The Prince Georges County police say at around 10 30 a man inside the apartment before taking jfoff. Tarekka jones mother andxd cousr returned to the scene hours later. She said her daughters three Young Children were inside the apartment and the 5yearold witnessed the shooting. Jones jones classmates also stopped by and remembered their friend as a good person who loved her kids and was excited about become a dental hygienist. Z december. She wase1 reab ninice. A5 outgoing. She didnt deserve it. Roman dick relationship with Kendall Reynolds but wouldnt let go and move9 on. Coming up at 6 00 we talkedok t family members who said Domestic Violence was a conce6f÷ forco t. And amid thisw3 uptick in georges county isni working to help make familiesi]ko fe this year there have been six domestica5nr related homicides would expand the definition of abuse. If it is passed itniuould incle property and would allow more reasons for granting protective orders. The county is also trainingw3 faith leadersi] in how to couns families involved infa Domestic Violence. This morning i saidok wenr c no longer mind our business. We werexd raised in a culture y should mind your business. But you have toufnu involved t now. Get help for individuals. All of us see where its happening. Also she says boys who see domesti ttxd are more than twice asxd likely to repeat it r girls who witness it are moret likely to become victims later in life. A major ruling maryland that will impact the trials of those baltimore officers charged in the death of freddie gray. The court ruled that William Porter the firstq officer to pae of all five of his fellow officers charged in the case. Porters own triali] ended with hung jury youll recall back in december. Hj expected to go onxdxd trial again in june. The courts decision is a historic onecoxd in the state a sets pres;qqce in how testimony can be used amonge1 codefendan. More on that coming upco later this hour. Crime, a Montgomery County man survived a lifesavingnb organ transplant and other Serious Health challenges only tot be shot and killed during a home that he knew. And no gn one of the killers ha been found guilte1 i. Derrick ward has some newp r t reaction from the victims family. Reporter the accused was took the montgomery juryu two ad a half hours tonr come back wit that verdict. nr life had been tough for jan anthony harris, plagued by illness. Hes undergone two kidney transplants and open heart surgery. Through it all hes been a fighter and an inspiration to his nifamily. He was like my other leg. But we lovedi] eachw3 other dea. Ju e1 forces more sinister than disease took jonathan away. He was young man thatlp weigd 105 pounds. An easyxd targetx reporter december of 2014 whenni harris mother found him dead,fa murdered in the basemen apartment of the home they shared. Investigators say deionok wasco main actor in the brutal murder. Part of what attack on mr. Harris, waslp revenge by her for himxd having reporter she died of brain cancer before going trial. The convict ofw3w3 deion helped jonathans family cope. Xd they took a person i love the most in this entire world, the person that inspires me to live every day like its my last. Reporter for thefa family is been a long hard two years sinc1 jonathans death. Thanks to yesterdays verdict, ixd have an opportunit now to find a newxd normal. Reporter deion is scheduled to be sentencedt in midmay. The remaining person ise1 due t be sentenced on. jday. Coming up in the 6 00 hour a look at some of the evidencet that ledfa tofn yesterdays gu verdict. Derrick ward. Thank you. Injured responding to that dom woodbridge. Prince William County poli h jesse hempen on twitter. He left the hospital last week and is now at home lprecovering jesse hempen andi] another offir young officerxd ashley guindon. I jesse hempens family said hes in good spirits and thankful for the supportu. The family hasc received. Now to the race for the white house. Vote cigarette under wayni righ now in three states with caucuses tonight in hawaii, but bothw3 sides is michigan. Where both dulles toll road and Hillary Clinton have leads in the polls ahead of todays primary. We have Team Coverage for you from nbc news. Reporter im kasie hunt. ni the Sanders Campaign has a lot to test whether or not he can, in fact, win in some of theseco bigger morelp diverse states across the heartland. Xd im hallie jackson. Cruz is looking in idaho and want as strong showing in missist a hoping o frame this as a two man race between him andxd dulle y ur road. I] the problem for cruz hes not stick around. Reporter marco rubio is holding a rallyok later tonight. He faces the possibility of disappointing fourth place finishes in michigan and mississippi but his campaign is already lookingfalpxd aheadxd t florida, setting up a makeorbreak showdown here in the sunshine xdstate. We wantfa to know wha yo think. Which candidate do you think will have the besti] results in tonights contest. You can text the number on your screen or vote on ourxd n2cd washington facebookeonpage. Maryland governor larry the questiontpau j asked during the press Conference Today wasc simple. Wouldfafac heq here at the state house to discuss the budget bute1 the biggest news he made was whena5e was asked about president ial nr politics. Had a strong response today to n reporters question whether hogan wouldt support donald trp if hesi] the gop president ial nominee. Quiteni frankly im completed disgusted with National Politics in both parties, democrats andj republicans, not paying3w much attention. Im trying to focus here in maryland. Reporter i asked a member of this Womens Coalition what she thinks of the governorsni comments that hes disgusted with National Politics in both parties. I think our governor is right. Disgusted with thuk republicann primaries aof the way things are going now anyway. nie ,wothirds of the people t cast a vote in the republican ye 9mq you. They dont wantpc< you to be th p reporter people are turned off by the rudd niece andco ranr of the recent republican xd debates. Thee1 badebates have been horrible. They are focusing on talking about each other instead of the issues. Reporter ahead why Governor Hogan is resisting calls e him candidate even though w3marylans primary is next month. Thats coming up onnr news 4 a president obama will not be meeting with israelixd Prime Minister netanyahu when he comes to the country. It was due to a scheduling conflict. Remains unshakeable. President joe biden getsok read to meet with netanyahuok and palestinian president in coi]is. Were just Getting Started here. A big change for thee1fae arr thosexdxd Cherry Blossoms on ou new information will have a lot you scrambling. A student on an out of townn school trip targeted in a scam at the Pentagon City mall. What happened when he wenta. b the actions of a 13yearold that helped savex rq family fr] roomo2saying, my room is on fi. We did it. Itpr may it feels like may out there. Temperatures today topping out in the upper 70s. Take a e1i]look. Almost 80 degrees. Werert now were forecasting record warmth for your wednesday and thursday. And not too shby forab rapidly threwiaan apartment complex in Prince Georges County this morning and while goodluck road didnt take any Jackie Bensen live is lanham tonight where a 13yearold girl is being credited for getting her family oute1t safely. Reporter she went from getting ready for school tofar using h ae lifesaving skille just like that. I was really scared. Reporter diana hernandez, lp 13, was at home with her younger brother and sister while her mom took another sibling to the bus stop he came running to my room fire. I said is the fire big or small. He said itsfa big. B. Zi hahp hc reporter within minutes garden apartment building. The wr firefighters had to pull at number of peopl to safety after they became trapped on upper floors. Fire Officials Say diana very likely kept her younger brother andst or worseco by quickly getting tm out of the apartment. Theres a tendency forq youn ones to panic, not knowq what t do. Thats why we recommendjf durin our School Visits families plan and practiceni an escape drillx from the home identifying two ways outconi of everyco room ind reporter coming up on news 4 at 6 00e1 diana will tell us allimportantfa lifesaving skills. March madness is almost upon us. Andt right now ourt nr area is playing host to one of the gets in the big jfdance. Nc beat wake forest for thdk start of the acc tournament. Well see local Fan Favorites tomorrow when Virginia Tech takes on th7 florida statexdxd seminoles. Thursday night okuva hits the court. Good evening everyone jason t pugh. Fa this year hasnt gone for the bison team. T they lost a number of close game v cf1 o howard fans to bee1 hopeful for the future and theirt teamst chances. Hise sq is james daniel. Some daysn] james daniel will h . arrj jersey number hanginge rafters here at Howard University. When i first came i really didnt have any certainthdgoals. Daniel has been consssaqt and spectacular. His 27 points a game leads the hes averaging those nu[km r t hahp hc that has his coaches impressed. Hes thei] number one personi hes still getting 20 a game. Thats what makes it special. T nations top scoring he broke you see him work and put the numbers up. Still hasnt hit menii] yet tha hit the all timee1 leading scor here at howard c6ouniversity. You wont see he leads. Years later someonnxd will tryq break his record. When hes not coaching your can findni james daniel jr. ni a howard filming his sons game. Note1 necessarily forni memory hell record that over the next we sit down and watch the tape and go through it. Out ofqanybody in this world i know this gameq better than a o an[p off the charts but forw3fa nowq the jun sole focus is making a . ; run i the tournament not individual awards. When im 30 ill think about it. When iok come xdback. Howardni plays north carolin central tonight. Tipoff in that game is setni fo go to nbcwashington. Com or our kaiser permanente. Search conference tournament. Well, ifq this weather isn will be opening da at nats park. Pe will sing the national anthem. 50 people have been invited to audition this saturday morning o at the ballpark. Those auditions are noti]lp ope its too late. Each of those people singing will be singing acapella. One of the countrys most influential music genre and hiphop is coming down the chosen. And the first ladys message like most women i know how m feels to be overlooked, to bo only half listen to your ideas at a meeting, to see them turn to the man next. to you, the n well, wexd all have spring fever and apparently so do the cherry trees. Were feelingit. The National Park service tells usjfhe beforenico expected. Shomari stone is downtown tidal basin. So what did you learn . Reporter hey, firstco of al let me tell you its absolutely behind me. They look bad now but soon they will look gorgeous. Lets roll some video. Thet weather is so warmlp thelp National Park servicee1 bumpedq its prediction for the Cherry Blossoms peakq bloom dates. Now its marche1 18th to march 23rd. It wase1t originally march 31s april 3rd. The Cherry Blossoms draw thousands of tourists to the d. C. Area. Peake1 bloom happens when 70 o theq cherry trees along the tidl basin are in bloom. This marks the of the gift of the cherry trees from japan. The nationalfa parkfa service. Are you surprised by this . The revision of the dates is not uncommon any time youre trying to project more than sevene1 da out, the date is always a little this much this relatively soon after we made the first projection thats a little bit unprecedented. Reporter unprecedented indeed. The Cherry Blossomslp festiv rj scheduled to be from5a march 2 to april 17th. Weve started to receive calls from family and friends see if they can camp at my place during thelp festival. No. Call thexd hotels. Hotels areni receiving differen phone calls from people trying we have these newnr days. Im shomari stone,w3ok High Temperatures that will be running above average. n will be averagexd or xdbe. They are all going to be above. Some way above like tomorrow and thefaok day after. We hit 79 degrees our biggest jump z kangaroo temperatures. Remember around this time march 5th last year oujut still npgetting snow. Earlier 80 degree daysok have bn marche1jf 13th, 2012 and in 200 marcht 8th. Now coming a bit early feeling like late spring for us or late may too. Over the next couple of days as youll see in just a moment. Out there this evening again were in the 70s nowsv4 we drop to 70xd degrees by 0 under mostly clear skies. Youll be out walking the dog just pleasant. A lot of folks, your family will ever. Mid60s by 9 00. Satellite and radar. Heres the reason why its so warm. High pressure off thecoi] coast. Warm southwesterly flow around it. New york. Not just here but 5 . 1philadelph a. M. 80 degrees. Culpeper may geti] upfat to 82 degrees. Very light wind out of the southwest and axd lot of sunshi across the area. Thats thing youll notice that check wheasi] we hit 80 because all the spots that will be topping out, hitting the warmth early and staying there throughout the afternoon those will be moving out of the area. Maryland pennsylvania line. nr it doesoknrt breezy andco temperatures cooldi a weather front coming through. Same front that will linger around our area for the weekend and keep us in the 60s ass7 we spring forwardco and then some higher rain chancesni coming upn monday and tuesday. Again, no day out of the nextnr seven will our temperatures be average, 54 or below average ani evenfa as we go forwardfa towar think were still going to stay above average. Well talk more about when we could see a few light showers up in just a few minutes. Thanks. Theres at new study raisi interesting questions about the food on your plate. Just ahead the links some doctors have made between carbs and thet ok increased risk of l cancer. Surprise ruling in thexd cas of one of thefj j q s in the freddie gray trial. What it means for the rest of the officers in the case. Murder at the bus stop. Tonight we hear from the xd victims jf vo know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. We didnt really have anything, you know. But, we made do. 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Reporter evjf smith, 39 yes she grew up in niwashington,lp graduated fromco dunbar high school. She worked as a barista. Shenr worked in property management. She had a 16yearold nison. Xde1 he brought balloons today to the the place utjut ivy smith was gunned dk. nr now Police Believe some guy at the bus stop may have been targeted but it was ivy smith who lost her life. No onet wanted to kill my aunt. This wasnt targeted for her. She was an innocentx oc bystandt a bus stop. She had her groceries with xdhe. She was onxd her way home. Reporter coming up at 6 00, a message for the murderer. Ill see youe1 at 6 00. A herndon middleni School Student is being honored forlp saving the lives of his family in january. Roberta morales called 911 when feeling sick. Well the Emergency Responders theco basement below. Hell bexd recognized at tonighs well. R and th call 911. Also being honored tonight amanda and herlp mom olga. Lp they helpedfa a special needs student who got lost on her way to school. G d. C. Mayor and other oe leaders broke grounds on what Howard University campus. That provide service or products for3w underserved communities. The mayor says d. C. Has the idea, energy and political will to provide anni env