morning, the dramatic arrest of the atlanta mass shooting suspect how police tracked him down to a pool house and why the suspect's mother says he opened fire at the medical office. was vladimir putin targeted for assassination. what we're learning about this apparent drone strike at the kremlin in the heart of moscow and the new airstrikes in ukraine overnight. the disturbing video. a man believed to be homeless dies after being placed in a chokehold on the new york city subway. why the man who pinned him down was not arrested. developing story just days before the kentucky derby, the deaths of multiple horses

connected to churchill downs, the racetrack is now saying, plus a new role for michelle obama launching a new company and a mystery in the woods of new jersey, who dumped hundreds of pounds of pasta near a stream. and why. from abc new in new york. this is america this morning.'m andrew denber. good morning to you. i'm marie in an alley. we want to begin with the latest mass shooting in america, this one at a doctor's office suspect accused of shooting five women is now in custody after an hours long manhunt around atlanta, and we are now learning more about a possible motive for the attack. the manhunt for a suspected atlanta gunmen came to a dramatic end eight hours after he allegedly opened fire inside a doctor's office. he will be charged and stand trial for his crimes. a major police presence descended on midtown atlanta yesterday as people evacuated the area, including dr timothy

simon, who was in surgery, one floor above where the shots were fired. some policemen outside saying, you know, come out with your hands up and hold your hands up to make sure that i was not a shooter, and then they brought me out and then they escorted us all down the stairs, police say 24 year old dion paterson shot five women inside the waiting room of a medical practice, killing a 39 year old. four others were hospitalized, some in critical condition. the active shooter person shot the search efforts expanded after paterson allegedly a driver. police later arrested him inside a gated condo complex in cobb county about 18 miles away. a neighbor tells our atlanta station wsb. she had a hunch and suggested to police. they searched the pool house that are complex where they later found paterson. police declined to discuss a possible motive. but patterson's mother said her son

was upset over a medication mix up, saying he wanted the drug at a van to deal with anxiety and depression. but she says the v a would not give it to him. patterson had served time in the coast guard until his discharge in january. the 39 year old victim has been identified as amy st pierre and employee of the cdc. three other victims were in intensive care last night, turning to the economy, the stability of another regional bank has come into question shares and pac west bank lost more than half their value late yesterday after bloomberg reported the bank was exploring a possible sale. pacwest faces many of the same concerns that recently brought down three other regional banks . the company has reported about $44 billion in assets. one of the concerns rising interest rates, the federal reserve increased rates by another quarter point yesterday, hoping to further bring down inflation . fed chair j. powell says future rate hikes maybe paused if prices continue to come down. overseas more questions than answers this morning after an apparent drone strike on the

kremlin in moscow. the russians claim it was ukraine targeting vladimir putin, but military analysts are not convinced abc is justin finch is here now with mark justin. good morning. brianna and good morning. the kremlin claims it was an assassination attempt on vladimir putin and overnight new airstrikes in ukraine as well. early this morning. air raid sirens blared throughout ukraine's capital key for more than three hours, authorities saying russia launched a complex airstrike with drones and missiles, but no casualties were reported overnight. it comes after russia claimed it stopped the drone strike on the kremlin in the heart of moscow. what it claims was an unsuccessful assassination attempt on president putin, who was not in the kremlin at the time. this is the first time that the war has been brought home to moscow. video posted by russian state media shows the first drone yesterday morning smashing into the senate palace tome 16. minutes later, a second drone

explodes as it approaches the russian flag. in fact, this does turn out to be ukrainian attack . it likely was not an assassination attempt the amount of ordinance the explosive on those drones is too small. they wanted the symbolic the victory of attacking the kremlin comes to who's responsible. experts say there are several possibilities resistance group within russia, so called false flag operation by putin's government to justify more attacks on ukraine or a warning shot from ukrainian forces. which president zelinsky fiercely denied yesterday. we don't attack putin or moscow. fight on on our territory in washington after a closed door briefing with the director of the cia, senator mark warner, said there's no indication yet that ukraine is behind the drone strike the committee expressed. you know, whatever intel we get and we need to hear it as soon as possible from from the agency

director. meanwhile as ukraine prepares for a possible frame counter offensive, the bite administration today is announcing another30 milon in military aide andrew all right, justin. thank you. serbia's president says he plans to crack down on gun ownership after a deadly school shooting first in that country. police say a 13 year old killed eight of his classmates and a security guard then surrendered. they say he was armed with two guns legally owned by his father. police have arrested his parents . serbia's president is now proposing a moratorium on new gun permits, and he wants to criminally charge. anyone who teaches miners how to use guns back in this country. the medical examiner has completed the official autopsy on tyree nichols, who was brutally beaten by memphis police during a traffic stop, the district attorney says nichols died of brain injuries from blunt force trauma. the results also show his blood alcohol level was well below the legal limit to drive. police were heard, saying

nichols was quote high as a kite . but the autopsy autopsy showed only a trace amount of marijuana in his system. five officers involved in that arrest are now charged with murder. next the chokehold death on a new york subway train and a warning this video can be hard to watch, witnesses say jordan neely, who was believed to be homeless was threatening other subway passengers when a marine veteran placed him in a chokehold. neely later died at the hospital, where his death was ruled a homicide by compression to his neck. the man who pinned nearly down was questioned and then released. protesters gathered yesterday demanding an arrest. because what people are constantly given is this narrative that whole people are dangerous. people think that they can take matters into their own hands. transit police officers and i responded to many jobs where you had a passenger assistance someone and so we cannot just blakely said. blanketly say what a passenger shooters should not do this situation like that. we should allow the investigation to take

his course, nearly often performed as michael jackson and records show he was arrested more than 40 times on the subway. the d a. is now investigating. federal agents say cartels are using a new way to smuggle fentanyl into the u. s in a recent bust, agents recovered about $5 million worth of the drug hidden inside and suvs gas tank in a secret compartment. the cdc says deaths from fentanyl overdoses are up 279% in recent years, the biden administration says the pandemic is largely to blame for a significant drop in student test scores. the most notable decline was among eighth graders in history and civics. nearly one third could not describe the structure of the us government, and only about 13% showed meaningful knowledge of the subject time now for a look at your thursday weather. 4th, but there is a layer of deep snow in the mountains of west virginia up to 16 inches,

thanks to a storm system stuck over the northeast. looking at the radar. severe storms, including possible tornadoes are expected later from oklahoma city, down to san antonio. and in california, the mountains outside l. a could see more than a foot of snow checking today's high temperatures, mostly in the sixties on the west coast and finally feeling like spring in the midwest seventies in chicago and minneapolis. the historic mafia takedown in europe, also ahead of mystery just days before the kentucky derby, the deaths of several horses now under investigation and later of real gps fail.

america all the royal pageantry on g m a more than 100. people have been arrested across europe in what's being called the

largest ever coordinated hit against the italian mafia. thousands of officers took part in the raids in six countries, including italy, germany and france. the crime syndicate is accused of smuggling massive amounts of cocaine from south america, along with gun trafficking and money laundering . interpol says it was able to crack into the mafia's encrypted phone servers to eavesdrop on their calls. we turn now to a mystery at churchill downs with the kentucky derby this weekend . four horses have now died in recent days. a bcs andrea fuji has the latest. just before the kentucky derby. concern is growing after multiple horse deaths at churchill downs racetrack. in the last week. four horses have died, officials say two of those horses trained by saffy joseph jr. collapsed for no apparent reason. one after a race on tuesday, the other on saturday, saffi says blood work showed nothing out of the ordinary is

different. the horse getting hurt, and, um, getting injured that that's something that you could say well, misfortune 4000 almost 4000 horses and never happened like that. so it just it doesn't it doesn't make sense to other horses, including wild on ice, who was entered in saturday's race suffered musculoskeletal injuries sustained while racing or training and had to be euthanized. veterinarians say these deaths are cause for worry concern that for horses are dead 100. no you'd be silly not to be concerned about that. it bothers me. churchill downs says it's working with regulators to investigate and wall a series of events like this is highly unusual. it is completely unacceptable. we take this very seriously and acknowledged that these troubling incidents are alarming and must be addressed back in 2019 42 horses died at santa anita park in california. the racetrack closed for several weeks to make safety improvements, including more veterinary care, training protocols and better track

maintenance. in this case, experts say, it's not yet clear what happened since the horses died in different ways. it's hard to make, um, specifically conclusions just because they have been close together. churchill downs says the horses will receive necropsies results could take weeks. andrew rhiannon, thank you. diet company, jenny craig now says it will shut down all its operations after failing to secure financing, the company has struggled as more people turn to diet drugs the chain had about 600 locations worldwide. former first lady michelle obama is now the co founder of a food and drink company aimed at providing healthier choices for kids. it is called pleasant nutrition, and its first product is a line of fruity drinks that's low in sugar and high in nutrition coming up just how bad the affordable housing crisis is getting a good samaritan rushing to stop a runaway stroller, incredible video. coming up incredible video. coming up next. i'm your overly competitive brother. check.

psych! and i'm about to steal this game from you just like i stole kelly carter in high school. you got no game dude, that's a foul! and now you're ready to settle the score. game over. and if you don't have the right home insurance coverage, well, you could end up paying for all this yourself. so get allstate, and be better protected from mayhem, yeah, like me. thanks, bro. take a lap, rookie. real mature. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser-drilled holes. they release medicine fast... for fast pain relief. and now... ...get relief without a pill. with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the water. ♪

celebrate the mom in your life. choose from our collection of gift sets starting at $99. sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression. and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common. call your doctor about sudden mood changes, behaviors, or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants may increase these risks in young adults. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. report fever, confusion, stiff or uncontrollable muscle movements which may be life threatening or permanent. these aren't all the serious side effects. caplyta can help you let in the lyte. ask your doctor about caplyta. find savings and support at caplyta.com. find savings and support .com.

we're back now, with this incredible video, a baby stroller rolling backwards towards a busy street in southern california. the caregiver falls twice trying to catch it. but look, a good samaritan arrives just in time, stopping the carriage just feet from that busy road right place at the right time to tourists in hawaii were led astray by their gps. they ended up driving straight into the water. the driver didn't realize she was going down a boat ramp until it was too late. the van quickly filled with water and some good samaritans. there came to the rescue. i jumped in the water and got to the window and spoke to the driver was relatively deeper. there were there were drifting arts. um the weather was really bad. before your quick to criticize locals say the area around the harbor is hard to navigate. a leno was seen bringing donuts to striking writers on the picket line in california. today is day three of the strike as the writers guild of america demands better pay and benefits in the changing media landscape. they also

picketed outside of netflix's offices in new york. another sticking point in the talks is the use of artificial intelligence now to an abc news investigation into the lack of affordable housing coast to coast. it's a crisis decades in the making. when i signed up for section eight, and, um low income housing, i did not feel that i would be on that list for 12 years. finding long term housing within her budget has been an uphill battle for tanya fraser, disabled woman who had to take care of three children. tanya has been waiting 12 years to be granted affordable housing by the san diego housing commission. sometimes hopeless. that. i'm never going to come up on that list. abc news in collaboration with abc owned tv stations, has spent the last six months investigating the public and affordable housing crisis affecting cities and towns across the country. we found that for housing vouchers, which are local subsidies, helping renters find homes on the private market. the average weight in san diego county is eight years and for public housing, san diego has the

longest wait time of any large metro area in the us the wait list for public housing is over 18 years. there's today what we're seeing is a housing crisis , unlike one that we've seen since the mid 20th century, the lack of public and affordable housing is a widespread issue. our analysis shows public housing wait times exceed 17 years in suffolk county, new york, nine years in meeker county, minnesota and six years in hinds county, mississippi, we haven't built any large scale public housing since richard nixon put a moratorium on that construction in the seventies. there isn't a state in the country. where someone working at minimum wage with 40 hours a week can afford a typical and a two bedroom apartment, the department of housing and urban development, says president biden's american rescue plan has helped more than 50,000 people experiencing homelessness but acknowledges more work must be done. administration is asking congress for more resources to address the issue. the younger

brother of nfl quarterback patrick mahomes, was in court yesterday facing sexual battery charges. 22 year old jackson mahomes is accused of touching and kissing a woman without her consent at a restaurant. he was freed on $100,000 bond, but is due back in court next week in major league baseball angel star shohei otani joined an exclusive club last night he became the only the second player in baseball history with 500 strikeouts. and at least 100 home runs as a battery. the only other player to do that. babe ruth company him company to be coming up a new way to avoid all those passwords we have to remember, plus a mystery in the woods of new jersey. who dumped all this pasta and why

(swords clashing) -had enough? -no... arthritis. here. aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength? reduces inflammation? thank the gods. don't thank them too soon. kick pain in the aspercreme. i need to dig deep to do this, and this, and this. that's why every clif bar® is purposefully crafted with a blend of protein, fat and carbs. because the more good you put in, the more great you get out. when you have chronic kidney disease. there are places you'd like to be. like here. and here. and here. not so much here. if you've been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease

farxiga reduces the risk of kidney failure which can lead to dialysis. farxiga can cause serious side effects including dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections in women and men, and low blood sugar. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may lead to death. a rare life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking farxiga and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this bacterial infection, an allergic reaction, or ketoacidosis. and don't take it if you are on dialysis. put yourself in the driver's seat. make an appointment to ask your doctor for farxiga for chronic kidney disease. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. ♪far-xi-ga♪ all the royal pageantry on g m a . time to check the pulse. today

is world password day a and it's clear we're all tired of coming up with new password. one survey found. people would rather watch paint actually drive and create a unique password. for all their accounts. 17% of people admit still using 123456 for a password. 22% still use their birthday. here's some good news. google is now letting you skip passwords altogether. google users can now switch to pass keys. they use biometric authentication like fingerprint or face id, which the company says will exist only on your device providing better security than a password. next a classic song that's making people late for work canceling their alarm clocks. where is my mind was a fan favorite from the pixies in the 19 eighties. watch what happens when the song is used for the alarm clock on android phones. stop.

simply say stop to turn off their alarms. and stop is the first word in that song. so in response to pixie tweeted, sorry about that, all right next, the pasta predicament in the woods of new jersey hundreds of pounds of cooked pasta along the stream, and so far, nobody knows who did it or even why the internet is undefeated. someone saying we should send the perpetrators to the state. penny 10 cherie, another said. it's going to be impossible to find who did it. i wonder who did it to the pot. thickens next bizarre smuggling story involving fruit roll ups. four americans have been caught trying to bring £650 of fruit roll ups into israel, where there's apparently a shortage. that's because of a tiktok trend . people are wrapping fruit roll ups around ice cream scoops, then freezing them so they become crunchy, actually sounds delicious. finally to new world records, first on the pool table in hungary has set the record for the longest billiard ball spin. it spun for more than 47. seconds to record is for longest. must stash. paul from

south carolina hasn't shaved in 30 years has stashes 25 inches 30 years has stashes 25 inches long looking good headlines next martial arts is my passion. i work out whenever i can. but with my moderate- to-severe eczema, it can be tough. now, i'm staying ahead of it. dupixent helps heal your skin from within. so you can have clearer skin, and noticeably less itch. serious allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems such as eye pain or vision changes including blurred vision, joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop asthma medicines without talking to your doctor. ask your doctor about dupixent. finding a subtly sweet tea is easy. nice right? huh, pure leaf subtly sweet. but saying no in a subtly sweet way?

impressive... takes practice. ...but absolutely not. absolutely not. pure leaf lower sugar. just the right amount of sweetness. i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. pure leaf lower sugar. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are looking up ♪ ♪ i've got symptom relief ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me. ♪ ♪ ♪ control is everything to me. ♪ feel significant symptom relief with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements at 4 weeks. skyrizi is the first and only il-23 inhibitor for crohn's that can deliver both clinical remission and endoscopic improvement. the majority of people on skyrizi achieved long lasting remission at 1 year. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to. liver problems may occur in crohn's disease. ask your gastroenterologist how you can take control of your crohn's with skyrizi. ♪ ♪ control is everything to me. ♪

learn how abbvie could help you save.

♪ always in that state of mind ♪ ♪ living on a high vibration ♪ ♪ so hot gonna make it melt ♪ ♪ and i'm lovin' what i'm tastin' ♪ ♪ que bonito lugar lleno de tanto sabor ♪ ♪ so much flavor ♪ ♪ un future brillante se acerca ♪ ♪ ahhhhhhh ♪ ♪ nos gusta mezclar ♪ ♪ como malteada ♪ ♪ aqui hay lugar ♪ ♪ yeah we livin' in the golden state ♪ ♪ dame mas, fres-co y real ♪ ♪ (wooh) dale gas ♪ ♪ vive en el estado dorado ♪ dancing is everything. soccer is the best. but her moderate to severe eczema

could make it hard for her. my skin was so itchy. and my outfit was uncomfortable. now, my skin's not as itchy. now we're staying ahead of her eczema. there's a power inside all of us, to live our passion. and dupixent works on the inside, to help heal your skin from within. it helps block a key source of inflammation inside the body that can cause eczema. so they can have clearer skin and less itch. serious allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems such as eye pain or vision changes including blurred vision, joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop asthma medicines without talking to your doctor. healing from within is a wonderful thing. ask your child's eczema specialist how dupixent can help heal their skin from within.

announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> tape -- >> teachers are oakland. >> a boost could be in the works for people transitioning after a stay in prison. >> the warriors are tuesday's loss. they are optimistic they will bounce back tonight. game two today. i am wearing my yellow time. >> welcome >> a check of the forecast. >> it stays cool. chance of an isolated shower but

nothing widespread. parts of the