abc's ryan owens from oklahoma tonight. >> reporter: good evening, david. i want to show you this house. it's one about 50 in this area with severe damage. this place is a total loss. but the family that lives here, they are safe and sound tonight, and here's why. they rode out the storm in this underground shelter.

ryan owens has the details. >> people run for their lives when gunfire breaks out outside the curtis culwell center just east of dallas. police with guns drawn swarm the scene. >> we hear boom boom boom and a whole bunch of gunshots and andthen we see the cops everywhere. >> a group was holding a contest at the center to award a $10,000 prize for the best cartoon depicting the prophet muhammad. >> they drove up, got out and opened fire on the security officer. >> reporter: the officer was shot in the leg and is already out of the hospital. >> garland officers that were close by saw what was going on, engaged the two men, shot and killed them both there at the scene. >> the bomb squad was called to the scene and nearby businesses evacuated. back in january, 12 people were killed by islamic gunmen in an attack against the paris office of the newspaper "charlie hebdo" which had satarized islam and used depictions of muhammad, considered blasphemous by muslims. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> this conference was being live streamed on youtube last night when the shooting took place and

>> ryan owens leading us off. let's get right to rob now, who is tracking it all. >> reporter: a very dangerous situation unfolding right now. i want to get to the radar, david. this is the storm that has a history of producing a tornado now into southwest oklahoma city. moore, oklahoma an unfortunately history. this could do just that over the next hour or two. not the only place. eight reports in three states of tornadoes already. we have three tornado watches that go through the evening. tomorrow we back it up a little bit to the west and stretch to the south. large hail strong winds and maybe tornadoes again. we are watching the situation, southeast of florida. a better chance tonight of it developing into our first named subtropical or tropical storm of the season heading towards the carolinas. >> and very early for that as well. rob, thank you. >>> to the other breaking headline tonight. that bombshell from the nfl. the super bowl champion patriots and deflategate. an investigation finding it quote, probable

>> ryan owens leading us off tonight. ryan thank you. >>> and now to exclusive reporting about one of those two gunmen who grew up in a christian family a star athlete in phoenix. but in recent weeks, authorities were monitoring messages they say he was sending out. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross tonight with those messages. >> reporter: the fbi acknowledged today it had 30-year-old elton simpson, the man in this selfie obtained by abc news, under scrutiny as a possible terrorist for the last ten years. simpson grew up in a christian family in this phoenix neighborhood. he told friends that an automobile accident ended his chances of playing basketball in college and led him to allah. >> we're still in shock and disbelief that this could happen. >> reporter: five years ago, the fbi arrested simpson for attempting to join an al qaeda group in somalia. he was convicted of lying to fbi agents, only sentenced to probation, but put on the no-fly list, and became increasingly upset, according to his lawyer.

speaking out tonight for the first time and here's abc's ryan owens. >> 911. what's the address of your emergency? >> um -- i'm on the highway right now, and somebody just hit me and i'm bleeding from my neck and i'm scared. >> reporter: the calm voice of a 20-year-old woman who didn't even realize she'd be shot on a highway north of denver. >> i thought that i had just been cut by glass. >> reporter: tonight, the face behind that voice. >> even like when i'm not thinking about it i'm thinking about it. it's been difficult. >> reporter: cori romero just got out of the hospital. a week after a driver pulled up next to her car and shot her in the neck. >> if you can, get a clean, dry cloth or towel or just anything that you can place right on the wound, okay? >> i'm trying, yes, but it's on both sides of my neck. i'm just really -- i'm just scared. >> reporter: the sheriff's department is now investigating seven other shattered car windows in the last week on or near that interstate. so far, the only bullet they found is the one that hit romero. and her shooter

ryan owens, abc news van, texas. >> and now here's a look at today's weather.wn along the california coast. >> temperatures in the northeast will be up to 20 degrees cooler today. only in the 60s. it will be even cooler over the great lakes. 56 for chicago. 93 in phoenix. new england patriots quarterback tom brady expected to appeal his four game deflategate suspension today. an nfl hearing with roger goodell or someone he appointed would take place ten days. the attorney who wrote the report is firing back now against his critics saying he found direct evidence brady knew patriot staffers were deflating footballs. wells also saided brady didn't cooperate with the investigation and that he refused to turn over his phone records. >> an outbreak of bird flu in the midwest is driving up the price of eggs and products made with eggs. the cost of a carton of large eggs in the midwest jumped nearly 17% from $1.39 from $1.19 since mid april. turkey prices are inching up, as well. more than a million chickens and turkeys have been killed to keep the in from spreading.

ryan owens is in texas. ryan: people run for their lives when gunfire breaks out outside of dallas. the police with guns drawn swarm the scene. >> there were multiple gunshots and then cops everywhere. ryan:a a group called american defense initiative was holding a contest for the best cartoon depicting the prophet mohammed. a statement from the city of garland said that two men drove up to the front of the building and began shooting at a security officer. the officer was shot in the leg and already out of the hospital. the statement says that garland police officer shot and killed both gunmen. the bomb squad was called to the scene, a nearby businesses evacuated. in january, 12 people were killed by islamic gunmen in an attack on the paris office of a newspaper that satirized islam and depicted the prophet mohammed, considered blast pehmous by muslims. kellye: friday, maryland governor john delaney created a securities are. that will oversee government responses. congressman delaney first proposed the legislation on abc seven news last week after we learned that an american hostag

ryan owens is in texas. ryan: people run for their lives when gunfire breaks out outside of dallas.guns drawn swarm the scene. >> there were multiple gunshots and then cops everywhere. ryan:a a group called american defense initiative was holding a contest for the best cartoon depicting the prophet mohammed. a statement from the city of garland said that two men drove up to the front of the building and began shooting at a security officer. the officer was shot in the leg and already out of the hospital. the

abc's ryan owens has more. >> tornado is on the ground. starting to pick up. >> reporter: as tornadoes bear down on communities near oklahoma city, josh grabs his wife and three kids and heads to this underground shelter that still has water inside. >> the rain is coming in, filling up real fast. it's cold, kids freaking out. i was scared. >> reporter: his family huddles here for two hours as the storm destroys the home just above them. >> i was just holding him as tight as i could letting them know it would be okay, we were protected. >> reporter: here's the view of his master bedroom, but at least his family made it out alive. an oklahoma city woman drowned, trapped in her storm shelter. this area got more than seven inches of rain wednesday, a new record. the ground so saturated this storm shelter apparently installed incorrectly popped right out of the earth. more than 40 tornadoes made it across the plains wednesday. >> right when it came over us, it came right through the park and destroyed everything. >> reporter: also a scare at th

ryan owens, abc news, dallas. alison: strong words from the state's attorney. >> we have probable cause to file criminal charges. this is your moment. alison: then celebration. >> justice for baltimore! yes! >> beautiful. alison: as six police officers are charged in the death of freddie gray. and -- >> who knows what was beneath? >> i pray nobody was in there. alison: witnesses paint a picture of destruction after a three-story garage near the watergate collapses. leon: another busy and loud day on the streets of baltimore nearly two weeks after freddie gray died in police custody. now, this morning, baltimore's state's attorney marilyn mosby announced that all six police officers involved with gray's arrest will face charges. those charges range from misconduct in office to second-degree depraved heart murder. the representatives of the fraternal order of police spoke in the last hour and said that the charges are a rush to judgment. we're standing by at this hour right now for freddie gray's family and expect t

ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> let's take a look at the trouble spots today.irst of all, severe weather continues in the plains. chance of more tornados is low but not impossible. some rain, gusty wind, likely in florida. along with high surf as well. >> high temperatures in the east and south, mid 80s. cooler here in new york city. 75 in minneapolis and albuquerque. a high of just 64 degrees today in los angeles. >>> now to our other developing story this morning. a damaging report about the super bowl champion new england patriots. >> yeah, that report says that guy, superstar quarterback, mvp quarterback, tom brady, was "at least generally aware" that footballs used during games had been deflated by patriots employees. >> as you know, they're calling it deflategate. the big question this morning is who will be punished over it? and how severely? abc's karen travers has that story. >> reporter: new england patriots and their star quarterback, known for their powerful offense, are reeling and on defense. with the nfl stopping short of calling tom brady a chea

ryan owens, abc news, van, texas. >> and now here's a look at today's weather.he deluge continues from southern texas through oklahoma with some areas seeing another 4 inches of rain. storms will also stretch up into the northern plains and showers will extend from the sierras down along the california coast. >> temperatures in the northeast will be up to 20 degrees cooler today. only in the 60s. it will be even cooler over the great lakes. 56 for chicago. 80s across the south. 93 in phoenix. new england patriots quarterback tom brady expected to appeal his four game deflategate suspension today. an nfl hearing with roger goodell or someone he appointed presiding would likely take place within ten days. the attorney ted wells who wrote that deflategate report is firing back now against his critics saying he found direct evidence brady knew patriot staffers were deflating footballs. wells also said brady didn't fully cooperate with the investigation and that he refused to turn over his phone records. >> an outbreak of bird flu in the midwest is driving up the pri

abc's ryan owens from oklahoma tonight. >> reporter: good evening, david. i want to show you this house. it's one about 50 in this area with severe damage. this place is a total loss. but the family that lives here they are safe and sound tonight, and here's why. they rode out the storm in this underground shelter. >> tornado is on the ground. you can see the winds beginning to pick up. >> wow! >> reporter: as tornadoes bear down on communities near oklahoma city josh longest grabs his wife and three kids and heads to this underground shelter that tonight still has water inside. >> the rain was just coming in, filling up really fast. it's cold the kids were freaking out. i was scared. >> reporter: his family huddles in here for two hours as the storm destroys the home just above them. >> i was letting them know it's going to be okay we're protected. >> reporter: here's the new view from his master bedroom. but at least his family made it out alive. a 42-year-old oklahoma city woman drowned, trapped in her storm shelter. this area got more than seven inches

but first, abc's ryan owens with the new images coming in tonight. >> reporter: large parts of the lone star state tonight are flooded. the water stretching for miles in this town south of dallas. with more rain in the forecast there's concern these choppers may soon be back in the air. these teenagers tweeting from their submerged truck. the ground in this state is so saturated, this cliff south of ft. worth collapsed into the lake below. >> hey! hey! >> reporter: and this being texas, it's not just people who need to be rescued. a family of cowboys had to round up dozens of horses caught in high water on their ranch. the predicted rain could hamper cleanup here in van, where people still sifting through wreckage of their homes. >> we're lucky we're alive, because it was trying to suck us out of the house. >> reporter: a couple died in their home here. he a retired police detective, she a church secretary. their home collapsed around them. only the family dog survived protected in the arms of its master. amid the rubble here so many remarkable survivor stories. see that behind me? that

ryan owen has the story. >> um i'm of the highway right now and somebody just hit me and i'm bleed and ooip scared. >> reporter: she didn't realize she had been shot. >> i knew there was a pain in anymy neck. i thought it was from the glass. >> reporter: still recovering this morning after being shot as she drove home there work last week. >> i'm still in shock. you don't think something like that would happen to you just driving home from work. >> reporter: romero said a gunman in a dark suv pulled up right next to her car and shot her if the neck. >> if cow can, get a clean, dry cloth of towel or just anything you can place on the wound, okay? rnlgt i'm trying to. but it's on both sides of my neck. i'm just really really scared. >> reporter: she's not the only driver in this part of colorado to have a scare. the sheriff's department is investigating seven other shattered car windows. so far, the only bullet they've found is the one that hit romero. >> i've been lucky to walk away. still have my voice. >> reporter: this morning, investigators are still trying to find the gunman who sh

abc's ryan owens has more about the incident and also about the controversial group that hosted that a barrage of bullets as two suspected terrorists armed with assault rifles are outgunned by a texas traffic cop and his pistol. it happened just before 7:00 sunday night at this event center, hosting a contest for cartoons of the prophet muhammad. deeply offensive to muslims. >> kudos to the over 300 cartoonists wannabe cartoonists who took the risk and submitted cartoons. >> authorities say two extremists elton simpson and nadir soofi pull into the parking lot blocked by a single police cruiser. the two extremists in protective gear and armed with assault rifles get out of this car and start shooting. a traffic cop returns fire with just his pistol and shoots both gunmen dead. >> he did what he was trying to do. he did a very good job. and probably saved lives. >> inside, this is the moment hundreds of guests hear about the gunfire as you see on the event's live stream. >> okay, shots just got fired. >> we don't know that for a fact. >> i think i'd better wrap it up. >> ten minutes l

abc's ryan owens has her story. >> 911, what's the address of your emergency?oice of a 20-year-old woman who didn't even realize she had been shot on a highway north of denver. >> i thought that i had just been cut by glass. >> the face behind that voice. >> even when i'm not thinking about it, i'm thinking about it. it's been difficult. >> cory romero just got out of the hospital a week after a driver pulled up next to her car and shot her in the neck. >> if you can get a clean dry cloth or towel or anything that you can place right on the wound, okay? >> i'm trying. it's on both sides of my neck. i'm just scared. >> the sheriff's department is now investigating seven other shattered car windows in the last week on or near that interstate. so far, the only bullet they've found is the one that hit romero and her shooter is still on the loose. >> some people might see it as like a trauma or tragedy. i see it as a wake-up call to spend more time with people that you love and do things that you want to do. >> reporter: ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> american dri

. >> reporter: ryan owens, abc news dallas. >> american drivers are now paying the highest gas prices of the year. the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide is now $2.58. that's it up 55 cents since january. biggest seasonal increase in years. aaa says the upward trend is likely to continue into the summer due to a sharp increase in crude oil and supply issues at refineries. >> amal clooney was in washington on thursday working on behalf of her latest client trying to win the release of former maldives press mohamed nasheed. he was sentenced to 13 years in prison on terrorism charges. clooney said the former president's conviction was politically motivated and called his trial a sham. she has also filed a legal complaint with the u.n. >> something of a mystery to tell you about playing out at a church in charlotte, north carolina that started last sunday. >> an envelope was put in the church's donation plate. it said don't be mad. i don't have mad. i'm hopeless god bless. >> included in the note was 18 cents. the pastor wants that person to know no one is mad at him or her. he

that's where ryan owens starts us off. morning, ryan. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning to you. take a look at the scene around me. we're in the garage, or what's left of it. a lot of it looks like it's about to fall down. of a very nice brick home, one of many damaged in this area. the couple who lives here, they're fine. they rode out the storm. their home, anything but okay. look at the damage up there on the roof. this, 1 of about 50 homes here with significant damage. >> tornado forming right now. >> reporter: dozens of tornadoes tear through the southern plains. right through populated areas around oklahoma city. >> this is the most significant of all tornado warnings that we can have. a tornado emergency. >> reporter: just south of the city, more than a dozen people are injured when this mobile home park takes a direct hit. >> we had a 17-year-old victim trapped. we had to lift the rv off the gentleman. >> it's on the ground now. >> reporter: watch as this cyclone lifts off the ground. >> about a half mile away

we have team coverage starting with abc's ryan owens in garland. od morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, to you, george. that is the event center behind me. this is an active scene. you might be able to hear the helicopters up above. the bomb squad, all these hours later, still looking at the suspects' car. they're very worried it could be packed with explosives. just before 7:00 a hail of gunfire outside a civic center east of dallas hosting a controversial art exhibit. >> get back in the building. >> reporter: people scatter as officers scramble to take down two men who drive up get out of their car and open fire on police. >> we hear boom boom boom. >> reporter: a group called american freedom defense initiative knownotorious for its anti-islamic views hosting this award ceremony to give $10,000 to the best cartoon depricketting the prophet muhammad. the main speaker at the event, allegedly on an al qaeda hit list. this event was well publicized and the group's founder, seen here posing with the s.w.a.t. team before the shooting shelled out