles an hour. yeah, we re talking windchill starting off early on this sunday morning. we ll get quite a bit of cloudiness. live view from the tower camera. a predawn glow behind those clouds. temperatures right now are in the low to mid-30s. right near freezing in the suburbs and rural areas. feels-like temperatures, that wind making it feel like it s only in the low to mid-20s. you do have to layer up, pull out winter coat on this sunday morning. i ve got big changes on the way over the next ten days coming up. tom, thank you. we continue to follow developments out of prince george s county. police there trying to find out who shot two men outside of a sports bar in oxen hill. this hpe road. they were conscious and taken to the hospital after 1:00 this morning. no suspect information has been released. we re also following a developing story out of new orleans, where chaos broke out during a mardi gr
temperatures by noontime should be climbing into the mid-h40s around much of the region. by the time mid afternoon rolls around, we ll be hovering around 50 degrees. a little bit of a blustery wind that will diminish by late afternoon. up and down changes for the week ahead. a look at that this half hour. thank you, tom. we re following developments right now out of prince george s county where police are trying to figure out who shot two men outside a sports bar in oxon hill. it happened on livingston road. police say both men were conscious and taken to the hospital. also following a developing story out of new orleans where chaos broke out during a mardi gras parade. a suspected drunk driver in custody after that person plowed into a crowd, injuring at least 28 people. emergency crews say five people were in gued none appeared to be life threatening. police say the pickup truck hit other vehicles then veered into the crowd just before 7:00 last night. the victims ran
city. was opening the door to get my groceries out and pulling the bag out and then boom, the bag drops and the milk breaks and it s a cloud of red smoke, it looks like 1,000 bricks blew up. a lot of dust and debris at one point. that was neighbor harvey, he was outside during the explosion. and there was concerns about the structural integrity of the one of the stacks there, that brought experts from lni here and that is deemed safe and stable. and folks ordered to shelter in place, if not told so yet they will be able to come outside. stable after a rather wild afternoon. live in grays ferry, john rawlins, channel 6 action news. we are following developing news out of the orlando, just 30 minutes ago police announced that they found the body of the little 2-year-old attacked by an alligator at disney world last night. is he identified as lane graves of elk horn, nebraska. he was within the immediate area of where he was last seen. it took some time to go through a