gunshot, a police officer falls to the ground wounded. another also hurt. the suspected gunman dead. tonight we have learned that the officer involved were all part of what is called a crime suppression team. the police chief describes their work as very dangerous. d.c. bureau chief sam ford has more on the dangerous job and what led up to last night's shooting. sam? sam: yes. well, the chief said today that many of the police districts have the crime suppression teams whose job it is to go out, confront people who may have illegal weapons and take them away. except this time, he said a team came here to morse and holbrook. around 10:40 last night, a citizen cell phone video of a confrontation that left two officers shot and a suspect dead. the police chief was back at the scene

>> we task them with getting illegal fire arms out of the community. as a result of them being involved in that task. both of them ended up in the hospital with gunshot wounds. >> the chief was talking about the crime suppression team. the residents complained of hearing gunshots. hors later they spotted timothy williams it started with a physical struggle and ended with gunfire. >> we need to make sure we have not simply saying i think we need more police. i would like to see more police. we need to be out here on the streets with them, walking with them every day. >> this all came hours after the mayor named newsham her choice f

>> make sure crime is something we plan this around and be available day and night. >> newsham is out of home and the other officer under went surgery last night but still in the hospital. prognosis is excellent. jonathan: thank you. this is the handgun that the police say they confiscated from the suspect. this is the one he fired of officers. it's one of the eight gun res covered by the crime suppression squad we were telling you about. the man killed is timothy williams. the man of the same age and name was convicted in a robbery 25 years ago but we are still working to learn more about his past. michelle: update to disturbing video showing violent arrest of a 16-year-old outside of a high school in baltimore. we have now learned that teenager has emotional

disorder. michelle: nay were trying to arrest after reports of a fight. they say he resisted but the parents say he was diagnosed with the emotional impulse disorder that interferes with the decision making. it's not clear if the officer knew it at the time. they called the punches pain compliance and calls it hard to watch but necessary in his words to get people to cooperate. jonathan: a clinton mother is

own son after a fight over playing video games. the police sources are telling us that angelique chase told her son to stop playing video games and stop cussing and do his homework. they got in a fight. chase went to get a gun. she says she was lowering the gun when it accidently fired and killed 17-year-old christopher perry. chase is held without bond. michelle: the rift is growing between president trump's white house and journalists. several organizations say they were shut out of a gathering with press secretary sean spicer. most shut out have had an up-and-down relationship with the president. but the white house said they were relying on a pool report where a small number of journalist share with the group. it came hours after the president blasted what he called fake news. president trump: a few days ago i called fake news the enemy of the people. they are. they are the enemy of the

people. >> we have to fight it. they are very smart. very cunning. they are dishonest. >> the president condemned the use of anonymous sources in news reporting. the comments came at a cpac gathering at the national harbor. >> the white house in the meantime is disputing report that the chief of staff reince priebus asked the f.b.i. to discredit a report indicateing the trump campaign officials had contact with russian agents. the white house says it was the f.b.i. director and the deputy director who questioned the report's credibility saying they think maybe there is nothing to it. the white house said priebus wanted to ask the f.b.i. to share it publicly with the press but the f.b.i. declined. doug: we are looking at another beautiful everything after an afternoon with temperatures in the 70's. above average again. tonight we drop through the 60's. even when we hit the lower temperatures, upper 60's. still well above average. we have clear skies.

to change as clouds increase ahead of the cold front. it caused showers and the heavy thunderstorms thunderstore midwest. it will push eastward. the best time frame to see the showers and the storms tomorrow between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. we could have a quarter inch of rain and the isolated damaging winds. keep a close eye on that for you. and let you know what to expect for the rest of the weekend coming up in ten minutes. michelle: see you then. thanks. covering metro, the transit agency is goin to court to try to implement an antifatigue policy. the policy would keep the bus and the train operators and other people in safety critical conditions from working seven consecutive days. metro implemented the policy a few years ago but the court suspended it after the transit unit challenged provision covering overtime pay. jonathan: video vow have to see. police work is difficult, dangerous and sometimes heartbreaking. in this case, the george washington bridge in new york. a guy standing on the edge thinking and trying to commit suid

conversation. they got close enough to him. they were finally able to grab him and bring him to the right side of the bridge and hopefully at this hour the man is now getting help. police got to him in time. michelle: lawmakers gun dropped and forgotten. the shocking place it was found and why no laws were broken. jonathan: armed and dangerous. two men charge into a liquor store. the video and the second angle you should see on this one. michelle: he wanted to be marine. instead, he died protecting his mother. act of heroism coming

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michelle: a family in pain after a son who dreamed of joining the marine instead gave his life to protect his mother. a vigil was held last night for 18-year-old flores. they were working at a subway in houston wednesday night and someone burst in. >> pointed the gun at his mom. he pushed her. confronted the guy. they shot him. >> i hope the whole weight of the law come on top of him. michelle: so horrible. so far no arrest. but police have video of different robbery by the same men and a police sketch to help in the

of a frightening situation. two men bursting to northeast d.c. liquor store armed with a long gun. >> a second angle shows four people in the store at the time. nobody was hurt. >> he is old enough to collect social security. 62-year-old bailey faces the charges of the burglary and larceny and possession of a firearm by a fe non. he stole from six homes in a one-month period around purcellville and held without bond. still ahead for us at 6:00 --

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michelle: take a look. she found this in a meeting and it was a handgun. i turned out it belonged to a colleague. the senator told us "my northern virginia heart went pitter patter. it makes me concerned and there seems to be a disconnect." the gun's owner chesapeake senator cosgrove told "the richmond dispatch" it was a good lesson to wear the hollister -- the holster correctly. jonathan: today wasn't a typical day for high scho. 700 students took part in mock trials. they had sectioning, assault, prescription drug abuse. they recreated actual trials in front of a real judge and they heard the victim impact statements like this one from a teacher whose teenage son died from a drug

watching your child come out in a body bag, is something no parent should ever go through. >> school officials are hoping that the mock trials will help the students make good life decisions. rockville undocument immigrant population surged over the last decade. police tell us that the 68,000 people now asking the communities for its opinions on the hot button issue o immigration. kevin lewis explains how to weigh in. >> we heard from businesses, we had e-mail from citizens. >> rockville mayor is prepping for a public hearing next month. the goal to better gauge how city police officers interact with people who are not in the country legal. >> the city

further left or right. >> this will help us form the decision where we go from here. >> across maryland the way law enforcement handles undocumented immigrants varies greatly. montgomery county, howard, prince george's county police say they never ask about one's immigration status. others will call i.c.e. on undocumented immigrants challenged with crimes. in garrett county, the deputies contact i.c.e. every time an undocumented immigrant is arrested or even handed a traffic ticket. >> people want to be safe. >> public opinion in her city seems split. dialogue a hopeful bridge. >> we are going to always provide that in the city. the best way forward is to talk about what we want to be. >> the public hearing is scheduled for monday march 6 at 7:00 p.m. all are welcome. in rockville, kevin lewis, abc7

michelle: the recent warm weather is good news for most folks but it is bringing some unwelcome visitors. the warmer weather means insects are arriving much earlier than usual. some of the bugs are showing up two or three weeks ahead of schedule. >> when we have a mild winter like this, they will survive better. that means more bugs coming out of the pipeline this spring. michelle: if the weather eventually gets cold enough, well, that would be good news because the early arriving bugs will be wiped out. jonathan: okay. now some must-see bug video with huge scientific importance. watch your screen. kind of concentrate on what you are looking at there. bees playing soccer so to speak. researchers at queen mary university of london training bumblebees to move a ball on command. they did it by giving them sugar water treat. if the bees didn't understand the researchers were able to teach them usi

on a stick as a model to show them what they want to do. the take-aways is bees are smarter than we thought. bees that participate in that looking at the humans saying these humans are not that dumb. we are getting a sweet treat out of this. michelle: cool video. well, we talk about the insects and the need of colder weather to like make sure they go away. doug: too late. michelle: not happening. doug: the bugs will take over. we will turn chillier on sunday. it will warm up a little bit. not a long string of the may like weather for a while. the official numbers in from the airport. we hit 77 at reagan national. b.w.i. hit 74. we had a persistent southeasterly breeze off of the chesapeake pay. to the airport. they stayed cooler than the rest of the area. at this hour we are holding in the 70's, in leesburg, frederick and culpeper. it's 69

andrews. 67 at reagan national airport. for the evening hours we see a steady drop in the temperatures but only drop in upper 50's in the metro area. partly cloudy skies and light winds. in the early afternoon line of thunderstorms will develop. we could get heavy downpours or brief damaging wind. the line should move through the i-59 corridor through the city. clearing tomorrow night. breezy and it will turn colder as well. the wind chills will give a change in the way it will feel because the gusty winds will make it feel colder than the air temperature. so by tomorrow night at 9:00 it will feel like 43 in washington. 40 in baltimore. 30's north and west. but overnight through sunday morning as the temperatures drop and the winds stay up a bit it will feel in mid-20's

early on sunday morning. so a definite chill but a fairly brief chill. 70 degrees tomorrow with the likelihood of the showers and the storms in the afternoon. breezy and colder on sunday. average high up to 50 degrees. but monday it could head to the 60's. mid-20's on tuesday. 70 on wednesday. a couple of showers likely tuesday and wednesday with a cold front. dropping to the mid-50's for the end of the week. in the weekend, in the 50's at or a little bit above average temperatures. jonathan, michelle, erin. michelle: looking good. erin is joining us now. jonathan: the only thing cold around here that is fun is watching the caps play on the ice. erin: exactly! they are back at home tonight. in what feels like forever! plus, when will the nats have their ace back and firing on all cylinders? update from west palm beach on the way.

announcer: now the abc7 sports desk. erin: the capitals are back home as they host the oilers but washington is short-handed on defense. matt misconen won't play because of a lower body injury.

lower body injury. earlier today i went one-on-one with the defenseman nate schmidt about the matchup with edmonton. >> they are a good team. they play us tough in the environment. mcdavid is a special player. they have speed up front. erin: do you feel like you are a faster team? >> testing it out. test the waters with it. the team come out of the west and make sure this is one of the teams you measure up against. >> meanwhile, down in west palm beach, reining n.sh -- reigning m.v.p. is practicing but he can't throw fastballs. he suffers the most pain then. scherzer suffered a fracture at the base of his ring finger. >> i can throw a baseball with a modified grip. to me it is getting the ar

to speed as fast as possible. they are going out to get my arm in shape. >> newly acquired bojan bogdanovic will make his wizards debut tonight when washington takes on the sixers. you would think that name would be hard to say but it's fun. bogdanovic. jonathan: a fun name to say. [laughter] thanks. michelle: doug, ready for the weekend. doug: it will change on us here with the cold front tomorrow. hit 71st. some sunshine in the morning. breezy with thunderstorms in the afternoon and breezy and noticeably cooler on sunday. highs in the upper 40's. steve has the eyes on that and he will tyke out effect of the cold front tonight at 11:00. michelle: very good. all right. we are ready for the weekend. jonathan: we were ready by monday. thanks. michelle: world of tanks with david muir coming up next. jonathan: thank you for watching. have a great night.

tonight, the deadly shooting caught on camera. two police officers shot. the armed suspect killed. and confusion over who fired first. what the new video reveals. the chemical weapon at the airport. authorities now believe it was a vx nerve agent, the deadliest in the world, used to kill kim jong-un's brother. how did two young women pull this off? the video here. and one of them violently ill, moments after. the deadly storms hitting right now. millions in the path, from the midwest to the northeast. blizzard conditions, just as the weekend begins. president trump takes aim at the fbi, saying the fbi is totally unable to stop the national security leakers. adding, they can't even find them within the fbi itself. and, the amber alert across six states. and the race to find a