He did have at least two long gun, which would be considered rifles or shotguns and did he have one handgun. Reporter skip rel wells and Thomas Sullivan were two of the marines killed. We will not leave any stone unturned for the victims of this heinous and cowardly act. Reporter u. S. Officials tell nbc news Muhammad Youssef abdulazeez was not on a terrorist watchlist. But he had a blog and posted three days before the shooting. We will look at every possible aspect to include his use of social media. We obviously want to know what his thoughts were. Reporter all a shock to the gunmans friends. Its awful. I want people to know they want always like this. Reporter disbelief and grief. These were men that served their country. They gave everything they had yesterday to protect us. Reporter a city of southern hospitality, still reeling from the darkest of days. Nbc news has learned that the gunman took a trip to jordan from april to november of last year. His dad is from jordan, but investigators want to know if he traveled anywhere else in the middle east while he was there. They searched his home, they searched his car and investigators have taken all his electronic equipment. That has been sent to the Fbi Crime Lab in quantico, virginia. In chattanooga, tennessee, dave wagner, nbc news. You heard dave mention a few of their names. We are learning a lot more about those four marines, three of them served overseas. Their families never imagine they had could be killed right here at home. Staff Sergeant David wyatt was 37 years old. He was born in arkansas, studied at the university of montana. Sergeant wyatt served in iraq and afghanistan and earned several awards, including the navy and marine corps achievement medal. He is survived by his wife and two children. Lance corporal skip w 21. He attended Georgia Southern university and he was a georgia native. Skips mother was in the marines. His family described him as a marching band nerd in high school. They say they just got out of boot camp about a year ago and enlisted in the marines to follow in he is footsteps. Gunnery sergeant Thomas Sullivan grew up in springfield, massachusetts, survived two tours of duty in iraq and awarded the purple heart. People in springfield are being asked to lower the American Flags to halfstaff in his honor. We dont have a picture of the fourth marine but sergeant whom quest was from which is and deployed twice to afghanistan. The bodies of the marines killed in chattanooga yesterday are at manassas airport on their way to a dignified transfer at dover delaware. Northern Virginia Bureau reporter david culver continues our coverage from there. Reporter doreen, just a somber evening here from Prince William county. Chris just showed you the face of a few of the marines who are fallen and now i can tell you qq ey have taken off here from manassas airport, they are headed to do every. Let me show you the route to bring them here. The somber journey started in chattanooga, tennessee, crossed over the border in southwest virginia. Several hours on the interstate up 81 made their way on to 66 and here to manassas. I want to play you a little bit of that procession route 234 Prince William parkway. Take a listen. A woman pulled up the side of the road, pulled something out of her car i watched her unravel it American Flag and decided on her own to walk up and to watch as that process was under watch she said that they are our fallen brothers our fallen marines and she just had to be out here to watch that. A short time after that they did take off from manassas regional airport, two black hemlicopters headed to Dover Air Force base, as the dignified transfer that process gets under watchize mentioned that will be closed to the media. Oftentimes, you see us up there covering those processes built family has asked that that not be the case for these four fallen marines. Muslim families in our area are coming together to celebrate the end of ramadan. They talked about what happened in tennessee and at 6 30, Darcy Spencer tells us what they fear could happen as a result of the shootingsome tonight, a local community is mourning the loss of a man who worked to keep their neighborhood safe. Adrian kennard died after being shot while working as a Security Guard outside an apartment complex in Capitol Heights. Reporter her son was going to be a Prince Georges CountyPolice Officer, take the test to do so in a couple of weeks and she was feeling very positive about that happening for him. The children in this community were the ones who put up a ign here saying rest in peace. It shows that this man is being mourned not just by his biological family but the family he created here at this apartment complex. Didnt have to be like this. Reporter Cynthia Kennard is planning to bury a second son killed by gun violence. The first son was murdered near their trinidad, d. C. Neighborhood. My other son got killed on holbrooke in 2010. His birthday is tuesday. Reporter early this morning Adrian Kennard her last living son was shot and killed on his job. Police say adrian keep hard in was a Security Guard at Central Gardens apartments in Capitol Heights heights. He was shot inside of his personal vehicle around 1 a. M. This morning on the apartment complex grounds. The same gray challenger thats seen posing on top of in this picture. His family says he is loved that car. Another Security Guard was also shot near his red vehicle. He somehow managed to run away, reaching Central Avenue a few hundred yards down the block. These are conversations that any no parent will want to sit down and have with their children. Reporter this sign quickly hung by the kids who live in this apartment complex and the reaction of these children who stood nearby speaks to how people felt about kennard. cause i play about my kids play football, especially the one that do got killed. He would interact with the kids all the time. Reporter he was the father of a 1yearold girl. His family says he lived for her. He has a baby girl, yes. She is 1. He loved her. He loved his family. Reporter Prince Georges County police are still working to nail down a motive. They are still looking for suspects in this case. All they know is that a black charger was seen leaving this apartment complex this morning. They are offering a 25,000 reward for any information that can lead to an arrest in this case. In Capitol Heights im tracee wilkins, back to you in the stud grow. New video just in at 6 00, police in Prince Georges County need help finding the man your bea to see. They say he maybe connected to an assault on a Police Officer in oxon hill. Investigators say the officer was at a gas station thursday and he walked up to a stolen car. The driver inside punched the gas and hit him and then took off. The officer will be okay but so far, they havent made any arrests. We now know more about a man who was killed in a shooting in springfield. Police say he is 25 years old a his name is mohammed mow sheen nash sheen found lying on the stairs of a house on corbin creek court. He had a gunshot wound and later died at a hospital. Officers did arrest a man and they think the here is the and nash sheen knew each other, but respect sure what led to the shooting. Turning to our weather now, not bad out there now but there are dangerous conditions headed our way. Veronica is in storm center four to tell us more about you the approaching heat wave. Organizers for this weekend, Different Things taking place, already trying to get ahead of this letting folks know to make sure they are prepared they hydrate and bring extra water. Dining out this evening, its not bad at all. We are seeing the clouds thin a little bit, dry companies, yes. Until we get to very late in the evening, the early part of the night, there could be showers running through 77 to 82 nice, comfortable, pleasant now, but by the time we get to early tomorrow morning the humidity starts to rise get a little sticky and way past uncomfortable and up to oppressi this heat will impact our weekend and when we could even see some storms rolling through here, all in a few. Thanks, vj. Jurors sat through 50 days of testimony and only took a little over 12 hours to decide james holmes was guilty in the colorado movie maser but could take longer to determine his punishment. The sentencing phase begins next week and take another month for jurors to make a decision. They will hear more emotional testimony from victims and the defense will likely zero in on holmes mental illness. Jurors have to be unanimous to impose a death sentence. There are some new leadership at d. C. s dna lab. Today, mayor Muriel Bowser announced that dr. Jennifer smith will take over as the director. The news comes at a critical time for the lab. Work has been suspended there since april after two scathing reports found fundamental problems at the lab. Dr. Smith has been working as a consultant to help fix those issues. She ran the dna lab at the fbi. She worked in counterterrorism at weapon of mass destructiontype research at the cia. She has also been at a Forensics Department at a university. Auditors will return to the lab in november to reassess whats happening there. The city those lift suspension by the beginning of next year. A local mosque targeted twice in one week, but there are questions about whos behind it and why they are doing it. A mother of eight was struck and killed by an elderly driver on this sidewalk as she was trying to get home. Maria poe sad doughs came to this country for a better life. Coming up at 6 00 why her death means her family will now have to struggle even more. And an Independent School teacher accused of sexually abusing students, despite a Northern Virginia mosque has been targeted twice in one week. Tonight, as Police Search for suspects there are new efforts to beef up security to try to make sure it doesnt happen again. News4s molette green has more from the Manassas Muslim Association temple. This is where the coolant has drained out. Now this unit is done. Reporter the latest apparent act of vandalism took out an ac unit. Workers just fixed it after someone cut into its pipes and the one right beside it just days ago. This was monday morning. Reporter worshippers discovered the second incident, including an electrical box found pried open during evening prayers. Two times in the same week during prayers at this manassas mosque. And some no longer doubt the motive. I am starting to believe that its a hate crime because somebody is knows what they are doing. They are frying to send a message. Reporter its easy to get access to all three air conditioning units from the road, so the mosque is now fast tracking its own security plan to add lighting and cameras. Not sure tilt whether theres a bias notetive. Federal officials are treating the shooting in ten tell as a act of terrorism and the man responsible had at least two long guns and one handgun on him. Four marines were killed in the take and right now, their bodies are being flown to Dover Air Force base for the dignified transfer. Investigators are still looking for a motive and Nbcs Chuck Todd is getting reaction from the white house. Folks i have been talking to in and around the administration and the Intelligence Community the issue with the chattanooga shooting that has them the most concerned is this maybe an example of the most up preventable of terroriststyle attacks that could be taking place and while they are still trying to put together the evidence, full fledged an act of terrorism whatever you want to call it but this is the style of attack they are most concerned about, because this is the style of attack that is hardest to stop and this maybe the perfect example how hard it is to stop, not a huge trail digital trail will follow not exactly a history of trying to get involved with, say isis or things like that, that it truly is sort of home grown of sorts, lone wolfish and that this is what makes them extremely concerned. Throw in this fact and you are not going to hear a public official say this out loud, but privately, they are saying this we may be experiencing a new normal here in america, where the idea of a low to middle level threat of terrorism is always around the corner somewhere. Not highscale, not huge attacks but lowlevel at any moment, a place like this, apparently any time, anywhere. Turning to our weather knew powerful tornado carved a path of destruction in i will last night. Hours late, the leapup is still under watch the twister hit the small up to of cameron, i will irk. Only 600 people live there 50 homes were damaged but nobody was seriously injured. Right now only Emergency Responders are being allowed inside the disaster zone. No major storms in our area but there are some pretty big changes heading our way. The heat wave starts saturday for a stretch of here is a look at this evening, where we could have a few of those little storms and showers rolling through, down until midnight, the Early Morning hours, by 8 a. M. , i think we should be fine and clear and some more scattered showers and coming our way for tomorrow afternoon. Nothing is going to be widespread or nothing that should keep you from getting out just watch it with the heat and i think its okay to wash any significant rain until tuesday. Meanwhile, already trying to stay cool, as meteorologist Doug Kammerer pool side in great falls with backyard weather. In a perfect weather backyard weather day in the great falls area. Temperatures, upper 70s, low 80s beautiful before the heat wave comes n earlier, you may have seen, i was judging the salsa. Look at the sauces 12, 12 homemade sauces that i was taking my time, melt tickk meticulously trying each one. I have the top three. The top three, third place massimo. [ applause ] he is very excited. He is very excited. Second place was sandy. [ applause ] nice job, sandy. And the winner, the win of the coveted nbc4 Backyard Barbecue weather 2015 chips and salsa champion is the Diamond Family the Diamond Family yes congratulations. And andrea, real fast you had somebody show up here, just came out of nowhere . Thats right. I found myself a husband. He is here. Whoo. This is brian. Thanks for having us in your home, a great time without you so far. So now that youre here i hear even better. Take a look and show you what else we got coming up here, first off, the sevenday forecast guys, temperatures the next couple of days they are going to be on the warm side you know that. High temperatures into the 90s, 94 on saturday 96 on sunday, look at sunday, that heat index could be upwards of 100 to 105 degrees, same deal coming up on monday as well. Guys, you know its not just the salsa. We have mookies barbecue here, too. They have got the ribs and the beautiful beautiful biscuit brisket. I love brisket. Send it back to you guys. Im out of time. Its a condition of the backyard weather, if you invite, you have to feed him. And he is being fed quite well. Takes full advantage. He does indeed. Thanks doug. Still ahead, an inside look at the demolition of a local mall. A teenagers incredible story of survival. Tonight, she talks about her will to live after a plane crashed in the wilderness and killed everyone else on board. Im Darcy Spencer. The capsule on American Islamic relation also a press conference here today, denounce the violence in chattanooga. I will tell you what the its been a year now since Malaysian Airlines flight 17 was shot down over ukraine. New video has just meermed that shows what appears to be the immediate aftermath of that disaster. We are just seeing these pictures for the first time as people around the world pay tribute to the victims. Nbcs barry arent reports. Reporter in a solemn procession, residents of Ukrainian Village where flight mh17 went down a year ago marched to the crash site. In kiev, mourners, including members of the ukrainian parliament, paid tribute to the victims of the disaster by laying flowers at the dutch embassy. And half a world away, the australian Prime Minister remembered the savagery of the attack as he unveiled a plaque in canberra. So, now, we owe it to the dead to bring the guilty to justice. Reporter but the commemorations take place while the dispute continues over whos responsible for downing the malaysian airliner heading from amsterdam to kuala lumpur on july 17, 2014. The plane was downed by a missile fired either by the separatists or russian troops, who they say backed the rebels with weapons and manpower. The rebels in moscow say the plane was hit by a ukrainian warplane or a ukrainianfired missile. Video has emerged showing what appears to be the direct aftermath of the plane crash. The footage was obtained by the newscorps australia Media Company, although nbc cannot guarantee its accuracy. The Media Company said the footage was filmed by separatist rebels at the crash site as they began to realize the downed plane w