they found a pellet gun in his car along with a small amount of marijuana and several narcotic pain pills. one person was seriously injured in an accident near the key bridge in arlington earlier this morning, the victim was thrown from the car when a car crashed at ft. myer highway. he's listed in critical condition with life threatening injuries at george washington hospital and he's identified as a 26-year-oldington man. the cause of the crash is under investigation. up next on abc 7 news at 6:00 -- >> why you're going to need to pay more of this to see this on certain days if you want to go to nats park. we'll explain and tell you what the fans think coming up in a minute. leon: plus winds of change in the air tonight. doug has to break down when the rain arrives and how long it will stay in a few minutes. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports why the wiz think they can eliminate a team they haven't beaten all season and the caps try to take a load off after a rough day at the office. that and more as abc 7 news at leon: senate finance committee hearings typically aren't a la

one was a pellet gun. the other was an authentic firearm. at the very bottom of the hill is struck and killed ms. -- and then continued. the officers continued to chase. is this christian knows, our pursuit policy is very restrictive. we are only allowed to pursue violent felon and or somebody who cannot chase them because of greater danger to the public. we are prohibited from chasing nonviolent felons property criminals misdemeanors or traffic violators. so in this instance, we had armed robbers engaged in armed robbery and then after hitting this this platter with homicide suspect. the vehicle was abandoned on treasure island. we have several leads and were hopeful that will catch those responsible for ms. --. i spoke to mr. parker's crackers father back in north carolina on saturday morning. he obviously is heartbroken father. desperately wants us to get those responsible into custody to about doing that. we also had -- there are several things going on in the police department with regard to the community and get a community day at miss

a lady was shot multiple times with a pellet gun. lady was made to strip. turned out not so good. my mom passed two months before i came -- before i got locked up. i basically just -- i was -- i didn't care. i was wild. just one of those nights that we was drunk. and we just -- >> new arrivals, like knight, are housed in "g" unit. a lock-down dormitory where they will stay for at least a few days until they complete orientation and can be assigned a bed in general population. in the meantime, they have little to do other than to think. >> i try to keep anything negative out of my head, because i don't like to stress too much over things. because i don't want it to tear me up. it's big. facing 70 years. >> can you get mr. knight for me? he's 18 years old. he's been in trouble with the law since he's 14. he ain't been outside much, out of a secured facility much, since 14 years old. we'll work with him and tell him, you know, what his needs are and what we think he needs to work with. how you doing this morning? >> okay. >> you adjusting well? >> yep. >> you're in gr51 orientation.

rice wouldn't drop a weapon that turned out to be a pellet gun.." >> inmates in pendleton juvenile correction facility participate in a five-step program of rehabilitation. then they have to prove to the committee they have ready to be released. today, the burden falls on andrew huff. >> was it an apartment you burned down? >> in the arson, yes. >> what about all the people that were impacted by that? >> it was an apartment. >> it was an abandoned building? what about the place that you burglarized? how do you think it made him feel for you to go in and burglarize his place of business? >> probably upset him. and probably made him mad. >> what about the three people you threatened to hurt? kill, was it? who were they? >> one was my ex, one was my brother's ex, and one was my cousin's ex. >> do you think they were impacted by that at all? >> i don't know. i know one of them was. >> how were they impacted? >> upset, scared, worried. >> how do you feel about that? >> i feel bad for what i done. but, i know i can't change it, so -- but, i think that i

. >> the gun that his in the beginning, that was just a pellet gun. the knife is actually a wizard knife. i did buy it at a flea market like 15 years ago. the shotgun an air soft shotgun. it's compressed air that shoots a plastic pellet. >> jeff uses an intrickal method to create the -- intricate method to create the ceiling debris. it's done with a tv antenna and paper towels. >> i take the paper towel here, and his bit and peas of paper towel -- bits and pieces of paper towel on top. when i shot the shotgun, it hit the paper towel, and the pieces fell down. >> the makeshift special effect has a few kinks. [ bleep ] >> i would shoot it, and nothing would come down. shoot. nothing. [ bleep ] >> he perfects the system, and it's time to roll on the action. >> ah. that's how you do it. everything was improvised. it took four or five takes to get it right. >> after about an hour of shooting, jess nails the performance. he adds some finishing touches and, at. >> i did the muzzle flash. i put that in. the smoke, that's all fake. and sound effects for the gu

year-old. 12-year-old boy name the ta mir rights had been playing with realistic looking air soft pellet gun. within a blink of pulling up to him, less than three seconds one of the officers responding to the call shot and killed that 12-year-old boy. that was in november. nobody has been charged in rice's killing in cleveland. in february it was suburban madison, alabama when police stopped is your roesch bay patel after somebody reported a stranger walking through the neighborhood somebody they didn't recognize. patel was a grandfather who was in the neighborhood visiting his family. one of the officers slammed him to the ground so brutally it left him paralyzed. that officer was charged with third degree assault and felony civil rights abuse. that same month it, police in pass ca washington shot an unarmed man throwing rocks at them. seemed to be having an episode. they shot the man antonio 17 times as he ran away from them and the man died. nobody has been charged in that incident. last month in inkster, michigan floyd denton came forward to say he had been pulled over and badly beaten b

he had been playing with a realistic looking pellet gun. within a blink of pulling up to him, one of the officers responding to that call shot and killed that 12-year-old boy. no one has been charged in tamir rice's killing. in february it was suburban madison, alabama when somebody reported a stranger walking through the neighbor. patel was a grandfather in the neighborhood visiting his family. one of the officers slammed him to the ground so brutally it left him paralyzed. that officer was charged with third degree assault and felony civil rights abuse. a man was shot who had been throwing rocks at him. seemed to be having some sort of episode. they shot the man, 17 times, as he ran away from them. nobody's been charged in that incident. last month, in michigan there was a man named floyd dent who said he was pulled over and badly beaten by police and left with a fractured eye sokt and broken ribs. in that inkster case the charge against mr. dent was erased. we got video of the officers appearing to spray floyd dent's blood off their clot

park about a 12 year old, a 12 year old boy named tamir rice had been playing with a real-looking pellet gun. within less than three seconds, one of the officering responding to the call shot and killed that boy. no one has been arrested in his killing. in february it was suburban madison, alabama when police stopped a man after somebody reported a stranger walking through the neighborhood that they didn't recognize. patel was visiting his family. one of the officers slammed him to the ground so hard it left him paralyzed. the same month, it was police in pasco, washington who arrested a man who was throwing rocks at him. they shot the man. 17 times. as he ran away from them, and the man died. nobody has been charged in that incident. in michigan a man came forward and said he'd been pulled over and badly beaten by police. he was left with a fractured eye sokts and broken ribs. it happened in february but it has been playing since then. a charge against mr. dent was erased. just today we got video of police appearing to spray dent's blood off their clothes, celebrating how well the arrest we

he would not drop a weapon that turned out to be a pellet gun. >>> now back to "caught on camera." >>iminals with deadly weapons are the greatest danger police officers face on the beat. but traffic incidents can be as dangerous, if not more so. in our next story, officers on highway patrol find themselves in harm's way. >> come on, hurry! hurry, hurry! come on, come on, let's go! >> on an icy interstate, a car is crushed between the police vehicle and a careening tractor trailer. >> i thought for sure the driver of that car would have been seriously injured, if not killed. >> february 13th, 2007. officers douglas eagler and bill allen report for duty at the erlanger, kentucky police department. at 7:00 p.m., the night is already wet and icy. >> when we started our shift, we had to use our flashlights to knock the ice off our overhead light bar. so we knew we were in for probably a long night. >> bad weather for drivers means hard and dangerous work for policemen on patrol. as the officers head north up interstate 75, they're almost immediately dispatched to the scene of an accident.

responded to a call in a local park. 12-year-old tamir rice had been playing with a realistic looking pellet gun. within a blink of pulling up to him in that park one of the officers shot and killed that 12-year-old kid. that was in november. no one has been charged in the killing. in february with police in madison, alabama, somebody reported a stranger walking through the neighborhood. mr. patell was a grandfather. one of the officers slammed him to the ground so far, it left him paralyzed. that officer was charged with felony civil rights abuse. that same month, police in washington shot an unarmed man who had been throwing rocks at him. they shot him 17 times as he ran away from him. 17 times. he was killed. no one has been charged. last month in inkster, michigan floyd dent came forward to say he had been pulled over and beaten by police. he was left with a fractured eye socket and broken ribs. it all happened to him in january, but the tape of his beating has been playing on a loop in the detroit area since it surfaced a few weeks ago. last week, one of the officers was charged with mistre

turned out it was a pellet gun. >> may i see your license, please. >> get out of the car, get out ofoper shot and wounded a man for reaching for his license. >> why did you shoot me? i just got my license. you said get my license. wednesday mayor keith summey announce all north charleston police will soon be fitted with body cameras. >> body cameras are absolutely necessary, not just in south carolina and nationwide because you can expect to be treated better by someone that is wearing a microphone and wearing a camera at the same time. >> reporter: other police departments have done the same. seattle pd even posts their videos to youtube. >> where my head goes the camera goes basically. >> reporter: as we get more and more video what do you think that will mean moving forward? >> what it will mean is better treatment for minorities better treatment for our population that is so underserved by the police and better treatment for people like in this case that feel like the police simply aren't there to protect them. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: with the advance of technology, a hope for

turns out he had a pellet gun. >> he got a gun, get out of the car.ne also in south carolina where a straight trooper shot and wounded a man for reaching for his license. >> why did you shoot me? i just got my license. you said get my license. >> reporter: soon all north carolina police will be out with body cameras. >> body cameras are absolutely necessary, not just in south carolina but nationwide you can expect to be treated better. >> reporter: other police departments have done the same. seattle pd even posts their videos to youtube. >> and my head goes the camera goes basically. >> when we get more and more video, what do you think that will mean going forward? >> i think better treatment for our minorities and our population so deserved by the police. better for people that feel like the police simply aren't there to protect them. >> reporter: with the advance in technology a hope nor more accountability and transparency. we heard from the white house yesterday, white house press secretary josh ernest saying president obama has seen the video o

the poor dog was shot with a bee bee gun and some paint ball pellets. that dog, once it gets a bath it's already got the cute little hair cut. >> six hours during the day trying to rescue the dog. he doesn't trust people. however, a woman in the neighborhood had been putting food out every night for this dog so the dog returned to her porch to get fed. the folks bought the plan. they were going to use the porch as a way to capture this dog. as they would have it he did show up. they were more interested in a dog walking through the neighborhood. he goes up to meet the dog. he said can you walk your dog on this porch and the dog owner abliejs so that the dog is trapped now on the porch and it takes them a while to get close to the dog. >> the other dog is like wait a minute i thought it was a date. we're going to jail. >> this poor dog is growling at them. he does end up letting them pet him. they have to take him to a vet and make sure he's okay. look at the guy's x-raies. you can see a bee bee lodged about two inches from his heart. so heart breaking t

they used pepper pellets fired by special guns.intersection of pennsylvania and north, it did seem to work. after this brief confrontation, the people went home. you can see what the street looks like a few hours later. and the curfew mostly silent up until now when the city is really waking up. joining me here in front of city hall athena jones who has been in baltimore the last several days. athena there were a few arrests, that one confrontation that we saw that did have moments of intensity, but by and large, officials are happy with what happened here. >> that's right, brief moments of intensity. it's a far cry from what happened monday afternoon into monday night when we saw so much violence and a dangerous situation frankly. the police commissioner believes this curfew was a success. let's listen to what had had to say. >> after curfew went up we've had about ten total arrests. getting reports from the organization that we do not have a lost activity or movement out there the city as a whole. so the curfew is in fact working

guns and air rifles but they're shooting pellets into windows and cars and neighbors in the area are scared. they're afraid somebody could get more seriously hurt. >> these kids are out playing like teenage boys do not considering damage they could cause and the fright that they're giving people is that what's happening? >> according to police they are targeting the neighborhood. they're not just playing around being a bunch of kids. >> they need to find something they can do together in a group that isn't damaging to other people's properties and isn't terrifying to the neighbors. >>> if this isn't on your bucket list it needs to be added right away. >> no way! way off my bucket list. >> jellyfish lake right. >> exactly right. >> i don't care. >> this is peter, 46 years old from berlin germany. this was a bucket list item i believe, for him, and also for his wife suzanna, who can be seen swimming through this wall of golden jellyfish, and don't be afraid these do have the stinger cells but they aren't powerful enough to actually harm a human. some people say you can feel something o

the police also used pepper pellets that they have from special guns.e demonstrators, though they did clear out fairly quickly. and this quiet settled through the crowd that we walked through to get here this morning and it will last for about another 30 minutes. joining us at city hall athena jones has been covering baltimore the last several weeks. we did see the confrontation which was briefly tense but still nothing like we saw the other night. >> that's right, john we didn't see the chaos that we saw monday evening. we didn't see cars being burped buildings being burned. police being injured. so the police commissioner believes that this is curfew was a success. let's hear what he had to say. >> after curfew went up we've had had about ten total arrests. we're getting reports from the organizations that we do not have a lot of activity out there the city as a whole. so the curfew is working as the mayor had called. one of the interesting things that i had answer as answering questions as i exited the building to go to a meeting, we had pretty close

guns are what you're hearing going off now. you hear those pops that's them shooting these repellant pellets that shoot a powder out when they hit you that has the pepper spray, the cs powder in them. >> what are we seeing in comparison to numbers, between protesters and police officers? >> the police are probably about 500, maybe? all the way around and the people directly in front of them have laid out, but probably a close to a thousand people down the streets in two different directions. the police have not pursued in either direction. they haven't pursued in either direction right now. you can see down this way, people have run, and they've gone straight down the street. the officers reorganized in front of them and now they are tightening ranks to move directly down this street. and, you know, you have young men in this crowd of police -- >> okay chris. >> -- young women in this crowd of police white, brown. >> chris, i want you to stand by. i want to hear from our other colleagues. don't go anywhere. >> jason, you said you were right by the front line and i want to tell our viewers that the media has permission to be ther