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homicide. we ll have the latest on the search for the killer. dave. mother nature didn t agree but still the winter classic and the caps go off on the ice. and can the burgundy and gold spoil the giants hopes? welcome to fox 5 morning news. i m melanie alnwick. sarah is off. inauguration day is underway at the walter e washington convention center. vincent gray will be sworn in. the ceremony begins at 10:00 a.m., then the swearing in ceremony for council members is at 1:00. all of these events are free and open to the public. there will be a black tie gala at 7:00 p.m. tickets are required. as we know, they are all spoken for. the work to prepare for the huge party has been going on for days. tables are being set up. 6600 chairs were brought in. 10,000 people are expected to party the nature away. all particular are gone. the search for a killer continues in bethesda. the victim, a hospital employee found dead on the job. audrey barnes has the latest. repor ....
tornado. we begin with that developing story at a maryland hospital. thanks for joining us. i m maureen umeh. the scene playing out at suburban hospital in bethesda. we go to audrey barnes. some of the neighbors were so upset they were not alettered to this situation. reporter: yeah, maureen, at first people who live around the hospital say they weren t sure what was going on. there was a huge show of force but not a whole lot of information coming from the hospital. they quickly learned it was a murder investigation prompt by the discovery of a man s body in the boiler room with fatal chest wounds. montgomery county police swarmed suburban hospital after getting a call of an assault inside the facility. they arrived within one minute. there they found a 40-year- old male employee of the hospital who had been assaulted, received trauma to the upper body. it he was found in an area inside the hospital nonpatient care area. he was pronounced dead at the scene. rep ....
assaulted, received trauma to the upper body. he was found in an area inside the hospital, nonb patient care area. he was pronounced dead at the scene. reporter: the hospital closed its emergency room and the facility was put on lockdown while investigators went room by room looking for a suspect. we immediately put into effect our disaster protocol so after we locked down, we started a series of e-mail streams to all hospital staff informing them every 15 minutes what was going on. reporter: detectives didn t find anyone. they with fought say if this was a random act or if the victim knew his killer. after four hours of searching, they determined there was no threat. today, the police conducted a thorough investigation of suburban hospital from top to bottom, and they feel confident that there s no danger at suburban hospital for patients, visitors, or staff. reporter: it made a stressful day even more so for people like jeff with a sick infant. we had to t ....