leon: up first, a young police officer's life cut short. he was hit during a car -- hit by a car during a traffic stop last week. he died today. alison: tonight, new information about the driver who hit him and who is suspected of being drunk at the time. tom roussey has the investigation happening now. tom, what's the latest?

tom: we are outside of the fourth district police station on randolph road, a police car draped in black, people leaving flowers. moments ago a tow truck driver stopped by. noah leotta wrote just a few miles from here in olney, and that is also where the man who hit him lives. tonight, this man brought his eight-year-old son. >> we came to pay respects to the softserve. >> thank you for his good work. >> he always had a smile on his face and was eager to help however he could. tom: officer say that he had a passion for getting drunk drivers off the streets. >> he saw the importance of the work. it's one of those things that we do. we never know how many lives we are saving on we arrest somebody. tom: earlier, the police took

leotta's remains pass the fourth district station as officers stood nearby. the police chief hugged members of the enforcement family and gave an emotional speech. >> this young officer who was an example of every caught was killed by men who decided to smoke some dope, drink for four hours, and get behind the wheel of the car. tom: the police say the man was 47-year-old luis relusco. tonight, nobody answered at his olney townhome and all the lights were off. as of now coming is not been charged. the state's attorney's office is waiting on reports to come back before making a decision. although the charges go back a few decades, the police say he was arrested twice before oi-related charges. tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, tom.

heartbreaking. a second arrest in connection with the shooting death of an american university student. the police say that 19-year-old andre dudley is charged with second-degree murder. matthew slonsky was shot to death outside of the shawl-howard metro station in august. he was not the intimidated target. alison: intimidated, nervous bullied, words being used by muslim-americans in the wake on the war on terror, it's in any threat evacuate at the council of islamic relations building. the police are urging anybody with concerns to come forward. roz plater has more. roz: alison, we heard tonight from women who say in the aftermath of the san bernardino mass shooting, they were afraid to go to their mosques and the grocery store because of the way they dress and they have been mostly silent until now.

at this packed meeting muslim-americans talk about being discriminated against and the anti-muslim rhetoric ratcheting up, happening even at the elementary school level. >> the children say you are hiding a bomb in the car or that you are a terrorist, things like this. we hear this all the time. >> my son came home and said muslims are bad people. i wonder if there are so many more incidents that have gone unreported. roz: that is why montgomery county human rights officials convened the meeting. they suspect there is a climate of fear. one person spoke about people being afraid to go to mosque two days after the san bernardino mass shooting because of how they dress. >> they are afraid. roz: the county has strong hate

crime laws and they encourage people to come forward to the office of human rights and the police. >> it is in the eyes of the beholder. roz: some fear as the rhetoric gets hotter, things could get worse. >> maybe he should be charged with a hate crime. roz: officials from the human rights office and the police say they can help, they standby waiting to help. you have to first, though, come forward. roz plater, abc 7 news. alison: tonight, a controversy at the citadel military college in south carolina. eight cadets suspended over photos with white sheets or pillowcases over their head. they said it was part of a christmas get. many say that it looks like a reference to white supremacy. the school is investigating. leon: disturbing new intelligence in the war on

terror. isis may have the ability to make fake passports, this as officials in california scoured an unlikely place. jonathan elias has the fast-moving developments. jonathan: in san bernardino california, the fbi is searching a lake as part of the mass shooting investigation. a dive team is looking into the water of a park. they are there as a precaution to make sure that no evidence was thrown into the lake or missed the first time they look for it. they are looking to see if psy you farouk -- syed farouk and tosh fema late stored or left anything there. -- syed faroulk and tashfeen malik stored anything or left anything there. the world is on alert because there is troubling news about terror tactics. the authorities are warning that isis followers may have infiltrated our borders with

authentic-looking passports. the worst part, isis may have printed the passports with their own machines. as according to her report obtained by abc news. the report says isis likely had the ability since they took over a syrian city last summer where they got boxes of blank passports and a printing machine to make their own passports. the fbi director says the intelligence community is concerned about the possibility. we will continue to watch the situation and let you know if there are changes or developments. leon: closer to home, a major break in the death of a young woman. heather ciccone was found shot to death in a spotsylvania car monday. investigators say that she got a phone call sunday night and went to meet somebody. no arrests have been made, but we are watching it closely and will bring information as we get it. alison: the air traffic controller who misguided an airplane with michelle obama on

board has been arrested for meth and gun charges. the police say the air traffic controller was arrested in new york with two fguns and crystal meth in his car. in 2011, he was directing a white house plane with jill biden and michelle obama on board. he allowed it to get too close to the wake of a cargo jet and the landing had to be aborted. leon: a warm, comfortable streak continues with the weather. the temperatures may go up. steve rudin has the outlook. steve: a spike in temperatures on the way tomorrow and for the weekend. outside the belfort furniture weather center, 45 degrees falls church middle 40's gallaudet waldorf 49.

hardly any cloud cover right now, but a little fog will develop later to make, early tomorrow morning and could bring delays. 38 to 48 overnight, light wind. the upcoming weekend, if you like temperatures in the middle to upper 60's, you will love what you see on the seven day outlook. alison: breaking news out of oklahoma city, where a former police officer was found guilty of rape and sexual battery. he was convicted on 18 of 36 charges. prosecutors say he preyed on african-american women in poor neighborhoods. all 13 alleged victims are black. they say that he used traffic stops to abuse women with crimes from groping to write. he denied the allegations. baltimore on edge, today arguments about who was

ultimately responsible for the death of a freddie gray and the transport of a prisoner. gray died from -- gray died from spinal injuries, triggering violent riots in baltimore. stay with abc 7 for continuing coverage. leon: bowe bergdahl, freed in the prisoner expechange the taliban, shared his story with a screenwriter. he said he walked off his post because of crisis. he thought it would get the intelligent -- he thought it would get the attention of military leadership and draw attention to what he thought were serious problems with his unit leadership. >> i was confident when people started to investigate the situation that people would understand. what was going on, the danger to

the men in the company. leon: he said he also wanted to prove himself as a real-life action hero, like jason bourne. alison: 7 on your side with a consumer alert about a hacker attack affecting thousands of federal workers. opm improperly use taxpayer money to hire companies protected -- to hire companies to protect stolen data. now lawmakers are trying to oust opm's chief information officer. 21 million americans had information stolen in that hack, which has been blamed on china. leon: up next -- richard: these lights are from laser lights, and some of the hottest holiday decorations going. why are pilots concerned?

alison: three major airlines, 7

on your side was the first to identify hazards with a toy. there are concerns batteries can overheat and cause fire. delta, american, united will not allow hoverboards into check door carry on luggage. jetblue had already banned them. leon: neighborhoods rushing to have the most festive like displays outside, but one bright declaration is causing concerns in the skies. alison: they project on to way home, but the problem is the bright reflections can impact highpilot's vision. leon: richard reeve has the latest. richard: you have to admit these holiday laser lights are pretty cool. check it out. but the big problem, as you indicated, if the lights are

pointed skyward, they can cause big problems for pilots. they are the hot new holiday decoration. laser lights on the street for the first time. >> they are very pretty. richard: the gadget comes with a warning. >> i did not realize it was a projection. ri i can cause problems in the sky. >> it brings risks to the air crew and passengers. richard: this at aa video shows the concern, pilots impaired by the laser lights pointing skyward. news chopper 7's photographer says it's a real problem. >> it can hit their eyes and bounce off the instruments in the cabin. richard: pilots over dallas and sacramento have sighted lasers, but a reported -- but no reported incidents. >> we should try to angle the

slightly differently or have it hiring pointing down. richard: she agrees it's not worth risking safety. >> they are happy that they are home. richard: this is the projector. i can block the laser with my hand. imagine that going up into the air. this woman said she is going to try to adjust her lasers. meanwhile, the faa has threatened $11,000 fines for each violation. so far they have issued only two warnings. richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: wow. leon: burn santa's retina. that is serious. steve: $11,000. alison: the weather is just so warm. steve: if i had a penny for every time i heard that. here we are almost the middle of

december and we are talking middle 60's, near 70. some people like it, but there are a couple who don't. most people are not complaining. 63 degrees was the high earlier today, just four degrees shy of the record. we could be looking at record challenging warmth sunday into monday. the map so far this month, one day with below-average readings. the rest have been above average, and we will add two more all the way into sunday and monday, even tuesday and wednesday. and that is after a cold front moves through. outside right now, comfortable if you don't mind 40's and 50's. 48 degrees at reagan national, the clouds out there right now. a little patchy fog developing. we may have dense fog advisories posted later tonight into early tomorrow morning, similar to earlier today. not lasting long. most will cancel out by about

9:00 if they issue any. 37 frederick, that is the cooler spot on the map, 48 leesburg, 43 manassas, southern maryland at 44 annapolis 45. not a lot of super cold air milder temperatures to the south. still in the 50's charlotte and raleigh. if you like the sunshine it is back again. you will need the sunglasses. not going to amount to a whole lot and we will stay dry overnight, dry tomorrow. the next best chance of showers will not come until monday of next week. that is part of the cold front. tonight, patchy fog temperatures fall into the upper 30's in the suburbs, upper 40's downtown d.c. the wind will be a light -- the wind will be light, allowing the development of fog. 42 aspen hill, 44 largo, low 40's fairfax, manassas, and ashburn.

the high-pressure overhead will keep us dry and quiet. tomorrow morning, 43 degrees in town, noontime prot temperatures 61. the daytime highs just near 65 degrees. the best news of all, the seven day outlook, 67 saturday, 67 sunday. would not be surprised sunday and monday some of you may hit 70 degrees. the cold front monday brings the better chance of showers, and windy conditions. behind that, the cooler, but not super cold. 58 degrees? i can take that. alison: it's amazing. leon: if this guy had a penny every time somebody mentioned something about the redskins not winning on the road. robert: i would be a millionaire. another winnable game on the heard that?

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: caps coming into tonight winning seven of their last eight, on the road against the florida panthers. the panthers did not waste time. they got on the board. the slapper deflected 1-0 florida. former capital jaromir jagr redirects the past. that is his 731st career goal moving him into fourth place all time. in the second, the panthers on the move. the odd man rush. bingo. 3-0 florida. they beat the capitals, 4-1. the skins just need to win a

road game, which they have not done all year. three more on the road. if you lose all those, you are 6-10, which may not be enough for the postseason of matter how bad the division is. a play the bears sunday. -- they play the bear sunday. >> i'm very frustrated, i'm tired of it, tired of hearing about it. i'm just hoping the team will respond to the challenge of winning on the road. what three out of four of our last ones are the road, so why would rather be in the playoffs. robert: more free agent news with the nats, as reported washington could be a landing spot for free agent jason heyward. both the cardinals and cubs are also in the hunt. last year he hit .23993, with

13 homers. he also help them to the playoffs. nats made moves, trading escobar to the angels in exchange for two relievers as michael russo continues to reconstruct the bullpen. escobar had nine home runs in his only season in washington. high school hoops dematha hosting roosevelt. pj harvey with the dish. dunk time. these kids get bigger and bigger every year. dematha cruises 76-54. and the minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson scored his 100th nfl touchdowns in a, 13 players in history have done that. congratulations to him. alison: don't you just love those kids? robert: yeah, because i'm getting up there.

leon: way to go. robert: i get it every night. leon: you may not recognize this colorful car, but it has a co

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