Insight into the inner workings of a violent gang. Find out how theyre operating right here under our noses. Plus the news4 iteam showed you how renters are exploiting a d. C. Law for huge profits. Still to come, the push to change the law and why it will not be a quick fix. But first tonight on news4 at 5 00, a suspicious fire in Fairfax County that gutted a town holme overnig townhome overnight. Meagan fitzgerald is live at the scene talking to people in the area. Reporter wendy, investigators have been here throughout the day, sifting through the rubble, but they havent said why they believe the fire is suspicious. What they are saying, it is a fortunate thing that no one was injured after that fire just tore through this home. As you can see, reducing it to rubble. It felt like an explosion. It did. The whole house shook opinion. It shook my bathtub. Then i started hearing pop, pop, pop, pop. Reporter this is what neighbors saw just after 1 40 this morning, thick black smoke pouring out of a townhome on colluder drive. Firefighters worked to extinguish hot spots, while investigators are trying to figure out how this happened. Saw the flames. It was horrible. They were higher than ive ever seen flames. Reporter just before the flames started, several neighbors say they saw the man who lived inside drive off. He packed his stuff and he was i asked him if theyre moving, he said no, were not. Reporter the man who was living inside before the fire star w the pentagon. They have confirmed that for us. He was a Police Officer up until last year, but so far investigators say hes not been seen. Back to you. Meagan, thank you. Its been nearly a year since a dramatic house raid in leesburg, virginia played out in the middle of the night. Residents left wondering what was going on inside their neighbors home. They called the s. W. A. T. And federal agents moved in. Our Northern Virginia bureau kept digging. Tonight only on 4, a new indictment into the raid and its connection to ms13 and how its operating in local neighborhoods. David culver is live to explain how this plays out into the growing gang problem. David . Reporter hi there, jim. We have covered extensively the rising Gang Activity in neighboring fairfax and Prince William counties. But tonight, the indictment gives us new insight into how one click, as theyre ms13 was operating right here in leesburg. Federal officials have told us in order for a gang to survive, it needs funding, it needs cash. Where is that money coming from . Extortion of younger gang members is one way. Tonight, this indictment, it chronicles one victims experience. June 2016, neighbors recording from across the street as police and federal agents escorted several people out of there leesburg home. Their hands up, lifting their shirts to show they werent armed. It stunned those watching. It was extremely scary, only because we were not expecting such a thing. Reporter today you can see that home sits quiet. But according to the indictment, the woman who lived here would allow her home to be used by ms13 gang members. There they would plan and meet and coordinate a lot of their activity. Activity that included fundraising, through extortion, according to federal officials. The itm ms13 click leaders chased down one member, demanding he pay. At one point the victim fell behind on his dues, the click leader, not going to put up with that. He drove here to leesburg outlet, held up a gun, ordered the victim to get in the car. According to the indictment, an attempted abduction, but the victim was able to make up for that missed payment, so it seems. Arriving several times over the past year, to this green turtle restaurant in leesburg. Its here according to the indictment he would meet with gang leaders and hand off the cash. All to keep himself and his family safe. But the collections, they didnt stop. The last of those socalled rent payments happening near this walgreens, april of last year. The victim arrived here, handed off 200, going straight to ms13. Without fail, every one of them has either been in the local wooded area, at a park, or on school property. Reporter loudoun Commonwealth Attorney says his office has seen a rise in Gang Activity. Id say in the last two to three years, its started to climb, most noticeably in the last 18 months. The leesburg home raided last year, it seemed to have a very heavy police presence. S. W. A. T. Officer intact c tacti gear. What else may have happened there. Reporter police were swarming that house, i covered it when it happened. Were learning now its led to a far more serious crime, including the murder of an 18yearold. Wait until you here how these alleged gang members may have tried to cover up that murder. Ill walk you through that ahead in the next hour. David, thank you. In a series of tweets today, President Trump appears to threaten the now former fbi director james comey. The president said comey should, quote, hope that there are no tapes of their Nbcs Lester Holt comey had told him he is not under investigation. Today sean spicer declined to say whether any recordings in the white house may exist. Ive talked to the president. The president has nothing further to added on that. Why would he tweet that . The president has nothing further to add to that. Are there recording devices in the oval office . Its not appropriate to comment on that. Is it appropriate to threaten mr. Comey . Its not a threat. The tweet speaks for itself. Im moving on. The Senate Intelligence committee invited comey to appear next week, but he has declined that invitation. The ranking democrats on the House Committee have sent a letter requesting copies of any recordings related to comey. And this dinner comey had with the president. Comments by the president in our nbc news interview are getting pushback today. In particular that james comey asked to have dinner with the president with t president at the white house. They say comey was asked to come to the white house and did so reluctantly. They recall that comey said during the dinner, mr. Trump asked him if he would be loyal to the president. And comey said that he couldnt promise that, but that he could promise he would always be honest. The white house says that version is not accurate and that the president would not say he expected personal loyalty. Ill have more coming up on nbc nightly news. Im here at the live desk, new details in the suspected cyber attack thats rocked hospitals and Major Companies throughout the world. Businesses here in th are prepared because the threat could hit here on our shores. The Malware Threat blocked access to computers in exchange for a ransom. Vhs said its offering help to the affected countries. The hackers targeted 16 hospitals in england. Russias interior ministry, spains Largest Telecommunications company and delivery giant fedex. Officials are asking patients to not go to the hospital unless its an emergency. An expert said this is probably the biggest ransom ware attack ever. Nbc news is reporting that a leaked nsa tool kit showed hackers how to attack the systems. However, the ransom ware itself is not nsa code, weve learned. Metro is rolling out new ticket prices and some new operating hours. Next month, metro rail will run on weekdays between 5 00 a. M. And 11 00 p. M. Friday the trains run until 1 00 in the 7 00 a. M. , runs until 1 00 a. M. Sundays, it starts at 8 00 a. M. And runs until 11 00 p. M. Chris gordon joins us to explain the upcoming fare increases. Reporter today we learned that all of metros changes will take effect on june 25th. That means rail riders and passengers can expect increased fares and reduced service. Trains will depart every eight minutes on each line. The changes will affect rush hour service only. We have new metro hours, all intended to give us more time on the tracks to do preventive maintenance, new scheduled for metro rail and bus and new fares for metro rail and metro bus. For metro rail riders, most fares will increase from 10 to 25 cents. Metro bus goes up to express bus will increase to 4. 25. If they raise fares and reduce service . Then im going to have to drive. Its just that simple. I would love to see a Regional Sales tax in lieu of increasing fares. Will you continue taking metro . Well, for now, i dont have a choice, because i cant get parking when i go to work. So i will have to keep on taking it until i can get parking. Reporter metro expects the changes will increase revenue in time for maintenance, resulting in a more reliable and safer Public Transit system. This is chris gordon, news4. Thank you, chris. Its not the top headline out of the white house today, but there is big news about a new crackdown on drug offenders. The shift in policy that the department of justice is embracing. D. C. Is a no drone zone as you know. So why was this one flying around the Capitol Building today . Im Carol Maloney at the Verizon Center. Who turned the lights off . Wizards need to light it up here at home like theyve been the entire postseason. One player said, they win tonight or this year is a waste. More from the w iz previous administration, attorney general Jeff Sessions says federal prosecutors should seek maximum punishment for drug related offenses. Sessions sent a memo urging that prosecutors file, quote, the most serious, readily provable charges with the most substantial punishment that includes mandatory minimums. Sessions said charging and sentences recommendations are bedrock principles for any prosecutor. We are going to meet our responsibility to enforce the law with judgment and fairness. It is simply the right and moral thing to do. Reporter a directive by a. G. Holder had them not report amounts of drugs involved if they would trigger the mandatory minimum for most nonviolent offenders. We want to dig a little bit deeper into what this means and how our prisons and minimum sentences stack up with the rest of the world. The United States is most populous country, but has the largest prison population, more than two million strong. Even if you combine china and brazil, which both have more people than the u. S. , they still have fewer inmates than we do. Now, prosecutors often make decisions that can affect sentences and how much money flows into the prisons. Geo and Corrections Corporation of america are the two largest forprofit Prison Companies in the u. S. And the Justice Policy institute put out a report showing they have a combined annual revenue of more than 3 billion. Now, federal guidelines also reveal some discrepancies as well. Take a look at marijuana. A hundred kilos will get you a fiveyear minimum sentence. When it comes to powder cocaine, its 500 grams. With you look at the difference with crack cocaine. Five grams. And of course that drug is far more areas. Chris, thank you. Its National Police week, and downtown the u. S. Capitol, police held a Memorial Service on the hill there honoring and reflecting on the lives of four officers who have died in the line of duty. Capitol Police Officials tell us they hold a ceremony every year to pay tribute to their officers and their families for their sacrifices. D. C. Is a nodrone zone, but we spotted a wear exception on capitol hill. Video of this drone above the Capitol Building this morning. Theres a strict nofly law in this area, but u. S. Capitol police say the architect of the capitol was given permission. They were shooting video and taking pictures of the ongoing restorati restoration project at the capitol complex. Big game for the wizards tonight. Win over the celtics and they keep the season alive. Lose and it all comes to Carol Maloney, i dont know if we can handle another elimination right now, after the caps a couple nights ago. Yeah, i hope we dont have to figure out how to handle that. The wizards are trying to forget what happened on wednesday. Theres two different teams to the wizards this postseason. The one that got blown out in boston. And the one thats shown up here at Verizon Center, and thats the one they need here tonight for game six. We dislike each other. We refuse to let you come on our floor and try to get a win. I think weve been doing a good job of that, both teams. The crowds been amazing in both places. And boston, the crowd has been unbelievable. When they had tough stretches, their crowd has got them back in the game. As a starter, you feed off the energy from the crowd. Their play at home, spot on. Wizards, 50 as Verizon Center but a year that gave fans 49 regular season wins and a division title, wont mean anything unless theyre able to get the job done tonight. It would be a disappointing season. Tonight would be a waste if we dont get to where we want to go. Giving ourselves one more chance to fight. We just want to win super bad. We definitely have to protect our home floor. We both realize in order for us to be good teams and successful teams in the playoffs, we have to win on the road, we have to protect our house. Youve played in front of the crowd, 41 times during the regular season. So the rims, the court, everything is familiar. That being said, we still gotta play well. Game six is great. Its on our home floor. We lost a game. Now its our turn to bounce back and come back with a great effort. And put ourselves with a chance to win the game. Protect the house, force a game seven and then worry about how to win on the road. You know, though, the tonight and tip at 8 00. Everybody shoots better on their home court. Wendy, im going to show you in just a second. Oh. One more time, one more time but thats not her home court. Oh, she got some rim there. In heels, in heels, in heels. Youre good at basketball, we know, weve seen you perform. And youre really good at the hoop in your driveway. Better in the driveway. Thats your home court. Its the college threepoint play. Thanks, carol. But ive never seen a real basketball player do it in a red dress. And she had heels on. She gets it for that alone. Exactly. New round of rain surrounding our area right now. When we come back on news4 at 5 00, how its going to impact the rest of your weekend. Lot of green out there. Plus five People Killed in a violent crash, and their loved ones awaiti all right, friday nights turned into a washout, doug. Its not cute anymore. No were not trying to be. But breaking news, the nationals have postponed their game. As you said they should. Yeah, last night they took a little while. So they have postponed the game against the phillies. Theyll make it up on sunday, mothers day. So you have two games to enjoy on mothers day. The second one at 7 00. Heres why they had to cancel it. Yeah, its the rain again. Two backtoback cancellations or postponements. That means everybody can jump on the wizards bandwagon tonight. As we look across the area, you know where the rain is. Once again, in the northern zones, the rains having a tough time getting there, but leesburg, over to rockville south, everybody here getting the rain. W warrenton, d. C. , waldorf area. You can see the rain coming down. A few areas along 350, around bowie. Most of this on the lighter side. Fredericksburg, seeing the wide view, look at all the rain. Well continue to see it moving in all night tonight and into the day tomorrow. This is what wendy was talking about. I agree, this is not cute at all. I mean, just look at that. 56 degrees right now, winds out of the east, 9 miles an hour. If youre thinking about going out, take the umbrella. And take the coat too. 53 degrees in manassas, 50 in winchester, so a cold night or a chilly evening compared to where we should be. 74 is the average today. Well continue to track cooler temperatures. Look how the rain moves back towards little rock. This storm system here, you can see it spinning, it will move to the south, and that actually helps to take the rain away tomorrow afternoon. So lets take you through it. 11 00 tonight, rain. 7 00 a. M. , still rain. But starting to see some breaks. By 10 00 a. M. , its mostly out of here. Southern maryland still getti noon, 1 00, the rain is out of here. Not worried about that. However the clouds will remain and it will feel chilly across our region too. Little breezy too. Heres how much rain, half inch to one and a half in the blue. Some areas over an inch. Purple is over an inch and a half in the southern zones. Next couple days, back to 75 average on mothers day. Your mom, not average at all. 72 monday and look at the heat. The heat is on wednesday and thursday. We could use some heat. A Prince Georges CountyCouncil Member sentenced in a drunk driving case today. Now hes talking about that crash that sent two people to the hospital. Plus new video released today as the search picks up for a man who assaulted a woman inside her apartment. And well tell you what one after our story about the loophole in a law that could be driving up home prices around the district. Stronand restoringding a a fathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Not six. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is finding it earlier. And coming home sooner. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. And welcome back, everybody. Now at 5 30, an important new clue tonight that could help track down a man accused of tricking a woman to get into hur luxury condominium, then attack her. Police tell us this new video shows the suspect trying to get inside another Apartment Building just moments before. News4s derrick ward is live in arlington with new details for us. Derrick . Reporter this is the building where that suspect showed up just minutes before he attacked a woman at another building about half a mile away. He didnt get much past the lobby and police say that was fortunate, because what happened when