developments and he joins us at 4:00. rich? richard: the court documents give us some indication of what happened. grand jury indictment and now murder charges against two men. some closure for a grieving family. show you where it happened. it happened in spotsylvania on piney branch road. you may notice there is a small memorial of flowers there for the young woman, ciccone. in december of 2015, as you mentioned, the 21-year-old woman was found shot to death in the silver kyat this spot. the car discovered by the homeowner who came outside. now a year later the grand jury indicted 29-year-old joshua williams and 28-year-old jonathan vejarano on murder charges. police released no motive on how ciccone came in contact with the suspects but among the charges are the sexual assault, carjacking, burglary while using or

use a firearm. now the family tells us they are grateful for the arrest but this is still very difficult. >> we will never be able to get over what happened. no matter a conviction or not a conviction, if they spend the rest of their life in jail or, you know, it's not going to bring her back. richard: a real tough time for the family. so many questions about motive, how she came in contact with the two men. coming up at 5:00, we hear from a woman who thought had no connection to the case but now an emotional one. that's at 5:00. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. if you want to see all the reporting and the twists and turn through the heather ciccone murder investigation head to wjla.com and search "ciccone." caught in the

she was it having home on the spring break. this happened in the 4200 of blaine street northeast. friends at the time were recording a wrap video. q mccray has the developing story and the hunt for the killer. q? q: jonathan, this all happened in this parking lot right here. i spoke to witnesses not too long ago who told me that the woman was shot right next to the safeway shopping cart. now, jonathan, we know who she was. we spoke to her family. here is a picture of ionna mcallister. 19 years old, freshman at university in north carolina, studying criminal justice. as you said, she was home on spring break. we talked to her family. they tell us she was out here between 10:00 and 11:00 watching the making of music video with one of her friends. the rapper performing went to school with her.

someone pulled out a gun and fired gunshots, up to 30. one hit ayana. she was rushed to the hospital. the doctors did their best to save her life but she passed away. now the search is on for her killer. we are waiting to hear from the metropolitan police department. we should get a release shortly. the suspect is still up in the air. one other person was also shot. they suffered a graze from a bullet on their arm. that person will be okay. as i mentioned we spoke to the family. i'm working on their story for you to air at 5:00. that is the latest live from northeast. i'm q mccray. back to you. michelle: thank you. developing in prince george's county, the driver of this mess. this burst into flames. you can see what is left of it. we are told that the man who was pulled from the car will be okay.

alison: today, 660,000 signatures delivered to congress urging hands off pbs kids. advocates are concerned if the president's budget proposals become law, apters and the public broadcasting will suffer. all of the $445 million for annual funding for the corporation of public broadcasting would disappear. from the hills to the tidal basin today. we are on blossom watch for you. looking good down there. for buds that did survive, they are starting to come out. so the big question will another freeze wipe out what is left? we are monitoring that closely. doug hill has the forecast. how does it look, doug? >> a cold front coming through the morning and it will get chilly. by tomorrow night we could be in the mid-to-the upper 20's. a one night deal before we warm up a little bit. this is beautiful. sunshine. there is sun clue the clou.

64 in warrenton. 65 in warrenton. 64 in baltimore. tomorrow we will deal with the colder air. there is a line of shower. after that it's breezy and colder for a couple of days but it will warm up. we tell you when that will happen in the full forecast in 12 minutes. back to you. jonathan: a rape brings the immigration policy in maryland to spotlight. michelle: we have learned one of the suspects is in the country illegally. jonathan: now even the white house is weighing in on this case. brad: mara has a child who will attend rockville next year. like many year, she is watching the

>> it's upsetting and unfortunate and scary. >> everyone we speak to is upset. there are different regions. some question freshmen raping a 14-year-old girl. >> they were older, 17 and 18. brad: others express concern that the suspects are undocumented mim grants across the border as the unaccompanied minor. >> it should never have happened. i don't know if the officials are giving it the attention either. >> sean spicer weighing in on the rockville rape. >> part of the reason the president made illegal immigration and crackdown is a big deal is tragedies like this. >> yesterday, the first weekly trump administration report on jurisdictionm cooperation with the federal immigration authorities. labeled montgomery county as a place limiting cooperation. >> we don't have the local police enf

laws. >> ike leggett spokesman stresses when undocumented immigrants are committed of crimes, they hand them over to i.c.e. and deportations happen. >> the sanctuary cities don't do that. they don't cooperate with i.c.e. we do. they feel this is a balanced approach. brad: joining us live at montgomery pima county, county -- in the montgomery county schools. there are many questions about how students this age could be enrolled as freshmen and how the future crimes such as this are prevented. in just around an hour here, montgomery county school officials will hold a press conference. we will ask them the questions and be back at 5:00 with the answers. in rockville, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. you can view spicer full comments on the story on the facebook page and see how fellow viewers react in real-time to the white house

investigation. >> in that interview did he ask you to overrule roe v. wade? >> no, senator. >> what would you have done if he asked? >> i would have walked out the door. >> so this is part of day two of senate hearings for president trump supreme court nominee, neil gorsuch. he is facing tough questions. not only about the portion as you heard there but the travel ban and even torture. we have the answers. >> supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch is getting peppered with the questions in the confirmation hearing. >> let me ask you about citizens united. >> does the president have the right to authorize torture? >> republicans champion the president's decision. >> frankly, i was worried about who he'd pick. maybe somebody on tv. but president trump could not have done better in choosing

you. >> a strict interpreter of the constitution with a track record of right of center rulings. but democrats are grilling gorsuch about president trump's conservative campaign promises. >> the president said he would appoint someone who would overturn roe. >> the judge skirting around the answer. >> it's been reaffirmed many times. i can say that. yes. >> saying he can't give an opinion on the current cases. >> a blanket religious test. is that consistent with the first amendment? >> that is an issue currently litigated actively. >> also having to answer to the past. democrats still upset that the republicans would not give president obama's nominee merrick garland a hearing. >> do you think he was treated fairly by the committee? yes or no? >> i can't get involved in politics. >> when asked if he would hold the president accountable the answer is clear. >> no man is above the law. >> today republicans are standing by the decision to not old a hearing for

nominee saying it was an election year and the people needed to choose the leader first. abc news, washington. jonathan: president trump is warning the house republicans their seat in congress could be at risk if they fail to pass their party health bill. trump addressed lawmakers in a closed door meeting on capitol hill. paul ryan says, "president trump was here to do what he does best and that is to close the deal." speaking of the president, how far he dropped on the "forbes" billionaire list. and the new phone scam hitting the district. you have to be careful. michelle: plus, amazon's alexa has a new trip. jonathan: check this out. apple has new products. this red phone is just one of them. >> do you have a problem with me? yeah? [laughter] alison: later, behind the story of this prom proposal is going viral. it will warm your heart

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jonathan: medicinal tea that was supposed to make a woman feel better is what killed her. another man got sick but he is alive. both bought the tea from the same store in san francisco. the tea leaves had a plant-based toxin in processed

correctly can treat bruises and pain. >> getting sick is one thing. dying is another. jonathan: yes, it is. health department said the owners are cooperating. they are trying to track down the source over the toxic tea leaves. jeff bezos has a cool life. he is rich and look what else he gets to do. he tested a giant suit this weekend. the robot is 14 feet tall. designed by the south south korean company that is part of a digital and a tech showcase sponsored by amazon which is why he got to test drive it. imagine walking through workplace in that? michelle: that is every kid's dream. everybody's dream. jonathan: every man wants that in the man cave. alison: a little large. jonathan: some guys like to have big things. what can you say? that looks fun. michelle: google is out

called shortcut. they want to make it easier to find answers without thinking about what to ask. you see a row of icons below the search field and they will cover weather, movie showtime and other common searches. alison: from google back to amazon. you can now order on amazon prime with alexa. so instead of clicking a button, now all you have to do is speak. tens of thousands of available for free two-hour delivery. in some cities you can order cold beer, wine and spirits. michelle: that is trouble. alison: that is way too easy. jonathan: not just amazon and google out with new products, though. michelle: a big day as well for tech industry overall. apple on display. alison: that is right. amy aubert is here to join with us the latest on the gadgets and where we can get the hands on these. amy: three new gadgets they are introducing today. the new iphone. they have an updated ipad and a new app even that lets you create quick

devices. look at the iphone. this is the iphone 7 and the 7-plus product red special edition. which marks the ten-year partnership between apple and red. red is a program that help provide access to hiv/aids programs in sub sahara africa. the latest ipad has 9.7-inch retina display, all-day battery life. front and back facing cameras and h.d. video recording. the price for the newest ipad is $329. apple kicking off a new app today. clip lets you create videos on the iphone and the ipad. the tech company says you can put together clips to make videos shareable on the app and across social media. it's free and it will be available next month. you can order the iphone and the ipad on friday. alison: are the lines forming now? amy: i'm sure. anytime no

amy: absolutely. jonathan: ahead for us here, we will talk about the traffic situation. trenice bishop has an eye on the road for us. hey, trenice. trenice: good afternoon, jonathan. we have delays and incidents to tell you about. we will get a look at the big picture. you can see the afternoon shaping up. we are moving slowly on the beltway. you can see the inner and the outer loop in the favorite spot in between the legion bridge. making a trip between maryland and virginia is a tricky spot. we will show you a live picture of that but first we cleared up the volume delay for folks on 66. we had a closure. westbound 66 to 234 or prince william parkway had been closed for several hours due to an incident on 234. the ramp is reopened but still finding heavy volume for the folks this afternoon. at least leaving 29 in centreville to make it to manassas. the inner loop delays from

dulles tulway. to the 270 spur. we have another issue in the rockville corridor. there but an issue with entrapment at tildenwood drive. it looks like it may have cleaned up in the last few minutes but it is causing a slow trip to make it northbound to gaithersburg. i'll send it to you at the desk. michelle: thank you. it feels like spring. jonathan: you can tell when we had nice weather. every comes in relaxed, mellow. doug: it will last for a few more hours before it gets cold for a couple of days. it's been beautiful through the afternoon. clouds this morning. even a few sprinkles overnight. it's cleared up nicely. the temperatures warmed to the upper 50's and the lower 60's. cold front on the way. we will see the increasing cloudiness through the evening.

across the rest of the area, it's 57 in winchester. 53 in frederick. annapolis in 50. 60 at joint base andrews. 62 in washington. through the evening, we will enjoy more sunshine at times. temperatures slowly falling through the lower 60's. as we head through overnight hours we see the temperatures fall off as the cold front approaches. as the front gets closer 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning there is a band after showers to push through the area. winds will turn northwesterly and the temperatures drop quickly in the mid-30's. so early tomorrow it feels like the 20's. to the low 20's by the time

friday morning we will have a warm front. i will show up here with a chance of a morning somehower with the warm front passing through. 57 for a high. by the time we get to sunday it look like we have a good chance of the showers developing. some could come in saturday night. monday and tuesday of next week showers continue. then to the end of next week the temperatures will stay on a pleasant range in the mid-to-the upper 60's. maybe we will settle down. maybe. no promises. i never promise anything. jonathan: the second applause in this newscast. thank you. coming up next on abc7 -- >> what you ate three days ago could affect you today.

affect you three days from now. alison: the symptom of toxic food syndrome. what it is and what to look out for if you think you might have it. jonathan: beefing up security on international flights. some electronics you can't bring on board. the e

alison: do you get the uncomfortable bloated feeling after you eat? your body could be attacking your favorite food. working with sinclair broadcast group we want to keep you informed about the important health and the safety matters. march is national nutrition month. we look at how to tell if you have food sense tentive in the sinclair carts report. >> for terry, every meal ended badly. >> i was so bloated i would make it through an afternoon after lunch without being sick or having to run to the restroom. >> she suffered with the digestive issues for years. today it's called toxic food syndrome. certain foods and chemicals trigger inflammatory in the body to make you sick. there is one test that reveals sensitivity and works how you react to different food and chemicals.

three categories. green is non-reactive. yellow is moderately reactive. red is reactive. >> it's hard to stop the immune system from working because we need it. when it is overreactive, it makes us sick. >> julian is a registered dietitian and says this is not a food allergy. those are swift and severe. these results are for the food sensitivity that are chronic. >> what you ate three days ago could affect you today. >> for terry, the test was eye-opening. the first phase of her diet was very restrictive. >> i couldn't do bread or alcohol drinks anymore. i had to change my life. >> they are slowly reintroduced to the diet. the skin rashes and the migraines disappear.

>> the different organs function together better. so you feel better. >> she doesn't have problems anymore and she lost 15 pounds. >> coming up next at 4:00, extreme security measures. there are flights under close watch. that's next. michelle: the prom proposal going viral but one you don't want to miss. >> i didn't do it for the publicity. i just did it to make her happy. >> the story behind the special date at 4:30. alison: then new at 5:00, what is it about the mosque that has the aclu and the trump administration in agree in the the answer when i join you at 5:00.

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tight. police tell abc7 this is a saturation event. any passenger flying out of dulles today will encounter a law enforcement officer. in the terminal, officers canvass with assault-style weapons. on the other side of the world, travelers are scrambling to understand new security rules for the u.s.-found flights. this morning u.s. officials issued directive banning all electronics bigger than smartphone from ten middle eastern airports. >> what they are trying to do is take an extra step with anything that could be packed with explosives out of the cabin to prevent it be manually detonated in the cabin. >> last year explosives put a hole in the airport. no u.s. airlines are affected by the

>> what has likely happened the u.s. government has developed intelligence that a group or individual has developed device to get on an airplane using laptop or another electronic appliance. >> if the nine airlines involved including those to dulles, they have 96 hours to comply. for the elevated security airport here, this is routine and they do details like this regularly. reporting at dulles, sam sweeney, back to you. michelle: expect the security changes coming to national airport in the future. a four-year project will begin to change the landscape of the main terminal. the security lines moving closer to the check-in counters. all the shops and the restaurants that you can wait for friends and family are the other side of security. at 5:00, we take a look at the project and the other changes coming. jonathan: turn back to weather. we have the beautiful picture

behind us. the weather like this, the trees here will fill in, in no time. we will keep an eye on it. doug: this is a bench marc here. they will fill out. the temperatures will level out. the system numbers as well before long. jonathan: if you are out there and you thank it off the tee, you have a shot to get it back. doug: good point. this is nice weather. we have a drop back in the numbers for next few days. 61 in alexandria at belle haven country club. plenty of sunshine. clouds will increase due to the approach of a cold front. the hourly forecast we will show clouds moving off and slow drop to temperatures. at 2:00 to 3:00, the front come through and there could be a ban of isolated showers to the front. then it will bring in cold air. in cumberland, below freezing. east of the mountain is chilly. mid-30ed in most shot. go to the metro area, we will

mid-30's to the lower 30's. there are 30's elsewhere. the winds will pick in. we'll have a wind chill issue. 45 to a high. 47 for thursday. 57 degrees by the time we hit friday. a warm front will come through friday morning. maybe sprinkle. then we will clear out. as far as the weekend, it will feel like springtime. it's back in 15 minutes with the weekend outlook in detail and big numbers. i think you will enjoy that. that is coming up shortly. back to you. jonathan: thank you. "7 on your side" with an alert for anyone who has had business with the d.c. court system. the police now you need to beware of the calls coming from someone who is an agent of the court. if you answer the call the wrong way, it will cost you. "7 on your side" troubleshooter horace holmes joining us

sophisticated. horace: this is tricky. if you get the call, it is a scam. recorded voices on the other end of the line saying you will owe money as outstanding court matter. you are instructed to press 5 on the phone to make the payment. it sounds legitimate. the caller i.d. looks like it is coming from a legitimate issue, 1844, but it's not. police say what you should do is hang up. the d.c. courts never slis payments by phone. all court correspondence is sent by mail. if you get a call, hang up. jonathan: tim allen is in hot water. the ann frank center for mutual respect is demanding an apology. last week allen compared living as a conservative in hollywood to the 1930's germany when the nazis were in power. his reps are is not res

from the media organizations. >> president trump is not as wealthy as he used to be. "forbes" says his net worth stands at $3.5 billion. that is down $1 billion for a year ago. and 544th amongst the wealthiest. bill gates is number one with net worth of $86 billion. investor warren buffett is second at more than $75 billion. what do you do with that kind of money. jonathan: being on the list alone is fine. first or 50th, it punt matter. how about this? some of the wealthiest new yorkers are asking the state to raise taxes. 80 people said they could pay more. some include george soros, rockefeller and abigail disney. similar letter sent last year was largely ignored by the lawmakers. if they feel so

paying more in taxes i don't think they will tying their hands. if you want to raise them for everybody else, pay them. knock yourself out. michelle: all right. now we have a sweet story. jonathan: we do. an 18-year-old has given us all unrealistic expectations of men with hills prom proposal to a girl with down syndrome. michelle: the teen asked his best friend's sister to go to prom with him. he gave her flowers and a bag of doritos. he got a t-shirt made saying i know i'm nacho your typical dory toe but i'm cheesy and i'm asking you to go to prom. she has down syndrome. but that's not why he asked her. >> i didn't do it for the publicity. i did it to make her happy. she brought joy to my life. anyone around her, she makes them laugh. she has a smile on her face. she

>> i love you. >> i love you, too. the video has gone viral with a half million likes on twitter. that is what you want on prom night, a fun date that makes you smile and laugh. jonathan: he put thought into it. she loves them. you came up in anybody's driveway in my neighborhood with doritos, you are a favorite. michelle: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- vote 2016 in the rear-view mirror. ahead, the f.b.i.'s investigation into russian's election meddling. why hillary clinton's past may have hit right into the russia real motive ahead. kellye: i'm kellye lynn in falls church city where the two letters are changing the school system approach to education. that story coming up in "spotlight on education." jonathan: now autria godfrey with a look at what is coming up for you on "good morning washington" tomorrow. >> all right. thank you, jon

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>> a quick check on april. we want to see a healthy baby giraffe. nobody wants to see it more than april. michelle: the zoo staff posted online they are hoping that april is in the home stretch but they have been wrong before. i guess now we are all waiting to see if she will deliver before april. she looks like it's even tough to breathe. jonathan: the funny thing is, michelle was asking can you hear audio? it's just a picture. if y,ou'd hear audio, you would hear, "get this baby out of here! ' michelle: it has been so long. this is going viral. jonathan: look at the giant chicken. no, this is not a grown man dressed in a costume. michelle: that is what i thought. jonathan: that is one big chicken. the heritage brick brama chicken referred to as the king of all poultry. i guess it is. they can way up to 19 pounds. look at the feet.

of feet. michelle: i love how it walks out and start flapping the wings. jonathan: i'm out. take a look. if you learned anything from "shawshank redemption" the movie, you can hide anything in a bible. michelle: but don't get caught. someone tried to smuggle meth in mississippi jail and they failed. they found a bulge in the back cover of the bible. now a 30-year-old woman is under arrest and a man is already in jail who had most of 40-year sentence suspended. could end up serving that entire term. jonathan: all they had in "shawshank" is a hammer. coming up next at 4:00, the nypd counterterrorism unite called to help. the mission is anything but that. the daring rescue in central park. we will take you there up next. michelle: searching for answers after russia meddles in the 2016 election.

jonathan: don't hate. just an analogy. but it might explain the russia true motive and what the ultimate goal is. digging deeper in the investigation. that is coming up next.

jonathan: a daring rescue in new york city. someone capturing the moment that new york p.d. springing to action that safes 167-year-old boy after he fell through the ice. this is a pond on central park. nice work. the officer using a ladder to drag the kid out of the freezing water. drag him off the ice with his hands. >> soaking wet. turned blue. the results should have been tragic. jonathan: no question. this is the second time in two days that the team have fallen through the ice. we did checking to sea why they were going out there to begin with. taking the selfies. michelle: the news that was breaking 24 hours ago. the fire at the

the local reports say the crew was welding when the fire began. >> what they concluded early on the hatred for mrs. clinton was all the way along. jonathan: that much was clear. but way did vladimir putin want to hurt hillary clinton's chances of winning more than help candidate trump? the past may have been the problem. scott: any russian interference may have helped trump. but mostly it was to hurt hillary clinton. >> he hated secretary clinton so much that the flip side of the coin was he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so

>> why? >> some of it may have had to do with the then secretary of state clinton support of the regime changes in iraq. that may have infuriated vladimir putin. the former u.s. ambassador to russia quoted to say this is the moment for the pay back. >> it happened to democrats this time. i may happen to the republicans in the future. >> today on capitol hill bye partisan concern what could be next. another country could try to do it again. her past may have handicapped the future. kremlin dismissing the talk as the anti-russi

nightmare for the united. this is all under investigation by the f.b.i. as well as if there was coordination between the campaign team and russia. >> they have images of the missing teen and the teacher accused of kidnapping her. tad cummins appears here appearing to pick up the women's hair dye in a store. they say the teacher plotted elizabeth thomas' abduction after being suspended from the school of being accused of having the inappropriate relationship with the teen. >> he declares himself a father figure to her and then she changes the social media to wife. that is a scary picture. >> she was l

after being dropped off a restaurant in tennessee. she told her siblings to call police if she was not home by 6:00 p.m. the day she disappeared. michelle: "7 on your side" with health matters. infant normality rates dropped to 15% in 2005-2014. the largest area of decline is sudden infant death syndrome. the rates above black women still double that of non-hispanic white women. after a good night's sleep, ever feel like you hit the jackpot? good sleep will help improve a mood in the way winning a jackpot of $150,000. only you don't wake up with the cash. they improve the quantity of the sleep he

jonathan: that is random. not $20 million. or having gold. we have a million bucks because you're going to tell us what happened. >> it's cold. when you see the weekend, that is the lottery jackpot. this weekend is looking good. we have mild side early on. by 7 verz to the middle 50's -- by 7:00 it will fall in the middle 50's. but overnight the temperatures will go tumbling. the wakeup for the morning in the upper 30 to the lower 40's. the winds will pick up. this is what it looks like for the wind gusts tomorrow in the noontime hour. 20 to 30 miles per hour. that means we talk about the wind chill factors. the highs in the middle 40's. sunshine through the late afternoon.

in the morning it feels like the 20's. mid-day it's in the middle the - middle 30's. we have a hard freeze coming in the area and another blow to the cherry blossoms. with the wakeup temperatures early thursday at 27 degrees. wakeup temperatures moving closer to weekend. by saturday we have the highs of 72. cooler on sunday. chance of showers. the ten-day outlook. we are going to warm up for the weekend and then we move to next week and we are looking at the temperatures in middle 60's. by wednesday, thursday, friday.

with trenice bishop. trenice: maybe not shouting for joy on the beltway. the regular delays are picking up. slowing down for folks on the beltway. 495 from the dulles tollway. inner and the outer loop is the sticky spot. 270 is building volume for the northbound climb from gaithersburg to germantown. you can see red on the map. the top said is not too bad through montgomery county. slowing at the live camera and montgomery village avenue to georgetown. for folks in wheaton we have report of an accident that is out of the camera view here. far enough in the camera there is police activity. there is report of an accident on the university boulevard at elkin street. the two right lanes are blocked and at the scene at wheat -- wheaton. jonathan: thank you.

certified to offer i.b. curriculum for every grade. find out how it is changing the education as we know it up next.

michelle: you have probably heard of the international baccalaureate program, but

is the first to be i.b. certified for all grades? kellye lynn shows us how the program is changing education. >> what advertisement technique would you use and why? >> for 30 years the high school students in the falls church city public schools have been exposed to the international baccalaureate program. >> i.b. is a concept-based curriculum from an independent organization that has established teaching and learning methods that are based in research. >> there is a lot of critical thinking involved in it. you are not just doing the rogue memorization. >> now the school system has a new i.b. status. >> we are the first division in the state of virginia to be a k-12 i.b. division. >> after being evaluated on the other factors they granted the certification for the middle school grades. falls church is now urgesb.

from primary to middle to high school. >> caring, knowledgeable. being the kid that knows what is going on around the world. >> this is a big deal if you receive i.b. diploma. going through the courses, writing papers and delving into the topics can be challenging and interesting and help for the future and life after high school. kellye: in falls church, kellye lynn, abc7 news. larry: tonight, a college student trip home for spring break ends tragically as a rap video is being made. school meeting takes on a new urgency after a high school rape. and the white house has weighed in. and now the long-awaited purple line that could mean the project reached the end of

announcer: announcer: on your side. larry: home for college for spring break watching a rap video when shots rang out. now a woman is dead, a person is hurt and the person two fired the gun is on the loose. q mccray has the latest with the latest on the investigation. q: as you know, i have been here for a few hours now. i have an opportunity to talk to a number of the eyewitnesses off-camera that told me the shooting happened in the parking lot. we had an opportunity to talk with the friends and the family. ayala mcallister, 19-year-old with tons of promise. that is how her family describes her. she is no longer with them. >> just talking yesterday, i was supposed to be with her. i just love her. q: late monday night in the 4200 block of blaine street northeast. according to the family ayana was with the friends watching making of a rap video in the marking lot. it was wrapping up and som

the family says 30 shots were fired. one hit ayana. she later died at the hospital. >> my heart goes out to her family and her mom. this is lake my family. my best friend. >> she loved fashion and studied criminal justice as a freshman at st. augustine university in north carolina. she was home on spring break this week to spend time with her family. little did they know it would be her last trip home. >> the way that she died is just unbearable. unbelievable. out of nowhere. but the way it happened is so crazy to me. q: the search for the shooter is ongoing. we are still waiting to get the latest information from the metropolitan police department. once we find out exactly who they are looking for we will let you know asap. until then, that is the latest live from northeast. i'm q mccray. alison: so tragic. thank you. well, tonight the parent,