Detectives seek vehicle in deadly Springfield hit-and-run crash | FOX 5 AT 6AM

It's 6 o'clock now on this Wednesday morning, halfway through the week already. I know. Midway's there. Thank you for starting your day with us. Good morning, Tucker, and good morning, Taylor. Tucker decided to put down the bottle of wine from yesterday with all the heavy lifting. It's good to be back. I was so jealous. Come back and join us in the studio. You should have been. It was beautiful. We were out last night, and people literally were like, so did Tucker finish off all that wine? What did he do with it? They were paying close attention to details. Everybody does. We appreciate that. More on that coming up, but we do appreciate everybody viewing. Okay, beautiful morning. It's going to be another gorgeous morning to go out and enjoy the leaves as they're doing their thing. And we are cool, yes. We're not bitter cold out there. 50 this morning in Washington, 45 in Gaithersburg, 54 in Leonardtown. You can see some 30s there in the mountains. So chilly start today. Another beautiful finish, upper 60s by late afternoon. Bright sunshine from the start to the finish. So it'll be a gorgeous day. I'll have more in just a moment. Taylor's doing the roads. Thanks, Tucker. Let's check on some of your drive times across the area because so far things are looking pretty quiet. We'll check in with your D.C. majors. Looks like your drive times are so far up to speed. Same deal with your Maryland majors. And then we'll check in with your Virginia majors. Looking pretty good out there. Your drive times between Quantico and the Beltway along 95 should take you around 25 minutes. Back to you. Amazon is dropping its plans to build data centers on the former George Washington University campus in Ashburn. It's a big development for residents and for elected officials who have been fighting that plan, hoping to avoid a lengthy legal battle. Fox 5's Melanie Alwick is live for us this morning in Ashburn with the latest details. Mel, good morning. Good morning. So, you know, as we've been reporting, the policy changes and the public opinion around data centers are changing quickly. Last night, Amazon's chief of data center development, who happens to be a Loudoun County resident, said that in hindsight the company probably would not have purchased this property for that purpose. Even so, he said, they could have engaged in a lengthy legal battle. to get these data centers going, but decided to pivot and become a good community partner instead. Amazon bought the George Washington University Science and Technology campus in February for more than $400 million. It had planned to build four data center buildings totaling more than 800,000 square feet and three parking garages. Electrical infrastructure would be needed to power all of it, but then public opinion and policy changed. Under the new agreement announced by board chair Phyllis Randall. Amazon will donate 25 acres of the land to the county with the goal of developing a community arts center and indoor sports facility. Amazon will also commit to rezoning the rest of the land for mixed use and residential. In addition, Randall said Amazon will not pursue any legal action to put data centers on the site. On the final five with Jim Lokey, Loudoun County Congressman Suhas Subramanian said the residents have to come first. We shouldn't have to build power lines. through homes and schools like we're doing in Loudoun County now to power these data centers. And we should be very transparent about their impact on the community before we sign up for them. And so, you know, Loudoun County can't call us NIMBYs because we have hundreds of them now. But we're at a point now where we have way too many. The Board of Supervisors was poised to take action Tuesday night that would have paused new data center applications in the county for up to a year. A majority of supervisors are for it, but the chair pushed back the vote until November 17, saying that county staff need more time to review the legality of the proposed legislation. Now, Amazon is also providing Loudoun County with $5 million for its housing trust fund. The rezoning could take up to a year, and Board Chair Randall said that the community will be involved in the ideas and the development of what's going to come here next. Stephen Marissa. Now to this Fox 5 exclusive. Police releasing new video of a suspect vehicle in a hit and run in Springfield, Virginia earlier this month. They're searching for a white Nissan Rogue model years from 2017 through 2022 with the missing side mirror and black fender guards. Thomas Gumm was struck off Old Keen Mill Road and Backlick Road. Officials say the 44-year-old homeless man was crossing the busy roadway outside of a crosswalk and that's when he was hit by a driver who did not stop. We spoke with some of his friends. And he would bring people to me to get them IDs, health care, just general connection to food resources in the community. And he was always doing stuff like that. A friend to many. He was a defender. He watched out for every person, not just other unhoused individuals but members of the community in general description has been released the future of Flock cameras in Fairfax County in the spotlight county police say Flock cameras have helped recover more stolen cars locating missing persons and fentanyl seizures but police say they are reviewing how they use the license plate reader program county-wide in a meeting yesterday county supervisors raised concerns about privacy police revealed they have reduce the number of people who can search the license plate data. It used to be 821 people. Now that number is under 300. We, as the Fairfax County Police Department, own all the data that is collected by the cameras. We control who can see it. We control the data retention, which is also controlled by the state. The data is stored in the Amazon Web Services GovCloud, similar to many other systems that we use here in the police department. The police department adds they do not use the AI tools that allow officers to find out detailed information about individual people. The department currently operates 84 flock cameras and 714 vehicle mounted systems alongside more than 120 privately owned cameras. It is 6:05 on your Wednesday morning. Thanks for watching us live you out at National Harbor and I am loving this stretch of weather talk. Yeah, no complaints, right? A little cool in the mornings, but the sun warms things up quickly And then we'll be in the upper 60s, maybe a few spots at 70 again today. So gorgeous weather continues. It should continue right through the weekend. So we're going to have to find something to talk about. They're for the Marine Corps Marathon, though. Commander's game plan. Actually, it looks great for the marathon. It's going to be one of the coldest starts in years. Woo! Steve. Yeah. Are you doing it this year? I'm not doing it this year. I'm skipping it, and I'm not upset. But I wish all the runners the best. They're setting up all the finish lines. Let's be honest. I've done a little running, not marathons. But you want it cool. You do want it cool, but, I mean, if it's in the 30s, that's cold. Yeah, and it could very well be in the 30s there. Both weekend mornings are going to be chilly. Okay, 50 to start your morning here at Reagan National. Dulles, 51 degrees. We look great. Beautiful morning. And sun getting up in a little more than an hour, and it should be a beautiful sunrise. Again, lots of sunshine expected today. The only weather feature that we've got on the map there is a big area of low pressure east of us, well offshore. That'll continue to bring winds and some surge action to our beaches, but otherwise, we look great, and we'll continue the sunshine here and continue this beautiful week of fall weather with temperatures in the upper 60s. We were in the low 70s yesterday, so a little cooler this afternoon, 67 degrees, but another nice fall day. All right, we have one shout-out before we go off to Taylor and traffic, and we love it. We're getting started early. Fan Club doing its thing, and Tania, I hope I get your name right there, Lancaster in Washington, D.C. We've got a Happy, whoa, we've got twins. Happy 17th birthday to my twin boys, Mason and Messiah Sanders. Thank you so much. Big heart there. And happy birthday to those two twins. That's so cute. Look at that. Big smiles on their face. Okay, send us your pictures. Scan in the upper right-hand corner. Let us know what you're up to. Taylor. Thanks, Tucker. Let's get a check on the roads right now, 6 to 7 a.m., and we'll see what's happening. We have some drive times to get to right now, 95 northbound. If you're heading between Quantico and Beltway, that's going to take you around 36 minutes. I-395 taking a live look right before the 14th Street Bridge. Looking great so far on this Wednesday morning between the Beltway and the bridge. That's going to take you around 10, really 10 to 11 minutes. I-66 eastbound looking great right there. We'll keep it going. The interloop between 95 and Dulles Toll Road. That's going to take you around 12 minutes. Next up, Thanks, Taylor. Suspicious letters sent to lawmakers here in our region are part of a widening federal investigation this morning. Now another mail scare in Leesburg has brought out hazmat crews. The package in the case was deemed safe, but investigators have not said whether there is a connection. Fox 5's Maureen Umeh is here now with what we know at this hour. Maureen, good morning. Good morning. So, so far there have been two separate responses in Leesburg in two days. First, an envelope containing a suspicious substance forced the evacuation of a congressman's office on Monday. Hazmat crews were called to a mail processing facility in Leesburg yesterday. The package was deemed safe, as you said, but we still don't know whether the two incidents are connected. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue responded to the facility on the 16,000 block of Courage Court around 5 Tuesday evening. Crews examined a package for potentially hazardous materials and then deemed that it was safe. Investigators have not said who that package was addressed to or whether it has any connection to suspicious letters received by lawmakers and election offices across the country. One of those letters arrived Monday at Congressman Suhas Subramanian's district office in Leesburg. He says the envelope contained a suspicious substance and that his office was promptly evacuated. Leesburg Police, Loudoun County Fire and Rescue, Hazmat crews, and Capitol Police all responded. The congressman has called the incident an act of political intimidation. Other lawmakers in our region have also received suspicious mail, including Senator Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Steny Hoyer and Jamie Raskin. Congressman Raskin confirmed Tuesday that a letter arrived at his district office in Rockville. This week, he said this in a statement, My office in Rockville received a suspicious letter similar to those received by many of my colleagues in Maryland and across the country. I'm very grateful to our law enforcement officers for keeping my extraordinary district office staff safe. Now, the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Capitol Police, they're all investigating suspicious mailings sent to congressional and election offices nationwide. Authorities are urging recipients to treat the mailings as potentially hazardous. Now, meantime, the package at the Leesburg mailing facility was deemed safe again. Now, whether it's connected to the mailing sent to lawmakers, that remains unconfirmed. The investigation continues. Steve? Newly released video in the effort to solve a string of restaurant burglaries. We'll take a look as the police continue to search for suspects. And Fox 5 goes one-on-one with Maryland Governor Wes Moore as he campaigns for his re-election. The top issues he's focusing on as the state gets ready to start voting.