We begin ith another deadly shooting in the district. Justin finch is live with what we are learning, hi, justin. D. C. Police are right on the case of another deadly shooting here in the district. This one happening closeo 11 00 or so last night, a man now dead. St as Law Enforcement forced a new partnership in our region to stamp out these illegal firearms. Sun up and crime scene investigatos out. A man gunned down overnight on the 300 block of 50th street northeast. Police searching for a suspect in a white suv with tints on h windows and sunroof. The suv pulled off into the darkness. The victim left for dead at the Lincoln Heights House Development earlierthis week, a special agent in charge from atf theup gro came together with tougher prosecution. Turns out more than a third of the illegal guns turn out in virginia. Were going to have to get after this, andake it extremely hard for individuals to get guns and thats our commitment. As then homicide rate i d. C. Is up. L year, 2018
60,000 and that exceeds the National Median income. Its the majority black district. Its the second wealthiest black majority district in the country nd second most educated. So a lot of other factorsin this debate as it continues. Dash ward, news had. As the battle over balti aunchedmorehe president l another feud today, this time with the reverend al sharpton. In series of tweets the president called sharp theon, quote, a con man and troublemaker going on to say that sharp theon, quote, hates whites and costs. Speaking just hours later, sharpton fired back calling t this is race baiting at its best and its donald trump plight race card and is a shame and a sham. Sharpton called president trumps tweets aimed at elijah ummings and baltimore absolutely horrible. Well have complete coverage. Just such baltimore. The head of the naacp just ne resig kofi annan reported on facebook saying while, quote, many are provide equity, i no longer believe that the overall organizationalstructure of
Stafford northbound 95 at 630 eft lane is blocked by a lots of trees down in Loudoun County. Delays and cancellations on the brunswick line because of trees down on the tracks. That probably sounds, even looks very famiar to anyone who was outside yesterday evening. Last night, storms left a trl of damage all across the d. C. Area. They also knocked out power forcing some families to sweat it ut without the ac. News4 Megan Mcgrath is tracking the damage in bethesda this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This bethesda neighborhood has a lot of very old, very large trees and you can see that some of those trees came down in last night storm because of the high winds here on whittier boulevard. The tree actuall came down on an suv that was parked here along the side of the road. In other cases they fell on houses and power lines and the likes. A lot of cleanup still tobe done this morning. Take a look at se video that was shot last a night you can see wh happened with all of t
With the officer and the homeowners store live because of if. Dan clutching his wife who both are arrive today thanks to Sergeant Scott brooks who pulled them from their burning home. They were at their home in Silver Spring when the f re broke out around 5 00 a. M. It was a vigorous fire. Reporter sergeant brooks was driving to work on New Hampshire avenue at that sametime. Observed like a big funnel cloud smoke going straight up in the sky, like black smoke. Brooks called in the fire and followed the smoke to the house. He was the first to arrive. The house was fully engulfed coming from the back area with both smoke and fire. Reporter brooks didnt wait for help. Went to the front door and the front door was locked. Reporter meanwhile inside them burning the couple were trying to get out. My wife jumped up the walls on fire so i jumped out of bed and started making my way towards the door. Reporter thats when sergeant brooks decid to kick in the front door. When i kicked the front do
Degrees. By 7 00 p. M. Low 90s but its feeling close to 100 when you factor in the mugginess. Most of us are dryt there. I cant rule out a few isolated showers and thunderstorms, in especially northern virginia. Again, most of us are dry. Everybody is warm. That should say 81 at 11 00 p. M. , but it will feel more like 91 at 11 00 p. M. When you factor in the humidity. Heres the latest check of storm team 4ar rad the d. C. Metro area is looking dry. Back to the west, showers into washington county,he panhandle of West Virginia and out into lualay. This is about the dangerous heat. More on how hot it will feel as the week wears on coming up in my fl forecast right around 4 20. Thanks, amelia. Folks, as those temperatures rise well be on weather alert later this week, and the best h thing toe with you, our nbc washington app. That or a fan. Can you make weather your home page there and getts alerent right to your phone at any time. Pat . Its been one year since a 10yearold girl sitting o