>> from abc 7 news come a breaking news alert. jummy: president -- prince george's county, a police involved shooting. , at theriver was hit same time, the p

apprehended by the other officer and responding officers. the officers immediately break the window out of the driver side of the vehicle because the driver was unresponsive. they extract the driver and place them on the ground, apply a trauma kit, and begin cpr, providing life-saving intervention measures while calling for advanced life support from fire ems. the driver was transported to the hospital where unfortunately he succumbed to the injuries. the second individual in the car, the passenger is under arrest, in the criminal investigations division being questioned. we have recovered two weapons as of now and pictures are available to the public through our social media. the handgun was found on the floorboard beneath driver

consistent with the account we were provided with and a weapon was initially found and removed by officers so that it would not be accessible and placed on the ground, again, you have pictures of the weapons. i will attempt to answer questions. shots?the suspect fired >> we are only three hours into this. we have not had an opportunity to examine the weapons in detail but as soon as that work is done , i will come back to you and verify whether or not they were fired. it is too early to say because we are still working on the crime scene. >> what was the initial call -- >> the initial report was a vehicle acting suspiciously in the area, this vehicle does match a description for a vehicle that we believe to be involved in some robberies and sh

certain but a lead we are working on. this was a call from a resident on the street reporting that to us. >> were shots fired through the close windows? >> they were fired by the male officer on the driver side at the driver as he was pointing that gun towards the passenger attempting to flee and towards our officer. >> the pictures show broken car glass. >> i will only say that as we this together, we will have more information but the doors were locked so our officers were extracting the driver to provide cpr and apply the trauma kit so most of the damage to the window was done by our officers immediate after the shooting cracks provide life-saving inte

witnesses who have different accounts? >> i have no account that did not cooperate what i'm offering and i would not present this information if there was doubt these are the basic facts. we are early, disciplinary come all of this is to be verified through forensic analysis but that is the basic facts we have. >> the 19-year-old suspect has been released come in maryland, he was recently charged with narcotics activity and possession of a handgun, he was on the street. do you have reactions or thoughts about that history of charges? >> my understanding is that he was facing charges, has prior charges, numerous prior charges, i had a conversation with our partner, angela, their offices looking at the background but i will be clear

indication that anything by either the courts or the state's attorney would have intervened in this tragedy. will makeoadly, 2017 the rollout of body cameras in prince george's county, how might they be useful in situations like this? >> the account we are providing is based on the officers and witnesses, based on a number of sources, body cameras are not more important to that process than any of the sources i have named but another piece of information -- it allows us to provide a public -- >> we are live about a block from where you are hearing the police chief in capitol heights, on the other side of the crime scene where we have been watching the forensic team digging up clues, they just picked up a parka, believed to be one of the suspects

shooting. the police chief said the started at around 9:00 this morning, police called here for a suspicious vehicle, police found the two men sleeping in the car, the driver woke up and allegedly pointed a gun at an officer, that is when the cops opened fire, the driver was killed and police say men were armed. two guns were covered, -- recovered, a rifle and a handgun , the second suspect tried to plea and was detained and arrested a short time later. no officers were injured in this incident, the deceased has been identified as terrence thomas junior, he lived in capitol heights. only four or five blocks away. the police chief said there were prior charges with these men and it is still very early in the investigation. live in capitol heights, john gonzalez. jummy: thank you

millions getting ready to fly out for the holidays, airports nationwide's are extremely busy. lines expected to be long and in some places a lot of the latest, sam sweeney at reagan national with the rush on one of the busiest travel days on the year. everybodyu feeling you know is traveling, you are not imagining it, nearly 50% of the people living in the d.c. are expected to hit the road between now and new year's. look at the security line, it has been moving steadily all morning, full of people but doing an excellent job of getting people through, on average in less than 10 minutes. aaa is calling this an exit is of biblical proportions and expect more americans to travel this holiday season than ever before. across the country, more than 103 million americans are expected to leave their homes and travel more then 50 miles.

in the d.c. area, 2.5 million people traveling. , the top five destinations are las vegas, orlando, new york city, san diego, and anaheim. we caught up with people in line at reagan national to see where they were going. the destinations not all that exciting but everybody had smiles. >> going back home. >> where is home? >> dayton, ohio. >> where are you headed? >> georgia. >> where are you going? >> nashville. it is fun wherever we go, we make our fun. sam:l while people still have smiles, no horror stories and the lines are moving, the airlines still asking people to show up early and show -- check in with your carrier before heading to the airport. back to

jummy: no matter where you are going, hopefully the perfect travel day. doug hill is here with a look at the forecast. hopefully wherever you are going is fun. good,and the weather is locally, today and tomorrow, travel conditions about as good as they get. nationally, east coast in good shape come a cold front coming through will give us a few wind gusts, high-pressure the driver for that system and in the middle of the country is fine, we monitor the storm system out of the pacific with a fair amount of rain and heavy downpours in the southwest. perhaps phoenix will have delays at the airport. temperatures at or above average coast to coast. tomorrow, a system pushing into the western great lakes, mostly rain and temperatures remain above average, denver at 48 and the west coast will get lower cloud cover -- chances of rain. most of the country in very good shape. through the rest of this day,

and northwest as a front comes in with plenty of afternoon sunshine. we continue to see the numbers rise through the 50's, 50 in washington and 55 in leesburg. a very pleasant thursday around the region. we will check the holiday weekend in detail in the next 10 days and seven or eight minutes. jummy: coming up, a frightening scene, on a minnesota highway, the driver of a truck swerving out of control, the amount of alcohol he drank before getting behind the wheel. the cleanup continues in mexico city, how the u.s. is lending a hand. e-cigarette explosion caught on camera, what led to this malfunction. baltimore-washington parkway, heavy traffic northbound, mobile pothole repair between greenbelt road and 175, the right lane blocked, stay to e

because we are pretty clear passing by cherry hill road. alarm the beltway -- around the beltway, in the green, slowing 395 southbound from the pentagon close to glebe road where we have some midday work. 395 heavy leaving the city. we will have more coming up.

newsu are watching abc 7 at noon, on your side. jummy: they fire involving more than 100 buildings in japan, the play started at a restaurant and spread to at least 140 other buildings, evacuation advisories issued for 600 people in the area

all morning, two people with minor injuri. friends and families are mourning the loss of those who died in the fireworks a sergeant in mexico city. others holding out for the people listed as missing. the death toll at 33, 12 people have yet to be found after two -- the blast on tuesday, some children hurt are being treated at a hospital in galveston, texas. not sure what started the explosion. new concern this noon regarding the dangers of e-cigarettes, not just about habits but they can be explosive. look at this video on a fresno city bus. the driver tells the man to put his e-cigarette a way so he put it in his pocket. it explodes minutes later. industry experts say the battery is likely to blame. >> these batteries are fragile, they have a wrap on the outside that needs to stay intact, if it gets torn and it touches metal

out the battery. jummy: experts say best practice is to remove e-cigarette batteries between uses and place them in a protective case. the man suffered minor injuries to his hands and by. -- thigh. police releasing new video showing a terrifying moment, a truck swerving all over the highway with a drunk driver behind the wheel. police say he tested at more than three times the legal limit for alcohol. >> what is going on? >> a commercial semitruck weaving out of control because the driver police say was very, very drunk. off minnesota's highway 10, you see it swerved to the right shoulder, hitting a sign on the struggling to get back on the road and crossing several lanes of traffic before finally stopping. it was not the

barely able to walk, much less drive, shutting down the entire highway because he was crawling. >> get on your feet! >> the driver transporting a walmart trailer but working for a third-party company at the time. walmart telling abc news that it takes this seriously and contacted the carrier to express their concerns. the carrier telling us he was fired the moment they learned of the dui arrest. police found two large bottles of water to the driver seat. next to the driver seat. -- moree died every day than 10,000 deaths in 2015. >> do you feel the effect of the alcohol? >> last night, a bittersweet end to an incredible story on jeopardy

america watched as she one for six straight nights on the quiz show, a heartbreaking story behind it. she went on to battle stage four cancer and plan to donate her prize money to cancer related organizations. >> it is important to set goals, no matter what -- how much time you have left and i think being "jeopardy" and say i want to do good, i want to do something that will leave the world a better place to have that goal in mind made me feel like it was something to strive for and help me keep going. jummy: she passed away on december 5, eight days before her first episode aired, the final total from her time on the show was more than $103,000. so many were watching

past several nights and we wish her family well, tough time. doug: very sad but very courageous young lady. jummy: the forecast today -- a bit warm, not warm but warmer. doug: we expected that, warm air ahead of the cold front and behind the cold front, not at goal, saturday, saturday morning midday, christmas eve, some rain in the area that look at that, a lot of blue sky and a few times of clouds but a very pleasant thursday afternoon and temperatures will climb a bit more but eventually hit their peak early this afternoon and start to fall back, wins out of the east-northeast at three, once they get more out of the west-northwest, temperatures will drop, 54 is the high this afternoon and late in the afternoon we drop. not bitterly cold but overnight into the 30's across the area. satellite and radar shows cloudiness earlier and the next band of clouds will come in and win the

is going to be the end of the climb and temperatures. holding steady and then slowly falling but no rain associated with this. futurecast tracks it through the region with plenty of sunshine and northwesterly winds. new time tomorrow, bright and sunny, mid-40's. another band of clouds on the way and this is the weather maker for christmas eve, starting snow across parts of michigan and across southwestern ontario. this is the area we will deal with, it could move in before dawn on saturday and times of rain, especially before the south you get but it looks like the rain will move out during the midday and early afternoon. behind that, a real good-looking forecast for christmas day with more sunshine. today, sunshine for a while and a few clouds, temperatures will start a slow fall. through the overnight, 25 to 32 with skies clear through the overnight and winds briefly out of the northwest. tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 20's in most locations, 32 in the city a

in culpeper. , sunnynd sweet forecast tomorrow morning and cloudy in the afternoon as we get into christmas eve, rain and we clear out just in time for christmas day with temperatures in the 40's. jummy: thank you. coming up at noon, >> what is going on? >> somebody is breaking in, come quick. jummy: scary moments for a young girl in california, and tutors breaking in while she was

jummy: in california, a rate of 11-year-old girl seat as out after three burglars broke into her home.

fighting in the closet. we have a story. >> i need help. please help. whispers hearde on this 911 call osu watches an unknown vehicle pull into her driveway. >> what is going on? >> they are breaking into my house, come quick. >> what is the address? >> she went to her closet in her bedroom as the prowlers burglarized their home, taking an estimated $13,000 worth of items. >> i was trying to be quite so they cannot hear me. >> when they got to the bedroom where she was hiding they kick down the door. >> please, i will not say anything, i promise you. fled after seeing her and later caught after crashing their getaway car into a flatbed truck. authorities credit her level head as part of theea

quickly. >> she followed all the instructions and did a great job. she did better than any adult. >> she was a lifesaver. >> wednesday night, we were there -- >> i want to thank her because what she did was important to me. many are 11-year-old hailing as a hero met the woman who kept her calm on the other end of the

jummy: in florida, drivers who speed through selective school zones may not get a ticket and instead may receive an onion from the grinch. aimed at drivers, if they go five minutes, tickets, a citation, or an onion, i will take the onion. days, sunshine10 today with a few clouds and tomorrow some sunshine, temperatures comfortable. showers, looks like through the mid and clearing in the late afternoon. christmas day, bright and sunny and 49. monday, sunshine and 56, 1 for a wild and cooler as we had close to new year's eve. jummy: thank you and thank you for joining us, watch us at 4:00, have a great day. ♪

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