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WRC News4 At 5 June 22, 2024

Me. Where . In the shoulder. Now, did he say anything . Not that i remember. Did he try to taking any . I dont think so. I luckily stayed on the bike and i was able to keep going. Reporter she managed to maneuver her bike around the man. She continued pedaling up 17th street alongside congressional cemetery. And when she got a safe distance away, she called 911 for help. What do you make of this . I dont understand what his purpose was or what he was attempting to do. I mean im just glad im safe and im grateful for all the Wonderful Police here. Reporter been a violent 24 hours in our city. By our count, three stabbings and five shootings. More about that coming up at 6 00. Wendy, back to you. Pat kol pat collins. A big clue in the search for who shot two security guards in Prince Georges County. The suspected getaway car was found on 45th street and keeple worth avenue in northeast but thement ises were not inside. They are still on the run. Someone shot those guards around midnight on friday. They were sitting in their cars at the central Garden Apartments complex in capitol heights. One of the guards died. Police believe they were targeted. A man wanted in connection with a massive car theft ring is now in custody. The man turned himself in today. Two other suspects are on the run tonight, among 14 members of the simple city gang. Most were rounded up and indicted last week. Police tell us they would steal purses, cell phones and other valuables from cars when drivers would pump their gas. The ring operated mostly in Prince Georges County over the past six years. A homegrown, violent extremist, that is how the fbi is now describing the gunman in last weeks deadly military center shootings in tennessee but not ready to say he had outside influence. News4s Chris Lawrence is here with more details. At this point the fbi says its too early to know whether Mohammad Youssuf abdulazeez was radicalized before the attacks on military site bus starting to lay out a preliminary timeline of what happened. Now, they say heres what happened. Abdulazeez opened fire at a recruiting office but never got out of his car. Then he drove to a nearby marine Navy Facility where the fbi says he shot his way in, killing one person just as he got inside. They say abdulazeez then made his way through the building, shooting at people before leaving out the back and killing four other Service Members. The fbi says at least one of those Service Members opened fire on abdulazeez who later died in a shootout with chattanooga police. We believe he acted on his own that day. We believe he entered the facility on his own. We do not have any indication that anyone else was assisting him on that day. A memorial paid tribute to the five victims of last weeks shooting is growing with tents put up to protect the flowers were, balloons and stuffed animals. People from across tennessee and are the entire country are now stopping by to pay tribute to them. The military says it maps to increase security at recruiting stations because of this attack but right now, that does not include any maps to arm personnel. Thank you, chris. Students are a bit more cautious at George Washington university tonight after a shooting near campus. An officer opened fire on people suspected of stealing the car this morning in foggy bottom. No one was hit. Two people are now in custody. This happened around 4 a. M. On 23rd street here. The school sent out text alerts this morning much the area between h and f streets was closed off. Student also to walk around the crime scene on the way to class today. Pretty scared. Very, very scary. The names of the people arrested havent been leased yet. D. C. Police did not say why that officer fired at the suspects. The family of a teenager who says she was raped at a johns hop kips frat party is suing the school for 20 million. She says two men attacked her last november at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. The men were not students at hopkins. The lawsuit says the school did not provide a safe environment, did not stop the fraternity from using alcohol. Johns hopkins did suspend Sigma Alpha Epsilon after this attack a spokesperson says it fully cooperated with police. Watch where you park. Someone is going around Loudoun County intentionally damaging parked cars. Over the past few weeks, there have been more than a does cases in the hamilton and percival areas. A number of victims say someone egged their cars, damaging the paint. In other cases, the vandals shot bb gun pellets at the vehicles. Investigators believe all the cases may be linked. A Montgomery County man accused of tormenting his neighbors is back in custody and back in court. And if prosecutors have their way, coalso be headed to jail. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald joins us live from Silver Spring where neighbors were living on edge. Meagan . Reporter it was two weeks ago that Montgomery County deputies were at the house of socrates con dal his behind us here looking to arrest him. This morning, went before a judge that denied him bond for terrorizing his neighbors for years. Many in this kwai jet Silver Spring neighborhood, tuesdays was a victory socrates con dal his, a man investigators say has been victimizing his neighbors, in jail. He was breaking windows, he was threatening animals. He had torn down a fence. He was basically traumatizing the neighborhood. Reporter Montgomery County sheriff darn pop kins says that all started when con dal his violated a peace order from his next door neighbor in august of last year. He was ordered to complete an anger Management Course to avoid jail time but Court Documents say he lied about attending the course, even falsifying documents. He was later charged and convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice but when he didnt show up for sentencing [ knocking ] deputies went searching for him on july 7th. Two days later, investigators located con dal his at a hospital undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. We put a deputy on him guarding him in the hospital. Reporter con dal his wife, who didnt want to go on camera says investigators have it all wrong and it is her husband who has been harassed. Nobody has come to knock on my door to ask me what is going on. Reporter nevertheless, prosecutors are asking a judge to send con doll his to jail for two years with five years probation and some resident that is a request that allows them to rest a little bit easier. We are happen for the neighborhood, feel for the family and hope whatever problems he has can be taken care of. Reporter we did speak with some neighbors who defended con dal his saying he was a good guy and that, in fact was the victim here. Nevertheless, he will be sentenced on september 23rd and coming up at 6 00, the message the Sheriffs Department wants to send to the community about this case. Jim . All right miami, thank you. Another reminder to have your deck inspected. Five people were injured when this one collapsed late last night behind the Howard County house. Inspectors went to the scene here on winder road in columbia around noon today. They found the rim joints rotted out which caused the deck to tear away from the house. To keep this from happening to you, we have posted information on how you can get your deck inspected. Just go to our nbc washington app and search deck inspections. When pope francis visits washington this september leaders of the Catholic Church here want all citizens to welcome him by fulfilling a special pledge. Today the archdiocese kicked off a program to have moore than 100,000 people do a good deed. Tom sherwood reports the program is open to anyone who wants to take part. Reporter at the Catholic Charities food bank in columbia heights, longtime volunteer he will Ba Myra Vargas is watching over a small but determined effort it prepare food bags for 120 families. Today she was part of the Catholic Charities event to kick off a unique program to welcome pope francis to washington in september. Cardinal donald whirl, arch bishop of the washington diocese, is asking more than 100,000 people to sign pledge cards that they will walk with francis by praying or doing a Public Service to hornet popes visit. The effort is not just for catholics. This effort to walk with francis includes everyone who wants to be a part of it, everybody can do a good deed a brother or sister. Reporter the pledge could be a simple prayer or deed. Im going to serve someone by walking down the street to a neighbor who is maybe homebound, have at least 100,000 people locally take this pledge. Reporter you are excited about the pope coming . Yes, yes, im very excited. This pledge idea grew out of Catholic Charities and really grew out of the monsignors desire to do something that would reflect how Catholic Charities walks with people all the time. Reporter Catholic Charities has more than 65 Diverse Program serving more than 120,000 people in the washington area. In the district tom sherwood, news4. A teenager who was 75 cents short of her metro bus fare is arrested after a violent encounter with transit police. Did things go too far . We will let you decide. And blue, the dog, is attack and her attacker is still out there and could be a threat to other people in maryland and virginia. Its a popular trail that stretches for miles across the city. But what happens if you call for help . A recent attack on a trail highlights more problems tonight for d. C. s 911 response system. News4s Mark Segraves live along the metropolitan branch trail to show us why First Responders play is a tough time finding you during an emergency. Mark . Reporter this is the metropolitan branch trail. We are right by the rhode island metro station. It wasnt far from here where a woman was thrown from her bike attacked and robbed. And when witnesses called 911 for help, they were told they couldnt send police unless they were given exact an exact address or an intersection. It never occurred to me until it was mentioned that they didnt have it, that theres no way to find you out here. Reporter the most recent attack happened about 10 in the morning, video taken by one of the witnesses shows the two suspects running away with the victims phone and purse. That witness tells news4 when he called 911 for help and said he was between new york avenue and r street along the metropolitan branch trail, the dispatcher couldnt find it in her system and that delayed the Police Response. Dispatching mpd officers with very little information, there are a lot of breakdowns in the system. Reporter turns out there are no mile markers along the eightmile trail that connects Silver Spring, maryland to downtown washington. Up until recently, the zrixs 911 call center had no gps coordinates for this trail at all. Trail markers on the trail that are hardcoded into their database so when you call 911 and ask for services you can give them a trail marker and they will next actually where you are. Were respect head of d. C. Homeland security and Emergency Management tells news4 that gps coordinates for 10 to 15 landmarks along the trail have now been added to 911 system but the mile markers are still waiting to be installed. Last week the 5 d commander for mpd said the signs would be installed last week, that is not the case yet. We are waiting to hear from ddot when the signs will be ready to be installed. Reporter lacks like they are going to have to keep waiting. I just heard from a ddot official who told me while this is a priority, they have no eta when those mile markers will be install aid long the metropolitan branch tray. As for the twoment ises who you saw on that video they were arrested a few days after that incident. They are juveniles and been charged with that attack. At 6 00 i will tell you why this problem is not limited to just this trail alone. In the district, Mark Segraves, news4. Im Chris Lawrence in the live desk with more details about what the attorney general Just Announced, hate crime charges against the accused Charleston Church shooter. Dylann roof now faces 33 federal counts, including two dozen charges relating to hate crimes, the Justice Department says they include murder and attempted murder based on racial and religious discrimination. Further, decided to seek out and murder africanamericans because of their race. An essential element of his plan, however, was to find his victims inside of a church, specifically an africanamerican church, to ensure the greatest notoriety and attention to his actions. Some of these charges do carry the Death Penalty but the just tis department has not decided if it will seek that. Wendy . All right, Chris Lawrence. A Third Nuclear react letter not be built at Calvert Cliffs after all. The Baltimore Sun reports the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approved Unistar Nuclear its license application. Unistar had planned to add a third reactor and operate it with Constellation Energy but the company dropped that plan after failing to secure a federal loan guarantee. Tonight, curing one of the most deadly forms of cancer. Doreen gentzler is here with the story of a young mother diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer and told she had just a few months left to live. Doreen . Thats right, wendy and jim, talking about a woman who spent the last five years fighting cancer that kept coming back over and over again. Eventually, doctors told there wasnt anything more they could do for her but then she found another option and many believe could be a cure. This is Christine Bray and her two young daughters, they have watched her battle Ovarian Cancer that spread through her be a dmoep and liver. But just when her doctors thought there were no more viable treatment she underwent an experimental treatment that has prolonged her life. I never thought i would make it to 36th birthday. And oh, you know, gray hairs yay ive got gray hair. Gray hair that means ive made it. Tonight on news4 at 11 00 we will have more on the proceed yaurnd the treatment that christine underwent. Then coming up on saturday morning, 10 00, i will have a 30minute special report called curing cancer. We will take a look at some of the progress that doctors and researchers are making in treating this deadly disease. Wendy, jim . We will look forward to that. Dore reerng thanks so much. Right now many transgender soldiers are struggling to find their place while defense officials work on a policy to better integrate them into service. Sergeant mia mason in the d. C. National guard is one of those Service Members. We first told you her story last week. She was discharged for transitioning to a woman then later reinstated. She says until a transgender directive is in place she will have to stick to administrative duties. The pentagon Just Announced plans to allow transgender people to serve openly last week. Voters may have the last say in raising the districts minimum wage to 15 an hour. Election officials have now cleared the way today to put the measure on the ballot. The districts current minimum wage is 10. 50. It is going to go up to 11. 50 next july. The proposed Ballot Initiative calls for an increase to 12. 50 in 2017 and grand jury ul increases until 2020. Supporters will have to gather about 23,000 signatures to get it on the ballot. Well, not every day that Homeland Security opens its doors but we got a special tour to see how they are fighting cyber crimes in our backyard. Plus, the death of a woman in a Fairfax County jail has the sheriff looking for answers on how to deal with the mentally ill. Find out why they traveled to texas to get those answers and we tagged along live. You heard of the recent bear sightings in great falls virginia. Well this appears to be a bear iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. That forecast is a very good one, as we move on through the next not only couple of hours but next couple of days. Say hello to Montgomery County. Rockville camera looking down the turnpike here, down 355, as you make your way through bethesda, Rockville Town Center where our camera is, looking down

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