>> you see the hole, the one car went through from the driver was sitting. at this hour 95 is back open after being shut down for four hours. skytrak7 over the scene of the police as the police were investigating south of garrison road exit. >> michelle: scott taylor is piecing it together. scott: i'm not sure if it gets worse than this. the couple just moved in across the street on the third floor with kids and something went wrong. the woman ends up being shot and killed. the man takes off. >> the deadly shooting and the man took off after the police say he shot and killed a woman he lived with on the third floor of the apartment complex in fredericksburg. neighbors telling abc7 news the couple had moved in to the apartment. just two weeks ago. >> i heard a pop sound. o

i didn't identify it as a gunshot. >> shooting the woman three times in the chest according to the police, the shooter took off in an s.u.v. and was first spotted by the virginia state trooper. the man fired shots at the trooper's cruiser hitting a windshield. then he sped past a stanford county sheriff patrol car and you can see shot at it, too, hitting the head rest. on the passenger side. he underup crashing. the police surround the s.u.v. the man is arrested and taken to fairfax hospital with serious injuries. they are still collecting evidence till the late afternoon. >> i was upset. they have only been here for two weeks. i felt bad. >> the police tried several times to stop the guy on i-95. but as soon as he saw an officer, he shot at

>> scott taylor, abc7 news. jonathan: none of them were hurt. thanks. police on the scene turn to technology to help with the investigation. skytrak7 captured d.c. >> the police officers using a drone to look in the crashed s.u.v. you may remember we told you how stafford has used drones to find missing people in the woods and criminals that might be out on the run. so the drones come in handy for the officers. you can get alerts anytime news breaks. you can do it through the news app or on wjla.com. >> now to the winter blast. today is one of the coldest days we have had in nearly a year. metro says the cold weather caused a rail to crack at the potomac avenue station. it also caused numerous plumbing problems, mostly involving broken water heaters and the frozen pipes. >> the same principle. if the water

contracts and expands more. michelle: make sure the water heater is working properly and if necessary leave water trickling so your pipes don't freeze. and for the moment, there is no more light at the ends of the cold tunnel. chief meteorologist bill kelly in the stormwatch7 weather center. how cold are we expecting it to get tonight? bill: widespread in the teens. good evening. get to the hour-by-hour forecast rolling in the overnight hours. by 11:00, we are at 19. 3:00 in morning down to 17. we have clouds working over the area. i don't expect it to get colder than that. that is not far off where we are now. we are already at 17 in great falls. 18 at dulles. 60 in gaithersburg. hagerstown is at 17. the good news is we don't have the weather related

other than it being cold. we don't have snow expected for this evening. we don't have ice. freezing rain or anything like that. we have change in the overall forecast. we will talk about that. break down the hour-by-hour and look when this is going to end this overall stretch. see you in a few minute. jonathan: thanks. take a look at this. they have problems in chicago. they had to turn to a flame thrower. after a damaged fire hydrant flooded the street. the fire was necessary to get through the ice to get to the valve to turn it off. in the time it took to do that several blocks flooded. iced over. yikes! michelle: what a mess. "7 on your side" update now on the tax confusion sweeping the nation over the federal income tax overhaul. we have now learned the d.c. residents can pay next year's taxes now and deduct them from the 2017 tax bill. that is it not the case in fairfax county. a shock to those who waited hours in line to pay early. many found out when "7 on your side" told us. >>

the deduction. >> you did not know you couldn't claim the deduction? >> we didn't. >> it would be nice if something said by the way, don't bother. >> to claim the tax payment on the 2017 taxes you have to pay it by the end of this year. your local government must have already assessed the taxes for next year. jonathan: the d.c. police surveillance system was hacked and inspected with the ransom wear. tonight two romanian men facing wire and computer fraud charges. the secret service saying the hacking happened in the days of the president inauguration. >> tonight the immigration and the custom enforcement claims a young man would still

ignored a single arrest. we update the story you saw first on 7. >> it was used as a safe house. ice lodged the deportation detainer against the native but the montgomery county detention center knowingly chose to release him. >> on friday he let the 18-year-old walk out of jail again. >> two days later on christmas eve herrera was murdered. outside the silver spring apartment building.

>> they said the teen would be alive if they put public safety ahead of the party politics. today the director of the department of corrections claimed isis detainer against herrera did not meet our criteria and the individual was released. >> according to ice, many locals injury dictions like frederick, loudoun and prince william county work side-by-side with the federal agency. i.c.e. suggests that the coo ration saves maund it makes communities safer. in montgomery county, kevin lewis, abc7 news. jonathan: a carjacking, chase and a crash ends with seven people rushed to the hospital. how a violent act against a child started all of this. michelle: a night on video. but the man throwing the punches stopped to

jonathan: police say a car truck and killed a passenger. the driver stayed on the scene but so far the driver has not been charged. michelle: wanted for murder and robbery and who eluded capture for months is now in d.c. police custody. 18-year-old james mayfield of

accused of killing 17-year-old sidnour in august. police sarred him yesterday while investigating a robbery. jonathan: we have video to show you. jonathan: a good samaritan is seen beating a man on the ground. the good samaritan stopped to help the man on the ground. but the police say the driver who crashed kidnapped a woman and then tried getting away by stealing a good samaritan's struck. with me? that didn't work so well. he was pummeling them until the police got there. michelle: no good deed. jonathan: still ahead, a man

what he is saying about the act of hero. i. michelle: the new trouble for a man who is accused of leading police on a cha

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jonathan: back up. the car is on fire! michelle: this dramatic video coming to us tonight showing officers pulling two teen from a burning car in milwaukee. because of the quick actions everyone escaped alive. jonathan: this is a horrifying scene last night. this is the end of a police chase. you can see a pickup truck. it looks like a head on collision. it injured several including children. a minivan was involved as well. we are learning that it started started with a random attack. ryan hughes joining us to explain what happened. i understand the man behind the wheel was trying to escape the police today. ryan: it happened again. officers had to call for the backup at the hospital as the suspect tried to wrestle himself from the handcuffs. we are told this happened when the 28-year-old randomly punched a child and ended when he crashed into a van pac

with people. tonight seven people remain in hospital. including those who caused a crash. he started this after randomly knocking on the door. a young girl answered the door and he punched her. drove off in a stolen car. today, neighbors are still horrified. >> at the door. and you're in the house? that is crazy. >> they say vin vent crashed in a pickup truck, picked a fight and stole a trailer. is there he assaults the driver of the pickup truck. he flees. the suspect jumps in the pickup truck.

>> he crashed in a van packed with seven people inside. >> this man lives in the corner and saw a minivan spinning. young girl on the ground after being ejected. >> someone running and the cops were chasing him. >> a young child that was ejected is in critical condition. two officers were also injured after vincent resisted arrest. we are told they are expected to be okay. tonight, vincent is watched at the hospital facing a long list of charges. >> a pizza shop owner would do it all over again after he confronted people who tried to rob him.

he gave them a description of the getaway car. >> just stop and call the tops and let them handle it. >> i didn't know. i reacted out of my gut, instinct. >> the police are holding those men on charges of attempted armed robbery and first-degree assault. jonathan: caught on camera the moment a fast food customer decide couldn't sit by idol when he saw a man holding up a restaurant. watch what happens. >> he got a chair in the back of the heat. >> he drop it it and to the awaiting car. >> that is why chairs were made. >> that is it. not to sit on. >> taking out a bad guy. boom! >> who knew.

>> funny. >> outside right now we are talking about cold. jonathan, it's not cold. bill: beyond. frigid. freezing. you are right. we topped out at 26. >> double digits. >> that is the glass half full. it's 16 in gaithersburg. we are getting close to not having two digits on there. if you look at the wind child, chantilly is 9. feels like 12 in reagan national. the feels like are way down to the mid-to-low teens around the area.

dover is 7 degrees. but if you are traveling no problems whatsoever. you can go to new england it's dry. back here there is snow in illinois. and indiana. this is the closest weather system to us. and we may be affected by this. there is a winter weather advisory back to the west of this area. that is up for a system we are keeping an eye on. if we get the cold air over the land and moves over the relatively warm water. you get condensation. that is an indicator of how cold it is. this looks cool. secondly it tells you that there is cold air. boston is ten. it's 17 in new york city. but it feels like are in the minus 22 range. there is our 12 in d.c. going through the night. we'll be dry.

chicago now should stay north. not worried about that. but i mention the next one. looking to the west. this is storm at noon. we are fine. no problems here. but there is the next weather system that we'll be watching. that will be approaching our area tomorrow night. early saturday morning. there is snow in ohio and west virginia. friday night late and saturday morning. that will come in our area. not a big snow maker. half an inch. we will be watching that tomorrow night and saturday morning. tomorrow is warmer. still cool and well below warmer. 34 tomorrow. i mentioned it before and say it again. will keep saying it. bring your pets in. cover up those spigots. if you have livestock you know that and the water will freeze up if they don't have the warming

34 outside and then it's normal. jonathan: you have chickens. bill: i do. jonathan: they are in coups? bill: not yet. they are babies. erin: they are freezing. my dog doesn't like it. he is out and right back in. the terps had the high hopes.

devastating news for the maryland basketball team after the sophomore jackson tore his labrum and will miss the rest of the season. he averaged ten points per game and had a team high eight rebounds in the 11 games played this season. the terps had high hopes for this guy. head coach mark turgeon said the forward will need surgery on the right shoulder and the terps have to adjust the game plan moving forward. >> it is tough. we set up offense for him. a lot of things playing through him. it changes the dynamics. it changes how we will play. we have good players. guys have to step up. >> to annapolis for the mill

navy and virginia and this was all midshipmen. they just ran all over the cavaliers. literally. navy only attempted one pass the entire game. lana: -- zack ran for five t.d.'s apes lone and they crush virginia 39-7. the world camping bowl. virginia tech and oklahoma state in orlando. first quarter, the quarterback josh jackson decides he will take it and powers his way in for the touchdown. right now the hokies lead it 7-6 in the second quarter. finally the caps will look for the 12th straight win over the bruins at the capital one arena and the puck drops at 7:30 for them. michelle: nice run. erin: i know! jonathan: good stuff. thanks. not so good? bill: well, the weather. well, i don't know. [laughter] i don't know. what i find interesting about this is not only how far below normal but how far below freeze manage of these will be for the h

that stretch will continue. jonathan: interesting is one word to use. [laughter] bill: it sure is. jonathan: i have other colorful ones. bill: would they be? michelle: off-air. jonathan: yeah. "world news tonight" coming your way next. michelle: see you at 11:00.

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