going. reporter: xavier s cousin said he was like a brother to her 5-year-old son. why? like, why? he was such a little boy, he doesn t deserve that. reporter: xavier was a kindergarten student in southeast. it s very devastating. devastating. this tragedy of the young boy that got killed. reporter: what will you tell your children? be very careful when you re crossing the street. look both ways. reporter: ahead at 6:00, how the school will help its young students deal with death at such an early age, when they return to class tomorrow. that s the latest from livingston road in southeast, washington. back to you. such an awful story. thank you, chris. and this is an example of why all of us need to be careful about young children, especially as we have warmer weather and longer days. killed in traffic crashes in 2015, according to the nhtsa, that showed more than 70,000 pedestrians were injured. among those killed, more than a fifth were children under the age
kindergarten student in southeast washington. today the school sent letters home informing parents that grief counsellors will be available for any students who need help dealing with his death. how will you help your children cope with this news? i m going to talk to them. i haven t talked to them about it. and ask them their feelings. i told them they can come to me if they have any questions or they just want to grieve, cry, anything. reporter: today we found party hats on the ground by a picnic table where the family came yesterday for a cook-out. it was a party to celebrate xavier luckey s 6th birthday. he was such a good boy. he was so full of life. he was always excited, full of joy. he was a happy little boy. it was just such a tragedy that it happened on his birthday. i heard a boom and i heard a holler. reporter: shannon smith said she saw xavier hit by while crossing the road. there were other kids that crossed before him. he thought that maybe he c
there is no indication this was an act of terror. reportedly he believed he was hearing voices and expected to die. he s been tested at a facility. we will find out later if drugs or alcohol were in his system. he is prior arrest record driving. an alert for drivers in prince georges county. someone covered the speed limit sign with flyers and and. drivers couldn t see how fast they rewe allowed to go. one driver said that ended up costing him money. reporter: you can still see some of the evidence left behind . some of that tape and paper still on the speed limit sign. what i found interesting is what s on the back. a sticker from the state highway adstminiration letting people know that if they steal or vaiz i was like, i got a citation. david roberts got not one but two speeding camera tickets. one was going one way and one was going the other way. how did i miss the speed? these signs were plastered with tape and paper on central avenue. that s exactly w
the first speaker today is , the author ofnd five books about the men who rode with john mosby during the civil war, his first one is mosby s rangers, which deal with withen from bmi who served mosby, and who has subsequently which tellre books, the story of 110 more men who arved with mosby and it is fifth volume at press right now with will probably be the final volume in that area trade in that series. he s received the jefferson davis historical gold medal. mr. buckland is a graduate of the university of kansas and had a 22 year career in the u.s. army in which he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, slightly higher than i got to when i was in the army. and he has many awards and serve much of his career in special forces. if you ve seen some of the awards he received her in that time, we certainly thank him for his service. works for the united states government and lives with his wife, maureen, in centreville, virginia with three sons in the title of his presenta
warning towards shenandoahns i- here. but look at this line coming in. just about everybody is going to be getting significant rainfall across our region. the heaviest now, down around fredericksburg. look at this coming in to southern maryland, d.c. i ve been tracking this storm here, just south of warrenton. no warnings yet, but i ve had my eye on this one. a lot of lightning and very heavy rain. and these storms here, back towards culpeper county, have just started to form. this whole line coming through d.c. in the next few hours. what can we expect from these storms? we have the lightning, and amelia has a look at what else we might be getting. the sunshine welcome relief for everybody this afternoon, but that s helped to fire up the thunderstorms, and they re not moving that quickly and they have with them some very heavy rain. the greatest concern will be some flash flooding out there this evening. you know somebody make sure to remind them of that, never drive throu