leon: shot on a school bus. >> it's done. i was really scared. a bb gunhild brought and fired it at classmates. plus, a drug bust in the d.c. government. been immoral. leon: debate over a gun store near a school. >> now, abc seven news at 11:00,

on your side. leon: a nine-year-old girl shot by a bb gun on her school bus in fredericksburg. othersnts say that four were shot in the leg as an 11-year-old pulled the trigger. leon: parents are demanding answers. richard reeve spoke with family members and has the details. what have you learned about this? , you can imagine the parents of this little girl were very upset. she came through the door of her home and said she was shot on her school bus. now they would like to find out why they had to find this out from their daughter. also concerned about what if this had been more serious than just a bb rifle. nine-year-old sophia still has a welt from the frightening ordeal. >> we heard it hitting the metal of the seat. richard: that banging on the bus

ride home turned out to be a plastic bb size pellet from an airsoft gun. hours later, they got a phone call from the school principal. >> another student had brought in the air soft gun to school and had been shot. she wanted to know of she was ok. richard: the school principal said it was an 11-year-old boy. sophia said that she heard the sound of the boy lying down come shooting at students. stop while i was getting shot five times in my leg. richard: the youngster says the driver tried to take the pellet gun away. he refused to give it up and put it back in his backpack. >> the fact a kid could have a weapon in school all day. richard: hours later, they got the call. >> what would you do if it was your kid or it was a real gun? richard: on the bus, i feel

really scared. i just want to be driven home. i don't feel safe on my bus anymore. the family says the school principal told them an investigation is underway and the 11-year-old boy has been expelled. we tried repeatedly to reach school officials tonight. nobody returned our phone calls. live in fredericksburg come richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: rich, thank you. breaking now, the police on the scene of a homicide in prince george's county, the 1400 block of oakwood lane in capitol heights. officers are not releasing information about the victim. stay with abc 7 new for updates. loosea suspect on the after stealing a car near baltimore and crashing it near fort meade. unmanned gateo an at the nsa. the suspect ran away.

officers are still searching for him, but they say there is no threat to the public. developing now, cocaine hidden in a toilet, thousands of cash stashed in a jacket. the police have arrested a d.c. government staffer in connection with the drug bust. tom roussey is live with the investigation. tom? tom: leon, according to the d.c. sanderssite, lorenzo works out of the third level of the wilson building, but tonight he is on administrative leave, not coming back tomorrow either after a big raid on his apartment netted a big amount of drugs. inside of this apartment building in southeast, there are marks on the door. park police say they knocked it down with a sledgehammer. the narcotics unit and swat team raid happened early tuesday morning. inside the apartment were d.c. government employee lorenzo sanders and a lot of drugs. they included 60-plus grams of suspected cocaine in two bags

recovered from the toilet, 60 grams more recovered from the toilet trap. the police found five crack cash, and00 in numerous ski masks. and a statement, the mayor's office indicated that sanders will not be answering his city phone soon, if ever. he is on administrative leave, and the city is starting the process to try to fire him. the balserent says, " administration does not tolerate employees who violate the public's trust. we have made mr. sander's workspace available to the police." while the police yesterday were home in lorenzo sanders' southeast, they were also rating his son's home in prince george's county, where they

found a smaller amount of drugs and a pistol. live outside the wilson building in northwest, tom roussey, abc 7 news. a howard county police officer charged with dui. corporal cory britain left the scene of a crash that injured a woman in prince george's county last night. the 13 year veteran of the department has been placed on administrative leave. howard county police will conduct an internal investigation. celebrity chef and restaurant are jose andres is now countersuing donald trump for $8 million. according to court documents, said the republican presidential candidate is to blame for his restaurant falling apart. he withdrew from the project because of comments trump made about immigrants. $10p is suing andres for million. stay tuned. leon: outrage in mclean over a

gun store, right next door to an elementary school. parents are fuming. the store owner says he is operating a legal business. jay korff is live with what became a heated exchange. this issue is really in the spotlight right now, and some folks actually brought guns to the meeting tonight? right, they were legally able to carry, and they did. some say it was a show of force. other say it is their legal right to do that. .his is the gun shop in mclean the reason why some of these folks are up set is it is just a stones throw away from a school on the other side of those trees. you don't often see people carrying firearms into a community meeting in which school safety is being discussed, but this emotional gathering in mclean brought parents -- >> it should not be around the school. they should be a gun free school

zone. jay: against gun shop supporters. >> guns are part of american culture. the mclean citizens association is trying to figure out what they can do about the gun store controversy. >> they have been operating about 10 days. they opened last month to protests, located near franklin sherman elementary school. >> i don't think we pose any threat to the school. jay: she said the store is in full compliance with the law. they only sell guns and will oversee this. they do not have a gun range. open about our regulations and background checks. we are an upstanding business. jay: they say it is not about gun rights but the rights of their children to be safe at school. >> it is not an issue of them to have a business. i think it justifies common

sense to have a school. >> we do not plan to move anywhere. i don't know about you, i don't like moving. jay: as far as the meeting tonight, the mclean citizens association set up a committee to study what if anything they can do about the shop at this location. keep in mind, from a legislative perspective, they do not have anything they can do legislatively against the gun shop. alison: in the wake of a massacre at a community college in oregon, senate democrats will introduce a bill aimed at reducing gun violence with expanded background checks and provisions to stop domestic abusers from getting guns. republicans are writing their own bill, which has the support of the national rifle association. leon: changing gears, what a beautiful evening and beautiful day. this fall is getting off to a

great start, but will it stay this way? steve rudin is here. every time we ask that question, we feel like we are jinxing it. days ofe have two more really nice weather. weather righte now from the belfort furniture weather center, 50's and 60's, 63 at reagan national, manassas 57, 61 winchester. a few clouds but it will stay dry overnight into the early morning. sunglasses, absolutely, you will need them. 7:00 am a little, lower 70's noontime. a great day to eat lunch outside. highs in the middle to upper 70's. a cold front on the way friday. more on that and the chance of thunderstorms in october. that is in a few minutes. leon: a 19-year-old in custody for sexual assault that the arlington on edge. the police say he confessed to

three cases and is being held without bond. edtotal of nine women report attempted sexual assaults in the last two months. the police are now trying to determine if he is tied with any of the other cases. alison: a different type of rocket blasted off from wallops island tonight. >> 3, 2, 1, mark. alison: the launch of what is called a sounding rocket. this not a cold term, to sound, means to take measurements. it released to green and red vapor clouds, which allow scientists to study the wind between the atmosphere and space. the launch was visible up and down the east coast. ahead -- incredible new images from south carolina, crews working around the clock for the recovery efforts after historic flooding. alison: they are also bracing for more evacuations and damage.

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republicans will select a nominee to replace john boehner, who is resigning. today, the house freedom caucus said its members will vote for webster. the full house will vote october 29. alison: streets have turned to streams, living room look like lakes, and south carolina's bracing for more flooding. leon: brad bell in the struggling state, waiting through the rising waters. brad: it is amazing and horrible to see what is going on here. i'm standing in the middle of a residential street. i'm also in the middle of the river. dozens of homes in this neighborhood flooded tonight. dustin johnson stands on his back porch, hopeless against the force of the river.

>> last night it was the highest it has been so far. beating against his foundation. he is lucky. the first floor of his neighbors houses flooded. this family evacuated sunday. he paddles around the neighborhood in a john boat. a playground from his childhood. >> my childhood memories are being swept away. it shocking. you'll believe it's happening. brad: the water is roaring through dorchester county, often through detours in place, river crossings closed. this is typical of the scene playing out across south carolina. there is water rushing underneath, undermining the stability of this bridge. there is hope this area has seen the worst of the flooding. in ashburn, the neighbors think g in ther is recedin

recovery can soon begin. >> it's a lot of uncertainty. we don't know what's next. brad: what happens next varies. some people have flood insurance, but most never could have imagined they would need it. in summerville, south carolina, brad bell, abc 7 news. leon: it's amazing they still have electricity and some of those homes. with waist deep water outside. alison: and so many of them do not know when they can move back in if they have evacuated. leon: unbelievable. alison: awful. around here it is picture-perfect. steve: we are so lucky that the hurricane moved way off the coast and did not impact us. the rain this past weekend will bring us a nice fall color change. will bebe later, but it really nice, probably the first week of november. 78 was the high at reagan national today. the average this time of year 71, the record 95.

if your allergies are bothering you, blame the rain from a few days ago. mold now in the moderate to high range. quite warm the next couple days. continuethat mold to as we move through the start of the weekend. 63 at reagan national, national , that is oxon hill what it looks like right now. 58leesburg, 55 frederick, fredericksburg, 57 luray. the cool a rare well to the north and west, behind a cold front that will eventually move across late in the day friday. that will likely trigger showers, maybe some thunderstorms. behind that cold front, a change of air mass. it will be a lot cooler saturday. the satellite radar, the high-pressure overhead. just a few clouds right now. it stays dry overnight and early

tomorrow morning. they temperatures fall into the 50's with the wind out of the north that 3 to 6. tomorrow morning, may need a light sweater or jacket, but not needing it long. it will warm quickly. back in the middle to upper 70's. through the day friday, the cold front. ahead of it, a push of warm air, highs in the lower 80's. behind that, about a 20 degree drop, lower 80's friday. lower to middle 60's the highs on saturday. a big change on the way. the coolest day will be saturday, warming up sunday. overnight come just a few clouds come in the 50's. a pretty sunrise in the morning. temperatures rebound quickly, into below lower to middle 70's. daytime highs about 75 fairfax, 76 college park, gaithersburg 74 to 75. the coldseven days,

front friday, cooler temperatures saturday. a little bump up sunday. back into the middle 70's on columbus day. a lot of folks have that they all. it looks like it will be a picture-perfect autumn day in washington, lots of sunshine and warm temperatures. alison: very nice. leon: looks awesome. how do things look what the skins tonight? robert: i'm no expert, but i think they need to bring their atlanta. the redskins battling injuries.

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would be called a winning streak. when is the last time they had back-to-back wins? only once since jay gruden has been the head coach. coach gruden: after beating dallas, we beat st. louis. is more important to coach the team after a win then lost. after a win, sometimes we don't need to work on things, people think, but i don't think our locker room is like that. robert: with injuries, desean jackson practiced for the first time since injuring his hamstring in the opener. he was limited. jordan reed is recovering from a concussion and various leg injuries. jr. miss the eagles game with a calf injury but worked out today. the national league wild card between the cubs-pirates at pnc park.

the cubs up 1-0. rber hits this one deep into the night. leon: that's not coming back. robert: things got heated in the seventh. eta, he doess arri not like it, both benches clear. the only player ejected was tooke sean rodriguez, who out his frustration on the water cooler. the cooler didn't do anything to you. poor cooler. in cleveland, richard jefferson went back. the jam, getting the entire cavs bench on their feet. that was something. this is better. lebron james and invited a young fan to sit next to the bench --

sit next to him on the bench. she was giddy when she got back to her seat. the cavs lost the game to the hawks, but she won the night. tonight, serena williams posted this on instagram. "cleaning out my house and stumbled on this great memory," one of my four gold medals. like that's normal. humble? post" saysshington the redskins are one of the teams under consideration to play a game in london. leon: check this out -- alison: amazing. leon: it looks like tiles, but it is not exactly. oh, well that's a good price.

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louis created an unusual piece of artwork. it is a picture of cardinals made fromn musial rubik's cubes. andsed nearly 6000 cubes,

he created it on his dining room floor. stunning. leon: he manipulated each cube to get it to match the pattern. alison: look at the shadowing and detail. he did it to try to get into an ivy league school. if he has not heard yet, he should now. leon: he is in now and probably provost. alison: it's remarkable.

steve: it will be beautiful tomorrow, and friday will feel like early summer. 83 degrees the high on friday. leon: jimmy kimmel live is next. alison: have a great night.

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