this could have been more or less. i don't know. it's probably gunfire. brianne: shots wrang out. >> known to 13 shots. >> it happened along east howell avenue. folks living along the street told abc7 after they heard gunfire they heard a carraway rine around the corner -- heard a car careen around a corner and this car slammed in a parked s.u.v. >> i heard a woman wailing. there was a young man standing in front of the corner and looking distressed. brianne: police say three people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. the suspect still on the loose. >> i'm scared to be here now. >> today's shooting happening two blocks from the tragic congressional baseball shooting last month that injured nearly half a

>> several schools were on a lock-in but shortly after that it was lifted. we are awaiting any identification of the individuals wounded today. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: thank you. we have new developments in the ballpark ambush. it's been six weeks since a gunman opened fire on the congressional baseball practice, wounding several people. including congressman steve scalise. the carnage would have been worse had capitol police officers not been there and returned fire. pinning down the gunman until the alexandria police arrived and shot him. two hours ago the president honored those officers' heroism. amy aubert has more on that.

amy: well, the five us aers being hailed as american heroes. for rushing into harm's way and saving lives. weeks after the attack that the president today called unthinkable, five officers are honored for the bravery. >> the assault on june 14 reminded us that evil exists in this world. but it also reminded us that heroes walk in our midst. that love triumphs over tragedy. and that our resolve is stronger than ever. >> president trump describing two u.s. capitol police officers as racing through the bullets to engage the gunman. the pair veeving the medal of valor today. the other officers from the alexandria police department. president trump: the officers saved the lives on every innocent person on the field

many of them friends of mike and myself. they are american heroes. we salute them. amy: ceremony is the same week that steve scalise was released from the hospital. president trump: it reminds us how much stronger we are when united. >> the president calling scalise a fighter saying he has weeks of rehabilitation ahead of him at an inpatient facility. at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. larry: people have a place to go seek help after state opened disaster assistance center not far from where an ef-2 twister damaged several homes. they can go there to get aid. it will remain open through next thursday. right now things are roughly calm outside. but there are alerts sent

tonight. and tomorrow. meteorologist steve rudin is on storm watch tonight. steve? steve: enjoy the calm before the storm. make that heavy rain this time tomorrow night. there is nothing like that out there now. looking over to dulles international airport, clouds and peeks of sunshine. dinner outside tonight 84. 5:00, 82. maybe get a cocktail on the roof terrace downtown d.c. st. temperatures around 80. the latest for tomorrow. it starts tomorrow afternoon. extends through tomorrow night and the tomorrow evening through saturday. get them right. flash flood watch for the d.c. metro area. all of southern maryland could look at one to three inches of rain by the time this system moves on out of here. for tonight, a few isolated thundershowers. 70 to 77 degrees. timing for the heaviest rain and the impact on your upcoming weekend. coming up in a few minutes. larry: this is the

weather. go to wjla.com/text. do it now and sign up to have the stormwatch7 team text you anytime that severe weather threatens. alison: update now on yesterday's big story. the military now says it is not taking actions to stop transgender members from serving. that is despite trump tweeting he will implement a ban. the joints chief of staff says they won't make changes unless trump sends written instructions over to james mattis and that has not happened. larry: the terrifying accident that sent a shockwave across the nation with parks shutting down rides from california to ocean city. kelly may is covering it for us. what is the latest? >> all the rides remain shut down after yesterday's deadly incident. on the order of g

be done and before they can open back up safely. >> if i close my eyes i can see it. >> the ride malfunction burned in the minds of witnesses. the neil sisters were next in line to ride fireball and watch chaos unfold. >> i saw it hit the ground and everything. >> something went wrong. the riders flung from the carousel as it detached from the ride. some flown 40 feet. >> the 18-year-old that died he fell on something that killed him. >> the ohio state highway patrol says the teen is the columbus native and he died on scene while others taken to the hospital with the injuries. >> they are orthopedic but i can't get into more information now. >> newly released inspection

amusement of america show fireball testing every test dating back to june. state patrol is investigating. >> we can't speculate on what we find but what we know there are lessons to be learned in one way or another. >> on the tour of the ground, governor kasich express grief for those involved asking the public to push forward. >> this will not define the ohio state fair. the ohio state fair will carry on. that may be the case for the governor, the neil sisters are not ready yet. >> it could have been my citizener and i. >> what happened when i saw it is terrifying. reporter: tonight the company that manufactured the ride has ordered operators around the world to stop using it until they know more about what happened here in columbus. where the investigators say it could be days before they have answers. live at the ohio state fair i'm kelly may reporting. larry: so

thank you. "7 on your side" searching for answers about the accident. we uncovered two warningsings fm the company that made the ride. they seem to warn of just such a danger. more coming up. alison: a search for answers in warrenton after a c.v.s. store manager is found dead. his body found just outside that store on black women road last night. stephen tschida joins us live from the scene. are police close to solving the mystery? stephen: apparently not. the police are saying very little. 15 minutes ago two women pulled up. they talked to me and they say they live beyond the c.v.s. 10:30 when the body was discovered police approached them. they were talking a dog and they were told to get inside. get off the street. the body found here behind me. that door over there, that opens to the pharmacy inside the c.v.s.

closed today after the manager's body was found outside overnight next to the dumpsters! shocking and scary. for the community. >> 64-year-old rex olsen with us discovered on the ground. today a has math crew -- hazmat crew came to clean the spot where the body was found. >> that is awful. i feel bad for the family. >> the warrenton police are not saying how he died or offering information about the circumstances. only that the medical examiner will make a determination. but those in warrenton are convinced something since center took place here. >> you don't hear of anything happening here. >> very strange and odd that something like this could happen here. >> spoke with the chief of police in warrenton an hour ago. he is not saying much. only that the investigation continues. that investigars

anxiously awaiting the findings of the medical examiner. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: thank you for that. still ahead -- caught on video. justin bieber hitting a photographer. the fall-out and what happens next. alison: plus, violence and crime in a federal program that is supposed to train young people for the future. the government responds to what we uncovered. >> a woman is stabbed in the neck while walking to work. it happened on this path across the street from a busy metro station. coming up, the police are stepping up patrols as they search for the suspect. larry: first, the development in the search for answers of a deadly and a your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory.

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larry: british police are considering corporate manslaughter charges in connection to last month's high-rise fire. 80 people died in the grenfeld fire. alison: back at home to a crime alert in fairfax county. there is a hunt for a man who snuck up behind a woman on a trail an

this happened this morning at 7:30. not far from the vienna fairfax metro station. ryan hughes is there tonight. the police launched an intensive manhunt there. >> they have been searching on the air and the ground. the officers are patrolling on bikes. the woman walking across the path heading to work but the police don't know a motive behind the attack. >> evidence markers cover the ground. tonight there is an all-out search for a man who stabbed a woman walking to work in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack. >> i walk that path every day. >> the woman in her 20's walking toward the vienna fairfax metro station when a man came up behind her, stabbed her in the neck and ran away. >> she flagged down a citizen. an officer was driving

>> i hope it never happens to me. >> fear and panic are spreading through the community. the path butts up to the neighborhood and she doesn't plan to walk it alone now. >> i definitely want to have somebody with me or some weapon on me for protection. >> it's crazy that everything that happens to some random person walking. >> the detectives say they still don't know a motive for the attack. they spent hours collecting evidence and canvassing the neighborhood hoping to get some leads. victim has been taken to the hospital with what the police are calling non-life threatening injuries. >> like i said, i wish her well and a speedy recovery. >> the police only have a vague description of the suspect. they have been out canvassing the neighborhood and trying to talk to witnesses to get information. officers will be here tomorrow morning patrolling the area as people once again head to work. live tonight in fairfax, ryan hughes, abc7 news. larry: thank you. powerful video from kansas

trap the owner of a bar and grill inside. rescuers were able to get to them but they had to cut a hole in the roof to save them. a creek overflowed the banks. alison: we have to transition for the potential of flooding. steve: not only but tomorrow night and saturday morning. that is the prime time for the rain here. if you have things to do, looks good. take advantage of the heat. humid out there. go to the national harbor. looking toward oldtown alexandria. the clouds are with us. glimmer of sunshine here and there. don't count on a lot. temperatures are 85 degrees at reagan national. dulles coming in the same. it's cooler west. elkins, west virginia but the feels like temperature if you head outdoors now more like the lower 90's at reagan national. 88 for the feels like temperature in andrews. not as cool over in stanton, virginia, looking at 82. show you satellite and radar

quiet and dry. to frederick. however, the showers and the thunderstorms are beginning to develop around the i-81 corridor. moving to the woodstock area. not expecting this to amount to a lot. don't be surprised to see the heavier downpours and hear rumble of thunder here and there. we will look for this to dissipate moving through the next couple of hours somewhere so. for this evening, closer to town. temperatures in the 80's. mostly cloudy skies. we could see isolated thundershowers here and there. waking up tomorrow, it's a warm and a humid start to the day. if you are out and about in the morning hours don't worry about an umbrella. but if you leave in the morning and you don't get home until 5:00 or 6:00 in the evening, grab an umbrella and pack your patience. we have heavier rain on way. the day planner, highs make it to the middle 80's. it will feel warmer than that with the humidity. notice showers and the thunderstorms that move in around 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. we will have an impact on the rush hour commute come tomorrow evening. ahead of t

weather service gone ahead and issued or posted a flash flood watch. it starts tomorrow afternoon and extends through tomorrow night. in the day saturday. everything in green, all of prince george's county and southern maryland and west of us, garrett, allegany county, a lot of rain on the way. notice 7:00 a.m. in the morning. no problem for the rush hour commute. last day of the work week and camp week for some of the kids. as we move in the afternoon, notice how the showers and the thunderstorms begin to blossom ahead of the busy rush hour commute. if you have plans to go to the delmarva beaches, leaving at 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon, you might want to hold off. heavier rain will overspread the entire area come tomorrow night. notice the areas in red, orange and yellow. that is the heaviest rain and that is going to move to

rehoboth beach and bethesda. not a pretty beach weekend. we will get most of the rain out midday on saturday and the skies will clear in the late afternoon hours a little bit. how much rain? one to maybe three inches of rain. some areas may see more than that. that lead to potential for the localized flash flooding. the heaviest rain is late tomorrow to early saturday. it will settle down as we move into the day on saturday. the beach forecast, told you it's not looking great. the showers and the thunderstorms on saturday. the area of rain on sunday. the temperatures will be in the middle 70's for ocean city. don't forget to download the weather app. weather alert days moving to friday and saturday. highs around 85 tomorrow. 75 on saturday. well below average for this time of year. look at the nice stretch of the days on the way for next week. just in time for the citi open in northwest d.c. we are talking about the temperatures in the 80's to close to 90.

outdoors time of weather. almost august. summer is flying by. larry: it is. where is it going? come back! don't leave! alison: i know. thank you. larry: steve, thanks. still ahead here why a woman went online to ask people to send her pictures of rainbows. alison: plus, the investigation into the deadly fair accident. the two critical warnings about the fire ball ride that the item just uncovered. larry: first, though, thousands of people attacked in a federal program that are supposed to train people for the future. the big problem and what uncle sam is doing to fix it. up next. alison: tonight on abc --

the city officials went around to hold the ribbon cutting ceremonies that celebrated more than 3500 new businesses. -- 3500 businesses in the shaw neighborhood. 26 of them have opened since late november. fantastic.

larry: young people that are supposed to work to a better future. we have more. reporter: there are six job corps centers. when it comes to serious misconduct they were not among the biggest problem sites in the job corps problem but drug use to assault, each still had dozens and dozens of incidents that show the program has problems. 7,616 assaults. >> success takes skill. >> 6,073 drug-related incidents. >> skill takes training. >> 548 sexual assaults. four homicides. >> job corps is ready for you. >> the government videos try to sell the world on job corps. but stunning violence and crime happening on site tell a different story about the program run by the

department paid by taxpayers and designed to help the young people work toward a better life. >> most people they want to make the case that the job corps is the last option. that it's only for f-up. no, it's not. reporter: former students know job corps can be a life-changer. >> i'll my high school. it could be other people's college. reporter: but watchdogs say the program has problems. almost 50,000 safety and the security incidents in a nearly ten-year span. >> job corps students should feel secure and should be safe in this educational environment they are in. we look at that. that was a cause for concern for us. >> if that wasn't bad enough, the violence in the crime is likely worse with the audits pointing to unreported incidents. >> you can see the kids beat up. you can see the kids murdered. both with guns and with

something isn't right. reporter: the labor department says it has taken steps to improve safety and security. including a zero tolerance conduct policy for students and a new hotline and awareness program and training. all hoping to lower crime at job corps. >> one incident if it involves your child or someone close to you is too many. that is why they are in the process of looking at it more closely. >> job corps attract incidents that happen on the field trip and the other program sponsored events so the totals here are much higher. to see what we found digging into the data behind the report watch our expanded investigation on circa.com. i'm joce sterman for circa. alison: thank you. meanwhile, breaking news right now of the of prince william county where three police officers are treated for smoke inhalation after responding to a bizarre incident at a home in woodbridge. nancy chen is live to unravel details. nancy: this

coming in now. the breaking news out of woodbridge where a woman was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. when the officers arrived at the home on east long view drive around 4:30 this afternoon, that is when they found a woman and two children involved in this. now the house that you mentioned was on fire. as the police went in to make sure that no one else was inside, the three officers, that is where they are now taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. the suspect is in custody. so that is something to know. this happened in the 1,300 block of east long view drive. skytrak7 is on the scene now as well as an abc7 crew with a story we'll follow closely throughout the afternoon. that is the latest. >> thank you. >> just ahead right here. >> star struck. the fallout after justin bieber runs over a

photographer. >> he lost in a matter of 22 days. >> why they put out an urgent plea for rainbows to help her grieving nephew. alison: but first the i-team uncovers two critical alerts warning of possible catastrophic failures in the ride blamed for killing a teen and injuring seven people at a

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larry: back now to the horrible story from ohio. fair ride ripping apart sending riders flying, 18-year-old killed and seven others hurt. tonight the "7 on your side" digging in to the companies that build rides to find out what is keeping people safe? and nathan baca joins us. you followed an urgent warning about the model of the ride in ohio. nathan: the warning said urgent, fixed as soon as possible. the warning is ten years old. we are trying to uncover if the ride operators acted on the warning. the ride was called fireball at the ohio state fair. the manufacturer called it afterburner. diagrams made by the dutch ride manufacturing k.m.g. show a structural flaw in one of the metal poles connecting to th

urgent in 2007. i called for the ride operators to reinforce the ride as soon as possible. another flaw with the shoulder restraints was reported in 2009. the maker of the ride issuing a statement to express the deepest sympathies and telling the operators to stop using two separate ride models. we reached out to the ride operator amusement of america and said no one was available to answer questions. multiple amusement ride leaders tell us there is no government agency regulating manufacturer of rides. a manager called it the market based quality control. to be clear it's not been determined if the structural flaws were fixed in columbus or if they had anything to do with yesterday's death. larry: wow! amazing. our area saw its own thrill ride accidents including the one last year frederick that injured a woman. often head at six the i-team looks at the

to prevent the accidents. alison: "7 on your side" fighting back with the surveillance video that police want you to see. this was in june on new york avenue in northwest d.c. you see a man walk up behind a woman at a store checkout. grabs her cell phone and he runs off. if you recognize him, right there, please call the police. republicans are trying to pass what they call a skinny repeal. this is after they realized they didn't have the votes to pass repeal and replace plan. skinny repeal would roll back the mandate that everyone carry health insurance. this is less than what the g.o.p. leaders want but say it is the only way to keep the process moving. larry: british judge decided the critically ill baby charlie gard will be moved to hospice location where he will inevitably die. it comes after the hospital treating the 11-month-old denied the parent's final wish to let him die at home. the judge ordered there should be no media report when he is

to make it impossible to breathe without help. he is expected to die in a few hours after he is moved. alison: a 9-year-old with autism in new york lost both his mother and father in a matter of 22 days. now he looks for them in a rare beauty. he doesn't necessarily know or understand the parents are gone. in his head mommy went to the hospital. daddy went to work. his aunt is trying to help him understand by telling him parents crossed the rainbow bridge. so now he searches for rainbows as signs of his parent's presence. when he couldn't find a rainbow his aunt went to twitter to ask for pictures of rainbow and it went viral. >> he has rainbows as favor away as taiwan. if it's not raining or if it is and no rainbow he has a place to go and get that comfort. alison: his and is saving the thousands of the photos for

of his parents' love which will always be somewhere over the rainbow. larry: very nice. larry: well, coming up next at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- that is waun way to stop the press -- that is one way to stop the press. that's coming up. >> next at 5:00, new life for a high school reunion at the african-american museum at the mall. they cut through the red tape to make it happen. >> coming up at 6:00, a creepy clown sighting. but this is not the only thing that freaks people out. find out what.

steve: the weekend almost here. i wish i had better news to watch ar

saturday that will bring heavier rain to the delmarva beaches on saturday. talk about the beach forecast. it's wet on sunday. closer to home is brighter. once we get through the rain saturday morning. the highs are below average this time of year. but sunday lower humidity and sunshine. highs in the upper 70's. stay with us. you are watching "abc7 news at 5:00".

alison: justin bieber can't stay out of the headlines. larry: leaving church even. he runs in a photographer. marci gonzalez has his night to forget. >> leaving church in beverly hills surrounded by paparazzi when his truck hit one of the photographers. the man is seen falling to the ground clutching his leg. bieber immediately gets out of the pickup and rushes to the man's side. >> give us space, all right? >> we need room.

marci: the 23-year-old stays at the scene for ten minutes. >> bad timing. marci: talking to police before he is allowed to leaf the scene without big cited. the photographer taken to a hospital by ambulance. earlier in week bieber canceled the remainder of his world tour for unforeseen circumstances. in an interview before the announcement, the pop superstar cozied up to the pastor of the church he was in before the crash. >> i love carl more. >> he was seen here two weeks ago in australia is now an outspoken member of the church. prompting some close to the star to speculate he may have ended his tour early to focus on his religion. police say he fully cooperated with the accident investigation and we are told that the photographers' injuries are not life threatening. marci gonzalez, abc7 news. alison: britain's prince william is moving on from his position as an

pilot. today was his last day on the the heir to the british throne will now concentrate on royal duties such as official events and foreign trips. the duties included responding to attempted suicides he said led him to cofound a mental health charity. larry: take a look at this. this little fellow got a chance to do free sightseeing around part of texas. he hitched a ride in an r.v. in the bandarra area. they didn't notice until they were in bow mont several hours later -- beaumont several hours later. they dropped him off at a wildlifer is in houston. the trip was 200 miles. so after he recovered he will be released into the wild. alison: awfully cute. larry: yeah. coming up -- >> some days i'm on the phone like three and a half, four hours. next at 5:00, a museum ticket mess at th

museum on the national mall. high school reunion years in making almost didn't happen until the "7 on your side" team stepped in to help. >> if you win football games everything else takes care of itself. alison: also next. game on. redskins hit the practice field in richmond and abc7 is there. the first full day of training camp just ahead.

larry: a big misunderstanding on how to get passes to the national museum of african american history and culture on the national mall led a local man. alison: he had a group of classmates coming to town until he found out the ticket request had been denied. horace holmes got involved. horace: walter remembers the speech. he was there. >> i got up close and i did that climbing in a tree. >> he moved to d.c. from miami, florida, to attend howard university. he was immediately caught up in the civil rights

he wanted to go to the national museum of african american history and culture. but didn't want to go alone. you have been? >> i have not. i wanted to wait to share experience with them. >> 60 of the classmates from miami, a close knit group that decided to plan a class chip. he world cooter naid it from -- he would coordinate it from this end. you didn't think it would be a problem? >> not at all. >> one of his classmates still lives in miami and worked to get the 60 museum passes they would need for a trip in late july. february 6, they applied for the tickets only. >> -- tickets online. >> we received a letter acknowledging they received the request. >> they will contact you confirm the reservation. >> we waited for a response and we didn't get one. >> they began making arrangements and the

began to worry and they began calling. >> we called. there they were told that the museum could not give them tickets for july. they canceled the arrangements and then -- >> e-mail from the museum saying we have sent to you 60 day passes for august 24. >> a date they cannot make. frustrated they gave up on the idea. walker had one last call to make. >> maybe if i can bring it to "7 on your side" attention -- >> they got our attention. we were able to get the museum's attention. we spoke to chief public communications officer. >> we are sorry about what happened to him. the experience does not match

>> now it's back on. they will celebrate the class reunion next june. >> you don't know the people who pave your way for where we are now. it meant a lot. >> we are looking forward to receiving them. assure they will have an experience they won't forget. >> free at last, thank god agent mighty free at -- god almighty free at last. horace: isn't that great this we love happy enings. the number of the request for group passes has been overwhelming. as many as 4,000 a day so the museum has suspended receiving the requests. they will pick it up this year. advice for you when they do pick up receiving the request. number one, make sure you have the passes in your hands before you make travel arrangements.

give them different dates and try to come on a weekday. the weekends are swamped. >> we know it would be worth the wait. great job. thanks. tonight there could be a resolution to the two-year debate over changing the name of the jeb stewart high school. in a couple of hours they will vote to change it or not. the school was named in 19508 after the confederate army general jeb stewart. petition started in 2015 by actress julianne moore to change the name. we'll bring you results at 11:00. alison: coming up tonight at 6:00 -- >> a gal was shot walking two dogs in the anacostia trail. immediately, immediately i knew. alison: heart-breaking story out of northeast. a dog rainer murdered along the -- dog trainer murdered along the anacostia trail. we hear from the family of the victim, the intense search for the person who pulled the triller tonight. we

tonight. we have that at more at 6:00. larry: get to steve rudin. stormwatch7. alert out there and bad weather on the way for tomorrow. alison: absolutely. steve: there are no problems tonight. we may see stray showers but other than that it will stay warm and humid. the temperatures are still in the 80's. 85 at the reagan national airport. ashburn is at 86. hagerstown and delmarva. we are lower to 80's for the evening hours with showers possible west of d.c. overnight low is 68 to 75 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. winds are out of the south at 5 to 10. for tomorrow, wake up. you will see sunshine. by 12:00 12:00 noon we have temperatures in the lower 80's. 70's by 5:00 tomorrow. the reason for the cooldown we are watching for areas of the heavier rain that

across the d.m.v. for that matter we have a flash flood watch posted tomorrow afternoon through tomorrow night in to the day on saturday. it could be looking upward of two or three inches of rain. locally higher amounts than that. once the storm system moves on out of here, the weekend looking brighter. saturday looking for rain. it will be cool. only around 74 degrees. more sun on sunday. temperatures in the upper 70's. take you out to the ten-day outlook. look at next week. monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. a lot of sunshine. great weather for the city open. temperatures are middle to upper 80's to near 90. the nighttime lows in the 70's. alison: thank you. we are talking football. larry: hard to believe. erin hawksworth is down in richmond. day one of the redskins training camp. h.t.t.r. let the goodbyes begin. erin? erin: that is right. speaking of w

just wrapped up. i want to take advantage and show you this. look at the 6-year-old twins little future running backs in the making. they are so cute. the best parent is you are not going to -- the best part is you won't believe it, the mom was a production assistant for our sister station newschannel8. how cool is that? now the big story today with kirk cousins. we heard from him for the first time at the podium. cousins says he is in a good place and welcomes to pressure that comes along playing under the franchise tag for another year. >> my teammates believe in me. they are support i and they understand where we are as a team. so that helps. i can't say it enough. i like the locker room and i like guys. we have goofy guys but they are good guys. they are not about themselves. they are about the group. i love that. i am excited about the group. i couldn't ask for better.

to throw to. the 6'4" terrell pryor will try to fill the void at receiver after jackson and garcon left the team. i sat down with pryor and i asked him about his relationship with kirk cousins and his goal for the season. >> i don't think what guys understand about kirk he has to trust you. i feel like, to go to you a lot. you have to build the trust. do you feel like you have that? >> yes. it's ongoing. erin: do you consider yourself a true receiverrer? >> it will be a big year. >> why do you say that? >> big year. >> because of the wor ethic, what you have put? >> it will be a big year, erin erin: he didn't want to be specific. i was suppressed. he told me that he worked with brown and moss in the

a vacation. he says he only takes sundays off. >> we know this, it will be a big year.

jonathan: despite increased money, opioid overdoses are up 120%. we explain why the addicted drugs are a foe to fight. >> we cannot continue to arrest the way out of the situation. in 2015, there were 107 overdoses from the drug but last year it swelled to 214. this year they are on target to hit 250. that is 128% increase in two

through the police department is someone with five overdoses we have seen five different times. >> the robberies of the pharmacies are up. 25 since 2014. many with opioid stolen but people are staying vigilant. the hospitals often notify police when they see a spike in the overdose patients. doctors appear to be overprescribing main killers. >> they have trained and equipped 90 office worse the narcan nasal spray. more to be added soon. >> at the end of the day the police department is for look of a better term all in on helping people survive. holding people accountable. >> i'm kevin lewis, abc7

alison: tonight at 6:00, a ride went haywire at the fair. we are digging into the safety of riced like this across the country. jonathan: the first responders from the ball marc shooter in alexandria honed by the white house. what president trump had to say about the eheroes. announcer: from abc7 news this is a breaking news alert. jonathan: we begin with the breaking news out of woodbridge. three officers hurt while investigating a stabbing. anna-lysa gayle is there. what do we know? anna-lysa: at 4:30 the officers responded to the house on the street. they say the woman is at the hospital suffering life threatening

three of the officers that went inside the house when it was on fire are being treated for smoke inhalllation -- inhalation. the two young children are not injured. they have a suspect but they have not identified the suspect. >> a guy was shot walking two dogs. i immediately knew. alison: the family of the man shot and killed along the anacostia trail speaking out. jonathan: the killer is still on the run. d.c. bureau chief sam ford following the investigation closely and joins us with the latest. >> i am in the river terrace park where within the hour family and friend of 37-year-old victor williams will have a candlelight vigil in his memor