the road. prince george's county police released four 911 calls calls tt are dramatic in nature. memorial consisting of teddy bears set up alongside of chillum road. police have not released flores' toxicology results. they should make it clear whether or not the 30-year-old inuee or alcol or drugs. but it may be days if not weeks before we learn more. it 56:00 we will have more of the 911 calls. but for now live in hyattsville, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: thank you. 24 hours ago we brought you this story as breaking news. a man crashes his car after being shot. we learned bernard parker died. maryland bureau chief brad bell continues towork the developing story today. brad, he was shot in the car. do we know what led up to that? brad: no, we don't.

as a matter of fact, police didn't know at first that he had been shot. this is the tree the car came to rest on. he was taken from the accident scene by accident to the hospital. that's where they found out that he had been shot. we can show you a picture of mr. parker. he is 5 -- he was 59 years old, we should say. he lived in this neighborhood for a long time. people here knew him. and liked him very well. what police believe happened is he was driving in his car. a family members tell me he was on his way to get a prescription for his elderly mother-in-law when for some reason, somehow, someone came up to the car. that person had a gun. opened fire. and hit mr. parker in the head. at first it was expected he would be fine. then his condition deteriorated. he did die overnight.

we had an opportunity to speak to some of his neighbors. they say theyare crushed. >> he was a great dude. a good neighbor. generally on saturday mornings we would both come out and cut our grass, wash our cars, just talk about what is going on in the world. brad: we will be back at 5:00 and show you what police are doing to crack the case. we'll join them live as think distribute flyers in the neighborhood. in springdale, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. parker's shooting death now marks the 64th homicide in prince george's county just this year. last year, 54 were killed in the county. several big cities across the country are battling a rise in murders including d.c. and baltimore. jonathan: montgomery county, virginia, schools are closer to banning the confederate symbols and other offensive items from clothing.

first reading has gone through after several students at crashburg high school were suspend -- christian pittsburgh high school were suspended this year. the confederate flag has been protested and supporters say it's part of a free speech issue. since the june 17 church massacre in charleston, south carolina, things changed. scary moments for a tractor-trailer driver in frederick. a crash left it dangling over an embankment. news chopper 7 over the scene. this is this morning west of 340. maryland state police say there was a cadillac that hit the tractor-trailer sending the big truck off the highway. it took two hurs for cranes to pull the truck out on the interstate. nobody was hurt. supporters of mayor muriel bowser are shutting down their pac. it helped elect councilmembers who support bowser.

several on the counsel and the attorney general criticized that. the pac says nobody expected ything in return for a donation but now is returning the money. alison: meanwhile, some opponents of the proposed pepco-exelon merger are demanding a formal investigation. back in august, d.c. public service commission rejected the merger. last month, mayor muriel bowser and exelon announce deal to allow the merger to go forward. now some want the board of ethics to investigate the mig. and the nature of the deal because it came days after they announced they would sponsor a stadium. they said that the sponsorship is not related to the merger but pse will have the final say on that deal. of course it's veterans day. across the country those who serve and are serving are being honored. president obama remembered those who died in battle in a wreath laying at arlington national cemetery and said

it's the country's duty to honor the military men and women long after today. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is where one man is biking to make sure a fallen hero's memory lasts. jeff? jeff: this is an awesome story. the bike has come to rest after 200-mile ride that started at 3:00 a.m. oh are you feeling? doing well? hanging in there? just got done a few minutes ago. 13 hours on the road. this was organized by the u.s. marine. how are you feeling? >> i was hungry so i had pizza but i'm feeling great. jeff: this is for lieutenant dan malcolm, a friend of yours, gentleman you need for many years and a marine killed while you were serving together in fallujah in 2004. tell me about him.

>> he was there georgia. women were classmates at citadel. class of 2001. we came in marine corps together. commissioned together. we deployed together twice. jeff: yesterday was the 11th anniversary of his death. why is it important to do this for lieutenant malcolm but for others? >> this is an opportunity to give back and remember the guys that sacrificed so hutch and given their lives in the defense of the country. >> it's the least we can do and then do something that is stupid like ride 3,000 miles. do it for him. jeff: physically stupid but pretty darn awesome. congratulations. thank you very much. we appreciate it. matthew is organizing the race and it came together after 13 hours, they finally got it done. raising money for semper fi,

an organization that gives financial aid to veterans struggling, wounded or injured. an amazing organization. we'll have more on the big finish that took place in an hour. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: when it goes to marines there is nothing physically stupid for these people. nothing. pain is just weakness to the body. jeff: not at all. jonathan: virginia governor terry mcauliffe is announcing that the state has helped personal vant veterans find -- permanent housing. mcauliffe said his state tried topped veteran homelessness in the year. >> other states will look and say how did virginia do it? we want to help other states do it. we want to eliminate veteran homelessness in america. we're a step closer because of what we did leading the way in virginia. jonathan: across virginia there are 800,000 veterans

living among us. alison: they are saying thank you with freebies today. veterans can get a free meal at applebee's or entree at to live garden. ihop you get free, red, white, blue pancakes. starbucks offering a free tall coffee. other nonfood options a free oil change for veterans at meineke and free haircut at sportsclip locations. jonathan: this is also known asarmasis day -- armistice day. it was the end of world war i. this is video from new zealand with other nations observing the end of world war i. jonathan: this is a story that begins with a house fire. the man rushing home actually flips the car but that doesn't stop him. alison: right.

witnesses help him get out of the car and he runs all the way to the kettering area. it's who was in the home and what happened when he got there to make the story more incredible. stephen tschida has it for us. stephen: a dramatic situation. not far from where i am standing here. a man took a turn at a high rate of speed. the car spun out and flipped over. we have a know toe of the vehicle overturned -- photo of the vehicle overturned. the witnesses pulled him from the vehicle. they said all he would talk about was his children. he needed to get to the children. keyshawn jackson was one of the individuals who ran the help the gentleman. >> knocked out the window and got him out. he then said that he got to get to his kids, his house was on fire. he said that is what caused the accident. stephen: yeah, now, once they

gom him out of the car, he walked a good distance. someone stopped. picked him up and drove him part of the way but he couldn't stand waiting in traffic. so he got out, bloodied and got out to run to his three children. they were safe and sound. the wife arrived later. they are both teachers and they were at school today. the children were not in school. all are okay. although the man, the father was taken to the hospital for treatment for what was apparently a head injury. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: you can understand the reaction. thank you. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- update on the plane crash at ohio that is reminiscent of the one here in december. alison: also to come, this is survival story. how far a skier fell and what might have saved his life. that is coming up. jonathan: this video has gone viral. one of the women due in court today but we are learning of potentially more victims.

we'll talk to a man who describes what happened to him. he was twerked at a liquor store. coming up at 4:30. doug: i'm dowel hill in the belfort furniture weather center. sunshine outside. tomorrow, cold from and showers and maybe thunder. still to come on "abc7 news at 4:00". alison: all right. as we go to break, a look at some of the veterans among us today. we'll let you know how you can see your pictures here on air and online at wjla.com. that's right after this. i have type 2 diabetes.

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alison: a consumer alert to tread carefully. this is a video of "7 on your side" undercover because a lot of you have complained about tire repair shops. you go in looking for a set of tires or an alignment and you come out with a laundry list of expensive repairs. coming up tonight, you will hear the store manager tell us that this car isn't safe to drive. when we ran it by two different trusted mechanics -- >> what did you find wrong with the car? >> absolutely nothing. you worried about a safety issue. we took the tires off, took the brakes off, pressurized it. nice and smooth.

nothing wrong with the brakes. alison: you will want to tread carefully after seeing this report. jonathan: news around the nation. a person is unaccounted for after an explosion leveled a duplex in new jersey. one person was killed in the blast. 15 others injured including an 11-year-old. firefighters now are still rting through the rubble. the mayor says the crews are looking into the possibility that this was caused by a natural gas leak. seven surrounding structures were damaged as a result of this alison: officials in akron, ohio, confirm nine people were killed when a plane slammed in an apartment building. two pilots and the seven passengers on the business jet were killed. it clipped utility wires and crashed in a four-story apartment building. no one was in the apartment at the time. no one on the ground was

injured. >> we have a recovery effort at this point. alison: they will try to determine why the jet crash and leaving behind debris that went down less than two miles from the destination. jonathan: after you see the videotape you will talk about this. amazing video. theskier miraculously surviving a 1,600-foot fall down a mountain. we are seeing the accident from two different angles. t.j. holmes shows us and talks to the man and explained how he survived the fall. reporter: look and listen closely. that is professional skier mcintosh falling down a mountain. cameras and microphones capture every bump and grunt on the way down.

>> turned. i thought this is never going to stop. reporter: the 34-year-old was on a point range earlier this year filming a ski movie "paradise waits" when he sees a five foot french and wipes out -- five-foot trench and wipes out. >> i had no idea it was coming. i knew it was game over. that is when you hear him cry out. >> it felt like i was hit by linebackers the whole way down mountain. full sprinting linebackers. reporter: to soften the blows he had the presence of mind to deploy the air bag built in his back pack. he brought one to show me. >> pull the white handle. there you go. pull. there is your life jacket. so you're flying down the

mountain in this. >> yes. unfortunately. reporter: after for falling for a full mine le finally comes to a stop. >> i'm okay. reporter: aside from a few bruises, amazingly mcintosh was fine and undeterred. >> i don't want to die. i don't have a death wish. i'm not the type. but i have a wish to live life to the fullestand get out and live my dream. this is what i dream about. what i lay awake thinking about. jonathan: i don't have a death wish but i'm going down the side of a 1,600-foot mountain. alison: it was a minute and i'm sure it felt like an hour and a half. jonathan: t.j. holmes reporting for for us. he was back on the slopes in af. alison: he had a big air bag. jonathan: 1,600 feet. alison: most people don't have that when they are skiing.

jonathan: still bumps and bruises. we're following breaking news out of forestville, maryland, where we are getting results that someone was stabbed there. jennifer donelan is in mobile track 7 heading for the location. what do you know? jennifer: we rat the location now. i'll give you a bird's eye view of the traffic at the intersection of forestville road and pennsylvania avenue. we will switch to the roof cam on top of the mobile track 7 now to give you an idea of what we are seeing. this is a cutting, not a stabbing. we understand a man was cut. typically that involves a slashing. the man was taken to the hospital. these are non-life threatening issues. traffic right now is moving along pretty good here. we will be out here but so far we have police out here. he's okay. back to you. jonathan: let's check on your traffic situation. jamie sullivan keeping an eye on the roads. how is it looking outside?

jamie: it's not too bad. i say that especially in the thick of the afternoon commute. take a look. this is 66 right here. nutley street. both sides moving well. you will get a look at what i'm talking about. because it's veterans day we are seeing less traffic than usual. this is moving well. there is a little buildup on similarmore because of an accident. everything is moving to the side and it should clear up shortly. the bigger picture. not much to worry about.is orgu. 395 is a nice pace. this continues to the mixing bowl. as you leave work and head home, restrictions will be lifted. metro on on a saturday schedule. that is traffic. a good one today. alison: thank you for that. jonathan: this is veterans day

and we have been asking you to send us pictures of friends and family who have served. we have a couple good ones. look at this. private wayne miller served in vietnam. purple heart recipient and made a career to work for vets at the v.a. we thank you for your service and your continued service. send us your picks and we'll put them on the air. he with have a great one there. marines celebrated their birthday. we have great picures that gallery. come check it out. alison: we had beautiful weather day so far.ut nice and . doug: it will be chilly for the weekend but bright and sunny. start here with a look at things now at the reagan national airport. 63 degrees. winds out of the north/northwest at 10 miles per hour. the air is dry and comfortable. but in good shape weather

wise. fredericksburg at 65. 61 in baltimore. we will have a few clouds. generally to partly cloudy. chilly, but not a cold wake-up. frost in the area tomorrow. 40's instead. 47 degrees in largo. 46. ashburn is 48 degrees. through the morning to the midday that is the time we think that the cold front will roll through. it's part of a big storm. there are a number of active tornado warnings now in northern missouri and iowa. snow that far on the back side. we won't get that. gusty winds and a late morning of thunder. the winds from the south and southwest and north and northwest. it's windy on friday. but clearing skies. take a look at the next seven days. windy friday. high of 60 degrees. on saturday, sunny and breezy. cooler. full sunshine on sunday and

monday. warng in the mid-to-the upper 60's. alison: looking good. doug: i like it. alison: very good. thank you. still ahead right here at 4:30 -- another victim. one man says the women in this video approached him. what he says happened and why he didn't cal police right away. that's coming up. jonathan: first, going face to face with the enemy years after the war. we'll introduce you to one member of the greatest generation who went back to germany coming up. as we go to break, more american veterans who served or still have serving. check out the gallery at wjla.com and send us your family members who are warriors among us. again we thank all the service members. big thank you on veterans day. we're back discover the world animals, seen those before but sometimes they do it on their own mmm foot

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jonathan: veterans day is a time we salute and say thanks to the men and women w rvedo ur country. i wasonored to spend time with a 94-year-old veteran who can recite chapter and verse all the battles he has been in. there has been more than a few. but it's what happened after world war ii he found truly remarkable. >> the grenade or the mortars would fly off the trees and all over the place. jonathan: he remembers

everything. >> i jumped out and i sawh fire. jonathan: from his bethesda senior residence, he can tell you all the battles he fought. >> normendy, northern france. jonathan: but the worst, hercan forest where in a few months americans and 33,000 germans were killed or wounded. >> you felt you wouldn't get out of it alive. jonathan: but he did. in 1944 he was fighting the germans. 55 years later he and his comrades would come back here to perkins to meet the german germans. >> he wrote me a letter that fought against us in the huertgen forest. jonathan: the one-time enemy came toegther.

>> it's unusual. jonathan: they talked. >> we were young. jonathan: shook hands. >> take care of yourself. jonathan: this meeting was the focus of a documentary called "on common ground" and this meeting was 16 years ago. >> time changes a lot of things. including people. jonathan: he says the meeting wasn't awkward. they shared a bond of combat. once enemies, now friends. 16 years after their meeting, many are now gone. with the shelves of memories, two bronze stars and a picture of his wife he lost years ago. he will celebrate the veterans day as he has for many years. >> i think about my comrades more than anything else. jonathan: you saw he had two bronze stars. tell you a quick story. one of the bronze stars came this way. he had a group of maybe 12 or

15 men surrounding a barn inside the barn were 40 germans. he put a little hankerchief in his rifle and a german came out. he said you surrender to us or in two hours i have 1,500 americans behind us coming this way. the chances don't look good. two hours later the russians will come from the north and your chances look worse. the germans laid down their weapons, walked out of the barn and surrendered. he got a bronze star fir his herorism. i want to thank him for his time and service. all the veterans we salute you and say thank you. still ahead for us on abc7 news. in the g.o.p. presidential debate last night, immigration was a hot topic. some candidates say send millions of illegals back home. is it even possible physically or economically? the cost of deportation. we break it down coming up. alison: we know you have seen the video by now. one man says he, too, was targeted by the women here.

his side of the story as one of the women goes befo a judge for the first time after this.

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as the woman found stabbed to death behind an office park yesterday. she worked part time as a paralegal in the office park on new hampshire avenue. anyone with information on her death is asked to call police. jonathan: this is video that has gone viral. two women dancing, one groping a man in the d.c. convenience store. alison: one was in court today. the other is still at large. but now we are hearing someone else is coming forward saying he was targeted by the women as well. d.c. bureau chief sam ford spoke to that man. sam? sam: we're start at d.c. superior court where a judge denied bail for 22-year-old knight for third-degree sexual abuse is what she was charged with. also charging documents here identify the other woman as 23-year-old marjorie charles. the video shows two women twerking and groping a man

last month at a new york avenue shell station but the charging documents say they continued outside as he pumped his gas and followed him in the car wah as teymade cat calls. he dtol the police. the d.c. residence said when he saw the video he recognized the women the same wo that groped him and other men saturday at the gas pump at another shell station a block away rom the first. >> it's uncomfortable. even being a guy. having someone grope you and all over you. it was a turn-off. kind of suspicious, too. >> everyone said go to the police. i was like you never know. sam: of course he now does not believe it was the police but nevertheless according to the charging documents after

people saw the video yesterday, a man flagged the police down at around 11th and northwest and said the woman was working a block away. police say they went over there. they saw knight trying to stop cars and they made the arrest. she was denied bail. there is a preliminary hearing in the case. at "abc7 news at 5:00", we'll have more from the man who said he is convinced the same two women gropedded him over the weekend. reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you, sam. we posted t video and the story at wjla.com. to see it go to the website and search under "twerk." jonathan: yesterday, actually go to talk about the weather. alison: yesterday. doug is here now. it seems late in the season but it's not unheard of. to have a hurricane to talk about. doug: to get a hurricane, in

the atlantic his time of year doesn't happen often this year. hurricane kate. many is flying -- this is flying. 44 miles per hour. it may pose a threat to the british isles. this is headed to the azores. this will weaken and make a turn to the north/northeast. quick look at the weather. not much happening here. upper midwest, iowa, nebraska, tornadoes in central and western nebraska, snow. southern end of the cold front coming tomorrow in morning or midday with the showers and the isolated thunderstorms. tomorrow morning they will move through the area. 1:00 in the afternoon. isolated rumble of thunder. get rid of that. build the high pressure back to the area and have a stretch of breezy, windy, dry and cool weather friday, saturday and

sunday as well for the remainder of the weekend. that's the latest. jonathan: thank you for that. yesterday, world war ii memorial was found in a home and took it to the police station. a woman saw the pictures, realized it belonged to her family. suzanne kennedy has the story in a reunion you first saw here on abc7. suzanne: these are some of the itens we showed you yesterday. dozens of world war ii era relics found by a district heights homeowner. i was a mystery who the items should be returned to. all the police department knew was the agency that it was turned over to that it belonged to somebody named amando. he immigrate thod the united states from the philippines. a citizen tip led them to his daughter who came and retrieved items. >> daddy was in the service for over 30 years. 32 years. he was stationed on a ship. he was gone a lot.

my whole high school he was gone. suzanne: you can see here the family is spending this time afternoon going through the items. coming up tonight at 6:00, we will tell you what the family plans to do with them. in laurel, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: u.s. investigators could soon get a chance to look at physical evidence from the crash of metro jet flight 9268. the u.s. national transportation safety says egypt accepted the offer for assistance in the investigation. the ntsb is waiting for specific information on where and when the plane's engine will be brought so it will be examined before it dispatches a team to look for more. alison: what to do with the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the united states? g.o.p. candidates sparred in the fourth debate about this controversial issue.

jeff barns looks at the diverse view of this and talks about the dangers of a fractured republican party on the immigration issue. >> we have to stop illegal immigration. it is hurting us economically. it hurts us from every standpoint. >> but billionaire d trump's repeat plan to build a wal and deport all undocumented immigrants was attacked by riva. >> to send them back 500,000 a month is not possible. >> it's a silly argument. it's not an adult argument. it makes no sense. >> the anti-am necessarysy group says stopping -- anti-amnesty group says it would be a start in the deportation to stop subsidiaries. >> if you stop the benefit of work and taxpayer benefits the likelihood is a lot of people will go back home. >> according to the conservative american action forum, deportation would be pricy. $400 to $600 billion in 20

years to deport 1 million undocumented immigrants an prevent them from returning. each immigrant would ha to be detained. legally processed and transported to their home country. president obama: the notion that this generation of immigrants is different from the past is not true. only thing that happened is we forgot where we came from. >> numbers uays that for the republican po amnesty candidate gets the nomination for president this election year the gp will likely lose the white house in 2016. >> people who are enticed by amnesty, the democratic offer better amnesty. >> point made last night by ted cruz. >> the democrats are laughing because if republicans join democrats as the party of amnesty, we will lose. >> on cpitol hill, i'm jeff barn reporting.

jonathan: the country that wants to use crocodiles as prison guards. >> and a robot in grocery stores how it could eliminate jobs in the state? that is co

jonathan: i don't know why but i love this story. alison: do you, too? jonathan: if an indonesia official gets his way hungry crocodiles will work at prison guards. the guards can take a break. this is what they do if they want to sneak out. the head of the nation antinarcotics availability said i am going to build a prison surrounded by crocodiles. he is so serious he checked out possible recruits to get the biggest and the baddest at their game. alison: so they have to go through training and boot camp. jonathan: absolutely. alison: well, from crocodiles to this. watch out. you may have to share the aisle of the grocery with a robot. jonathan: no. alison: yeah. they recreated a robot to

track inventory on store shelves to tell when a product is in low supply or is on the wrong shelf. that is usually done by employees. i can take 20 to 30 hours a week. the ceo says tally can scan 15,000 items in an hour. one firm believes it could save retailers $500 billion every year. jonathan: cost folks their jobs, though. alison: definitely. jonathan: all right. disabled vet asks abc7 for help. her problem and how it could happen to you. coming up at 4:00. >> i'm a disavailabled veteran.

jonathan: it's a disabled veteran trying to spruce up her home for holidays. like a lot of us, right? she went online to a referral service to find a painter. alison: what happened when she hired the painter and he started to work led her to place a frantic call to "7 on your side." our troubleshooter horace holmes brings us the story. horace: patricia young knew it

would be a big job. >> i'm a disabled veteran. so i had to have help. >> wanted her home to look nice for the holidays so she went online to find a paper. >> trust everything on line. horace: she went to a company that rates contractors. she found a company called the express handy man services. it was what she calls a gold member. she said she signed a contract with express handyman and paid 60% up front. at first she said it went well with the painter. but a few days into the job young had to check herself in the hospital. she let adams work in the home on the week she was away. she got back home -- >> i am looking at a messy paint job. it looks like a 4-year-old did it. >> she was floored by what she saw. >> i am angry. when i first saw what he did, i'm telling you. i cried.

>> a sloppy job, the walls painted the wrong colors. paint on floors. holes left in the bathroom. furniture damaged. after two weeks of work, a job that was supposed to be done in one week. most of the house hadn't been touched. >> he got my money. horace: she called him and said to come get the ladders and clear out. but he never came back. if you were the homeowner here, what would you do? she did something smart. she made the contractor take out an insurance policy on the job before he signed the contract. >> i didn't ask him for a copy of his license which i didn't have to do i felt if i went through a referral service. didn't they check out to make sure he was licensed? >> interesting point. we tried repeatedly to

contract adams. they did not respond to us. we found the company was not licensed with the home improvement commission in virginia. young said she was able to get $5,000 settlement from the policy. thaw issued this response -- issues like this are rare and when we received information that concerned us we removed it from the platform. >> what a beautiful afternoon. early evening now. on the washington metro. looking out at national harbor. a quiet evening ahead. cooler weather on the way. sunday we are looking at the upper 50's with a mix of sun

and clouds. doug hill will be at the tree lighting. the temperatures fall from lower 50's to the middle 40's. chilly start to the 12k that is early morning on sunday in old town alexandria. temperatures start in the middle 30's. let's check on the commute with jamie sullivan. jamie: it's not bad. i love to report to you that traffic is not bad. this is 66 outbound near nutley street. you see the volume but it's not as bad as what we are used to. no problem closer to fair fax. you are at 46-mile-per-hour. we are in good shape traveling to the d.c. area.

not because of a crash. there is normal volume. one spot that looks great on the inner loop of the beltway. it will only take you seven minutes from tyson continuing to the american legion bridge. alison: thank you. coming up next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- sometimes you have to go to the e.r. but the cost of an emergency visit skyrocketed. so sticker shock and how you can avoid

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john: high deductible health insurance plans have brought down the cost of the deductible but when you use the plan, sometimes it's sticker shock. this is a hard-working dad that watches every dollar. until the night that his 5-year-old son cut his chin. >> middle of the night he bumped his chin on the bedside table. >> a small cut. but he goes to the e.r.

>> he looked at the wound. he said it doesn't need stitches. >> but he almost needed it on his own head when the bill arrived. >> shocking. john: $600 for the hospital. $500 for the doctors. >> it was $1,000 visit. >> what happens in the friendly e.r. doctor and the low $50 co-pay? the doctor is trippedly -- friendly but the low co-pay are a thing of the past. >> more people are exposed to higher deductibles. >> the executive director of united healthcare and he says most people have no idea that the same procedure can cost hundreds or less in a different town or different hospital. >> people don't know what they are paying until they get the bill. >> "new york times" investigation found the typical visit is a $400 facility fee. doctor's fee of $200 to $1,000. 400 in lab fees for x-rays. even a trip to the primary

doctor can cost $2,000 if you need an m.r.e. so knows the cost in advance is essential. there is a member payment estimator and blue cross has cost estimate site. anytime can use the healthcare blue block to get a rough estimate of what the procedure should cost. they check out independent facilities because the private m.r.i. centers and urgent care can be a fraction of the cost. mike will do it next time. >> obviously a case you have to know where to go and not to go. >> caution. if you have a serious injury or something that is life threatening go to the hospital emergency room immediately. if it's not urgent, compare prices in advance so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. leon: tonight, tracking a killer's footsteps. new information in death of a man shot behind a wheel in a

quiet neighborhood. riding to remember. >> a way to honor malcolm. leon: a wounded warrior pushes himself to the limit in a 200-mile pursuit to a friend. plus, tread carefully. >> what did you find wrong with the car. >> nothing. jonathan: a "7 on your side" investigation we weren't planning on. it found us. >> "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. leon: a car careens in a tree and inside the driver is slot. the man is dead and the police say he was a random target outside his home in springdale. maryland bureau chief brad bell is in the neighborhood where the police are fanning out. what are they doing now? >> we know that bernard parker left to go pick up a prescription for his elderly mother-in-law. he was behind the wheel. when right here, he was shot.

by somebody not believed to be in the car with him. his car went out of control d sideswiped a pickup truck and crashing another a half a block up. at this point that is all police know. >> bernard jerome parker. recently retired from a government job and a long-time fixture in this neighborhood. >> i called him mr. parker. >> osborne, parker's neighbor for 20 years. >> he was a good person. >> i am saddened to know. >> parker was found in this crashed car yesterday afternoon. police believe that parker was driving up his own road in broad daylight when he was accosted by a gunman for some reason shot in the head. his car racing out of control.