Following the story all morning long. What do you know now . Reporter good morning, we have been following this Police Search all morning from neighborhood to neighborhood to neighborhood. We are now live and you can hear the helicopter flying above us in this neighborhood. Lets go to some video we shot a short time ago to give you an idea how intense this search was. We were told by members of swath s. W. A. T. To stay in our live truck. They were going through yards going door to door. Obviously, looking for this suspect, who has alluded police since 3 00 this morning. A still photographer was threatened with arrest if he didnt get back in his car. Thats how intense this manhunt is here this morning. Its all about the man who is the alleged bicycle bandit. He was locked up last week by federal authorities robbing banks. He was sent to jail. Apparently, he made a Suicide Attempt so then sent to Fairfax Hospital. Early this morning, he overpowered a couple guards and a shot was fired and made off in a hospital gown with that gun. Since that time, hes allegedly carjacked two vehicles. Earlier he was in a toyota camry. That was later found abandoned in a neighborhood not too far from where we are. Search was done of the area. The car was recovered but hes nowhere to be found. We do believe that he did carjack a second vehicle and that description was put out, a 2008 grey hyundai. The question is was this planned out, was it someone helping him, police have put out a picture of his girlfriend hoping to get some information. So if you see her as well as him, they dont know if possibly he was able to change clothes, if someone is helping him. He may not be in that hospital gown anymore. The search is continuing here on whispering lane. The helicopter is we dont know if he is on foot or in that car. A very intense manhunt at this hour trying to get him in custody before anyone else gets hurt. Back to you. Z. Reporter it has been a crazy morning here in falls church. The hospital behind me is now open, but like i said, its been a crazy morning. I want to kind of get you updated on what happened out here this morning. At about 3 00 this gentleman that police are looking for took over two guards here and got ahold of a gun. At that point in time, the hospital went into lockdown. This is one of the most respected and largest hospitals here in the area. More than 883 beds. The hospital inside was on lockdown, folks outside didnt know what to do. A number of people got reverse 911 calls. We were here through the whole thing. This part of the hospital near the Womens Center and this particular garage were points of emphasis. E we saw the s. W. A. T. Team, local police, we saw guns drawn in a really, really kind of volatile situation. And as we have seen this play out, we have seen police move from location to location. Really without any clue of exactly where this guy is. The residents i talked to, well hear from one of these residents shortly, were really fearful about this. Theres Apartment Homes just behind this parking garage r a number of those residents were woken up to the sound of helicopters at 3 30 this morning. What do you do . They were told to stay inside the house and thats exactly what they did. I informed them that this guy is still out there, they were quite shocked. They were under the impression that it was taken care of. Guy in the hospital he attempted to commit suicide, booked last friday. Somehow he gets ahold of this gun and makes his way out of the hospital, took control of a vehicle and appears he dumped that vehicle and has now found another vehicle. Well have more updates on our news 4 app. Thank you. The search has been going on for eight hours now. Stay with news 4 and nbcwashington. Com for continuing coverage. Be sure to download the nbc washington app on your smart phone. Well send you push alerts with the latest information. Were also keeping a an eye on this police chase and crash. Its not related to the search for the prisoner who escaped that same hospital earlier this morning. The driver refused to pull over in a pickup truck. Chopper 4 was there as she made several uturns before crashing before the parkway. Thats when officers boxed her in and into her into custody. Well have an update on the drivers background in a live report in a few minutes. Lets check with tom now for our forecast. Bright sunshine, warming up quickly now on this tuesday. Final day of march. Temperatures right now climbing quickly into the 50s. Afternoon showers are looking likely. Then blustery winds will move in as well. Warmer weather moving in on thursday into friday. A look at that sky. Just some clouds off to the west. Those are going to begin to close in by later this afternoon. Temperature at Reagan National is up to 62. Fredericksburg is at 63. Near 60 around the bay. Farther to our west were hovering near. 60 as well. Low to mid60s. A delightful end to march so far. Look at the timing on rain arriving later today when i join you in a few minutes. Thank you, tom. Today were expecting to hear more about the shooting at the nsa complex in fort meade. According to police two men wearing wigs and Womens Clothing drove through exit lanes and past barriers in an attempt to get inside. The complex. The suspects then slammed a police car blocking their way. One of the men was killed another in critical condition. Police say the car the men used was stolen. Were also being told that there was a a gun and drugs inside that car. A Police Officer was also hurt, but is expected to be okay. Police fired shots a at a man trying to get away are from officers during a traffic stop. This started just before 11 00 last night. The driver took off and police cornered him at a second location. The suspect then drove toward the officer and the officer opened fire. The suspect drove away again. This ended just before 1 00 this morning when the suspect crashed his car into a tree near wheeler road in temple hills. The suspect is expected to be okay. Hes now in custody. Heres a look of the scene where officers opened fire. This was at 71st circle. Police say the suspect was not shot, no officers were hurt. Fake crowd noise and the nfl team in trouble for it and were going to continue to show you the picture of an escaped prisoner on the loose and considered armed and dangerous. Police are also look inging for this woman, his girlfrien were following breaking news right now. This is the latest look out in the search for a vehicle that Police Believe the escaped prisoner may be driving. Virginia plates xtu5024. This is a hyundai elantra, 2008, dark gray. Pat collins is live on the scene in annandale. What are you seeing . Reporter this is one of the biggest manhunts i can remember in our area since the search for the snipers years ago. Police are out here in force. They are on motorcycles, cars, trucks, search dogs, they have the u. S. Marshals out here, fbi, Fairfax PoliceVirginia State police, theres a helicopter above. They are looking for this 32yearold, an escapee from the hospital who made his break this morning. He stole a car. He has a gun. It was a camry car. He ditched that car here in annandale and then he stole yet another car identified as a gray hyundai elantra. Police are looking for him in this annandale neighborhood. This is what the Fairfax Police had to say about the case just moments ago. Again understand the Fairfax CountyPolice Department was not involved in his custody wherever he was being held. We were not involved in his transportation to the hospital for his medical treatment. The way we became involved was when we were called this morning because he escaped the custody of the people that were responsible for him. Those are details that our investigators will continue to look into, but at this point the focus remains protect inging the public is and apprehending the suspect. Reporter now Fairfax Police are saying that this suspect, who left the hospital with a guards gun wearing a hospital gown and the gun in his hand and bare feet is now believed to be in street clothes. How he got the street clothes, we dont know. But again, this massive manhunt continues out here in the annandale area for this escapee. When we get more details, ill be back with you. Im angie goff, taking a look at the stories getting attention at nbcwashington. Com. This story on the search for a suspect has gone viral. The break ging news we have been covering all morning, he is a prisoner who escaped from a Fairfax Hospital early this morning. Assaye is a federal inmate get. Ing treatment in that hospital after reportedly trying to harm himself. Now please share this photo. We have also posted a picture of the license plate number. We have posted that all across platforms so you can share it. Trending on facebook, we move it to our next story. The Atlanta Falcons just punished for crowd noise to their stadium. They fined them 350,000 and the franchise will forfeit their fifth round selection in the 2016 nfl draft. On this busy, busy news day, we are going to end on a lighter note. People loving this latest muppets video that hit youtube. Its so funny. Its gonzo and he is doing the humpty dance. The clip is the latest from youtube showing us how to get down, how to go viral. The big question is, did he get the county, police are looking for 42yearold Wossen Assaye. He escaped from Police Custody while being treated at a accused of a series of Bank Robberies. Police are looking for his girlfriend. They have not released her name. If you see these two people please call Fairfax County police. The fight is over indianas new religious freedom law is spilling on to the front pages pages. The headline reads fix this now. Its the title of an editorial calling for indiana to give the Gay Community protected status. Some fear the businesses discriminate against the Gay Community. Many other states have similar laws, but gays there have Legal Protections. Governor pence defends the law saying it allows to pushback on government overreach. A peaceful rally is planned for tonight in bloomington. Amidthe growing backlash, virginias governor is hoping to recruit indiana businesses. Companies like apple have spoken out against the state r for adopting the law. They invited companies to take advantage of virginias open and thriving business environment. A a delightful end to march with sunshine now and there are some showers beginning to move closer to us coming into the the mountains from the north and west. Ahead of that we have increasing clouds. Right now the leading edge of the showers near western maryland coming into. The panhandle of West Virginia and near petersburg. Here is new time inging on that. Showers may be popping up around 3 00 this afternoon far north and west of us. After that, they get closer to the metro area between 5 00 and 6 00 p. M. A few showers coming through then as they move east we might get a few rumbles of thunder around the eastern shore. That quickly tracks away. A beautiful afternoon. Well have temperatures rising to near 70 in northern virginia. Low to mid60s in the metro area. A delightful day coming up. Take another look at this picture. This is a man police are searching for right now. Hes accuse edd of overpowering a guard at a Fairfax Hospital and escaping with the guards gun. Af we all scream for ice creamflavored iced coffees from dunkin donuts. Try the delicious new rocky road butter pecan and cookie dough flavors today. America runs on dunkin. Were following break news in Fairfax County where police are on a massive manhunt for Wossen Assaye. We have been following the breaking news all morning long. He escaped from a hospital not long before we went on the air, but we have known about him for some time. Last weak e we told you that the fbi arrested assaye. He would rob banks while holding a cell phone and escape on bike. Agents believe he may have robbed as many as 12 banks starting back as far as october of 2013. You can see here this is a list all throughout northern virginia. The fbi arrested him there we go. The fbi arrested him and took him into custody a day after he robbed a credit union in alexandria. Sheriffs told us he then attempted suicide and was transferred to the hospital four days ago. Now this morning, we first heard about the news at 3 30 this morning about that escape. We sent reporters to fairfax and they learned there was an active shooting investigation going on at 4 36 this morning. Almost exactly an hour later, we knew it was assaye police were looking for. Police are still conducting that search right now. News 4 is working for you, well be bringing you updates throughout the newscast. Download our app on your smart phone as well. Well send you push alerts with the latest developments. It has been a busy morning for Fairfax County police. Good morning to you, im david culver. A car chase ended on this overpass. We need to stress this is not related to the fairfax incident that we have been telling you about. Still the images from this is something youd see in a hollywood film. Not something wed see here in northern virginia. Chopper 4 picks up the chase on 95 south. Three cruisers on the drivers tail. State police and officers keeping close. Then a dramatic swerve across three lanes. The pickup narrowly making the exit. The chase continues northbound on the parkway. Then watch this. A uturn through the dirtcovered median. The driver then fish tails into the rush hour traffic. The cruisers keeping close. Farther north a driver swurves on a median and clips a police car. It doesnt stop there. Notice the drivers persistence. Police trying to pin the vehicle against the concrete barrier of the parkway overpass. You can see for yourself how in perfect sin kronization the cruisers corner the pickup. Police then surround the woman, guns drawn and take her into custody. And through Police Sources i have learned a little more about that suspect. Were told she was wanted out of Arlington County for two charges, felony charges credit card fraud and identity theft. Three officers, by the way were hurt in that crash. They are being treated for minor injuries. David culver, news 4. Thank you, david. We are learning this morning the copilot accused of taking down flight 9525 was treated for suicidal thoughts. Authorities say Andreas Lubitz purposely crashed that plane heading from spain to germany. Its now believed that he lock ed the captain out of the cockpit. 150 people were killed laz tuesday when the plane crashed in the french alps. This morning lots of you are under a red flag warning if you live in virginia. There are high winds and low humidity in Culpepper Warren and page counties right now. Those conditions mean there is a a higher chance of fire there through at least 6 00 this evening. Lets get more on our weather from tom. Theres a wildfire threat ahead of some rain that will be moving in later today. And the rain, though, is beginning to get closer to the shenandoah valley. Light sprinkles on the radar but its going to take awhile before they make it into the metro area. Between now and then, a mild day. Breezes will pick up, the winds will get gusty by 2 00. Mid60s and hover there for the rest of the afternoon. Showers between 5 00 p. M. After that tomorrow morning, low 0s, sunshine on wednesday. Highs in the 50s tomorrow. Near 70 on thursday and friday could get some storms on friday evening. Back to you. Well tell you about a new weapon against super bugs and were keeping you up to date on the search for these two people. The man escaped from a guard at Fairfax Hospital this morning. The woman is his girlfriend. All Morning Police have been chasing reports of sightings and carjackings. Well bring you new information on the air and push it out to you on the nbc washington app. Staying on top of breaking news. Theres a manhunt for 42yearold Wossen Assaye. Police say he escaped from custody while he was being treated at a hospital early this morning. He was last seen wearing a hospital gown and carrying a handgun. Police believe he may be wearing a dark color jacket and blue jeans. Hes accused of a series of Bank Robberies while on a bike. He tried to harm inside in jail and was taken to the hospital. Police say he overpowered Security Officers at the hospital and is considered armed and dangerous at this time. If you see him, please call Fairfax County police. This story is lighting up twitter in the wake of the germanwings crash, an Airline Passenger sent a thank you note to the pilot. The touching handwritten letter thanked the pilot for getting her home safely. It was given to a colleague on the flight and handed to the pie rot two tweeted a picture of the letter. It comes a week after 150 people were killed aboard a flight from spain to germany. News for your health this morning could a 1,000yearold remedy be the cure for the super bug mrsa . Its highly resistance to antibiotics. We have seen dire predictions about its potential impacts yet researchers say they tested an old potion on the super bug and it worked. They carefully recreated the recipe from a tenth century text and tested it on mice. Its not any single ingredient, but rather the mixture of ingredients that make it antibacterial. Here are the ingredients. Garlic, onion or leak copper wine and oxgall. Scientists say they are genuinely astonished with the results. Police are taking no chances at this hour looking for this man. He escaped a guard at a va hospital. Hes considered armed and dangerous and were keeping you up to date on air and on the nbc take a look at this man right now. A massive manhu