that came out on the back deck of the town home. while he was out there the witnesses tell me they heard the police yelling to drop a gun. they are not sure what he did. but he went back inside after that. they say about that time a fire started, a big two-alarm fire that was coming out of some of the upper windows of the home. later on, neighbors heard gunshots. that was when the police fired at the man and shot him. he has now been pronounced dead at the hospital. there was another victim inside the home treated at hospital at this point. we are not sure what the injuries are. but initially this came down as a double shooting. we are working to confirm it with police who should give us an update any moment. there is a third victim treated on scene. this is in the mcnair farms neighborhood of herndon, a police neighbors tell me is usually very quiet. a lot going on today in this neighborhood. we will get the update from the police shortly. we should have a few

details for you when that happens. reporting live in fairfax county, herndon, tom roussey, abc7 news. jonathan: first tonight, a woman in a wheelchair, beloved member of the community shot to death on the way to the grocery store. the shots rang out after 10:00 this morning on elvan street in southeast washington. a second person also shot. that person survived. kevin lewis is joining us from the scene. what happened here? what are the circumstances surrounding the shooting? kevin: well, d.c. police are only saying they believe there were multiple gunmen. 68-year-old murder victim described to us as the mother hen of the neighborhood. the best eyewitness just may be that d.c. police camera attached to the wooden lightbulb located directly across the roadway. >> it's very, very, very unacceptable. >> on a day when the communities across d.c. were celebrating peace

i don't think it is okay. i think the police and once again the community and also the property managers need to come together and try to get something done to resolve the issues that we are having. >> we have made a lot of in-roads in the crime in this particular area. there is still bad actors up here. kevin: police acutely aware that the killing happened steps from the small christian church and only two blocks from an elementary school. detectives now reviewing

police camera affixed to a light pole across the street. >> if we come one a solid lookout we will share it with the public. kevin: we are told the second shooting victim is a man in his 20's. multiple bullets entered his body but he is expected to survive. so far the d.c. police have not made us aware of any arrests in the case. we are live in southeast, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. alison: new developments in the search for a killer tonight. six months after someone shot and killed d.n.c. worker seth rich in the neighborhood, we have a look at the new billboards that are aimed to find his killer. the i-team investigator scott taylor obtained this. this is a preview. he got it today. the artwork will appear on the billboards and the bus stop in the bloomingdale neighborhood. it asks do you know who murdered seth rich? $130,000 reword mentioned at

d.c. attorney jack berman is behind much of the reward. it also mentions a website that will launch an hour from right now that is dedicated to tracking down the killer. jonathan: a tweet today from the president-elect urging all americans to celebrate martin luther king day and honor dr. king for being the great man he was. that message, though, comes as trump deals with the backlash from his ongoing feud with congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon. q mccray is joining us. he has been following the story. a lot of reaction on both sides of this. q: to say the least. lewis and donald trump both made controversial comments. but as it stands, both are standing by what they said. the back and forth a hot topic today. in politics on martin luther king jr. day. >> i don't see the president-elect as a legitimate president. q: wards s

and president-elect. >> i think the russians participated in helping this man get elected. q: trump waste nothing time to take shots of his own tweeting that lewis is all talk, talk, talk, no action. stirring up bipartisan support for lewis, a civil rights leader who became nationally known for his prominent role fighting for civil rights alongside martin luther king jr. >> i don't plan to attend inauguration. >> now two dozen democrats are skipping out on the inauguration as well. republican senator marco rubio speaking out. >> i don't agree with him that president-elect trump is illegitimate. it was a legitimate election. but i also hope that the president-elect would have responded differently given everything that john lewis means to the country but people make their own decisions. q: reverend al sharpton weighing in. >> president-elect trump in the spirit of ronald reagan ought to call john lewis.

trump spent martin luther king jr. day meeting with martin luther king iii. trump tweeting celebrate martin luther king jr. day and the many wonderful things that he stood for, honor him for being the great man he was. after that meeting, martin luther king jr. iii spoke with the media and called get-together constructive. mr. trump did not make himself available to reporters. alison: thank you. let's look at the trump transition to the white house. a woman selected for a senior communications role in trump's incoming administration is no longer taking that position. we talking about monica youley. she declined to be part of the national security council after recent plagiarism allegation. cnn said several key passages were copied and politico found similar issues in her doctoral dissertation. she says she will remain in

opportunities. manufacture than 1 million people -- more than 1 million people will converge on d.c. for the inauguration. many will be here to celebrate a record number of protesters are expected to make the voices heard. barricades are up around the capitol, the mall and the parade route. coming up at 6:00, the arrangements a pizza shop is making so it has enough employees to handle the flood of the hungry customers. jonathan: the man who will vice president on friday took a moment to honor dr. martin luther king day. he went to the monument and he walked in the crowd of people out there. vice president elect mike pence visited memorial. he took a moment to shake hands with people out there. total surprise. a few minutes down the road many gathered for wreath-laying ceremony of the wreath-laying ceremony at the national mall. the group took part in a prayer and a song in the ceremony.

it led to this. the martin luther king parade down martin luther king avenue. thousands participated in the parade. bands from d.c., baltimore and richmond to honor dr. king. people even held banners promoting causes like black lives matter. alison: things stay dry today for the parade but the rest of the night we may not be so lucky. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking the rain chances for the evening. doug: there are a few showers around right now. most of them are west of the washington metro. they are going to move in. they will come and go in the everything. none of it particularly heavy but there are showers hanging way south and west all day long. that is good news for the outdoor plans in the day. now they are moving in the area. frederick county, northward. coming across martinsburg. it's quiet through the everything. tomorrow a fresh chance of showers in the morning

tomorrow is more unsettled, morning is the best chance for the time of rain. lower 40's for the next few hours. stray showers or two. overnight, cloudy. 36 to 42 degrees. our future cast and the storm watch 7 weather center shows the best chance of rain through the metro area is 7:00 to 8:30 tomorrow morning. after that, it should end. who knows in is we might get peek of sunshine tomorrow afternoon. more to say for the inauguration weather and the weekend and next ten days when i join you in eight minutes. jonathan: thanks. update to last week's deadly fair in baltimore. fire official says two of the children, girl and a boy, ages 4 and 5 have been upgraded from critical condition to good condition. the mother, however, remains in critical condition. family members of the victim was joined by the community with a vigil where the house choosed to stand. now it's just a lot. many people attending the vigil never met the family before but they were touched

by the tragic story. >> you don't know the right things to say but you know to hug and love the family and pray for them. >> let them know they are loved and they are thought of. we are praying for the comfort and the peace. and their recovery. jonathan: family members of the victims thanked everyone for coming but they also asked them to respect the family's privacy. alison: a maryland man in jail accused of pointing a laser beam at a helicopter. injuring the eyes of the pilot and ultimately a state trooper. this happened this morning at 1:00 a.m. in westminster when the troopers say connor brown pointed a laser right at the cockpit eight different times. they were able to figure out which home the laser was coming from. that is when they arrested brown. the injured pilot and trooper were treated at the hospital and released. larry: still ahead for us at 5:00, the reason the police arrested the widow of a man who killed 49 people and wounded 53 others inside a florida nightclub. alison: pl

president and hundreds of thousands of people in one place? an inside look at how the secret service handles such a big event. larry: and -- jonathan: not everyone is ready to write off trump just yet. >> a frederick county school employee corrected a student spelling on twitter and now she is unemployed. i'm cheryl conner live in frederick. you will

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jonathan: police in laurel are trying to figure out what caused a driver to veer off the road and crash in two light poles. this happened at 1:00 this afternoon, 219 near stephens road. the driver was the only person in the car right now listed in critical condition. the road was closed as they were investigating. now all lanes are back open. alison: it was meant as a chance to have fun over the possibility of a snow day with a student. but instead a tweet from an employee got her fired and now the employee is speaking out. cheryl conner joins us live from frederick. this started with a misspelling, right? cheryl: yeah

the student tweeted at the school system and misspelled the word "tomorrow." katie nash corrected him on twitter and now she is without a paid job. her only position is p.t.a. president here at her kid's school. katie nash lost her job but gained a few hashtags. the former web coordinator for frederick county public schools showed us the letter she was handed on friday. >> probationary period as a web experienced coordinator for frederick county public schools will not be extended. >> nash was fired a week after responding to this tweet on january 5. >> really provided an opportunity to go back and forth in a light-hearted way and correct the student's spelling of "tomorrow." >> a substitute sent a message to the maryland account wanting school to be canceled because of snow in the forecast. nash used the school system's account to say "how would you

>> it was never a conversation about don't engage with the substitutes. >> twitter users like her humor, creating hashtag. this high school junior matthew white has given his two cents on twitter. >> i asked them to bring back katie. they handled it if she was bullying the kid which wasn't the case. she didn't attack him personally. cheryl: nash says the support helps as she searches for a new job. el the message from the father of -- especially the message from the father of the student she corrected. >> his father wrote to me and wanted to let me know he was appreciative of what i said. cheryl: frederick county schools are closed today and that may be why we have not heard brack from the school system but they did confirm katie nash was let go but they did not elaborate. nash told us she

students to know she is not spending her time upset. it would only hurt her. she hopes there is a lesson in there for her students. cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: okay. a reminder. abc7 can give you an alert if your child school closes or delays because of weather. go to wjla.com/text. sign up to have the text alerts sent to your phone. we can't promise they will be spelled correctly but we will try. jonathan: a junior in high school that spelled it that way? i hope she gets her job back. doug: i have made mistakes. jonathan: i still make mistakes. thank god they have auto correct. doug: hurry. alison: why doesn't auto correct get it? doug: the world won't end if you spell snow incorrect. jonathan: you should see how we spell it. doug: this is from idaho and northwet.

many changes in the sky. we are not going to see any changes. you see there? it's cloudy all day. late this afternoon, a couple of spots had break in the overcast. that is not going to change too much. in fact we are going to see the showers. many of you right now, north and west of the metro area will see the showers outside your windows as we speak. nothing heavy. they continue around the area. temperatures on the mark for this time of january. 41 in northwest washington. 44 in washington. colder in hagerstown where it is 37. 46 in fredericksburg. 45 on the midshore and easton. 45 in charlottesville. let's talk about tonight. we'll stay cloudy. it will be chilly. there may be showers after the batch goes through and patches of fog. not a terrible night. typical mid-january evening. as we get in the early morning hours, we have a fresh chance of rain. the next area of rain is substantial. this is what we have from doppler radar. we are lackin

this is where most of the showers are now. they are drifting east and northeast. most of the rain activity, north of the metro area at the moment. there is a larger area we'll deal with. first, to the west over west virginia, those could be more showers that come through the region tonight. but then things come down. fog. then tomorrow this batch of rain will approach and most comes through in the morning. it is associated with a warm front. once the front goes through and the showers stop we could break into afternoon sunshine to see a nice warm-up. we start with the chilly. showers 36 to 42 degrees. no concern about freezing in the morning. here we are in the stormwatch7 future cast at 7:00 a.m. area of rain. there is the leading edge of the warm air. we get sunshine. we boost the

cold front will come through in the evening. the temperatures will be very nice. the cold air will come with the highs up there. we have good weather. but the good luck timing moves out on friday with the next system coming in with increasing chance of rain on friday. tomorrow, rain in the morning. sung in the afternoon. partly sunny. 58 on wednesday. it lacks like the rain is going to be moving in the area. hopefully this will wait until the afternoon. keep a close eye on that.

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he was a big motivator. >> i'm proud to be here. martin luther king was working toward justice and equality and raising awareness of the inauk witties in our own country which is important. jonathan: thought from folks visiting m.l.k. memorial. the march today stood as a protest to president elect. alison: the northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg reports from the march for unity, the racial healing and justice. >> the march not only honors the man. >> martin luther king meant a lot to all of us. jeff: but the values and the beliefs to which he dedicated his life. >> it's for everybody. >> this is what it is

in downtown falls church, today, dozens calling for racial equality and justice days before the inauguration of trump. michelle of manassas questions trump's commitment to helping african-americans. >> i think that is disappointing we have a president not that much attune in what is going on with the community. jeff: there are many people here who have concerns over trump's relationship with the african-american community. many pointing to the event of the past weekend as a source of concern. after civil rights icon john lewis doubted the legitimacy of trump's win, the president-elect firing back calling lewis all talk, adding he should focus on the burning and the crime infested inner cities. >> because someone disagrees with you, that doesn't mean they are a bad person or it gives you the right to say something negative. you have to be bigger than that. >> i thought it was ridiculous.

give trump a chance. >> he says he wants to make things better in the african-american community. less' pray that is true. jeff: while many here worry about trump, they carry with him the spirit of king. >> we all each have to stand for justice, peace, unity. jeff: in falls church, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: here is something we are just getting in the newsroom now. maryland congressman anthony brown just tweeted he will be skipping the inauguration because of trump's comments about congressman john lewis. brown tweeted he respects the office of the president but cannot tolerate disrespect. 30 democratic leaders have said they will skip the inauguration come friday. a day for history at the white house. the cubs come to the visit for the first time in more than a century. president said to him it's a sick call that stands out the most about the world series champions. alison: also ahead. in the news today another arrest in the orlando

gunman's widow just ahead. jonathan: up next for us, securing the inauguration. how the secret service does it and what those who plan to head to the national mall need to leave at home. we have it for you coming up.

jonathan: one person is dead after a barricade situation. there is a shooting with police. a fire also. there is a lot going on with the story. tom roussey just spoke with the police for update on the situation. what is going on? tom: a lot of the details are becoming more clear here. step out of the way. there is a big fire and police presence. this is on covered wagon lane in mcnair farms in herndon. 2:40 this afternoon police were called out for a shooting. here is the time line we received. two brothers were shot and they were driving themselves to the hospital. police get on the scene and there is a man there with a hostage inside. they eventually determine. now police say at a certain point the man came to the front door and at that time, it is unclear if he is armed or not. police can't confirm that for us. one of the swat team members who have been called to

shot that man. he was later pronounced dead at the hospital. before it happened, at some point the witnesses told me he had interaction with police on the back deck. >> saw one of the fatigued gentleman dressed one an a.k. or whatever gun they had. they were running around to get everybody out of the way. they were like get in the house. i heard maybe gunshots or some type of -- i don't want to say explosive but some type of noise. >> this is the back deck he came out on. you see the upper windows and how they are not there anymore? there was also a two-alarm fire set by the suspect but not 100% sure. the person who was the hostage inside after the suspect was shot, the hostage was freed from up in the townhome there. we are told the only injuries the hostage suffered was smoke inhalation. they believe the hostage was another man so he was minorl

two brothers were shot and then the suspect was shot by the police. later pronounced dead at the hospital. the fire is out. everybody is accounted for at this point. police say they are working to continue to investigate. and make sure the fire can't restart again. that is why the fire department is here as well on what has been a busy afternoon in herndon. reporting live in fairfax county, i'm tom roussey. alison: busy indeed. thank you very much. meanwhile we have new video tonight to show you. this, the first family's move is already underway apparently. we spotted moving truck outside the home in the d.c. kalorama neighborhood. they are moving out of the white house on friday. the president and the first lady will first go on a special vacation we are told. a first family moves out and another moves in. four days donald trump will take the oath to become the 45th president of the united s

task to keep him and the hundreds of thousands of people attending the inauguration safe. ryan hughes tells us about the security plan now in place. ryan: president-elect trump calling the campaign a movement. encouraging his loyal supporters to show up for the swearing in on inauguration day. >> the 20th is going to be something that will be very, very special. very beautiful. >> 900,000 people are expected to line the parade route and the national mall. the united states secret service says it is prepared to keep everyone safe. >> we will have a robust security perimeter for the inauguration to defend against a number of threats. ryan: the secret service is the lead agency to put together and implementing a security plan for what is a national special security event. >> we encourage people to come down and enjoy the peaceful transition of power and the events that go along with i.

tight. there will be controlled checkpoints ready to screen everyone coming in the event. >> there will be metal detectors and bad searches. >> anyone planning to attend is not allowed to bring aerosol, ammunition, coolers, drones, glass containers, selfie stick and no weapons of any kind. president-elect trump: i look forward to the inauguration. it will be a beautiful event. >> the secret service has been training for months and working closely with the local and the federal authorities. it says there is no information indicating a credible threat but they will be ready for anything. >> if someone chooses to break the law we have a plan in place to address that. ryan: in the district, ryan hughes, abc7 news. jonathan: the wife of the orlando nightclub shooter has been arrested in connection with the athat can that killed 49 people. noor salman taken in custody by f.b.i. agents at her home outside of san francisco. salman charged with

pulse nightclub killing 49 and injuring 53 others. orlando police chief says salman provided material support to a foreign terrorist organization. she is scheduled to be in court tomorrow. gene cernan, last man to walk on the moon died at the age of 82. cernan flew in space three times. most famously as the chappeder of apollo 17 -- as the commander of apollo 17. before heading home he drew his daughter's initials on the lunar service. after leaving nasa he advocated for robust space exploration saying he never wanted to be the last man to walk on the moon. alison: a local prosecutor offers people she once helped commit of a crime a chance at a clean slate. the reason behind the expongment fair coming up. q: this guy is

i'll show you what police say he did with crew next. alison: severe asthma attack nearly killed him. but months later he is getting the thanks for people that brought him back to life. the emotional story at 6:00. jonathan: but first,ly it's check in with jummy olabanji for a look what the is coming up tomorrow on "good morning washington." jummy: thank you. tomorrow on "good morning washington," the countdown to the inauguration is on. so what kind of role will melania trump play as the first lady and how different will she be from other first ladies in past? answers may surprise you. >> i am talking one-on-one with kerry washington. >> stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow

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to call the police. it could score you a $1,000 reward. look at the wall of justice. d.c. police looking for jones, accused of beating and robbing a woman. arlington county police want brown for robbery and grand larceny. and ariana for malicious wounding. prince william county detective search for this man because he choked and assaulted his ex-girlfriend. and antonio-perez for aggravated sexual battery of a 9-year-old girl. here is another look at the five fugitives. if you have any information call the police. "7 on your side"'s fighting back against crime. i'm q mccray. alison: coming up at 5:00, why president obama singled out a white house staffer's sick call. jonathan: if your thought you had seen it all.

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alison: whatever you are doing. stop. look at this. this is from florida. a group is out there touring. jonathan: knucklingheads. alison: look at what they saw. a massive gator. something of a local legend. nicknamed humpback. more than one person in the newsroom noted they think it looks like ticktock crock, the one that bit off captain hook's hand in "peter pan." this gator peaceful, just walking from one creek to another. who said dinosaurs are extinct? jonathan: you know why the crocodile crossed the road? because he can. i'm not sure why people sitting there watching it. alison: are they really close to that? jonathan: that is not smart. if he was hungry he would move fast e than that. that is a big gator. not being able to get a job because of a minor offense on the his record is the complaint from hundreds of people. but as maryland bureau chief brad bell

got a chance to have the record exponged. >> good morning. how are you? brad: angela alsobrooks greeting people she may once prosecuted. but today is offering a chance to have the record expunged, cleared of the minor issues. >> there are people here saying i applied for uber and lyft. i have the things on the record and they are keeping me from getting a job. we want people to be able to be employed. brad: so she and the staff set up m.l.k. day expungement day. they expected 300 people to show up. every bit of that number is here. so many there is a long wait to sit down with an attorney but those we have spoken to said it is worth the wait. the stakes are so high. >> it costs $500. if you don't have a job, where do you get $500 from?

driver's license and wants to work but he has a minor blemish on the record and for many employers that is a disqualifier. he started to get it cleared. >> that is what is looking for me. for my wife and my kids. brad: angela alsobrooks says for her that is the meaning of the holiday named for dr. king. >> we want as many people as possible to have a fresh start in 2017. brad: in temple hills, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: tonight at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- businesses are bracing for massive crowds. the inauguration will bring hundreds of thousands to d.c. this week. we are live with the preparations going on right now. marking martin luther king jr. day with tributes all over the region. that is ahead at 6:00. alison: but before we get to that, let's get a check of the weather. today stayed dry for the parades and the festivities around town. jonathan: this is night when you consider what is going on in neighboring states. doug? alison: no question. doug: we have a situation here. it could have been worse today

here and there. that is about it. tomorrow, more rain in the morning. a better chance. what you see at the moment is northwest of the metro area. that will move out. we can't rule out another batch of showers later on. tomorrow is where the rain is likely, especially through the morning. the warm front. more rain there than what we see coming in our direction. that is the story through the day tomorrow. maybe, just maybe tomorrow afternoon we might break into sunshine. don't want to over-sell that possibility. the future cast backs all of this up with a forecast tomorrow morning. the steady area of the rain, metro baltimore to the west. but it should push through smartly in the morning. there are some indications there is a break of sunshine through the afternoon hours. that bodes well. temperatures are warmer. 54 tomorrow. 10 or 12 degrees warmer than today. warmer still as we get to the

here. as we go through the day on wednesday. here we are for the next ten days. struck me right away looking at the product, the highs we are forecasting for the next ten days every day in the 50's. for the middle to end of january. pretty crazy. there you have it. for friday inauguration day, it looks like cloudy with increasing chance of rain midday to early afternoon. clear out on saturday. chance of showers sunday and to monday. otherwise, look at next week. temperatures in the 50's with the sunshine. it doesn't feel or look like january to me. back to you. alison: yeah. absolutely. all right. thank you. jonathan: you know what is nice? our weather may be cool but we have two teams red hot. robert: burning. red hot. jonathan: smoking. robert: john wall should be an all-star. jonathan: why isn't he? robert: i don't know. we'll see. hopefully he is in new orleans for the game. 2:00 p.m. start for the wizards today after pummeling the blazers. the wizards won five of the last six with the 12 straight wins at home. it looks like they finally put it to

than john wall. this is what i mean. the left-handed slam. 24 points for wall. is he an all-star? i think he is. especially when he does this. now you see it. now you don't. dish to gortat for the lay-in. 120-101, the final for this one. well, today as we honor martin luther king jr., the washington wizards did their part today. at the same time making sure that kids know dreams can come true. a day of remembrance and acknowledgment at verizon center, as the nation honors dr. martin luther king jr. >> being a leader and overcoming adversity is what he teaches me. robert: they held the annual we are dreamers panel, it's an opportunity for the students to talk about the dreams and the aspirations. it is safe to say they have lofty goals i want to be a real estate agent. >> i want to be an artist. >> i want to

enforcement. >> house is living his dream. he. we undrafted but washington took a chance on him. now he is in the nba. >> it's a big draw. being undrafted free agent you never know if you will be waived, cut, traded or assigned somewhere else. the wizard organization still believes in me and guaranteed my contract. robert: abc7's reporter anna-lysa gayle was a member of the panel. she gave some of these students a pep talk. anna-lysa: you can support your dream of being an artist and maybe one day we will hang your painting here in verizon center. robert: thanks to sacrifices made by dr. king, the message is clear for dreamers moving forward. >> really fought for people to be accepted and people to be equal. and treated right. i need to make sure that i keep his message going and make sure that people are treated the right way and given the right opportunity like he wanted. robert: good stuff. good for them to be there.

talk about the sports, a bit of history at the white house as president obama welcomed a championship team for the final time. alison: the president said this was a championship team that his entire administration was enthralled by and he was dealing with sick calls. president obama: one of my staff members was caught being interviewed at a bar outside of wrigley. [laughter] we are watching him being interviewed. do you remember, luke? he is looking kind of sheepish about it. why aren't you in the office? [laughter] alison: that is chicago cubs with the president today celebrating their first world series title since teddy roosevelt called the white house home. jonathan: as is traditional, the cubs presented the president as you saw with the own jersey. they raised the stakes for the life-long white sox fan giving him

robert: he is a south sider. jonathan: it's the worst when they call in sick and post on facebook hey, i went to a game. what are you doing? alison: especially if you work at the white house. robert: hello! jonathan: it's not like they won't see you. they know a guy. robert: a few guys. alison: thank you. we'll see you later. coming up next at 5:00, navigating the inauguration with the smart phone. jonathan:

jonathan: breaking news to share from istanbul. media reports say police arrested the gunman who killed 39 people in an istanbul nightclub in new year's celebrations. remember that? all we had was a selfie of the guy. he gained access to the nightclub dressed as santa claus and opened fire. the gunman was detained. turkish media say he was captured in a police raid at a home in istanbul and he was reportedly staying there with a friend. alison: we a

away from the presidential inauguration. and one item almost everyone will be bringing with them to the festivities, a smartphone. but some apps will be more helpful than others. lindsey mastis shows us how to prepare your phone for the inauguration. lindsey: you want to start with the 58th presidential inaugural committee website that includes information about everything from the parade to swearing-in ceremony. teresa from destination d.c. encourages people to use social media as well. >> there is a twitter feed for inauguration. the presidential inauguration committee has a twitter. sign up for destination d.c. twitter. we will be posting all day long. lindsey: for updates on inaugust ray -- inauguration day sign up for the text alerts from metro and the mayor's office. >> you will get automatic alerts. lindsey: with hundreds of thousands of people convening in o

make sure they don't get separated. apps like the find my friends or like 360 can provide g.p.s. information. >> the jumbotrans are numbered and you can say i'm by number seven. they can meet in that area. lindsey: or call 211 for official help locating your group. once you are there, you will be waiting. you can use the app u.s. presidential inauguration address to hear all the inauguration speeches starting with f.d.r. in 1933. after the speech, you might well stick around. make a day out of it. >> you can use accessories for your phone. like a selfie light for the pictures you will be taking. in arlington, lindsey mastis, abc7 news. alison: we have links to the apps and the website and more information on the text alerts on the website wjla.com.

announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: that breaking news we are following is coming from herndon where we are on the scene of a wild chain of events including a fire, a barricade situation, a hostage situation and a deadly police shooting all at one home. maureen: a suspect shot by police has now died. three other people were shot in the incident. there is a complicated investigation unfolding. jonathan: let's get to tom roussey live from the latest from the scene where he was briefed by police. tom? tom: it is complicated but we are able to start it out for you for the most part here. it's still an active scene behind me. there were firefighters and police s.w.a.t. team members called out to the scene. here is video we took earlier this afternoon. one town home on covered wagon lane in the mcnair farms neighborhood. two men were shot at the townhome. that happened before any police were called. then police were called to the scene. at that point they say a man had a hostage inside

according to the neighbors with the police. at one point coming out on the back deck. another point coming to the window. he came to the front door. a neighbor told me he had something in his hand. she couldn't tell what. police opened fire and shot him. he was conscious on the scene after being shot. but later he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. the hostage was freed. police are telling me they think the hostage was a man but neighbors tell me the hostage was a woman. we are trying to sort it out. the hostage was only treated for smoke inhalation that we are told at the time. you have a total of three people shot. the two brothers initially shot and drove themselves to the hospital. we don't have an update on the injuries but they were at least well enough to drive themselves to the hospital. then also the man who was shot, the suspect in this case later pronounced dead at the hospital. then the hostage treated on the scene for smoke inhalation. it's still a long night. police and fire planning to