tom roussey is live in brookville with the story. this is crazy, tom. tom: yeah, a little unusual, leon. an historic town. during the war of 1812, it was the capital for a day when madison fled from the british. it's known for history, not alligators, but somehow one made it to this area today. >> i was at work, not grabbing an alligator. tom: life through from a scaly curveball. in the morning he saw something swimming in his koi pond. >> as soon as i got on the deck, i realized it was not a snake. tom: he called 911. >> hi, ma'am, this may sound crazy, but we have an alligator in the pond in the backyard. getting the call is a surprise. arriving on scene and sing an alligator is a shock. animalntgomery county services says in 18 years, this was a first, but there he was, helping get the alligator under control. >> he was about three foot long. his head was about this pick. big sharp teeth. tom: county and state dnr police trained the pond and a net on the alligator, but -- ande popped out, fortunately he landed on the ground where he is a lot slower.

>> it remains a mystery how this 3-foot gator ended up in a backyard pond in brookville.mal control officers drained the pond, fished out the gator and placed it into an animal carrier. they have taken it to a wildlife preserve and zoo in frederick county and to that we say see you later, alligator. >> that must have been somebody's pet. that had to have been the case? >> it's not clear. it doesn't sound like it belonged to the homeowner, but it's not clear who had the alligator. >>> top? >> a gorgeous evening, but you know what? pollen was off the charts today, tree pollen not a huge deal but grass in the moderate range and weed and mold spores in the high range. you can always find that on our app. we'll be talking about our yellow weather alert tomorrow and give you storm track hour by hour. >> reporter: it's used by scientists around the world in genetic research for measuring anything in micro amounts and 7th graders in montgomery county are getting it's ford suv season. now just sign & go. with zero down... zero due at signing... and zero first month's payment... ha

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the motorcyclist rushed to the hospital and later. 19-year-old harmon of brookville. the driver of the car was not hurt at all. jonathan: last spring we told you that they were getting more ambulances but tonight a child is dead. there is confusion on what happened to the vehicles. sam ford is trying to sort this out. sam: for as long as anyone can remember, d.c. had late ambulances or no ambulances available. it seems to be no different under this mayor. after a number of high profile stories, six months ago about the ambulances problems she promised to get more ambulances on the streets. this is still a problem. while fire engine with a paramedic aboard arrived here on hillside southeast for a sick baby yesterday, no ambulance available. >> at that time the closest transport unit was seven miles away across town. >> the boy was eventually met by an ambulance and the child died at the hospital. >> paramedic on the scene in four minutes. >> the mayor talked about the pair metics -- paramedics, six months ago she told councilmembers and reporter she is was increasing b

a homeowner in brookville, maryland, found a 3-foot alligator in his koi pond. it cook three hours to carefully drain that pond. the gator is at the protective wildlife zoo in frederick. we still don't know how he ended up in that pond. >> just glad it got out of that pond. >>> we are just getting started on wusa9 news at 5:00. still ahead how some virginia lawmakers are cracking down on predatory lending practices. >> also ahead terrified restaurant customers run for cover when a gunman barricades himself inside. >> reporter: i'm debra alfarone in bethesda and i'll tell you how some quick thinking drivers helped reunit oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the only thing is that... the only thing is what? what's the only thing? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac. hey! hey! go back to your wife you sociopath! leave slow internet behind. get the fastest wifi available for better streaming. the 100% fi

this is at georgia avenue in brookville. we have just found out in the past few minutes that it's fatal crash. all the westbound lanes are closed there on the icc. melissa mollet is here with a look at the situation there. melissa? >> yeah, kristin. again, we are shut down here on the icc. now that we know this is a fatal crash, it could be some time before the lanes are reopened. again, westbound icc, shut down at georgia avenue. the crash is actually little further up at redland road, but they have things shut down. you can't get further west than that. one mile backup, 95 north at 234. hard to see but we're slow there this morning. you can see the slowdowns as you headed northbound. once you get through that area in dale city no problems there. inner and outer loop, rolling along quite nicely. same thing as you look at b.w. parkway, 95 and then 29, everything again is nice and green. chuck? >>> all right, there's a view from our city camera this morning. sunshine is on tap for most of your friday afternoon. we do have a c

again, this is brookville up to oyster bay, north shore, you're going to see that hold together. unfortunately there's going to be more rain filling in. so even though the worst of the heavy rain clears, then you have to deal with more showers. the front is going to take its time. the front is still well to the west right there. our concern is going to be a period of heavy rain this afternoon. i mean, we need it, but it's definitely going to slow you down for after-school pickup and into the evening commute. then we see it kind of wrap up by early friday. chris. >> okay, john, thanks so much. >>> i'm chris wragge. we are back with another local right after this. jiets's thursday, september 10, 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." key & peel say they're calling it quicks at the top of their game but first here's a look at your "eye opener" at 8:00. >>> most of the incidents have happened along interstate ten. they call it acts of domestic terrorism. >> they never get bored with winning, we never get bored. >> donald trump took fire for belittle carly fee or reny and ben cars