Reportere picked up a passenger between 11 45 and midnight. His taxi was found on the street in kapcapitolheights. He had been shot. Police brought a canine to the neighborhoodhos the killer left a trail to be tracked. He went in the yards and wooded area, but nothing was found. The crime happened just steps from the fair mount police department. Its terrible awful. Reporter janice queen has lived in the neighborhood for decades. She es pray for the cab drivers whke a living at one of the most dangerous professions in country. I appreciate them for doing their jobs. They do a great job. We need them. We all cant afford cars. I just feel sorry for them. My prayers go out to them. Reporte frnds of a man who lived near the shooting scene actually thought he was the murder victim. More coming up. Darcy spencer, news4. Thatdeveloe the search for that missing toddler from maryland. Police in ohio say they have found the little boys body in a creek today. Officers had been searching for 14monthold beck fordrd from maryland, searching for him since yesterday. His mother too her children columbus, ohio, two weeks ago and originally staying with a friend. She told friends she left the toddler on a strangers1 zn front porch when she couldnt care for him anymore. From columbus ohio, new details are emerging why stevens took her children the in the first place. A virginia boy who died from the flu will be laid to rest this weekend. Joshua justin a fifth grader spent sevel days in the hospital with high fever and flulike symptoms. Visitation from 9 30 to 11 30 saturday morning. Josh attended creightons corner elementary school. He will be remembered for his bright smile and caring attitude. The flu has claimed the lives of more than a dozen children this year. According tohe cdc, 15 deaths have been reported in nine states. Theyre spread across the country. The c announced this week the flu has reached an epidemic level in the u. S. Local waiting t packed with sick patients looking for relief from the coughing and body aches. Live in bethesda where one doctor is calling this an epidemic. Spoke to that Emergency Room Physician he surprised me the way he characterized this flu outbreak. Flu is here earlier than expecting crowding Emergency Rooms in maryland and bethesda hospital. I think can characterize÷ it asz c an epidemic. Reporter i take itkd you dont use the word epidemic lightly . I dont. Through the month we had about 43 admissions to the hospital about oh 13030 are positive and probably half have been vaccinated the scary part. Reporter has been a dramatic increase for people calling 911 for an ambulance to take them to the hospital. Weve se an 80 to 100 call load increase for a normal call day. Reporterbee the emergency room is so crowded with flu patients, emergency vehicles have to wait two hours or more before they can return to service. Health experts say if you have a low grade temperatu stay at home and treat yourself with liquids and over the counter medi improve your fever. If you dontimprove, go to the hospital or call your private doctor. Reporter this doctor is saying he is seeing two or three[4io tpaients everyd complaining of1q symptoms. Headaches. The flu vaccine was not as effective are seeing more cases the last two weeks. Reportehe flu is hitting hard in Montgomery County and prince georges and frederick county. Coming sxf the Health Commissioners have to say what we need to do to stop spreading the f6 flu. A search for a man who may have robbed a bank and people who may have picked up money he dropped whi71a getting away. The td bank wasd robbed just after 10 this5ci morning, a man walked in passed a note demanding money. As he was running away he dropped som o the money in the parking lot a picked up by other people. Police are asking any who picked up money to turn it in or face a charge of theft. They are also still looking for that robber. We are less than seven hours from the start of the new year. We have you covered from that big bash in new york city. What is that place where people gather in new york . Square. And the family of friendly tradition in alexandra. What you can expect. Mrk po tkxb shot of the capitol wheel going on and fireworks. And we wl be in the 30s, only the third time this season we didnt make it up to 40 degrees. Windchill, not much of a wind 510 miles an hour enough to give us 22 in martinsburg, 28 in indianapoli a very chilly evening. That means it will be one cold night. Any festivities you know it will be cold. How about first night alexandriat2 aa. C and cold. Bundle up, you know it will be cold. Take heavy coats and jackets and dress in layers. One guy i know always dresses in layers, at first night alexandria, david colburn. I see you have layers on. David culver. I have to shed some because im indoors. The 20th j family fun and kids and grandparents started 20 years ago with just a few hundred participants. Tonhtmo than 10,000 folks will be hitting the streets in old town alexandria. Learned today. Inside the torepedo factory this new years eve theres coloring stapling and plotting. This familyl drove into old town eager to bring home a prize in the fun hunt, up to 500. Mom ever love has some suggestions help her kids live. Live. We can look around. We dont have much to do on new years. If we come here we can bond together looking for the answers. Reporter we found young raven here who wants to have fun but also wants to win. What are you looking forward to . Not to be greedy, but the prizes, probably. Reporter youre in it for the end result. What prize are you looking at . First place, 500. Reporter caught up with them down king street making good progress. 141 years. 141 years. Good job. Happy new year. Reporter alo the way, they and other visitors greeted by a tall order of entertainment. Is it colder up there . Not really. And this father and daughter duo will have a closer view of the fireworks for 2015. In 30s minutes or so, some of those fun hunt finalists will be arriving to cle their prizes. You heard raven. 500 prize. We will bring you through the lineup when we see you all again new live at 6 00. Back to you. Thank you. Happy new year. The partys already begun in time square. Youre looking live as people continue to pack in there to wait and watch the ballv n drop. More on the last minute preparationinhe apple. Reporter is one of the biggest celebrations in the world. Tonight time sq is shut dowg andbiedrm ed into this massive stre party. More than a Million People and another billion expected to watch on television. A party like this doesnt happen without a lot of planning and preparation were vi performers do dress rehearsals for the star of the show, the ball drop. Now, this crowd is ready for the real deal to get started. Slated to tak the stage, floridageoiline. Taylor smith. And pushing the button that starts the balls descent and then happy new year, more than a ton of page, you will find a way your friends can get home safely from sober ride to metro to uber. It is a busy day at Nationals Park where there is a flurry of activity as cats prepare for the winter classic. Whats happening right now, guys. The ice is ready, a little chilly but perfect, less than 24 hours away. Yes indeed. Capitals players and coaches shared the ice this morning with those closest to their hearts. In a story you will see only on news4. Drone dangers. Well pinpoint where illegal flights are taking ofrox and a growing safety concern. More lives saved and a video of a frantic ferry rescue and why this missi was such a challenge. Moscow welcomes 2015 just about an hour ago, thousands lining red squarec4on toward the kremlin to watch fireworks over the kremlin. We will s her name is mali cia smith, just 20 years old. A second suspect is facing charges for the murder of this hagerstown woman found on a rural highway. Maryland s plays have issued an arrest warrant for 19yearold terry charging her with murder and assault. Man already charged in this case told police smith and terry were passengers a car he was driving. He clai terry told him to pull over and she then shot the victim seve times. Then he says he drove the suspect to new york city. Xvs have new details on a story we brought you at the top of the hour, body of that missing maryl toddler has been found in ohio. Tonight, were learning more about why the boys mother had taken her two children from frederick to columbus just two weeks ago. Reporter i just finished speaking wi sergeant rich weiner and he has confirmed Police Believe the body found out here is that of 14monthold cameron beck. Crews had been searching several hours. The search area was as wide as a mile. They foun his0m body partially submerged in a creek in the tote bag. They believe t body they discovered is that mold cameron beckford. Miss stevens was in court today to be arraigned on charges of giving false information to police and also endangering a child. Courcds sw that in an incident last week, Officials Say stevens allowed someone to spank her son so badly he lost skin. Her attorney, mark colin says the second charge was for lying to police when she called 911 to report th cameron was missing. Colin says Maryland Protective Services helped stevens through a bad situation in maryland earlier this month giving her a bus pass and food stamps. She then came here to columbus and was staying with a friend she knew from her childhood. That friend as well as stevens, they were in negotiations earlier today with the Franklin County prosecutors office. That is how search crews were able to get information that led them to this area to find camerons body today. For now, gosqnbc4. Were told camerons father traveled from maryland to ohio to be with the couples 6yearold da who has been with Child Protective Services since stevens arrest. There was a domestic dispute between the couple before stevens left town but didnt provide any other details. A popular bar will not be having a new years eve party. Mcfaddens bar lost its dan Liquor License after five people were stabbed. If you bought a ticket, you should check their Facebook Page for instructions. Hows 2015 looking . Its starting off cold for sure. All in all, not too bad. If you want to go out tonight and know you will beoz side it is the winter months. A lot of you wanted this for christmas and now new years. This is how it will greet people in southern california, an area that normally does not see much snow. Palm springs saw snow outside san diego. A lot of pele stranded on the roadways as the storm system moved in. Las vegas, nevada saw snow temperatures i the 30s. Theyre dealing with the snow. Our current tempea pq 36 not much of a went, 5 to 10 miles an hour,8iny butxdpn it will bite right through you. We are already below freezing. We will be in the 20s by 7 00 8 00 in some areas. Make sure you bundle up. Storm team radar hour by hour in the city, you can take 5 degrees off in the suburbs. 20 in the bushes. 32 h y at midnight, youre out and about make sure to wear the hats and gloves. I know its hard for some of you. Were seeing clear skies. We will continue to see clear skies across our region. Cloud cover tds the great lakes because of the cold aircn across theef welltive lyly warm lakes and not affect us. 19 in gaithersburg, 19 in manassas, early tomorrow morning. The fir day of 2015 will be a cold one, at least the start. Tomorrow afternoon, we get warmer as far as temperatures but get more wind. Temperatures upper 30s to low 40s but windchill 30 to 35 all day. Well be there at 11 00 and then live 4 00 5 00 6 00 tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures a 39 degrees at noon. If youre goi down to catch a drink early before you might want to;, watch out for cold temperatures. 44 at 3 00. Tomorrow. Good call. D. C. Major vincent gray is disappointed launch of the h street street car. He said this was a priority for his administration and hoped to see them running before he leaves office. But the system isnt quite ready. The mayor says hes still7fdc proud of this transit and looks forward to riding the street car with other residents. It will be a starstudded celebration for d. C. s new mayor. Who is the musical act to welcome Muriel Bowser to her new post. The airasia wreckage is found but here is a problem delaying other stage sh½rts. The stage is set for winter classics, coming up why this moment in winter hockey is special for two men in the military. And an eight minute fireworks umou kj2ibextravaganza. Z victoria harbor provided the backdrop for celebrat olds. Right n were getting dramatic video from the burning ferry and passengers. I can see smog and smoke. At least 10 people died in the fair sparked on sunday. More than 400 people were rescued. The finalom k few arriving on land today. Theyre tryl determine how the fire started. The search for bodies and wreckage fr airasia flight 8501 has become painfully slow today. Bad weather k5 w is keeping crews from flying over that se0 area. Seven bodies have been recovered including al attendant dressed in her uniform. There are reports they picked up the fuselage but that is not so and operations will now run around the clock. The weather unfortunately not2hq6 looking good the next two or three days slowing it down. They did inform me the ship is looking to operate 24 hours. Relatives are being asked to give dna samples to make its easier to identify the dead. Its the case of mistaken identity. O mother is thankful they got it wrong when they misidentified shot and killed by an officer. Another motrho says this mistake changed her life is telling herstory. Whether you like it or not, drones are flying above us and some are dr o illegal. Some of the most popular and dangerous places droens take flight. The ice gets tested for3ncl the nhls winter classic and ice gets tested in the process. 2015 in dubai. The worlds tallest building the centerpiece of this celebration. Hundreds of thousandsnben fireworks shells. Fire as the laser light show danced on the massive now at 5 30 illegal activity near some very secure areas. News4, Scott Mcfarland learned local cops have stopped at least 20 people illegally flying drones near the most sensitive spaces in and around the district just in recent weeks. None of the cases reviewed let to arrests or flyers with bad intentions. The feds admit these cases are just some of a fast growing number of drones being spotted in the skies. 9c dw Scott Mcfarland has our iteam report. Reporter ju before kickoff of the monday night redskinssea stadium, a drone was spotted near the stadium where all flights were restricted. The faa is considering charges against the man, just one of about 20 investigationed by local police in recent weeks. They also pulled a man out of a tree at Freedom Plaza where he had climbeduj to retrieve the drone he was flying that had gotten stuck. Another had a drone near the Lincoln Memorial and Capitol Police found a person flying a drone on the u. S. Xn capitol grounds. Drone flights at any level or height are illegal. Your chances of getting hurt is next to zero. Reporter adam with one he flew over at 2012 says the rules are too strict. Its not reasonable to tell someone that they cant go in the backyard and fly a microquad copter 50 feet above the grounds. Rorr says they should continue to police the capitol grod facilities. Two got in airspace within close range of airplanes. Near Reagan National airport. Even one near miss a little left or right, could have created a larger problem. Reporter lee whotestifie fo congress4scyx that the drones pose an increasing threat. Many dont realize theyre flying in commercial airspace and could cause a significant hazardrqjic e also found drones in virginia and maryland. That part of our story at 6 00. Thanks, scott. Muriel bowserm will be sworn in as the new mayor of washington d. C kicking off the glamorous life, at least in song. We learned singer songwriter and rocking percussionist, sheila ed shea ede. Shes known for the hit, the glam glamorous an there is a 5k race for you two and the party. We will have that song in our head all night. Now for more on the marquis game and the latest on the big announcement for the redskins today. Yes. Its been a big day at the nationals par putting the finishing touches on this ballpark. It will be a lot of fun. Before we get to capitals, very big news coming out of redskins park today. Reporte its the first change weve seen and theyve fired excuse me mutually parted ways with jim haslett. They met this morning and discussed what w best for the team, to move on in separate directions. The struggle on defense one of the issues that led to the teams 412 season. Today, the manager, jim allen said, the search to replace has let has begun. At todays press conference he was bombarded with questions from the media, how are things going to change . It either away at your core when you lose. But we l will make sure everyone understands thats not e7wgbq1n i do think our Charitable Foundation doe a fantastic job. Were winning off the field but weve got to start winning on the field. Reporter and bruce allen says they expect to make more changes to the Coaching Staff front office and coaches down on the field. cl stay tuned for that. Back here at nats park, theyre going through testmyv4 runs for rehearsal. Wi be a great event for the nation aes kaps capitol. The players did take the ice today for a session, a wonderful session. They also had a family skate with their close loved. ixp ones. This is a skate these players and coaches will not forget. Its special for me and special for the family. Its pretty cool. It will be a memory i will never forget,cui especially, i put him on tbr8 ice and he tried walking on the ice. That hit me hes ready for skates. That was a unique experience. Right after practice, simply,k when it ended instead of having fun going around and shooting i had to remind the players, this was an opportunity to share this experience with people they love and people they care about. I have family and friends and i have my girlfriend coming. Were very blessed and fortunate to have people who want to travel and experience this event with us. We will enjoy their company and time. The f8pate experience is this experien thats amplified so much and exponential when you win it. We want to have that feeling tomorrow and have those people with you when you win it the ultimate. Talking to some of the guys, their faces lit up every time we r mentioned the family skate having sons and daughters, r4ed wives, girlfriends on the ice with them. It was a special experience. The