Loudoun deputies hunt armed suspect; Tri-state early voting ends ahead of midterms

Right now at 6, an armed man wanted after an incident near a Loudoun County high school where officials stand in the search. Plus, a business jet crashes in Florida, killing everyone on board, what we know so far in the investigation. And less than two days out from Election Day, how voters feel as early voting wraps up in the district. Fox 5 News at 6 starts right now. Developing right now at six, the search is on for a man considered armed and dangerous in Loudoun County. The investigation is still active and authorities are warning the public not to approach him. Fox 5's Regina Rita is live in Aldie with the latest on the search and what we know about the suspect. Regina. Well, Katie, we know that the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is still searching for this man considered to be armed and dangerous. Last seen here in Aldie near Conejo Way and North Star Boulevard, very close to John Champ High School. Now, just moments ago, the sheriff's office shared on social media that there was an update that because of digital evidence, it indicates that that suspect is no longer in the county, but that the investigation is still very strong and it is far from over. Take a look. This is the man authorities have been searching for. The sheriff's office identified him as 30-year-old Christian DeJesus Santiago. Law enforcement is warning the public not to approach this individual. If you see him, you are being asked to call 911. Now, according to investigators, deputies were called to the area just before noon after receiving reports of a domestic incident. The sheriff's office has not released any additional details about what exactly happened. Santiago is described as a man in his 30s last seen wearing a black baseball cap, pants and a black shirt with a ghost on the front. Again, the sheriff's office is warning the public not to approach him. He is dangerous or considered armed and dangerous. If you have seen Santiago or have any information about where he may be, authorities again are asking that you call 911. Katie. Thanks, Regina. Now out to a news alert in Florida. Business jet crash in Palm Beach County, Florida, kills everyone on board. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirming all nine people on the jet are now dead. It happened just before one this afternoon when the jet crashed into a neighborhood near Cresthaven. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Bahama-bound jet departed from Austin, Texas. Officials have not indicated if anyone on the ground was hurt as well. This is a developing story. We'll be sure to bring you more updates throughout the night. An investigation underway tonight after a juvenile boy was shot in D.C.'s Navy Yard neighborhood. Police say it happened around 1040 last night on the 1000 block of First Street Southeast. Officials have not released the age of the victim who was taken to the hospital. No word on any suspects or motive at this hour. Let's turn to the weather with a first check on the forecast. We're taking a live look across the region from our Fox 5 Skycam network on the first day of November. Quiet but chilly weather heading into election week. But Fox 5 meteorologist Jennifer Delgado says. It might be sunny skies for folks to get to the polls, at least in our area. That's right. You know, really a good chunk of the eastern U.S., the weather is going to cooperate, so they can't use the weather as an excuse not to get to the polls. And especially, we're going to be looking at temperatures in the 70s. How was your Halloween? It was wonderful and even better. We got that extra hour of sleep after staying up late, eating too much candy. Even as a new mom, you got some sleep. Parents rejoice on that one. Glad to hear that. Yeah, wonderful timing indeed. All right. Well, Oh, yesterday was the last day. We had a sunset at 5:07 p.m. super early and we're going to continue to lose minutes and we'll get up to about 4.45 sunsets as we go throughout the month of December and then by November we're going to go. Forward, we'll go back into the 5 o'clock hour and continue to add minutes to the sunset. But certainly a nice-looking day. We start off with clouds, as promised. Now, as we look ahead for tomorrow, we're going to kind of do the same thing all over again. We'll start off with the clouds. That sunshine will come back. And then the 70s are going to make a return. We'll see those Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. And then we'll get a chance for some rainfall. It's been a long time since we've had any rain. And we'll see that happening, as I said, over the next couple days ahead. But we look outside. We're at the National Harbor. Our temperature right now, 58 degrees. Our winds are calm. And today, we got to 66 degrees. That's very close to where we should be for this time of the year. As we look ahead, it's actually two degrees above average. And our low temperature was 50 degrees. We had those clouds around, and that really helped us from really bottoming out this morning. As we look at our satellite and radar right now, high pressure still blocking us from any rainfall. But we do have those clouds, and they've been rolling in all day with those easterly winds in place. Now, as we go through tonight, we're going to see a lot of clouds. The clouds will continue to build into tomorrow morning. Then by the afternoon hours, that sunshine will come back. And tomorrow, we're looking at a high of 66 degrees. That is the start of our warming trend with those 70s coming back. And then, of course, we're going to time out the rainfall and a look at next weekend's forecast. Katie, certainly a lot of people are going to be heading out early Tuesday morning. And the weather is certainly going to be cooperating for that. We'll talk more about that in just a few minutes. All right. We'll check in in just a few things. Now to a Fox 5 News alert. Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy is in the hospital after having a stroke. His office said he started experiencing numbness in his arm while he was at his son's hockey game yesterday. The 53-year-old Democrat is said to be responding well to treatment. Senator Murphy was elected to the Senate in 2012. He will not appear on the ballot on Election Day. We'll bring updates as we learn more. D.C. Councilmember Robert White says he will officially resign tomorrow. This will clear the way for him to serve as the city's next delegate to Congress. It also comes after a legal dispute over whether he can hold both jobs at the same time. An obscure federal law from 1970 says the D.C. delegate cannot hold another paid public office on the date of the election. White tells Fox 5's On the Hill his interpretation of the law was that he would have to step down on the day the votes are certified. This was a law passed before the DC Council existed, wasn't intended to apply to the DC Council, and it speaks to the date of election, which would be December 2nd. So it wasn't something I expected on the general election day, but I want to remove any doubt or concern from residents, and so I'm going to resign on Monday. White is expected to deliver remarks about his resignation tomorrow afternoon outside the Wilson building. The D.C. Democratic Party will select an interim replacement who will serve until a special election can be held. Again, all eyes on D.C. tonight. Less than 48 hours out from Election Day. Candidates across the country and the president are making that final pitch to voters as we speak. Let's get live out to our Sydney Pershing in Northwest, where early voting is just about to wrap up there. Hey, Sydney. Hi, Katie. Yeah, so voters here in the district have about 53 minutes left if they still want to vote early. We saw a couple of folks out here dropping off their mail-in ballots. No long lines, though, so it certainly looks like most folks got that out of the way or they're planning to cast their ballots on Tuesday. And certainly we have a number of local races we are watching closely. But really, as you mentioned, all eyes are on Washington now as the balance of power in Congress is up for grabs. So just some quick context for you as we look ahead there on Tuesday. We know the polls have widely favored Democrats to retake control of the House. The Senate polling there is a little less decisive. Republicans, though, have pushed back, arguing they are almost always underrepresented in polling. We know there are a handful of very tight races in battleground states, some traditionally ruby red districts now up for grabs. This is the most expensive election cycle, by the way, to date, even surpassing presidential elections, with ad spending reaching more than $11 billion. And affordability, by all accounts, that appears to be the top issue. issues for voters. That was something we heard loud and clear today on the ground. In fact, we met one man who said he doesn't even usually vote in midterms. I usually do vote for the main election, but it was important to come out today because We're having a hard time making ends meet. We've been having a hard time making ends meet just because everything has exploded in price. I'm a single parent, and it was really difficult at one point to find a two-bedroom place that was affordable because we didn't have two income generators. But I think affordable housing is very important. This is really again the home stretch for candidates tonight. We know the president is campaigning in Iowa and Kansas. He had initially canceled those rallies you might remember instead was going to attend virtually but then reversed course and the president when he got off Air Force One tonight in Iowa he signaled that he's actually going to make a closing pitch of the midterms here at home at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool of all places. Just just to show how beautiful it is it's been finished it was vandalized badly. We have cameras all over the place now for the vandals, but we're going to be holding, I don't know, we might hold it tomorrow or something. The president there again saying without evidence, the reflecting pool was damaged. by vandalism. And one more note, I spoke tonight with a security expert. He's a retired FBI agent just looking ahead to security on Tuesday. He said he expects everything to run very smoothly and very safely. You'll hear more from him later tonight, but he did want to make a point to all of our viewers that if you do on the off chance see something that feels intimidating or feels unusual when you go out to vote on Tuesday, just go ahead and report that to a poll worker. He said they are always trained how to handle those situations. Katie. All right. Thanks, Sydney. Meantime, a stunning and sudden endorsement in the Michigan Senate race today, Democratic candidate Abdul Al-Sayed's former opponent, Haley Stevens, announcing that she is backing Republican Mike Rogers. She recently called out Al-Sayed's position on Israel. His campaign asked Stevens to stay away from a planned rally. This tight Senate race is one of many that will determine which party controls the Senate. And the economy is center stage in that fight for the control of Congress. The numbers are a mixed picture. The economy grew at a 3.4 percent rate in the third quarter, but many people say they're still feeling the squeeze. Inflation is still up and consumers are facing high prices at the gas pump and the grocery store. But if the GOP loses the congressional majority over the economy, experts say the Democrats will face immediate pressure to deliver results. You could call it the affordability election. You know, inflation, top of mind. You mentioned those economic growth numbers and the inflation numbers. It's a bit of a paradox. You have high gas prices, high food prices, in other words, high inflation. And yet you have growth at the same time. A Pew Research Group poll found 84% of registered voters say that the economy is very important to their midterm vote. And remember, we're going to have Election Day coverage all day on Tuesday for you, but our special coverage begins at 7 p.m. on Fox 5 and Fox Local.