they include rookie police officer ashley guindon, who was killed by a gunman the day after she took the oath. today for the first time, some of her relatives are sharing their thoughts now about what this last year has been like for them. our bureau chief julie carey has their story. >> ashley marie guindon. >> reporter: mark and stephanie guindon here to represent ashley, who was shot and killed responding to a domestic violence call in february of 2016. >> we're all doing pretty well. ashley was a strong individual. ashley's mom has persevered through everything. >> reporter: but for ashley mom, the services still to painful. so mark and stephanie are here to listen to the tribute. >> she had a passion for life. she had a passion for says the outpouring of support from law enforcement and the community has helped with the grief. >> i think it's a huge community of love, the police officers and once they find out my last name and they knew that we were related, it's just this caring and outpouring of support. >> reporter: the guindons say they won't forget the strangers lining the

. >> ashley marie guindon. >> reporter: mark and stephanie guindon, here to represent a family who lost one of its m shot and killed responding to a domestic violence call in february of 2015. >> ashley was a strong individual. ashley's mom has persevered through everything. >> reporter: but for her mom, these services, still too painful. so mark and stephanie are here to listen to the tribute. >> she had a passion for life. she had a passion for everything she got involved with. >> reporter: the guindon family says the outpouring of support from law enforcement and the community has helped them cope with the grief. >> i think it's a huge community of love, the police officers, and once they find out my last name, and they knew that we were related, it's just this caring and outpouring of support. >> reporter: like other relatives of fallen officers here today, the guindons hope ashley is remembered for her life, not her tragic >> everything she did was all about service. her life is remembered about serving others. >> reporter: and the family's personal tribute continues as aunt stepha

, the mother and aunt of officer ashley guindon who was killed on her first day on the job for the princepolice department, the more than 200-mile ride was a personal one. >> and i think the training has been incredibly therapeutic and for -- for her mom, for sharon -- >> yeah, >> and it helped her develop strength and really move out of our comfort zone. >> reporter: sharon guindon has remained mostly out of the public eye since losing her daughter but on this occasion nearly 15 months after her daughter's life was taken sharon guindon came back to virginia and pedaled her way to d.c. for this reason. >> family, i mean, we have -- sharon has an extended family that goes beyond just us, me and her immediate family. she has a huge family behind her that has had her back literally so that's what it means. it's love and family. >> reporter: and they say the thing that's helped them through these tough times is all of the support they've gotten from the law enforcement and virginia area community. reporeporting in alexandria limon. >> get ready for big changes if you take metro. the agency an

officer ashley guindon was shot and killed her first day on the job. this morning, we're hearing from one of the police officers with letter that day. this is a story you'll eonly on news4. >> you know, she was part of the police family, you know, it still affects everybody, whether you knew them or not. because it's a police officer. definitely something i think about every day. officer jesse hempen is now back at work. as you just heard from him, he's still thinking about that day in february. he and i didn't understanden and dave mccullen were all shot responding to a deadly domestic call. after all that happened, hempen said he still loves being a police officer. >> it's -- i mean, it's my career. i've wanted to do this for a long time. i like this job, i wasn't letting something like this stop me from doing it. >> tap holding a golf tournament next week to honor officer guindon. >>> new numbers show metro isn't very good at being on time. blue line riders have an on time rate of 45% back in march. not nudge better on the yellow line. 53%. green li

officer guindon was dedicated to serving our nation.d today our thoughts are with her and her incredible mother, sharon. thank you, sharon. [applause] i also had the privilege to meet at the white house just a little while ago with representatives from the phoenix police department. new jersey state troopers and they county sheriff's department who are mourning the deaths of straight -- state trooper frankie williams and kerry wentworth. i had the chance to spend time with officers beautiful families , his wife and his 6-year-old son michael who has my hat and he is now with us. please stand up. great people. [applause] kristen and micah i know your beloved husband and father are looking down on you right now from heaven and he is so proud of you both. thank you very much. we also remember those incredible heroes who were so cruelly targeted at an execution in dallas texas rushing into a hail of gunfire never to return. dallas police sergeant michael smith was a 27 year veteran of the dallas police. he was decorated, a law enforcement o

every day knowing he is home with the lord. >> that was jacai colson and before that were ashley guindon'sparents. i had the honor to be the emcee today. this is a movie, powerful event. the departments all come together to support the families. a lot of other survivors two may have lost a relative in 1990's or the 198 o's. they come back to be there for the families. >> they have been there and they know. sacrifice, we are thankful but the pain that the families go too as well. alison: we are grateful for them. larry: outrage after a teen accused of bringing an assault shocking video. three-way tug-of-war. how it unfolded. man arrested for refrigerator raid ahead at "abc7 news at 6:00". alison: tonight at 11:00, the "7 on your side" i-team taking a closer look at the local politicians compensation packages. >> good evening. >> local governments across the nation have problem with the tax dollars. they never seem to have enough. balancing the budget has become a real challenge. with that in mind, "7 on your side" went digging in the salary and the perks. >> i rov my job. i don't do it for

ashley guindon. from prince george's county,, and from hartford county, maryland. all five will be rendered here in what is sure to be an emotional ceremony. there are a number of roads shut down to accommodate this ceremony. indiana in the fifth and he streets are a 3:00. to the weather, it has been a roller coaster ride. doug hill is here with a look at the forecast. doug: for the next several days it will stay on the cool side. if you are longing for warmer days, that will show up in our longer-range forecast. a spectacular view from maryland. 55 degrees. this is the average noon temperature. there asul day out well. it is widespread from the entire viewing area. with the strength of this strong son of that will boost us up several more degrees. 60 and mornington, 55 in leesburg and 60 degrees at reagan international airport. zero threat of rain, somewhere in a 61 and 62 for the metro area for this afternoon. a much different story, a very chilly start. there will be spots farther west in the valley areas where it may briefly get close to 32. tomorrow we will pu

prince william county officer ashley guindon who was killed responding to a domestic violence call was honored. harford county deputies marked the loss of patrick daly, who shot and killed by suspect at a restaurant in february 2016. and colson died in a friendly fire incident during a at a prince george george's county police station in march 2016. in arlington county police corporal died in january 2016 while working the recovery efforts of the pentagon during 9/11. all had their names dedicated tonight. richard reeve is live with that. rich? richard: d.c. police are still blocking some of the streets for this huge event. what an amazing site, thousands of candles to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. ♪ richard: the dallas police acquire opened the solemn event, 30,000 people and thousands of candles to honor the fallen. the names of 394 officers who lost their lives are being formerly dedicated. -- formally dedicated. 143 2016. the rest are historical cases whose names are being added now. the spouses of the followed were escorted income is carrying a single red rose. in t

arlington county corporal harvey snook, prince george's county corporal jacai colson officer ashley guindonrt of national police week. jonathan: ahead for us at 6:00. caught on video. putting the fight in firefighters. the trial is about to get started over a turf war outside burning home. michelle: up next a kangaroo attacks a little girl caught on camera. but the brave little girl says she is glad for one thi michelle: happening now d.c. firefighters rescue ducklings. this is video from moments ago on 12th an main avenue. you can see ducklings are free now. live picture. showing where they are brought -- we don't have the live picture but we have a crew there and they are allowing the ducks to go to safety to be out of the way for the evening rush. jonathan: well, frightening images from outside philadelphia. you see the bus. look closely. see the wiies? the phone pole fell on it. it covered the crash school bus. no students were on board. that is the good the driver was not hurt but it did knock out power to a nearby middle school for some time. michelle: this is from alabama. this start

including prince george's county detective "jacai colson" and prince william county officer "ashley guindonnt is part of national police week. happening today.. the latest legal showdown over president trump's travel ban, lands in a seattle courtroom this morning. the revisded executive order targets from six predominately muslim countries. the key issue before the three judge panel today is whether the president's comments before he took office about this type of ban are legal grounds to rule his order unconstitutional. days after president trump suggested the possibility of recording devices in the white house... lawmakers in both parties say any conversations with the now-fired f-b-i director... need to be given to congress. virginia senator and vice-chair of the senate intelligence committee, mark warner, said he'd "love" for comey to testify in a public hearing. comey was leading the f-b-i's investigation into russian interference in last year's election and possible collusion with the trump campaign before he was fired. coming up a six - the parents of a teen killed at a penn state fr

prince william country police officer ashley guindon and hartford county mark daily and patrick longtonarvey snook. >> we should all take comfort in anything we are strong people and we're a stronger region and stronger nation because of the heroism displayed by these officers their unfavoring dedication to the communities and work they did to serve children and schools across the entire nation and sacrifices they make to our nation's families are gifts and gifts that we are so appreciative of each and every day. >> today's service coincided with start of national police week. >> coming up on memorial day weekend and kickoff to the summer travel season the chesapeake pahyje bay bridge. and emergency equipment on the span but it's just a drim. just training. these exercises are expected to continue through thursday. >> coming up at 5 historically black colleges and university president trump questioning funding for those schools is unconstitutional. fitz. >> jim sally yates former acting -- mike mrin opened h himself up to black male and it might spell good news for the trump administrat

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