Police officers and five people in an suv. That group is in custody right now accused of shooting at the officers right near Martin Luther king junior elementary school. Megan is live to tell us what happened. Reporter barbara, you can see behind me here the suspects suv and there are quite a few bullet holes. I counted at least seven and we have shattered windows as well. Police do not believe the officers in this were targeted, rather it appears to be a situation where the officers came upon a group of people who had committed another crime and the suspect opened fire trying to avoid arrest. D. C. Police responding to shots fired found themselves under fire overnight. It happened behind Martin Luther king junior elementary on alabama i saw it and the police saying get out, get down. Reporter a police spotter which picks up gun shots in the area sent out an alert. When Police Arrived they saw several people in an suv and thats when the shots rang out opening fire on the officers with
The parkway. Breaking news in Prince Georges County, right now. Police are still on the scene of a fatal accident thats shut down part of suitland parkway at naylor road. Derrick ward is live near the scene now for the latest details. Derek derrick, good morning. Reporter yeah, you dont normally associate the suitland parkway with pedestrian traffic. This is the scene of a fatal incident. It remains closed. Suitland parkway is closed between alabama and branch avenue. It was about midnight when an adult male was crossing here at naylor road when he was hit background a car heading westbound, that is into the district. That person has since died. They dont have an identity yet. They have held the scene. Accident reconstruction crews are on the scene and traffic is shut down in both directions. You will likely have to work your way through the neigh avenue, alabama avenue. We dont have any word how long this will remain closed and how long this investigation will continue, but again adul
The left lane getting by. This is a huge delay early this morning. Also rail riders just be aware of the red line is single tracking. Orange, blue and silver line delays, because of a signal problem. Developing morning, traffic moving again on suitland parkway after a fatal pedestrian accident. Were told a man was hit and killed as he crossed the street near the naylor road intersection. Were not sure if he was in the crosswalk there. Traffic was shut down in both directions for several hours. Traffic just reopened within the last 30 minutes. A developing story now out of baton rouge where a community is mourning the loss of three Law Enforcement officers. 32yearold Montrell Jackson had been an officer since he was 22 years old. Friends called him passionate about his job. 41yearold magazine ewe Matthew Gerald had been on the force for less than a year sheriffs deputy for 24 years. He was 45 years old. Yesterday afternoon officers were called to a gas station less than a mile away from
Witness it firsthand was alarming. To not know the full details, its alarming. Reporter you see the vehicle being towed away now. Police say in that car, they found ammunition. They also recovered the handgun they say was used to shoot at police. The shooting happened in the tunnel behind the car. Police say no shots were exchanged. They say they didnt fire back on this car because they were inside that tunnel. They say there were other vehicles in there and they didnt want to hit innocent bystanders. Fortunate no one was hurt there. Thank you. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Our other big story tonight, right now, president barack obama on his way back from dallas where he delivered a wide ranging speech at the memorial for the Police Officers killed on thursday. Former president george w. Bush politicians also spoke but it fell to president obama to try to unite a country that appears divided on race and the role of police. We have a closer look. Reporter president obama reporte
And sherman park will close at 6 pm. Reporting live in sherman park rm todays tmj4 its unclear if the businesses set on fire and several others looted and then destroyed, will ever rebuild. Julia fello reached out to those Business Owners and joins us live it has been surreal to see the National News here describing the picture of this scene behind me. Some saying it looks like another part of the world or a war zonei spoke to one Business Manager who tells me this is the first day theyve been closed, in 20 years. Its hard to see the images of the bp gas station, set on fire, with workers still inside. Nats screaming cars set on fire. And police using swat gear to approach a destroyed clarkes liquor store. There is no explaining it no, no the manager of clarkes tells us theyre working hard to reopen by friday. He still cant understand why a business thats been so vested in this area. Could be destroyed. Im feeling depressed because we do a lot for the community you know set on fire. In