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of folks very concerned, about far more than just what happened yesterday. yesterday's quadruple shooting happened outside of the big ben liquor store, but residents say they have seen so many more problems than what happened yesterday and residents are first-rate. >> it's highly alarming. tom: yesterday in broad daylight, four people were shot. ofse are surveillance photos a person of interest. residents said they are concerned, but what is most first writing -- what is most frustrating -- >> this has happened three years in a row. tom: although the neighborhood has changed a lot in recent years, some problems never seemed to go away. >> that corner has been a long term open-air drug market. tom: the scene of shooting after shoo
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notorious a 2013 drive-by in which one dozen people were shot. >> it cannot change overnight, but we need to make some progress. >> there are more people on the streets. tom: the police say they have stationed extra officers in the area for now, but they admit that is only a short-term fix. long-term requires help from officers, but social services and residents. back alive, the police surveillance camera is right near where the crew drupal shooting happened. there was a police officer on a bike you try to respond quickly yesterday and was hit by a car trying to respond. tonight at the meeting, the police say he got banged up pretty good, but he will recover. the intersection of new york avenue and north capitol street, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank you. almost one year later,
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murder in old town alexandria. is accused of killing elliott-tibbs in the 700 block of fayette street last july. leon: 7 on your side fighting back against crime. track the crime in your neighborhood using the spotcrima e map. alison: the search is on for a man who sexually assaulted a woman after following her from the new carrollton metro station. jay korff live on the scene in landover tonight. jay: the authorities believe the attack occurred not far from where i'm standing on garden city drive in landover. just over my shoulder is the new carrollton metro stop. they say the person followed the woman here. we are showing very important images. this is what the authorities want you to see. they believe this is the suspect, wearing a red jacket with what look
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a plus sign on the back. aey allege that he followed woman from a metro station to a nearby area where he sexually assaulted her. this happened just before 4 a.m. thursday morning. the police believe the victim did not know the suspect. they want this guy caught quickly. if you recognize him, you are urged to contact authorities immediately. jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, jay. breaking news from montgomery county, where a motorcyclist could die after an actor said it -- after an accident on the intercounty connector. they say the biker somehow came off his bike and was hit by another vehicle. we will let you know if we get any more information. about: new information the teenagers killed when their pickup truck hit a tree in clarksburg. the police released a
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thatfound the ford f-150 jacob dennis was driving crossed the center line and hit a tree. , and carry shiflett greene all died. they were all high school juniors who i just left a party. >> it's really sad we have to continue to have these type of accidents. it really inspires me to recognize that we have to do more. alison: the police say that jacob dennis was cited for speeding in november and greene had crashed the truck he was driving into a tree last october. investigators believe that speed and inexperience were factors in the crash. a former wound high school quarterback is heading to prison for a fatal car crash. 19-year-old ellis pled guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter. today he was sentenced
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suspended. that crash killed two people. the police say that ellis' blood-alcohol level was .07. .02.ryland the level is leon: metro had a chance to talk about the progress on the safe track program today. there have been plenty of passenger complaints, but today the board acknowledged after a shaky start, specifically crowd control monday, the general manager says they are doing what they should and finding alternate routes for staggering commutes. stay a step ahead of the safe track with alerts by texting the word "metro" to 43817, or sign up at wjla.com. alison: big changes on the express lanes of 95,
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along 395 in virginia will close at 10 a.m. and reversed direction from northbound to southbound. that is an hour earlier than the current schedule and it will stay that way on weekdays for the rest of the summer. rest ofeaking of the the summer, it is going to feel like it by the weekend. one more cool night and another cool day. just a few clouds right now. satellite and radar not showing us too much. 58 washington, d.c., 56 leesburg, 54 frederick. not as chilly as this morning, but still worth having the jacket. to 80 time, 72, close degrees on the way home. over the weekend, we tack on 10 more degrees and we are looking at 90's. leon: sounds good. moving on to the day in vote 2016. from thisobama: incredible
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upst to know that i am fired and i cannot wait to get out there in campaign. leon: that was the big announcement today, just hours after the endorsement. hillary clinton picked up another big endorsement, this from massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. a blisteringen vocal opponent of donald trump during the primary season and is also rumored as a possible vice presidential candidate. has clinchedlinton the democratic nomination, there is still the bernie sanders factor. he met with president obama at the white house today. today they held a rally in the district. richard reeve was therefore the rally. he joins us live from rfk stadium to tell us what he saw and heard. even though the nomination has been clinched, how was the mood? richard: people are still true believers. in the parking lot, virtually deserted right now, but earlier
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familiar territory, the 1%. it was a rockstar reception for sanders outside of rfk stadium. >> bernie, bernie, bernie! >> we hope you continues to speak for those who cannot speak. richard: several thousand people attended the rally. sanders railing against wall street and the 1%. mr. sanders: we should not be living in a country where the very, very rich get richer and the poor get porrer. richard: this is for the true believers, those who do not think the delegate votes show that sanders is a viable path. >> i want to see what happens at the convention. richard: he repeated his stance, free college education at all institutions, but he was also talking about tax breaks for the
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continues to strike. -- continues to shrink. mr. sanders: when it comes to providing good education, good health care, affordable housing, somehow we seem not to have the money. richard: sanders mentioning donald trump just one time, about climate change. did not talk about hillary clinton at all. he will be back for the d.c. primary tuesday. live in southeast washington, richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: today, former maryland governor and democratic candidate marco o'malley has said he is supporting hillary clinton. wasent governor mary hogan asked three times today if you would support his party's candidate. larry hogan responded by saying he is not interested in talking about donald trump any further. alison: one more political note candidates declared a twitter war today. donald
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"president obama just endorsed crooked hillary." the clinton campaign replied, "delete your account." and it will continue. a are proud to host discussion on the role female voters will be playing in november. nextin for the woman card, thursday at 7:00 on our sister station, news channel 8. leon: breaking news from cincinnati, where we understand there is a massive police presence investigating a possible active shooter situation. a sheriff's deputy was shot during the response. the search centers around a grocery store. the authorities say people who live nearby should shelter in place. stay with us and we will bring you updates as soon as we get the information. come -- getting pulled over generally is not a great way to start the day. leon: but find out why a woman in this vehicle
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leon: an update on a story that we first brought you, residents and businesses in northeast washington are getting some of the mail that was dumped down a storm drain last month. this happened on douglas street northeast. the postal service retrieved 25 l from theinky mai sewer. they blame the incident on a disgruntled letter carrier. >> he went to sleep and put the mail inside the sewer. kept on moving and got paid for it. leon: the postal service has yet to reveal the name of the letter carrier. they have not said what kind of punishment they will face. she lovshe says that
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kill him. on herte hutchinson was way to volunteer with a summer feeding program for children when the officer pulled her over. have beenf she might involved in a hit and run come even took her to the back of the car to show her scratches. when he told her that her partner would be back with her license -- [woman screams with laughter] alison: instead it was her son, army staff sergeant. ,e has to go back in two weeks provided he survives his mother's wrath. >> i'm going to kill him! i'm glad to see him, though. >> i was happy to see the reaction. alison: members of the georgia police department say they were happy to help the young man. he has served three deployments protecting his country.
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knot on his head from the cane. attended an islamic prayer service form a hominid ali -- fourmuhammad ali today. has some of the story. michelle: people are vying for tickets to the funeral. people lined up for the free tickets when they were handed out wednesday. now scalpers are trying to sell them for $200 and $300 online. a spokesperson for the family called it despicable. former president bill clinton, actor and comedian billy crystal, and bryant gumbel are just some of those who will speak tomorrow. president obama since his regrets that he will not be at the actual ceremony. his daughter's high school graduation is happening tomorrow.
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video on facebook a few hours ago. that will be played during the service. you can watch it at wjla.com. at the live desk, michelle marsh, abc 7 news. leon: watch complete coverage of tomorrow's funeral on our sister .tation, news channel 8 it will begin at 2 p.m. shown: the wildly popular a "hamilton" is pushing another record on broadway. producers just raise the price of a premium seat to $849. forprevious record was $447 the best seats, which was to see "look of mormon -- book of mormon." josh: nice weather the rest of the evening, the temperatures right now in the 70's, but we are dropping into the 50's and 60's overnight. air in place. the humidity not really a factor tomorrow. it i
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the futurecast, early friday just a few30, clouds, a good amount of sunshine. clouds later in the afternoon. friday, still a great day, topping out in the low 80's. not too hot. saturday, we are looking for cloud cover in the morning. it is looking like it will be a dry day. a very busy weekend around the area. are watching we for showers and thunderstorms, about 4 p.m. when this drops in. especially north of d.c. is where we are likely to pick up on the rain, about 5:00, 6:00. as it drops to the south, most of this breaks up. just a 30% chance we deal with rain or thunderstorms. saturday, a lot of us will stay dry. with that in mind, we have hagerstown and parts of frederick
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county, baltimore county and a slight risk of severe weather. further to the south, the risk dissipates as the storms break apart. the worst of the weather saturday should be staying further north and into pennsylvania. through the day tomorrow, 62 in the morning rush, don't forget the sunglasses, partly cloudy. tomorrow at lunch time eat outside, mid-70's. the annoying wind we have had the past few days, we will get a break from that. the way home, 80 degrees, windows down. beautiful weather for the baseball game, the nats back in town. mid-seventies at first pitch, low 70's towards the end of the game. 30% chance of thunderstorms saturday, but most of the day we stay dry. 80 degrees tomorrow, comfortable. heading into saturday and sunday, that is back when the 90's. -- that is back into the 90's. the
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saturday will be just for a few of us. if you keep an eye on the app, you will know when they are popping up. and we are back into the mid-80's next week. leon: most of us watching the nba finals. a bunch of blowouts, but it could get interesting of cleveland wins tomorrow night. momentum hangs in the balance and tomorrow's game four of the nba finals. at subway, you'll love our mediterranean collection. it'll make anyone's day brighter. my girlfriend and i just broke up. ohh. i need something to make me feel better. ohhh, i just broke up with my boyfriend and i need something to celebrate with. bree? i thought it was mutual. yeahhh. the mediterranean collection. try with chicken or steak. topped with crumbled feta and creamy tzatziki sauce. i feel better. me too! subway. fresh is what we do.
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that was all the white sox would need. finale,l in the series 3-1. steph curry and golden state warriors won the first two games of the series. last night, lebron james and company in cleveland look like they were happy to be home, a 30-point win, making it a 2-1 series lead for the warriors. today, the teams regrouped and refocused for the crucial game four tomorrow night for stop golden state is 12-1 after a loss this season. the cavs hope to even their series on home court and grab momentum. 2-1 right now, and the story is still unfolding. >> we cannot afford to go down 3-1 and give them confidenc
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still. scott: should be a good one, tomorrow night right here at 9:00. join us on facebook live for a preview of game four starting at 8:00. for they of ota redskins, the perfect time to grow for the team. gold got in and some good work the last couple days at redskins park. mandatory minicamp is looming next week. the skins preparing for the mental and physical grind of the upcoming season. >> i'm here to do my job and play as hard as i possibly can. and make plays. that is what i'm here for. anything i need to do, i'm going to do it. i'm not worried about anything else. in hardrong believer work give success. especially as a team come if we work hard, we will do well. scott: the stanley cup
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chance to close it out. carlson, the one-timer and the goal. the san jose sharks survive, taking the series back to california, winning 3-2 in game five. a big congratulations to oakton high school senior third baseman joe rizzo. he was drafted tonight in the mlb draft by the seattle mariners. tremendous high school career, should do very well at the next level. leon: congrats. stay with us.
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alison: 7 on your side with health matters and word scientist may have a candidate for a zika vaccine. they hope to start testing by the end of this year. zika is carried by mosquitoes and tied to birth defects. leon: there was an accident at a lab at the university of pittsburgh that left a worker infected with zika. -- developed systems symptoms last week, but the good news is she has recovered and she is back at work.
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tonight. josh: we get one more day of it, tomorrow low 80, low humidity. saturday, near 90. at subway, you'll love our mediterranean collection. it'll make anyone's day brighter. my girlfriend and i just broke up. ohh. i need something to make me feel better. ohhh, i just broke up with my boyfriend and i need something to celebrate with. bree?
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