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WRC News4 At 5 April 18, 2017

Very, very sad. Especially so many things happening today, its very sad. Its a very tragic incident. Prayers to good fd for him and family. Reporte reporter thats the latest live on capitol hill. Wendy and chris, back to you. Thank you, chris. A team of military investigators from alabama is in maryland tonight digging thru the wreckage of that deadly helicopter crash. The crew from the Army Combat Readiness center at fort rucker is trying to figure out why the chopper went down. The black hawk took off from ft. Belvoir yesterday afternoon, crashed across the Potomac River on a golf course in st. Marys county. People who live near the breton bay golf and country club saw the chopper flying low before the crash. We were sitting down on helicopter come by, sitting very low. My brother said, look how low it is. I said, oh, my god, its going sideways. Then it started going backwards and it went down. Reporter three people were on that chopper, their names have not been released. One of them was killed. Two others were flown to the hospital where one of them is in critical condition, the other in serious condition. A man from maryland is accused of killing his wife inside the donut shop where they both worked. Now hes been placed on the fbis top ten most wanted list. Investigators say bod resh kumar patel stabbed his wife to death two years ago. It happened at the Dunkin Donuts in hanover where they both worked. Fbi Officials Say by adding patel to the top ten, they hope to bring national, Even International attention to this case. This was an extremely Violent Crime. Thats why it was raised to us and we presented it as one to be nominated for the top ten. You cannot understate the level of violenc day that mrs. Patel was killed. The fbi is offering up to 100,000 as a reward in this case. Police say patel has ties to india, but they do not think he has legally left the country. In manassas this afternoon, we are learning more about a murder of a 25yearold man yesterday outside of a restaurant. Wilfredo guardadohuezo was shot and stabbed several times. Police have made their first arrest and julie carey is live near the scene with the latest. Jules . Reporter well, you can see behind me there where the flowers and cross stand, that is where wilfredo guardadohuezo was killed yesterday morning. Now police have arrested the first of several suspects they are seeking, he is charged with firstdegree murder. And we have new Security Camera video to show you that reveals this murder plot as it was unfolding. Youll see the victim completely unaware that one of the suspects is seated just ft him at a nearby restaurant. A growing memorial for 25yearold wilfredo guardadohuezo. Family and friends called him will. This is the spot where he was ambushed early monday morning, slashed and shot just after he left a nearby restaurant. This friend, who asked that we protect our identity, says guardadohuezos family is stunned. It surprises me that someone could hurt another person like that when he was such a good person. He was just having fun with his friends. Reporter the victims family welcoming word that police have made an arrest. 20yearold Denis Alexander sanchez was the driver of the white suv that brought the two attackers to the scene. This camera shows sanchez entering the restaurant and sitting down. Guardadohuezo is just feet away at the bar, unaware of the unfolding plan to kill him. Then when guardadohuezo leaves, sanchez heads to the rest alerting the two suspects waiting outside. Guardadohuezo doesnt see them when he rounds the corner of the diner next door. They attack, in just ten seconds, hes shot and stabbed and they flee. With one suspect in custody, Manassas Police are looking for others. This poster shows the man in the video and another person of interest. Some in the Community Fear its the latest gangrelated killing. Like i said, its still too early to speculate whether its gangrelated at this time, but were investigating all possible leads and motives. Friends say he was not involved with gang activity. Now this young victims family going about the heartbreaking task of making arrangements. Ill tell you why thats going to be particularly challenging. Back to you in the studio. Thank you very much, julie. The ms 13 gang is connected to a number of high profile local murders and now the attorney general Jeff Sessions singled out ms 13 while he was announcing measures to target gangs. Ms 13 has more than 10,000 members spread out across 40 states. Sessions says lax Immigration Enforcement has led to their growth and promised to hunt gang members down. If you are a gang member, we will find you. We will devastate your networks, starve your revenue sources, deplete your ranks, and seize your profits. We will not concede a single block or a Street Corner to your vicious tactics. Sessions also criticized sanctuary cities, saying they do nothing but harbor criminals, which helps violent gangs. Just yesterday, the city of hyattsville voted to become a sanctuary city, despite warnings the federal government would cut its funding. Buy american, hire american, the idea behind a new executive order that s of hours ago by president trump. The president signed it during a visit to the snapon tools headquarters in wisconsin. In part, the new order directs several federal agencies to crack down on fraud and abuse in guest worker programs like the h 1 b visas. The goal would be to prioritize visas for the higherskilled, higher wageearning Foreign Workers rather than the Current System which is a lottery system. Before he left washington, the president tried to rally voters in georgia, ahead of a special election there. Its a crowded field. 18 candidates vying for the house seat that was left open by the Current Health and Human Services secretary tom price. The race has drawn National Attention as it could be an indicator of things to come for next years mid terms. Polls show runoff. Two buildings at Georgetown University now stand as monuments to hundreds of human beings, the school sold in the 1800s. Todays ceremony is the latest step by georgetown to atone for its slaveowning past. Derrick, what are you finding out there . Reporter well, its pretty much Common Knowledge now, at least it is known by some people, that the jesuits who run Georgetown University were once slave holders. This is 1838, they sold 272 of the slaves they owned to the deep south to settle some debts at the university. Today there was an official acknowledgement of that as well as an apology to the descendants of those slaves. Some of them were on hand here today for the ceremony. On both sides of that apology, theres a sense that its a good beginning, but just a beginning. They filed into the hall of an institution that once owned and sold their ancestors. On this day, they came reason their ancestors could hardly have imagined. They were here to receive an apology. We pray with you today because we have greatly sinned and because we are profoundly sorry. Reporter these are the descendants of the georgetown 272, men, women and children, slaves told by the university in 1838. Sold down the river as it was known when slaves were sent to the deep south. In this case, it was louisiana. They were told to pay off the universitys creditors. They were lines in a ledger to some, beloved ancestors to others. Isaac hawkins, his son patrick and his grandson corn yeelus, were all together on that shipment of the 272. Reporter some of the families knew of the connections, but for others like dr. Alphonse roof, it was a revelation fraught with irony. Ive been in d. C. Since 2003 to know ive been passing not realized the connection has been kind of a surreal moment for me. Reporter part of the atonement renaming two buildings on campus. One now bears the name of the first slave to appear on that bill of sale. Isaac hawkins. The other, Anne Marie Becraft hall bears the name of a pioneer in education for blacks before becoming a nun. The president of the university called this day profoundly important to the life of Georgetown University. Theres been talk of scholarships even an endowment to help the descendants of those slaves sold from the university here. All that is being worked out here, but today is a day of apology and atonement. Were live in Georgetown University, derrick ward, news4. Back to you. Something that was done 200 years ago. We saw a Beautiful Day across our region, take a look at those numbers right now. In there. 71 degrees currently. 71 hagerstown. Good everywhere. Ocean city, 56 degrees. A flow there, not quite beach weather just yet. Satellite and radar showing our system that came through as a front, made its way south. But its working its way back up and that could lead to showers tomorrow. Also a much cooler day tomorrow, but the warmth does return. Later this week, well talk about the increase in rain chances and a weekend washout. Part of it anyway. See you in just about ten minutes. Okay. There may be parts of your life that facebook has not inundated. What parts . Try to go find them. Guess what, facebook is going to try to change that. Still ahead, what it says it will be doing in act two as it looks to the future. And first on 4 00, a major shakeup in the d. C. Police department and how officers hope its goingo and the steps police this is the silverado special edition. Man this is one gorgeous truck. Oh, did i say theres only one special edition . Because, actually theres five. Woman ooohh uh man 2 hooooly mackerel. Man 3 wow. Man 4 nice. Strength and style. Which ones your favourite . Come home with me make a strong decision. Find your tag and get 16 below msrp on select silverado 1500 pickups in stock. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Tonight were following a murder mystery. A woman collapses and dies in a strangers yard and investigators cant figure out who she is. Pat lawson muse is in the newsroom with new pictures police are hoping will help in the search. Chris, the woman was stabbed to death forestville, she had no i. D. On her and doesnt match any missing persons description. This afternoon, police sent news4 a composite sketch. Theyre hoping someone will recognize her face. Detectives say she was likely in her early 20s. She was about 511, and didnt have any scars, birth marks or tattoos. We also have pictures of the clothing she was wearing when she was discovered. These are her jeans, tshirt, knit cap and socks. Police say they cant get very far into their investigation until they know her name. Were asking anybody in the public that may know who this person is. To certainly give us a call or if anybody has information about what may have occurred to our victim, were asking them to call as well. Now just before 8 30 on Easter Sunday morning, the woman knocked on a strangers door on spring dale avenue in a Community Just off answered the door, she had collapsed. Ems took her to the hospital but she died. Neighbors say they were up and out early sunday morning, but no one saw her and heard anything unusual. We were standing out here talking. And evidently the lady was in the grass then. I leave 5 00 in the morning to go do a little work. I didnt see her out there. But im sorry that i couldnt do nothing for her. Detectives will be out on spring dale avenue again tonight, canvassing the area and talking to neighbors, trying to get more clues about this. Prince georges police were in a similar situation in january. Another woman was found dead and they didnt know who she was. However, after releasing a composite sketch, the family came forward with her name. Chris . Thank you, pat. A former Prince Georges County Council Member who pled guilty to a corruption probe will b outside the country. Federal prosecutors have agreed to let will campos travel with his wife to ecuador next month. He requested this, saying that hell be doing video work for a website while hes there so he can earn some income. He pled guilty in january to taking bribes to taking county funding for grants that are related to county liquor businesses. Hes scheduled to be sentenced in august. Here in the district, a panel of judges on the court of appeals are hearing arguments in a case related to cell phone privacy. This case uses a sting way, a way to track criminals phones. It mimics cell towers, forcing phones to reveal their locations to police. Right now, the officers do not need a warrant. Civil rights attorneys say it could allow police to follow innocent individuals. The aclu says we should expect a decision anywhere from next month to this is a major shakeup that will change how the District Police are assigned throughout the city. Tom sherwood first reported this on twitter. He now tells us the shakeup is coming as a long Time Assistant police chief is announcing her retirement. Move, move reporter overall crime throughout the district is mostly down, but homicides and other Violent Crime are a continuing concern. Mayor Muriel Bowser nominated pete newsham as chief last fall and hes expected to be easily confirmed by the council in early may. His anticrime tactics will affect bowsers run for reelection next year. We, the police, are here to help. Reporter news4 has learned newsham tomorrow will announce a command shakeup, reducing the citys three Regional Command Centers to two. They were first established by then police chief Charles Ramsey more than a dozen years ago. The move will reduce levels of command bureaucracy, shift more officers towards higher crime areas of the city. We never consider any case just put on a shelf. Reporter the shakeup also comes in part because popular assistant chief Diane Groomes will announce her retirement wednesday. Shes overseen all seven district patrol assignments. One city official said its a job no one else could fill. Groomes was in the running to become chief but lost out to newsham. Shes now retiring to take over private security for the 2 billion wharf project rising on the southwest waterfront. In the district, tom sherwood, news4. Council members in Montgomery County unanimously approved a spending measure aimed at improving safety at Jewish Community centers. The Council Approved a plan to spend a quarter Million Dollars for upgrades to several facilities. That will include new video surveillance, door access controls, and reinforced windows. The moves comes after a series of bomb threats at facilities in rockville and bethesda are expected to receive the enhancements. Meanwhile, the county Council Approved a bill that requires healthier options in the countyowned vending machines. It will limit the amount of sugar, salt, fat and calories allowed in 50 of the machines. The change applies to vending machines that are in the countys buildings. That includes the recreational centers, the libraries, and the parks. Montgomery countys Public Schools already have stricter vending rules in place. Its a deadly epidemic and its having a significantly greater impact on women than it is on men. Youre not going to do this by yourself. You need other people. Still ahead, one womans battle with opioid addiction. Ae help she got from facility stronger is blasting without risking her bones. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Look whos back all tan and rested. Yes, i know. You missed some beautiful weather up here. Loved it. It was wonderful. I was down there in florida, and we had the High Pressure off the coast here, and it brought our temperatures, 86, 89, last week. Florida was chilly, a little cool, and rather windy, especially at beaches. Lot of rip Current Issues down there. You should have stayed here. I told my wife, we need to st better. Yeah, florida was nice. Show you whats happening out there right now, plenty of blue skies just a beautiful afternoon. A great day to start my workweek, because i was off yesterday. Temperatures today looking great. Currently at 71 degrees, winds out of the southeast at 8 miles an hour. Those winds helping to create coolness out there at the bay. 67 degrees in annapolis, 64 towards pawtuxet river. 74 in culpeper. A nice evening. No rain, no need for the umbrella. Tomorrow, most of us remain on the dry side. Watch this. Heres the cold front from yesterday, dropping down to the south. Gave us plenty of sunshine today. Works its way back up, and it does have moisture associated with it. Most of the activity, fairly light. The only storms way down to the south. Watch what happens, the moisture moves in, so b early tomorrow morning, everybodys seeing the cloud cover. 7 8 00, here comes the rain. Then it moves to the east of the mountains, but thats about as far as it gets. Good idea if youre west of the blue ridge, take the umbrella tomorrow morning. Hagerstown, towards the ray. But the rest of us, these showers dying off. Dont be surprised to see sprinkles in the d. C. Area. If you leave with a purse and umbrella, youll be okay. Small umbrella, no problem at paul. Maybe a little bit of sun late tomorrow afternoon, but tomorrow will be a cloudy day and its going to be a lot cooler of a day today too. 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