that shocked the commune i it was march 8, 2014 a man posing as a customer raises a gun and shoots kelly wood twice in the head. he flees with the medication cabinet. kelly calls 911 before she collapses. now, 16 long months later, the news kelly wood awaited, an indictment from a special grand jury. >> sheriff here i'm very relieved that we have made progress in this case. >> reporter: 33-year-old derek sprouse is already in jail in north carolina where he was arrested for another more recent armed robbery. here's what i learned about him in spotsylvania court records, two years ago, he pleaded guilty to abusing his stepdaughter but only served six months in jail. investigators say they can't reveal how they linked spouse to the fast mart shooting. the sheriff says the atf and fbi helped with the top-priority case. >> my staff and i have discussed this case every day. we have a couple detectives here that never give up and they have followed every lead. >> reporter: this fast mart customer who knows kelly, was happy to get the good news about an indictment. >> i think it's great. if it's him

miraculously, diane kelly wood survived the attack. >> she is in constant pain on a daily basis. >> kelly wood seen with her husband a few months ago tells abc7 my family is very happy. the police and the investigators have a suspect in custody. we would like to thank the police and the investigators involved in this case. for their hard work. >> a caring person, devoted to her family. >> when curtis heard of the arrest relief. >> that is great. >> universities would not give details about the evidence they have against derek sprouse saying it's the information that will come out in legal proceedings. sprouse is expected to be brought back to face charges soon. >> d.c. police are releasing information about a purse snatching. this happened 12:30 on july 1. between 15th street and pennsylvania avenue. a woman was you can walking down the street when she noticed a man running. the second man came up from behind her and grabbed her purse. both thieves left in a white car. jonathan: there is a big change coming to the district fast. fight against synthetic drugs. muriel bowser signed legislat

a good thing. >> reporter: kelly wood and her husband said in a statement -- . kelly wood still experiences daily pain from her injuries but she is back working only not at this fast mart helping to support her family. in spotsylvania, julie carey news4. >>> former virginia governor bob mcdonnell is reviewing his legal options tonight after a major defeat in court a federal court today rejected all of mcdonnell's arguments for an appeal on his public corruption convictions. we went through the 90 pages of the ruling and it was bad news for the former governor, all of it. mcdonnell was sentenced to two years in prison after he was found guilty for doing favors for a former ceo in exchange for gifts and loans. >>> now to the weather. the sun is out, folks, but changes are coming overnight. and it could affect your weekend. let's go straight to doug in storm center four. doug? >> plenty of sunshine out there now, really a beautiful day but overnight, we are going to see the rain move in. look at the radar. one thing that we do see, nothing around our immediate regi

when kelly wood turned her back, police say sprouse shot her in the head. he then stole a locked box full of ephedrine. police say when he realized kelly was still alive, he shot her again in the face as he ran out the door. kelly was able to call 911 before collapsing. >> is in a case you get up in the morning and -- this is a case you get up in the morning and get your shower and think about this case driving to work. what happened to this lady and her family was a horrendous act, that it's just one of those things that in law enforcement that never goes away. >> she's incredibly strong. i couldn't ask for a better daughter-in-law. she's just got such a great heart and, you know, she doesn't let anything get her down. >> reporter: kelly has gone through multiple surgeries in the last 14 months. she's back at work, not at the fas mart but in retail. sprouse meanwhile faces multiple felony charges including malicious wounding. in spotsylvania county surae chinn, wusa9. >> sprouse had been in a north carolina jail for a separate incident. he will be extradit

person the clerk kelly wood seen her with her husband a few months ago turned around sprouse allegedly shot her in the back of the head and grabbed a locked cabinet with ephedrine. he then shot her in the face. she survived and was able to call 911. after more than a hundred tips and interviews and countless hours of work, investigators identified derek sprouse as the suspect. >> people were very concerned with the heinous crime. they wanted results. >> i'm glad they found the person that did this to her. i hope she get what is she is looking for. jeff: derek sprouse is in jail in north carolina awaiting trial for a separate convenience store robbery in that state. he is expected to be brought back to virginia at some point soon. meanwhile, kelly wood is expressing a great deal of relief after the charges have finally been brought. more on what she is saying today coming up at 5:00. in spotsylvania county jeff goldberg, abc7 news. kimberly: incredible. thank you jeff. right now two people are recovering after an accident at the national zoo. police say the victims suffered minor injuri

he shot kelly wood twice in the head and stole a cabinet full of medication. survived the shooting. >>> also a mother of two missing germantown children will appear in court. katherine hoggle has a hearing on child neglect charges an police say he wasshe was the last person to see them. hoggle refuses to say where they are. montgomery county police are pursuing a homicide case against hoggle. >>> synthetic drugs are being linked to the surge in crime in the district. police fear it's the problem if not under control, it could set the city back decades. today, d.c. officials are going after the businesses that sell the drugs. news4's megan mcgrath is here to explain how this works. megan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning aaron. it is a disturbing trend and later this morning mayor muriel bowser is going to sign emergency legislation giving police greater power to crack down on businesses that sell illegal synthetic drugs. now, police say that 18-year-old jasper spires was high on synthetic marijuana when he stabbed kevin sutherland to death on a me

rch, a man walked into the fast mart store and he shot clerk kelly wood twice and stole a cabinet full of medication. wood survived that shooting. >>> also this morning the mother of two missing germantown children will appear in court. catherine hoggle said she was the last person to see the two. hoggle refuses to say where they are, and montgomery county police are pursuing a homicide case against hoggle. >>> new against the orthodox rabbi who admitted to secretly recording women. the attorney says his client was wrongly sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. the lawyer said freundel should have only been sentenced once, instead he was sentenced to 45 days for each victim. freundel will be back in court for a hearing on the sentencing issue. >>> coming up on 4:31. we are right there at the weekend. it will be pretty decent. >> i like this. welcome change. storm team 4 meteorologist tom tier tier with weather and traffic on the 1s. good morning. >> good morning. you may have noticed when you stepped out to walk the dog or a morning run it's less humid. live view from the storm team 4 cam

we learned today derrick sprouse was indicted by a grand jury for the shooting of kelly wood at a fastmart store down in spotsylvania in march of 2014. cameras caught the attack. woods survived his fight, getting shot in the head. sprouse is in jail in north carolina on an unrelated charge. >>> last night we told you about new stronger warning labels on some very common medications. they're on drugs called nsaids like advil aleve and motrin and some arthritis meds. the fda says there is a higherest risk for heart attack or stroke with these painkillers. today dr. alan taylor joined us to talk about when you should take the drugs and what kinds of risks you might face. >> you're always best getting away with the shortest treatment at the lowest strength. nabi the naproxen, the aleve. for the individual person the risk is very small. particularly if there is no heart disease or heart factors. if you're going to need long-term treatment or high dose treatment, that's the time to pause, talk with your doctor and make sure they're the right medicines for you. >> dr. taylor says the new warning

he shot kelly wood the clerk twice in the head and stole a cabinet full of medication. she survived the shooting. >>> the mother of two missing germantown woman will appear in court. catherine hoggle has a hearing on child neglect charges. she was the last one to see the two kids. they went missing in seventh and she refuses to say where they are. investigators are pursuing a homicide case against hoggle. >>> 5:05. the orthodox rabbi admitted to secretly recording women. the lawyer says freundel should have only been sentenced once for all of the recordings. instead the judge sentenced him to 45 days for each victim. freundel will be back in court later this month for a hearing on the sentencing issue. >>> a developing story this morning. one in every 50 americans is affected by the hack at the office of personnel management. the hackers obtained sensitive information of 21.5 million people. this applies to spouses, children neighbors even roommates of people who went through background checks. hackers had access to the information for over a year as well. coming up nbc

clerk kelly wood somehow survived her injuries doing her first interview with news4 after she left the hospital. today she learned a spotsylvania county man, 33-year-old derek sprouse has been indicted by a grand jury for the crime. he is already jailed in north carolina for another armed robbery. >> it is one of those cases that you think about every day and my staff and i have discussed this case every day. we have a couple of detectives here that never give up and they have followed every lead. >> reporter: it is not the first time derek spruce has had a run-in with the law in spotsylvania county. on news4 at 5:00, the other person he is accused of hurting. in spotsylvania, julie carey, news4. >>> the mother of two missing germantown children is not competent to stand trial. police say katherine hoggle was the last person to see 4-year-old sarah and 2-year-old jacob. the two disappeared last year and hoggle has refused to say where sher. she will be back in court in september. >>> former virginia governor bob mcdonnell says he may continue his legal fight after that major setback fo

in the same neck of the woods had a bunch more milling work, kelly drive, watch out for rough ride as you head out on this thursday morning. >> breaking news this morning looks like the confederate flag is coming down in south carolina. the house voted overnight to remove it from the state house. the bill needs the governor's signature, the flag could come down within days. >> reporter: good morning, eva the house proved the state senate bill by well over the necessary two-thirds margin sending it to the governor's desk. state lawmakers voted to take it down, after a marathon, emotionally charged debate. >> i cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful, such as take a symbol of hate of these grounds on friday. >> a stronger than expected show of support in the house after heated debate filled from the capitol building to the streets. the state senate taking down the flag over the southern verdicts. >> they have taken people who respect their southern heritage andic kick them in the teeth. >> but heavy oh, therein -- but heavy on lawmakers' hear

woods. he's got a response. plus where does chip kelly fall a list of influential people in the nfl.e have the answer coming up in >> phillies continue all star break until friday. they'll welcome the marlins to town and if you're hoping the team makes a move expect the trade rumors to intensify over the next few days with jonathan papelbon and cole hamels deadline just 16 days away. it's the sixers and nets vegas summer league you got grumpy joel embiid making an appearance there. feel for that guy. down by 18 in the game. the sixers make a game late. air pierre can fly. then off the miss vince hunter puts one down. gets the sixers to within three. but it was not enough the successful to brooklyn 75-68. >>> the open championship begins tomorrow at historic saint andrews. 21-year-old jordan speith having won the masters and u.s. open already this year. he's been tearing up the tour leading tiger woods compare sons. speith says not so fast. >> i think the parallels that are drown between me and tiger are unfair. even that's not something that in my mind is necessary. i think that's so

carly woods scored on a penalty kick in the 69th minute. kelli'hara added another goal in the game for goalkeeper han solo. the u.s. will play all against the winner of tonight's england, japan game. coming up, one of last night carly lloyd will be joining maria bartiromo on "mornings with maria." another reason to not miss the show. and baseball, late night love for the yankees. beating them two to one for their four straight big rig. author pools had his american league-leading 24th and also his 13th for the month. two upsets on the women's side. the highest player so far movie the 106 -ranked player. lots of upsets in the world of tennis lately. eugenia becher was runner-up last year fell in the opening round to a qualifier and on the men's side, all advanced in straight sets. coming up this wednesday morning, president obama set to announce the next step in restoring full diplomatic relations with cuba. we will have the latest on that story for you. looks like the future is how faith and fingerprints scans are replacing passwords. checking u.

kelly shows us. >> years and years people have been building basements. >> reporter: and steve peterson is one of those builders. he owns custom homes of wood side and says building a basement instead of a second floor is more inline with wood side's country charm. >> it allows people to have a larger home without visually influencing the character of the rural neighborhood. >> these are great things but you have to think about not today, but tomorrow. >> reporter: but other ins wood side say some basements have gotten out of control. applications to build down have grown and so has the square footage. some basements are mansions in their own rights. one at 17,000 square feet. but environmental architect sandra adams says it won't hurt the environment. they are better than building up. >> basements do not use more energy. they do not consume more energy than regular buildings. for the long term. >> reporter: adams says other concerns like digging a basement too close to the water table can be avoided. woodshed has not taken a fresh look at its basement rules for 20 years. >> i'm all for maintaining that ordnance. >> reporter: in woodside, m

andrews, all eyes on jordan spieth in the hot pursuit of the grand slam and tiger woods struggling on the course again. we have kelly cobiella at the course in scotland. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. this is what a scottish summer looks like. 40-mile-an-hour gusts. winds so strong that on the 18th green over my shoulder balls will be blown out of position. they had to suspend supplyplay. when it starts up again, an american has a real shot at a record. it was once upon a time, tiger woods, but not today. for tiger woods, it went from bad. >> and he is in the berm. >> to very bad and never got better. >> now a bogey. >> this fight. >> reporter: the former world number one used to smash records on this his favorite course. >> fore! >> reporter: today, he's at the bottom of the pack and could be going home early. >> this is a new and different tiger woods. i'm not so sure better. >> reporter: woods is one of two golfers to ever win three majors in a calendar year. >> jordan spieth's tee hot. >> reporter: this man, 21-year-old jordan spieth may be on the verge of joining that exclusive club.

planning and ask kelly that was the first person that helped us can we move the door and shrink the deck down she said absolutely not don't touch those windows their original with wood frame and impacts the neighborhood we're in dmrieps with that aspect we've doing every thing we can to appease them it is not sufficient i want to pout your house is surrounded by 8 houses 7 of them have decks that look at our how is it not out of scope not strange to the area pictures in there i can show you additional pictures of the properties but it is completely within what the area looks like i'll show you some - >> this is a plat map so this is us those houses surrendered us deck, deck, deck this is the neighbor those - this is the neighbor who's letter he's refer to his front house has a deck and the rear house has a deck in the outer of scope completely within the context of the architecture of the neighborhood and kelly wong who preservation agrees that that i object to show you pictures of the neighbors decks he have those as well in terms of outreach as i said we had plenty of the outreach and chat with the neighbors you have all those e-mails inside of our briefs we've go

wood park, police think the shots came from outside the park probably by someone celebrating the fourth. she in stable condition. >> into between in trouble accused of ruining fourth of july fun. kellyd 39 year old larry hall, were stealing things from people's bags at the beach on saturday. police say they found hall with 500 bucks and cell phone take friend someone's bag. >>> the philadelphia couple also facing child endangerment charges because their three kids were with them at the beach. the children are now with a relative. >> woman with special needs getting quite the honor today in front of dozens of her closest friends, and family. courtney smiley has developmental disability has been helping set tables at the cats jewish community center in cherry hill for ten years. she started volunteering through a job program now does it all on her own with the help of her uncle. today she was recognized for her decades of hard work. courtney help set tables for 90 seniors three days a week at the sent end and happy to be orthopedics or for her great work. >> next one with a whopper. actually 600 pawn surgeon jen. nine year old keying and fishing in canada with his dad last week. that'

planning and ask kelly that was the first person that helped us can we move the door and shrink the deck down she said absolutely not don't touch those windows their original with wood frame and impacts the neighborhood we're in dmrieps with that aspect we've doing every thing we can to appease them it is not sufficient i want to pout your house is surrounded by 8 houses 7 of them have decks that look at our how is it not out of scope not strange to the area pictures in there i can show you additional pictures of the properties but it is completely within what the area looks like i'll show you some - >> this is a plat map so this is us those houses surrendered us deck, deck, deck this is the neighbor those - this is the neighbor who's letter he's refer to his front house has a deck and the rear house has a deck in the outer of scope completely within the context of the architecture of the neighborhood and kelly wong who preservation agrees that that i object to show you pictures of the neighbors decks he have those as well in terms of outreach as i said we had plenty of the outreach and chat with the neighbors you have all those e-mails inside of our briefs we've go