chief lanier: yes. we have the high visibility light towers, there are officers that are on permanent patrol in the neighborhood. additional officers here. there are officers all over throughout the community. >> were you able to assess the condition of the mother, how severe her injuries might be? chief lanier: the mother was the most significant, the most severe injury but we are waiting on updates. >> can you clarify the relationship? siblings and the mother or two friends and a mother? chief lanier: it appears that the 17-year-old and the 12-year-old are neighbors and not related. it's still very early. >> as far as who is in custody, can you clarify that? a fourth person or one of the three? chief lanier: three people in the apartment when the shots were fired and all three of those people are in custody. >> are all they hospitalized? chief lanier: all three are hospitalized. yes. thank you. >> thank you, chief. leon: d.c. police chief cathy lanier there adding details to the story we broke in with

police chief cathy lanier's response to the no confidence vote against her. bruce johnson will have a live report. >> also at 6:00 remembering the man who led maryland for a decade and the scandal that unraveled his political career. >> reporter: forcing fast food restaurants to make kids' meals healthier, i'm brian webb in new york with more on the healthy happy meals bill coming up. >>> some fast food restaurants could soon be required by law to make those kids meals healthier. >> not surprisingly doctors say. it's a good thing. brian webb has more on the so- called happy meals bill in new york city. >> reporter: many fast food restaurants already offer healthy alternatives for kids. >> they're easy and he likes them, but we try and not get the french fries, get the apple slices instead. >> reporter: but under the so- called healthy happy meals bill in new york city fast food restaurants would be required by law to make kids' meals healthier. the proposed bill targets meals that come with a toy and would mandate the meal be under 500 calories and include a

the police union has voted no-confidence in chief lanier. the nice shootings took place about a block apart on k street in southeast washington. the victims were a 13-year-old girl and adult male. both were conscious and breathing when taken to the hospital. >> it is something we have been frustrated with for a long time. matt: this happened despite the all hands on deck. the police union says given the increasing levels of violence, the time has come for major changes in the police department, the strategy and the top brass. conducted an online vote of no-confidence in chief cathy lanier. >> we need to move in a new direction. we want to make sure the chief and the leadership and the citizens understand we are frustrated with what is going on and we need to move in a new direction. response to the no-confidence vote, chief lanier said, "i find the timing of this interesting as this is the first all hands on deck weekend this year. i realize officers do not like their schedule disrupted and i try to minimize it, but when we have violent crim

chief lanier issues a statement saying in part, "i'm not interested in responding to or commenting on the anonymous online survey conducted by the fraternity order of police. " mpd took 34 illegal guns off the streets of washington d.c. this weekend alone and reduced violent crime by 39% compared to this same weekend last year. having said all that, with homicides up by more than 40%, it's fair to say the chief is feeling a lot of pressure and it's not just coming from the fop. >> i'm not saying that everybody in the community loves the police officers, but the vast majority of them do. >> reporter: heath lanier has always been among the city's most pop -- chief lanier has always been among the city's most popular public figures, but now 1,100 officers say they have no confidence in their chief. >> we have a toxic environment right now and the police officers have no trust in their leadership. >> reporter: the vote came as lanier launched her all hands on deck initiative over the weekend putting every available cop on the streets to combat the escalating violence. >> it doesn't do wha

lanier launched an all hands on deck this weekend putting every available cop on the street to combat escalating violence. despite that two men were shot to death late friday night. >> it doesn't prevent crime. this weekend is a prime example. it creates significant staffing shortages in the middle of the week. >> late this afternoon chief lanier issued a statement saying in part, "i will continue to make the tough decisions that need to be made to make washington d.c. the safest city in america." mayor muriel bowser said lanier has her full supported. >>> the all hands on deck initiative did not help this 13- year-old girl hit by a bullet meant for someone else while hanging out with her friends. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in southwest d.c. 13-year-old taije chambliss was sitting on the steps right here with her friends when a guy came running past her into the house and out the other side trying to escape three guys in a blue sedan who were coming down here shooting at him. >> devastating. >> reporter: taije chambliss is recovering in children's hospital from gunshot wounds in bo

now an overwhelming number of officers say they lost confidence in chief lanier. stephen tschida is live outside the d.c. police headquarters with a look at that side of the story. what are you hearing? stephen: leon, the fraternal order of police says its members have lost confidence, that they are tired of chief cathy lanier's authoritarian leadership style and crime-fighting tactics. the chief for her part says she won't respond to an anonymous survey and we want to point out that this no confidence vote was done on an all hands on deck weekend when a lot of officers who thought they were off for the weekend or on vacation forced to work. >> the rank and file made it clear. they are fed up. overwhelming show of no confidence for police chief cathy lanier in an online police union vote. roughly a third of the union members participated. >> we are hemorrhaging police officers. we have a toxic work environment. stephen: some officers are displeased with the chief's response to the spiraling homicide rate, dismantling of the vice unit and the crime fighting efforts

chief lanier: we have recovered 102 illegal firearms, which is staggering. : chief lanier also said this is a troubling trend, that aps and dice games have been causing gunfire. she wants the public to call immediately if they see these games, and that if anybody who recognizes the persons of interest and contact authorities. jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: turning now to the weather, more heat and humidity setting up the chance of storms tomorrow. let's check the timeline with meteorologist brian van de graaff. brian: it is pretty steamy out there. this pattern will be ripped it if, although tomorrow not quite as intense. the belfort furniture weather center, 80 degrees, in the city, southwind at 12. it feels like 83. scanning the skies with live doppler, there could be sprinkles in southern maryland. most of us should remain dry. frederick, 74 andrews, 75 manassas. low 70's downtown through the evening, 60's in the suburbs. tomorrow, and isolated storm, with the best chance wednesday and thursday. leon: a real heartbreaker, people across the area mourning the death of leonard robinson. kn

all three are in custody according to police chief cathy lanier. the chief tells us that the shooting happened inside an apartment at 13th and savanna streets here in southeast. three people, an adult woman, a 17-year-old male and a 12-year- old boy were in the apartment. police say the two boys had gotten into some sort of argument earlier in the day and that the 17-year-old came back to the apartment with a gun. it's unclear exactly how, but all three people, the two boys and adult female, ended up being shot. the 12-year-old was shot in the body, the 17-year-old in the arm and the adult female we're told suffered the most serious of the injuries. the relationship between the three is also unclear, but we know that the 17-year-old and 12-year-old are not related. the chief says they are neighbors. lanier blames this shooting as well as the citywide uptick in violence on access to guns, specifically illegal access to guns. >> when people say what's driving the spike in the violence and homicides, it is illegal firearms in homes and in the hands of

they say chief lanier cannot be trusted, has created a toxic environment and without change they fear the violence will continue. so far our murder rate here in d.c. stands at 105, the same as all of 2014. residents report gunfights happening in every quadrant of the city. the latest a double shooting on 3rd and k street southwest. sunday evening a 13-year-old girl who was walking home from the library was among those shot. police union members blame the uptick in violence on the dismantling of the vice squad and record number of retirements. >> we used to get members that stay here 35, 45 years. at 25 years and one day they're leaving. they're not leaving because of the union. they're leaving because of the leadership style of the current chief. if she wants to ignore that, she can ignore that at her own peril. >> reporter: the chief says the timing of this vote certainly very interesting because this was the weekend of the first all hands on deck operation. the mayor released a statement saying in good times and in the tough times, too, i have every confidence in chief lanier. in so

police officers have no confidence in police chief cathy lanier. the police union held a vote this weekend. it comes amid a huge spike in crime and the highest homicide rate in years. the police union says it doesn't agree with the chief's decision to end plainclothes vice units. she thinks the past weekend all hands on deck initiative bothered officers who were originally scheduled off of work. she said quote, when we have violent crime we have to make the sacrifices that we all swore we would make when we took this job. now, d.c. police just put out some new numbers as well from the all hands on deck weekend. they say they seized 21 illegal guns across the city since friday night. they arrested 16 people for possession of those guns. earlier this month, chief lanier blamed illegal guns in part for the spike in crimes. >>> evidence markers lining the block where d.c. police say someone shot two people. one of them a little girl. officers talked with neighbors at third street southwest around 7:00 last night. they say both the girl and the man who

do they have confidence in their boss, chief cathy lanier. news4's jackie bensen is live with more on this rare move against a very popular chief. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, as far as we've been able to determine, there has not been a vote like this held on a d.c. police chief in more than two decades. just after 9:00 tonight, d.c. officers responded to reports of a large fight at the d.c. convention center in northwest. things calmed down quickly, but the large showing of cops was possible due to this being 19 is an all hands on deck weekend. the anti-crime initiative requires all d.c. officers to hit the streets friday, saturday, and sunday. sunday is when the d.c. police union will tally the results of a surae of its members, known as a vote of no confidence on chief cathy lanier. during the past few months as the district's homicide rate climbed to 40% higher than the same time last year, the chief and the union have become increasingly at odds over a solution. rank and file officers question the dismantling of vice units, and take issu

police chief, cathy lanier. >>> and loved ones and colleagues share their memories about the two young virginia journalists gunned down on live television. >>> a body found at a gaithersburg park and authorities trying to figure out how it got there mark segraves live with what we know about the investigation. >> reporter: erika, what we know, it was an adult male whose body was found yesterday evening in great seneca stream valley park. now this is a big park located just off watkins mill road here in montgomery county. it was deer hunters working a managed hunt they do to kind of thin the herd thought for the department of natural resources who found the body yesterday evening just before dusk. the investigation has been taken over by montgomery county police today out there at the scene, removing the body. now, originally, park police said the body was found in a shallow grave but what montgomery county police are now telling us is that the body was visible from eyesight above ground. they are not sure how long the body had been there and they won't say how old the victim appears to

posted anice union poll today, asking officers if they have faith in chief cathy lanier. >> we want to make sure the chief and the leadership of the city and citizens understand we are frustrated with what is going on. we need to move in a new direction immediately. >> jefferies believes chief lanier cannot be held chiefly responsible. >> police officers can only do so much. once they are arresting people and people can go to court, the judge is the side them to let them go back into communities where they can commit the same crime again. i don't think that's a police chief issued. >> while today's findings will not be released until tomorrow, when they are released, it will make a clear statement of whether or not chief cathy owner is respected by her officers. i am kevin lewis, abc 7 news. >> d.c. police investigating another shooting, this one near the anacostia metro station. you can see a car with its windows shot out. this was around 3:30. police tell our cruise that there were no life-threatening injuries. a prince william county man safe after spending three days missing in the

. >> you have had a lot of conversations with chief lanier. you talked about deployment, a lot of issues to get police out on the streets before the crimes happen, not just after. the police union of course has been quite critical of the police chief. you have stood by her, but the union have been complaining that the chief has consolidated too many squads, the vice squad, the gun squad, all these different things and it's created less on the street presence for officers trying to do intelligence work and get information. do you still stand by the chief? >> well, we have an excellent chief, she has been policing the streets of washington, d.c. for 25 years. and she has a great sense of how to deploy our force. we have a great force too. we want to make sure that the officers have exactly what they need, the resources they need to stay safe as well. and so i hope that everybody resists the temptation any time that we have violence in our city, we all have to stay focused on how to stop it. everybody wants to know what's the one fix or the one t

police officers have no confidence in police chief cathy lanier. the d.c. police union is putting out the results of a vote it held this weekend. it comes amid a huge spike in crime and the highest homicide rate in the city in years. the vote also came at the tail end of the latest all hands on deck initiative to limit crime. chief lanier said it may have influenced the vote with so many officers called in. she said, quote, when we have violent crime we have to make the sacrifices that we all swore we'd make when we took this job. >>> we have new numbers from the all hands on deck campaign. d.c. police say they seized 21 illegal guns across the city since friday night. they say they arrested 16 people for having those guns. earlier this month, chief lanier blamed illegal guns in part for the city's spike in crime. >>> a live look at the capitol for you this morning. we'll tell you why you may see emergency crews or helicopters flying around. >>> we're getting close to the end of summer. chuck bell is back with a first look at your labor day weekend forecast

reached out to cathy lanier for her side of the story and she has decided not to comment on camera. reporting in southwest, sam sweeney, abc 7 news. jummy: police investigating a stabbing death in wheaton. around 9:00 last night, a man was found lying in a service lane near veirs mill road and was taken to the hospital where he died. his body will be taken to baltimore with a medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy. a bumpy first day back for some students in montgomery county. a school bus rear-ended another school bus in potomac this morning. luckily, no students were hurt. jeannette reyes takes a look at what happened. jeanette: it happened around 7:30 along glen road at falls road. one bus hit the other from behind, shattering the windshield and crushing the rear end of the other. montgomery county fire and rescue say the students suffered mild injuries. the first on scene says a latter was brought out to take the students out of the bus one by one through an emergency exit. >> they were in good spirits. they were concerned about being late for school and wondering how

mayor muriel bowser and police chief, cathy lanier, today about the crime wave and illegal guns. a tip leading to an arrest or seizure of an illegal gun has now increased to $2500. the tip for an arrest and conviction in a shooting increased to $10,000. coming up at 5:30 tonight, news4's tom sherwood will have much more from mayor bowser and chief lanier about this new gun and reward initiative. >>> a united airlines flight is being closely inspected now after it rammed a jetway at dulles international this afternoon. take a look, flight 127 had just arrived from dublin ireland and pulling into a gate when it hit the jet way, damaging an engine. none of the 170 passengers and crew on board was hurt. in a statement, united says tonight the plane will be inspected and repaired. >>> and repair crews have been trying to fix a 74-year-old water main that burst in bethesda. the pipe broke around 6 this morning on goldsboro road between macarthur boulevard and tulip terrace. crews replaced about eight inches of the old pipe and now patching up the road, but until they wrap up, traffic c

we have kathy lanier the police chief of the d.c. metropolitan police department. thanks to both of you for joining us. superintendent you see these numbers, you're seeing them in your city, in chief lanier's city, we see them in baltimore. why is there this uptick in violent crime? . >> you know there's always going to be a number of rnts for it and that's why we convened this particular event. it was kathy's idea when she saw my comments over the fourth of july weekend. we hear mostly that criminals are not being held accountable. in chicago we seize more guns than any city in the country every single year 3-1 in comparison to los angeles and 7-1 in comparison to new york city. this year we've got a 22% increase in our gun arrests. so what's happening when we put these individuals into the system so so what stop this is person from doing it again before it becomes a murder or a shooting. >> chief lanier you heard in the report just before you this proposal from senator chuck schumer about getting better report ing reporting getting information about them reported

police union will announce a vote on cathy lanier. the officers were surveyed for a possible no confidence vote on the chief. the homicide rate is 43% higher this year than the last and today when the vote comes out, we'll send a push note anication. you can get that if you have the nbc washington app. >>> we are working to learn the overall effect of this weekend's all hands on deck program in the district. the program flooded every part of d.c. with extra officers to serve as a visual crime deterrent. the officers also get a chance to interact with the community. now, despite the extra police presence there was more than half a dozen shootings an two men died. >>> and developing this morning, atlanta police investigating how a man fell to his death at a baseball game. police say the man fell from the upper deck at turner field in atlanta. looking at video just in to our newsroom. this shows the medics carrying the man away. people saw when it happened and they talked to our affiliate there. >> to my left, he just came down like a th

jummy: we will have more on how chief lanier plans to combat the spike of homicides. you can watch that tonight on abc7 news at 4:00 and 5:00. a second explosion rocked bangkok today, but luckily, no one was hurt in the latest attack. it comes as police in thailand have potential leads on the suspects in yesterday's bombings. police are looking for the man seen in that video wearing a yellow shirt outside the hidden tryin -- hidden shrine. backpackn taking off a and putting it down and walking away. the bombing killed 20 people and injured more than 100 others. authorities in indonesia recover the wreckage of that plane that crashed into the mountains on sunday. they are now hoping that the black boxes will help them figure out exactly what caused the crash. the air cross -- aircraft lost contact with control is about half an hour into the flight. the bodies of 54 passengers and crew members have been recovered . firefighters are struggling to contain nearly 100 large wildfires burning in several western states. the department of defense is stepping in to help. for th

. >>> a big weekend for police chief kathy lanier. the police union conducting a vote of no confidence in the chief. the homicide rate, 43% higher this year than last. over the past few months, the chief and the union at odds on how to solve that problem. >> i have been with the department 25 years. i don't think the union speaks for every police officer, but they are the representation for the union members. it is their right to implement their survey and see what the members think. >> if we go back to last year, it was then lanier received a 75% approval rating from registered voters. the union is going to tally the vote. when it comes out, we will send you a push notification. all you need is the nbc washington app. download that. >>> developing right now, an all-out search for a cop killer. detectives are looking for a man they say approached a sheriff's deputy from behind last night, shot him and kept firing once he fell to the ground. deputy darren goforth served ten years. he was filling up his car at a gas station when he was

police union as they tally up a vote surrounding chief cathy lanier. what we could learn in a matter of hours. >>> summer break winds down. we are getting you ready as a huge chunk of students get ready to head back to school tomorrow. >> "news4 today" starts now. >>> on this sunday morning, good morning. welcome to "news4 today." i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. it's sunday fun day. >> it is, yeah. starting off nice out there. >> yeah. >> we have had a few days of no humidity. relatively low at that. but that could change. >> yeah, we have enjoyed it a lot. but amelia segal is in. amelia, you sere saying we -- you're saying we could see more clouds today. >> you got it. and more humidity as well. you'll be noticing the mugginess. temperatures right now though nice for that early morning run or bicycle ride. most locations coming in at the 60s. gaithersburg at 66. manassas at 64 as the sun comes up. we're looking at mainly clear skies right now. here's how temperatures will warm up into the early afternoon hours. by 10:00 a.m., we're flirting with

chief lanier asked for more community help to try to identify and find these men. >> people who know the individuals involved in this, they have to come forward. it's that neighbor today. it's somebody else's neighbor tomorrow. it's that person's child today and somebody else's child tomorrow. >> reporter: chief lanier also addressed the possibility that this shooting might have grown out of an illegal craps game happening nearby. this is something shaw residents have complained about in the past. we'll delve into that in more detail at 11:00. for now reporting live garrett haake, wusa9. >> thank you, garrett. we'll have that full surveillance video posted on our app and also on www.wusa9.com. make sure to check it out and share it with your friends so we can all help find those suspects. >>> we have some new information in a controversial police shooting. former fairfax county police officer adam torres has been indicted in the murder of john geer. geer was shot two years ago as he was standing in his doorway of a springfield townhouse. police had been called to the home because of

police chief cathy lanier wants anyone who knows anything about what happened to come forward. >> the people who know the individuals involved in this, they have to come forward. it's that neighbor today, somebody else's neighbor today. it's that child today, somebody else's child tomorrow. >> there are six people, half a dozen people that are interested in talking to in this case. they also say they recovered a burgundy chrysler that drove away from the scene. you're looking at a picture right here. they say it was stolen last week. >>> chief lanier revealed new numbers about crime in the district. we have been told that homicides are on the rise. the chief said as of last night, there are 94 homicides in d.c. this year, compared to 72 last year. they have arrested 52 homicide suspects. >>> today, a controversial vote for lawmakers in frederick county, maryland. the county will vote on whether to invoke an english only ordinance. it requires county business to be conducted in english. supporters say this allows the county to avoid printing documents into multiple languages which gave

chief lanier says her officers recovered 122 guns in the last 30 days, none of them legally owned. >> we call them crime guns. these are guns that a lot of them are stolen. a lot of them have serial numbers obliterated. a lot of them have high-capacity magazines, as we have discussed before. and they're, you know, finding their way into the major cities across the united states. >> reporter: d.c. mayor muriel bowser made a plea for people to report illegal guns through a new rewards effort. she later posted this tweet. >> we offer a $1,000 reward for people who provide a tip related to illegal firearms. >> reporter: ward 8 council member, la ruby may says her constituents are fed up with gun violence. >> i live two blocks over. this is my neighborhood. we've had too many loss of lives in this community and in the ward. >> reporter: and both chief lanier and mayor bowser stress that this program is anonymous. people can text in, and there is no way to contact them back, but is there a $1,000 reward for information that leads to police being able to take some of these illegal guns off t

police chief cathy lanier said tips from the public and good police work are hoping to close some of the city's open murder cases. police made three arrests for homicide in the last 24 hours. the most recent case just this past saturday. it was near howard university. chief lanier is urging people to continue sending those anonymous tips, and to engage with officers in your neighborhoods. >> i will not be shouted down because i'm telling the truth. >> meanwhile, a small group of protesters tried to interrupt mayor muriel bowser this morning while she was announcing her plan to fight the rise in murders in the district. protesters with the black lives matter movement say they fear a police crackdown on poor communities. bowser specifically denied reports that police would enter homes searching for guns. >>> president obama is back in the district tonight. he spent the day in new orleans marking ten years since hurricane katrina hit. thousands of people lost their homes. many lost their lives when the storm ravaged that region in 2005. president obama and new orleans mayor mitch landri

cathy lanier says illegal guns are one of the major causes in the surge of murders this year. however, the police union says recent limits on officers keeping them from doing their job. they say the end of the plains clothe program earlier this year prevents sources from openly talking to officers. and the city is againsted affixed assignments on the blocks. >> there's no more proactive policing. they're putting up pop-up canopies, but not able to move around. >> chief lanier believes the programs are effective, but officers are resistant to change. >>> this morning we are learning new details about another shooting victim. his name, johnson jonas. we are told that a woman found his body while walking her dog near an apartment complex on stanton road southeast. jonas had been shot. the commissioner for the area said the recent spike in violence has been overwhelming. >>> a killing of a young american university graduate near the shaw metro stop has ignited a lot of frustration in d.c. and tonight you can take your questions and concerns to a public meeting about crime and safe

. >>> the police union criticizing police chief cathy lanier about the rising homicide rate and now the d.c. mayor is firing back. >>> a guy with a knife tries to rob the barcelona. but a bartender, he's got an answer for that. i'm pat collins much the story coming up, news4. >>> severe thunderstorm warning for parts of northern virginia. doug also watching a flash flood warning that just re >>> we do have a couple of warnings out there right now, that line continues to progress, some of that line falling apart, other parts continuing. >> we are tracking a severe thunderstorm warning now for fauquier, prince william county counties. we are talking the national weather service saying wind, we are seeing folksily some hail, too. >> maybe hail with this storm, too. storm team four radar tracking this line. one thing became the to show you here, live in montgomery county, howard county, along i-95 north of the river, the storms intense and now falling apart. storms continue in the area, now all the active the south of the potomac the most part. i'm going to take the lightning off, i want to

and cathy lanier said the surge of illegal guns is causing it. however, the union says the end of a plainclothes officer program prevents police sources from openly talking to officer. the union is against fixed assignments on city blocks. >> the officers feel like they're not doing their job, not able to do their job. the department doesn't want them to do proactive policing, because they're afraid of lawsuits. they want to be reactionary and visible. >> now, chief lanier said she believes the programs are effective, but police officers are resistant to change. >>> and baltimore has matched the number of homicides in the city for all of last year. the 211th killing was reported yesterday morning in the penn north neighborhood. that's the same part of the city that saw rioting and looting after the death of freddie gray. homicides rose dramatically. 42 reported in may alone. >>> and one woman is suing the baltimore police department. ciara brooks said she was beaten and injured in a so called rough ride in a police van. that's when they don't buc

are waiting for results from the police union on their vote of no confidence in police chief cathy lanier. they are voting because they say the violence is out of control and they blame in part the chief's decision to dismantle the vice squad for this reason. residents report gunfire happening in all quadrants of the city. the latest a double shooting on 3rd and k streets southwest. it was sunday evening, 6:45, an innocent bystander was shot. she was a 13-year-old girl was walking home from the library. she and the man who we're told was the likely target are expected to recover. that girl was shot in the leg. police are looking for a blue sedan in connection with that double shooting. while those victims will survive, we can tell you who people were shot and killed over the weekend. we'll have much more on the victims coming up in the next half-hour. we're live outside of police headquarters, delia goncalves, wusa9. >>> this week the freddie gray case goes to court in baltimore for the first time. six police officers are accused in the killing of the unarmed black man icwhh sparked viole

that vehicle, as police chief cathy lanier is telling us was stolen from bowie, maryland. we also now is learned that there is another vehicle of interest and at least six poefrns interest near this case. there is new video, very clear, vivid video of these persons of interest. a live report at 5:00. let get a check of the weather with lauryn ricketts. >> as we have -- done continue through much of the day temperatures are moving into the 90s. yeah. we are in the 90s now. 93, d.c., 98, gairtsburg, frederick, a little bit on the warm side, you head off to the bay, temperatures in the 80s, 86, annapolis, 86, patuxent river station. a few pop-up storms around baltimore. aren't moving, hang out there, lightning into baltimore, but for the most part, any of these showers or storms are just through the central shenandoah valley, headed out this evening it is going to be hot and it is going to be sticky. we are going to have more on the (plays throughout) ♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪ ♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪ turning two worlds into one takes lov

[laughter] lanier: are we awake out there? ?ow are you doing there will be a lot of jewels that will be dropped so i hope you were taking heat and paying attention. we want you to follow us on social media and get involved in continue after the conference is over. again, we would like to thank you for joining us. we want to get right down to business by first welcoming our panel, who will be weighing in on today's topic of whom will comprise the next generation of leadership in the urban community. first on our panel we have miss ingram. brandi richards. . mr. hulk. the reverand. dr. gillespie. and i would like to take just a for allment of silence those innocent men and women of color who have lost their lives unnecessarily to the injustices we are facing in our communities. walter scott,sin of the freddie gray, mike brown, in the nine in south carolina -- the list goes on and on and on, and continues to grow. i know there are many issues facing our urban communities right now and it is hard to ignore one of the most glaring co

. >>> it is a big weekend for police chief cathy lanier. the police union conducting a vote of no confidence in the chief. the district's homicide rate, 43% higher this year compared to last. over the past few months, the chief and the union have been at odds on how to solve the problem. >> i have been with the department 25 years. i don't think the union speaks for every police officer but they are the representation for the union members. this is their right to implement their survey and see ha the members think. >> tallied last year, lanier received a 75% approval rating from registered voters. the union is going to tally the vote tomorrow. when the vote comes out, we are going put a push notification to your phone. if you have the nbc washington app, you will get that. >> thanks, david. developing, an all-out search for a cop killer. detectives are looking for a man they say approached the sheriff's deputy from behind last night, shot him and kept on firing once that deputy fell to the ground. the deputy served ten years with the sherif

chief cathy lanier told reporters it's -- messy situation. the shooter and the victim knew each other. the neighbors told us that the dead woman was a popular figure. middle age who is known for helping children. >> there were shots fired. officers took cover and started a dialogue with a suspect on the course at the time. >> the chief told reporters that the woman was the 99th homicide victim in d.c. so far this year. in the last three or four months the homicides soared in this city. one local pastor used to paper his walls with funeral notices and said he is concerned, and calling for other religious leaders to come together. >> they remember jackson shot to death in the explosion of the recent homicides. >> don't hear us. sleep. don't have to deal with the world nowhere. through and wonder who let in next. >> this is dÉjÀ vu. he did over 100 homicide and vigils. >> my wall got so cluttered with the people who were dying from the ages of eight up. they are trying to figure out a solution. we have to do it now. we can't wait. >> black liv

you can see chief lanier and the mayor of our fair city talking about crime in the district. let's listen? >> where illegal guns might be and how they can be recovered by the police department. and information about the $25,000 reward. that the department offers for any information leading to arrest for homicide. >> we'll start rolling through the video again. i will try and walk you through what we have put together. this is video from several places. i will dry to describe -- try to describe where the video is from and what it is connected to and what we're looking for. i will start off. all the video that we will show you here in this case is related to the saturday afternoon homicide of 23-year-old matthew shelonski. saturday, matthew was of northeast washington walking in the 1800 block of seventh street northwest. this is in the area of seventh and s street northwest. so 7th and s street northwest. he was walking with friends. evidence was recovered from both the southwest and the southeast sidewalk on the corners of 7th and s street that shows guns were being fired fro

well, no evidence of that according to kathy lanier the d.c. police chief. >> the national narrative of the ferguson effect and officers just not working or being involved in too many uses of excessive force, if you compare it to the small number of police shootings, i think it doesn't support that narrative. >> reporter: now, all of those police chiefs and their elected guests apart from kathy lanier who lives here are heading home. and down the road from the museum at the white house, we are told that president obama is taking a very keen interest in all of this particularly in what is happening in baltimore, which is not far away. and according to josh earnest, he says the president has instructed the doj to stay focused on anything that can be done to try to stop this violence. >> john terrett in washington. thanks as was. >>> in colorado a jury said they do want to consider the death penalty for james holmes. the jury returned a -- unanimous vermont. if one juror would have disagreed disagreed holmesav without possibility of parole. >>> a

i have tell you, 15 minutes ago i got a response, an e-mail from chief cathy lanier. i want to share what she has is say. she is not interested in responding to or commenting on an anonymous online survey conducted by the fraternal order of police. she goes on to tout what she says was all hands on deck move over the weekend and she lowered the violent crime 30%. overall crime by 50%. compared to the same weekend last year. the rank and file, fraternal order of police unhappy with the leadership style. this is what chair of the f.o.p. had to say about the findings of the survey. the turnout was roughly a third of the members. out of the third the vote is 1,122 voted no confidence. 28 voted they had confidence in the chief. stephen: the chief stressing this is an anonymous survey over the weekend. the same weekend when they were ordered all hands on deck. some may have planned vacation and were required to work. so it may have tainted the view of the chief. chief lanier has had one of the highest approval ratings of any official in the city. the most important approval

cathy lanier says tips from the public and good police work are helping to close some of the city's open murder cases. police made three arrests for homicides in 24 hours on thursday. the most recent case was this past saturday near howard university. >>> today we expect a judge to sentence a teenager for helping another teen join isis. a ali shukri amin pled guilty to conspireing to support terrorists and he admitted to helping another teenager travel to syria and to using social media to ask for donations and support for isis. >>> in the newsroom here, we are tracking erika. new warnings are in effect for the dominican republic and the bahamas right now. it's pounding puerto rico with rain right now. it's killed four people on the island of dominica in the eastern caribbean. erika knocked out power there and brought severe flooding and mudslides after dumping 15 inches of rain and 20 people are missing in dominica. erika could -- is expected to hit florida on monday. possibly as a hurricane. >> kristin wright, thank you. >>> new details in the on air ambush that left the virginia repor

speaking, this is one of the most violent weekends of the summer and that is why police chief cathy lanier has activated the all hands on deck initiative. here's how it works, every officer in the district will be working this weekend. it starts at 3:00 this afternoon and runs through sunday morning. they will be walking the streets and talking with neighbors. up,ctives will be following police recruits will be passing out information to help fight crime. this is about increasing visibility. it has been a bloody summer in the district, 103 lives lost to murder. it to stop.nts but most of all, the residence in southwest and southeast are desperate for help. >> it is a good initiative. it needs to be longer than a weekend. we are on the going to have safe grounds for a weekend versus the whole year. >> it might work. you got to have faith. a lot of people have faith things will begin to change but they are also skeptical. this area has seen a spike in homicides, up 95% year-over-year. last night there were 2 shootings looting three people injured. policee grateful for the initiative and they

chief lanier: when people say what is driving the spike in violence and homicides, it is illegal firearms in a and in the hands of the wrong people. a $1000 the city has reward for information about illegal guns. >> once upon a time there were boys clubs in every team unity. kids carrying guns, why are we so angry at each other? what is going on? this has to stop. richard: this case even more poignant, the 31-year-old woman dead, her accused killer a juvenile who had an illegal gun, charged with murder while armed. live from d.c. police headquarters, richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: more breaking news now, d.c. police investigating the latesticide, shooting just before 5:00 this afternoon in the 2700 block of 17th street northeast. the victim was 23-year-old william connolly. d.c. police are also investigating deadly gunfire outside of a church that happened just after noon in front of st. luke's in southeast. the victim has been identified as 21-year-old jenkins. no arrests have been made in that case. drug activity triggers an explosion in a federal laboratory. now a former police offic

police chief lanier says police are adding lights and officers to neighborhoods to limit crime. they're offering a reward if you turn in illegal guns. >>> in the newsroom, several new developments in the bombing of a crowded shrine in bangkok. in the last hour we got our hands on this sketch of the suspect. police releasing it a little while ago. the sketch looks to be based on security camera video. there is the sketch there. it looks to be, again, based on security camera video that you have probably seen. we've shown it to you. it shows the suspected bomber wearing a backpack and then taking it off and leaving it behind at the shrine three minutes before the explosion. also new into the live desk, police believe he worked with accomplices. he was not acting alone. there is now a reward of the equivalent of $28,000 in the bombings. 22 people killed, 130 wounded. back to you. >>> today a former fairfax county police officer heads to court facing a murder charge. a grand jury indicted adam torres monday, two years after john gear was shot and killed. news4's derrick ward is in f

police union is announcing the results of a vote on chief cathy lanier. this weekend the union surveyed the officers for a no confidence vote on the chief. the district's homicide rate is 40% higher this year when compared to last. the chief and the union have been at odds over how to solve the crime problem. today, when that vote comes out be sure to have our nbc washington app and we'll send you a push alert with the results. >>> we're working to learn the overall effect of this weekend's all hands on deck program in the district. a program essentially flooded every part of the district with extra officers to serve as a visible crime deterrent. and it's despite the extra police presence there were more than half a dozen shootings and two people died. >> and the police department is facing a lot of pressure to close cases. darcy spencer looks at the families impacted. >> i still hurt. i still hurt. >> reporter: at 7th and "o" streets in northwest washington stands a memorial to one of the unsolved murder victims. tamara gliss was killed when she was hit

. >> mayor bowser and chief lanier held the third anticrime appearance this week announcing they are raising reward on the tips from illegal guns from $1,000 a gun to $2,500. >> we will step up to the plate. we will find the money and we will add to the reward. >> we looked at the d.c. homicides before and after the baltimore riots. in the month before there were 32. lower than the same point last year when there were 37. after a 90-day period since the riot. d.c. homicide are 61 compared to 7 last year. >> this has affected us. they are he -- hesitant to get involved. >> the union criticized a chief for getting rid of the seuss unit known as jump-out. >> i think they were excellent. they have thousands of the guns and the drugs off the street. >> a lot of support in the neighborhood. >> i would love to sea the jump-out. it kept a lot of stuff fro happening. >> the chief said the program is working. she announced a case and 26-year-old carter was arrested for the murder of melvin woodlands. at the conditiondy rec center, the fines, or the rewards are going from 1,000 to $2,500 for pe

[laughter] lanier: are we awake out there? ?ow are you doing there will be a lot of jewels that will be dropped so i hope you were taking heat and paying attention. we want you to follow us on social media and get involved in continue after the conference is over. again, we would like to thank you for joining us. we want to get right down to business by first welcoming our panel, who will be weighing in on today's topic of whom will comprise the next generation of leadership in the urban community. first on our panel we have miss ingram. brandi richards. . mr. hulk. the reverand. dr. gillespie. and i would like to take just a for allment of silence those innocent men and women of color who have lost their lives unnecessarily to the injustices we are facing in our communities. walter scott,sin of the freddie gray, mike brown, in the nine in south carolina -- the list goes on and on and on, and continues to grow. i know there are many issues facing our urban communities right now and it is hard to ignore one of the most glaring co

mayor muriel binders the police chief, cathy lanier, they are urging the community to help fight the spike in crime and they are offering a new incenti incentive, rewards are going up for any tip that -- in regards to shootings and illegal guns. tom sherwood explains. >> reporter: there was one chart showing homicides up 35% this year. another doubting the closed case in the summer of violence. >> several tragedies across our city because of guns. we, i speak for us all saying this is unacceptable. >> reporter: mayor bowser and chief lanier announced higher rewards and more police deployments to fight a spike in homicides that have shaken many communities aren't district. >> glad the mayor's here. glad there is a plan of action. my constituents want more than rhetoric they want a plan. >> we have increased reward for certain crimes. we are headed in the right direction. crime remains -- violent crime remains out of control in the city. >> we have added a reward of $10,000 for shootings because we are seeing shooting with high-capacity magazines and the tension to be lethal is greater

all three are in custody according to police chief cathy lanier. the chief tells us that the shooting happened inside an apartment at 13th and savanna streets here in southeast. three people, an adult woman, a 17-year-old male and a 12-year- old boy were in the apartment. police say the two boys had gotten into some sort of argument earlier in the day and that the 17-year-old came back to the apartment with a gun. it's unclear exactly how, but all three people, the two boys and adult female, ended up being shot. the 12-year-old was shot in the body, the 17-year-old in the arm and the adult female we're told suffered the most serious of the injuries. the relationship between the three is also unclear, but we know that the 17-year-old and 12-year-old are not related. the chief says they are neighbors. lanier blames this shooting as well as the citywide uptick in violence on access to guns, specifically illegal access to guns. >> when people say what's driving the spike in the violence and homicides, it

lanier says she believes this works and she has the full support of the mayor. the union is asking rank-and-file officers to vote on the no-confidence vote. we expect the results sometime tomorrow afternoon. roz plater, abc 7 news. kellye: a massive manhunt over a convicted rapist back in the custody of maryland state police. been missinghad nearly two days after a home visit to a state hospital. the police launch the search effort thursday, tracking him with bloodhounds. norris was found this morning in dupont circle. people across the country marking 10 years since hurricane katrina, the devastation in the loss still fresh on people's minds. that includes people in the district, still feeling the impact of those storms. you survivors gathered across the dmv tonight. sam sweeney caught up with many of them and has their story. >> i lost absolutely everything. lisa williams is one of thousands whose life was washed away 10 years ago today. >> 10 years ago, the storm was over and my mom and my father and myself, we were trying to figure out the next that. sam: th

this is a little bit of what chief lanier have to same >> the people who know the individuals involved in this, they have to come forward. that neighborhood today. it is somebody else's neighborhood tomorrow t is that person's child today and somebody else's child tomorrow. >> reporter: again, police are looking into the possibility that the disagreement between these two groups right in one of the most popular going out spots in the d.c. area was because of -- may have been wimauma because of an illegal craps game and chief lanier put out the plea, if you see people doing this, if you know people who are doing this, we have had a tremendous problem with violence concerning these illegal craps games this year. she said call the police and report them. >> jackie vincent, thank you. >>> a hotel worker killed during a violent robbery was simply co-worker who had a gun at her head. now, his family is hoping to get justice in court. >> prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has been watching the trial for us and she picks up with the latest. >> he would be santa claus for childr

one woman took chief cathy lanier to task for would she said was an imbalance of resources from northeast to southwest and mocked the chief for saying she hadn't slept in three days. but the chief pushed back, arguing that perception that communities east of the river get more police attention doesn't mesh with reality. speaker after speaker suggested more community policing, more social programs, or more parental involvement could stem the violence. >> i don't care how much you tell me that as police, it's sad. >> reporter: at 8:30, mayor bowser arrived. her appearance settled some of the raw emotion. >> this is not the worst time. we don't want it to become the worst of times. >> reporter: it's clear this meeting is not going to solve the violence problems here east of the river, but it is also clear that the passion in that room means this community is going to keep fighting. garrett haake, wusa 9. >> very emotional out there. perhaps there is some small comfort in the fact that d.c. is far from allen and struggling with a spike in violence. today, as a matter of fact, baltimore record

chief lanier has to sell their latest plan in this case to target the illegal guns on the streets of washington, d.c. in this case by raising some of the rewards and going after the weapons that have been used in so many of these killings. we will be going inside in just a moment. have more on this discussion tonight which again should be interesting tonight at 11:00. for now reporting live, garrett haake, wusa9. >> thank you, garrett. >>> a bethesda church and members of that church are wondering who keeps vandalizing their black lives matter sign and why. >> the sign down for good but not because the church took it down. because someone who has an issue with it removed it. surae chinn has reaction. >> reporter: only the wooden frame remains where the banner should be and for the third time in three weeks the sign has either been vandalized or removed altogether. river road uniontarian universalist congregation in bethesda put up this sign black lives matter last month. a few days later someone carefully cut out the word black, leaving the words lives matter. at first the church wro