dell ray is what it is because nancy believed in it. >> nancy dunning was revered by her community. a sheriff's wife active in charity. all until the afternoon. she was shot in the back. but first, we have breaking news out of landover hills, maryland, a shooting has sent one person to the hospital. video here from sky 9. we have just learned the victim is in critical condition. not sure why they were shot and asked for the shooter, that

person still on the loose. all this happened just a short time ago near the 4700 block of 68th avenue and we are looking into reports that some type of vigil had been taking place in that same area at the time of the shooting. now to our top story. a sheriff's wife is murdered in their home. the crime remains unsolved for nearly nine years. he joins her in death today. after all this time, the alexandria police department insist the murder of nancy dunning is an active case. gary reports $100,000 sits in the bank ready for anyone who comes forward with the answer. >> anita, that reward fund came together within weeks of nancy dunning's murder. her friends needed something to do. 8 1/2 years later, they are still looking for answers. >> december 14, 2003, nine

days after nancy dunning was murdered, friends leave a trail of candles that stops at the front door of the alexandria home where she was killed. targeted by someone she knew. >> she was the one that lit this neighborhood up. >> she was called the queen of dell ray. a tight knit alexandria community she helped bring to life. gayle is a friend who put together $100,000 reward fund in 2003 urging anyone with information about her death to come forward. >> i believe that somebody knows something. >> nancy was married to ann sal alexandria. he was questioned in the case, but never charged. >> before her death, dunning had been shopping at this target store in potomac. and not surprisingly, friends say, she was buying christmas gifts for a friend in need. and it is in this store that police found a lead.

>> still don't know who this guy is. >> left at the same time as nancy dunning and police wanted to question him. in 2005, police said what they still say in 2012. >> this is by no means a cold case. >> in part because a career in law enforcement can lead to angry criminals investigators looked at sheriff dunning, his death, and further inquiries. the reward money is still there. >> hopefully reminding people that there's $100,000 waiting to be collected. somebody might come forward and with that one piece of information, it would help the police solve the case. >> nancy dunning's friends remain optimistic. but the death of sheriff dunning makes a difficult investigation more difficult still. anita. >> it does. pepco officials in the hot seat. this time it's a special committee from the d.c. council that wants answers. those details aren't coming easily, according to one councilwoman. at the hearing tonight and he is live with more.

ken. >> anita, councilwoman described the process of trying to get straight answers from pepco is quote, pulling teeth. we also tried to get questions answered following today's hearing and basically, got a cold shoulder from pepco executives. >> excuse me. >> the man ignoring me questions is dave. he's the executive vice president of pepco holding. >> do you have 30 seconds for a couple of questions? >> not right now. >> he used to answer questions as he and other executives ducked into an elevator and out of the wilson building. he and the rest of the executives did however, do a lot of talking during the special hearing before district leaders. even then, one d.c. council member says their answers weren't straightforward. >> some of the answers were like pulling teeth. our residents are frustrated. >> councilwoman asked questions regarding underground lines, reliability, and rapid response among other things. there were contradicting numbers being thrown out in

regards to the amount of linemen on the job. >> if you notice if i asked him the question several times, we finally got down to the answer. >> she isn't completely satisfied with the outcome of the hearing and pepco is still not in the clear of further action to get them to open up about the response following the storm. >> i really don't know. i really don't know why they wouldn't answer the questions, but if it takes a formal investigation to get the questions, that's something that we can do. >> i spoke with jim griffin, which represents pepco employees. he testified at the hearing today about the number of lineman. here's what he had to say. he said right now pepco has 123 lineman, 209 in 1993. anita. >> had there not been speculation that the current number isn't accurate? what does griffin say about that? >> the number of working

linemen is less because according to him, 20 of them only work as the assistants to these crews. he says another 20 are second class line mechanics, which means they can only restore power to a utility crew. the ones that actually have training to work on major power lines, which is less than 100. >> okay. ken, thank you. it is friday the 13th, but for a d.c. man named kirk odum, it could not be a better day. he spent more than 22 years behind bars for a rape he did not commit. he served a sentence and was released back in 2003. recently, dna tests showed he was not the rapist. today, a judge declared curt innocent and vacated his conviction. by the way, today is his 50th birthday. actor, silvester devastated after the death of his son. he was 36. sources are telling tmz he died

of an apparent drug overdose. other media outlets not being so quick. the cause of death is unknown. he made his debut in rocky v. a story that has a lot of you talking tonight. the uniforms were made in china. just a short time ago, the u.s. olympic committee said the opening and closing ceremony uniforms for the 2014 winter games will be made right here in the united states. a little cloudy out there today, but nice. topper shutt joins us from the weather terrace. how does our weekend start off? >> not bad. the clouds kept temperatures down today and same thing will happen tomorrow. let's start with the beach and boating forecast. one thing you have to remember, not so much winds, but the chance for thunderstorms. not a small craft advisory on the bay or title potomac. the chance for thunderstorms. 86 to 90 on saturday.

scattered storms. even a better chance for storms on sunday and getting hotter. 90 to 95 on the water. winds south, southwest at 10. all right, going to the beaches, scattered storms saturday. low to mid 80s and scattered storms on sunday. temperatures warmer, 82 to 86. get your beach in early. the storms will develop in the mid to late afternoon. wake up weather for saturday, upper 60s and mid 70s and 74 to 80 by 8:00 and 76 to 82 by 10:00. we'll come back and talk about when the real heat rolls in and when the storms return, because they are coming back. >> okay, topper. d.c. mayor says he is not resigning. gray defended his 2010 election campaign. on a talk show earlier this morning. >> we ran a campaign that was based on, you know, the laws and principles of the district of columbia. that is the kind of campaign that i was running. that's the kind of campaign that i supported. >> 9news confirmed gray did

find out about a shadow campaign this past january. but the mayor would not detail what he knew or anymore about the illegal contributions that helped get him elected. three people have been convicted in the federal investigation so far and the u.s. attorney's office tells us there are other coconspirators who have not been indicted yet. the 2012 presidential campaign is getting more intense. president obama and mitt romney traded over romney's business record today. the obama campaign accuses romney of lying and romney says he wants an apology. cbs's danielle nottingham reports from the white house. >> the 2012 campaign for the white house has a new key issue. the outsourcing of american jobs. president obama and mitt romney traded attacks friday over romney's role at the private equity firm. the obama campaign says that

his chief executive, romney personally shipped jobs overseas. >> my opponent, he invested in companies who are called pioneers of outsourcing. >> romney made jobs a center piece of his campaign. he says he took a leave of absence from bane in february, 1999, to run the salt lake city olympics. and that he was not in control of the companies doing the outsourcing. but during that time, bane filed reports with the securities and exchange commission describing romney as sole shareholder, sole director, chief executive, president, and managing director. in an interview with cbs news, romney called the accusations shocking and ridiculous. >> president keeps on trying to divert any attention he can from his failure to turn around the american academy. >> romney called on the president to apologize and focus on more important issues. but with unemployment over 8%, there aren't many issues more

important than jobs. the president has two more campaign events in virginia on saturday. romney will spend the weekend in new hampshire before holding fundraisers in mississippi on monday. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> when asked if they would apologize for the statement, the obama campaign said no. meanwhile, the organization is mourning the loss of a campaign aide, 29-year-old alex collapsed and died at obama's campaign headquarters in chicago. it happened earlier today. a d.c. police officer who worked for the white house motorcade is under investigation tonight. accused of making a threatening comment about the first lady. bad joke or serious threat? police chief, kathy lanier says she's going to get to the bottom of it. >> if it's determined that the statement was made is not criminal threat in nature, it is still possible that in the administrative investigation, that the statement was extremely unprofessional and conduct unbecoming of a police

officer. so, you know, it's going to be one of those. >> the secret service says it is taking appropriate action in this matter. george zimmerman wants a new judge to preside over his murder trial. zimmerman's attorney filed a motion to dismiss florida circuit judge. they claimed the judge is bias against the former neighborhood watch leader who is accused of murdering trayvon martin. >> j.p. morgan chase says its $2 billion blunder is way more serious than they originally thought. the bank's bad trade appears to have cost the company $5.8 billion. ceo says he fired the managers in charge of the trade and he is taking back two years worth of their pay from each of them. >> admitted the problem and making systems changes. time will tell if they are doing the right things. >> the bad trade could cost the company another $1.7 billion in future losses. but after all of this, j.p.

morgan chase made a profit of $5 billion last quarter. consider this show, better late than never. tonight the city of gaithersburg held its july 4 celebration at the montgomery county fair grounds. a few days late, but the party got rained out. tonight, there was fun music and july 4th fireworks on friday the 13th. still ahead on 9news. a health alert that could help you or your family members lose weight. we'll show you how and why to start a food journal. plus, moms and dads be glad your kid doesn't aspire to this professional sport. the dirty details coming up next. stay with us.

you may feel like you need a shower after watching this next story. this is the swamp soccer world championship's 5,000 players from 300 different teams worldwide poured into finland for this event. the rules of swamp soccer are the same as a regular soccer match, but players clawed their way through knee deep mud trying to score goals. in tonight's health alert, keeping a count of every bite

you eat could help you lose weight. some tips for starting a food journal. >> madeleine is having an afternoon snack. when she's finished, she writes it in her journal. >> it keeps me in line. it makes me watch and more aware of what i'm eating. >> keeping a food journal can really help you lose more weight. researchers in seattle looked at 123 overweight or obese older women. they found those who wrote down what they were eating lost about 6-pounds more than those who didn't. >> they can go back to the food log and see what it was that they ate that may not have fit into a balanced diet and may review what other foods could substitute. >> if you're going to start a log, make sure you have it with you or can access it at all times. also be honest and accurate. measure portions and read labels. >> it would be important to write down the time that you're eating so you can see if there are long hours that go by without you putting any fuel

into your system. >> madeleine says there's no denying how much you eat when you write it down. >> july 4, i was on a boat all day and all night and i ate all day. i just wrote a list. i wrote down whatever i could remember i ate that day and i wouldn't want to do that every day. but you see it in black and white. >> she credits her food journal and exercise with helping her drop 15-pounds and keep it off. >> way to go. now the study found women who skip meals lost 8 fewer pounds than those who didn't. you over eat later. if writing in a notebook seems too old school, there are several programs you can access on a computer or smart phone app. the forecast for saturday, stormy. but we mean this in a cosmic sense. a cosmic storm is headed towards earth and it's moving 3 million miles per hour. scientists notified airlines and they predict this will be a minor event. grab your smart phone and cross

your fingers. >> it looks intense. >> it looks really cool. >> compared to the ones we had in winter, this is nothing. >> maybe some stormy stuff for us to look at this weekend. >> perhaps some scattered storms tomorrow and a better chance on sunday. the real heat doesn't get in here until sunday and the real heat doesn't get in until next week. let's start with a live look outside. you're looking north on wisconsin avenue. it is brought to you by michael and son. high temperature did make it to 90 today. it's still 82. the clouds trap some of that heat, so it's not as comfortable as it would be. the dew points are nice. dew points in the 50s. that's a good deal. humidity 45% at this time of night. cannot complain about that. all right, the radar, here we are in the metro area. a couple sprinkles west of i- 81. nothing heavy. down to the south, running through lynchburg and headed toward charlottesville. i wouldn't change your tee times. but a good chance of scattered

showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. so we're looking at almost hot tomorrow. not quite. again, near 90 again. scattered storms all day. especially in the afternoon. but even some showers possible saturday morning. late saturday morning. hot on sunday and strong storms possible on sunday. some could be strong. some could be severe. we will keep you posted. overnight looks like this. partly to mostly cloudy. isolated shower west of town. 66 to 74 downtown. tomorrow morning, partly sunny, warm. shower possible late. 70s and 80s. not a lot of activity in the morning. by afternoon, better chance. partly sunny, almost hot. scattered showers and storms. high temperatures near 90 and winds out of the southwest at 10. zone forecast. all six zones still on our website, wusa9.com. oakland only 79. low to mid 80s for cumberland, winchester. a good chance of scattered thunderstorms west of i-81. 90 in culpeper.

fairfax, maybe 88, 89. 90 downtown. right around 90 interior and southern maryland, down through charles county. you get by the water, 87 for annapolis. but the winds really negligenceable. there's not a small craft advisory. but boaters need to be aware of storms. we'll break it down. in the 80s by noon. pretty warm. and 88 to 92 by evening. shower or thunderstorm possible. 9 weather alert codes. we'll go green, yellow, yellow, for heat and storms on sunday and monday. 93 on sunday. 95 on monday. isolated storms on monday. scattered storms on sunday. next seven days. here's what we mean about the heat. heat comes in next week. upper 90s as we get into monday. at least mid 90s near 100 and back to the mid 90s thursday and low 90s next friday. isolated storms next week and nats in town tuesday. >> we'll talk about that, but you're going to keep us out of the hundreds.

>> we're going to try. okay, nats back in action. >> what a great place. south beach. wouldn't you like to be there? >> yeah. >> they are twins. all right, the second half of the season starting much like the first. no south beach hangover for the curly w's. just a double dose of zimmerman. ryan and jordan and why support randy? many are asking that question. athletic director, kevin anderson, thinks he has the answer. next.

and now 9sports with dave owen. the best sports in town. >> nats next 14 games are against the marlins. mets and atlanta. hey, they could come out of this stretch with a vice grip on the division. that's right. second half of the season, got that? second half of the season starts right now. let's check it out. miami vice grip, that is. ryan zimmerman went into the all-star break hot. powers activate out there to the amusement park. four home runs, 12rbi's. jordan zimmerman, the other

zman doesn't get a will the of run support, didn't need it. six scoreless innings. eight best in baseball. a little trouble in the 7th. mike gonzalez. got it. nats win their 50th against the marlins tonight. orioles start the second half hosting detroit. nice bubble gum right there. orioles starter, jason ham el had to leave because of a knee injury. tiger's role 7-2 over the o's. wizards summer league featuring bradley beale, first up a little defense. the rookie lending a hand. pretty good. 6-14 shooting on offense. he finished with a game high of 22 points. wizards lost, but who really cares? more on this game in a second. all right, the streak continues. washington capitals win their 20th straight match. world team tennis record. they win against boston 24-19.

don't forget, venus williams is here on monday, serena on the 2 2á7b. more than 20 players left since randy showed up. try spinning that in a positive way. that has been kevin anderson's job. this is what they are saying. the players remain are truly on board and they are the ones we really wanted. here is what else anderson is saying. academic performance is up and recruiting is looking good. maryland is ranked just sixth in the acc by rivals.com and recruiting. sixth that is. anderson still standing by his man. >> if randy wasn't a good coach and people couldn't see where we were taking this program, we wouldn't have the caliber of recruits coming in. if randy wasn't a good coach and we weren't running a good program, i don't think they would be saying hey, i want to be part of this. >> we'll see. finally back to wizards.

he had 11 points, but he fouled out of the game. so what, right? here's the what. you get ten fouls in summer league. almost twice the normal amount. ten fouls, 30 minutes. a foul every three minutes. >> how? >> i don't know. he was aggressive. i guess so. we'll be right back.

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