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WRC News4 At 5 February 7, 2014

Still unsolved killing of ron kirby, the well known transportation planner who was killed in his home a mile away, and the second shooting is keeping executive lock and key busy as residents bolter up security. This afternoon, ron huffman had three calls to install more locks. People are aftraid to open u the doors and the door is the barrie barrier, and they are trying to find an avenue to recognize who is in front of the door and people are calling to install peepholes. Reporter and as a lifelong resident himself, he feels the unease in the community, and he hopes that the police have more answers. Well, it is a small town still to us, and i think that it shakes everybody to the core. Reporter shaken to the core does sum up the feeling of so many tonight, and coming up on news4 at 6 00, you will hear from the niece of another high profile alexandria victim, and she wonders about a connection between all three killings. Reporting live, im julie carey. And with what judy just said, i did happen less than a mile from the city planner ron kirby, and his murder is unsolved as is the killing of an alexandria sheriffs wife nancy dunning. And the police chief said they are looking into any similarities of the three unsolved crimes. We spoke to kirbys widow anne haynes who said that it brought up a number of questions, and how could this happen again and so close to home. Stay with nbcwashington. Com for more details on the search for lodatos killer. Coming up at 5 00, Jackie Bensen will have more on the interview with ron kirbys emotional widow. And thou to the hijacking overseas and the demand to fly the plane to sochi. The plane took off in the ukraine, and instead of going to the host city, o they flew to istanbul, turkey, across the black sea. There is a worry that sochi could become a target, and Pete Williams is joining us now to tell us more. What do we know at this minute . Well, the plane took off in the second largest city in ukraine in the largest part, and after the plane was in the air, a passenger stood up, and he said that he had a bomb, and he wanted the plane to be diverted to sochi. The plane was bound for istanbul, and this crusade, and this is where they saved the day. They said okay, and they turned off the inflight graphics that show where you are, and he had no idea because the plane left at 6 30 at night, and it is dark outside and he does not e know where they are, and they land in istanbul, and as soon as the pilots entered the turkish air space, they clicked on the alert that they were being hijacked and then it went to the isolated part of the runway and the auth authorities entered the plane and subdued the man, and there was never any explosive device, and the passengers said that the man seemed to be under the influence of something, alcohol or drugs or something. But there was no one who was ever shot hurt or shots fired. And do they believe he is a group . Well, he was acting on his own, and he made some ukraine nationalist statements and something rambling about the olympics, but they dont believe he has a connection with the chechen groups who they believe are the source of the security worries. Will this change anything with the security of the olympics . No, it is a reflection of the heightened awareness. And anybody, olympics or not, the if someone claims that they have a bomb on board, the pilots are going to respond. And the games are going on tonight. And tonight is the night where it gets started in the Winter Olympics with the Opening Ceremony to bring the world together and gives the host country a chance to show off in spectacular style, and for the athletes a moment the remember. At olympic park, jim handly spoke to athletes who were looking forward to the special moment this the entrance. Well, they looked at and tested all of the lights and the music, and planted palm e trees here. We cannot show you what will happen tonight, but we can tell you that things will all of the sudden turn cold here. Vladimir putin is putting on a show here for the world to see. There is something for each of the more than 85 countries taking part, and proud moment for 230 american athletes, and bobsl bobsledder, and g. W. Graduate alana myers says that the ope g opening ceremonies was her favorite part in vancouver. And do you get goose bumps every time you hear it with a scene like this . You cant help but get the goose bumps, and just thinking of all that everybody has sa sacrificed for the country and the fact that we can represent our country in a differe way is an incredible honor, and we are privileged to be here. Reporter athletes who arrived earlier have taken in the sun, camaraderie, and the canadians brought their bicycles, and they are getting a look around. And it is cool when you walk out there and representing the country and smiling and waving and taking pictures, and it is a an unbelievable experience. And this is a volunteer from manassas county. What was it like . The rehearsal was beautiful, and industrial themed and very russian. And it was a lot of fun. Reporter and the man carrying the flag for the u. S. Will compete in a record sixth olympics. I sat back in my chair and kind of took in the moment, and really took it in. Very humbling. Reporter and caps great Alexander Ovechkin will not be carrying the flag as planned, because he is playing in a game for washington. Im jim handly in sochi. Back to you. And jim will be updating us about the e behind the scenes experiences at the games. You can follow him on twitter and our nbcwashington. Com and go t there to search for handly. We cant wait to see the Opening Ceremony tonight on nbc. And state police just now said they believe that kevin quick is dead. They have not positively identified a body outside of richmond as quicks, but it may change when they get word from the medical examiner. This case has spanneded the commonwealth since he escaped. His suv turned up in manassas last saturday, and three siblings were arrested in connection with that theft in alexandria. And then there was two more p arrested after gang parti participation. We will go live with more developments in 15 minutes. And a big fire caused significant damage to a complex in maryland. Look at this from chopper 4s pictures, as with we flew over the apartments. That is not far from cedar lane in columbia. One person was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation, and 16 units damaged at least and enough that the families will not be able to stay there, and because of the cold can weather, they are put up in the communitys clubhouse. Not clear what sparked this blaze. From fire in maryland to water in detroit, a num bber of drivers are fortunate to be alive after a water main break trapped them in their cars. This is so bad that rescuers had to use front loaders to pluck folks out. Some were stuck in the freezing cold water for more than an hour, and some told the rescuers that the water was as high as their seats. The weather caused that main to break. And at home, another nuisance after yet another water main break in arlington, the westbound highway to lee highwa highway, and this is going to to be closed tonight. This is between buchanan and columbus streets, because the crews are trying to e get this thing fixed, it is the scene this morning when the crews started digging. The water did get shut off for the folks nearby and the Winter Weather is giving the underground pipes a beating. Storm 4 news meteorologist Doug Kammerer is monitoring the chance from the snow this weekend and no big deal or becoming a big deal . No big deal. Form 4 radar is going to be clear and stay that way. If you are making your way out and about, it is going to be chilly, and out across the aer eaarea. Dropping to 37 at 7 00, and 29 by the time you wake up on your saturday. A little on the chilly side, and that is when the snow moves in. The future weather is showing the snow coming in much of the area, and we are expected to see the snow sunday and monday and maybe a few other days, too. We will talk about that, with the sevenday forecast coming up in a minute. And a drug raid in maryland, a and they say that heroin was the tip of the iceberg. Something new for the silver line, and a new step to take you closer to taking that metro to dulle dulles. And call it is a miracle on ice. Ah, a live look at the sochi seaport and a celebration of the Winter Olympics is kick off today. And yes, to night is the night. The world has been waiting nearly two years and now we are a couple of hours away from watching the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics right here on nbc. And it promises to be a spectacular broadcast with fireworks and Iconic Images of russia, and nbcs jack doles has more from sochi. Reporter if past ceremonies are any indication, expect a spectacular during the broadcast of the sochi opening in prime time tonight. It is the biggest secret ever. Reporter and the producers kept the details closely guarded, but we saw the flame in the hands of a former american. Former hockey star Angela Ruggerio was there. It is so honorable to carry the flame today. Reporter but earlier today, a man tried to hijack a plane and divert the plane to sochi, but instead, they landed in ukraine. President obama also offered his congratulations in a taped message. I want to say congratulations, and good luck for everybody in the red, white and blue. Reporter and those outfits were unveiled on today show. They are very colorful. And the u. S. Womens hockey team decided not to march, because they have a tough match coming up tomorrow morning against finland. And for me we go back to die n yab nauru seeni. Well, most of the stages are in the qualifying events becomes tu Team Figure Skating event started with pressure, because every program skated counts towards a kcountrys total. And Jeremy Abbott had a stunning fall, and that was a quadruple, and landed awkwardly, and slid right into the wall. Not much better for the u. S. Pairs marissa and simon as they stumbled on their side by side triple salchows. The americans have room to make up, but only the top five countries will advance to the final round, and ladys ice dancing and singles is up next. And Ashley Wagner will skate tomorrow in the singles event for the u. S. A strong showing could help team usa get back on track, and give wagner a chance to prove that she deserves to be at the olympics. This is making history, and you know, it is an opportunity to gain another olympic medal and something we didnt have in figure skating so im incredibly honored the be a part of the event. And an amazing feat for the luge. This is a luger going 70 Miles Per Hour, and he falls off of to sled and slides down the course, and then he makes an amazing save. He flips back over and gets back on the sled to finish the run. Absolutely incredible. 70 Miles Per Hour he is going, and i cant get sick of looking at that. But guys, the Ashley Wagner, the ladies singles skater there has the best record, and many people feel she has something to prove after finishing fourth place in the national championships, and she calls herself a vicious competitor, and no sweetness on the ice for her. And you think that the luge guy has done it before, because that is some moves. That is some moves rig the s there and skills. I would have been screaming. How do you not get hirt hurt there. Yes. Thank you. And for now you can turn on the breaking news alerts on our nbc washington app, and we will send you the news from the games. And the weekend is upon us, and we have news about the snow . Well, a teeny bit, a you mow the pretty snow that you are Walking Around and the snow starts to fall and you say, that is nice. And we are veterans now. And we are up there with the buffaloes in new york. Well, we will show you what is happening outside and not a bad shop, but this is happening earlier in portland, oregon, a place that does not see a lot of snow. They were shutdown there, and we will continue to bring you the scenes across the country. The country is in a deep freeze. Ever reri state, every state except for florida now has snow somewhere in the state. Isnt that amazing . That is absolutely amazing, and you are wondering what about, hawaii, doug . Yes, the tall mountains, and they get snow out there, too. And for us, 41 degrees with the winds out of the south at 7 Miles Per Hour, and cloud cover across the region, but friday was a good day, and we will call it a fantastic friday. And higher temperatures around the region, and cooler in hagerstown and manassas and 44 in fredericksburg, and the temperatures are above where they were in the last couple of days. The storm team 4 satellite shows it is clear. We have some cloud cover making its way in here now, and that is what we are looking at, but just some clouds that we will see throughout the night. And chilly, but not frigid. 22 in gaithersburg, and 20 in manassas, and 19 in fredrick, maryland. As we look through the next couple of days, you notice the snow coming in. Tomorrow at 7 00 a. M. , to problems. Chilly, but the clouds are moving in. Then 1 00 or 2 00, the snow, and just about everybody has a chance to see some snow tomorrow, and we are not calling for a lot, but snow around leesburg, and waldorf and some minor accumulation, but saturday afternoon, it will end by 5 00 or so. And turn the globe on, and then off. Sunday, the same deal, start off with that and then get the snow coming in later in the afternoon at 5 00 or 6 00 coming in from the west, and moving ak cross the entire region, and sunday most likely on the afternoon side of things as far as the snow is concerned. 60 chance on saturday and 40 on sunday. Another chance of snow monday. So we have three days to see snow. Out of the three days, how much do you think that we will get . A coating to two inches at the most. This is not a big deal. Down to the south and east, around an inch, but dont worry about the roads, because most should be a okay, but watch out for that. And 38 on monday, and 34 on tuesday, and then maybe a more significant can storm as we head to next week wednesday and thursday and even friday which is valentines day, we will have the falling temperatures in the day, so get close to whoever it may be. Guys . Well, someone is trying to scam soldiers, and we will tell you how the from over. I urge you to continue to support the Law Enforcement commu community as we grieve the loss of our brother, kevin. Just a few minutes ago, Virginia State Police Revealed that they have not officially identified the body found yesterday, with but they do believe it is kevin quick. Yes, it is a case that has Police Disturbed by the fact that one of their own was targeted. News4 Kristin Wright is live in manassas where quicks suv was first spotted. Kristin . Right. Stunning news that now six people are charged in connection to kevin quicks disappearance, and investigators are saying that this is a death investigation, and they do believe that the suspects were at some point at this bank on sudly and lemond in vanessa. Do we know why kevin was targeted or why he was picked we are just trying to rationalize what would make him a victim. Reporter police have arrested a total of six people in the case. The three on top are siblings from albemarle county, and in a raid, the s. W. A. T. Team smashed into a days inn in alexandria where they were hiding out. And three more have been arrested now all charged with seconddegree murder. A small Construction Business this in springfield said they fired leslie casterloe from her job in e desemer, because she was acting erratic at work. And nobody answered the door there. And it is less than a mile from the bank where quicks suv was spotted in police surveillance. And the search warrant for the vehicle says that quicks bank account was accessed via atm in forks union and manassas. We are the first responders, and we are not supposed to be the victims. Reporter investigators say that more arrests could be coming in this case. And now in the search warrant that i mentioned, there is a list of eitems that were seized from kevin quicks suv as evidence, and we are working on that for you coming up at 6 00. Live in manassas, Kristin Wright, news4. Right now at 5 00 a major heroin bust right in our backyard. The police did not just find drugs and cash. What grabbed their attention was a weapon in disguise. And tired of hearing the noisy traffic . Well, there is a solution for that, and we will find out why the hightech fix may be creating bigger problems. Im Jackie Bensen and the new. A fast forward through the headlines. A ukrainian man is charged with trying to hijack a plane to send to sochi. Turkish officials scrambled a fighter jet to escort the plane to istanbul, turkey, where it did land safely. And with we are hours away from the opening ceremonies. With e no e that the womens hockey team is resting up for a match against finland. Now to weather, doug. On the cold side in our area today, the temperatures are five degrees below average. D. C. Coming in at 42 degrees, and 45 down towards fredericksbu fredericksburg. In the next seven days the average high is 46. We get close to that, and well, maybe once or twice, but most every day of the next seven on the chilly side, and yes, as we mentioned, numerous chances for the light snow. Thank you, doug. Next at 5 30, people in alexandria are asked to use caution when answering a door. And that after a murder in that area have a lot of people nervous tonight of why this happened. Jackie bensen is with us on this evenin of the manhunt, and she is near the home of another man who was murdered not long ago. Reporter well, at a press conference the police chief earl cook says that he hopes that the woman who described may provide a description, and possibly enough for a composite sketch of the man who killed Ruthanne Lodato. The physical evidence is not much further than the entrance of stone ridge drive. That is where police say a man opened up fire on Ruthanne Lodato and her elderly mothers care giver when they answered the door yesterday. The man described a

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