Conway said his mother told the witness she shot the mother of richards children with richards work gun and he sent Text Messages attempting to call krystal as if nothing had happened knowing she was shot. States attorney Anthony Covington is prosecuting officer kuhn conway. Well, in any case, if an individual assists to make a crime occur they become a principal. Reporter conway lived with his parents on gilford drive in waldorf. What can you tell me about them . Pretty much to themselves. Never seen her around except for always with the kids and whatnot. Reporter Prince Georges County police chief mark mcgaw reacts today to the fact that one of his Police Officers has been arrested and charged with murder. Now, if the officer wasnt here at the time of the shooting, how can he be charged with first degree murder . Ahead, the evidence of premeditation. We will present it to you on news4 at 6 00. Thats the latest live in waldorf maryland. Back to you jim. Tonight a Northern Virginia family is suffering through an unbearable loss. Their little girl drowned at their neighborhood pool in lorton. Northern virginia reporter david culver just spoke to with them, and he joins us live from their community. David . Reporter jim, just behind me you can see the Community Pool where this all happened. Its slightly blocked by those trees. A second grader here with a group of her friends yesterday. Her mom tells me she didnt know how to swim, but somehow she ended up underneath the water. Her beautiful smile. Reporter holding onto a picture of their smiling daughter this couple still in shock. This was one of her School Pictures last year. Reporter the 7yearold fatmata spent memorial day here at the lorton station Community Pool with friends. Around 4 00 they got a call, rush to the pool. Was police cars everywhere, ambulance. And i saw them wheeling that way. I just wanted to give her a hug. I couldnt believe it. Reporter two moms helped the lifeguard pull effie from the water, gave her cpr. Medics took over, took her to the hospital. They tried. They did their best. It wasnt enough. As a parent, you want to know what happened when Something Like this happens. You want to know what really happened. Reporter the question still unanswered, as they remember Little Things about their little girl. She likes dresses. Uhhuh. She always asked me, lets go to the shop to buy some dresses. Reporter effies best friend, her little brother, not quite old enough to fully process the loss but sees his parents sad. This grieving moms message to you . Love your kids. Always kiss them good night. Tell them how much you love them. Reporter as of now police tell me they dont see anything suspicious here, but the pool staff says theyre still investigating. I also just tweeted out how the community here is trying to help effies family when it comes to funeral expenses. You can find that on my twitter handle and on our nbc washington app. Come up is the 6 00, youll hear from one of the women who rushed to effies help trying to give cpr. Heartbreaking story there. David, thank you. A much different outcome for a rockville buy who nearly drowned in his Community Pool. There he is r. J. Smithnelson wasnt breathing when he was pulled out, but neighbors were able to resuscitate him. R. J. Talked to our Megan Fitzgerald about his pool scare. Shell have his story in just a few minutes. The death toll continues to climb as more than a dozen are still missing after torrential rains slammed texas and the plains over the weekend. News4s Chris Lawrence is here with the details on this. Chris . Wendy, that the point there are 16 confirmed deaths across Central Texas and oklahoma. And police are still trying to track down 13 people. Some of the numbers associated with this storm are staggering. The city of houston saw more than ten inches of rain in a matter of hours. And in Central Texas one river actually climbed more than 25 feet in an hour. Fire crews performed more than 500 high water rescues throughout the night and into today. And drivers ditched at least 2500 cars as they got to high ground. Among those still missing in texas, two families, one woman talked to her sister on the phone just as the storms hit. The roof collapsed, and we are now floating down the river. Call mom and dad. I love you. And pray. The blessing in all of this is that she is with her children. She is with her babies, and she will be with her babies always in heaven. And we know that as a family. Just heartbreaking to hear that. A lot of the region thats been impacted still remains under flood warnings and watches. And over the next few day theress little relief expected with even more rain on the way. Jim . Chris thank you. Here were talking about hot and yes, humid weather, folks. Its like we jumped right into the summer season, doug. Yeah guys. Ill tell you the same weather pattern bringing all that wet, rainy conditions is the same wynn bringing us this warm air. Weve got very warm temperatures across the region today, back up into the upper 80s, some around 90. The high so far 90 in leesburg, 90 in luray, 89 in fredericksburg abdz a little cooler at 81 along the water. The heat index approaching 90. Storm team4 radar tracking a fu storms, mostly to the south and west, in and along the blue ridge, some north and west of the shar lotszville. Well track them through Northern Virginia. I think most of us are on the drier side as we move on through the night tonight. The headlines tonight hot and humid for sure the best Storm Chances ill show you where that is plus unsettled for the weekend that forecast tomming up in a minute. Metro may not be able to afford some of those sthien dmri 7000 series railcars. Adam tuss tweeted this information a proposed budget abandons plans to order 220 new cars. The Transit Agency has ordered and funded 528, but if the extra cars are not odded it means some of the old railcars will stay in service. And it puts metros goal of having eight car trains on every line in jeopardy. And we are working to learn more details about the seconds before a tractor trailer killed a woman on the beltway. That accident curd along the interloop just south of the bw parkway in Prince Georges County early this morning. Police are trying to figure out if she walked away from a car near that accident. The truck driver who hit her did stay on the scene. Well its about to get more dispensive to shop and play in the district. The city council is considering several options now including one where youd have to feed the parking meerts until midnight. Mark segraves is live on wisconsin avenue near the d. C. Maryland Line for us. Mark whats this all about . Reporter jim, district leaders are faced with a choice either raise the sales tax in the district or start charging more for onstreet parking. This is wisconsin avenue. This stretch between the Maryland Line all the way down just about to the National Cathedral is considered a Premium Parking district. There are eight of these zones throughout the city, mostly in northwest. And if the d. C. Council chairman gets his way, youll have to feed the meters in these zones until midnight six days a week. And thats not the only part of parking that could go up. It costs much more to park at meters in the premium zones and those meters are in effect for longer hours. Today d. C. Council chairman phil mendel son proposed extending the hours of those meters until midknight and he wants to raise the cost of all parking tickets issued in the city by 5. 5 increase to the parking tickets which havent increased in years perhaps decades i dont think is a big deal. And it certainly is a lot easier than raising a tax. Reporter neighborhoods where parking meters would be impacted include adams morgan georgetown and the Downtown Central business district. Mendel mendelson says increasing revenue from parking meters and parking tickets is a better idea than mayor bowsers proposal to raise the sales tax to 6 . Id rather be straightup with the public and say that we need more money and were going to raise it with the sales tax and parking tax and spread the base than say that we have to have more fines and fees. Reporter now, well know tomorrow when the Council Votes which way this battle ends. And of course news4 will be there. Coming up at 6 00 ill tell you regardless of how the Council Votes tomorrow why some people will be paying more for parking. Wendy back do you. It was a sumcker punch. A man from his 60s never saw it coming. This is video that may be upsetting to some. Ahead font, the hunt for the march who knocked him out and robbed him while he was unconscious p. And saved by strangers. A little boy explains the moments before he slipped under water at a pool. Next, hear his story that could help prevent another tragedy. Plus, how about a 2,000 tip . Find out what put one area customer in hey very giving mood. Youre watching news4 at 5. Just minutes ago we told you about a drowning, a tragic one, in Northern Virginia. Now we hear from a 7yearold boy whose life was saved. Strangers rushed to pull him out of harms way yesterday and the swimming pool. Today he talked to our Megan Fitzgerald and megan joins us now live in rockville with his story. Megan. Reporter jim, it happened in a split second. R. J. s family says they were just feet away when he fell to the bottom of the pool. Montgomery fire officials responded to the team, but r. J. Realizes hes alive because of the quick thinking of his nabors. Half die days are usually the perfect time for children to play outside. When theres a pool nearby thats typically top of the list. Play and go to the pool and ride bikes. Reporter 7yearold r. J. Was at his neighborhood pool monday afternoon with his cousins. Its just yardz away from his house and where his family was having a barbecue. When he dived into the 8 feet and he came up he said thats when he looked over and he seen him in the pool. Reporter r. J. s aunt tee area jackson said her son notice thad r. Y. Was at the bottom of the pool. I tripped over my feet and then i fell in the pool. I couldnt breathe. Reporter jackson says a nearby neighbor quickly jumped in and pulled r. J. Out but he didnt have a pulse for nearly a minute until another Good Samaritan performed cpr. Im scared. I swallowed the water rrnlgts what else . It got into my nose and my mouth. Reporter r. J. Was lucky the right people were there at the right moment. What could have been a tragic day turned into a lets lesson for him. Only if my dad is with him. Reporter and the adults, too. Maybe its not a good idea to have a 16yearold or a 17yearold be responsible. Reporter now, life safety Officials Say they cant stress enough how important it is for parents to make sure theyre watching their kids if theyre the go to the pool. Come up at 6, simple tips that officials have that could be life saving if you go to the pool or beach this summer. Reporting in montgomery county. Thanks so much. We have an informative article on our app right now, seven things you may not know about drowning. Not always easy to spot when someone is drowning. Unlike the movies, drowning rarely involves dramatic splashing thrashing or calling for help. Instead it can be quick and it can be silent. Flip, float, and follow, the lessons you should learn and teach others to increase water safety. Check out our story on our nbcwashington. Com app and share it with your friends and your family tonight. Wendy . Stricter rules are now in place to keep children safe at virginia day cares. The parents of joseph allen fought for this law after their 1yearold son died from injuries he received from a fire at his day care in chesterfield. This past october. Under the new regulations inhome providers who care for more than five children now have to apply for a state license. Workers will also have to go through fingerprint background checks. Gumbo Fried Chicken . A couple of cold beers and then you top it all off with a 2,000 tip. The owner of blue 44 restaurant in chevy chase in northwest d. C. Says his staff did more than a few double takes when they got the check back from one of their regular customers. The guy stopped by for his favorite meal and a few beers before the restaurant switches to its summer kegs. And when the staff got the receipt they found the big tip with some clear instructions. It specifically said 1,000 for chef james, 500 for chris, 500 for laura. None of us really knew what to say. We were speechless. That one tip can pay for one of my class thz summer, which is really a relief. It was incredible. The bill by the way was 92 bucks. The owner says this customer is always an extremely generous tipper. And beyond the money he says its nice to know that a customer really enjoys the restaurant and feels comfortable going there. Over in ashburn the redskins hit the field today for the first session of organized team activities. Rg3 front and center. Hes not losing any sleep over struggles from the past two seasons, but, as Dianna Russini reports now, he is missing some zs for a much better reason. Reporter hard to believe redskins football is back in action. The first offseason practice, and although these are voluntary, attendance was pretty good here today. Lots of new rookies, new players and still lots of questions surrounding Robert Griffin iii. Today was the first day, you know. And last week last couple of weeks were throwing routes out there. You know, hes doing fine. Well see how it goes. Hes just got to continue to put practice after practice together and show the consistency were looking for. Its good to have the same offense and same coaches and work through building that relationship with those guys. Its really about that, doing what they ask you to do, working on Little Things you know you can do to get better and being yourself. The one thing you cant do taz a player is lose who you are. I want to make sure that doesnt happen. Reporter while this team is learning to be family on the field, their family off the field is growing. Robert griffin iii a new dad. I love the fact that i havent had much sleep over the past couple of days and still have to come up here and talk to you guys in practice. Its just a special feeling when you can look at a kid and youre basically looking in the mirror, looking at yourself. It can bring a grown man to tears. So it did. Reporter while griffin may not be getting much sleep because of his new baby girl, his head coach jay gruden says its not going to be an excuse around here. Youll hear more from his team nates come pg up on news4 at 6. Im dieanana russini. Over the next couple of months, a symbolic torch will be making its way from d. C. To los angeles. Its the torch one of three, honoring the Special Olympics world summer games. Organizers lit the torch along 16th street earlier today, and then carried it through the city and convict to college park, maryland. They hope this relay will promote a spirit of respect and acceptance for everyone. Our hope is that tazas it crosses through our country, it will bring our country together around our special olympic athletes. Anyone can sign up to take part in the relay. You can find details about lou to take part in our nbc washington app. Just search Special Olympics. The games themselves get under way in late july. The government investigation into that deadly plane crash that killed a mother and her kids is far from over. The niz four i teal has learned who may be a key witness. And the spelling bee fever is taking over our region. And some local students are ready to win. Plus, this week youre going to want to download the nbc washington app for the interactive radar. Its going to be a busy week, folks xs the sevenday forecast just minutes away. Announcer and now your storm team4 forecast. Oh, just another hot and humid day across our region going to continue to be like this on through the next couple of daze this pattern will not quit until possibly later this weekend lets take a look at show he whaez happening right now you can see a hot hazy and humid you can see the haze across our region right now current temperature sitting at 87 degree degrees but notice the heat index up around 91 right now were dealing with plenty of sunshine here but humid afternoon. That will be cass. 84 right now in gaithersburg, 88 in lees burgs and manassas, 81 toward fredericksburg, many locations above 90 for the heat index. So a very hot afternoon. The humid itd always this time of year always tries to spark off showers and thunderstorms. Nothing in the media, but just down to our southwest notice around falkier count yifr and warrenton just to the west, a shower has popped up here. Most of these are trying to pop up right along the mountains. They may try to move through the region through parpts of Northern Virginia. Thats really going to be it. I dont expect them to make their way too close to i95. If you live well west of 95 81 or the bru lidge, thats the best chance to see the storms. Thats what were watching the complex thats developinged here. The wiefder view showing whats happening the last 24 hours. Here is the brond al broupt boundary, the rain in fex tex over alabama and georgia. Yet more thunderstorms firing back toward dallas back into texas, back into portions of oklahoma, an 82 that does not want to see any of that rain. As far as our weather is concerned, what are rewoulding go even see, fighter weather times it well as we move through the night tonight again a few shoushz du poerm afternoon well see i few more develop mostly back toward the blue ridge again and in and around the 4 00, 4 30 area a couple more back toward our west. Were going to see i think a few more tomorrow but were still not talking about a lot of rain. Some of us will re