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WRC News4 At 4 April 11, 2016

Police say metros security cameras recorded pictures of the suspect and recorded pictures of the deadly attack. It was 16 days ago that 15yearold davonte washington was shot and killed at this very same deanwood station. Davonte was on his way to get a haircut for easter sunday. 17yearold Maurice Bellamy charged as an adult in that murder. According to court documents, bellamy shot davonte because he didnt like the way he looked at him. This is the second murder at this station in less than a month. What do you make of this . Its very troubling. You know, folks who travel on the metro all the time want to feel safe and, you know, the good news, if there is any good news from this, in all likelihood were going to be able to close this case because of the Security System that metro has here. The bad news is young person in our city to violence. Reporter so where were the cops this morning . Where were the cops, a lot of people are asking that question. Ill have more on that coming up at 5 00. Chris, back to you. Thank you, pat. Now, we want to let you know any minute d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will make a statement. Its being called a Public Safety announcement. Were going to bring that to you just as soon as it happens. The mayor will make those remarks just before leading a Community Walk in the neighborhood where a 7yearold girl was shot friday night while walking with her family. News4s sarah gord is live d ward is live in southeast. Were just a few yards from where the mayor will make that walk. Were on hartford street and knox place. This building is where the father took his daughter, into the hallway and got assistance from neighbors and they called the police. From here, maybe just a half a block. But this community is now seeing a lot of attention, attention they said theyve needed for so long because there have been complaints and reports about gunfire and violence here. They say its an all too often occurrence, and this incident on friday with a 7yearold girl who was shot in the stomach who remains hospitalized and wounded this. This sort of brings new attention to it and some attention they say theyve needed for a long time and it has knenetted some results as w hear from metropolitan police. We have made a great deal of progress in this case. We feel pretty confident that were going to be able to get to the bottom of it. We want to continue to urge people to come forward. We dont want to discourage them from coming forward. Reporter now, there are resources such as Surveillance Video from the cams eras mounte on some of these buildings. Were expeg walk this neighborhood and make an announcement that folks around here hope will make a change. Well have more on this as it becomes available. Now to a developing story out of Anne Arundel County. An elected official facing charges says hes done nothing wrong. Sheriff ron bateman released a statement saying hes never assaulted his wife. He ka you would it a, quote, emotional family dispute that led police to a home last night in pasadena. Bateman is charged with seconddegree assault. Officers found injuries to his wifes face and damage to a door. Anne Arundel County Police describe what they saw. Minor abrasions, scrapes, bumps, bruises i would say with some swelling. Police took sheriff baitedmanbaitedmatemans weapons and his credentials after his arrest. He says hes back at work doing mainly administrative duty. Hes been in office and on the a wouldbe burglar is recovering in the hospital after a Laurel Police officer accidentally shot him. It happened just before midnight at the indus Food International market. Four officers were investigated investigating a burglary and saw something moving in the back, was startled and shot the suspect. He is a s. W. A. T. Team member and a firearms instructor. He immediately rendered aid to this victim, even consoling him during the process while an ambulance was en route. Now, that officer has been placed on routine administrative leave. The other officers had to use a taser to stop a second suspect who tried to run away. A rainy monday morning turned into a dry monday afternoon and it looks like were in for a repeat. Lets just c monday and get this over with. What are you saying . Its pretty much going to be the case. We saw showers this morning, a little cool to start, and we saw the sunshine and a nice day. The warmest numbers weve seen in four days across our region. 72 degrees is the current temperature out there in d. C. 74 richmond. 78 virginia beach. But take a look to the north. 57 state college. Only 53 in columbus, ohio. Some of that cooler air will move in tomorrow all because of this front. You can seed fro the front over the north and Severe Weather down south. Nothing severe for us but we will see shower activity overnight and into the early portions of tomorrow. It will affect that Early Morning rush. Rain overnight. The next few days still going to be on the cool side but nothing like where we were over the weekend, and then now were talking. Talk about the 70s and they stick around for a bit too. Well tell you about that in the forecast coming up in a minute. Thanks, doug. A new effort is under way to protect your car from being stolen or vandalized in virginiasmu state senator Jeremy Mcpike launcheded a petition asking vdot to dedicate money for security cameras in the lot. There have been a string of thefts over the past few weeks at the horner road park and ride and we told you how tires were stolen from several cars at that same lot last fall. They are three blocks on a busy road that could get you a 200 ticket. Where youll have to change lanes for face a fine. And donald trump could very well win his home state in next weeks new york pry lear but first at 4, why two of h own is some new insight right now into why weve seen flames and smoke spreading across Montgomery County land dozens of times so far this year. Reports reviewed by news4 shows the fire and Ems Department has responded to 60 brush fires in the county so far. A dozen of those were considered significant including one last month in germantown. Among the causes listed, controlled burns that spread farther than expected, and one of them triggered by overhead power lines that fell on dry grass. It is one of the most controversial issues on the president ial campaign trail, the that you will only see on news4. And another dose of wet weather going to be moving in. When youll have to dodge the rain drops and why you could heasome rumbles of thr u wall street. The nra. Theyre powerful. They usually get their way. But not with democrat Donna Edwards. She wont take cash from wall street banks. And when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, Donna Edwards said no shes fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. Because to democrat Donna Edwards, the special interests arent special. We are. Working for us pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Make an announcement about an arrest in that case. Chief . Good afternoon, everybody. As we talked about earlier today, we had a 7yearold that was shot in this neighborhood, and today i want to announce were very pleased to announce that 27yearold Michael Wiggins from southwest washington, d. C. , has been arrested and charged in this case. I cant underestimate the help that we got from the community in this case, all the calls, all the support that we got in closing this case. The hard work of detective kenneth weeks and her partner they worked diligently with the court system. The weapon was recovered, and we do now have an arrest in the case. So we want to let everybody know its good news. That the 7yearold involved, we got a chance i got a chance to talk to her and her family yesterday. We continue to pray for her speedy recovery. She is very anxious to get back to school, and were anxious for that to happen as well. We certainly dont tolerate any level of violence in our city and are shocked that a child walking with her family could get caught in this cross fire. Were equally shocked that what appears to be an altercation among teenagers at a metro station ended in one of those young people being dead. So we look forward very soon to being able to share Additional Information about the stabbing that metro. We can as we speak, i have my Public Information officer who is watching. Were going it recease some images that we have in that case so well be sending that out to all the news organizations and well tweet it out so everybody has that. So we do have an image of a person of interest in that case. We can take a few questions. Does the person you arrested live in this area . Southwest d. C. , yeah. Down what the involvement was . What brought him over here . It appears there was an altercation that led to gunshots, and then, unfortunately, the 7yearold was struck by one of those gunshots. More arrests to be made or is it still under investigation . We believe we have the one shooter that is responsible for the shooting. Chief, you mentioned some community involvement. Was that the basis of your warrant or do you have video or anything i have to say without the communitys help in this particular case, we would not have been able to make a closure, so we really want to thank folks. We go out a lot of times and we ask the community to help us in this particular case, like i said, i cant underestimate the amount of people that called in with tips and information, and one of those tips led us to closing this case. All right . Are you guys good . Thank you, everybody. Thank you. So, again, we just broke in with that live News Conference there. That was mayor Muriel Bowser and some of her officers talking about the arrest. A man named Michael Wiggins has been arrested for shooting that little 7yearold girl on friday night. That shooting shocked a lot of people in this community. Were glad to know the little girl is recovering. Shes hospitalized. The mayor says shes anxious to get back to school and they say they belie they were able to make this arrest with ethe help of the public. A man dead after crashing the man was driving here rutland road around noon when he ran off the road and hit trees. Maryland state police are working to see what might have caused him to lose control. Were still working to learn his identity. The victims identity. An important Traffic Alert now. New bus lanes opened along a stretch of Georgia Avenue in northwest. Drivers who dont follow the rules could face big fines. As news4 Kristin Wright reports, the goal is to help buses move more quickly on one of the citys busiest corridors. Reporter if youre caught driving in the bus lane, the fine is 200. It looks like a lot of people may not even be aware of this change just yet. Theyre still driving through the bus lane. Here is what you need to know. The new bus lanes are in Georgia Avenue between florida and barry place over by howard. Its about three blocks. The laennes are clearly marked s cabs with passengers get through. Bicycles are allowed in the bus lane but you cannot drive, you cannot park in the bus lane. The only time you can drive in it is if youre just about to make a turn. You can enter the bus lane about 40 feet before that turn. The lanes will not be enforced on sundays. Now, later this spring ddot is going to put down a red surfacing paint to make the lanes stand out more. Again, the fine is 2 200. Absolutely i would not agree to having any cia officer carrying out waterboarding again. The president ial campaign has brought waterboarding back to the forefront of National Security discussions, and tonight we have a preview of a new interview with cia director john brennan that youre going to see only on nbc news. Richard engel joins us now with more on director brennans stance donald trump is already calling brennans position on this issue ridiculous. Senator ted cruz has said he doesnt even consider waterboarding to be torture. What did director brennan say to you about some of the rhetoric from the campaign trail . Well, this came it was a surprise actually. I went to the cia headquarters at langley and i was planning on talking about isis and thats what we talked about, about counterterrorism and whats being done to fight groups like al qaeda and isis, and we were talking about the agencys successes and failures, and director brennan said that one of the things that a Lesson Learned was about enhanced interrogations. Thats the term for interrogation techniques like waterboarding and others. Practices that were made illegal in 2009 under president obama. And he said that theyre not going down that road. Theyre not going to do it again. About the republican candidates who say they want to bring it back . And in quite clear terms, he said were not doing it. Were not going down that road. Weve learned lessons from the past. Theyre not necessary, and the cia doesnt want to get back into that business again. And numerous legal obstacles have been put in place that would make it extraordinarily difficult for a future president to try to force the cia to get back into the business of waterboarding and others, and now we have very publicly an acting cia director saying they wont go back. And, richard, just to short of draw that out a little bit, i mean, youve had years of experience talking to intelligence officials. Do you get the sense that brennan is speaking for the internal culture of the cia or is there a chance you get a new president , you get a new cia director who may be more amenable to some of these techniques . It wouldnt just be a matter of switching the cia there have been there was a Justice Department memo that was used as a justification for this legal opinion i should say that was used to justify the program under the bush administration. That has since been repealed. Theres the mccain amendment. The fact that in 2009 it was made to be illegal. So many laws would have to mean legal hurdles i should say would have to be overcome to bring these practices back. Thats one thing, so it wouldnt just be a simple matter of flipping a switch and turning it on again, but the internal culture at the cia, i think many people there felt burned by this. They felt that they were left holding the bag. The people who were involved in the program faced criminal investigations, length y investigations. There were public hearings on this. Many people had to hire at their own expense and i think when you have all these combination of public condemnation and inquiries and criminal investigations on a program that was at the time sanctioned by the administration, even with that sanctioning, they had so much problems. So i think they felt that theyre not willing to do it again. All right. Well said. Thank you very much, richard. As richard mentioned, the waterboarding topic was just a small part of what he spoke to director brennan about. The full interview with cia director Robert Brennan is coming up or john brennan is coming up on nbc nightly news at 7 00 right here on nbc 4. The tax clock is ticking away. First at 4, what to do to make sure youre ready, and what you should do if you cant m Delores Kelley although we were all one maryland, our schools werent treated the same way. Narrator with neighborhoods getting unequal funding for schools, something had to be done for our children. Kelley it didnt matter where chris was from. He knew that we couldnt leave a child having less just because they lived in a region that was poor. Joanne benson he has not just talked about it. L for all children to succeed. Im chris van hollen, and i approved this message. Pretty nice day out there, at least thats the way its come as we made our way through the afternoon. We started wuf a little bit of rain early this afternoon, a little cool to start the day, but then the sun came out and the winds starting to blow. Winds gusting upwards of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour and thats really helped the temperatures come up, all because of that southerly direction of the wind. Take a look. Plenty of sunshine across the area. Its our city lacrosse action. This weekend was very, very cold. We saw a couple inches of snow this weekend in Southern Maryland and parts of northern virginia. Amazing snow on april 9th. This is what its supposed to be like. 73 in brleesburg. 74 in fredericksburg. No rain or snow to talk about. Were not going to see anything for the next 10 to 12 hours and then well be watching this front come through. A cold front to the north. Down to the south, some Severe Weather. This is what were going to get in on, the shower activity. That shower activity coming in in about 12 hours. So lets time it out. Tonight at 11 00, were all dry. By around 2 00, 3 00, 4 00 in the morning, thats when we start to see showers. By 7 00 a. M. Notice the rain were not predicting a ton of rain but it could be a quarter inch to a half an inch. That rain then moves out and by 10 00 in the morning, Southern Maryland seeing the rain, the Northern Neck of fredericksburg, but everything out starting to clear out. And by tomorrow afternoon around 2 00, notice most areas with the exception of Southern Maryland seeing some sunshine tomorrow. On a day very much like what we saw today, the difference though the winds tomorrow will shift more out of the north. Thats going to give us a much cooler day. Temperatures tomorrow about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than where they are now. Starting off not too bad. 56 degrees with that rain out there. Showers, youll need the umbrella. 3 00 to 4 00, 60 degrees, it will be on the cool side. 60 with sunshine. Thats not a bad day at all. Next

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