jose at the home of staff sergeant jonathan lewis, a flag flies for the fallen marine. childhood friends jayson morris drove to lewis' neighborhood to honor the man he knew since they were teenagers. came to pay respect. joce: lewis a communications operator was killed in a military training exercise. camp lee june where the accident happened an investigation in the cause. >> we will cast a widenet. >> but friends and family are going to the beginning to honor lewis. lewis' facebook says he graduated from faquier high school. his friends tell us it was in 2002. lewis had other plans before signing up to seven his country. >> in high school he wanted to be a neurologist. joce: but he chose a more noble path. laying down his life doing a job he loved. >> he was incredible man. joce sterman, abc7 news. kimberly: now another incredible young man. louisiana national guardsman that was killed in a helicopter crash last march will be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery tuesday. staff sergeant died when a blackhawk helicopter crashed off the coast of florida in a trainin

jonathan: lewis brown will serve as acting chief safety officer until a permanent replacement is found. happening in california, police are searching neighborhoods around the primitive city knowledge for the gunman who shot one person to death. two other person -- people were wounded. at least one of the victims was a student. this is a huge two-year community college just south of sacramento. they have an enrollment of about 23,000 units. after a pharmacy in montgomery county was robbed at gunpoint. watch this. clarksburg pharmacy on stringtown road. police say the thieves stole prescription drugs and ran off. u.s. parkand the place helicopter were called in to help the search, but the man disappeared. this humid weather is leaving us . before we feel cooler air, we may have to deal with rain and storms. how long will the storms stick around? steve: not that long. just during the day tomorrow. the holiday weekend, things get a lot brighter and cooler. a few showers around the capital beltway. tomorrow morning, sunglasses early in the day. umbrellas for the afternoon hours. a cold fron

jonathan lewis seen in the facebook photo seen in a training accident wednesday night at camp lejeune. the helicopter he was in made a hard landing and the accident is under investigation. lewis a 31-year-old marine was stationed in yorktown, virginia, the only person killed. 11 other marines were hurt in the accident. lewis' family put up a flag at the mailbox. paying tribute to childhood friend. jason morris drove by to pay his respects to a man who laid down his life for his country. >> that is one of the hardest realities. if someone is close to you, wow, it affects everybody. then you start thinking about all the other families that have lost throughout our country. >> lewis' facebook page say he graduated from faquier high school in 2002. his friends tell us he had big plans for his future. we will hear more about that coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00". joce sterman, abc7 news. jonathan: the camp lejeune community is hoping that two more service men hospitalized in the hard landing will pull through. they are in the hospital listed at critical condition. nine others were treated

staff sergeant jonathan lewis and the security team were doing road training when it went down. they were repelling from the helicopter into difficult terrain. sergeant lewis was from warrington, virginia. 11 other marines were hurt in that accident. >>> we are taking a closer look at what is causing ambulance shortages in the district. officials say people are abusing 911. they are calling for an ambulance when they really don't need one chblt the mayor's office tells news 4 the district has more than 46,000 low priority calls alone. a baby had to be taken to the hospital in a fire truck because the closest ambulance was seven miles away. >> all over the country, this is an issue. the use of 911, the abuse, in some respects of the 911 system that is really draining resources. >> 911 abuse isn't the only problem. d.c. is not fully deploying ambulances. six mornts ago, the mayor promised 49 ambulances on duty during the busiest shifts. yesterday and thursday, there were only 39. >>> we want you to see this video. a burning car. a man is inside there. a lot of us would see it and

jonathan lewis was part on an anti-terrorism security team and was taking part in a course when the chopper went down. 11 other marines were injured in the crash and two are still in the hospital. >>> republican party leaders are breathing a sigh of relief now that donald trump has promised party loyalty. tracie potts as a look at trump's pledge and hillary clinton's new troubles. >> i have signed the pledge. >> reporter: donald trump is doing exactly what the republican wanted, promising not to run as a third party candidate. >> i will be pledging my allegiance to the conservative party. >> this guy is not a conservative. >> reporter: his favorite target these days, jeb bush flipped to third in the latest poll. ben carson is now a solid second behind trump. fiorina is expected to debate the front runners this month is taking aim at hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton clearly does not understand accountability. the former chief of staff spent nine and a half hours answering lawmakers questions about bin gauze zi. >> he answered every single question. she was very thorough and transparent. >

landing that killed a marine from virginia could take weeks or months. 31-year-old staff sergeant jonathan lewis died at camp lejeune yesterday during a training exercise. he was from fauquier county and based in norfolk with an anti-terrorism security team. 11 other marines were also hurt in that hard landing. two are still in the hospital. >>> d.c. police are investigating a reported sex assault. a woman says she was forced into a vehicle at gunpoint along m street southwest on tuesday. she says she was driven to anacostia park in southeast and sexually assaulted. police are looking for a silver dodge ram pickup with temporary tags. >>> the district's second alleypalooza is under way across the city the program is a push to repair 64 alice in all eight wards. today's goal, repair cracks, potholes and other problems in eight city alleys. alleypalooza two is scheduled to last through early november. >>> serious talk today about making major changes to one of the area's most dangerous intersections. news4's derrick ward shows us the biggest concerns about m street and wisconsin avenue, the inters

virginia who was killed in that hard landing crash in camp lejeune. 31-year-old staff sergeant jonathan lewis died at camp lejeune yesterday during a training exercise. he was from fauquier county and based in norfolk with an anti-terrorism security team. he joined the marines in 2006, received the iraq campaign medal, among other awards. 11 other marines were also hurt in that hard landing. >>> n questions the response after a baby is rushed to the hospital in a fire truck. why gauk leaders say lo why d.c. leaders say low-priority crawls stretching them thin. >>> and the national zoo, a man climbs into the lion's den. but officials say it's >>> it's a widespread problem leading to an ambulance shortage here in the district. we told but a 5-month-old who died. emergency clues to take the baby to the hospital in a fire truck because the closest ambulance was seven miles away. news4's mark segraves says a high number of 911 calls for non-emergency situations are contributing to the problem. >> it's way out of control. something needs to be done about it. >> reporter: district officials are call

staff sergeant jonathan lewis was on a helicopter when it made a hard landing on wednesday night. lewis is from warrenton and in fauquier county. the marines say he had been part of an anti-terrorism fleet security team based in yorktown in the norfolk area. 11 other marines were hurt during that accident at camp lejeune. we are told the team was training to rappel from the future. >> we owe the family a thorough and comprehensive investigation and owe it to all the marines and families involved in this mishap. >> among the injured, two remain in the hospital. the rest have been leased. >>> police know hot driver is but still no charges this evening in a deadly the and run. a truck hit and killed debra bogart yesterday. we are told it had just come from a nearby construction site. this is on braddock road and commonwealth avenue in alexandria. the driver didn't stop. investigators trying to piece together what happened the homes before that collision. >>> the drone scare at the u.s. open and a teacher lancer serious lesson about safety. >>> and a deadly derailment. we are going to

. -- clarklark and lewis wrote his brother jonathan and asked him to publish this letter to jonathan which announced where they had been and all the marvelous things they had found and done so would get in the newspapers. it did, but they were dismayed to find out there was a whole l ot more attention about the spanish conspiracy which led into aaron burr, which was the third phase of the spanish conspiracy. i know it does not quite answer the question. >> what do you think about aaron burr and his involvement in the conspiracy? what is your conviction about his convictions? jo ann: he has come down through history at such a machiavelli individual who set this up. it was wilkinson. he kept recycling this modus operandi, having younger man and hist his -- implement schemes but i think aaron burr was one of them. >> ultimately, his judgment, you quoted at the beginning, wilkinson is the greatest of villains is really the truth. jo ann: yes. i am not trying to excuse burr because i -- yeah. sacrifice texas, maybe, for the louisiana, and start his own little empire. i think that idea cam

jonathan: kumbaya. thank you. feud turns violent. kimberly: kevin lewis exmain house a late night bonfire caused tensions to boil over. >> he thinks he can do whatever he wants to do. kevin: angela loathes her neighbor roy. on sunday, police say roy torched the belongings at the base of the driveway and frasier's father worries that the flame would spread to his home next door. angela: my dad asked him to not start enough fire after the police put it out and left. then he attacked him. i went around the corner, i found my dad laying in the driveway. kevin: terrified, frasier called 911 and roy allegedly said, "i will burn the entire woods down." >> i have lost count of how many police cars, they kept rolling in. kevin: according to the court documents once in handcuffs he told the officers he squeezed his neighbor's neck, heard a cracking noise and washed at his neighbor fell to the ground. paramedics took that man -- >> horror. kevin: her father to the hospital with cuts and bruises across his face. pfeiffer facing multiple felony charges. angela: i woul

jonathan: library of congress has a personal archive for comedian jerry lewis' career and it includes thousands of documents and recordings that chronicle his more than 70 years in comedy. he is 89 years old now and the comedian is scheduled to celebrate handing over all of his materials with a performance in culpeper, virginia, scheduled for october 9. that should be fun. this guy, you can't buy him love. but you could own collectibles from the beatles drummer ringo star. 800 items from he and his wife who is a supermodel, still beautiful, putting up for auction. including a drum seat used in 200 performances. a beatle backer that was owned by john lennon. that will set you back a pretty penny. it will be offered december 4 and 5 at the julian's auction house in beverly hills. alison: fans are going crazy for that. jonathan: no question. alison: wow. >> let's check on the traffic situation now. jamie sullivan standing by with some more details. how is it looking? jamie: it's been a rough one so far and it's just the start to the afternoon commute. first beginning with a fatal acciden

lewis, abc7 news. leon: thank you, ketch. go now to the abc7 news where we have breaking news coming in right now. jonathanas is monitoring that for us. what is going on? jonathan: a scary situation playing out right now in phoenix, arizona. this is from our sister station. this is a storage unit. there are explosions so far. we don't have injury reports but look how far back the ladder truck are shooting water on the tanks. there are other huge gas tanks sitting there. they are at risk of exploding as well. the employees have been evacuated. fire crews are not getting close but they see black smoke in phoenix area for miles. this is south of phoenix as a gas storage facility. we will keep an eye on it to let you know if there are new developments when this happens. that is loitest from the breaking news desk in the newsroom. jonathan elias. back to you. leon: thank you. new developments in case of a girlfriend convincing her boyfriend to commit suicide. some of text messages that michelle carter sent to her boyfriend they say she wrote, "you can't think about it. you just have to do it. you said you were

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