delia gonsalves tells us the mix-up started when a police officer shot a dog in adams morgan. >> thiss my pretty girl right here. this is my baby. >> reporter: meet scott allen, a animal lover and man who wants to set the record straight. >> you should do your research before you get on somebody's personal website and start bashing them. >> reporter: a viral bashing. >> so you get off on killing innocent animals. >> reporter: his face book page was inundated with 500 messages with titles like dog killer, human waste and karma will get you. hate messages from people who thought he was d.c. police officer scott fike who shot a pit bull during a festival last month. >> i cannot stand to see a animal suffer. >> reporter: the officer threw the dog down this stairwell and then shot him. and now there is an online petition circulating that action be taken against the officer. so farwell over 15,000 people have signed on. but police say the dog lunged at the officer and he was acting in self-defense. but there was outrage. scott allen admits his profile picture may have added to the confusion

and employees there have complained about security for sometime, haven't they, delia? >> reporter: that's right. and they security has been an issue specifically in the last three months. and there has been a surge of violence. they've asked for beefed-up security measures and haven't received it. and one problem is this wide open entry. normally the police officer is not there. but on a typical day you will see the security guard but there is no keyed entry. folks say that people off the street can walk right in and according to witnesses, that's exactly what the gunman did this morning. >> i can't take no more. >> relatives gather outside of the home. the matriarch in the hospital after hearing sher son was shot and killed at work. she's lost a son, daughter and grandson to a fire and now this. >> her family has been through so much. i just can't believe this. >> the guy was a good man. he was a good man. he didn't deserve to die today. >> reporter: meanwhile a helicopter hovers overhead and a canine scoured before as police search for the shooter. a man who witnesse

to check out the survey that delia is talking about, go to wusa9.com. >>> friends and family members fans poured into a las vegas chapel today to remember tony curtis. the 85-year-old oscar nominee died in nevada last wednesday. he starred in such films as the defiant ones and some like it hot. his wife jill was one of those who honored him today. >>> a student committed suicide at rutgers after he was secretly videotaped having sex with another man. more than a thousand people turned out on the campus to honor 18-year-old tyler clemente. his roommate and another student used a webcam to record him and another man and they streamd it on the internet. >> i'm very angry at what they did. >> i think we share conviction -- firm conviction that everyone needs a safe environment. >> the promising violinist killed himself by jumping off the george washington bridge. his roommate and the other student are charged with invasion of privacy into tonight's consumer alert is welcome news for parn who's had to find alternatives to treat their children's colds and coughs. and popular over-the-count

. >> i'm delia outside of the penn branch dmv in southeast washington where folks are getting a free hiv test. >> while you're standing in line at the dmv, take an hiv test while you wait. >> i want to know my status. >> yearlong program is a win/win. not only is the test free. >> you get paid for getting tested. >> participates get money orders of up to $15 to help cover their dmv service. >> they inform you about how to prevent getting hiv. they ask you questions like, what do you do in order to protect yourself? they gave out condoms. >> i am hiv negative, thank you very much. >> it was a positive outcome for me and hope it will be for those who take the hiv testing as well. >> i'm lindsey in boston. five people were sent to the hospital. a woman was shoplifting and mace or pepper spray to get away. [ sirens ] >> police say it was just after noon when a store manager spotted a shoplifter. she was stealing shoes from a shoe store. crystal with arlington county police say the manager chased the woman into the main area. that is when the shoplifter sprayed a chemical irritant. >> it

my name is delia. i'm going to study business.going to be my own boss. >>> in tonight's health alert, cosmetic surgery with a profound purpose. many soldiers have come back from iraq and afghanistan with multiple disfiguring injuries. the military's team of doctors do a great job handling the major life changing operations but some vets could still use extra finesse to smooth out the battle scars. ryan signed up with the army to fight for his country. but like all too many, ended up fighting for his life. >> i'm back from an early morning patrol with my vehicle and it was struck by an explosive device which resulted in the amputation of my right arm and left leg. >> reporter: it would have been easy for this 29-year-old to shut down and give up. but there was his wife of six years. and now there are two children who love having daddy around. and then there are his fellow soldiers who were in the truck the day of the explosion. >> unfortunately two other guys in the truck with me didn't make it out. the knowledge that i've lost tho

those -- there's two sings i wrote about, one is one of the oldest blues songs ever written called delia. he sings that song and there's a line in the song which is about a murder and two teenage kids, a stupid murder in savannah in 1900, but he sings the line all the friends i ever had are gone and it breaks your heart. the other song is loan pill gram, the last song on the record, and it's a song that meant a lot to me so it comes back to me. it comes back to me only because my father was diagnosed and dying of cancer in 1964. this song meant a lot to me, and so i remembered it, and i still remember it for that, but also it makes dylan with forms of religious music that again people didn't always associate with. the lone pilgrim comes out of the most singers cred -- sacred of hymns ever written. some today all across the south, it's even sung in brooklyn and it's found in maine. this comes right out of that so-called fa-so-la tradition. he chose that one in part because he heard it on a dock watson record. in fact, i'm going to begin with that very fact. it is to all gone wrong, he too

delia is live. how many people were tested there today? >> believe it or not, they were here since this morning and 100 people got tested. not only are these tests free, you can get some money out of the deal. all in less time than it takes to watch your favorite tv show. while you're standing in line, take an hiv test while you wait. the yearlong program is a win/win. not only is the test free -- >> you get paid for getting tested. >> participates get money orders of up to $15 to help cover their dmv service. >> they inform you about preventing getting hiv and ask you questions like, what do you do in order to protect yourself? give out condoms. >> you chose not to take the test? >> why? >> because i don't have aids. i know i don't have aids. >> regardless whether or not you fit in the categories, everyone needs to test. >> the screenings are offered by the family and medical counseling service that tests up to 5,000 people every year. >> we are estimating 3% of residents to be positive. some estimates go as high as 5%. it's time for us t

we have travel journalist valerie delia with travelvalue.com. you just got back from london.to those of us planning trips or not planning trips because of what's in effect right now with the travel alerts, what was your experience there on assignment? >> i was there on assignment for two high-profile events. the queen elizabeth ocean liner was launched by the queen. and then the savoy hotel in london opened after three years. so i was somewhere where if there was going to be a terrorist attack, those would have been two likely places. so i had a bit of concern with myself, but when i checked with the principles involved, that i said there was security in place for those types of events, but not because of the american terror alert. they are always on a high alert in london. and you know that they have video cameras all over that city. so much so they can do a documentary on every one of our lives. >> what kind of precautions, if any, do they take? you did say there were concerns in the forefront of your mind? >> i am always looking around and seeing who is placing a bag down

that's where we find delia. >> it was a horrific accident and you can see just from looking at the front yard it was a pretty bad one. take a look. this traffic sign knocked over. come over here, another traffic sign was thrown, even a fire hydrant, the car then hit this tree. you can see where it's tore up pieces of the tree and careened and continued on to the front yard here. we're told the car went up in flames, stopped here. both women were ejected and they landed next to that brick wall. a beer bottle and a pack of smokes stands out in a front yard trashed with debris. the car lost control at the intersection of east-west highway and baltimore avenue demolishing several street signs taking down poles and knocking out a fire hydrant, all scattered in the front yard of this group home. a worker takesic churrs of the damage including a broken window. tony lives next door and heard the commotion just after 2:00 a.m. >> i'd say the screech lasted about three seconds followed by an intense banging. you could hear glass shattering and a crumpling noise. >> reporter: this is what the mangl

my name is delia. i'm going to study business. i'm going to be my own boss.tion's all-volunteer armed forces have made a commitment to protect us and our freedoms. many of them will return from the war on terror with missing limbs, severe burns, or traumatic brain injuries. back home, these soldiers will begin a new battle, the often difficult journey to get their lives back on track. the wounded warrior project was created to help and support these injured heroes through programs that deliver needed supplies to their hospital bedsides, and through services that bring together veterans who have faced similar injuries and issues, to support each other during their recovery. the wounded warrior project's motto is, "the greatest casualty is being forgotten." regardless of your position on the war, these brave men and women deserve our support. please consider the many ways that you could get involved. to learn more, call... or visit woundedwarriorproject.org. >>> the road ahead. nine years and still no end in sight for the war in afghanistan. >>> southwest storm

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