stable condition. this surveillance video captures the moment after the shooting before 8:00 a.m. this morning. the driver of the heavy s.u.v., 33-year-old woman from bladensburg, maryland, slowly turns the vehicle onto eisenhower avenue where it slows in the middle of the road before finally coming to a stop on the cush. the woman shot multiple times in the upper body gets out of the vehicle where witnesses say a man on a bicycle stopped to help. >> the guy was holding the lady with a gunshot wound. jeff: stephen works at a tire shot across from the shooting scene and believes an argument between the suspect and the victim started on the beltway and then escalated when the two vehicles got to the stoplight at eisenhower and claremont. >> he pulled next to her. she gets out of the car and asked what is happening. why road rage? opened the door. he didn't say nothing. he started shooting. >> i get inside the office and i hear four shots from

outside. >> we believe this is road rage incident between two individuals. >> the alexandria police announcing this afternoon that 58-year-old ernest stickell of mechanicsville maryland was taken into custody this afternoon and charged with the shooting. >> it's a surprise to me. it's a quiet area. i can happen anywhere. >> it's scary possibility now days. yeah. jeff: eisenhower avenue shut down for hours as the search continues. authorities search for the suspect vehicle for hours until ernest stickell turned himself into authorities this afternoon. a male passenger was riding inside the black s.u.v. but he was unharmed in the shooting. live in alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: thank you. meanwhile police in fredericksburg are looking for a moped driver who stabbed a man in another road rage incident. alison: investigators say the men got into an argument at

road. the moped driver followed the car and when the car stopped he pulled out a knife. he stabbed the driver and then ran off. the man who was stabbed should be okay but the suspect is still on the run. police describe him as a man in his mid-50's with short gray hair, scruffy gray beard and a dark tattoo on the left forearm. nancy: we are following breaking news for purple line. a federal appeals court ruled that construction can start on the purple line while a lawsuit against the project is still ongoing. millions in the federal funding needs to be secured for the 16-mile project that will connect montgomery and prince george's county. today's ruling does let the state move forward to try to get that funding. larry, back to you. larry: thanks. the summer sizzle is settling in as we get ready for a stretch of temperatures pushing triple digits. douglas is in the stormwatch7 -- chief meteorologist dough

weather center. doug: we may get warmer through the next few days. we have a cool view above the high in laurel. nice field of the cumulus clouds. relatively few showers. mostly clouds, sunshine and hot weather. check out the numbers. it's 96 at reagan national airport. the humidity levels climb. feeling like it's anywhere from 99 to 101. the last two afternoons we have had thunderstorms. no another one in the annapolis area. bundry to the west. we have another cell that is north and west of martinsburg. but not much more. what we will deal with the rest of the evening is hot and humid stuff. 9 toin metro washington. 94 at 9:00 p.m. 83 tonight. temperatures will drop in the 70's it will feel like the 80's all night long. when you wake u

heatwave it's close to 80 in the city. head right back in the upper 90's. the mid-to-upper 90's now. greenbrier pool in fairfax county. stormwatch7's meteorologist josh knight there with the swim league and all-star relay action. all day long. what are you seeing now, josh? josh: it's been a blast, doug. swimmer after swimmer. the way it works they do three heats of each event. the kids come from 72 different pools from around northern virginia. introduce you to see if i can get a sneak at this. this is the announcer. joe, how does the heat compare to other meets? >> joe? who is joe? josh: how does it compete to other meets? >> it's a lot different. excitement and the kids from all over here. i make it fun. deal with everybody like you. josh: staying cool? >> no. it's hot as can be. i'm dying. like a do

umbrella. let you go back to work. he is getting ready to announce the next event. the swimmers are the only people that are lucky enough to get cool and jump in the water. they are sweating. with that, hot one. send it back inside. larry: stay hydrated and stay with the stormwatch7 team as we hit the heatwave. constant forecast updates and a list of the cooling centers in the area at wjla.com. alison: all right. back to other news now. developing now. the supreme court says grand parents and other relatives are among those exempt from the president's travel ban. but in a victory for the trump organization it keeps in place the order on refugees. it's only temporary say an appeals court should review it more thoroughly. it affects people from six majority muslim countries. larry: senateropes had lunch at the white house but not a

talk about what is next now that attempts to repeal the affordable care act has failed. we are tracking what is happening on the hill. michelle? michelle: republicans are picking up the pieces after the collapse of the senate healthcare bill. >> we have no choice. we have to repeal and replace obamacare. >> president trump met with the g.o.p. senators for lunch at the white house on wednesday. tried to put pressure on lawmakers to act on healthcare. >> unaction is not an option. i don't think we should leave town. >> mitch mcconnell is having trouble mustering enough vote to repeal and replace obamacare.

>> what you are voting against it, you are telling the american people everything is fine with obamacare and haste in america. we don't need to fix it. once you are on the bill, it is an pope amendment process. >> the liaison to congress mark short says senators like susan collins of maine and others can offer amendment after it's repealed. >> it will get us on the bill and changes to amendment it. >> short says the republicans could work with the senators across the aisle but says that is down the road. the democrats will be waiting. >> senator mcconnell insists to do this behind closed doors and doing this at the white house. he hasn't put together the mo jurorty he needs. we ought to work together. >> this continues tonight on capitol hill. they will meet with the reluctant g.o.p. senators to sell the plan to

across the finish line. alison? alison: thank you very much. new development tonight at the sterling chipotle that was shut down after dozens of the customers there got sick. the restaurant is back open today but not without monitoring. kevin lewis live in sterling to explain what is going on today. >> i looked inside the restaurant windows at this hour. half a dozen people eating inside. impressive seeing that the loudoun county health department is reporting up to 40 people were sickened after eating here. they experienced naus is a, diarrhea and -- nausea, diarrhea and vomiting over the weekend. monday chipotle voluntarily closed the doors as it worked with the health officials to study the cause of the outbreak, which still remains a mystery. tests are conducted to determine if this is a case of norovirus. results, however, are not due back until

employees have been on site yesterday and today to oversee the staff to ensure it doesn't happen again. the good news is those that were sickened are starting to feel better. larry: thank you, kevin. update from prince william county where they caught one a babysitter facing charges after sleeping on the job and slipping out a window. they had been looking for amanda allen since saturday when they were called to a dumfries apartment for two small children wandering outside. to they caught up with her and she will face the felony child abuse charges. alison: coming up at 50:00, a week after prince george's county police started working 12-hour shifts. what the father of the latest shooting victim has to say about the violence. larry: later, why some are blaming the homeowner's association for rash of raccoon attacks.

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larry: new information about a train derailment at penn station earlier in month. it happened due to faulty section of track. it went off the track july 6. it was in an area that amtrak performing major repairs. 180 people on board and nobody was hurt. amtrak is getting ready to expand in virginia. the rail company will offer passenger service to roanoke on october 31. alison: so imagine you are in charge of transportation projects and the region. what would your priorities be? crossing over potomac river? adding lanes in 270? investing in v.r.e. and marc? brianne carter is live in northeast d.c. with a look at the list that a planning board is considering today. brianne? brianne: well, alison, it was just the projects that d

the transportation planning board today. but one in particular, new bridge crossing brought out the public and the public officials. and regional divide. >> i am here to implore you to delete a new bridge. brianne: a bridge that the counsel -- council unanimously opposed. >> building outer potomac river bridge would help a small subset of the commuters and remain a choke point. brianne: however, today, the regional transportation planning board agreed to do further analysis on a northern potomac river bridge crossing and nine other transportation projects. this is not an endorsement to be built. >> interim step where we have come to an agreement on the issues whether you like them or not, what policies, programs or the

are willing to get more analysis about. >> on the list of the ten projects to get studied, adding if express lanes to remaining part of the beltway and the 270 and the regional bus transit and extending metrorail to centreville and potomac mills. here is what happens next. all of those were given the green light for the further analysis. a task force will now study each of the ten initiatives and come back to the transportation planning board in december. it's then the administration planning board will decide whether or not to endorse any further action. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. larry: okay. thank you. doug, alison and i were talking a moment ago about the heat. it just saps you this high. doug: something with the air mass the winds have been light. that is why the storms develop don't move much.

this is just not getting better until monday night when a front comes through or new air mass arrives. hang in there. we are in day one. four more to follow. looking live, there is interesting cloud formations but very little in rain of rain around the viewing area. 92 in martinsburg. fredericksburg at 94. 9 on the maryland mid-shore. the count of 90 degrees weather or higher, 26. six have been in excess of 95. last year for the total season we had 58 of the days. 22 were 95 or higher so goes the list back to 2013. so we have already beaten the 2014 summer. we'll see. we have a long way to go. we ae

midpoint of summer officially. it feels like 101 in leesburg in quantico. 97 in annapolis. 99 in washington. 100 in fredericksburg. the forecast through the evening is a slow drop in the temperatures. from 90 degrees in the city at 7:00 p.m. to mid-80's to the lower 80's. this is 1:00 a.m., clear muggy 81. all night long inside the beltway. the heat index or the feels like temperatures stay in 80's. there is a shower north of annapolis. this cell, no lightning but there is heavy rain. this is further west to the area that are near martinsburg, and another lonely shower out there by itself. the numbers through the day.

97 on the thermometer for the high. now friday, saturday and sunday. weekend outlook for pools. a good place to be. the highs are in the upper 90's. there will be chances, 30 to oh% chances of the late afternoon showers and the thunderstorms. the key is heat and the humidity. stay hydrated and find a way to cool off. at nighttime the temperatures will cool to 70's and 80's. it's humid and uncomfortable. how about the beaches for the weekend. break there. only 91 on friday. the bay water is 80's. summer is here. the chance of rain for several days is not much tomorrow. we have a 30% chance through friday. 40% on friday.

then monday night things change. it's going to be cooler and less humid. alison: thank you, doug. larry: thank you. go back out to josh knight in fairfax. josh? josh: below average sounds nice right now. i want to introduce you to people at this swim meet the largest summer swim league in the nation. take a listen. thousands of competitors and spectators that are braving the heat for the all-star relay glory. some folks like this father out here close to sunrise. i got here at 6:15 in the morning and sweating it out all day. josh: competition is as fierce

and fun. entire families get into it. i don't know of another swim league in the country where you have parents and kids here at 6:00 in the morning to watch the kids swim. >> it can take their toll. >> athletes that could be well conditioned but underestimate the ability to withstand heat so it's not uncommon to hear people who are exercising vigorously in the heat who succumb. >> getting in water quickly cool the body but folks outside the pool need to pay close attention. >> the symptoms of the heat related exhaustion are nonspecific. stripe it creeps up on people. >> headaches and dry red skins are signs that someone needs to cool off and hydrate. coaches told swimmers to start it early. >> now they are ready to race whatever the temperature. >> the heat has been bad. but a lot of people don't

cheering on the swimmers. they have been here since 6:30 this morning. with that, i will send it back inside. larry: okay. thank you for that. still ahead at 5:00, an entire town evacuated as the fire sweeps across california. we let you know what is making the flames tough for the crews to fight. >> he is our flesh and blood and feel it should be our right as the parents to decide to give him a chance at life. alison: but first, the new information a british judge is considering in the case of charlie gard. larry: a look at what is coming up tonight. alison: and veronica johnson has a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." veronica: thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington" -- get ready for another sizzling, dangerous heatwave. will it be the hottest of the summer yet? >> plus, o.j. simpson one step closer to freedom. we are live in las vegas as the former football star goes before the parole board. >> keep it here for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning at 4:25

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a case that gripped the world's attention. the little boy whose parents refuse to let him die. >> we promised our boy every day we'd take him home. that is a promise we thought we could keep. >> charlie has undergone more evaluations. they have met with the u.k. clinicians and assessed his condition. charlie has a severe genetic illness, he can't see, hear or breathe without help. that is why the british doctors want to turn off his life support. his parents refuse. >> he is our son, our flesh and blood. i should be our right to decide to give him a chance at life. >> the british court sided with the clinicians but then autobus. american doctors offering experimental treatment here in

the u.s. a judge allowing them to see if he could travel to the u.s. hospital for care. the different competing evidence is beingcolated and sent to the judge tomorrow to finally make his ruling on baby charlie gard. in london, abc news. larry: still ahead at 5:00. a town evacuated and health risk for popular exercise program. we'll tell you about that. >> another murder in prince george's county. this time a 17-year-old killed and police believe it's not a ran done crime. alison: but first, why people in an arlington neighborhood are under raccoon attack a

larry: a vicious problem in arlington neighborhood. rash of raccoon attacks. the latest happening this morning as a man tried to take his garage out. this is the second attack in as many weeks and one of four incidents in the past ten months. >> suddenly two raccoons attacked me. they were chewing at my legs and clawing at me. larry: the animal welfare league says trash is a big reason that th

area. there is a strict rule regarding the trash collection including what times garbage with can put out to the curb and how long it can stay there. alison: the police say they don't think last night's shooting of a 17-year-old in laurel was random. but it was just a second since prince germ's county police started to work the 12-hour shifts to stop recent spike in violence. brad bell spoke with the young man's father about the shooting. brad: dozen was 17. he would have been -- dustin was 17 years old and would have been a senior. >> he was working two jobs and planned graduate and had plans for a brighter future. he was found dead on a county road in laurel before 8:30 last night. >> he has a brother and a sister and a mom and a bunch of people that are devastated and shocked. brad: this is where it

of larksdale and conti roads in laurel. the car was found just about there. police tell us they are not surely sure what happened. but officially they are saying that they believe he was involved in what they are calling an illegal transaction at the time of the murder. sources tell us they believe it could have been a drug or a gun deal gone bad. dustin's father a former police officer says there is simply too much killing. >> it's got to stop somehow. >> it has to stop. the kids don't listen. they have ego. the kids think they are invincible. brad: this comes a the p.g. police work 12-hour shifts for seven straight days in an effort to stop a spike in violence. even though there is a year to date homicide count remains down from last year.

larry: the universities in miami are struggling -- investigators in miami are trying to figure out how a young boy came in contact with fentanyl. they don't think he was exposed to the powerful painkiller at home but it shows how dangerous being exposed to a small amount of the drug can be. alison: tragic. in the last five years the heroin and the opioid overdoses increased 400% in maryland. studies show more people die from the drug overdoses in the country than from guns or car accidents. we look at how some teens are using the city data in baltimore to save lives. >> this is a busy place. they are creating a code that is anything but ordinary. >> save lives. >> skills they work tirelessly to apply to the bette

baltimore. >> this is important. caffeine is the most important part. >> for eight months this is where they gather. >> i come here and put three hours in. work on bad batch. >> that is a tech step. >> it's meant to alert folks when there is a spike in the overdoses and in a designated regional area they have chosen to receive alerts for. >> it aims to alert the heroin users when a bad batch of the drug hits the street. >> the street dealer are not chemists so mixing and the ratios and all of that can lead to the overdoses and the fatal overdoses as well. >> the idea came about after a team member experienced a personal loss. >> about a year ago today i had a friend who died of an overdose. >> out of mike's pain came bad batch. >> i kind of got consumed with it. >> young coders and the mentors that helped turn to reality. everything you need to know about the app on the card. >> the most important thing on the back. >> where the commands are lis

>> explanation point one of the most important ones to send a message anonymously and report something. >> the hope is reverse the trend. >> i send out an alert and we hear someone acted on that to save their daughter or son's life or own life i imagine my friend getting the alert that would have saved her life. larry: "7 on your side" with health matters. many people take spin classes to stay fit but a new report highlights the rare danger of the exercise. first-time spinners are falling victim to a condition that can tear down muscle tissue and could be life threatened that is associated with the active duty soldiers and the heavy weightlifting but recently 42 cases linked to spinning. >> appropriate exercise causes good muscle breakdown and builds muscle. when you overexert

if you go too far it could cause muscle breakdowns. larry: the doctors recommend if you start spin class start easy and build up. alison: this just in. congressional budget office revealed the assessment of what it would mean if congress repeals the affordable carrie act without a replacement in place. the nonpartisan agency says it would mean 32 million more americans without health insurance by the year 2026. the president has called for a straight repeal. after republicans couldn't get enough support for a replacement bill. three senators won't vote for the repeal of what is known as obamacare without a plan in place. essentially killing that plan, too. we have the full assessment to look at, at wjla.com. >> 3-2, popped up. larry: coming up at 5:00, why th

who caught that ball. >> i need help! alison: new at 6:00, a man's call to 911 after he fell a lake while fishing. how his prosthetic leg and an al

josh: all right. we want to bring you back one more time to the greenbriar pool where the all-star relays continue behind me. the 15 x 18 girls medigoing on now -- medley going on now. let me show you what is happening tonight. temperatures stay in the 70's rework our way to tomorrow and the next day. the temperatures are back to the mid-to-the upper 90's. it will be hot and humid. stay hydrated. a lot of sun screen. stay safe in the next few days. we'll be right back. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues after this.

alison: every bride-to-be knows there could be a last-minute snag but we go to a woman left with wedding woes. horace holmes has a word of caution every woman looking to get married should pa

attention to. most brides are nervous. but she panicked. when she first met us it was four weeks before the wedding and she husbanding with trouble with the wedding dress. she picked out a dress and paid for them and had them fitted. went back to pick them up but -- >> too big. >> they said the tailor would make alterations at a couple of a hundred dollars more. >> i need to fix again? i don't have that kind of money. i don't wedding gown or evening gown. i pay almost $3,000 something. i don't have anything. >> brides and new brides and those who never washington a wedding dress have no idea -- never brought a wedding dress have no idea. >> a professional wedding

planner, you have it fitted and then it comes at an additional cost to tailor it. not like a men's suit. >> the bead work all has been taken as well. someone has to pay for the cost. not designer or the dress shop. >> she says that no one explained it to her but the terms are on the store website. so no dresses with the three-day wedding in cameroon with the date to leave the u.s. approaching she contacted "7 on your side." we called the signature dress shop agreed to as a favor do alterations at no charge. >> thank you so much. thank you so much. god bless you. thank you. >> i'm glad it worked out. >> i take a video.

horace: i think she is getting married this week. signature dresses is happy to help out but the policy the alterations cost more and that is standard. if you are shopping for a gown work it in the budget. the price of alterations could cost from $200 to $800. i did not know that. larry, when we buy a suit, and we fit it, and we kind of put it back on, if it's not right, we say it's not right. they redo it free of charge. larry: exactly. >> we have more to deal with than you guys. a lot more work. horace: my man. larry: there you go. awesome. >> thanks, horace. >> i looked at him and i said i don't even like this song anymore. you know what we need? we need dolly parton. he's a visionary. >> coming up, kenny rogers

pairing before singing with her one last time.

larry: a rare blue lobster will go to the aquarium. he was donated after they made the catch. the tankmate is another blue lobster, orange lobster and calico colored lobster. alison: wow! a couple of dogs went for a summer stroll and they ended up in a hospital. they were able to wonder through medical office building. this is just outside philadelphia. pups got away from the owner. thanks to automatic doors they were able to find relief from the heat. they were gathered up and had to go back home. they are smart. larry: they are. alison: they know what they need. larry: got water. we have to go back outside out there? i don't want to do that. you are at a baseball game and the fan catches foul ball. typically the

good catch but not last night at citifield. >> you are allowed to make the pitch off the corner. larry: hear the booing under the announcer? that is a fan reaction that showed it was governor chris christie that caught the ball. the new poll showing his approval rating at a dismal 25%. alison: two of country music's biggest stars are going to perform together for last time. kenny rogers and dolly parton. they have the final performance in october as part of a farewell tour for rogers in nashville. he talked about barry gibbs' decision to add her to the recording of "islands in the stream" that was a smash hit. >> from the moment she marched into that room, dolly wasn't walk. she marches. from the moment she marched in the song never sounded the same.

alison: the two have been performing that song together for more than 30 years. larry: wow! never gets old. alison: no. larry: new developments in a story we told you about last week. toy maker hasbro is including rey in the "star wars" monopoly. there were news reports that fans wantedded to buy it. hasbro promised in 2013 to include the game piece but last week they said there was insufficient interest to include the well-liked female character in the game. while companies are designing self-driving cars another is designing what will go inside it. they are working to keep the drivers busy when they no longer worry about the road. some features are a stow-away tearing wheel, tv in the front display and a refrigerator. they wanted it to feel like it's inside your living rooming. alison: fancy.

man arrested accused in a road rage shooting this morning feet from the beltway. shocking video. armed man walking right past police on a mission to kill. why officers didn't take notice and how he was eventually caught. police officer planting evidence caught by his own camera. the shockwave sending through a maryland police department coming up at 6:00. larry: developing now. mystery solved after 75 years. that is when they went to milk the cows on the farm in the swiss alps but never came home to their six children. now the crews found remains frozen in a glacier near what is now a ski resort. one of the daughters says the discovery gives her a great sense of calm after all these years. alison: wow! larry: 75 years later. alison: that is fascinating. larry: where did mom and dad go? alison: my goodness. talk about the weather now. doug is standing by. we have extreme uncomfortable heat.

country yeah. first day of a five-day event. maybe even into monday, five and a half day. it will end monday night and tuesday. but until then, more of this. sunshine. clouds that form and look promising to deliver rain but most don't. otherwise stinking hot and humid out there. 96 at reagan national. 95 in leesburg and warrenton. 88 in winchester. 91 at luray. when you factor in the relative humidity it feels warmer. get used to the combine effect. it feels like 101 in leesburg and quantico. 99 in washington. and fredericksburg. the doppler radar is not as busy as it has been the two afternoons. this is a boundary. i don't think this is rain or clouds. what is more interesting is watching this complex forming north of annapolis, drifting to dissipate. the winds are weak and light. there is not much steering and not much going on with them. at this moment we don't see anything on radar at all. the chance of any more rain

the humidity. still 88 in the city at 8:00 tonight. we will drop by 2:00 a.m. 81 downtown. the heat index or feel like temperature hold in 80's overnight. the air temperatures tomorrow around the area, closer to the i-95 corridor that heats up. it's 95 in fredericksburg and it will feel warmer than that. in the weekend. it's 98 for friday and saturday. chances of thunderstorms for friday, saturday. monday still in 90's but the high of 92 with a chance of the storms. then it will break monday night. check out. i will move out of the way. you can see everything. look at that. 86, 85. so mid-80's. lower humidity for a good chunk of next week. that curly w is when the nats return. talk to larry, alison and robert. alison: thank you. larry: five-game win streak. looking good. alison: good stuff. robert: good stuff here. inspiring

tell that is amazing and inspiring. the story mostly for inspiring. meet daniel rodriguez, our coach of the week. >> you got to score on this drive. robert: as a kid, daniel rodriguez was headed in the wrong direction. barely graduated from high school. to make matters worse, four days later his father passed away. >> i just like i have to do something with my life. robert: he did. from 2006-2008, he served in iraq. from 2009-2010, afghanistan. >> it was where i was part of one of the bloodiest battles in the war in afghanistan. i'm one of 28 survivorring americans overrun by 300-plus taliban in an 18-hour firefight. i shook shrapnel my legs, went through my shoulder and out the bottom of my arm. that was pretty much when i realized i didn't want to be in the military anymore. >> the hail mary! robert: after his deployment, as ironic's as it sounds, college football was

step. dabo swinney saw his training video and he went to get a spot with the ram. now he is best selling author and motivational speaker and giving back what was given. >> i have been to funerals and ceremonies and i have young kids that will grow up without a father. father that is a friend of mine. robert: d.c. united will face off tonight against the out-of-towners. on our sister station newschannel8. they need a win badly. larry: they do. robert: just say that. larry: go black and red. robert: yes, yes, please go. alison: thank you. coming up at 5:00, fighting fires and what the crews are up against tonight in california.

alison: well, developing now as we look outside. four dozen major fires are burning across the western u.s. the largest outside yellowstone national park. it has exploded to nearly 50,000 acres in the past day and a half. we have an update on what is done to slow the spread. >> a raging wildlife just outside yosemite national park in california forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes. >> everybody is scared. you never think it will happen in your town. >> 2,000 people in the town are under mandatory evacuation order with another 5,000 residents in a half dozen other communities.

more than 1400 firefighters battled the blaze. >> they have traveled through the night to get here. they haven't had time-out. >> rapid winds fuel the fire. >> we can't emphasize how erratic it is. it has done stuff we haven't seen before. >> he sees the blaze sitting in his wheelchair. he has not evacuated. >> my dogs are the scariest part. fire can get me but i won't give my dog up. she deserves to live on. >> the power knocking out power on the yosemite valley forcing visitors to avoid the national park. michelle: right now at 6:00, shot during rush hour. an arrest in what police are calling road rage and what we know about the suspected

gunman. nancy: a drowning man's call for help. how a motorcycle crash may have -- motorcycle crash years ago may have saved his life now. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". michelle: a woman was seriously hurt on eisenhower connector near the beltway. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is there with what we know about the man who just surrendered to police. jeff? jeff: 58-year-old ernest stickell of mechanicsville, maryland is in jail at

hour. he turned himself in this afternoon. the shooting aned at -- happened at eisenhower and claremont avenue and the victim is in the hospital in stable condition. the surveillance video from local business shows aftermath of the shooting before 8:00 a.m. the shooting victim turns her suffer to eisenhower avenue where it slows in the middle of the road before coming to a stop on the curb. >> we believe this is road rage between two vehicles. >> i was in office and i heard four shots from outside. >> stephen who works at a nearby tire shop says the man on the bike saw the woman struggling. >> he hopped off and helped her. >> the argume