Car was pulled over old plains road. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey joins us with new information just in from the investigator ss jules . Reporter investigators are still on the scene of the shootout that took place in this Shopping Center parking lot today. It was a shootout between two suspects and two armored truck security guards. The security guards won that battle but the suspects were captured later thanks in large part to an alert shopper at a nearby Grocery Store. This is where it began. The parking lot of this capital one bank. A dunbar armored truck was parked here. Two suspects approached and opened fire. But the dunbar security guards fired back. One of the suspects fired a shot at the dunbar security individuals and the guards returned fire both of them fired, and the suspect was hit several times. Reporter the dunbar truck drove across the parking lot to the Harris Teater to get away from the gunfire. The suspects jumped into a car and fled but an alert shopper inside the Grocery Store was watching. He got key lookout information. Saw what was going on saw them run off, was able to get a car description and call that in and i tell you, everybody worked together. The teamwork was just incredible on this. Reporter about seven miles away this was where the incident ended. A Fairfax County officer spotted the red taurus and pulled it over. Thats when police discovered one of the suspects had been shot multiple times. The clothes on the ground here mark where he lay before he was airlifted to the hospital in critical condition. The other suspect was taken into custody there. Back at the Shopping Center investigators combed the parking lot for ed. The dunbar employee who came to help pick up the armored truck was yes leaved to know his colleagues were unhurt. Stay true to their training and everything so, thats a good thing. Reporter coming up on news 4 at 6 00 reaction of Loudoun County residents to this shootout right in the Shopping Center parking lot. Reporting live from south riding julie carey, news4. Now an update on that situation involving a school bus here in silver spring. Table a look at these live pictures from chopper 4. Weve just learned four children are being take on the hospital with minor injuries. That bus had left sligo creek elementary when it swerved to avoid hitting a car on Georgia Avenue last hour. Southbound Georgia Avenue remains closed at sligo avenue. Following a developing story in maryland where over the next few days crews will be inspecting 27 stateowned bridges. This comes after a piece of concrete, a chunk fell on a beltway off a beltway bridge onto a car that was on suitland road. Our Tracee Wilkins is working this story right now. Shes going you have to a live report coming up. Now to a look at just how much damage was tone when smoke filled a metro tunnel last month. The upclose look at a burned rail and debris comes as metro spent the day talking about raising prices. Transportation reporter adam tuss is live with what were learning. In the month thats passed weve learned quite a bit. Communication, of course was poor. The fans here at Lenphant Plaza in the tunnel didnt work the way they were supposed to. Not long ago we got our first upclose look at what caused so much smoke. The damaged pieces of rail and track after the severe electrical event that burned it all up. This third rail cover reduced to something that looks more like feathers or a wig. Take a look here. These are the jumper cables that are used to carry serious high voltage between gaps in the third rail. You can see they are charred. The National Transportation safety board showing us all this material at their headquarters here in downtown d. C. Meanwhile, across town at metro headquarters i twice this week lost a half hour having to wait for one more bus to arrive. Where do i send that bill . Where do i get recompensed for that hour . Thank you. Reporter some riders giving the metro board a few thoughts as metro now considering raising fares to help close a budget gap. The disabled have rider visually impaired here to testify as well. Metro board chair mort downey talking about the current challenges at metro. We understand how challenging a budget year this is for us and for the jurisdictions. Reporter the Transit Agency staying tightlipped about the Ongoing Investigation at Lenphant Plaza, but as one board member told me today, we can do better. Now, weve posted an update to this story on our nbc washington app. Catch up on the whole metro smoke incident. All you have to do is search metro smoke. Jim . Adam weve just received word that the deadly underground emergency will be taken up on the hill tomorrow. Whats that all about . Reporter yeah jim. Well hear some interesting things. Im being told that congressional leaders will talk this is the first time were hearing about this. Six Gonzaga High School students selfevacuated off the train that was stuck in the tunnel. They pried open doors, used flashlights from their cell phones then walked to the Lenphant Plaza metro station. That is the first that we have heard of this. Were expected to hear more about that tomorrow at this hearing. Adam tuss reporting live for us tonight at the Lenphant Plaza metro station. Adam thank you. Wendy . Well at least one person is going to have to find somewhere else to stay tonight and far while. A his home this morning. His neighbors say at one point the flames were so intense all you could see was the homes chimney. That fire broke out along 37th street in mt. Rainier just a couple blocks off route 1 and Prince Georges County. Firefighters took more than an hour just to put it out. The flames were so intense it woke up the neighbors. It was an absolute ball of flames to the point people could not tell whose house it was. I got a couple calls from neighborhood people saying whose house is it . They could not tell. The man who lives in the home wasnt there at the time and no one was injured. Investigators have not pinpointed a cause. New information in a deadly stabbing at an upscale d. C. Hotel as Police Search for a suspect, were learning more details about the possible events leading up to that homicide. News4s pat collins live outside the donovan in thomas circle. Pat . Reporter jim, sources say investigators are looking into the possibility that this was a robbery that turned into a case of murder and that the victim David Messersmith somehow was set up. But one big question here is why was he in this hotel in the first place . According to a missing persons report filed with police David Messersmiths wife says she last saw her husband at their capital hill condo on sunday february 8th at 9 30 a. M. Tuesday, february 10th 11 30 a. M. 30yearold David Messersmith found dead inside a fourthfloor room at the Donovan Hotel on thomas circle. Messersmith was a lawyer with dla piper, a big firm in chinatown. Sources say monday messersmith was at work. According to the Police Report his wife called and reported him missing at 1 50 a. M. Tuesday morning. About ten hours before he was found dead inside that hotel. So far the biggest clue in the case video of the socalled person of interest. It shows the individual entering the hotel about 7 45 monday night. Its unclear as to whether or not this subject is a man or a woman. The person hits the elevator button then decides to climb the stairs. At one point on the staircase, you can clearly see the face. After that the face is obscured. Sours say police are looking into the possibility that somehow David Messersmith was set up. Now, police say theyve gotten a number of tips as a result of that Security Camera video, but so far, so far no arrests. Live in northwest, pat collins, news4. Pat, thank you. A man charged in the murder of a virginia man has entered whats called an alford plea in the case. By doing so Brandon Henry says hes innocent but believes prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him. Henrys accused of stabbing and killing alvin cannon in the dale city area last summer. Prosecutors tell us the victim tried to intervene when he saw henry attacking his brotherinlaw with a knife. Its high interest right now on social media. The fbi director takes on Race Relations and law enforcement. Why james comby says were at a crossroads. Maryland governor larry hogan proposes eliminating the income tax on the pensions of military retirees. This is chris gordon. Well talk to some vets and find out how they plan to use the extra money ahead. This is interesting. We want to know what you think about facebook giving you the chance to make your page immortal. Go to the nbc marylands governor says its simply the right thing to do. He is lobbying for a bill that would bring tax relief to veterans receiving military pensions. News4s fwor gor was there when Governor Hogan shared details of a plan with a very receptive audience. Maryland governor larry hogan came to American Legion post 136 in green belt maryland. Just want to say hi to everybody and thank you for your service. Reporter to share his proposals to eliminate income taxes on their military pensions. Immediately when we pass this legislation, 25 of your income will be exempted an then over four years it will go up to 100 and you will no longer maryland will no longer take a penny out of your military pensions. Reporter the American Legion has been lobbying for this for years. I to know veterans that have left this state because of the taxes in the state and the fact that their military retirement is taxed. Reporter Frank Killebrew is a member of the east coast chapter of tuskegee airmen. He lives in ft. Washington, a maryland income Tax Exemption would save him more than 5,000 annually. The money that i pay in taxes i would be able to put additional money into Educational Fund for my grandchildren. Reporter ultimately, the governor wants to eliminate income taxes on the pensions of all retirees in the state of maryland. I asked if hes beginning with veterans because of his familys military service. My daughter served in afghanistan, my soninlaw was on iraq and i think the people who put their lives on the line every day deserve a tax break. Reporter it will cost roughly 25 million for the exemption for the 50,000 vets on military pension, but the governors staff says this tax cut is included in his propos balanced budget which eliminates the 750 million shortfall he inherited when he took office last month. Fwor gor, news4. There are some hard truths that police and the communities they serve must confront if relations are going to improve. That is the message from fbi director james comby today. He spoke at georgetown university. He says a lot of officers have become cynical over time because of the disproportionate amount of street crime committed by young black men. The two young black men on one side of the street look like so many others that officer has locked up. Two white men on the other side of the street even in the same clothes do not. We need to come to grips with the fact that this behavior comp accumulates the relationship between the police and the communities they serve. He said on the other hand poor minority neighborhoods often inherit a legacy of crime and that cycle must be broken. There will be a vigil in our area tonight to remember three murdered university of North Carolina students. The council on American Islamic relations is hosting it at the Dupont Circle fountain starting at 6 30. This afternoon a large group gathered in raleigh for a Funeral Service for the victims. A young man, his wife and her sister were found shot to death death in a condominium tuesday night. Police tell us the murders appear to stem from a parking dispute dispute, but some in the Muslim Community including a relative of the victims, are concerned that the killings may have been motivated by hate. The city of brotherly love is going to play host next summer when the democrats select president ial nominee. Dnc chair Debbie Wasserman schultz announced that philadelphia wb the site of the 2016 Democratic National convention saying the sis deeprooted place in our nations history makes it the perfect setting. The rnc already announced its convention will be held in cleveland. Senator harry reid is resting at home tonight recovering from a second surgery on his eye. Reid was seriously hurt back in january, youll recall after an exercise band snapped and sent him tumbling into cabinets injuring his eye. His spokeswoman says tonight it is still unclear if reid will regain full vision in that eye, but doctors should have a better idea in the coming days. Reid will return to work after next weeks recess. Word of the new exhibit at the Smithsonians NationalPostal Museum is getting a lot of attention on our Facebook Page. This museum is opening its first exhibit devoted to africanamerican history. Tom sherwood went on a tour today. Hes going to show you some remarkable artifacts tonight on news 4 at 6 00. And we just checked and Water Service has been restored along east west highway in hyattsville. A teninch main broke in the middle of the road early this morning between 43rd avenue and adelphia road. And with bitter cold temperatures arriving tonight, there is concern that more pipes and water mains across our area may not be able to take it. Doug . For sure. We are bracing for some blustery stuff. And we really need to. This is really some dangerous cold coming in here and its not just for one day or two day, i think this period is going to last us for upwards of 7 to 10 maybe up to two weeks. So were talking about some really cold air. The coldest of the season. But it gets colder. Just look at the numbers right now. 39 the current temperature in d. C. But look at pittsburgh. 14. Thats the air coming our way. The windchill in pittsburgh right now down to minus 1. Current temperatures around the rest of the region were still in the 30s, 30 in gaithersburg 36 manassas 30 in martinsburg, but with the winds, lets look at our windchills now. Down to 18 in gaithersburg 16 the way it feels in martinsburg, 25 in manassas. These are gunpointgoing to continue to literally tumble overnight. We have a windchill advisory in effect. Frederick county maryland back along i70 i81 corridor and west of the blue ridge here naps the area we think has the best chance of seeing 5 to 10 degrees below zero. Thats from the National Weather service. Doesnt mean its not going to get cold here but we have to be below 5 below in order for us to get those windchill advisories. Not going to happen in this region. But were going to be close. Back to the west winchester hegenberger, luray, romney, petersburg all seeing windchills well below zero through tomorrow morning. Heres the front that came through. A lot of people saw showers today. Snow showers were coming through the region. They will continue to move the the south and east and as they do the cold air just filters in right on behind them. Take a look at the overnight low temperatures as far as the windchill is concerned. 6 00 were in the teens. By 11 00, already close to 2 below in gaithersburg zero in frederick, near 4 in d. C. By early tomorrow morning when youre stepping out outside, look at this. 4 below zero in d. C. 7 below, gaithersburg. 5 below in leesburg. At least on this computer model. An extremely cold start to the day on friday and even around noon we could be in the Single Digits to around 10. An extremely cold day tomorrow but as i mentioned, it gets colder. The impact forecast tomorrow moderate to high for sure. Brutal cold especially early during the day. Now, another area of cold air comes in on saturday. Thats with another storm system, a good chance of show snow and i think we could see collating snow maybe an inch not a lot, but the bigger issue is going to be the windchill. 21 degrees for a High Temperature on sunday. Windchills near zero all afternoon. Look at monday pap low of 9. That would be very close to a record low. The record low at d. C. Is 5. The record low out at dulles is 11. I think well shatter that record towards dulles. Then we have another chance of snow on tuesday and wednesday as temperatures plummet yet again. So guys as i mentioned, get ready. The cold air is here, it is staying here. Winter didnt really come too fast for us but looks like it wants to pick up quick. All right. Thank you, doug. Only news4 is breaking news with the donald today. What trump has to say about his brandnew hotel going up along pennsylvania avenue. And facebook is making it easier for you to live on even after youre gone. Go to our nbc washington Facebook Page during the break and let us know what you think about the social networks new immortal feature. Right on budget right on time. Thats how donald trump is describing the post Office Pavilion being transformed into a luxury hotel. Trump says