that another severe thunderstorm warning just off to the south, including southeast d.c., northeast d.ctil midnight. then a third one that will including11:30, annapolis. and another across the bay 12:15. a lot of active warnings coming out at once. they end at different times. 1:00e confident by tonight, most of this will be out of the area with stronger storms. a height of about 40,000 feet. you think of how high an airplane flies, cruising at feet, you00, 42,000 can see how strong the storms are. not only are we dealing with gusty wind and heavy downpours, but a ton of lightning. the lightning strikes in the past half hour popping up around southeast d.c., benning road, moving into prince george's county. rain,aviest of the anacostia, greenway, dupont heights in prince george's county, silver hill getting in on the action. ,he heavy rain continues lasting about 15, 20 minutes in any given location. the newest warning area is montgomery county, upper northwest d.c. and chevy chase, you are looking for heavy rain. 64 to 70 degrees, less humid. willncomfortable humidity quickly fall to

gather today at the anacostia library and southeast d.c. or but without police. >> we want the police as a profession to go away. we don't want them dead, we just want them to get a different job. ryan: the american flag is flying at half staff and flowers are on the ground honoring the five police officers killed in dallas during a peaceful protest. >> we feel like that is a separate incident that happened. all i know is things are getting desperate. ryan: they believe that community members can hold each other accountable. but people walking through this national memorial say a city without police is not a good idea. >> it's like people are quick to blame the police. >> i see lawlessness in afghanistan and iraq. : a lot of strong opinions on both sides. the prayer service will begin at 6:30 p.m. tonight. everyone jr. memorial to pray for the families of the victims killed by the police and also the police officers gunned down in dallas. live on the national mall, ryan hughes, abc 7 news. and as you head out for the evening, there are thre

live in southeast d.c., roz plater, abc 7 news. kellye: five children are among anse injured when a car and homage buggy collided in st. mary's county. the crash happened about midnight on maryland route six near mechanicsville. two adults and their five children were flown to d.c. hospitals. the people in the car were treated at the scene. none of the injuries were life-threatening. a family's nightmare comes back a second night. coming up -- >> we heard pop, pop, pop. i said get away from the window. momentsfrightening after somebody opened fire on the same home where days ago a bullet hit a sleeping child's mattress. plus, the race to 40% of the streetlights in detroit, at one point, did not work. you had some blocks and you had major thoroughfares and corridors that were just totally pitch black. those things had to change. we wanted to restore our lighting system in the city. you can have the greatest dreams in the world, but unless you can finance those dreams, it doesn't happen. at the time

this morning, a person had been rushed to the hospital after being hit by a car in this area of southeast d.cr of that vehicle took off. one person transported to the hospital with serious injuries there. again, those lanes closures, that's eastbound lanes at suitland parkway and firth sterling parkway back in southeast. >> a push to ban smokeless tobacco is making its way to d.c. the goal is to set examples for young fans. we have >> if you take a lock at the security and courtesy policy in national park, you can see that smoke sg not permitted in public areas. if a bill under consideration by the d.c. council is passed, that ban would apply to all areas of the stadium, including dug outs and locker rooms and it would include smokeless tobacco. the ban would apply to players as well as u1ynspectators, the could not chew or dip. if passed, the bill would ban smoking and smokeless tobacco at all these venues. five cities have similar rules. boston, new york, san francisco, los angeles, and chicago. now the council is also considering a second bill that would raise the legal age for buying cig

coo we're hanging out at the yards park down in southeast d.c. d.c we're staying cool. we'll have some tips on hown you can stay cool right afterht the break. bre laura. >> all right, mike, thanks. tha >>> if you can't get to a y pool, boy, this would be nice bc to get to.o. the beach at ocean city. c a lot of people on the t boardwalk today.od. gorgeous picture there.he it is mighty clear there and, boy, wouldn't that be nice. much cooler at the beach i'll bet, too. too >> in the water if i wasf i was there, that's for sure. >> yeah.>> enjoy the beach, everyone.very we'll be right back for more m fox5 news at 5:00 right after this. this >> ♪ >> ♪ >> developing tonight d.c.el police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting inighn northeast that happened on the n fourth of july.ul the. >> the victim was ahe vm w transgender woman who diedr wo d from her injuries yesterday. fox5's anjali hemphill joinsphil us now with more on thehe investigation.stigion. anjali what are we hearing now? >> reporter: well, it's beenl, s more than a week and d.c. and d. police still hav

he was riding a bike when struck by a driver in southeast d.c.ike with flowers and stuffed animals marks the spot on minnesota avenue. >> because it was a hit-and-run, that person left my nephew in the street to die. ryan: jerell died at the hospital on june 23. police are still searching leads to track down the driver. >> he was really good. manners. "yes, sir," and "no, sir." helped you with your bags. ryan: he loved to play hockey and riding his bike. jarell was hit only a few feet from where he lived. he was on his way home but he didn't have any i.d. on him. his mom didn't find out about the accident until a few days later. >> we were told that there were two ladies that prayed for him and was by his side the whole time. that was a way the family got through it. ryan: nearly $2,000 was raised through a go fund me pase. -- page. they hope to use some of that to entice somebody to come forward. >> if someone knows who hit the young man they need to let me know. ryan: they are hoping beyond hope that a driver is found responsible. ryan hughes,

john: the center in southeast d.c. was closed all morning because police were picking up shell casings in the playground, in the basketball area behind the school. that is where a violent gun battle between the suspect and police took place. whopoke to residents witnessed the entire thing. again, this happen on sixth and alabama avenue. take a look at some we captured as five people were arrested, three of them women. they were handcuffed and placed into police cruisers. state-of-the-art technology alerted police that there was gunplay. commanderived and the said they started firing at the cop. no one was wounded. listen to how one witness what happened. >> at first i thought it was firecrackers or fireworks. then i figured out it was guns. firing from the bushes just below my building. this all happened below my windowsill. have the area blocked off, collecting clues, interviewing residents who live in this neighborhood, trying to figure out exactly why this group was firing guns early this morning. back to you. ju we

. >>> a disturbing find in southeast d.c. this afternoon. a parks service employee was investigating complaints of illegal dumping. the worker stumbled upon a body. d.c. police are ruling this a homicide. they say the person suffered from blunt force trauma. the medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death and the person has not yet been >>> lights out for thousands of customers in northwest. find out how close crews are to restoring power and the pokemon craze continues to spread and it's taking over parts of the national mall. >> it's a pilgrim acknowledge for peace, thousands converge on washington for a ecial rally sp man: hey baby, how are you? woman: i have a surprise for you. man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. why do we do it? because our vets sacrifice enough. "dominion

over in southeast d.c., they have a whole other school over there really allowing kids to learn tennis to get into the classrooms and hope that they can make sure to continue their education and go on to college, even helping them with scholarships. behind this wall, if it gets too hot you can become a spectator. it will be hot by the end of the week. certainly, today. there's a whole area with venues. there's even the backcourt bar. it's a mouthful. i think they pretty much say -- -- have had to us to drink if you can't pronounce that. there's a lot going on behind the wall here. world-class athletes from around the world. the clay here is very fast. you can get a chance on this intimate venue to see the stars we have grown to love. again, it's citi place through the weekend -- taking place through the weekend. come downve to do is and take it all in. jummy: coming up after the jummy: into the weekend, but didn't have the paranormal energy to pets."he secret life of aaily variety" called it solid opening numbers higher than sony estimated. of pets" came in in the top spot after it sec

. >>> a woman is facing murder charges in the death of a man in southeast d.c. police arrested the 42-year-old woman today. investigators say young stabbed 50-year-old allen smith this morning at a house. the stabbing was domestic. >>> it's been a historic gathering place for decades. today people came together to stop redevelopment plans for the plaza. neighbors don't want condos. the plaza is used as space for the farmer's market. >>> a warning f planning to visit virginia beach. strange fish causing some concern. >>> and it's a thousand mile walk to the nation's capital. find out what the activists want from lawmakers. >>> i'm tracking rain right now plus some changes >>> police are hoping someone knows who robbed a store in northeast d.c. on july 4th. ro robbery at the good food market. it shows a man emptying out the registers and the other looks like he has a gun in his hand. nobody was hurt. give police a call if you have any information. someone started a shooting at this house. he was sitting in his living room last night when he heard gun fire. i belie

the chief was nice enough to join us right now from southeast d.c. chief, thanks for your time. first, i've got to ask you chief, prince george's county police department being represented in dallas? are you sending anybody to funeral? >> yes, bruce, we're sending the assistant chief, our honor guard, to send an express of condolences to chief brown and the dallas police. >> how are your men and women doing out there on patrol? >> you know it takes grit to be a police officer, bruce, and they're doing well. i've been taking every opportunity to be out there with them on the street. to interact with them, to talk with them and again to encourage them to be the model for progressive and affective policing that they are and continue to be, because that community trusts them and relies on them. >> i know d.c. police and police in new york, police around the country are doubling up. what about your men and women? >> bruce, what we did immediately in the wake of the events in dallas was to begin reaching out to the community, talking to all the formal, and informal leaders across prin

a man accused of taking five team hostage in an suv fired shots at police in southeast d.c. lice also arrested him. many officers are making these arrests while they think about the dallas shootings. >> dallas is one of many incidents that -- >> reporter: and d.c. police have been advised to patrol in pairs since the dallas shootings. >> shomari, thank you. >>> police in baton rouge say they poiled a plot to harm police officers. authorities discovered the plot after several people stole guns from a pawnshop over the weekend. investigators arrested three people they're looking for a fourth. they're calling the plot a substantial credible threat to police. last week's police shooting of alton sterling in baton rouge has sparked nationwide protests. >>> meanwhile, audio recordings obtained by our sister station in minneapolis appear to capture the traffic stop that led to the deadly police shooting of philando castile. nbc news has not independently authenticated the tape, but on it, the officer says the driver of the car looked like a robbery suspect because of his "wide set n

they were hit at sterling avenue in southeast d.c. the driver fled the scene. the victim's injuries are >>> fbi director james comey is on capitol hill answering questions about hillary clinton's e-mail investigation. on tuesday, comey recommended that charges not be filed against the presumptive democratic nominee. house republicans want to know why. >> did hillary clinton lie. >> reporter: house republicans grilled fbi director james comey about his decision not to recommend charges against hillary clinton for using april private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state. >> did the fbi investigate her statements under oath on this topic? >> not to my knowledge. i don't think there is a rear rail from congress. >> do you need a referral from crash to investigate her statements under oath. >> sure do. >> you will have one. you will have one in the next few hours. >> on tuesday, comey blasted clinton and her aides for being careless but did not recommend criminal charges. yesterday attorney general loretta lynch accepted the recommendations and from t

police are investigating a shooting in southeast d.c. that left a man critically injured. ppened around 11:30 last night on ridge road southeast.. near "b" street. police say the man was shot multiple times. he was rushed to a hospital. there's still no word on his identity. an eventful ride home in falls church. there weremajor backups last night -as route 50 was shut down twice! it's all because of a chain of events that started with a bank robbery- and ended with a robot investigating a possible bomb! jay korff fills in the blanks. source: tu 11p n pkg bank robbery & add gmw tag tusitefeed10pm tc 22:03:25 developing now: attack- stopped. now: a virginia national guardsman- is behind bars for contact with isis! mohammed jalloh of sterling is accused of soliciting help from terror groups. investigators say he wanted to carry out a "fort hood" type attack on military personnel in the u-s. the f-b-i caught him during a sting operation over the weekend. it's xx and we're just getting started. as of last night -- surge 3 of metro's maintenance project - safetrack - has begun.

. >>> some southeast d.c. residents want more police presence just to play tennis and that is since a group of ries were -- retirees were robbed. >> reporter: the tennis court set off alabama avenue at 30th behind the senior center and this row of homes, there's not a whole lot of traffic back here so when the men saw a group of four young people approach they knew it was trouble. >> pulled the mask down, pulled out the gun. >> reporter: the men were ordered to the ground. >> it was quite frightening, as close as i've ever been to a gun in my life. just take what you want and leave. don't hurt anybody. >> reporter: no one was hurt but police say the four young men took off with cash, credit cards and jewelry. >> if it could happen to anybody at any time but you feel like you've been violated. some of my good friends are not coming anymore. >> reporter: but these men have returned and police presence. but the retiree says officers can do a better job. >> we need troops on the ground and get to know the people.

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we continue to follow breaking news out of southeast d.c. this is where police are still investigating. four people being shot. this was in the 5100 block of call place in southeast. we know that a man and a woman, they were injured. they are recovering in the hospital right now, and are expected to be okay. they are suffering from nonlife-threatening injuries. no respect information available at this time. stay with news 4 . >>> you are looking at and hearing new video out of atlanta. this sit-in in that city involved hundreds of people protesting last week's shootings of two black men by police officers. atlanta's mayor and police chief said they will meet with activists today. atlanta is half a dozen places where people are demonstrating about those shootings. this map shows only those from last night but these have been going on for five days now and we're expecting even more demonstrations. two men who were killed, philando castile and alton sterling. we now know that sterling will be laid to rest. funeral services happening at southern

john: that's right, we are remembering the ultimate fan southeast d.c. this morning. coming up, we will be talkin z22goz zi0z y22goy yi0y z22gpz zi0z y22gpy yi0y veronica: happy wednesday. i know it will be. you will be happy with today's weather. clouds of middletown valley in maryland, good morning to you. the wind has caught a bit of a north brees later today. drier patchy fog, by late morning we should be doing much better. an afternoon with sunshine and low humidity. the radar is now drying out. east, sunnythe today, beautiful, feeling about as nice as we have had it in a long time. 80 by the evening. great for dining out. amazing weather for the evening. your thursday,or either. heat building by the end of the week in just a few minutes. jamie: a busy morning for us with the rain that came through last night. take a look at college park. baltimore avenue headed northbound, all lanes completely block. see the tree down here with one lane getting by. the issue is a lot of the debris we are seeing. wires are down. this southbound side the center lane getting by wit

overnighto shootings and southeast d.c., the first injuring four people on call, the second involving a gun alabama avenue and elementary school. that is where john gonzalez is with more. john: the suspects were to firing directly -- were firing directly at these police officers. scenes, theof those most recent one right here on the corner of sixth and alabama en , right behind mlk elementary. you can see that there is still .uite a scene the police are still here collecting clues and picking up shell casings right to figure out the motive. take a look at the video we obtained overnight. five people have been it. women, wem understand. you can see the video of them being handcuffed and put into the police cruisers with heavily armed officers surrounding the area now for several hours. sources tell us that state-of-the-art modern technology has been used in the city for the last couple of years and it actually alerted police that there was gunplay here on the block. when the police arrived they heard the gunfire and then the commander saying that the suspect fired at the cops with poli

she'll support those who feel forgotten and challenge areas like the south side of chicago, southeast, d.ciladelphia, and she'll support dedicated police officers working to improve their communities. important as ever, hillary clinton will build bridges between communities and police, and ladies and gentlemen, that's better than building walls. >> hillary clinton is the right person to become the 45th president of the united states of america. she will work to strengthen the bonds of trust between police and the communities they serve. that's why she has my vote. may god bless all of you. may god bless the men and women of law enforcement, and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> the theme of gun violence continues. we're going to hear shortly from survivors of the attack in charleston, south carolina. angela bassett, the actress, is coming out now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. thank you. they were gathered to pray. he walked in, an outsider, a stranger and they welcomed him, but then he opened fire. he stole their lives. reverend clementa pink me, cynthia herd, sharonda colem

cheryl: in southeast d.c., cheryl conner, abc7 news.lison: well, still to come here on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- boosting the population. why what feels like good news about chesapeake bay crabs, well, it's a mixed bag. leon: okay. later -- president obama: this is not the time to play politics. leon: president obama pushing congress to d before the lawmakers take the break until september. >> metro promises to do a better job reporting crimes. the results leon: covering metro tonight and their promise to publish crimes effectively. but we find they are not keeping their word. drivers ar accountability. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live at the glenmont station with more. kevin: in may, metro drew sharp criticism for failing to tell riders about a mid-morning rape on the red line. in response, g.m. paul wiedefeld told metro transit police to start notifying riders and the public about all violent crimes. and so now five or six weeks later, we do a progress report and find poor results. >> fortunately, we have a media that is ag

at g and 16th streets in southeast d.c. if you know or have seen jonathan taylor, d.c.ice want to hear from you. >>> when d.c. police showed top remove two squatters from a home, they found measure just a -- more than just a pair of illegal residents. dozens of cats cats and kittens were living in or around that house. >> more than 40 rescued cats, resting, eating in their temporary home. the animal rescue league says the cats are under weight. >> our next major concern is going to be the mental state of these animals. they're terrified. >> reporter: the cats were found tuesday evening, inside this vacant house, near the 900 block of decatur street. >> i had made the statement. but the house next door to me. >> reporter: carmen watched as rescuers tried to save the cat. >> and i saw the lady put the cat in the u-haul truck. and my thing was like, okay, where are they taking her. >> officers planned to try to get that woman to turn over the rest of the cat. >> but would have we could remove them, the owners managed to remove some of our knowledge and seemed to have disap

>>> we're learning that a person has been rushed to the hospital after being hit by a car in southeast. d.cg us that they have got a scene on the eastbound lanes of suitland parkway and firth sterling avenue. it's closed to traffic and the driver of the vehicle did not stay on the scene. again, one person rushed to the hospital in southeast after being hit by a car. back to you. >>> and the weather is definitely going to have an impact on your plans today. again. this kind of heat and humidity will slow you down for sure. there will be at least a chance for thunderstorms today between 3:00 andio&(r 7:00, but a bette chance of strong storms tomorrow. more about that coming up at 5:51. >>> i'm megan mcgrath live at nationals park. according to the campaign for tobacco-free kids, between 25 and 30% of major league baseball players dip or jew tobacco -- chew tobacco, but it would not happen at nationals park if the council passes a bill. there's a proposed ban that would affect not just spectators but players as well. the bill would ban smoking and smokeless tobacco at all sporting venues in th

d.c. police. it happened just before hid night in southeast. police now say it appears to stem from a robbery and one person is said to be in custody. news4's pat collins has an update. >> reporter: seven bullets into the windows of this school. now take a look at this suv riddled with bullets. when you see all of this no one was seriously hurt in what happened here. here, behind me, the martin luther king jr. elementary school and the baptist church. it was back here in a parking lot that police responded to the sound of shots fired. they encountered an suv. there was an exchange of gunfire. people who live around here said it sounded like a war zone. >> it was a battle. several guns were going off at one time. i was at my window so we bent down. we heard, get out, get down and there was a lot of running around in the areas where children play. >> there was a standoff. eventually, police got the people inside the suv to surrender. they made them raise their hands above their head andwa backwards until they could get them into custody. three wo

. >>> developing southeast d.c., a man is dead after he was shot multiple timance, police say, on 18th street, just after midnight. the man was taken to the hospital where he later died. they are still looking for a suspect in this homicide. >>> and a situation in bangladesh, 20 officers, killed in a popular restaurant in the capital city of dhaka. commandos stormed the building following a ten-hour standoff that began friday night. more than a dozen hostages rescued including some foreigners. isis claims responsibility fomp the attack but the claim has not been confirmed. >>> another kafcafe attack in serbia. five killed in a town 30 miles northwest of belad morning. another 20 others wounded. police say the attacker shot his wife and another woman inside the restaurant before he turned the gun on our guests. people inside the restaurant were eventually able to grab that man's gun. >>> security might be on your mind as you travel for this fourth of july holiday. nbc's jay gray explains how police are planning to keep high-profile spots safe this weekend. >> reporter: as the fourth of

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