they turned around to take a picture. the next thing they knew they heard one gunshot. they believe law enforcement were the ones who fired the gunshot. they said they turn around, the man was on the ground. they were already cuffing him. he was still conscious according to witnesses we talked to. other than entering the nonsecure area they didn't hear a lot of noise. they weren't sure what had happened. be -- but they did hear one gunshot and realize he had been shot. here is more on what the eyewitnesses had to say. >> after he was shot i heard screaming. everybody was in chaos. nobody knew what happened. he was in handcuffs. by the time we looked at him, he was down and in handcuffs. everybody was scared. the secret service, the police officers, everybody started coming out with the big guns, machine guns pointing at us saying run, you need to go. everybody needs to get out and evacuate. tom: that young lady there you heard from was in the midst of it all. this is a picture she took after the fact. you can see them on top of the

right there who had been shot. so she took that picture before they were all sus courted away from the scene. the folks we talked to that young lady and her family were as close as you could get to where it happen and said it was a loud, loud gunshot. go back live and you can see how many folks are near the scene where this happened. secret service, they are the lead investigators on this. where you are looking at again right near 17th street and e. everything dead ends and you can no longer normally drive a car because you're too close to the white house, that is where it happened. according to that family once again, the man had gone past one gate that the public could go by and a second gate the public could not go by. sometime after that, he was shot. they believe, this is per the eyewitness not confirmed by authorities and they believe the man was shot by the secret service or law enforcement. that is the situation right now. if you are in the area. pedestrians and the cars are kept back from where this ha

yellow tape behind me that the secret service set up so nobody can get close to the white house now. cars certainly can't. overall a normal traffic day because a lot of the roads are already closed this time of day. reporting live from northwest, tom roussey, abc7 news. leon: thank you. president obama was not in the white house when the shooting happened but vice president biden was there. abc7 chief political correspondent at the live desk with what he has learned about what what happened there. scott: the president left the white house around 1:00. a nice day out. he went golfing at andrews air base. he was off property. as a result, secret service was, too. that is the typical amount that travels with the president no matter where he goes. the vice president he was on the complex grounds. we are told he was secured. no other details. motorcade was seen moving pretty quickly afterwards. there was some indication that perhaps they put the vice president in that

the case. nevertheless, the white house went to lockdown mode. the media was kept into the briefing room or the office attached to the west wing for quite some sometime before they were let out. white house tells us that president obama was briefed while on the golf course. we do not know if he then had to be secured or taken somewhere else or left the course for precautionary purposes. white house also stating that there were no injuries to any white house personnel. we are obviously in a bit more tense situation. when it comes to security in light of what may or may not been the cause of the plane going down, the egyptair flight. there were a series of fence jumpers and even in 2011 someone did fire a gun and hit the white house building as well as a window. they have been stepping up efforts some bit over the past year. including adding spikes to the top of the fence line and second level of barricades. this is just one more reason the se

up all of the protective measures there at the white house. leon: scott thuman reporting live from the newsroom. appreciate that. right now, the abc7 news team is pressing its sources looking for any more information available on what happened outside the white house. we will bring you that new information as soon as we learn it in the coming hour. alison: okay, leon. also a big story tonight breaking. firings at metro. we are talking about major firings here. abc7 has now confirmed 20 of the transit agencies managers have been let go. abc7 transportation reporter brianne carter is live with what she has learned about this. this is a big deal. brianne: in the last 90 minutes we obtained a memo sent to metro employees announcing the 20 metro managers have been released from the jobs at wmata. we know that 20 of the managers, seven of them said to be senior managers. that one-third of them worked within the rail operation side here of the

in this memo, it also says part of the restructuring and the streamlining that paul wiedefeld has been doing he will be reviewing any redun can't -- redundant positions. so this may not be the last of the firings. this is days after they held a meeting with the managers to lay out the expectations where he told each one of them safety and accountability have to be priorities or they may not be the right fit for metro. breaking news. 20 metro managers released from their jobs. brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: we have asked this question on the instapoll today. do you think that metro's safe track plan will work? go to wjla.com/votenow. we want to know your thoughts. we hope you will join in and vote.

leon: this fireworks there a live wire lighting up the night in northeast washington. d.c. firefighters there to bat a house fire. that is what they ran into. now they want to know whether it is intentionally set. it's the third major event happening on the same block in the past three days. sam ford is there with more on what is happening. this has to have the neighbors on edge. sam: indeed. the neighbors are questioning the timing of the fire. the fire department itself is still saying, it's not saying it's suspicious. only that it is under investigation. the latest event to capture attention of the neighborhood. today the water ran inside a house destroyed by fire last night. at one point the power line

the residents thought it was fireworks. the latest drama this week. >> fireworks going on at the same time the house was blazing. >> next door says it's too much. >> i'm so tired. i didn't go to work last night. >> on tuesday, u.s. mail was being snaked up in her drain after the neighbors learned a postal carrier jumping mail in the corner storm drain instead of delivering it. 25 bags retrieved. wednesday they arrested leslie who stayed there for chasing his girlfriend with a knife. "help he is going to kill me," she said. then the arresting officer shot his pitbull after it bit his partner. the neighbor to the east -- >> for the last two weeks when i come home there is shouting and screaming. zach he got out of

away from his girlfriend. now the house where he stayed is gone. for this neighbor, mother of two boys -- >> i'm moving. i'm going to break my lease and everything. i'm moving. it is too much. sam: no one was hurt in the fire. isaac had been staying here and renovating the place for an after-school program called street to street and the delta sorority. now there is just this. leon: thank you. you can find out what is happening around the own neighborhood using "7 on your side" spot crime map. go to wjla.com to click on the on your side tab. see each crime report where you live. alison: what a day. you could say this is the calm before the storm or maybe the sun before the rain. leon: so enjoy it while you have got it. we will see rain

meteorologist doug hill. doug: that is the story. live look at the beach in ocean city. view from brooderwalk at second street -- boardwalk at second street. there are a fair number of people on the beach. this time next friday it will be loaded down there as people block to beaches. maryland, delaware and more for beginning of the memorial day weekend. high clouds moving in. the rain is well east. but it will move northeast overnight. early in the morning the rain will be falling. temperatures in the 70's. we will drop in the 50's and stay there all day. the wind direction changes northeast. future cast is by 8:00 in the morning. steady rain. not quite to baltimore but look at the heaviest rain. there will be period of rain all day. try to break down the time period to talk about the best chanc

that will happen in the forecast in a few minutes. alison: scott thuman has more about the secret service and lockdown. scott: we have a statement about what took place. this shooting was 3:06 today that secret service says a man with a gun approached the outer perimeter. the outer perimeter and not on the complex grounds. the uniform officers gave numerous verbal commands saying drop the firearm. stop and drop the firearm. when the subject failed to do so. he was shot once by an agent. and then taken to custody. that i recovered the firearm at the scene and the uniform division officers and an agent provided medical aid to the sunt. that may correspond to the photo tom roussey is showing us from the e

local hospital for medical treatment. it sounds like as we heard from possible eyewitnesses he approached the checkpoint multiple times. the secret service claims they told him to stop and drop the weapon. when he did not they fired a shot. and tended to him. he's been transported to the hospital. it appears that the threat associated with this may have been singular to one incident. no other concern and the lockdown lifted at the white house. but this is his car. not terribly far from the scene. now they are going in investigative mode. we will follow this an bring the pictures as more come in the newsroom. leon: you got it. let us know what you hear. another story now, police have now identified the man shot to death outside of alexandria this morning as a fairfax county classroom assistant. there is a manhunt underway for those responsible. this happened in

hunting on the metro apartment on richmond highway. kevin lewis is there and checks in life live. do the police have any idea of a motive? kevin: not that we know of. the murder victim described as 24-year-old sampson. tarreece sampson's family calling him a sweet man caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> this morning, tarreece sampson was gunned down in the apartment building parking lot in fairfax county portion of alexandria. police found sampson unresponsive. they called for a medivac but the 24-year-old who worked as a substitute teacher with fairfax county public schools died. sampson grew up in rural virginia west of richmond. today by telephone his famil

hearted, respesful young man who loved the lord. his cousins say you expect this stuff from certain type of people. but not t.j. he was a productive member of society. he had never been in trouble. people should take notice. according to dispatchers he was talking on his cell phone when he was shot. the other person on the other side of the line hung up. dialed 911. notified the authorities about the shooting. so far no arrests. we're live in alexandria, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. alison: thank you. still ahead at 5:00 -- a woman forced into a van and sexually assaulted in a busy area of d.c. we will tell you where it happen and what makes the two suspects stand out. leon: plus, alarming new revelation about zika. what the federal government is doing to get ahead of the rapidly spreading virus. >> the sun is finally shining but how is the rainy

affected local businesses? i'm amy aubert with the story coming up. alison: plus, we are continuing to follow breaking news from the white house today. a man shot by law enforcement officers just outside the president's home. the president and vice president are safe. but we will have more information on what is going on there as soon as we learn it on "abc7 news a

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alison: a frightening scene in alexandria this morning after an s.u.v. slammed into a hallmark store. this store is at the bradley shopping center. can you believe no one was hurt? despite the damage we are told the building did not sustain structural damage. boy, does it look bad. >> for once you can't blame the weather. bright sunny day outside today. the temperatures in the 70's. good stuff. amy aubert finds out when the sun sunshines, so does other businesses. >> it's nice to be outside. amy: michael in downtown bethesda. he says when the sun shows up, so do the crowds. >> the warmer it is outside, the more

about and walking around. amy: but lately that hasn't been the case. workers tell me the last time they were able to have the area open was mother's day. >> it's depressing. sooner or later there are the dark clouds that part way. amy: the dark clouds sometimes putting a damper on outside business. >> jekyll and hyde. last year pretty much every day, especially on the weekends beautiful weather. this year it's been the opposite. amy: for natalie leon, sunny weather means four-legged friends get to enjoy a day out, too. >> i have seen a couple of people i know out here from the gym going to lunch. >> everyone doing what they can. to soak up the rain. >> we are going to first nice day. amy: signs of summer perhaps only one sunny reminder away. >> we loveav

news. alison: it doesn't get much better than today. doug: only good is to be outside enjoying the weather where it is warmer than here. i know someone who is spending a couple of hours outside in alexandria. meteorologist steve rudin enjoying bike to work day. leon: it's beautiful. the sun is fading. steve: the clouds increasing. folks are coming home from work and enjoying the weather. the busiest place is the dairy godmother where they have custard. if you have outdoor dinner plans go for it. temperatures are in the 70's. high clouds moving in. it won't amount to a lot. dry conditions all of this evening. bigger changes on the way moving in the day tomorrow. more on that. we head back inside to chief meteorologist doug hill with the very wet details. doug: that is what we have tomorrow. in morning, the heaviest rains

will fall. 74 at reagan national airport. 73 in manassas. 77 in leesburg. 73 in fredericksburg and baltimore. 72 at this hour at joint base andrews. now if you are headed outside for dinner, if you earlier in the week told, we told you how beautiful it would be on friday and you made reservations. we feel good. we can deliver on this. it's delightful for dinner outside. 74 degrees coming up at 6:00. 73. degree cooler at 7:00. still 71 at 8:00. comfortable. but the clouds will increase steadily through the evening. how do we know? watch the satellite. you can't miss it. clouds are drifting east/northeast. the rain getting larger. the circulation of the system will get going and turn the winds in the northeast tomorrow. that will make the rain heavier and bring in cooler air. toda

tomorrow mid-to upper 50's at best. the timeline according to the computer models by 8:00, rain and pocket of moderate to heavy rain south of the district. take a step-by-step. by 10:30 it's shifted east. plenty of rain. northeasterly winds and keep it going through early evening hour. impact in baltimore for preakness. keep an eye on that. overnight we have scattered showers. big batch sunday morning. sunday afternoon there could be breaks in the overcast. with any sunshine at all it could pop up. more showers and thunderstorms. not a great weekend outdoors. two inches in leonard-up to but only .4 in baltimore. so the farther north you are the better for the total rainfall.

the deal for preakness, rain, rain, more rain. hopefully it will be tapering off and ending by racetime and posttime at 6:45. the next seven days, a 100% chance of rain tomorrow. 60% chance something will pop up in the afternoon. partly sunny. 70 on monday. 30% chance of showers. look at the warming trend. upper 70's to low to mid-80's by end of next week. then thursday and friday is like summer pattern. mid-80's with pop-up thunderstorms for the afternoon. leon: where we should be. doug: exactly. leon: thank you. up next alarming spread in zika virus. what the director of the centers for disease control and prevention told us makes the situation unprecedent and difficult to control. alison: we'll get update from outside the white house where the law enforcement shot a man. we will have new information as soon as we learn this. this is "abc7 news at stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... and restoring a father's faith. it's standing tall after one surgery...

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alison: before today's excitement outside the white house, president obama met with the head of the centers for disease control to talk about zika. that meeting comes as we learn there are 157 pregnant women infected with the virus in all 50 states. the spread of the virus as we approach peak mosquito season, of course, has some wondering whether the government is working fast enough to prevent widespread infection. our chief political correspondent scott thuman went to the white

talk one-on-one with the head of the c.d.c. >> it's just so hard to explain. this is an unprecedented situation. we have never had a situation before where a mosquito bite could cause a terrible birth defect. by a mosquito that is very difficult to control. scott: if you can hear the alarm in dr. thom friedman's voice, we could, too, in the meeting at the white house. the director of the center for disease control won't admit panic, just overwhelming pressure to prevent zika's spread. illustrated as he tries to dig deep in washington's pockets. >> scientists, doctors, experts in the c.d.c. birth defect center tell me that in their 30 years of working in this area, they have never seen a situation this you are jeny. scott: that is why the white house is insisting on a $1.9 billion package claiming anything short of that is rolling the dice. >> time matters. the quicker we amount a robust

off we'll be and the safer we'll be. scott: if the house for example says we'll give $1.1 billion isn't that enough for now? >> the real problem with the proposals we have seen is robbing peter to pay paul. >> republicans leery of how exactly the president would spend the money demand it be offset by cutting in other areas. suggest unused funds like those already provided to fight ebola. >> the three agencies that are involved in this, health and human service, state department u.s. a.i.d. with $80 billion of unobligated balances in their accounts. the money is there. >> you don't defund fighting terrorism in the middle east to fight it in africa. >> now a waiting game in washington some say could go well in the summer. alison: a student has

removed over carton of milk. the reason ahead. >> violent abduction on busy street in broad daylight. details in a moment. leon: coming up after the break we will give you the latest on the shooting near the white house. live report up next.

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. leon: get back to breaking news at the white house. this is live pictures of the vehicle of the man that secret service shot at the white house. bradley is live at the scene. brad? brad: we are at 17th and pennsylvania. three blocks from where the person was shot. the secret service is heavily armed with assault weapons and the shotguns out and enforcing large perimeter here. show you the video of what it looked like earlier today. a lot of frightened tourists running from the area. what we are told is through a

parked the car and approached a check point that is accessible to the public on the outside of the white house. on the outer perimeter. the man had a gun. the officers told him to drop it. he continued to approach the officers and is secret service officer fired one shot to bring the suspect down. that was the end of the incident. but for people here it was a terrifying situation. the officers told him to get away and move. this is what a witness told us a while ago. >> i live in baltimore. this sounded like a muzzle

sound. this indicated it came from high caliber rifle or something along the lines. the gentleman next to me said that. the officer comes out of the side door. not the front door. but the side door. you hear his radio saying shots fired. suspect down. brad: we can show you a photograph of what we believe is the suspect on the ground. taken by a visitor to the area on the cell phone. secret service tending to that person. they offered immediate medical assistance to the man. he was shot and transported to the hospital in critical condition. i heard from the park police telling me they are still determining which agency is going to lead the investigation.

they are not ready to give us a briefing. we have the microphones lined up on the stand and we were told we'll get more information. we'll be here and standby. if we get the briefing we will bring it to you life. near the white house, bradley, abc7 news. alison: okay, brad. we will see you soon. a brazen and a shocking crime has a manicured neighborhood of southeast -- just stunned tonight. it started wednesday morning when a woman was snatched off of a southeast washington street. she was driven a mile away where she was sexual assaulted. stephen tschida picks up the story from there. the timing of the crime is disturbing, too. stephen: very disturbing. look at the people in thissy vinty. it was 10:00 at the morning. two men pulled up, one with a handgun and abducted that woman from the sidewalk

a street with plenty of traffic. both vehicular and foot. but here, just feet from the new department of motor vehicle building two men abducted a woman off the sidewalk at 10:00 wednesday morning. >> very scary. stephen: the suspect loaded the woman in a minmy van and drove her to the nearby vacant property where they raped her. >> i had just drove up when supers i -- when i saw the ambulance. it was awful. stephen: the neighborhood is well maintainedded and aggressively policed. many residents have lived here for decades. the suspects either fled and left the victim or she got away. somehow she got to someone and pleaded for help. when ms. smith learned what happened it left her stunned. >> it was shocking to us. we are not used to that. stephen: those who walk this heavily traveled stretch of road says abduction in daylight has them unnerv

safe. you can't walk down the street. can't walk to your house or step outside your door without stuff possibly happening to you. stephen: no word on the condition of the victim in this case. when it comes to the suspects, the most distinguishing characteristic both are believed to stand 6'6". one of them was carrying a handgun. they are believed to have taken off in an older model white minivan with some tinting in the rear. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you, stephen. with a verdict expected monday, in the industrial of a baltimore police officer charged in freddie gray east death, authorities there are urging calm. officer edward nero is charged with second-degree assault. reckless endangerment and misconduct. he chose a bench trial rather shan letting -- rather than letting a jury to hear the case. leaders want the residents to remain calm no matter the verdict. >> the citizens of baltimore asked for justice. and this is the

working its way through. it's we who have the ultimate responsibility to act wisely. it's we who have the power and the responsibility to define our own destiny. alison: as you know, gray died of spinal injuries he suffered while in police custody. his death sparked several days of rioting last april. leon: ahead at 5:00, he says he paid for it. but the school says not so fast. the incident that put a student in handcuffs over a milk carton of all things. in just a minute. alison: next in "working woman" -- >> she said i spent five years and $50,000 to have the twins. i don't want them. alison: a local woman's mission to help other women battling postpartum depression. the moment she says changed her

steve: i'm steve rudin. the weekend is finally here. en joy the nice weather we have this evening because big changes are on the way for tomorrow. if you are headed to pimlico, look at the rain. heavy at times tomorrow morning. temperatures will only be in the upper 50s. we will see lighter rain later in the afternoon. we move in the day on sunday, brighter skies by late afternoon. of course, the d.c. bike ride goes on. 17 miles unobstructed biking on d.c. roads with the temperatures that will eventually make it in the lower 60's. take you out to look at the next seven days. look at wednesday and thursday of next week. we talking daytime highs in the middle 80's. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" conti

alison: having a baby is the happiest time of the life. but not always. one in five women suffers from post par tem depression -- postpartum depression. one woman who has come through it are helping others who are often misunderstood. adrian had a successful career in military intelligence before

academy, worked on intel at the pentagon and the white house. >> that involvedlike briefing national security adviser and the president on occasion things going on in the world. it was exciting. alison: she had her first baby 16 years ago and saids it was a breeze. two years later she had her son and it was very different. griffin says it was a scary delivery and an emergency c-section. she was traumatized from the beginning. >> i knew right away something was wrong when they held me up. i'm like whose baby is that? alison: when she got home it got worse. the baby wouldn't take a botm. she was bottle feeding every two hours. >> i wasn't getting enough sleep and i was falling apart. alison: she says postpartum depression is being anxious, irritable and angry. often her cries for help fell on deaf ears. >> no awareness, no

needed to do something about it. alison: after retiring from the mill their she started a non-profit called postpartum support virginia. i included support groups, outreach, education. all available at the hospital or doctors office. griffin estimated they have helped 250 women just this year. all the time she hears stories that reassure her she is doing the right thing. like a new mom she helped in a support group. >> she said i spent five years and $50,000 to have the twins. and i don't want them. can i leave them here? alison: if you'd like more information on postpartum support virginia to learn about the warning signs and where to get help, there is a link on the website wjla.com. she says you know, new moms and new babies have so many doctors' appointments while they are pregnant and after they have the baby but no one is required to ask the mom how are you

that is what she wants to do with the information. make it available to people. leon: did it resonate with you? you are a two-time mother. alison: absolutely. i had a lot of help. not everybody does all the time. i had a supportive family. but it's not always the case. leon: oh. the last sound bite got me in the chest. alison: powerful. leon: good story. good luck, ladies. all right. suspended over a milk carton. the incident at a northern virginia middle school that will leave you scratching your head this evening. alison: plus, we are continuing to follow the big breaking news of the day from the white house. a man shot by law enforcement officers after he approached a checkpoint with a gun. we will have live updates as we learn them right here on "abc7 news at 5

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leon: from time to time we have stuff to go missing. have you lost something worth $600,000? an investigation revealed washington, d.c. has. "7 on your side" government watchdog investigator chris papst joins us now with the story you will only see here on 7 at 11:00 tonight. what are you talking about here? $600,000?

chris: clearly, washington, d.c., buys a lot of things with tax dollars. every two years the office of the chief financial officer does an audit to see what the city still has. this is one of those years we obtained the audit and here is a couple of things you will find on the audit that we will reveal tonight at 11:00. one of 48 pianos the city is missing. 18 are grand pianos. a slide that they lost. and honda scooters. $37,000 worth of honda scooters. you may ask why do they even have honda scooters. leon: why do they have honda scooters? chris: we are not sure. we did ask that question. they couldn't give us an answer. they had $37,000 worth. they auctioned them off. they have an item worth $600,000. tonight at 11:00, with reveal what the item is. we found it. we found the item the city says it cannot find.

we'll find you at 11:00 to get the rest of the story. thank you, chris. all right. alison, over to you. alison: get a check on the roadways. jamie sullivan on traffic watch tonight. hi, jamie. jamie: we are still dealing with the closure of course near the white house. 17th street northwest between c-street and pennsylvania avenue. with all lanes blocked off. as well as constitution avenue from 15th to 17th street northwest. same thing. all lanes currently blocked. 15 minutes to pentagon to the mixing bowl. we have that volume on the inner loop. as you get from route 4 continuing closer to the wilson bridge and prince george's county. earlier crash near branch avenue. tied it up for us. no big issues on 66 inside the beltway. as you head outside the beltway not bad. take a look at how light we are. this is near nutley street. we usually see bumper to bump every traffic. today we have seen less because it was national bike to work day. then on a friday we see volume that is lighter.

american legion bridge. not bad on the inner loop or the outer loop. not too bad to be out there on the roads now. back to you. leon: okay. perfect day for biking to work. alison: perfect. thank goodness it wasn't tomorrow. leon: bad weekend for weddings. alison: i know. leon: graduations. >> you have to feel bad for the brides out there who have the outdoor weddings planned, doug. doug: it does not look good. especially the morning and the mid-day. late afternoon to the early everything. jump into it here. look at the satellite and the radar. a lot of rain in kentucky, southern ohio. more rain developing from southeastern virginia. bottom line it will rain tomorrow. we still think according to the computer models the heaviest rains are south and east of metro. this model shows 79:00 a.m. moderate rain through the district. then it moves southeast. 6:30 there are pockets of steady rain in the area. overnight to sunday morning. the hope is sunday afternoon we will see peeks of

showers and storms. it will end with an inch of rain d.c. more to the south. heaviest amount farther south and lower by a and tidal area -- lower bay and tidal area of virginia. friday evening, sports time. robert, what do you got? robert: inspirational story here. sometimes we take for granted how long we have our loved ones on this earth. after you watch the next story, it might make you take a second to tell them you love them. that is the reality. for one high schooler. scott abraham has this week's "rising star." scott: you can usually find addison recommends with a -- adson reynolds with a lo cross stick in hand. >> we started to do a clinic and i fell in love with it. scott: using the sport as an emotional outlet. >> it's motivation for me. to play for him, knowing he is watching. >> weeks before the 13th before, his father committed suicide. >> it took me a while to get over it. in long run, it a

today. but keep going. for any 16-year-old growing up without a father figure is hart. but this is it's difficult for him. his family lives four-hour drive from georgetown prep. but there is no pity party for him. he is growing up fast on the lacrosse field. >> he wants nobody's pity. team first guy. no i for him. >> his father is with him every time he steps foot on the field. the initials inscribed on his helmet. >> just there to remind me to play for him and to strive to do my best. know he is watching. >> teenager quickly becoming a man with every shot he takes. scott abraham, abc7 sports. robert: cool story there. if you know someone overcoming adversity that excels in the athletic

leon: this next story is crazy. a tenth grader in prince william county handcuffed, charged and kicked out of school. alison: we will tell you why his parents say this is ridiculous. and what program the students involved with that throws a wrench in the allegations.

leon: jaup date on breaking news we're following. a man shot by law enforcement outside western side of the white house. we learned the man is in critical condition. live update in minutes. alison: a prince william county is outraged avenue they say their son was effect lively are thrown out of school over a carton of milk. police say he stole that 65-cent

the boy and parents say it's possible. roz plater explains in a story only on 7. roz: what was a bad problem she says only got worse. she got a letter saying that her son has to appear in juvenile court and is being charged with larceny. this iscid louse. he is at home for 65 contracts. roz: this stems from an incident at middle school may 10. her son went to lunch line to get his milk and a prince william county police officer accused him of stealing. the student is on the free lunch program and the milk should have been free. he was cuff and the middle schooler said he pulled back. >> i yanked away from him. and said get off me, you are not my dad. roz: he was taken to the principal's office and they searched for dr

principal said he asked strangely. >> he refused to talk. roz: she says he was suspended for theft, being disrespectful and using a cell phone. in a statement the school told us the need for disciplinary action is determined how a student behaves throughout any given incident. appeals process is in place to determine the fairness of disciplinary action. his mom is fighting to get him in school and to keep him from having a juvenile record. >> i'm angry and frustrated. mad. >> they charged him with larceny. i don't know why they are charging him with larceny when he's entitled to the milk from the beginning. roz: in dumfries, i'm roz plater, abc7 ne

alison: that is it at "abc7 news at 5:00". but right now at 6:00, we are following the breaking news near the white house. what we know about the man shot. and what eyewitnesses tell us about the incident. a big spike in shoplifting at a popular mall. what authorities say is behind this. the new team of officers ready to take the thieves on. and a big shakeup at metro today. we'll tell you about the employees who were fired today. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. leon: we continue to follow breaking news this hour. suspect, armed suspect shot by secret service after allegedly firing at the white house. maureen: this is unfolding in the last two and a half hours on executive drive in northwest d.c. we first brought this to you as breaking news at 4:00. leon: the senior political correspondent scott thuman standing by in the newsroom but we will start with tom roussey who is ou

where this is happening. he is live now with the new details that are coming in. tom, fill us in. tom: all the streets are still shut down at least for a block from the direction where this happened. let me step out of the way. from where we are, we are at 18th and e. this happened not far from 17th and e. zoom in on the scene where the police are investigating. the secret service is the lead agency on this now. where you look at, at the moment, that is near where this shooting happened. a little after 3:00 this afternoon. with a lot of tourists around. however, there is another scene where an investigation is going on as well. take a live picture from 17th and constitution. actually this is on constitution. just a little bit east of 17th. that is where the car believed to be of the suspect is parked. that is being investigated as well. they believe the male suspect parked there and then from there, went up near the white house. near security gate near 17th and e. he was armed according to the secret