a few weeks ago. >> a male in the street suffered from a gun shot wound. >> a murder that we're now learning probably could have been avoided. >> the timing really probably couldn't be any worse. >> it happened back on september 19, just before 9:00 at night. that's when walker allegedly shot and killed a man here in capital heights over some type of argument. >> we believe some type of dispute between the two led to the actual murder. >> here's where the story becomes especially troubling. two hours before the murder, prince georges county sheriff deputies served walker with an order of protection at his home here in capital heights. after one of his neighbors complained he felt threatened by walker. there was a warrant out in connection with a second-degree assault. deputies did not arrest him for assault when they served him the order of protection. >> cornell darren palmers with the sheriff's department, he says the case is under

investigation, but admits that had walker been arrested on the assault charge, the murder later that night might very well not have been committed, though palmer would not say for sure. >> it's possible though that had he been arrested on that outstanding warrant, that he might not have been able to allegedly kill a man two hours later. >> it is possible. >> i say it was terrible. >> thomas lives right across the street from where the murder took place. >> he should have been off the street a long time ago. >> matt, 9news now. >> and deangelo walker is now being held without bond and he is charged with first-degree murder. our other top stories tonight, have you ever heard of ofc chicken? they have storage here in this country and some folks complain those stores are in bad taste. also tonight, an unsung hero in the civil rights movement dies. plus, the guitar defense. a man defends his home with his ax. but first, a quick weather check, top, don't change a

thing, my friend. >> we may modify it here and there. after a high of 73, 74 today. still 70 downtown. in the 60s in the suburbs. 63 in gaithersburg. 68 in frederick and 66 in leesburg. and 64 for our friends in culpeper. but still a very nice evening. for tonight, clear skies. chilly, low temperatures in the mid 40s to mid 50s. we'll come back, a couple changes in store for tomorrow and talk about that and your weekend forecast as well. >> thank you, topper. this one just in. former alaska governor, sarah palin, says she is not going to run for president. palin said in a statement that she and her husband, todd, will quote, devote ourselves to god, family, and country. palin has been teasing for months. with her announcement, the field is set and mitt romney appears to be back in the front runner spot. >> tonight, a warning for thousands of homeowners about gas appliances that were never inspected and could put your

family in danger. an investigation by the montgomery county office of consumer protection found that contractors violated county law in more than a thousand homes. delia with the advisory for homeowners in prince georges and montgomery counties. >> i might as well leave a loaded shotgun down here in the basement. >> frank of silver spring had a subcontractor install this water heater early last month and he instantly knew it was a dangerous install with a flexible connector that leaves this pipe completely unstable. >> this is a perfect place for a little kid to sneak in. they can go or can't go. so all you have to do is pull on that pipe and you open up a gas leak. >> this must be secured. >> it took minutes for washington suburban chief inspector to find at least five dangerous violations that could have sent silent killer carbon monoxide into the home. >> need to get a permit from

wssc. they need to be licensed and after the installation, they have five business days to arrange for a wsoc inspection of that installation. >> and this house explosion in kensington is what could happen. though this homeowner here made the dangerous mistake of installing a gas dryer himself. >> we have consumers paying for a permit. they are losing money and potentially in harm's way. >> and this is the absolute worse case scenario. i am standing in the basement of what used to be that home in kensington. this is all that is left after that gas explosion in may. if you have any concern about your recent installation, you should call wssc immediately. in kensington, 9news now. a spokesperson from sears say they are working with investigators. >> no more repelling down the

washington monument. this morning the engineers finished up their inspection of the outside of the monument looking for any exterior damage that might have been caused by that earthquake back in august. those engineers did come across a number of cracks and loose stones, but they say the monument remains structurally sound. you have heard of people defending their homes with any number of variety of weapons, but what about a musical instrument? that is what happened this past weekend in manassas. shaun is being hailed as a guitar hero after he fought off a drunk home invader with his guitar. why a guitar? >> that's the first thing i picked up because it was next to my chair. i pushed him out the door with it. >> i thought it was funny. i was mad, but i thought it was funny. >> i think the bat might have worked better, but john mayhew was arrested and taken to the hospital. now he is charged with unlawful entry, public intoxication, and assault on a law enforcement

officer after he spit on a manassas city police officer at that hospital. was she a loving grandmother beset by a terrible mental illness or a cold- blooded murder filled with rage? the jury is now trying to answer that question in the trial of the grandmother charged with throwing her grandchild off a tyson's corner sky bridge. carmella carmela delaa rosa -- caused psychosis and she didn't know what she was doing. several psychologists said it can happen, but the prosecution psychologist argued she knew exactly what she was doing and knew right from wrong. the jury will reconvene at 9:00 tomorrow morning. now to the trial of conrad murray, that's the doctor accused of killing michael jackson. today, prosecutors once again played for the jury an audio clip of jackson speaking, sounding very slurred, recorded just weeks before he died.

>> i love them because i didn't have a chance. >> prosecutors are trying to show a pattern of jackson being over medicated by murray. the doctor is guilty of involuntary manslaughter for overloading jackson's body with the powerful anesthetic. it was jackson himself who administered the drugs that killed him. a civil rights leader who was hailed by dr. martin luther king, jr., for his courage and energy has passed on. fred was a target of a bombing attack and beatings and was repeatedly arrested during the fight for civil rights. he was also the cofounder for the southern christian leadership conference. he died this morning in birmingham, alabama, he was 89. just ahead, rage against

the street. is it fast becoming the war against the have and have notes? occupied wall street is heading. they have their sites set on the wrong target. we'll tell you about that when we come back. çñ

in the mail bag tonight, a little girl and the rosary. yesterday we told you about

this sixth grader in omaha, nebraska, banned from wearing the religious beads because gang members have taken to wearing them. today, pete from maryland writes that common sense must have been banned as well. i can agree with things deemed offensive or not in good taste, but a rosary? even if gangs are wearing them, do we condemn the catholic society? if gangs started wearing business suits, would we ban all from wearing business suits? i think not. whoever came up with that ban should give it a second thought. but we get a different take from mckale in hagerstown. i think it's a woman who says she is a roman catholic. the girl should certainly be prohibited from wearing a rosary as a necklace to school, but forbidden for all the wrong reasons. a rosary is a sacred and religious article of prayer. it is not an article of clothing or jewelry. catholics all around the world would be offended by the wearing of a rosary as a necklace or crucifixion of

earrings. it is inappropriate and misplaced. you might know well better than i and correct me if i'm wrong, but from what i can determine, there are few hard and fast rules regarding the rosary, merely a lot of very strong traditions and very high regard. i should also note, the arch diesis in omaha has come down on the little girl's side. there's a combination the school system didn't expect to see. i'm hoping to see more of your e-mails. by the way, we made it a lot easier to leave messages in the mail bag. click on my page under features. it's called let's be real. and there you can check out all my commentaries. mcginty's mail bag, everything, leave some comments of your own as well. topper is back after the break with the rest of your workweek forecast. i'll give you a hint, it looks nice. plus, why these brand-new chicken restaurants have some

people crying foul. pun intended.

tonight only on 9, a disturbing followup from the transit system. the story of an autistic man's ride to nowhere touched a nerve with other transit users who contacted reporter, scott broom

today. and scott has been following up with metro trying to get some answers. >> rory doyle's ride to nowhere happens all the time according to advocates for disabled people who ride metro access. but metro says it has the data to prove that they are all wrong. 21-year-old rory doyle functions at the level of a seven-year-old and uses metro access to get to the programs that help him. >> through a gps tracker. >> on september 22, doyle was taken on a four hour ride to nowhere while his father followed tracking software on rory's phone. >> i became concerned. >> sounded very familiar. >> today, pat spray said it happens all the time to him. >> it is about one out of six coming home in the evening from montgomery county is what we call the ground tour. >> the dispatching software used by metro access and contractors. >> they are not judged by how long they have you on the van. >> metro says spray has it

wrong. spokesman dan provided data from march of this year showing that 98.81% of the time metro access rides take the same time as the equivalent bus or rail trip for an able body person. none of this excuses what happened to rory doyle, which metro has apologized for and is investigating. according to metro, dispatchers may have kept doyle on board in the cab while the driver picked up and delivered another client because they believed no one was home at rory's house. which was not the case. scott broom, 9news now. >> and par transit advocates will challenge metro's number. the movement known as occupy wall street is rolling full steam ahead. you know it just started with a full dozen protesters, but three weeks later, demonstrations are popping up all over the country. and some of the most powerful labor unions are joining in. the goal, the exact goal is sort of unclear, but the message is angry and folks say

wall street's greed led to the nation's economic collapse. >> i spent four years in school and now i'm $80,000 in debt. i'm still homeless. i can't get a job. >> those of us had to take pay cuts just to keep our jobs. they clearly don't understand who they are going after. they are going after the guy down the block. not some guy in a castle. >> and washington is starting it pay attention. the white house says president obama is planning a bus tour through north carolina and virginia later this month to push his jobs plan. that trip is scheduled for october 17 through the 19th and the white house says the president is intent on keeping up the pressure on congress over his jobs proposal. senate democrats are making changes to parts of the president's jobs bill and the changes are not likely to be welcomed by republicans. democrats have now included a new 5% surtax on income above $1 million. senate majority leader leader,

harry reid, says he plans to bring that to the floor next week. rfk stadium is 50 years old and some dc residents are hoping some day the washington redskins will return home to a new rfk right here in d.c. the issue came up this afternoon as district leaders met to talk about plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary. >> the future would be that this stadium would be demolished and build a brand- new stadium on this site, retractable roof for the redskins. >> you think the redskins ever come back to d.c.? >> i hope so. that is anybody that is from this area would hope that. >> yeah, it would be nice. mayor vince gray declined to talk about whether or not there are talks underway about the redskins returning to any new and improved rfk stadium, which would be not yet on the drawing board. >> no. >> all right. would be nice. >> it would be. now top, this is the kind of weather we've been talking about for the last couple of weeks that we should have had. >> we earned it over the

weekend. last weekend that is. and we have a back door front that will go through tonight. the temperatures right now are still pretty nice. in the 60s in the suburbs, but 70 downtown. we go up 270, you get to 70 in rockville. i'm throwing out the 59 in gaithersburg. 67 in great falls. 62 in reston and 64 down in fort belvoir. and 66 as you go up toward baltimore. a back door front tonight, doesn't have any moisture with it. it's going to be chilly again tonight. thursday, it will be chilly. you'll need sunglasses and a little bit milder friday. so we cool off tomorrow, but it gets milder again as early as friday. clear and chilly tonight. lows 56 to 34. once the front sinks to our south and to our west. if you're inside the beltway tonight, you're talking about 50, you know, 51, maybe 52. maybe 53 at arlington.

47 in rockville. 48 in college park. 48 in bowie. so plenty of cool air outside in the suburb. 48 in reston. 47 in sterling. 46 in leesburg and 46 also in manassas. tomorrow morning, great sunny with a chilly start. grab your sunglasses, maybe a coat for the kids at the bus stop early. 40s and 50s. winds northeasterly at 10. by afternoon, sunny and pleasant. yes, a little bit cooler. the winds go light, so not a factor there. really another spectacular day. let's break it down. 46 to 54 in the morning with clear skies. so a little bit chilly. nice by noon, temperatures in the 60s. and by evening, 65 to about 70. a little bit cooler than today and a shade under the average. now, the next three days it's going to get milder on friday. back in the low 70s with sunshine. 79 on saturday. we're flirting with 80 degrees by saturday. next seven days, don't hit 80

on saturday, i think we will on sunday and columbus day. low 80s on sunday. full sun. full sun on monday as well, low 80s. even next tuesday will be around 80. a cold front will approach. it's out in the rockies right now, producing good snows. that cold front gets here, but we're warm. that will produce showers and thunderstorms. >> did i hear you say snow in the rockies? >> yeah. exactly. all right top, take a look at this. some folks think it's offensive, others might crack a smile. it's not kfc, os ofc. that is president obama. looking like colonel sanders. it's for a chicken joint in china. the real kfc thinks they are going to consider legal action because it's a knockoff and it does infringe on their brand. they also said they found it distasteful. it's ironic because remember this ad earlier this year? kfc released a commercial releasing a president obama

look alike. there are two obama fried chicken restaurants in brooklyn. it's a tribute, others have mixed opinions. >> i think it's hilarious. >> it's shameful and disrespectful. >> wow. dressed as colonel sanders. that's offensive. >> wow. okay. some other focus said the name may be in bad taste, but the food tastes pretty good. so there you go. we'll be back. we want to hear what you think, send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com.

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