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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm March 24, 2017

You think on our facebook page. New details on a disturbing shooting last night. We know that a father killed himself moments after he shot his two daughters and his wife. His wife is still in the hospital. Ileana diaz is live at the home where the horrific shooting took place. What can you tell us . Reporter its definitely one of the most disturbing and really one of the saddest stories i have personally had to cover. We are talking about a father who shot and killed his daughters and then shot his wife. Shes the only one that survived. Shes still in the hospital. Today neighbors are asking how did this all happen . I just heard screaming and somebody saying somebody got shot. I opened my window and looked and i saw somebody bleeding. That somebody is her neighbor tree in a good win. Trina is fighting for her life after losing her entire family in a shooting that woke up nearly every neighbor. Whats going on . Somebody got shot. I was relieved when they said it wasnt a random thing. Reporter this may be worse. Police tell us trinas husband shot her and then shot and killed their 4 year old daughter layla and shot their 17 year old in a bathroom. He then turned the gun on himself and their daughter only made it a few hours. I just saw her yesterday, got off the bus. Everything was fine. Shes gone like that. Reporter what remains are the memories of the two young sisters. Nice neighborly people. Reporter for those who knew the father, carlton, so many questions. What is going on with this world . What was he thinking . What was on his mind . It makes you wonder was he showing signs of this could this have been avoided . Reporter until there are answers neighbors are looking for comfort. We were huddled up in my bed. I hugged them and said everything would be okay. We said a prayer for them. Reporter thats really what a lot of people are saying. All they can do is pray. A lot of people have been coming by. Some dropped off flowers. Some who didnt even know the family got emotional hearing what happened and they have been driving over to see if anyone was around and if they could pay their condolences. Obviously the community is coming together after all this. Ileana diaz, wusa9. One of the crimes you cant stomach and can barely even imagine. Thank you. As for what might have precipitated this awful event, detectives are investigating and say so far they have no idea on a motive. Thement of marylands board of commissioners says he would be in favor of looking into a way to restrict owning pit bull type dogs af tragedy in the county yesterday. An 8 month old baby was killed by the family dog even after two sheriffs deputies burst in to try to save the dog. Scott broom is covering the reactions this afternoon. Reporter social media has exploded with renewed debate over pit bulls in the wake of this tragedy. The way they described it, they knew the only way to stop the attack was to shoot the dog. Reporter sheriff evans with details on the incident thursday. Two deputies bursting into a home after a 911 call from a babysitter, shooting and killing a 65pound pit bull type dog that injured the woman and killed the infant. I have been told they had the dog since it was a puppy and it is probably 6 to 8 years old. Reporter completely unprovoked, neighbors upset. Absolutely shocked. Our community has suffered. Reporter the president of the commission saying he would be in favor of exploring restrictions on pit bull of the animal and what history has told us about the animal. Reporter according to dogsbite. Org in 2016 there were 31 fatal u. S. Dog attacks, 71 involved pit bull type dogs which are only 6 of the dogs notice country. On wusa9s facebook page, overwhelming reactions in favor of pit bulls. Any animal that has teeth will bite. Its not just a pit bull breed. Here the last attack was 2006, a 78 year old man taken down and killed by his own pit bull type dog. Scott broom, wusa9. In 2012, maryland courts ruled pit bull type dogs are inherently dangerous and landlords started to kick out dog owners. It caused so much outrage legislature was forced to pass a law that protected pit bull owners from the additional liability created ruling. The guy who opened fire inside a pizza joint thinking it was a cover for a child sex slave ring will be sentenced in june. Edgar welch pleaded guilty to the charges. In december he carried a loaded rifle into the restaurant and fired that weapon. He claims he thought he was rescuing children when he stormed the shop. A judge could sentence him to up to ten years in prison. A federal judge in alexandria ruled against Muslim Civil Rights Group trying to block trump administrations travel ban. The judge questioned why injunction was necessary. Two other courts have already blocked most of the executive order from taking effect. The ruling concluded President Trump is likely within his rights to temporarily ban immigration from six muslim majority countries and suspend u. S. Refugee program. Council on American Islamic relations filed the suit and they are expected to appeal. New information tonight on the death of montgomery county. Police arrested a 19 year old, charged with first degree murder tonight. The victim is 17 year old christian matthews, the brother of a woman with whom lipford has a child. Police responded to the scene. You can see them in the area early Tuesday Morning after a 911 call. Matthews sisters asked police to search the house. Officers found him in the basement bedroom. Police report that lipford had matthews in a choke hold and confessed to the killing. Police are questioning suspects they picked up overnight to find out if there is anyone who helped masood carry out wednesdays deadly attack near british parliament. A 4th person died yesterday after masood mowed down a crow he got out and fatally stabbed a Police Officer before being shot and killed. Kurt cochran was also killed in the attack. Trains in and out of new yorks penn station are back on schedule after a slow speed derailment this morning. An express train from boston flipped off the tracks and side swiped a new jersey commuter train. No one was hurt. Other trains coming into the station were rerouted to other platforms so officials could investigate and clear the scene. Watch is almost over for the Cherry Blossoms. It is predicted that they will reach peak bloom as soon as tomorrow. Some folks were checking out the sights. We have more on what you need to know before the ceremony this weekend. I believe about five or six times. Reporter this teen has lived all over it was japan, azors which is a part of portugal. Now he lives in germany. My parents are active military. Reporter his school brought him and his classmates to washington. Its a great way to put them in touch with what their parents do, the big picture and all that. We were hoping the weather would be a little better for the Cherry Blossoms but we still get to see them. We kind of timed the trip to get part of the bloom. Reporter National Park service says the Cherry Blossoms are nearly peak bloom despite delays and destruction from crippling temperatures. We lost probably 50 of the blossoms that were just about to come out when the cold snap hit. Reporter while the park service is looking at the glass half full, a Spokes Person says things will look different this year. You might notice the colors are less dense or there are darker areas where the blossoms already died. I am happy with what i see, now that i have come here. See all the Cherry Blossoms. I know history about them. Reporter he lived in japan. He think theyre very similar. These look like well taken care of trees. Reporter even though Mother Nature may not have been so kind this year. The Cherry Blossom festival organizers are of course expecting big crowds. I would like to go. Maybe i will be part of that. The park service says dont think about driving. Metro, taxi, uber may be your best option. It sounds like a great weekend to check out the blossoms. Probably the better of the two days will be tomorrow. Sunday will be okay. Well talk about that. Well talk about the temperatures. It will be mainly in the 70s tomorrow, an easterly wind into sunday. That will cool us off a little bit. If you had to pick one day, i would pick saturday. Really we are in good shape either way. A live look outside, spectacular evening. Temperatures made it to the 60s. Well talk about the chance for showers coming up as we roll into sunday and next week. Thanks. A Northern Virginia family escapes a roaring house fire. How it started and why firefighters had extra challenges knocking down flames. It is being called the most vandalized statue in d. C. Why officials arent doing much to clean it up. We found brand new video of ba tots results of the poll question we asked earlier. Do you agree with gops decision to pull the vote on healthcare . 85 of you say yes. 15 of you say no. Another step controversial keystone xl pipeline being complete. President trump granted a permit for the 8 billion project. This reverses the obama administrations decision to halt construction because of environmental concerns. A track Team Assistant coach and truck driver were killed and 20 students hurt in this crash in east texas last night. Investigators say the 18 wheeler crossed into on coming traffic and plowed into the bus. Another car driven by the teams assistant coach. They were returning from a track meet when the crash happened. It is being called the most vandalized statue in all of d. C. Take a look. You are looking at Meridian Hill park and the statue certifient. It is maintained by the park service. Few know it is missing a hand, its nose, part of its toe. Mike is live. The statue has been in worse shape than it is now, right . Reporter thats right. Four years ago the national paer spray paint off of serenitys face. If you zoom in you see shes missing her nose and other facial features and has clearly seen better days. Her name is serenity but how she looks and has with stood the test of time, serenity may not be the first word that comes to mind. It was chipped a little. I never noticed the hand missing and the face was done as bad as it is. Reporter we looked to the library of congress and found this photo from 1925, before and after. Meridian park is notorious for vandalism. Reporter nearby joan of arc missing her sword. Serenity came back into focus with a writer calling her the most vandalized statue in d. C. Can you think of anything more vandalized . I cant. Reporter the park Service Takes issue with that. The smithsonian has said for [000 15 59;00] serenity needs help. You ever notice it is missing the left hand, part of the toe and the nose. Yeah. I have never wondered why. Reporter its dedicated to an american war hero. A major problem. His last name is spelled wrong. You are kidding. Reporter insult to injury. Yes. Reporter as for what should be done, tyrone has a suggestion. Police it more. Reporter we are d. C. , better than that. Yes. Reporter we ended the interview with one simple question. Is it worth it really . Its never worth vandalizing public property, especially beautiful works of art like this. But maybe that person needed a hand. Maybe he needs a hand. Reporter that could be the worst pun of the evening but i like to be the eternal optimist. We have a good ending to the story. Before our live service emailed me and said they do have a conservation plan for serenity. Theyre planning on replacing her left hand, her nose, and giving her a new coating so she will be resistant to spray paint. Good ending there. In pretty bad shape. Thank you. Wow not good for serenity. I am sure you have a wonderful transition. It will be a serene weekend. I like how we can lay it in your lap. It is friday. I will emphasize that saturday will be better than sunday. You can reserve a parking space through this app. Lets talk about the three degree guarantee. I was sweating earlier. I think we will be okay. A warm front went through and its doing its job. We went to 64 and lowered to 63 last night. I think we will be okay. I will le after the ball games. It is 61 right now. Thats good. Winds are out of the South Southwest at 21. Thats kind of doing its thing bringing up the milder air. Humidity is only 39 , nothing like yesterday with the dew points in single digits. Milder and dry tonight, in the 50s before midnight. If you have date night tonight, it will be very mild and dry. Warmer tomorrow with clouds. There will be some sun but probably more clouds. Cooler but still mild sunday with maybe a stray shower, a better chance sunday night and a better chance next week. Monday and tuesday warm air returns and so does the better chance for showers, even a few thunderstorms. Spring is taking hold. This is good. Wednesday we are knocking on the door of 70. Our average high is creeping up to near 60. Futurecast, at 10 00, still 59 downtown. Its cumberland. At 10 00, 72 right now in cumberland. Well have a fair amount of clouds. There will be some sun tomorrow. 61 lees burg, 60 buoy. By lunch, 70 in gaithersburg. We are looking at upper 60s and lower 70s. We are 75 in fredericksburg, 72 at andrews and la plata. Tomorrow night, a couple sprinkles north of i70. A lot of clouds but generally dry. Tonight, partly cloudy, breezy and milder. Temps arent going to fall that far. Winds will be out of the southwest at 10 to 15. On the day planner, a fair amount of clouds. Mid 50s to start, mid 11 00 and low 70s by 1 00. Sounds pretty nice. Sunday is cooler. Well have a drop here. What happens sunday is easterly wind develops. The front goes south of us. It will probably knock us back to the low 60s. We have a better chance for showers and maybe even a thunderstorm. That said about sunday, you can play golf either day. Well be dry wednesday and thursday. Temps will gown go down a little bit. We are hanging in the mid 60s with a better chance of significant rain which we need next friday. Not only are we excited about that forecast, we are excited to bring this video of our beloved panda bao bao. Always. She left the national zoo in d. C. Last month and today she was introduced to her new digs. Workers brought the cage holding the bear next to the enclosure before she walked in. Panda fans snapped you may be entitled to a refund at harbor freight. Well have details in our consumer alert. Robots delivering food on the streets of d. C. , after break. Leave it to the pros . I am a pro. I made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than youd think. To those whod say the grass is greener on the other side. I politely disagree. Pennington smart seed. Guaranteed to grow with 30 less water. Reclaim your turf. Check out this new technology thats finally arrived to the district. Its called star ship delivery robot. I am not making this up. It is basically a mix between delivery boy and r2d2. It weighs four pounds and uses nine cameras and gps to navigate. They partnered with the post mate app, a Delivery Service in d. C. Occasionally your food wont be delivered by a human but a little r2d2 instead. We joined one this week. Keep it safe and secure so it gets to the customer, close it back up and we are on our way. It creates a bubble of awareness around itself so it is monitoring for people, animals, street signs, everything that can possibly come into its fear. It is aware of that the entire time. It can and take off with it. As of now it is accompanied by a real life human. That settles that. Soon they will run completely on their own. Guess not. Then well be doing stories about this in the future. We begin with a story a lot of you are clicking on on our news app. Harbor freight just settled a law suit that could give you 30 back on all purchases made between april 2011 and 2016. It alleged that the company used misleading sales prices. Whether you have receipts or not, you can get cash back. We have all the info at wusa9. Com. President trump praised Charter Communications saying the company is investing 25 billion and will hire 20,000 American Workers over the next four years. The new jobs have been in the works for more than a year. Charters ceo announced hiring plans last may when fcc approved the merger of charr today he said last years announcement wasnt a commitment. Today it is. There may be a winner with the coffee war between starbucks and duncan doughnuts at least on wall street. Shares are up 10 since january and up 25 in the past year. Starbucks shares have remained flat. The mobile app is being flamed because so many blamed because so many customers are ordering in advance leading to long lines to actually get your coffee. Thats because your order is so complicated at starbucks. It takes 50 years to order and put it together. Dunkin donuts is straight up coffee. Are you waiting for the lines to die down before taking a trip to the museum of African American history and culture . A doctor thinks hes cured a condition that killed nearly 8 Million People a year. After break, seven people forced from their home after an fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download ee spds. 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