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this is fox 5 news at 10:00. carjackers hit three people in 30 minutes and one of the brave victims behavior is caught on tape. >> plus a virginia police officer appears in court channeled with killing a woman in her -- charged with killing a woman in her car, tonight stunning new details about the shooting. >> my mother and father have raised me to never be n a situation like this -- in a situation like this. >> prosecutors explain how kwame brown abused the law. this accident. this...

this is fox 5 news at 10:00. that is my son and i loved him. >> a man is shot at a metro station by a stranger and tonight everyone wants to know why. >> and a close call for a young boy after his scooter goes up in flames and the whole thing is caught on camera. >> and the big story in d.c., council corruption, kwame brown hit with a second charge. so what kind of prison time could he face? thanks for joining us tonight. im brian bolter. >> and im shawn yancy. it seems the hits just...

air, drivers describe the chaotic moments that shut down the major thoroughfare for hours. >> a d.c. man spent decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit and is speaking out for the first time in a fox 5 exclusive. but we begin with the federal charges stemming from the investigation into mayor grays campaign. good evening. >> fox 5s karen gray houston is following the investigation now. >> reporter: thomas gore is accused of making a contribution in the name of another person...

with what appeared to be a self- inflicted gunshot wound. a weapon was recovered with his body. they are now trying to determine their relationship between the three and find out what sparked the violence here. >> at this point we do not have confirmation on who the victims are. were actively working to confirm that at this time and then make notification to next of kin before we can release it publicly. >> reporter: police have recovered a weapon near the mans body in the woods. they ...

>> reporter: the navy seals who killed bin laden one year ago gathered the documents from his compound in pakistan. 17 of the letters are now declassified and posted on the afterbemy website. they show bin laden who also wanted to go after the war commander, general david petraeus. he wrote that killing him would alter the wars past. and he worried about dysfunction with al qaeda, talking about losing trust among the radical muslims. >> you can see him struggling for control, strugglin...

and atlantic city, new jersey, 105 degrees. civil war buffs will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle at bull run. they have treated nearly 150 people this weekend many more heat-related illnesses. the re-enactors dress in authentic wool uniforms are also feeling the heat. >> yeah. the weather is really oppressive. but it was for them too. >> it doesnt require a lot of imagination to get a feel for what it was like. >> forecasters say temperatures were in the 80s when the no...

18 bodies still trapped in the mine. >> they just want to take their fathers and their husbands and their sons, their uncles, they want to take them home. >> reporter: as some families begin to bury victims recovered right after the blast, officials say others still waiting on the mountain remain strong and compassionate. >> they come up to me and they feel sorry for me, you know. i mean, the rescuers as bad as it s its nothing close to what these families are going through. were going...

. rights now at 10:00, a metro access driver is accused of sexually assaulting a passenger. after 45 years a supreme court justice is stepping down. his possible replacement, what it means for the future of the court. we begin with developing news from west virginia. crews are making another attempt to rescue four missing miners trapped in the upper big branch mine. the governor says if those miners are not found by midnight, this rescue mission will become a recovery operation. ...

way shortly, brian. >> bob barnard tonight. we have more ahead on the news at 10:00. in the meantime you can follow the latest developments in that search on our website myfoxdc.com. its all on our home page. it is now official. justice john paul sevens is retiring. the 89-year-old supreme court justice is the oldest judge on the high court and hes the leader of the liberals on the bench. he tells brack brack he will step down at the end of the courts term this summer. the retireme...

incident, a different sexual assault by a different driver. that driver has been fired. it happened in northeast and prosecutors in that region have refused to prosecute. lets send it back to you. >> matt ackland live in northwest. thank you. a fire at metro center forced passengers out of the station today. the track insulator caught fire this morning and sent smoke through the tunnel. red line trains were forced to single tack for a short time between farragut north and gallery pla...