FOX 5 News at 11: October 22, 2026

News at 11. Another monument vandalized. This time the Iwo Jima statue, what police say they discovered in the suspect's hand when they responded. Plus, one of Virginia's most powerful Democrats indicted. The major accusations, the latest reactions, and what's next in the federal case out of the Commonwealth. An outrage at a local high school after a student is robbed at knife point inside a bathroom. How parents are reacting tonight. Fox 5 News at 11 starts now. Breaking news right now at 11 out of Arlington. Shots fired on the same block where a man was shot last night. This is a live look at tonight's scene on the 2400 block of South Lowell Street. Police were called out around 9.30 p.m. after neighbors heard gunfire. So far, no injuries reported, but there is damage to several cars and a home. Detectives are trying to determine if this is related to last night's shooting that injured a man. That victim is in stable condition. Stay with Fox 5 for the latest. New details in a sledgehammer attack on a prominent monument outside Marine Corps Base Quantico. A man in custody tonight accused of vandalizing the Iwo Jima statue last night, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. Fox 5's Joshua Zinthal is in Quantico with the latest. This statue is meant to honor Marines who've given their lives to this country. But now, take a look. A soldier missing his head. And there's damage on the other side of the statue as well. It's a terrible thing. You know, this is a hugely important statue to our service members, to our veterans, particularly to our Marines. According to Prince William County Police, this man, Miguel Soriano, is responsible. They tell us officers responded here to the intersection of Richmond Highway and Fuller Road a little after 10 p.m. Wednesday night. We're told the officers found Soriano on top of the statue, sledgehammer in hand. He's accused of knocking the head off one of the soldiers. There are gouge marks elsewhere on the statue. And police said another one of the soldiers is missing the bayonet from his gun. They say at this point they aren't sure why Soriano did this and that he's given them multiple contradictory statements. Damage is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. I want you to hear from two people we met out at the statue Thursday. One says her dad fought in the Army in World War II and her husband served in the Marines. The other, who you'll hear from first, is the art curator of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, which is just up the road. It's really devastating. I don't know what else to say. I mean, our responsibility is to try to preserve the history of the Marine Corps. And you see something like this, and it's just a blow to your gut. This is un-American. To me, this is terrorism. It's like they blew up something on the base. This is a slap against America. Police say that the suspect, Soriano, is being held without bond. Fox News reports that he's in the country illegally. The Commonwealth reacting tonight to the indictment of Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas, a longtime and powerful Democratic lawmaker accused of helping operate a multimillion-dollar criminal enterprise. Today, the Justice Department unveiled that indictment, accusing her of drug trafficking, money laundering, and wire fraud. The indictment also accuses family members that involved FBI raids at cannabis businesses connected to Lucas. In May, the feds executed search warrants and court-ordered wiretaps. During her time as Virginia State Senator, instead of enforcing the law, she was actually breaking the law, as alleged in the indictment, and then using her position of power and public trust to deflect and defend against her own criminal enterprise. Truly the epitome of hypocrisy for a public official. Lucas denies any wrongdoing. The vocal Trump critic released a statement saying, I grew up under Jim Crow. I've seen what happens when people in power try to silence those who stand up to them. I spent my life fighting back, and I'm not stopping now. The state Senate majority leader questioned the timing of the indictment. I think a lot of people have questions about the Trump administration. They indict people for throwing sandwiches at people and for picking paint chips off the floor of the reflecting pool, but they pardon people that assault federal law enforcement officers with hockey sticks and flagpoles and bear spray. So, you know, this office just doesn't seem to be a credible office. The 82-year-old state senator will remain free. Arraignment is scheduled for November 16th in Newport News. Lucas is expected to formally enter a plea. A retrial possible for D.C. Councilman Trayon White. The U.S. attorney for the district, Janine Pirro, says prosecutors will try to make a bribery case again after a mistrial last month. Pirro says the government has video showing cash being handed to White as part of a $156,000 bribery scheme. White, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, has asked the judge to toss the case. Let's turn our attention to the weather here at 11. A live look now at National Harbor from our Fox 5 Sky Cam. Sounds like a broken record. Another picture-perfect fall day, but a bit of a cool down is on the way. Did that rhyme, Mike Thomas? It felt like it did. Yes, it did, Kenneth. Yes, it did, Kenneth. Yes, it did. You know what I mean? Because I'm a broken record. Yeah, but we get to hear your voice, so it's okay. Right, that works. We're doing those cheesy jokes. That's how quiet the weather is across the D.C. region here. Yeah, look, it has been a week of just perfect fall weather. Cool mornings, nice, pleasant afternoons, and just ample sunshine. I've barely seen a cloud go by all week long, and that's probably going to continue right through the upcoming weekend. That is how kind of intense this area of high pressure is that's come down from Canada. Under high pressure, you get sinking air that prevents cloud cover, and that's what we're seeing across not just the D.C. area, much of the northeast, much of the Midwest, the Great Lakes region, all dealing with what we're dealing with. 70 degrees, 45-degree low temperature this morning, so sweater weather to start. Nice, pleasant finish this afternoon. The big difference over the next couple of days, slightly cooler temperatures, some colder nights ahead but as mentioned just a moment ago that sunshine expected to continue live look outside at the National Harbor camera they're not far from where that shot is being taken Reagan National Airport sits where the current temperature is 53, Dulles down in the 50 BWI, Joint Base Andrews 46 and already have a lot of suburbs down in those 40s tonight including Beltsville down in the 43, Bowie 44, Germantown at 46, West Springfield 45, La Plata still hanging on the 50 degrees, Colonial Beach 46, Montross 43, Leonardtown. I think you actually came up one degree. You were at 43 last hour. You're up 44 right now. As we take a look at overnight lows, some of these I think are a little off. You see, like, Leonardtown, 50. Nope, they're already well down into the 40s. I've got to drop that number. 40s and even upper 30s possible in the mountain zones out to the west. Skies are clear. Josephine basically gone. Quiet conditions taking over ahead of your weekend. So high pressure in control for tomorrow. There's your planner. Sunshine continues. Have the sweaters handy, though. You'll likely need them for, I'd say, much of the day, with highs only in the lower 60s. Kenneth? All right, Mike, thank you. See you in a bit. New tonight, parents and students reacting to a knife point robbery inside a high school bathroom in Prince George's County. Fox 5's Shamari Stone is at Bowie High tonight with the latest on the investigation. Tonight, some students and parents tell me that they are upset that this happened. Other students saying that they're concerned about safety. Tonight, one Bowie High School student is in jail being charged as an adult. Police tell me the two Bowie High School students walk up to another student in a bathroom on campus around 12:30 this afternoon. One of the two suspects allegedly pulls out a knife, demands the teen's cell phone, and forces him to transfer money. After the alleged robbery, the student tells a school resource officer what happened, and police arrest one student, and the other has not been arrested as this investigation continues. Officers removed both suspects from campus. Tonight, we talked to a student with his father's permission, and you'll also hear from a concerned mother who does not want to be identified. It's really unsettling, and it's unfortunate for the kid who was a witness to that. As a parent, how are you feeling tonight about this? concerned concerned and prayerful for all of our children yeah that's my my deepest like my honest response right now um my heart is heavy tonight the principal sending a letter home to parents saying in part quote the safety and well-being of our students remain our top priority no students or staff were harmed in this incident we are working closely with local law enforcement and the PGCPS security services team to ensure a safe and secure learning environment. Police have not released the names of the two teenage suspects. Meanwhile, detectives say that today's robbery is not connected to a separate alleged robbery that happened on October 8th near Bowie High School. Both cases are still under investigation. I'm Shamari Stone. Back to you. Four people detained in the North Bethesda shooting that locked down schools have been released. Police say they were victims, not suspects, as they continue to hunt for the gunman. The shooting happened just after noon yesterday on Rockless Drive and triggered lockdowns at seven nearby schools. Police say the gunman shot at a group of four people, then ran away. Officers detained three teen boys and a man based on witness descriptions, but later determined they did nothing wrong. A D.C. man has been charged in connection with a deadly 2024 overdose. Anthony Winslow was arrested yesterday. He's accused of supplying the fentanyl that killed 20-year-old John Hargreaves, Winslow allegedly also drove to a fire station with the victim's body in the passenger seat. I think anybody needs to understand that we're serious about this. And you can't just sell a pill and think that at most you're gonna get charged for possession or sale. We're gonna charge you with something equivalent to a homicide if we can make the connection. And you see behind me people who are determined, we worked on this case for two years to make sure that we can prove that connection and we will prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. Winslow is now charged with unlawful fentanyl distribution resulting in death. Arrest tonight for two Landover murders. Police say two of the four men charged connected to both deadly shootings. The first happened in October of 2024 on Old Landover Road. 18-year-old Keshawn Pollard died at the scene. Nine days later, Treshawn Sparrow Bay was killed along Attlee Drive. say these are two separate shootings. The first was part of a dispute. No word of a motive for the other. An update on the Prince George's County grant controversy tonight. Executive Aisha Braveboy says $7.6 million has been returned by the Edward Charles Foundation. The money was meant for the non-profit community on the front lines to serve people in need, but questions remain about the grant's approval and the foundation's ties to the council chair. The county expects another $5 million back soon. Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar attacking the Trump administration tonight after a D.C. home was raided by federal agents. Investigators are looking into whether Omar and her family lied on immigration paperwork when they arrived in the U.S. in 1995. Omar denies any wrongdoing and says the probe against her is politically motivated. There are also allegations she married her brother to help him become a citizen, which she calls a conspiracy theory started by Somali blog. Somebody put in there that, you know, that he had to have been my brother or something to that effect. You were not related to him at all. There's not some weird kernel of truth that she was something. Not to my knowledge. The congresswoman says she's planning to move out of the D.C. home that was raided, saying she no longer feels safe there. A Fox 5 health alert tonight. A new mutation of the flu virus is raising concerns as the season gets an unusual early start across the U.S. Health experts say the changes could make it harder for some people, especially younger people, to have immunity. Doctors are urging everyone six months and older to get a flu shot, saying it can help prevent serious illness. There's a certain marker on some of the most common virus types that one of the six cells that the body attacks it might not work as well against. That's only lab data, so we'll have to see. But right now, what's clear is flu vaccine works. Last year, about 32 million Americans had the flu. 390,000 were hospitalized and 24,000 died. When we come back here at 11, an update tonight on the president's arch at Memorial Circle, as construction may be getting underway sooner. than expected. Stay with us. The State Department is telling some diplomats and their families to leave Saudi Arabia and plans to do the same in other countries in the region. The New York Times reports the U.S. and Israel have drawn up potential plans to hit Iran hard after the midterm elections. The U.S. now has about 20 ships in the Middle East, and a third aircraft carrier strike group is expected to arrive in early November. When the United States was flying wing to wing with the Israelis, that's actually when the president had the most support here at home too, because you could see the military competency and what the United States military was able to do. We've got our military strikes warmed up in the bullpen ready to go if we need to. Iran has warned that any new attacks from the U.S. or Israel will be met with devastating strikes. New diplomatic efforts to try to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. President Trump's special envoy met with Russian President Vladimir Putin after talks with Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Norway. Putin claimed he wants new talks but just hours later unleashed a massive attack on Ukraine's capital the American administration is doing a lot to help a peaceful settlement this is all set up very well could could we have peace day after tomorrow no but we could have for the first time a break in this log Zelensky says he's open to a ceasefire deal that freezes territory at the current front lines of the fighting thousands of protesters are back on the streets of Paris a court overturned a ban on demonstrations. Protests demanding school reforms turned violent last week. Today's demonstrations were peaceful. Curfews are still in place. More than 2,400 people were arrested last weekend. Another demonstration is planned for Saturday. Meantime, safety concerns are canceling NFL events ahead of the league's first ever game in Paris this weekend. The Pittsburgh Steelers have decided to nix their scheduled Steelers House fan event in the city's Bastille neighborhood. Despite this, the NFL is pushing forward, confirming its own official fan events and Sunday's game against the Saints are still on. Construction on President Trump's 250-foot arch could begin as early as two weeks from today. The Washington Post reports federal officials filed court documents stating work could start immediately on the project at Memorial Circle, following a key vote by the National Capital Planning Commission next month. Lawsuits from veterans groups and local advocates are trying to stop or relocate the controversial project. New video tonight of the president's ballroom project. It was shared by a White House deputy chief of staff showing an overhead view of the East Wing construction. This project has also faced legal challenges, but the Supreme Court allowed it to continue in August. Let's turn our attention back to this weather here, a live look at the White House from our Fox 5 Sky Cam. I want to address something with Mike Thomas here. Oh, please address whatever you'd like. You really haven't had much to talk about this week. You're still important. I want you to know that. I feel like I need to give you that boost, that affirmation. You too, Kenneth. But you seem sad. You're like, there's no clouds in the sky. As I tell people, if I wanted to be a weather guy that did this, I'd work in Arizona or, you know, California. You want the action. Right. We like a little action. Now, the fun action, not anything that causes any sort of destruction or anything like that. But it's fun to be able to at least change the forecast a little bit around. Right. This has been Groundhog Day. Sunshine, mild afternoons, Cool mornings. We've been stuck in this pattern all week, and the only reason why I'm like, oh, here we go, is because it looks like much of next week is going to be about the same here. If you're loving the weather, then you're loving the forecast. Week does wrap up just a little bit cooler, but that headline probably makes it seem a little bit more dramatic than it will be. We're talking lower 60s instead of upper 60s. We're talking overnights in the 30s instead of the 40s in some of our suburbs. but a lot of what we should be doing, again, during the second half of October here. Live look outside. Beautiful shot. Love this shot from our Skycam network. Beautiful view of the city. 53 degrees now, Reagan National Airport. Nice and clear once again. Barely seeing the cloud go by the sensor all week here in Washington, D.C. Down to 45 is what they are in Gaithersburg. 50, Dulles. 55, Martinsburg. 50 for Cumberland. Culpeper at 42. Manassas, 41. London Town, Fredericksburg. We're checking in at 44 in Annapolis, though 10 degrees warmer there at 54 degrees. There it is. Look how quiet we are across really the whole East Coast and then heading back to the Midwest, the Great Lakes, this region. Big zone of high pressure. I'll show it to you in just a moment. That's just not moving, and it probably won't move for much of next week either. We're tracking all week that tropical cyclone that was off the coast, or subtropical cyclone, I should say. We explained that it's all about whether or not the storm is warm core or what meaning it's warm throughout. I won't get too technical with you. Anyway, it's no longer a tropical storm here. It's working its way to the north and east subtropical system, and I'll just show it to you on Futurecast here. Racing away to the north and east, leaving us alone, and this will dominate the weather pattern for the, in the short term, foreseeable future here. Notice how it just kind of gets stuck and sits across the northeast. And I'm now running it all the way out through Sunday night. And it's likely going to get reinforced as we get into early next week. So that means for you, these pleasant conditions are going to continue. Bus stop tomorrow morning. Kids will want the sweater. 51 D.C. by sunrise. That's 7:26 in the morning. We'll likely be in the 40s briefly here in Washington. But for bus stop time, a lot of 40s out in the suburbs. After school, about 65 degrees. Not a bad day. I mean, plentiful sunshine, light winds, that'll make things feel good. Sunsets bright and early on your Friday at 6:19 p.m. Heading into your weekend, cool kind of start there at 62 on your Saturday. And then by Sunday, we're back to about 65 degrees in the afternoon. Both days, count your clouds because you probably won't be counting many of them with plentiful sunshine and those temperatures in the low to middle 60s. Now let's jump ahead. We're going to head into next week. This is this upcoming Tuesday. This red circle you see right here is a high pressure, and we're going to let this run through your Tuesday, your Wednesday, your Thursday. It's still hanging out. It does get to the north and east eventually, but then it gets reinforced by yet another one as we work our way into next Saturday. That's the noon hour, so right now, Halloween outlook, and this is, again, next Saturday, Halloween Saturday. Still looking pretty good here in Washington. Finally, though, some moisture gathering to the south. And sometime between November 1st and November 3rd, models are starting to suggest that we'll have to deal with our next rain event. But we could possibly go through the rest of October without a drop of rain here in Washington. So we'll watch that for you. Otherwise, I'm sure you're loving seven days like this. A little cooler the next few days, but we're back right around 70 with sunshine continuing and then mixing in some clouds as we head into next week. Kenneth? All right, Mike, thank you. Some new technology to help people stay safe from gators and crocs. A South Florida startup is developing a croc alarm. It's an AI-powered sonar system designed to detect alligators and crocodiles underwater. The device would use green and red lights to signal a threat while sending alerts to nearby residents and property owners. This is still in development. No word when a prototype will be released. After the break, early voting getting underway today in Maryland. We'll tell you what you need to know if you plan on heading to the polls. for Election Day. We're back with newly released images tonight in the search for two suspected thieves accused of targeting data center construction sites in Culpeper County. The sheriff's office says over the past month, the pair has hit the site of Germanna Highway three separate times. They allegedly stole more than $200,000 worth of copper piping and a large amount of power tools. All in the county is suing the Trump administration to block federal law enforcement from polling places. Officials argue this is an illegal effort to intimidate voters and is costing taxpayers. DHS claims ICE is not targeting polling places, but agents could make arrests if a public safety threat endangers a polling location. Early voting is now underway in Maryland ahead of the midterm elections on November 3rd. At stake this year, all eight House seats in Congress, as well as Governor and Attorney General. There's also question three, which would allow partisan redistricting for congressional seats. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through October 29th. The University of Maryland's men's basketball is bringing back a piece of championship history. The Terps will wear replicas of their 2002 national title uniforms for three home games this season as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first and only national championship. The season begins November 2nd against Bucknell. A special celebration tonight for the legendary Kramer's Bookstore and Restaurant is celebrating 50 years. The event brought together community leaders and longtime patrons to honor the bookstore's rich history and impact on the district. It was founded in 1976 in the heart of DuPont Circle. Since then, it has served as a gathering place for readers and writers. When we come back, the force is strong with this one. R2-D2 called in to save the day. You'll see how it all unfolded after the break. High-tech help making a big difference for one very lucky kitten in West Valley City, Utah. A public works crew rescued a kitten trapped inside a drain pipe with help from a remote control crawler nicknamed R2-D2. The crew's first try using a camera to find the cat.