a night of violence in d.c., and two people dead. criticism leveled at city police. >> and, 10 years since hurricane rocked the city of new orleans. rock creek parkway, many are remembering that day 10 years ago. >> forget the preseason. there are new questions about e redskins actual season. the conflicting report around rg iii and his all-important start date. now, abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. >> an eruption of violence overnight in d.c.

seven different shootings, at last 10 people shot in the 24 hours. two victims have died. richard reeve joins us live. these shootings are continuing even as d.c. police launch a o curb this type of violence. richard: among the 10 shootings, homicides, happening right here in front of this b street. omoni johnson, his family live here. he and two other friends were talking when shots rang out. now, two people are dead. there was a vigorous debate here about all hands on deck. >> that was my son who is dead. my son was 26. >> sharon johnson tried to keep her composure, talking about the omoning death of her son on friday night. understand this hands guns,k thing, all these lax in d.c. so richard: johnson, a single

three, and his friend shaheed james were gunned down. johnson died at the scene, and seen -- died at the hospital. >> if the police were in the incident woulds not have happened. richard: with the mpd all hands underway,itiative havesay officers should presence in the neighborhood. >> where were you today? there was a murderer on the street. where is just one police officer? richard: robert brandon says he is sympathetic to johnson's loss, but -- police officers on the street would not have this.d richard: neighbors say it was shooting that police were swarming the area. need to walk from block block, so these people don't have to keep burying their children. richard: we spoke with an mpd

spokesman, who says officers nearby, close enough that gunshots ande found johnson. it was indeed a busy night. they seized nine illegal firearms, arrested nine people r that, and found a magazine with 30 rounds of ammunition. sadly, there is a sad twist to this story. authorities are investigating that johnson and james may have shot each other. live in southeast washington, reeve, abc 7 news. kelly: a massive manhunt over rapist back in custody. noris had beenes in custody for two days. was found this morning in dupont circle. people across the country are since hurricane made landfall. the devastation and loss is mind,fresh on everyone's in d.c. feeling the impact.

sam sweeney is live in northwest more. sanm: it's very loud at here. take a look at the celebration in rock creek park. there are many people listening dancing, but this is a bittersweet day for many here. many people are here today because they had nowhere else to go when hurricane katrina made landfall in louisiana. left new orleans, and many ended up in the convention then ended up on a greyhound bus. this is where they ended up. most say they lost every thing they owned. others say they lost their parents and their friends. but one thing is certain for everyone here. 10-year anniversary is a day each one of these people back on their own lives, now, where they been, the progress they made, and elong wrote it been further their beloved hometown of new orleans. >> 10 years ago, the storm was

over. my mother, my father, myself, we were trying to figure out the next app. as we began to see -- the next step. as we began to see the water we made our way to the convention center. when we got to the convention center, it was chaotic. sam: she went on to describe horrific conditions inside the convention center. she told us when she arrived d.c., she had nothing, welcomed with open arms. like so many others here, one hope to go back to new orleans. today, they call washington home, and they will continue to do so until new orleans can make recovery. we should also mention that 10 later, hurricane katrina costliest and the storms in american history. sam sweeney, abc 7 news. : we are going to turn our weather. to the been quite fortunate

past few weeks, but looks like things are starting k to how they should be first summer, for august. lucie joins us with a t look. devon: more typical august weather is coming right back in. a nice night for a celebration was showinge sam us. in the belfort furniture weather center, you see the hot warm up. 90 in winchester. even cumberland, high the 80's.es back to national harbor way, getting closer to the sunset. some clouds have come back in. will stickcover around. the higher the numbers go, the water vapor is there. it is in the mid-60's. good night for sports in the washington region. washington versus baltimore tonight. nice in the second half. go redskins.

nationals tonight, great night ballgame, temperatures the 70's by the time they w.efully wrap up a curly it feels more like august as we get into september. speaking of the skins, conflicting reports about rg iii. we know he won't be starting e ravens, butst th now even the season opener is in question. burton is live in baltimore at m and eubank this -- m&t more on banks stadium with more. robert: one thing everyone is wondering, how does rg iii keep head with everything he has been through so far? the drama has already started, and the regular season has not even started yet. with his injuries, how do you keep focused? joe theismann gave as his answer, earlier today. joe: i think robert will be able to keep his head. he has tremendous faith in himself, in god, in his family.

he has a great support system around him. we want him to be successful. he is still learning how to become a pocket passer. he didn't do it. we are in year two, and each been and are up to buy injury. here we go again, missing valuable opportunities to grow and learn because of an injury. robert: with rg iii not cleared concussion, he will be least two weeks. the next quarterback on the depth chart could start week to, but that's according unconfirmed reports. you in theck to studio. : hopefully he will play well tonight. we have a programming note for tonight's game. "we'll of fortune" and -- "wheel "jeopardy," are to our sister station of 8.s channel

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6:00, on your side. a prince george's police officer going above and beyond. officer doing one thing one family never expected. with thateman spoke officer and has his story. ashley: it was a simple act of kindness inside this police station in prince george's county. >> i was doing payroll, and the me therek officer told was a young lady out there with homeless, who had nowhere to go. ashley: corporal atkinson, an eight year veteran of the department, decided to help her. lobby, they talk.

she told him she was the victim of domestic violence. distraught, upset, every emotion you could think of. ashley: corporal atkinson, a two, put the young with socialuch services. morning inside the were, the mother and baby e again. >> she had nowhere to go. supposed to follow up worker, but she had nowhere to go that night. ashley: these are pictures of what he did next. he found a car seat for the aby, drove them to hotel, and used his own money to a room. funds.d the extra who would it hurt, just to set them up for the night? i didn't think anything other than just doing my job. ashley: officer atkinson says he was just doing what officers all over our country do on a daily basis, protecting and serving the community. actions are getting a lot of well-deserved attention on the internet.

the police department posted the pictures on facebook. this story and the pictures ever likes.re than 11,000 still, he insists he did what any other officer would have done. >> we don't do it for recognition. we do it because this is our duty. ashley: ashley coleman, abc 7 news. tonight, a lawsuit years in the making finally filed. montgomery county and metro have sued three construction firms troubles associated with the silver spring transit center. in that $166 million suit, they arege these companies responsible for five years of delays and $50 million of cost correct some -- a subpar work. one company says the complaint "overblown and simply incorrect." straight ahead, erika is no storm, butopical still a threat. the conditions people are preparing for right now.

here at home, it's getting to feel a little more like summer more heat and humidity get here. we are checking in with devon for kellye: though no longer a

tropical storm, the remnants of erika good bring rain. inis blamed for 20 deaths -- dominica. hawaii is preparing for at least a glancing blow by hurricane ignacio, now a category three storm. a lot of people are wondering if erika will have any impact on us here. devon: we could get some impact srom what was once known a erika. and they could be a chance it redeveloped and is named another the leftovers of energy

towards labor day weekend. there's a chance for showers and storms. we will watch it closely, but it's really about the return of heat and humidity. feel the warmup today. now 90 degreesht in allegheny county and cumberland. let's go to national harbor. getting closer to the sunset hour. you will notice a few more\ clouds in the skies. partly cloudy skies are around forecast overnight tonight. still, a big beach weekend. this is live at rehobeth. a few clouds there. a gorgeous night out in town. suburbs, temperatures go down further, lower 70's, may be upper 60's if you are out very late tonight. there is a cold front out west. what we are more concerned with south flow in the

forecast. that south flow is already picking up humidity. you see the cloud cover. for an isolated shower. was one new front royal today. the bigger picture through sunday to start off the work and school week for some is heat and humidity. a fading front will come in, which could have enough leftover k a shower storm. low temperatures in the 60's, humidity could fuel isolated storms areanwide, a 20% chance widely scattered storms coming monday, but still about heat and humidity. in the lower 90's. seven-day forecast -- tuesday d wednesday, you can put in a of isolated showers. upust didn't want to muck the seven-day forecast. i like the 20% tomorrow. a lot of 90-degree high coming our waye

days, kickingeven september, feeling more like what we would have anticipated august, which is kind backwards, because we had more september for most of august. we enjoyed it, but oh well. if you are interested in knowing what the conditions are in m&t banksat stadium, robert burton is live at there. robert: it is hot, like a summer th and ofe august. theismann talked about why that rg iiily happy is not

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and ravens. with big news out camp.skins nfl.com is reporting that an extension was signed with the to rgns could moving on this thursday -- he suffered concussion against the lions last thursday. redskinsiday, the cleared toe wasn't play for the rest of the preseason. talk about topsy-turvy. we will see kirk cousins once snap.taking the we will see how that turns out. former redskins qb joe theismann happy about that. he's notrtunately going to be able to play, but i appreciate the national football league taking care of the players the way they have. the protocol they had in place o go, but then t through further examination they prudent forld be him to wait another week or two. this game doesn't stop. if you get hurt or something happens, other people have to

on, in and you have to move so it looks to me like the preparations have to go forward kirk as a starter for week miami.inst robert: the ravens, their last preseason game was a disaster eagles.after the game, john harbaugh really say.t know what to john: there's always rust. this part of the preseason. they weren't any worse than we were in the game. i tell you that. what was i going to say? you never want to -- the feeling during the game is terrible. it's not what we ever want to feel. we want to win those games. they played a lot better than us. we learned a lot. we got to get better. robert: what can he say? moving on to baseball, the nats 's can't seem to get it right. scherzer struggled last losing 4-3 to the marlins. now 6.5 games behind net, who are playing their

best baseball. zimmermann will take the mound tonight. can start a turnaround. high school football -- hosting number two miami central. bo inglish pulls it down. look at the run. breaking the tackle at the 20. carries to the end zone for a 38-yard touchdown. 24-0 stacks. staggs playing well. ball is scooped up by ellis, house.it to the they blowout miami central, 38-14. a local team playing some good football. back to you in the football. kellye: think the skins will look that good tonight? robert: hopefully. everyone will have their eyes on cousins. he hasn't practiced a lot, but we will see what happens.

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humidity to make a return? : not really. [laughter] devon: nice the next couple days. slim chance that isolated storms sunday and monday. 20% chance of storms tuesday and wednesday. 90 degrees all the way to labor day weekend, next weekend. when we might have likelier rain days. scattered showers and storms. doesn't look like it's going to weekend.out kellye: we thank you very much for watching.

hope to see you back

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