When Steven Vander briel entered his plea in court this morning. Reporter hes accused of killing grace mann. Steven vander briel stood in front of a judge as the charges were read out lied. Murder, strangulation and abduction. He pled not get to all three. His arraignment lasted only about five minutes and his attorney ordered an evaluation. 20yearold grace mann was a student at Mary Washington and house mates with vander briel. They got into an argument. He hit her and then strangled her. Her body was found by her other two roommates who testified last time they were in court that graces hands were bound. A plastic bag was stuffed in her mouth as well as over her head. The other to roommates testified that right before her body was found, vander briel asked them a disturbing question. What would they do if grace was no longer here. He is due back in court for a status hearing november 5. In fredricksburg, im nikki burdine, wusa9. Grace mann was a mclean, virginia native. D. C. Police
Lay dying up by the metro station one of the shooters tried to get away driving down the wrong side of s street. Scary to look at him . I dont even want to look at him. I guess somebody that pointed a gun at you, i dont want to look at him. Reporter this uber driver said he will never forget the gunmans face. This guy right here has a gun to his left. Reporter he picked him out immediately from the surveillance tape released by d. C. Police. And he comes out of the sun roof . Yeah, ya. Reporter and point yeah. Reporter and points the gun right at you. The suspect was fleeing down the street as he was coming up it on the wrong side of the road did. You think he was going to pull the trigger . Sure, i did, yes. Reporter did you think those were the last moments of your life . It was very like confusing for a situation like this. Reporter the man backed away and left the suspect pass before pulling up next to a cop trying to save the life of matthew schlonski who was hit by a stray round
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
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