officials at the republican national convention are concerned. good afternoon, everyone. i'm barbara heart is in for pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. a bit of a scramble down in florida at the republican national convention. further to the south, more than a dozen islands in the caribbean are preparing for a tropical storm. the system is gaining strength off the coast of florida. it's expected to intensify into a hurricane by tomorrow. meteorologist should say the storm should hit early next week, just as the convention kicks off in tampa. we too could be feeling the impact sometime next week, but today we have another great and beautiful day out there. >> kim martucci joins us live. where is he right now? >> this is eye sake. i was talking with chief meteorologist doug kammerer. we are feeling increasingly better about this, not slam dinging florida, guys, there's a very good chance each model run is shifting the track a little

farther to the west. that would be good for the folks attending the convention in florida. you can see the cluster of storms. there's a hurricane warning in effect for the south doth of the dominican republic, and the north coast of the dominican republic. this model run will be updated, but if you compare it to yes and the day before, each day the path is going a little farther to the west. so this time frame takes you out to tuesday. >> caller: 2349 morning, winds of 85 miles an hour. you can see sitting off the coast of florida. again, doug and i expect the next track to be a bit farther west than that. around here it's gorgeous, 86 and mostly sunny with the humidity in the 40% range. it feels great outside. i'll tell you more about what's happening around here, and the weekend is shaping up. it will be a little 50/50.

all right, kim. right now police are g the hohn our high school student killed inside her own home. the shooting happened overnight on chauncey street in ketterling. tracee wilkins has more on the 17-year-old's death. >> reporter: just after 10:00, police were called to the 100 block of chauncey street. once in the home they found 17-year-old amber stanley shot and killed inside her bedroom. police say she was actually in her bed at the time. detectives are investigating the possibility thj was a home invasion. >> we know at least one person entered the home. >> it's believed the male suspect shot and killed the 17-year-old and left without shooting or injuring any of the other women in the house. neighbors tell us the 17-year-old's older sister and foster sister were home when this all happened. her mother arrived later, and watched in disbelief as her daughter's body was brought out of their home.

>> anyone ever said, you know, if there was -- i would have never expected, you know, that it be her. she was a good child. >> neighbors say amber was a dedicated student who ked her head in the books. a sentiment also reected by her principal. she was a senior this year. >> she was a very affable young lady. students loved her, teachers loved her, very active in our school community. very intelligent as well, a part of our science and technology program, where she was excelling. she was on her way to college in the fall. just a huge loss. >> reporter: amber's neighbors tell me she was planning to go to harvard university next year. i talked to her principal about that, and he told me her academics were so outstanding she could have picked any college she wanted to and definitely wouldn't have had to pay for it. police are still interviewing her family members. they say at this point they have no suspect lookout.

i'm traits aye wilkins, news4. a 15-year-old is in the hospital after a car hit her in gaithersburg. nicole ma repoland, police say, was riding her bike near the intersection with airpark road. she was with a friend at the time. they taye is a car traveling south on route 124 hit her. we're told the girls were in the crosswalk at the time, but they did not have the. >> reporter:. investigators say pollen had been wearing a helmet, but she still suffered serious head injuries. the other girl was not hurt. the driver did stay on the scene. we have new information about the two 19-year-old women killed at a cfx rail car derailment. police say elizabeth nass and rose mayer were not hit by the train. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the train to derail. funerals are both set for tomorrow and saturday.

it was an unexpected jolt, that rare earthquake rattled or region one year ago today. there was damage, but luckily no one was seriously injured. as news4's meg been mcgrath reports, emergency agencies are taken this opportunity to make sure everyone has a plan if place. the landmark still hasn't reopened. steve hagedorn jogged by this morning, but he was at his home on capitol hill when his home began to shake. >> the glass doors, and apparently all cds came crashing to the floor. it sounded like the world was shattering. it was amazing. >> reporter: one year ago today the 5.8 magnitude earthquake

shook the region. emergency agencies are -- remind people to be prepared to have a prearranged meeting place. usual also have a go bag with the essentials, including three da days' worth of food and water. >> put those things aside, nonperishable items, but also having your medicines, hygiene materials, antiseptics and wipes to make sure your hands are clean. >> the earthquake caught many off-guard. this isn't california, after all, but that mind-set has changed. for the first time ever, the district of columbia is participating in an earthquake drill, the great southeast shakeout. it's happening october 18th at 10:18 in the morning. everyone in the region is asked to practice taking cover. >> you know, drop, take cover, hold on. it's a very simple thing for folks to do. make sure you're covering up your head and neck area, things

like that. >> reporter: as the region focused on preparedness repairs continue. the price tag for the cathedral is $25 million. a fund-raising effort is under way. they're hoping to raise $100,000 by midnight tonight. as for the repair work to the washington monument, a major announcement is expected in the next two weeks. we're expecting to learn who will do the work and just how long it will take. from the national mall, megan mcgrath, news4. the epicentral was in mineral, virginia, in louisa county. over the past year earthquake drills have become almost routine there. news4's richard jordan will have more on that part of the story when he joins us, coming up right here at 5:00 and 6:00. now to presidential politics, four days before the republican national convention, it's not just the possible hurricane making news in florida, a new poll finds the

race too close to call in that key swing state. today romney tried to detail an energy plan. >> reporter: in new mexico he promised energy independence by 2020, 3 million more jobs. >> and we won't need to buy any oil from the middle east or venezuela or anywhere elsewhere we don't want to. >> reporter: romney vowed to rewrite tougher regulations on drilling in alaska, and on offshore drilling that romney claims keep output lower in favor of renewable energy. >> look, i like wind and solar like the next person, but i don't want the law to stop the production of oil and gas. >> reporter: in a new ad, bill clinton warns of any rollbacks. >> the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper income people and go backs to deregulation.

that's what got us into trouble in the first place. >> reporter: the convention is in trouble from tropical storm isaac. florida is the center of the political storm, the biggest swing state. president obama is down two points at 49% in florida. mitt romney up one to 46. in the new quinnipiac poll. >> florida is the big kahuna. currently they're in a statistical tie with the president being slightly ahead. but it's a too close to call race at this point. >> reporter: karl rove's super pac put up an anti-obama ad. democrats hope romney's pick of paul ryan will raise seniors' fierce of republican medicare bush but a new poll found that economy is what matters moth for florida voters. i'm steve handelsman, news4. stay with news4 for continuing decision 2012

coverage. we'll have live team coverage next week, aaron gilchrest and julie carey will report live from florida. and we'll have coverage next month in charlotte. a member of "jersey shore" cast has a situation with the shore's boss. find about ultimate tethe t. georgia alfredas joins us. and hidden hazards in some food delivery trucks putting your health at risk. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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time for hollywood headlines, joining us is georgia alfredas, co-host of the russ parr show on week days. rumors are continuing to swirl about former olympic star ryan lochte. he could be the next bachelor, but it's going to cost a chunk of change. >> probably $750,000, at least that's what he wants, but he wants to control the editing, not like we haven't seen him in so many cede lights, he wants -- doesn't want a prince harry situation where he's partying with the girls, and shows us something that -- but they have never done that. so it will be interesting to see if abc goss for that. >> nbc announced this will be the last hurrah for dwight, jim, pam and that whole crew from "the office." >> sad day. >> it's going to take me a minute. what will i do without dwight?

i am so sad. that is moo favorite, favorite. producer. a lot of people came out of this ship. i love dwight, he's my favorite. i think he'll get his own show. i'm so sad. >> there have been a lot of breakout stars. mindy, jim. i know -- >> i'm like dwight was tweeting, and i was like, what's his name? rainn wilson. >> maybe it's the stars who are just tired of doing it. do you think? >> no. i don't know. now to "american idol." it sounds like mariah carey isn't too happy with nikki minaj. this has thrown other names out there? >> she's 42, nikki is 29, hot

right now, so she doesn't want her. she would rather lenny kravitz to be the new judge. we're hearing keith urban, brad paisley, diddy, joe jonas, and today i heard kanye west, and he supposedly is think being it. if kanye west did it, it would be fabulous, because there will be controversy. and they're also thinking there may be two guys and two girls, and mariah thought she was going to be like, you know, j. lo was the only female, you don't -- >> we have to come off that as women. >> but she's a diva. >> yeah. well, that's too bad. okay. another realie start mike "the situation" sorrentino is trying to catch in on some of those "jersey shore" catchphrases, but i understand that viacom is not happy about it. >> we know about gtl, gym, tan, laundry.

they're like, listen, dude, you signed a contract. they won't even let the poor child put them on t-shirts. i'm saying poor child, but he got like a million the last show. haven't we given you enough? where else in the world would he be on tv? >> and we said 15 minutes. he's milked that thing. >> i'm going to start acting like an idiot so i can get my own show. wait, i'm already doing that and it's not working. vanessa hudgens is taking on an un-disney-like role? >> let's say she's taking off. she's going to play a stripper. some people are like, hey, her fans won't like it, but her fans are pretty much 21. john cusack is in this movie, nicolas cage, so we'll have to see what her fans think. a trailer for the movie was released. it wasn't supposed to be released, but it was released online, but it's been taken down, so we all know about her

stripping. >> so what's up tomorrow? >> we are doing a made in american winning weekend. we're going to have a party. >> are you riding up? >> probably. you want to go? >> that's a heavy-duty ride. >> i'm going to do if i can get honey boo-boo to show up. >> are you a fan? >> don't get started. have a great weekend. >> thanks, you too. coming up, a startling sight for some commuters when they had to share their highway with a plane. >> plus how much longer with this great weather last? your forecast

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right before the news started, i heard there was an ice cream truck out front. the whole building disappeared. >> where is everybody? >> it's a nice day for ice cream. still feeling like summer out there. so glad you can join us. whew, we have a lot to get to. we have to talk about tropics and a tropical storm, and our weekend weather, which probably will be going a little downhill. more on that in a moment. it is 86 dries, but the number i like is that 46% with the light southeast breeze. we've had a handful of showers pop up off to the west, but they're going to bubble up with the heat of the day and fizzle. so we're looking at pretty much clear skies tonight. there are those 80s that feel so good. one exception to the rule up there in beautiful frederick, hello, market street, you have 91. the rest of us sitting pretty in the 80s. that's where we'll stay for another hour or so.

now, here's where things start to change. we will probably get another day like today tomorrow, but i'll be watching this moisture off the cost. this will be sneaking up on us on saturday, and backing in on sunday. so it looks like our odds for rain will be increasing ever so slightly. unfortunately saturday has a 40% chance of showers and sunday 50%. here's the tropics and the latest on isaac. it's a minimal tropical storm at the current time with winds of 40 miles an hour. the path -- we talked about this earli earlier, seems to be improved at ast for hits of hitting florida. as we head into early next week, this path is going just farther to the west. i'm not saying this bodes well for the southern coast, but at least for the convention goers, it's looking more optimistic. so we're mostly clear, looking

good, temperatures, to around 70 downtown. as you make your plans with me into the weekend, i'm just going to have that umbrella on standby, but everybody's yard needs the rain. unfortunately if it comes over the weekend, into next week, a little warm, not too bad, so car washing day monday, because you'll have it for tower days. you'll get your money's worth out of that car wash. >> that is good. thanks, kim. there's still time to take part in the backpacks for kids drive. we'll deliver school supplies to needy children throughout the region to help them succeed in school. we're collecting donations through our website, nbcwashington.com. and more details by searching "backpacks." a hidden hazard in some food delivery trucks. and prince harry may be dressed down at home for his dressed down at home for his naked

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welcome back at 4:30, everybody. i'm jim handly, and i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. you assume everything is fresh at the grocery store, but there's a hidden hazard. >> nbc's jeff rossen found trucks carrying unsafe food bound for your table. as he reports, police say the situation is getting worse. >> reporter: we're on patrol with the indiana state police. radar gun. instead, sergeant rich kelly is armed with a food thermometer, randomly checking food delivery trucks units initial temperature of 53 degrees inside your trailer.

>> reporter: for unsafe temperatures. >> this summer has been exceptionally bad. >> reporter: they call indiana the crossroads of america. if you eat it, chances are it was hauled through here. but in this brutal midwest sun if the cooling units are off, food can turn foul even before it hits store shelves. >> are you having problems with your refrigeration unit? police say this refrigerator isn't working proper. it should be at a cool 41 degrees. some of it was pushing 60. >> we have sour cream, queso, dairy drinks. >> reporter: these are all over-temperature? >> reporter: yes, i don't girts in here, too, for kids, all destined for a den grocery stores. >> they're at 57 to 59 degrees. >> reporter: local health officials condemn it and chuck it. remember, you could have eaton this. >> reporter: jeff rossen with nbc news. the driver told me he's relieved

the cops stopped him. it's good the food didn't make it to the stores. yes, i'm glad that it didn't make it. >> reporter: his company told us it monitors food temperatures carefully and the unit was working when the truck left the warehouse, claiming the driver would have disposed of bad food before delivering it. >> reporter: how dangerous is it? >> very dangerous. someone could actually die by consuming some of this food. we're playing russian roulette with our food supplies. >> reporter: he says in warm temperatures, dangerous bacteria like e. coli and salmonella can breed on food. how fast is that bacteria growing? >> the bacteria growing roughly every 20 minutes. >> reporter: that fast? >> that fast. >> reporter: and the worst is yet to come. >> reporter: that's not even water. >> reporter: this truck's refrigerator is broken, the inside temperature, 101 degrees. the meat and chicken are even

attracting flies. >> the odor was so strong, it took me aback. police find raw meat can juices dripping through the box, leaking onto the vegetables below. even if washed they could still make you sick. >> this is from the chicken stuff that's run onto the floor. that's why the truck stinks. >> they headed to poplar chinese restaurants in indiana. not anymore. the trucking company didn't return our calls. wild police did find many trucks doing the right thing. >> we're at 35 degrees inside the trailer, which is absolutely fine. >> reporter: too many are in violation, cops say some companies actually shut off their refrigerators on purpose. >> these units run off the diesel fuel, but it does cost money to run the system and they shut them off to save money. >> reporter: last summer, here on "today" this trucker claimed

it wasn't working, but as we were shooting, he suddenly turned it on. jeff rossen from nbc news. why was your refrigeration unit off? >> i can't speak with you. >> reporter: his company told us the refrigerator was on when it left the warehouse and called it a mechanical problem. >> they save a few dollars here and there with us at risk. >> reporter: today indiana is one of the only states targeting the food trucks. believe it or not, there is little federal oversight. state police captain wayne andrews is boiling. >> the feds are not doing really their job. the states, it's been left to the states to fix the problem. >> reporter: in 2005, congress told the fda to come up with stricter guidelines for food trucks. almost seven years later the fda hasn't done it. congress even set a new deadline of july 2012, last month, and still nothing. the fda decline to go on camera,

but sent us this e-mail. the rule-making process can take time and we are working dilig t diligently to strengthen and modernize our nation's food safety system. >> there is a serious risk here to health and public safety. if this doesn't make them act, i don't know what would. police say until there's action, for every truck they stop, countless more get away. they say most of the bad food is headed for smaller restaurants and grocery stores action and they say the good news is they're not finding this problem with the big chain stores. when we come right back, much more ahead, a driver makes a deadly decision trying to beat a train through an intersection. and take a look at this video, a trucker got stuck on i'm barack obama and i approve this message now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits."

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prince harry is back home in england, ready to face the music now. the royal has to answer to his

grandmother, queen elizabeth about his las vegas trip and nude photo scandal. the prince and his handlers could be punished for the naked photos that ended up on tmz. harry and his pals reportedly met some girls and invited them back to his room where he started playing strip billiards. while in vegas, he met ryan lochte. lochte told math matt lauer he hung out before that infamous -- >> we were at the same pool party, and his people said, prince harry wants to meet you. >> you didn't know him before this? >> no, not at all. i was, all right, let's go meet him. i met him, i was fully clothed. so was he. he was like, do you want to do something? he said, race me in the pool. and i said, let's go. we just started racing. >> lochte said he was not invited to harry's private

party, as for any career repercussions, the british army experts say the prince is likely to be reprimanded but not severely punished. they say harry will probably have an interview without coffee. that phrase means talking serious with no refreshments. british army rules state that social misbehavior is not acceptable, especially if it tarnishes the reputation of britain's armed forces. >> what about tea and a biscuit? meanwhile, the british public seems to be shrugging off the incident. many note his reputation as a playboy is well documented. >> he can do what he wants to do. not to know that some of his friends are going to stab him in the back. >> it might show a bit of poor judgment. >> for the most part, the british press has not published those nude photos, because they were taken without the prince's consent during a private event in a private environment, until now. and when "news4 at 4"

returns, a researcher who stopped a super-bug from jumping between hospital patients. muss what a great day for an outdoor event. doug got the word, he's out in fairfax

nice day today, but of course we're always on a thursday we're looking for the weekend. it's looking more 50/50? >> if you can make it a three-day weekend and take tomorrow off you'll by fine, but unfortunately the saturday/sunday part is not the best. not a washout, not the best. we're sitting pretty on this fine thursday afternoon, with just a light southeast breeze, and i'm loving the humidity, and all the abundant sunshine. it even make sitting in traffic tolerable. all right. how about the highs? we ticked up to 89 earlier. frederick made it up to 91, 87 is where you put on the brakes this afternoon, and across the

bay 84 was your high today. right now the numbers coming in are still in the 80s. and off to the west, a handful of showers out there. past the shenandoah and into the mountains, a few more clouds around this day, and that's where i suspect the wet weather will be staying for the rest of the evening, but they'll be fizzling down as well. i'm watching the coast. this is the moisture that will be backing up this weekend and backing into us, starting on saturday, not so much tomorrow. it's really saturday a 40% chance and on sunday as well. we're keeping an eye on isaac, which is a tropical storm down here south of hispaniola, with winds of 40 miles an hour. if there's a bit of good news with this, the path seems to be wanting on go, as it gets closer to the united states, a little farther to the west. that's what we'll be anticipating and hoping for with each model run. lows tonight 70 inside the beltway with 60s in the suburbs, and tomorrow we'll ramp it up to

where we were today. ready for the beach forecast? the beaches, hum, we've had better saturdays and sundays. it will be close to the water temperature, in the 70s. planning ahead now, i think the weekend is our hurdle for the rain, but beyond that a stretch of dry weather, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and still feeling like summer. and it's probably feeling like summer tonight in someone's backyard. we are going to take a trip down to annandale. that's where -- tell us about this beautiful backyard. how are you doing? >> reporter: i'm doing fantastic. you mentioned the beaches may not be the best, unless you happen to have a beach in the backyard. we're in the an adale area. we're going to talk about that in just a second. i want to introduce you to the williams family and all their friends. say hello, everybody. this is roger williams and you guys are ready for this backyard

weather. >> absolutely. beautiful out here tonight. glad you're here, and we hope to have a great time tonight. >> reporter: he said obviously i have the best job in the world, because i get -- >> free food. >> reporter: 100%. we're coming to you at 5:00 and 6:00 with the backyard weather. we'll be back in a couple minutes on news4. >> i wonder what they're cooking. >> he does, he does. that beach motif, that was looking nice. >> it was. pretty cool. we're thinking beach. >> we are. >> despite perhaps rain. thanks, kim. well, it's providing an important lesson for hospitals everywhere for six frightening months, a so-called super-beg spread through -- 11 patients died. >> the outbreak made just public this week is over thanks to an aggressive efforts to contain it. jackie bensen spoke to a

researcher. >> the outbreak the klebisella made it through a 40-year-old immune-compromised patient from new york. per standard procedures, she was placed in isolation, treated and discharged in july 2011. that's when it got scary. in august, other patients started to become infected with the same frightening superbug, resistant to all but two antibiotics. >> we could not tell with the standard tests whether we had a match, is patient 1's bacteria the same and patient 2? >> dr. julie grave of the institute was called in to do something revolutionary, to see if the outbreak could be contained by examining the bacteria's dna. >> we sequenced the dna of both organisms, 6 million base pairs of dna read out a, c, c, g, t,

and then compared toss 6 million base pairs and these two bacteria differed by two base pairs out of the 6 million. that's a match. >> reporter: armed with that knowledge, the hospital took even more extraordinary measures, a special isolation ward was structured. the area was subjected to potened hydrogen peroxide fuming. staff even went so far to dismantle and bleach drains, and the hospital hired special monitors to ensure the clinical staff was scrubbed and gowned at all times. coming up on "news4 at 4" a. close call for morning commuters when a plane had to make an emergency landing. coming up on "news4 at 5," the hunt for a bank robber with an unusual method and a strange disguise. a $50 thousand patent

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you know, i don't get out much. they just won't let me, but the last time i did, i went to a restaurant -- well, i had a meal where these made me wear gloves to eat it. i'm working here. watch my story tonight on foodies. it's on nbc washington nonstop. hey, that's our cafeteria. we know those folks. you don't want to miss that. all new foodies, you can catch it on comcast 208, fios 460. pat collins gets really messy at

this restaurant. it's all over him. imagine driving to work with all of a sudden a small plane lands near you. >> that's what happened to commuters in tampa today. a single-engine plane made an emergency landing. >> none of the people were hurt. the plane damaged a wing during the landing. hazmat crews cleaned up 60 gallons of fuel that was spilled. still to come on "news4 at 4," officials say a day doesn't go by without a driver risking live to get through an intersection. he's made his choice.

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i'm news4 meteorologist kim mar tuchist, keeping an eye on the skies for you. i've seen a few showers bubble up near shenandoah and off to the west. they're going to stay out of sight. you don't have to worry about those, but the low says looking good. that has opened the window of weather. inside the beltway staying 70, 72 in baltimore. southern maryland, la plata and off to the west that's a low of 59, partly cloudy. tomorrow afternoon will be similar to today, warm but not too hot. we'll reach for highs of 87,

probably 90 in baltimore, closer to the bay, annapolis, and we do she a shower or stray thunderstorm pop up. it will probably be out towards la ray. otherwise not a bad way to kick off this weekend. barbara, we'll send it back to you. >> thanks, kim. a close call for a truck driver in dallas overnight. he was trying to find a shortcut when he gas tanker got stuck on railroad tracks just seconds before a freight train hit his truck. he jumped to safety. incredible video, but luckily no injuries. and investigators in utah are trying to end what they call preventable train accidents. they released video of an accident near salt lake city last week that killed a woman who drove through a downed crossing arm, as devin doland records. >> reporter: look both ways, do not stop on tracks or go around crossing gates. you can't say you haven't been warned. but still every day people take

their chances. >> i always make sure i look both ways before i do it. >> reporter: still doesn't make it okay. how about this guy crossing under, and this driver burning rubber. >> they look stay tuned doing it. >> reporter: one more judgment could be your last. this video shows 72-yard laurena, drive past a downed crossing arm. a she doesn't make it. this also impacts the train operator. in fact they're trained for risk-takers, but it's impossible to be fully prepared. >> if they sigh someone that might dart out, they start to decelerate. >> just this year there have been 23 track accidents. four were fatal. so next time you think you can't wait for the crossing arm to lift, listen to these words of advice. >> i definitely would waito cross. >> i always wait.

>> reporter: if that's not enough, remember this. the victim's husband was a passenger in that car. he survived, but emergency crews had to cut him out of the vehicle. next at 5:00, the mysteria murder of a teenager in her own home. one year after the earthquake, we find out j.c. how long a full recovery could take. >> plus an eye on isaac. doug is tracking the tropical storm to find out who's in the cross harris. a robber equipped with his fists and hazmat suit, hits up a bank in our area. good evening, welcome to "news4 at 5." i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm jim handly. she was an honor student with dreams of going to harvard. tonight shock and sadness after a, she was shot and killed in

her own bedroom last night. as pat collins reports, he joins us live from kettering tonight. >> reporter: jim, it was 10:30 at night, a school night. she was asleep in her bedroom. that's when they say a masked gunman kicked down the front door, goes to her bedroom and opens fire. 17-year-old amber stanley. she had high grades. she had high hopes. that all came to a violent end last night, as she was gunned down in her sleep in the bedroom of her home here in kettering. >> apparently a suspect kicked the door in into the home and fatally shot the 17-year-old female. >> reporter: police say there were other people in the house at the time of the shooting. no one else was injured. neighbors say