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patient at a maryland hospital fatally stabbed a patient recovering from surgery, Baltimore police said. The attack happened around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the University of maryland medical Center when the teenage patient escaped from his room, entered the room of the female patient and attacked her with an object, the Baltimore Sun reported. The woman died of her injuries Thursday, and authorities took the 15-year-old into custody, police said. Authorities didn’t say if the juvenile was charged. — Associated Press

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Another man charged in ‘sorcery’ killing

A Virginia man was charged with abduction Thursday in a case in which a fairfax County teenager was lured to a park and beaten to death last year because his alleged killers believed he was a gang member who used sorcery on a 16-year-old girl, police said friday. Two other men and the 16- year-old girl have already been charged in connection with the slaying of 16-year-old richard Hernandez Cruz, who was killed in the Hybla Valley section of fairfax County before his body was discovered on may 23. In August, police testified that Armando Dagoberto reyes reyes, 27, formerly of Alexandria, said after his arrest on murder and abduction charges that Cruz caused the girl to lose 45 pounds by casting a curse on her. “He believed the victim used sorcery or black magic to control [her], so the victim had to be ended,” fairfax County Detective John farrell told a judge. on friday, police announced another arrest in the case: Bryon Arenas Estupinian, 22, of Alexandria, who was charged with abduction. In a statement, fairfax County police said the charges were “related to the death and improper burial of a juvenile whose body was discovered in North Hill Park in may 2019.” — Justin Wm. Moyer

Officer fatally shot man in Va. Beach

An officer fatally shot a man while Virginia Beach and Norfolk police attempted to serve a felony warrant, police said. The Virginian-Pilot reported the shooting occurred about 11:25 a.m. Police said a handgun was recovered near the slain man, who was not identified. — Associated Press

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Human femur found near National Zoo

A man walking his dog Thursday morning near the National Zoo found a human femur, D.C. police said. A police report says the man made the discovery shortly before 9 a.m. in an area along rock Creek east of Connecticut Avenue in Woodley Park. The man was between the Calvert Street bridge and the zoo tunnel near Beach Drive. U.S. Park Police responded to the call because the site is under their jurisdiction. D.C. police homicide detectives took over the investigation when it was determined the bone was human. A member of the medical examiner’s office and a forensic anthropologist also responded to the scene. Police said a search of the area did not turn up additional bones. The report describes the item as an “adult right femur.” — Peter Hermann

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2 are dead in separate crashes in 2 counties

Two people are dead in crashes in Prince George’s and montgomery counties. Prince George’s County police said one person died in a crash just after midnight friday along the 6600 block of old Landover road near John Hanson Highway in the Landover area. The victim’s name was not immediately released, pending notification of family. Police said an initial investigation found that a vehicle went off old Landover road and hit a building. The driver was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police. In montgomery County, a pedestrian was killed around 12:30 p.m. Thursday near New Hampshire Avenue and mcCeney Avenue in the White oak area. montgomery County Police said an initial investigation found a 2002 To yota Camry heading south on New Hampshire Avenue was making a turn when it went off the road, hit a stop sign, went up a sidewalk and hit a pedestrian. Police said the pedestrian — David rafael Velasquez, 65, of Silver Spring — was taken to a hospital, where he died. The driver, a 17-year-old, was hospitalized with minor injuries. — Dana Hedgpeth

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down and check it out.’” C oneeney said. ‘We came before. We’ll come again.’ ” A retired Prince George’s Coun- ty e lementary school teacher, B ley said she was worried about the virus “off and on.” “We knew there wouldn’t b e the crowds of kids and people, and we came sort of early, and there wasn’t a crowd,” she said as she stood by the basin with her cane, in a white wind breaker and black pants. She said she comes every year. “It’s so nice that To m brings me down to see this,” s he said. “I came i n 1939 when I graduat- ed from high school,” she said. “This was our senior trip.... I w as 16.” Two years after that trip, she was married. Three years later, she became a mother. “I’ve had a wonderful life,” she said. “Life works out if you live long enough.” They said they believed they were safe. “We’re doing everything we can,” fisher said. “We’re eating right. We’re washing our hands. And the rest is up to God.” “A men,” said Coneeney. “This too will p ass in time.” [email protected]

Washington Post Staff Writer Justin George contributed to this story.

really.” They were also in an age group that has to be concerned about the severity of the virus, Hamilton said. “We’re moderately worried,” he said. “I don’t know how long this is going to go o n.” But the likelihood of smaller crowds was too tempting. “This has become like Times Square [on] New Year’s Eve,” he said. “People from all over the world come here. You see people from China, Japan, Australia.... You can really tell what a global phenomenon t his virus is, how it’s just really stopped everything in its tracks.” metro sought to help, closing two rail stations near the blossoms Thursday until further no- tice. Both the Smithsonian and Ar- lington Cemetery stations closed at 5 p.m. “to prevent Cherry Blos- som trips,” the metro transit police said in a tweet But Bley, fisher and Coneeney, who live in the Greenspring re- tirement community, were already there. “He is the instigator,” Bley said. “He drives.” The three are neighbors in one of the community’s buildings. “We heard that the cherry blossoms are going to be in full bloom,” fisher said. “We said, ‘Well, we gotta come

10,” she said, as they walked be- neath the b lossoms. “We come every year,” she said. “We knew it probably would not be as crowded this year. We told the kids, ‘We’re going to stay to- gether. Don’t t ouch anything.’ ” She said she was not that worried. “It’s such a beautiful time of year to be outside,” she said. “It’s amazing, a perfect day to be here. We’ve been here in he rain. We’ve been here when its been 30 de- grees. We’ve been in coats. We’ve been here when there’s been a million people and you can barely move.” The weather Thursday morning was overcast and still. rain water dripped from the pale blossoms. The cherry trees, some that may date back to the first planting in 1912, were black from the dampness. And the gray surface of the water in the basin was smooth, save for the splash of a huge fish. It was irresistible, many said. Despite the menace of the deadly virus and the dire precautions being u rged. “There’s a certain solitude about it, even with crowds,” said Hamilton Loving, 71, who with his wife, Judy, 65, stopped near the martin Luther King Jr. memorial. “People are kind o f into the beauty of the spectacle. It’s e xtraordinary,

as experts said this week that a
large percentage of virus victims
that have been hospitalized are
under 5 5.
Some tried social distancing.
Ashley Darcy-mahoney, 36, her
husband, Kevin mahoney, 35, and
their sons Jack, 4, and Connor, 2,
hit on the superb idea of using the
basin’s p addle boats.
That g ave them social d istance,
scenery and a touch of adventure,
they said, as they paused on their
journey around the Tidal Basin.
“We’re definitely worried,” said
Ashley, a nurse practitioner who
teaches at George Washington
University’s School of Nursing.
But there was no line for the
paddle boats.
“We were excited to be able to
see the cherry blossoms in a way
that enabled us to social distance
ourselves in the middle of the
Tidal Basin,” she said. “We have a
moat around us. So we felt pretty
good about it.... We had wipes to
wipe down the handle bar. We
have hand sanitizer in our pock-
ets.”
others focused on group size
limits.
Kari Bennion, 42, of Ashburn,
Va., noted that she, her husband,
Jeff, 43, and their sons Garrett, 16,
Chance, 11, and Trevor, 6, were a
group of five. “So we’re less than

Blossoms from B1

For some, cherry blossoms are worth the risk

BY JASON SAMENOW

on an unseasonably warm
friday morning, the National
Park Service announced that
Washington’s cherry blossoms at
the Tidal Basin reached an un-
usually early peak bloom.
The march 20 peak bloom is
the earliest since 2012 (when it
also occurred on march 20) and
tied for the third earliest on
record. In the Park Service’s
99-year record dating to 1921, the
only years with earlier bloom
dates were 1990 (march 15) and
2000 (march 17).
Normally, the cherry blossoms
attract 1.5 million visitors, but
much smaller numbers a re antic-

ipated this year. Because of the novel coronavirus, local officials are urging Tidal Basin visitors to maintain social distance or avoid the area altogether. A live stream of the Tidal Basin is available to see the blossoms remotely. on friday morning, as the blossoms hit peak, the live stream showed a steady flow of visitors but much lighter crowds than usual. The National Cherry Blossom festival, which runs march 20 to April 12, canceled all events in- cluding the April 4 parade. Abnormally warm weather during late winter and early spring propelled the blossoms to

the early bloom, some 11 days ahead of the 30-year average of march 31 and two weeks ahead of the longer-term (1921 to 2019) average of April 3. By definition, peak bloom oc- curs when 7 0 percent of the cherry trees are flowering. once peak bloom is reached, the blossom petals can remain for a week or so if it’s dry and winds are light. But in some years, petals have fallen off soon- er because of wind, rain or frost. This year, the best blossom viewing is probably between friday and Sunday, although breezy conditions into the weekend may result in some loss of petals. on Saturday night, there’s an out-

side chance of frost, but tempera- tures should remain above freez- ing, and the risk of damage or significant wilting is small. By Sunday night and monday, steady rain is expected, which may end the peak bloom period. Due to the unusual warmth, peak bloom occurred on the early side of predictions. The Capital Weather Gang had predicted peak bloom to occur between march 2 0 and 24 (a revision from an initial forecast of march 25 to 29). The National Park Service’s forecast for peak bloom was between march 21 and 24 (a revision from an initial forecast of march 27 to 30). [email protected]

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Trees t ie f or third-earliest peak bloom on record

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A steady stream of visitors flocked to see the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin on Thursday despite concerns about the coronavirus.

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