moved forages in either direction, we could have been wiped out. a mother's terrifying moment as she walked home from her son's birthday party. jonathan: a group of motorcycle thieves with guns strike a posh neighborhood. alison: and breaking news from the justice department, no charges in the shooting of unarmed black man alton sterling. jonathan: we begin with breaking news from chicago. these are live pictures. two police officers have been shot on the south side. few details about what happened with the officers. rushed to theere hospital, where they are listed in serious condition at last check. there is an intensive investigation going on right now. stay with abc 7 for updates as soon as they are available. >> my eight

ng with his grandmother, when the shots rang out. alison: coming home from a child's birthday party when at least 30 shots were fired on capitol hill. thank for the, nobody was hit. has the: tom roussey terrifying ordeal and the effort to catch these guys. wereit was 6:45, there people everywhere, including children. up, several pulled guys got out, and the bullet started flying. this is where one of them slammed into this fence. >> it was terrifying. tom: lindsay was walking home with her two boys after celebrating the older one's birthday. who asked us not to identify her said one had a long automatic weapon. by the time it was

13th and g in southeast, some lodged in the fence. >> it was terrifying how brazen it was come in the middle of the sidewalk and the street on the corner, no cover, just firing. >> it's a miracle nobody was hit. tom: the first district police commander said there were many children and adults nearby. she is asking for help catching these guys and figuring out why they did this. >> someone knows what happened. please give us a call. >> i feel lucky none of us were hit. if there was a moment of four inches in either direction, some of it could have been killed. tom: a lot of police in the neighborhood tonight. the witness we talked to said she thinks these guys were either targeting an individual or group of people. in the

was tough to tell. live in southeast on capitol hill, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank you. this just into the newsroom, a woman rescued after a tree toppled onto her car in mclean. crews had to rescue her from under the fallen branches. she was not hurt. jonathan: a key clue after a racist display on the mayor can university campus. alison: surveillance video allowing the police to trace the steps of their suspect. they say that this man hung bananas from nooses at the school. jonathan: jay korff has the latest developments. american university police a each video taken about 4 a.m. monday shows the person of interest walking through campus. the police believe this maybe the person responsible for hanging bananas with nooses throughout campus found later that day.

who were hopeful this mystery suspect will be identified and arrested. >> i really hope that whoever committed this act is brought to justice. jay: it is believed the bananas were met to offend members of an african-american sporting at school. tuesday the university president addressed students. students marched soon thereafter. while students we spoke with are relieved progress has been made in the criminal case, they say more work needs to be done on the race relations side. >> turning this into a criminal case, i do want to divert from the issue at hand, but it did happen. jay: late tonight, a development. students have confirmed they have crafted a long list of officials university come including they won any student responsible for a hate crime to be expelled. they want

better trained and they want the university to hire more people of color. no, yet from the university. jonathan: six people injured in this crash near germantown on great seneca highway. an infant and child among those injured, some of the injuries considered serious. stay with abc 7 and wjla.com for updates. nancy: developing news from the live desk, there are reports tonight the justice department will announce as early as tomorrow it will not bring charges against two white baton rouge police officers who shot and killed all sterling. can i come a vigil outside of the convenience store where he died last year. outside of a vigil the giving a store where he died last year. there were protests in louisiana and all around the country after the shooting of alton sterling. the family says they are heartbroken over

>>i it hurts so bad. myself,ying to prepare but the horrible pain, it's like going back to the first time. nancy: a police report said the officers saw a gun in alton sterling's pants pockets and that they say he reached for it before he was shot. the officers have not been advised of any federal decision. jonathan: a police officer in dallas was fired after he shot and killed a 15-year-old boy over the weekend. the teenager was riding in a car after a house party and he was shot. the police originally said the driver tried to use the car at is a weapon, but now it says it appears the car was driving away from the police. for five people who yanked a couple off their motorcycle at gunpoint in a

d.c. neighborhood and drove away early sunday morning. his hands onst got this new the released report. what have you learned? the area around chevy chase circle is so safe, vice president pence lived a few blocks away before he was sworn in. this police report shows a couple was pulled off of their silver kawasaki motorcycle at gunpoint early sunday morning. >> that's really scary. tim: detectives are looking for five people possibly driving a dodge pickup that sped off. >> i don't like we typically have crimes like that that i'm aware of. that is unusual. tim: 7 on your side checked the 2016 crime stats and only discovered four violent crimes all of last year. >> the public feels very safe. tim:

>> no, i never have. tim: tim barber, abc 7 news. steve: partly cloudy skies to the north. around the capital beltway, things have cleared out nicely, meaning a cool start wednesday. daytime highs tomorrow, a big drop in temperatures. today we hit 80 degrees at reagan national. tomorrow we are talking mid-sixties, upper 60's, and a bit breezy at times. rain is on the way for the end of the week. i will give you the timing of that, plus a much cooler weekend ahead. the stormwatch 7 10-day outlook coming up. jonathan: steve, see you then. we are putting you on a lookout for the guy that you see in this picture, a person of vandalism across the national mall. graffiti was found on the lincoln memorial and washington monument. if you know who this guy is, the police would like to hear from you. alison:

if there are more victims after they arrested a man for soliciting a minor. derek lamarr jones of catonsville is accused of soliciting a young woman from ashburn. the police say that he uses social media and meets people at comic book conventions. if you have information, call the police. jonathan: the killer in a case that went cold has now confessed. and michigan prison inmate admitting he killed a person in leesburg back in 2009. the chilling reality, he had been the family's neighbor. alison: the man who confessed is serving life behind bars for a deadly stabbing. the family says they are relieved jamie is finally resting in peace. president trump and russian president vladimir putin agreed to a one-on-one meeting at the g 20 summit in germany in july. the white house

had a very good phone call focused on syria. this was the first call since the u.s. missile strike on a syrian air base in response to the chemical gas attack. weekend, in what could be a blow to the trump administration, acting attorney general sally yates is expected to contradict the white house about x national security adviser michael flynn. wass said that flynn vulnerable to blackmail because of his communications with the russian ambassador. jonathan: we are giving away a set of tickets to "dancing with the stars" live at the national harbor. call the number on your screen right now and we will announce the winner later in the newscast. from being an intern, not just getting coffee endnotes. -- coffee and notes. some companies are paying their interns huge money.

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out of north carolina where he pursued through said to race in on a boat to save a mother and child clinging to a tree and floodwaters. a helicopter captured the moment when they were pulled from the water. they got swept up in the current while looking at fishing traps. alison: a kansas boy with autism is back with this family after a police officer jumped into a pond to save him. the officer's body camera recorded the rescue. the officer was interviewing witnesses when he noticed the four-year-old just standing next to the water. at that moment, the boy fell in and the officer jumped in seconds later. the boy had wandered away from his parents. wow. [gunshots] a tough scene to forget, a

the police officer pleading guilty in the shooting of an unarmed black man. south carolina officer michael slater shot walter scott as scott was walking all -- running away from them. >> today is a good day for justice. i thank god for justice and trust in. jonathan: under the police, slater faces life in prison. developing now, the house is set to vote on a bipartisan spending bill as early as tomorrow. alison: the white house is pushing back on democrats, claiming they got the better end of the deal. politician said it was a win for the administration. and then in a tweet, president trump said the country needed "a good shot down" to fix the mess. jonathan: one the hill today, a mistake of epic proportions is how the unit

describe the dragging of a paid passenger off the flight last month. they testified before a house committee looking into the treatment of passengers. >> the reason i'm sitting here today is because on april 9 we had a serious breach of public trust. i'd like again to apologize to the family, every personal the flight, and all customers and employees worldwide. jonathan: united and other allies have made changes in hopes of preventing incidents like the one chicago from happening again. alison: a 7 on your side consumer alert -- it is not good news if you like more leg room. american airlines is decreasing the space between some of its economy class seats by two inches. the goal is to create space, of course. american will add seats to some jetliners. who says interns work for f

a new survey by glassdoor found facebook pays interns the most, and we are talking a median of $8,000 per month. that would mean $96,000 per year. yelp also apple, and made the list of companies with the highest-paid interns. jonathan: wish that was around when i was interning. if you want a row house in northeast d.c. for free, no problem. two historic row houses are up grabs. there is a catch. if you want one of these, you have to move it. the land they are on is slated for new development. and that has to be done by this summer. this looks like fun -- an incredible day and display of great enthusiasm from the kids.

these are the stars of "american ninja warriors," teaching some very important lessons. >> it teaches me that i should never give up and i should keep trying and trying and live my dream. jonathan: she got the message. of the sizing fitness and a healthy diet at a young age. steve: how cool is that. today we had a cooler day compared with yesterday. today was 80 degrees, dry, but the wind gusts at reagan national were 35 miles per hour. the tree pollen, the grass pollen, the mold pollen is all over. if you have been sniffling and seasoning -- sniffling and sneezing, that's why. the temperatures are cooling off, mainly clear skies, 58 at reagan national come in the 50's winchester and

50's. stormwatch 7 satellite and radar, not a lot going on right now. the clouds hugging the mason-dixon line north of d.c., staying dry tonight. with the clear skies around the capital beltway, that means temperatures will drop quickly. 48 to 55 nighttime lows, the wind out of the west at 5 to 15. waking up tomorrow morning, middle of the work in school we, looking at temperatures that will be a bit cooler to the north and west. upper40's middleburg, 54 marlboro. a light jacket hurling on, sunglasses absolutely. you will need them not only for the morning but through noontime. just a few clouds, the wind out of the north and west, a bit breezy at times, but not as windy as earlier today. the pollen will still be out there. tomorrow, driving home, tomorrow

backyard, it is dry, looks good. daytime highe tomorrow. considering the high today was 80, that's about 15 degrees cooler, plus not as humid, so it will become durable. but this right here, early thursday, moving off to the east by thursday evening. this brings rain. that is late thursday night. it will be a sloppy go for the rush-hour friday morning, could have thunderstorms during the day friday, with heavier rain. once we get this out of here, we're looking for a cooler, drier weekend the second half of the weekend. the high temperature tomorrow, middle to upper 60's. mid 60's thursday, lower 70's friday, wet. d.c. united playing saturday, high of 61. upper 50's, lower 60's sunday. as we coast into next

start off in the lower 60's, but rebound nicely, daytime highs near 70 degrees for the following weekend. jonathan: it is never too late to live your dream. alison: this woman is doing just that on the dance floor, next.

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alison: congratulations to toice young who won tickets "dancing with the stars" this summer. jonathan: speaking of dance, you have to see this woman. >> i just love it. i love dancing, i love teaching, i love putting on shows. jonathan: she is adorable, doris humphries of chicago. she is 92 years old and still teaches the tap class. alison: she has been dancing since she was 11. she has made appearances at theaters all around the country, including howard theater in d.c. her daughter said she was instrumental in bringing tap and ballroom dance to black communities. erin:

jonathan: the wizards could use a few moves. the celticsw that and wizards to not like each other, but this is really developing into a physical series, like old-school basketball, next.

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the series. nationals-diamondbacks. tough for thinning -- fourth inning for tanner roark, giving up two home runs. 6-3 diamondbacks. one day after oriole center fielder adam jones heard racial taunts at fenway park, he received a standing ovation before his first at-bat tonight, and the red sox also issued an apology. sidney crosby will not play in game four because of a concussion.

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looking rainy. much cooler saturday and sunday. jonathan: jimmy kimmel is next. alison: have a great night.

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