Inside when their mother was shot in the head and she died minutes later in the hospital and the second murder in that very unit in months. That is the first thing that came to my mind. Not number 7 again. I dont know what is going on. The 27yearold man died of stab wounds he sustained on the second floor that apartment. Darryl townsend is charged in his death and police are not say first degree the incidents are related. It has to stop and it has to stop. Its crazy people dont realize there are kidded out here and innocent people. This community has seen its share of violence recently. This womans child, sean johnson was gunned down on east state street. The city of camden saw 44 homicides a 29 increase. For each grieving family, the numbers cant measure the loss. My son had three kids and its christmas time and instead of celebrating christmas we are planning a funeral, its not right, its not fair. The name of last nights victim has not been released. Police are not saying a lot abou
With layers of bags and blankets. He is sleeping on a bench in front of the world bank with lots of other homeless. I cant believe it. Reporter he has no plans to take the mayor up on had his offer of additional shelter. And i got other peoples stuff in here while they are trying to find jobs or hospitals. Reporter out at Washington Harbor in georgetown they are opening the ice rink. And tony and joes seafood place is hoping for a crowd. Other days its beautiful. Reporter you had to be from sweden to enjoy the wind and wipe caps out on the potomac. Scandinavian, viking, its okay. Reporter it is cold for your car, too. Aaa says calls for help are up 40 . Some for blown out tires and a lot for dead batties batteries. The more juice it takes for the battery to turn over. The youngest out of the group had only on a vest. Reporter Prince Georges County police are hoping to keep anyone from having to go out in the cold without a coat. Officer Jessica Mercer is asking for donations to the one
Ive got goretex pants, long johns and everything i own on i think. Beside just making a lot of us miserable, this record setting cold has cracked rail lines, broken water mains and its set some of to us arguing about how long its been since its been this freezing. This mornings record low 5 degrees at Reagan National airport breaks the old record of 8 degrees set back when Grover Cleveland was president. Show me the money. Reporter Terry Mcguire was in theaters in 1996 the last time we hit 5 degrees. People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, im not a crook. Reporter and Richard Nixon was still in the white house the last time we broke a record low temperature in february. Rails cracked by the cold left people jammed on the platform at falls church. A water leak at lenfant shut down the power and may have contributed to the crush of passengers at judiciary square. A water main blocked traffic at new york avenue and north capitol and in cabin john fireplace
Immediate metro area. This is the mix, the magenta, we see now and thats the transition from snow to sleet and freezing rain. That will work its way northward going through evening hours. Well come back and talk more about the possibility of icing north and west and who stays below freezing tomorrow. Doctors say this is dangerous cold and warn any time it gets this bad theres always an uptick in the frostbite and hypothermia cases. Bruce leshan is live at Dupont Circle doing a dance, a bend, doing everything he can to stay warm. Reporter you got it, lesli. This mornings low actually broke the record for this day set 119 years ago. At these temperature exposed hands and feet can suffer serious damage and People Living on the street can die from this cold. Who likes this kind of chill . The Georgetown University hockey team out on the frozen c o canal. Were playing a little pond hockey. Reporter a 5monthold labrador named henry. He loves the cold, the snow, anything. Reporter but most of
End of the week. Today, early and late we have precipitation sun and clouds mixing early. Cooler conditions along the lake with a High Temperature reaching the 80s in many areas. Yesterday bieber just below that. 63 today. 68 in chicago. 60 in valparaiso. 63 in joliet. We continue to see showers will linger all to the west as get into dew page and kane and kendall county. The line of showers and storms is there. They will move through early another chance of rain later generally after the sun goes down. 79 decreased by 5 00 p. M. High temperature will be 82. Thats a forecast. We have construction with a few projects right off the top of the hour, riverside water main work lining of the water mains that crossed under the river. Two big closures there from forced to park place the next on park place from greenland to woodside. This will last through the end of the month. It will cause some detours for people in that area. Belgianohare big mess near ohare when volume is really like not ca