About 20 different swatting victims, including a congressman from michigan, a federal prosecutor from massachusetts and news4 learned one of the victims, the head of the nra, wayneuph lapierre swatted. That1tn convinces local Law Enforcement to show upl8f at t in some cases to detain them. Wayne lapierre says when he was swatted in 2013, Police Showed up with guns at his Virginia Home and briefly detained him. Theres another component to this scheme. Socalled docksing, taking the credit reports of famous people and putting them online. He admitted that his conspiracy did that and hundreds of thousands of people did that to look at it f rejoin you at 5 00. For now, scott macfarlane, news4. Two breaking news now in michigan. We have live pictures for you from outside the courthouse in Berrien County where a shooting took place in the last 45 minutes. Several reports say it involved a police officer. Details are still coming in. Michigans governor says, meanwhile, the scene is secure and well keep you updated here on news4 and on the nbc washington app. Now to the developments on the tragedy in dallas. In the wake of theht shooting tt killed five officers last week, they will be investigating any new threats against the department as credible threats. They are going through more than 300 witness statements about what happened. The chief also says he felt nom ethical dilemma in using a robot and suspect. He says the responsibility to address all of the issues facing our society cannot be sole to the police. Do your job. Were doing ours. Were putting our lives on the line. Other u aspects of the governme needs to step up and help us. The chief also said they are still downloading more than x34x 170,000 hours of body cam video. Johnsons family is announcing new details andau saying that his rampage surprised him. His parents say that he was changed after Army Deployment in afghanistan and says that johnson hated injustice but had never shown signs for hatred of certain groups of people. Johnson was targeting white police officers. He opened fire at the end ofdaa demonstration that followed last weeks well, now its official, the u. S. Plans to send an additional 560 troops to iraq to help fight against the ongoing fight against isis. Ash carter made the announcement and the deployments will begin in the next few weeks. They will provide Logistical Support for mosul. This totals the amount of troops to 4600. Donald trump wrapped up an appearance in Virginia Beach today by bringing up last weeks Police Shootings and billing himself as the, quote, law and order candidate. Its what separates civilization from total chaos. At the same time, the tragic deaths in louisiana and work must be done to ensure and a lot of work that americans feel that their safety is protected. Trump also talked about his plans about how to better support veterans. He appeared with new jerseyscj governor Chris Christie. Hillary clinton is off the campaign trail today. Its a big day for her. Hz tomo as Bernie Sanders will endorse her during an event in new hampshire. Sanders defeated clinton by a details now in a deadly shooting in the district. A young man who worked forprwu Democratic National committee gunned down in the neighborhood where he lived. News4s pat collins has the story from bloomingsdale. Reporter his name, seth rich. He was 27pn years old andi f omaha, his big dream was to come to washington, get involved in politics and make the world better for everyone. And thats exactly what he did. He came to our city. He got involved with the Democratic National committee. He lived here in the bloomingdale section of washington. And it was here that he died. Sunday he was walking home at the intersection of flagner street and w street. He was jumped and shot twice in the back. Today by phone, i talked to his mother. And they took his life for literally no reason. They didnt finish robbing a61my they just took his life. They hurt the longterm possibility of what he could have done. Reporter coming up at 5 00, well hear more from seth richs monday and more details about ill see you then. New details now about a deadly domestic murder over the weekend in Prince Georges County. News4s derrick ward has details. Reporter we are here at Prince Georges County police headquarters. A local man is in custody after the death of his estranged wife. This happened late last saturday. Derom eyodom faces murder charg. The couple had shared a home in waldorf for a couple of years before the separation and neighbors who knew them said that they seemed like a very happy family. I think were all shocked because they just didnt seem to be having any kind of problems that we knew of. Reporter police are only calling this a domestic incident. Domestic violence in the county, especially with women dying at the hands of men that they know. Well have local reaction coming up on news4. Derrick ward, news4. Thank you, derrick. In the line of 2]fire. A local home and the people who live there in the path of flyine bullets. Not once, not twice but three times. Hear what the people who live there are saying about it. Its an app that is taking the world by storm but not without safety concerns. Why some users have found themselves in danger since the app launched. Low humidity and temperatures below average. Well talk about another heatwave, though, making its way anotherovies setback for th prosecutors in the 1eyju balti police trial. The bench trial resumed today with two other officers charged in the case taking the stand. Officer edward nero who was acquitted and William Porter whose case ended in a mistrial. Rice is the fourth of six officers to stand trial and the xw fsstranking officer facing charges. Rice died last year when being transported in ao and people werek; home at the time. Reporter for the second time in less than a week, this Fairfax County home was sprayed with bullets. You can see the markings on the side of the home here. The latesto vn incident happene friday night. The people who live in the home said they were home when bullets flew through the home. When they arrived, the suspects shot again. More on the breaking news now. Three people are dead following a shooting outside of a courthouse in michigan. The sheriff in Berrien County said the victims include two bailiffs and the sheriff was shot but hes been taken to the hospital. Bailiff and began firing in the southwestern part of michigan not far from the indiana border. One week to go now before the political conventions get under way. Republicans are up first in cleveland. Donald trump is keeping us in suspense about his new running mate. But he unveiled a new theme today. The law and order candidate. He vows to fight for the mostly minority cities that he says are being left behind but trump made clear his First Priority is standing up for the police. I am the law and order candidate. Reporter it sounded hardlined but donald trump said louisiana and minnesota, where Police Killed black men, taught him a lesson. The work must be done to ensure and a lot of work safety is protected. Reporter but dallas, trump says, was an attack on our nation. Its time for our hostility against our police and against all members of Law Enforcement to end and end immediately. Right now. Reporter with trump in Virginia Beach leaves Chris Christie a possible running mate. Law and order needs to be a priority in our country. Reporter trump is also considering retired Michael Flynn but he flipped from pro abortion rights. If donald trump doesnt pick a conservative, he could actually end up fueling rebellion. Reporter top vp candidates include former House SpeakerNewt Gingrich and mike pence. Trump is the Strong America needs. Quick fact check which is often needed when donald trump gives a substantial speech. He said Violent Crime has increased across cities across america and thats true if you look at 2015 compared to 2014. Over the last 20 years, Violent Crime in cities like this and every other city in america is down almost by a factor of 50 . Tomorrow, Hillary Clinton campaigns with Bernie Sanders for the first time, gets his endorsement as he fights the trump charge that shes part of the law breaking that hes vowing to put an end to. Im steve handelsman, news4. Thank you, steve. President ial candidates have sounded off on Supreme Court justice nominees but in a rare and very frank reversal, one justice is talking about the president ial race. Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently said she didnt want to, quote, think about that possibility of trump being president and joked the event that he becomes president. Some legal analysts are now asking whether ginsburg should recuse herself involving any Court Cases Involving trump. If youre going to Virginia Beach any time soon, theres a fish that is both ugly and shocking. A surfing group posted pictures of a northern stargazer fish. It has a speckled body and large head and can deliver an electric shock that stuns it is prey. Someone discovered the fish while walking in the sand. Well, i dont know if that fish likes heat but we have gotten a break from it. Are we going to stay in this nice, cool pattern . No. The heat is coming back. But you knew that was going to happen. Not bad out there right now. As a matter of fact, today has been beautiful. If youre outside and walking Beautiful Day for that. Plenty of sunshine outside. A few clouds. Temperatures are below average. Average is 89 degrees. Right now were sitting at 86 degrees. Humidity has not been a factor at all. Leesburg coming in at 87 degrees and mt. Vernon at 83. What are we seeing over the next couple of days . The temperatures are going to be on the nice side. 85 degrees tonight and dropping into the low 70s. Nothing on the radar. Storm team 4 radar is all clear. It will stay that way. Not expecting much in the way of showers or thunderstorms over the next couple of days although well start to see our thunderstorm chances increase as we make our way towards wednesday. Right now, not much in the way of cloud cover across our area. Were not going to see any thunderstorms with that and the wider picture is not going to show either until you get way two systems were watching, one to the north and south. The system to the south will try to give us more humidity and a better chance for showers. Tonight, only chance of showers is back towards the mountains. Check out the culpeper area. The rest of the area is dry and most of us stay dry. Wednesday, a few more clouds during the day and a better chance of showers and a couple of thunderstorms on wednesday afternoon. Wednesday is the day to take the umbrella with you if youre heading out. But not tomorrow. Tomorrow, another warm day. 88 degrees. Temperatures are a little warmer but also a little more humid and still fairly comfortable. A stray shower out there. All in all, looking very nice. As we move towards the next ten days, what are we thinking . Here comes the heatwave again. 87 on wednesday with a chance of shower. 93 degrees on thursday. 95 on friday. Thats the day we see the hazy, hot and humid weather return. Saturday, a temperature of 92 and most of the weekend looking good but were watching sunday. Could see a stormt chance of rain and thunderstorms. Well continue to keep you posted. All right. Thank you, doug. The next phase of metros massive Maintenance Program is about to start. Which neighborhoods will feel the impact and why visitors will be looking for work around. Plus, who else is sitting out the rio games over concer a plan to build a highspeed train from d. C. To richmond is causing some problems in the fredericksburg area. Some residents got notices that the tracks could run into and through their property. Theres a meeting scheduled tonight to talk about what else could be done. It takes place at 6 30. Joe berry is recuperating this afternoon after getting sick during a concert in new york last night. A fan captured the performer stumbling off stage. He sits on the front of the drum platform and stumbled behind the stack of speakers. Perry was playing with his second band, the Hollywood Vampires along with alice cooper and johnny depp. After the show, cooper tweeted that perry was in stable condition. One of americas top golfers wont be hitting the road to decision because of health concerns. That means golf will be without its top four players when it returns to the olympics for the First Time Since 1904. The u. S. Still has four players in rio and golf will continue to be part of the olympics in tokyo in 2020. Thats a champion. Gold medalists made the team again and simone and madison round out the new fierce five, as they are called. All the girls sat down with Natalie Morales to talk about this huge accomplishment. Its so amazing and going to two olympics, its like, wow. Team competition is my favorite. Once you reach your can cherish that moment together. Together i think were stronger than individually. They are the first gymnasts to make backtoback olympic teams since 2000. Its an app that has taken the world by storm. This smartphone sensation is raising serious safety concerns. Going viral, a poignant moment between police and protesters. Who linked arms with great time for a shiny floor wax, no . 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All the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. Meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing behaviors. A drink. A spoon. A kiss. It all started here. It might have been prevented with trumenba. Ask your doctor about trumenba. Right now at 4 30, and only on news4, a man sentenced in a federal courtroom here in d. C. For making prank phone calls to 911 that sparked huge responses from police. Sentenced to two years, one. Our pat collins has learned that the man who gunned down in the bloomingdale neighborhood over the weekend was 27yearold employee of the Democratic National committee, seth rich was his name. He died early yesterday morning a few blocks from Howard University hospital. So far, no arrests have been made. And Bernie Sanders will hit the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton tomorrow. He clinton. He would do it again. Thats what the chief of police in dallas is saying about taking out the gunman last week. Nbcs Chris Pallone has our report. Reporter cards, flowers cover two patrol cars here. Inside headquarters, police chief david brown again defended his decision to use a small robot that carried a bomb. Id do it again to save our officers lives. Reporter while he was hiding, he made it clear he wanted to kill more investigators are pouring over johnsons writings, phones, computers, going through the home he shared with his mother where they found a stockpile of weapons and bombmaking materials. Were going to turn over every rock and cover every lead until im satisfied that this was the lone person. Reporter johnsons parents said that his demeanor changed after serving in afghanistan. Meanwhile, chief brown called his Police Department the best in the country but said people and politicians are giving police too much to handle. Were asking cops to do too much in this country. We are. Were just asking to us do too much. Every societal failure, were putting it on the cops to solve. Reporter Chris Pallone, nbc news, dallas. Other countries are warning their citizens to be careful around policerelated the shootings last week. The kingdom of bahrain issued a warning about having caution in public areas and bahamas to be cautious with Police Interactions in the united states. Last night, Mike Rawlings linked arms with black lives matter protesters and marched down the street. Rawlings joined the prayer for change. Hes meeting with protesters today to give them a chance to air their concerns. More than 900 ems calls, another 60 plus fires and 100 emergencies, believe it or not, thats how busy it was just this weekend for firefighters and paramedics in the busiest firehouse. Reporter this is in northeast washington d. C. Its one of the busiest firehouses. And the fourth in the united states. They are in between calls right now so they are recharging their batteries and