They evacuated the station out of an abundance of caution. Im told that some type of trash and debris maybe newspaper got underneath the third rail. That is what sparked the fire. It was described to me as very minor. Why did metro shut the station down for the rest of the day . After the ntsb report and grilling from the public, they want to make sure they are taking every necessary precaution as possible. This is the metro police department. They have the escalateer going down to the station blocked off. We spoke to a number of commuters that are, to say the least, frustrated. Take a listen. This is an annoyance. Yeah. There was a problem here this morning. I thought i wasnt going to get here this morning. I got in this morning but i cant comb go home this way. One of those things. You cant be surprise. Its always a problem dealing with the metro. The problems are constantly rising as well. You just driver every day . But even that is inconvenience as well. How are you getting home t
The school color. In his memory. Its very sad. Its always hard to lose a student. When you lose a student to a tragedy, its doubly as hard because kids arent supposed to leave us at 16 years old. He was a great person, and its really sad that he had to die the way he did. Reporter now, we were here just a few minutes ago when the amtrak bound for chicago came by us on these tracks, and well show you at 6 00 how much warning john dereggi jr. And his girlfriend and those on the tracks here had when it came by. Also, his family tells us how they want him to be remembered. Thats on news 4 at 6 00. Thats the latest live from boyds, maryland. Wendy, back to you. Thank you, chris. And the news 4 iteam found dangerous and sometimes deadly trespassing along local train tracks is frequent in our area. The iteams review found more than 70 people have been injured or killed on or near train tracks in our area just since january of 2014. They also found a series of local hotspots. Those are areas i
Maryland. His parents cant imagine life without him. Reporter this is chris gordon in boyds, maryland, standing along the tracks where 16yearold John Martin Dereggi jr. Yesterday was hit and killed by an amtrak train heading north en route to chicago. When i heard the news yesterday i couldnt sleep all night last night. I had to come down and just look at the scene and show my respects. Reporter all new at 5 00, why john dereggi jr. And his two female companions were walking along these tracks yesterday afternoon. Ill have that far of the story coming up. Back to you. All right, thanks, chris. Were now 12 hours into a Homicide Investigation and it is all centering around a metro bus stop in Prince Georges County. This is where the body was found in the grass early this morning on 85th avenue in New Carrollton near an apartment complex. Parents who live nearby say theyre worried and nervous as they sent their kids to school. Investigators tell us they dont think this was a random shooti
Clarified that antwan was referring to his stepfather. Moments later, bernadette testified she heard several shots fired. Prosecutors played a 911 call made by antwans brother asking for help for newell who was lying on the ground with gunshot wounds. After the shooting, news 4 interviewed julie parker with the Prince Georges County police department. She said video of the shooting was captured on a neighbors surveillance camera. The video very clearly identifies the victim in this case, detective newell working on a light fixture outside his home and the suspect very clearly walks up to him and shoots him multiple times. Reporter now the chief medical examiner who completed the autopsy on the dead and killed d. C. Police officer testified that he was shot 19 times and he recovered 11 bullets from his body. If antwan james is found guilty, he faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Coming up at 6 00, why james mother says she believes its her fault that her son is
Into this second debate with the lead in the polls, a lot of momentum, but that huge target on his back and really, you should look for jeb bush who is lagging desperately in the polls right now to change his tone a bit and thats what gop insiders are saying coming into this thing and they want him to stand up to trump and challenge him directly and it should be interesting to see how those fireworks play out and rand paul always willing to take a shot at trump. It should be an interesting and perhaps at times combative debate tonight. Lets talk for a moment, jay about the undercard debate and senator graham and louisiana Governor Jindal and former senator Rick Santorum and former new york governor pataki, could tonight give one of them a shot at making it to the big stage . Reporter yeah, you know, it did during the last debate when Carly Fiorina did. She got her chance and she moved up to the upper card if we continue with that line of thinking. Its got to do something to one of thes