Search for murder suspect after Wheaton stabbing

Good morning, I'm Jacqueline Matter. It is 4 a.m. on this Tuesday, November 10th. Thanks for starting your morning with us right here on Fox 5 and streaming on Fox Local. Here's what's happening today. A local college student and her mother being held by immigration officials. What we've learned about how and where they were detained. Plus a Fox 5 exclusive. The family of a mother and her young child killed by an alleged drunk driver speaking out to keep their memories We'll be right back. And a federal judge weighing in on a DOJ lawsuit challenging a gun law in Montgomery County. Your news at four starts right now. Good morning. Thanks for joining us on this Tuesday. Glad to have you here with us. We've got Cesar Cornejo joining us as well this morning and a chilly start to the day today. It definitely is. It certainly is a chilly start to the day, Jacqueline. And the good thing is, though, we're not dealing with as much winds as yesterday. So that's going to be the big win is the minusing of the winds. Right. So, yeah, less winds going on for us. Good thing is, as well, we're still going to see plenty of sunshine. So again, yeah, we have... Clear skies that have allowed us to cool down overnight, allowing all of the warmth that we gained yesterday to, of course, return back out to space. But now, as we continue to see, of course, the later morning hours, more of that sunshine, also winds slightly out of the southwest as well. Well, we could see temperatures back into the mid to upper 60s. So, yes, it is going to be one of the. Last warm days here of the week. Why is that? Well, we have that storm system making its way through, bringing in much chillier conditions. We'll talk about that and how that impacts our weekend here coming up in just a couple of minutes. Jacqueline. Cesar, we'll talk to you then. Thank you. Let's get to our top story this hour. A man accused of firing shots at several locations in North Arlington is expected in court this morning for a bond hearing. Our Maureen Umeh, live outside of the courthouse with the latest developments. That's right. So that bond hearing starts at nine o'clock here at the Arlington General District Courthouse. The suspect is being held, as you said, in custody. Police investigate what they say is an isolated incident. Let's take you back to what exactly happened here. Police say reports of gunfire came from four locations here in North Arlington late Friday night and early Saturday morning. Investigators say they connected the incidents to 39-year-old Eric Joseph Schaefer. He was arrested Saturday during a traffic stop. Schaefer faces six misdemeanor charges. They include Three counts of reckless handling of a firearm and three counts of discharging a firearm in a public place. Police say no one was injured and they found no indication of an ongoing threat to the community. But they do believe the incident stemmed from a dispute between Schaefer and someone that he knows. Again, the bond hearing is scheduled for nine o'clock this morning here in the courthouse and we'll be following those developments and bringing you the details. But again, this man of police saying firing these shots in several locations, putting a lot of people in danger. Luckily, again, no one injured, but he is in court today facing these charges. We'll bring you the updates as we get them. Back to you. Maureen, thank you. Let's get now to a heartbreaking Fox 5 exclusive. We're hearing from the family of a mother and her three-year-old daughter that were killed in a crash involving an alleged drunk driver in Stafford County. Virginia State Police say 25-year-old Malik Thomas of Fredericksburg, an active-duty Marine, was driving northbound on I-95 while intoxicated when he crashed into the family's vehicle early Friday morning. 27-year-old Dana Palacios, her fiancé, and her daughter Ruby were inside. Trying to stay strong for my mom, because I know my mom, she's not doing well. Hello. She lost her daughter and granddaughter. Dana's fiance remains in the hospital now in stable condition. Authorities say that Malik Thomas had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. He is currently being held behind bars. A Virginia man facing charges after he allegedly tried to enter a D.C. synagogue while he was armed. Police say that a security guard at the Washington Hebrew Congregation used a metal detector wand to stop 32-year-old Tyler Finn of Lynchburg. Police say that Finn was carrying an unregistered loaded handgun. According to court documents, Finn claimed that he brought the weapon for safety reasons. That individual was prevented from committing what could have been a mass atrocity. But here's where the system is still broken. It's still broken when an individual, for whatever reason, and we haven't confirmed the motive for why this individual was packing so much heat. The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington now urging the community to remain vigilant. Finn faces several gun charges. Happening today, the Montgomery County Council expected to vote on futures of a decades-old incinerator. The council will decide between keeping the Dickerson incinerator or finding an out-of-county alternative. Supporters who want to shut it down point to air pollution and environmental concerns. Those who want to keep it open are raising questions about the impacts of sending more trash to landfills. There's also a cost issue with possible trash Cash charge increases of $55. 4.05 this morning. Let's get you out the door and take our first live look out across D.C. this morning as we get the day started on this Tuesday. And chilly, you're going to need to coat some layers as you head out the door this morning. Well, Jacqueline, that's exactly what we have to deal with, right? It's one of those days where we deal with layers in the morning and then we peel them off by the afternoon because, again, temperatures are going to be back in towards those upper 60s. So if you want to sit outside, enjoy some of the sunshine, well, today is going to be the best day for that. Of course, right now it's not as comfortable because we're seeing temperatures mostly hanging around in those mid to low 40s, even some upper 30s still going around for a lot of us. You can see Washington, D.C. is the warmest spot at the moment at 45, continuing to see a lot of 30s throughout parts of the suburbs as well. So something to certainly keep in mind throughout this, well, throughout the morning hours. But one good thing is, though, we have plenty of high pressure that's going to allow us to have. Tons of sunshine out there, and it's actually going to allow for some warmer air as well to move on in. Look at that. Most of us are seeing temperature winds out of the south paired with that sunshine. And, yeah, we're going to be back into the parts of the 70s, upper 60s. So not a bad day at all. But, hey, like I mentioned, we are going to cool down. So we're going to talk about just how long this little warm stretch is going to last. And when do we cool down here at 4:15, so I'll have that and more coming up. Jacqueline. Cesar, thank you. Taking a look at traffic right now. we cool There is a crash on 29 southbound this morning in the Laurel area. The roads there closed due to the crash at Johns Hopkins Road, down so there is some police direction. Keep that in mind if you are headed through that area this morning. here Other than that, no real issues. Just your basic drive times across the region. at 4 p.m.? Well, University of Maryland freshman and her mother detained by ICE after reporting for a check-in. Maria Flores Garcia was the 2026 valedictorian at Parkdale High School in Prince George's County. She's studying public health at UMD on a scholarship. Garcia's boyfriend says she went with her mother to an immigration check-in last week in Baltimore and both were detained. ICE has not responded to our request for comment, but we did hear back from the The University of Maryland, and they said that they. They are, quote, aware that one of our students was taken into custody off campus by immigration enforcement officials last week. They went on to say that our thoughts are with our student and their family and friends, and we're working to provide resources when possible and appropriate. Coming up at 4.30, we'll hear from Garcia's boyfriend on the situation. The murder trial of Naresh Bhat could head to the jury this week. The defense now resting its case as of yesterday. Bhat is accused of killing his wife, Mamta Kafle. He took the stand for a final time yesterday. Last week, he testified that he cut up his wife's body after he found her dead from suicide. Bhat claims that he panicked and disposed of her body because he feared he would be blamed. Because, you know, like I wasn't very kind with her. I was unkind and then that is the one situation lead her to suicide. That's why I feel like, you know, one way or the other, I was one of the factor lead to suicide. Do you regret that? A lot. On Monday, a forensic psychologist called by the defense testified that Bhat likely suffers from PTSD. Well, the search is on to find a murder suspect in Montgomery County. 34-year-old Ibrahim Diabate is accused of attacking Christopher Schuyler a week ago on Elkin Street in Wheaton. Investigators say the suspect stabbed the victim several times. Still no word on a motive. Still unclear whether back-to-back security scares outside of the White House could be connected. Both of those happened yesterday near Lafayette Park within minutes of each other. A car crashed onto the sidewalk near 16th and 8th Streets, and then another person jumped a security barricade near the northwest corner of the park. Both people involved were arrested. The driver of the car had to be tackled. They tried hitting the windows. The guy wouldn't get out. Eventually, somehow they got the door popped open. And when they did, he went to fight them. Like he was throwing his arms, went down on the ground. They end up having to pick him up by like his arms, his legs and move him over to the ground. The White House was temporarily locked down as the bomb squad cleared the car. An Arizona man facing charges after he allegedly crashed into a DWI officer's cruiser in Fairfax County and then was arrested for DWI himself. This happened on Sunday morning heading southbound on I-95. Police say Pedro Jacome slammed into an unoccupied marked cruiser that had its emergency lights fully activated. The officer was out of the vehicle conducting a traffic stop and was not hurt. Both police and a sober ride program say this is a reminder that everyone should remember the dangers of driving under the influence. Every single drunk driving crash, fatality, injury, and arrest is 100% preventable. When you have somebody crashing into the back of a lit cruiser is even more telling of how impaired somebody is on our shared roadways. The Washington Regional Alcohol Program gives free rides to would-be impaired drivers on some holidays. A federal judge rejecting a Department of Justice lawsuit challenging a new Montgomery County law banning guns in certain places. That lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice, which means that it cannot be refiled. The law makes it illegal for people to carry within 100 yards of sensitive public places like schools, parks, houses of worship, and courthouses. The county is still facing another lawsuit from a Silver Spring Jewish center. The California billionaire tax has failed. Voters rejecting Proposition 40, which aimed to impose a one-time 5 percent tax on California's billionaires, with 52 percent of the state voting no. That money would have been used to backfill federal funding cuts to health care and then support education and food assistance programs. The tax would have targeted about 200 Californians with a net worth over a billion dollars. Critics argued that it would drive wealth out of the state. Still to come this morning here at 4, the new push in Congress to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. It comes as President Trump says the war in Iran is effectively over. In a Fox 5 exclusive this morning, new misconduct claims against a Virginia doctor at the center of an escaped killer controversy.