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shell casings were recovered which means at least 30 shots were fired at the two teens. told one of the victims was hit 10 times and the other was hit four times. perhaps the biggest news here today was that police are now victimsdging that the and the suspect likely know each other and there have been some sort of a contact between them that prompted this crime. >> we do not believe it's a random event. we do believe that the suspects and the victims knew each other and, more importantly, we believe there are people out there who have not come forward yet and have not given us information that they know about this case. captain f

is possible that people are just frightened a cousin of the violence of this crime. shotse willing to fire 30 and we know more than one gun was used, at least two gunmen were involved, to killers, someone might be afraid and police are saying that they will be able to protect anyone who can come forward with information as to this case. we will work the case through the afternoon and bring you the latest later on today. thanks, a huge show of support last night for congressman steve scully's who was one of five people injured in the shooting wednesday at an alexandria ballpark. scalise is still in critical condition and we learning more about the shooter from the shooter's wife. me,f you take a look behind you can see investigators from the fbi are still here combing through this ballpark for evidence

they will wrapt up their work here and be able to release the park back to the community later today. two victims are still hospitalized, house majority inp steve scalese remains critical condition with another surgery thursday after being shot in the hip wednesday. across town, lobbyist matt mika was shot in the test and his condition has been upgraded to serious. back in a del ray community, residents walk by their local park, still shocked by what happened here. they hope that soon there will again be a sense of normalcy. in yourake comfort routines and when they get upended, it makes everything go off kilter. i'm looking forward to getting back in talking to some of my friends in the dog park and seeing if any of them were present. >> as you can see, the

continues at this ballpark, a bit of good news -- u.s. capitol police special agent crystal griner was shot in the ankle and is now been released from the hospital. stay connected as we tracked the investigation and update the conditions of the victims. connect with us on facebook, twitter and wjla.com. gunsan accused of having at the trump hotel is back in police custody. we told you about him last month. police found guns and 90 rounds of ammunition in his car. he was released in order to stay away from d.c. but this morning, word was he has not done that. investigators say he came back to the city and used drugs. police uncovered facebook post about the ballpark ambush. in release has been revoked a preliminary hearing is set for next thursday.

with the threat of severe weather this afternoon. molly cochran is here to tell us when many to be indoors. >> we are tracking the potential for gusty thunderstorms later today. we are flirting with the 80 mark. mid-to-upper 70's in quantico. our live doppler is looking pretty quiet but things are expected to fire up after 2:00 p.m. there are lightning bolts to the south of richmond and we expect these thunderstorms to fire off to our west and drift toward the d.c. metro. you want to keep an eye to the sky. you can track the showers and storms on our abc 7 app and the 2:00 p.m.t is after and our highs will hit the mid-80's. the extended forecast is coming up. >> thank you so much.

a consumer alert, amazon got a whole lot bigger. the company plans to buy whole foods for $13.7 billion. we go live to northwest. what does this mean for the customer? good afternoon, the customer get a brand-new experience at whole foods if this sale goes through. it's about $13.7 billion which is $42 per share, up 27% from its closing price just yesterday. this is a game changer for the grocery business. whole foods has been lacking with her online grocery sales. it appears amazon will move into chains that. forstors had been pushing the last couple of months for a sale like this. now it appears to finally be happening. there has been poor performance across the 430 stores across the nation. belooks now that will changing. we caught w

in northwest to see how they feel about this. >> i think it's great. it's eight merger of my two favorite companies. it will be easier access to get your food and i think it's great. >> it's a major company. i think it will be cool. amazon is real progressive and they know what they are doing so it will be cool. >> the sale has to be approved by the federal government. we will see what happens with that. if it goes through, it would likely happen in the second half of the year. the headquarters would remain in austin, texas and it was still be under the whole food brand and the current ceo would remain in charge. it will be interesting to see what happens with the whole food prices which are known to behind an amazon prices are known to be low. we will have to wait and see. >> thanks for that. in, a massachusetts judges found a woman guilty for encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide. three years ago, michelle

to commit suicide. she even urged him to go through it when he had second thoughts. he was found dead in his truck of carbon monoxide poisoning. carter was 17 when she sent the messages and is now facing up to 20 years in prison. we are still waiting on the verdict in the bill cosby trial. the jury is deadlocked. this is day five of deliberation and earlier this morning, they asked the judge to explain reasonable doubt. as soon as we get an update, we will bring it to you. happening today, president trump will announce a revised cuba policy during a speech in miami, florida. the white house says the aim is to cut off the flow of u.s. cash to cuba's military and security services. expected to leave intact restoration of diplomatic will allow cruise ships and airlines to service the island.

the russian military claims they have killed the leader of isis. officials say he was killed in an airstrike late last month along with other senior group commanders and about three hundred other fighters. they say the may 28 air raid targeted and isis meeting being held in rocca. u.s. officials cannot confirm the report. u.s. has been offering a $25 million reward for information leading to his arrest. we will follow the story as well and update you as we learn more. coming up on abc seven news admin, a blimp falls from the sky at the u.s. open, the split decision that probably saved the pilots life. also on the run but not for long, the unsuspecting here that helped capture to escaped inmates in georgia. now here's a look at traffic.

this friday, we have midday road construction tying us up in the district on 295 with a works on between the 11th street bridge and howard road. this will not show you a lot in terms of delays but we are blocking a lane in each direction. we are already looking like 40 deathlike friday afternoon rush on 495. you will see some of the getaway traffic, southbound 95 two accidents already. it's after the prince william parkway and heading through knowing 10 and back on the capital beltway, things are slowing through prince george's county getting through the baltimore-washington parkway. downe closed their south with traffic stopped for an accident between powder mill road and the flight center. there are delays in both directions merging with the bw parkway. that's the latest on the roads. we will

>> you are watching abc 7 news on your side. >> 30 people are confirmed dead after a high-rise fire in london and that number is expected to grow. there is no indication that the fire was deliberately set up this morning, queen elizabeth and prince william visited a relief center for the victims. they met with residents, volunteers, and community representatives. two georgia fugitives accused of killing the prison guards have been captured in tennessee thanks to some unexpected help. a man caught the two trying to steal his car. he held them at gunpoint until police arrived.

when the fugitives crash there car an hour south of nashville. the two ran to the man's house. there was a $130,000 reward for the two fugitives. no word on whether the man will get the money. now to those incredible images showing a blimp crashing right by the u.s. open. rescuers raced in to save the pilot. we have the latest. >> this morning, federal investigators working to figure out what caused this advertising blimp to come crashing down, exploding into a ball of flame. the aircraft crashed into this field about half a mile from the u.s. open tournament golf course in wisconsin around 11:15 a.m. thursday morning. >> we have a blimp down, a manned aircraft down. thousands watching the competition found themselves watching this instead in disbelief. >> there it goes. >> i saw the whole thing

as a was going down and the explosions on the ground. it was a terrible feeling. >> that's not good. >> the pilot rode the burning blimp to the ground. >> he is injured. >> rescue crews pulled him from the wreckage moments before several explosions. >> i looked up and i saw it on fire. i felt sick to my stomach. i had the shakes, i felt terrible for the people inside. >> we have a 200 pound male pilot. stretcherplaced on a and placed on a waiting medevac helicopter. the pilot is in stable condition and expected to be ok. the ntsb is now investigating the crash. wow, at least it was a happy ending. let's talk about the weather. it's a little gray outside and chances for thunderstorms this afternoon? correct,hat's

addition to the showers. it will be rather mild by the end of the weekend with temperatures back in the 90's. looking a national park, the temperature is at 79 degrees and some dark, gray clouds with temperatures flirting with 80 across the d.c. area. as we check out live doppler, we are starting to see a few showers and thunderstorms popping off to our southwest. keep a the zone we will close eye on this afternoon. thunderstorms will ignite here first and drift toward the d.c. metro. there is already lightning bolts off to our south, south of richmond. heavier rainfall later today as well as some gusty winds. this is just one model we look at. after two or 3:00, the red, orange, and yellow is fil

keep an eye to the sky on your way home from work. it could impact the d.c. metro through 8:00 tonight. there could be heavier downpours and some thunderstorms. for your friday night plans, i would suggest taking your umbrella. ifhave a taste of rest and you're heading out saturday, 80's for a date time high and should get into the low 90's by sunday. the better chance for thunderstorms today, hit or miss tomorrow and by sunday, a lesser chance for some storms for father's day. maybe you are trying to run with data on sunday morning at south lakes high school with low 70's at 7:00 a.m., building into the upper 80's by 11:00 a.m. stay well hydrated and apply your sunblock. chance for thunderstorms after

p.m. and into saturday. sunday a lesser chance. degrees.re will be 92 some steadier rainfall will arrive monday with the actual front moving through. we have to remember we have a lot of moisture in the atmosphere so we could have heavy downpours

>> a heroic tribute in california with los angeles city hall firing up the bat single -- signal in honor of adam west to died last friday after a battle with leukemia. don't get surprised to be start seeing some very interesting costumes on the streets of the district today. the fifth annual awesome con kicks

washington convention center. around safety thousand people should be attending. -- around 60,000 people should be attending. after the break him another look at your forecast.

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>> the crews are beginning to refill the reflecting pool at the lincoln memorial which was drained. about 80 ducklings were found dead in the last three weeks. the pool is expected to be fully operational on monday. remembering a man who worked as a pioneer for the d.c. gay community. former councilman jim grant passed away at the age of 71. the d.c. bureau chief has a look at his legacy. >> he was a mainstay of the d.c. counsel for many years in one of looked after his many constituencies in d.c.'s ward one. news of his death stunned many and brought back memories of things he had done. working up her for a couple of years, every morning, he would come by and by eight of us breakfast, every saturday morning. >> he was on the metro board for bny years with issues raised

even those who politically opposed him admired him. >> he is one of the few politicians i think that actually cared about the community. you look at his personal staff, his chief of staff was a returning immigrant. >> before his counsel days, he was the first executive director of the whitman walker clinic that saved lives and brought attention to the hiv cause. he is seen here with the late actress. said wew the need and have to do something locally and get people engaged. his engagement crossed all aspects of society. jim felt like we had to find every resource we could. all right, we have a pretty decent weekend on tap. angela: generally speaking, it's not too bad with thunderstorms but they will be hit or miss today. today is our best chance for gusty wind.

spotty right now. we are concerned about heavy rain and also gusty wind after about 2:00 p.m. the daytime high will hit into the mid-80's. it's also starting to feel more humid and that is a factor that sticks with us right through the upcoming weekend. shower or isolated storm tomorrow, daytime high in the upper 80's. if you are trying to get in a round of golf sunday, don't cancel, an isolated stormy or there and it will be a hot one. stay well hydrated with temperatures back in the low 90's. another great event around town, brunch on baseline at nationals park. it's 12:00 noon-4:00 p.m. you can get brunch on the field so head out and watch for a thunderstorm in the afternoon. the summertime feel will stick around to the early half of the week and a better chance for heavy rainfall on monday. make sure you have you

flash flooding issues. we have a lot of moisture in the atmosphere so it can fall in a short amount of time. on summer solstice comes up wednesday which is the first official day of summer in the daytime highs will stay in the mid to upper 80's and into the low 90's by the later half of the week. >> all in all, it can be a good father's day. angela: i think so, don't cancel outside plants. >> sometimes cloud cover is good. angela: if you're trying to get to the pool, apply your sunblock, stay well hydrated and keep watching the growing clouds. >> thank you. thank you for joining us on this midday. atsure to watch abc7 news 4:00 p.m., see you monday.

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