While she wasgg jog around 8 00 at night. Martinez was stabbed seven times in the head, neck, and ck. During todays hearing the lead prosecutor described how crawford stole a kitchen knife from the Grocery Store moments b before stng martinez. Days later officers arrested crawford. Today wendy mrtinezs fiance says hes satisfied with the 30year sentence. I hope he uses this time tor ect on what he did, that he basically ruined his life for nd nothing, a hopefully he can make peace with god. I really use this time to are e flekt reflect on what he did. Hell be sentenced days before the anniversary of the death of when d i martinez. Back to you. Thank you, karla. Now, major develops into the investation of longtime d. C. Council member jack evans. We learned the council is going to open its own probe into equity iks violations and theyre also going to strip evans of sme of his powers. Mark segraves joins us live to given us the very latest. Good afternoon, leon. There are allegatio from the metro and then stepping down from the board of metro and as you said this morning the fbi howing up at the home of jack evans. It all started at 6 00 this morning. Federal agents at the home d. C. Of Council Member jack evan. Police closed off the block for hours as the fbi searched evans home. Its not a normal friday morning in the neighborhood, but i think its necessary, and i certainly you know, if theres credence to any of the accusations or what t fbi might be investigating, i welcome it. Its sad, thats all. Reporter evans waited ouide while they brought out boxes. Hours after the raid at evans home, d. C. Council member Phil Mendelson announced the council would launch its own investigation and remove evans as airman of the councils finance committee. Yesterday he announced he would resign as chairmanfter the agency found he had violated ethics. The mayor Muriel Bowser had full confiden in him. Im upset about what i read because i believe it representsf conflicts interest for the Council Member, but i want the federal authorities to do their work. Reporter again, that federal investigation clearly ramping up right now. Now, you may recall the last time a d. C. Council member had his house raided by the fbi. It was 2011. It was former Council Member harry thomas jr. That happened september 11th. 30 ds later he was indicted on federal corruption charges. Evans was set to oversee the heari Sports Betting next week. Its likely hell be vote out before that tas place. Considering evans and his tenure, this is a real stunner. Thanks, mark. Mark segraves reporting live. Evans is also a member of the d. C. Democratic party which plays a role at the democratic conventions. No word yet if theyre considering removing erns from his position. Erika . As tensions rise theres a demand for regime change in iran. Hundreds of iranians gathered outside and then marched to the white house. They sport a democratic opposition leader. Meanwhile President Trump is o elaborating his decision to call off a strike against iran. It would have been in retaliation for irans shooting down a u. S. Drone. Speaking exclusively with p me ss moderator chuck todd, mr. Trump explained why he stopped the stsike. I d, you know whatd . They shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, and here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within half hour after i said go ahead, and i didnt like it. I didnt think it was i didnt think it was proportion at. This is the first time President Trump has been interviewed for meet the press nce taking office. You can see the interview sunday at o 10 30 right herenbc 4. Chuck will tell us more about todays conversation when he joins us on set at 6 00. Right now, new information about a woman. The victim had been talking wita an last wednesday at the supermarket. She tells police as she was walking home, he attacked her from behind, beat her, and raped her. Police fnd the woman in the ditch and she was without a phone. Heres a sketch of the suspect. They tell us they believe this mans in his 50s or 60s request wavy gray hair. If you think you might know who he is, call police as soon as you can. An unbelievable scene in northeast overnight. One of the bullets went right through a window and hit a woman asshe was lying in her bed. Now were hearing from that victim just hours after she saw her life flash before her eyes. News4s drew wilder spoke to her this afternoon. Reporter family and friends are. Going by to check on a northeast d. C. Woman who is counting hers bless tonight. As i was thinking is it could have been worse. A lot worse. Yeah. Reporter the 21yearold and her mother asked us not to show their faces as theywalk us through the momentum as a bullet came smashed through the window and grazed this omans head as she was lying in bed. I heard two gunshots and i felt something hit my head. She said, mom, mom, im hit, im hit. Im felt blood. I needed to get to the hospital. I didnt know howa b she was hit. You just seen blood everywhere. I was hoping and praying that i would get to seethe next day. Reporter she showed us her wound. You can see how lucky she is. She wen to the hospital and she didnt need a single stitch. N i mea an inch, centimeter, and you might not be standing here. Yeah, yeah. Thats why i give all praise to tost high. Reporter we talked with the victims neighbor who also wants to stay anonymous. She said shes stayed in these apartments for years but the crime has become out of control. Its becomingr egular. Reporter the shooting leaving bullet holes behind. One hit her, another hit her refrigerator and a third went through the fence line and hit a gas line. This needs to stop. Youre not even safe in your own home. D. C. Police say they have not made any arrests in the shooting. New video showing the aftermath of a police chase that ended on the beltway in montgomery county. Police wereh chasing white van you see there at the center of the screen when it hit ala tes at university boulevard. Paramedics responded to the scene and the police took the van i drivero custody. It happened after they called police around 2 00. All right. Its official. It is summer, a gorgeous fir o day summer outside right now, but more heat is on the way, tts the word from storm team 4 ameliar. Drape whats the latest . A noticeable breeze around for the most part. Winds gusting right now a atut 20 to 25 miles an hour making it feel really comfortable. 83 degrees out there. Breezy. 9 00 p. M. , were nice. 76. In if youre go to be out later or taking the dog out for one last time, it is cfortable with the temperature around 73. Now, this is the first day of summer. Ouee going to have more on what that means for sunrise and sun set time moving forward and also im going to take a closer look at the weekend, all that. Going up at 4 20. Thanks, amelia. Tourism officials are addressing the deaths of two including an engainched uple. Theyre saying, quote, theres not an avalanche of dead american tourists in the country. Eight americans have died so far this year. The latest, Nathanial Holmes and cynthia day from upper marlboro. Dominican republic Officials Say they died of respiratory failure back in mail. The funerals of these two will be held within the next week. Back here in the states, a special counsel is now look g into the handling of the jsie smollett case. A judge in illinois ordered a special counsel to look into how that case was handled andne determif theres reasonable rounds to further prosecution smollett. Police say the former empire star faked his own hate attack. Prosecutors dropped all charges in exchan for a deal. Hundreds of thousands of people die each year from cart yak arrest. Thats right. What if you were alted to the daer . Next on news4, smart speakers to help detect heart attacks. Plus, its something men have had for decades but now women cou be getting their own rsion of viagra. Rsion of viagra. And a transgender woman what comes with 1 soft drink from mcdonalds . 1 any size soft drink. Joy included. we like drip coffee, layovers and waiting on hold. What we dont like is relying on fancy technology for help. Snail mail we were invited to a y2k party. Uh, didnt that happen, like, 20 years ago . Oh, look, karolyn,iaeve got a mathematicn on our hands check it out now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. Todays xfinity service. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Id rather not. The temperatures. You can see ace nihange from yesterday, but this isnt going to last that long. Amelia is tracking the hottest weather streak soyear this. Thats just ahead. A transgender woman in the is d strict said she was attacked at t Grocery Store tuesday night. She said a man hurl ed words at her. In just over an hour there will be a vigil to addss the violence. Darcy spencer is live with more. Darcy. This vigil is going to be held here in this area. This was the scene of the latest shooting of a transgender woman. Elected leaders,ctivists as well as leaders from the district will be here. They want to bring attention to these unsolved cases two transgender women who knew one another were shot and killed ust blocked apart within a couple of months in fairmont heights. Li jo ivy will be at the vigil this afternoon at the scene of the latest murder. We want to send tm a message that theyre important, theyre valued, and we whack to reke sure the entire community is awand involved with trying to solve the case. Reporter tuesday night in northeast d. C. A transgender womanaid she was assaulted as she tried t leave corner store and was called home phonetic names. One followed her and damaged her home. Many in the mmlgbtq coity now feel theyre beingd. Targete we just want the community to be aware, to be compassionate, and to be involved. Reporter lice have not said if the murderers of the two are connected. Spears told p fple sheared for her life after she witnessed carmens murder. The mayor of fairmont heights wants residents to add lighting and security cameras to drive the activity away. Were expected to do great things here and we dont want to see this continue to happen. W ere very sorry theyre losing their lives. We want to bring it in so everyone is safe. Reporter now, that vigil will get under way here at 5 30 this afternoon. Leon, back to you. All right. That inch you. Darcy spencerer reporting live. There is a second one tonight at 7 00 at dueopped circle. Lets go to some breaking news now. A shocking twist in the sexual abuse investigation into a former Fairfax County music teacher. Jeffrey cummings has been found dead. Investigators say they found seven other victims. Cummings was supposed to turn earlier n to police this week. Police say no foul play is uspected in comenings death. Were working for your health that could save you from a heart attack. Smart home speers like alexia could prevent them. Researchers are working on an app capable of threatening lifethreatening condition. It listens for the specific type of breathing in people who are having a hearst attack. You could listen for dangerous warning signs. Our vision is really that these smart speakers can reside passively in the your bedroom and continuously monitor your breathing. Before the device would call 911 it would issue arn g to give people a chance to cancel the ll. No word when the app would be available to the public. I know tis is happy solstice day. Sado we happy solstice day and see you in the fall . We love it because we get thy longest im wearing this pin. Meteorologists are making it a holiday of sorts to spread awareness. Ill have more on that coming up at 4 40, 4 45. What a week its been. Weve han rain,we ve had storms, weve had heed, weve had humidity. Wasntit nice out there . Happy summer. Its going too be grgeous for this weekend. After that, were looking at a heed wave next week, so be sure to enjoy your 80sh oute on saturday and sunday. As we talk about it, today weou had sunrise at 5 43. The sun sets at 8 40, putting our day length at14 hours and 53 minutes. Soak it up. Were going to have our sun set at 8 00 p. M. Or later until ugust 17. And i love the sound of that. Late sunsets, warm weather. U my kind of weather. Wind gusts in gaithersburg, 23 miles an hour. Ehose winds are going to come down been 8 00 and 9 00 p. M. Similar temperatures and beautiful sunshine. Well start off with 64 degrees. Cloudiness very early, but throughout the day, plenty of sunshine. Aroundon no tomorrow, its perfect. If you have an outdoor party, you picked a perfectday. 78 degrees at noon. A high of 83. Aew degrees below normal. By kilometer p. M. Tomorrow. A grit night. A chance to sit on your deck and enjoy. Sunday, a high of 86. The humidity levels are still going to be in check on sunday. The weather having a low impact on the weekend. If youre heading to the pool, its awesome. Yardwork, i would pick saturday. But any day would be fine. If youre going into next week, a lot of shocked emojis. Ill have your tenday forecast coming up at 4 50. 92 on monday with lateday thunderstorms moving tatough. Some lday thunderstorms on tuesday with a high of 91. Still ahead on news4, protecting pedestrians. Hes not even in college yet, but hes alreadyma working to our roads safer. Thats right. Coming up, meet the local teen helping with the way we cross our street. Coming up, working if for coming up, working if for your weeend. K coming up, working if for your weeend. K this is how driving shouldeel. The techadvanced nissan leaf. The best selling electric vehicle of all time. This is nissan intelligent mobility. The world is changing at rate l. So, why isnt education . Raise your hand if you could use an education thatsctually modern, actually affordable, and actually personal . Oure one of the 35 million americans, who hasnt finished your degree, well, strayer is here to help. Welcome to the future of education. We have a news runomoonds tmy mcfly has familyfriendly events around town for the weekend. Mudslinging, barbecue, and snacking while you run. Im tommy mcflywh with ats up for your weekend. First up, pennsylvania avenue, its going to smell like barbecue this weekend and maybe have a little moreusraffic than al. Thats because the barbecue is taking over third and seventh street. Were talking 30 bands. Theyll be crowned in different grilling activities. In montgomery county, its the mudfest. Theyre basically filling up check these photos from last ea puddles full of mud from 11 00 to 4 00. Its 15 bucks for your entired carloaof people. You can see theyre already oh, yeah, theyre filling up the puddles. Theyre getting ready for mudfest. They want you to getack to nature. Sling some mud. Make mud pies and have good clean fun with mud. Usually at the run you get a banana and granola bar. Not at the fit and foodie festival. Along the r5 k route you can snack on healthy food. Yeah, when youre doing therun. Check out these photos from last year. They want to make sure you balance a Healthy Lifestyle and you hve a good balance. I would make sure you finish chewing before you start running. Just a general safety and on nbcwashikton. Com, clic on the scene page. So have your fourth of july actie things to do this summer around the beltway and beyond. For the weekend, im tommy mcfly, news4. How about if we just run to barbecue. Can we get a beer run . Oh put your hands together. Ue barbecnd beer. There you go. Now youre talking. Still ahead on s news4,w your stripes. Amelia draper shows you t trends. The drug that could help give women a boost in the bedroom. But one of the most volatile regions in the world and now National Security experts warn that one false move cou lead to a shooting war. Just ahead, President Trump plains wh compare comcast business to your current provider. My Current Service provider does not provide half of what you provide. Id be thrilled. This sounds like a whole business package, which would be increble. So what are you guys waiting for . Let s do it. laughs so what are you guys waiting for . Comcast business gives you more. Switch now and get fast, reliable internet for a new low price of 39. 95 a month. Plus, get free installation. Better, faster . I mean sign me up. Call today at 18005016000. Comcast business. Beyond fast. If youre joining usat the bottom of the hour, lets get you caught up. A plea deal in the case of the murder of jogger wendy rtinez. Anthony crawford accepted a 30year jail stence and a fine,0 of familyup is satisfii wth the deal. Federal agents searched the. He Council Chair says they wili metro boardover accusations of ethics violations. Do you rec maisognith hesa suspect in the rape of a woman at the Spectrum Center last week. He struck up aer convsation with a woman at the supermarket and attacked her on the path while she because walking home. Talk about a lucky woman. She was grazed in the head by a bullet while watching tv in bed. A lady is calling for the end of violence. Ys she sats bad when you cant feel safe in your own home. We go to the increasing standoff between t u. S. Nd iran. President trump had iran in his sights but hetook sthi msnt explaining his decision in an exclusive interview with nbc news. Jennifer johnson is tracking the very latest for us. Jennifer, what a day. Yeah, it was a day. Ica and leon, very tense moments at the white house. The white house said today the ort but decided against the strikes atpp the suvery last minue. Night as y pridumestrmot nest. Alnclau the president tweeting, we were cocked and loaded to retali ate b says in an exclusive interview withe meet thess, he then learned 150 civilians cod diate. Ey shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, and here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go ahead and i didnt like it. I didnt think it was i didnt thi it was of his own pay questions his decision. I think he shouldnt have fi saying it repeatedly sent warnings before downing the drone. More evidence of how close the o sights are coming to a military conflict. I think this is the moment sfor aong steady hand, and, frankly, we dont have that. A frequent cestic prais him for that. I give him credit. You have warhawks like john bolton and mi pompeo who are pushing for a confrontation. Reporter several major wor airlines have also begun rerouting their flights. You can see more of that interview on sunday on meet the press. Also going forward, the u. S. Pla to brief the u. N. Security council in a closed door meeting monday about theituation with iran. Live in washington, im jennifer johnson, news4. All ifght, jennr. Thank you. Weve got breaking news no the i. C. E. Raid could happenas soup as sunday. T theyre going after families. E were lning, which cities