that's when an officer spot and killed him... leaving both police officers and the k9 uninjuree some neighbors were awake to hear the whole thing go down just near the scene) "it sounded like fireworks but i'm an active shooter myself and i know what gun shots sound like. it waalike 5 or 6 rigigt in a row, there was no inbetween." the iowa division of criminal investigation is looking into this incident. both police officers involve are currently on paid leave, that''s aaart of the pplice departments policy when there is an officer involved shooting. we are told the other two people who were in the car with gossman are not in custody... those two suspect names as well as the officer's names will not be released untilt e ey are interviewewd regarding the incident. we have been looking into the suspects background, and we are working on those details coming up at six... ...kwwl neww an autopsy on onathan gossman was done this morning by the

state medical examiner's office in ankeny.... the shooting happened right by two daycare providers.... kwwl's amanda gilbert spoke with parents... and they say precautions were taken to make sure their kids were alright. a quiet road.... kids t tys in thhbackyards.... it's a ve been here since 1964 and once a year." but that changed when police shot and killed a man after they say he fired a gun at them. hley dye doesn't live on the street. but it's were morning saying just ssyou know there was an incident on the street." dye was just one of the parents who learned about the shooting from her daycare provider.... "unbelievable. my reaction was wait on yyr street that doesnt happen. and she was like ii know. so she was just kind of telling me because they are justt& across the street from where everything went down. because the area was still sealed off in ccme tape. parents had to park down the street. but ashley says shes not worried, "it wasn't something that was

happening in the neighborhood... it just happened to be that's were the car was stopped." she says the kids are safe... and that's what matters. "tragedies can happen anywhere." we've got you covered... in cedar rapids... amanda gilbert kwwl news. this isn't the first shooting cedar rapids police officers were involved in this year... at the end of march officers shot kyle orth three times -- they say he tried to run over police officers and they fired at his car. orth faces charges tie to that incident, while the police who shot him were cleared of any wrong doing. relatively rainy day... how much did we get and is more coming? let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg - he's tracking rain.

from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen informtion from thekwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: a few lingering early afternoon showers are possible. showers and clouds will clear later tts afternoon with highs reaching into the 60s. dry conditions are forecast for tonight and thursday.nother chance`rain and isolated storm will be friday. decision 2016 coverage... vice president joe biden isn't seeking higher office... he announcncd todayyhe ill not be running for president. "unfortunately i believe we're out of time, time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination." the vice prsident made his announcement from the whitt

rose garden with his wife and president obama a his side. wl's macleod ageman catches up with a political analyst to understand why the vice president decided not to run -- and what it means for democrats. ma -- what did yolearn? ron -- today's news surprised many people as speculation gained momentum in the last five months -- regarding the vice prersident's third potential attempt to run for president. weighing heavily on vice president biden's decision was the death of his son -- beau biden -- earlier this year. vice president biden says his family has gotten through the grieving process -- but not in time for a 20-16 run. as the vice president ends nearly five months of specucuation that he m mght run for president -- political experts say this puts hillary clinton at the top of the list for democrats -- but she will have to work for it. relatively quickly, but it's going to take some effort." the vice president deliveeed plenty of sisis during the paa month he

considering a late etrance to the race -- incluing reachin out to potetial supporters in early voting s sates -- like ioioa -- to see how much support he would need to win the nomination. political experts say another major hurdle for vice president biden would have been trying to raise enough money -- whileeis rivals spent months collecting funds. we've got you covered live in the newsroom -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. following the vice president's nouncement -- dedeocratic frontunner hillary clinton tweeted out -- the v-p is a great man. today and always -- inspired by his optimism and commitment to change the world for the beter. in continuinn coverage... a mumuder trial for aawaterloo mann is getting started today... jury selection is underway for 28- year-old roderick ward murder... acsed of using a shotgun to kill 27-year-old gary wilson outside of ward's home in early august

of last year.. police say the two argued moments before the shootinn. a barn and,motor home are after a fire... it happened over the noonhour at a home in jesup just off of 2-80. multiple departments were called in to help fight the fire that started in the barn, then sprea o a nearby momor home... a fire chchef on scene tells us an iowa city home -- hit by lightning -- causing a fire. fire crews say the fire started in the attic after a lightning strike - no one in thehehome was injjred. lightning caused a fire in another house in iowa city in september that left a family with little left. kwwl's hillary maglin talked to that family today. hillary - what did they tel you? the jennings family was living in their house for just three weeks before a lightning bolt struck...nnd nearly destroyed the inside of their

samuel jennings... his fiancee and his daughter.... were out to dinner when lightning struck their roof and started a fire. mutliple fire departments $& arrived shortly after... but almost every room had to be gutted... with walls anddeilings toon out... and carpet pulled up. the community... as well as the families of classmates of jennings' daughter, trista... have since helped them with supplies and an (samuel jennings/home list, ecause a lot of people areesometimes hesiint to do anything because it involves, you know, money, as far as giving money to other people." the wishlist allows people to see exactly wh the family needs and can purchase those items for them. while jennings hasn't been traumatized from the fire... he's most worried about trista... as the experience was frightening for her, and many of her belongings are gone. the family is living in a hel for the time being and is trying to

after the new year. we've got you covered live in iowa city... hillary maglin ...kwwl news. while that fire was small... most of the house has water damamae which will take months to repair. coming up... eastern iowa high schoolers learn about space from someone who's actually been there -- iowa-born astronaut james kelly. and... find oututthe suggestiins police chiefs, sheriffs and prosecutors have for lawmakers to help cut down on crowded prisons. that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mama schnackenberg has your full forecast next. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman and chief meteorologist mark --------- ---------

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republicans have spent millioio attacking hillary... ...because she's'sighting for everything they oppose... ...from affordable health care. ...to equal pay... she'll never stop fighting for you. and the republicans know it. >>i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. "now your storm track 7 showers are possible. showers and clouds will clear later this afternoon with highs reaching into the 60s. dry conditions are forecast for tonight and thuray. another hance rain and isolated storm will be friday. a few lingering early

afternoon showers are possible. showers and clouds will clear later this afternoon with highs reaching into the 60s..ry conditioios are forecast for tonight and thursday. another chance rain and isolated storm will be friday. a few lingering early afternoon showers are possible. showers and clouds will clear later this afternoon with highs reaching into the 60s. dry conditiis are forecast for tonight and thursday. another chance rain and isolated storm will be

a few lingering early afternoon showers are possible. showers and clouds will clear later this afternoon with highs reaching into the 60s. dry conditions are forecast for tonight and thursday. another chance rain and iolated storm will be friday. a few lingering early afternoon showers are possible. showers and ccouds will clee later thiss afternoon with highs reaching into the 60s. dry conditions are forecastfor tonight and

and isolatete storm will bb friday. coming up... is an nlcs win for the cubs in the cards tonight? some

i earned that nickname from being lucy lucky enough to be chosen to go into space... hear from this iowa-born astronaut, after the break. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in oelwei clermont, elln and all ------- --------- --------- ---------

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today local students took a field trip that was out of this world..well sort of. high school and middle school students toured the doerfer wheelift headquarters in waterloo, where work being done right here in iowa...is having a big impact for nasa. kwwl's lauren moss was there, she joins us now live with more the work hereen iowa is reely remarkable. they make transporters to put together nasa rockets. today, the company, nasa officials and a local astronaut... talked to students.. proving that iowa kids can make a pretty big differencc in this world, and beyond. when you think of iowa...nasa may not be the first ceo- "nasa has indicated that they've started interviewing some of the universities in iowa pretty fun to be on the leading edge of that." it's called a wheelift trrsporter, madeeright here in iowa. ceo-we make transporters that assemble their new rockets which are the deep space program that ultimately we think will take human beings to mars one day."

astronaut james "vegas"kelly.. nat: i earned that nickname from being lucky a pilot on two space shuttle missions.. astro: during the 69 moon it and that's kinda what got me started and i was a big scienceiction fan and science. i ave 2 engineererng degreee, so i kinda rew up from to do it i applied and you can do it. student: "i've had the chance to talk to a couple nasa people that "oh i can do that sometime.." and that's pretty awesome." the event is going on for aother hour. it is open to the public until 6:455in waterloo. we've got you covered, lauren

thanks lauren- wheelift has been manufacturing the transporters for nasa since 2012. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... it turns ou we do need roads... a look at what back to the and... is the movie's prediction of a cub's world series win still feasible? a preview of game four of the nlcs. --------- ---------

girl, apparently during a road-rage incident. the young girl died after she was shot in the head on a new mexico interstate -- sheriff's deputies say the girl's mom and dad were in the truck, but t tey were uninjuued. police say they're looking for a man in his 30s with dark short hair and driving a dark maroon or red toyota sedan. law enforcement officers from across the country are meeting try and find way to deal with crowded prisons... the state prison population, of course, is overflowing right now and holding the capacity of what it's built to hold... that's sheriff paul fitzgerald

from story county. he's part of "law enforcement leaders to reduce crime and incarceration" that groop is pushing lawmakers to come up with alternatives to arrest, reducing the number of criminal laws and ending mandatory minimum sentences to try and bring down prison and jail popultions. students at the university of mississippi vote to remove the state flag from campus... the ole miss student senate passed the resolution last night -- which enclouded an encouragement to the mississippi leleislature to crcrate a new state flag. the current flag contains the confederate battle flag -- which s fallen underthe radar recently as a sign of hate. tonight iigame four in the national league championship series -- and the cubs are oh and three to the mets... chicago has to win tonight -- otherwise they're done... skunked by the mets. coming back from a three e ame deficit in post season ball has happened before... to the 2004 red sox

under general manager theo epstein - who is the cubbies' current general manager the cubs nened to win to continue playing -- they also need to win to help a prophecy foretold in back to the future two come true. 2015? you mean we're in the future? today is the day marty mcfly traveled to to save his children in the second installment of the series... october 21st, 2015. the move famously prrdicted the cubs would win he world series, but it also predicted we'd have hoverboards and flying cars, so... here's a live look at the waterloo skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final --------- ---------

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