stephen tschida, abc7 news. maureen: first lady michelle obama wants a new campaign today to encourage teens to pursue education beyond high school. the goal of the better make room campaign is to create space for teens to achieve the dream. >> the truth is right now the space doesn't exist in the popular culture. today the national conversation is focused on celebrity. their story and hairstyles. the tweets they send. the points they score. maureen: the campaign is going to partner with television network to engage the students. president obama said by the year 2020 he hopes the u.s. will become number one in the world for college graduates. >> amazon has tired a lawsuit against a thousand people accused of posting fake reviews. a woman admitted that she wrote hundreds of glowing reviews for $4 apiece. >> if they notice there are a lot of reviews, they won't trust amazon. >> previous research estimates that 30% of the product reviews online are fake. plan on changes to metro rail schedule because of the weeknig

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. jonathan: the police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a woman in district heights. joseph is accused of killing wims earlier this month. her car crashed into an apartment couplets. he is charged with first and second degree murder. the motive remains under investigation. protesters upset with d.c. mayor muriel bowser's plan to put more officers on the streets took to the streets. members of black lives matter marched. protesters argue the better way to reduce violent crime is to raise wages and increase affordable housing. this just in from capitol hill, paul ryan says he will run for speaker if every republican caucus endorses him. he gave lawmakers until friday to rally around him. vice presidential nominee says he wants to be a unifying force in a fractured party. he says he would not sacrifice family time by campaigning for candidates. if elected, he would be the youngest speaker in 150 years. vicebody is watching president joe biden, expected to announce whether he is

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stephen tschida is on campus today. surprise on a big campus it in light of the season the terps have had. it's official, randy edsall is out as head coach. so far this season they are 2-4. yesterday's game was really the icing on the cake, the last straw. that was a big loss yesterday, 49-28 at ohio state. losses the team has had the season have been by more than 20 points. the offensive coordinator is taking over as interim coach. we heard from him and we also heard from the athletic director, kevin anderson, a short while ago. >> the records show how we played. i had great concerns, so that's how i justify doing that. and i stand by it. >> ics coming in and -- do i see us making wholesale changes? i don't think that would be productive for the team, but i told the fellas there will be just based off of my philosophy as opposed to how we did it under coach. the interim coach talking about the changes he will make. he has two weeks. the team is off next weekend, then they play penn state. reporting live, stephen tschid

reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7. kellye: the search for answers into what caused the death of a driver after she crashed into an apartment building in district heights. it happened late last night on rochelle avenue. diane cho is near the scene with more on the investigation. kellye, a woman who do not want to be identified said she saw the car hit the fence first, then reverse back out into the parking lot. she went to grab her phone to call police to report it and then she said she heard a gunshot and before she knew it, she realized that same car had just plowed into that apartment building. toghbors in the area return the scene on sunday still in disbelief over what happened. >> a lot of commotion. a big explosion. home one says he was at saturday night when he heard people yelling, save the kids, and jumped into action. >> pull the truck up around the back of the building, jumped on top and just start lowering the kids down. also try to help the driver but quickly realized there wasn't much he could do because t

stephen tschida has the calls they made. stephen: yeah, jonathan, we know that amanda jones, 56-year-old amanda jones but found murdered inside her home tuesday morning. we now know that the night before she was on the phone with a friend when she walked into her home. that friend heard her scream. heard the struggle. the apparent struggle with her killer. that friend called the call center here in prince george's county. it came through as a nonemergency call. the call taker reached out to the police who dispatched officers to the home. they noticed nothing amiss and returned and said nothing was there. the friend called again the following morning. again police went to the home. they still didn't see anything amiss. we now know from talking to police and to directors here at the call center that there was an apparent disconnect between what the individual who called the call center told the call taker and what was relayed to the police. let's listen in to the call that came in monday night. >> she was screaming at the top o

stephen tschida is live in college park with the reaction. stephen? this was farye, from a surprise, it was expected. it's official, randy edsall is offensiveeir coordinator is their new interim head coach. today, randy edsall got the axe. >> i think some students are happy there is a change. tenure got off's to a good start, but it quickly floundered. 2-4 this season, losing big yesterday. all of the losses this season by at least 21 points. >> the way that we are losing really brought to my attention it might need to be addressed. stephen: the offensive coordinator will take over as interim coach. >> we will focus our energy and asort to finish this season strongly as possible. stephen: on campus, some people expected edsall's ouster. now they are hoping for something else. >> a lot more w's in the future. stephen: next week is a bye week, so the team will have extra time to work with the new coach before they take on penn state. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. weekendalso not a good for the redskins fans, their againsting in overtime the atlanta falco

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. maureen: the d.c. police department is changing his policy on these of tasers after a case of alleged police brutality. >> get down! maureen: this cell phone video shows police officers using batons to take on a man who appeared to be in a drug fueled rage. the situation could've been avoided with tasers. d.c. officers do not carry them. chief lanier says supervisors without carry tasers although critics say the supervisors might not arrive quickly enough at the scene to take down a suspect. not pullingyan is any punches on his first day on the job. >> the house is broken. we are not solving problems, we are adding to them. leon: he was sworn in today's the 54th speaker of the house. at the age of 45 he is the other person to hold the post in 140 years. he replaces john boehner who is resigning. he says his goal is to put an end to the partisan bickering that tries to derail the work of the congress. still ahead at 6:00, eight police officer's confrontation. and the white house is weighing in on this d

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. kellye: two metro employees are being called heroes for catching a robbery suspect who was armed with a loaded semi-automatic handgun on a green line train yesterday. metro says the man robbed a man at the anacostia station, then got on the northbound green line train where he got into an argument with other passengers. metro employees on the tray notice the commotion and try to intervene. after a struggle, one of the workers was able to restrain him while the other worker called for help. no one was hurt. are of thousands of runners getting some much-needed rest tonight after taking part in the 40th annual marine corps marathon. kevin lewis spoke with some of the spectators cheering on the runners through arlington and d.c. two u.s. marine osprey aircraft delivered a moving fly over for a veteran -- for veteran marine and paratroopers tucked through the open sky, touting massive american flags. the weather, soggy. kerri kenney of gaithersburg kept track of his son with the help of a

steve steve live with more on the -- stephen tschida live with more on the story. you spoke to the victim in the story. what is the latest? stephen: big changes. right now the d.c. police and the 911 call center are making changes to their protocol. this is because of a story you are about to see about an incident which took place on road island avenue 10:30 on saturday night. gun violence soars across the district. police say it will take the public's help to stop it. but a recent victim tried to alert d.c. police. but got sorry, not now instead. >> the police department doesn't want to hear about the location of two people in a gun of ten minutes of when it happened is ridiculous. >> i think walking down the street here and about at the tree the two young guys fop stopped me and displayed guns. stephen: they robbed him. he kept his car keys. he rushed down to hyattsville and followed the d.c. website instructions from calls outside the city. >> i got a bureaucrat policy instead of someone that cared about stopping crime. stephen: a rep said the call-taker followed

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. alison: still ahead on abc seven news at 4:00 we have the results for the big spelling the. -- spelling bee. jonathan: more trouble for volkswagen. taking matters into their own hands over the emissions test cheating scandal. the new internal investigation is for your. -- is up next for you. alison: julia, sesame street's newest character. who she may help, coming up on abc 7 at 4:00. to hand to plant a couple of as alias rubs. could up, how doing this cost you $1000. did you have a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather this afternoon? better enjoy it now. big changes on the way. my full forecast is coming up. jonathan: remember "the monuments men?" these other real guys. they saved countless artifacts from destruction overseas. . they were on it today on the hill leaders from both parties honor them with congressional gold medals. congratulations to them. alison: terrifying moments for two parents in chicago. their one-year-old daughter was left behind at a day care, for gotten on th

the hospital held a press conference this morning and stephen tschida was there. he joins us live with the latest on this. stephen: this went down on tuesday. the patient died thursday. medstar addressed the issue today in a news conference after we flooded the hospital with questions over the weekend. they released snippet of information today in the death of a patient following fight with security guard. >> a man came to get help and died. terrible. stephen: they explain what led up to the fatal confrontation. >> this has been devastating to the washington hospital community. stefs medstar tried to put a lid on the growing outrage. >> the hospital security. unheard of. >> the patient left medstar on his own about 5:00 tuesday. a nurse caught up with him in front of the rehab center across the street as she and a security guard walked the man back to med star and encountered two more security guards. steves a police report states -- stephen: a police report says the patient resisted and two security guards threw or shoved him to ground and inflicted severe injury.

stephen tschida looks at the pros and cons. video of an 18-year-old on the sidewalk as the police handcuffed him, sparking cries of police brutality last week. but some say that body cameras recording the entire incident would have muted the outrage. >> it would have shown the incident from the officer's point of view from the beginning to the end. stephen: advocates of body cameras and those with deep concerns spoke out. much of the discussion centered on what images will be withheld under the current proposal. >> it would include assaults from police officers? >> we would always protect the identity of a witness to a crime, always. representatives of the muslim committee raised concerns. they fear that granting the public access to video will .urther victimize muslim women among the crowd today, a contingent for black lives matter, denouncing the concept of police body cameras. of timenk it is a waste and a deflection of the relationships we need to be talking about. the university of virginia student filed a lawsuit followin

stephen tschida live at one of those scenes along bladensburg road northeast. stephen: who police-involved shootings. one in southeast and the other here on bladensburg road this morning. one suspect is in custody. that is when a man with a bullet wound showed up at a hospital. other suspect remains at large. two times within hours d.c. police opened fire on suspects. one of them apparently took a bullet. in both incidents, police say the suspect pulled guns on the officers. >> terrible, terrible, that's terrible. stephen: the first incident went down in southeast d.c. 9:30 last night. while police chased a suspect they say he turned and opened fire. one of the officers shot back. the suspect got away. the officers did recover a couple of guns. >> even here, innocent people could have been hurt. stephen: before 1:00, northeast d.c., in a traffic stop on bladensburg road, a suspect pulled a gun. police say he took aim at the officer. the officer pulled his service weapon and fired. the suspect pulled off and crashed a couple of blocks away. then fled on foot. a w

stephen tschida live outside the wilson building with a closer look at the pros and the cons of the plan. hi, stephen. stephen: this started at 10:00 this morning. i checked in 15 minutes ago. still underway. now much of the discussion today about body cameras. supporters saying that will be a great addition to policing the nation's capital. opponents worried about what will become of the video they record. >> video of an 18-year-old on the sidewalk. his screams sparked condemnation of police brutality last week. some say body cameras recording the entire incident would have muted the outrage. >> i'm certain it would have been a different outcome. it would have shown the incidents from the officer's point of view from beginning to end. >> 30 hours of grueling testimony and questioning, advocate of the body cameras and those with deep concerns spoke out. much of the discussion centered on what images will be withheld under the current proposal. >> which includes assaults by police officers. >> we would always protect the identity of the witness to the crime. always. >> representative of t

stephen tschida live in georgetown tonight. what is the warning all about? stephen: first, the f.b.i. is not saying anything specific about any specific threat. however, we are in the heart of georgetown. come saturday night, this area will be filled with halloween partiers and this is the type of situation the f.b.i. is concerned about. halloween festivities draw huge crowds in the capital. this year, the f.b.i. warn there may be reason to be frightened. >> that is crazy. absolutely insane. >> the f.b.i. issued an alert to law enforcement agencies across the country. it states potentially dangerous anarchist group similar to those which targeted the international monetary fund and world bank in the past may be planning to use halloween as a cover to target police. >> i don't think they are overblowing it. they are being protective. >> they identify them as the national liberation militia. it states the group may be planning a halloween revolt. the strategy, wear masks. infiltrate halloween festivities. cause disturbances to lawyer police ands attack the offi

stephen tschida has been searching for answers for us tonight. what have you learned? stephen: this is where the video was shot yesterday. this is where demonstrators halted traffic today. they say they are denouncing racism and police brutality. but a representative of the officer says this is an example of good police work. the video on twitter shows a young man on the ground as police cuff him, he screams repeatedly. the shrieks sparkled a protest today. [chanting] stephen: several people marched down pennsylvania avenue when they reached sixth and penn, they halted traffic to denounce police brutality. the demonstrators say the young man in the video is a good kid but the one person we found who said she knows him refused to talk to us. meanwhile, the protesters say the video speaks loud and clear. >> it look lake he was taken down brutally. i don't know that that excessive force is needed. >> the end of the incident, the incident took place over a significant distance. stephen: police received a call about young men acting suspiciously. they went to check it out an

stephen tschida is live with more on this. stephen: police opened fire twice in a matter of hours. this is where i'm standing there was an incident. an officer pulled someone over. at some point police say the person was pulled out a gun and took aim at the officer. the officer pulled his service weapon and opened fire. the suspect took off in the vehicle and crashed a couple of blocks away and took off on foot. a couple of hours later, someone walked into a hospital with a bullet wound. that individual was arrested. last night, a similar situation played out. a suspect shot an officer and the officer shot back but that individual got away. >> it's uncalled for. it is. it's uncalled for. stephen: the individual took off on foot in southeast d.c. the search remained on for him. charges are pending. they haven't been worked out. we don't have an i.d. on the suspect yet. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. the other shooting was columbia, maryland, where the police confronted a man in cardinal lane. shelly is joining us live from columbia. why were the pol

reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you for that. if you were wondering why swat teams were descending on stafford boulevard this morning, this was it. but it's now over. someone called 911 about a guy with the gun. the caller did get out of the apartment. the person with the gun barricaded himself inside. police took him into custody. they haven't said what started the whole thing. alison: today we are hearing from the owner whose gun store is sparking outrage among some parents in mclain. it opened less than to weeks ago and it's next to franklin sherman elementary school. parents started an online petition to have it closed. the store owner james gate says he doesn't want to move. he wants to work with the community to ease their fears. he says no one has reached out to him directly. >> i'm more than happy to meet with the school, p.t.a., to show them i want to be part of the community. >> i don't think as long as the gun shoppe is there that this matter is going to get resolved. alison: the citizens association will talk about th

stephen tschida is live in wood bridge with more. stephen?tephen: right now prince william police on the lookout for a serial peeper who struck here in a bathroom at potomac mills on sunday. the possible serial peeper. a man dressed as a woman who ventured to public restrooms to sneak looks and take pictures of women using the toilet. >> that is creepy. really scary. stephen: a woman and her daughter were in the stall in poe toe mall mills -- potomac mills. she heard a flash and saw a mirror. a man exited the neighboring stall. they struggled and he ran off. >> i hope someone catches him. he is disgusting. stephen: in may, a 53-year-old woman told police a man dressed in a woman stood outside her stall and used a mir are to observe her -- mirror to observe her. these are surveillance shot of the suspect. hispanic male dressed as a woman. tonight regular shoppers a in the store hope he is caught soon. >> they have to make sure that they have to go through security. like in the restroom. we may never know nowadays. stephen: sunday after the str

stephen tschida is tracking the alert put out today. what are the f.b.i. telling the local police to look out for in the threat? stephen: well, nothing too terribly specific. i have to tell you we are in georgetown. this is a popular spot for the halloween revelry. this year halloween is on a saturday. it will be packed here come saturday night. long at halloween in the past. this is celebrations from the past in dupont circle to georgetown. this is what the f.b.i. is talking about. a national liberation militia. a possible anarchist group that could be planning, something they refer to as a halloween revolt. the national liberation militia's plan is infiltrate revelry and wear masks and then cause a disturbance to lure the police to the scene. then the anarchists would attack the officers with bricks, bottles and possibly firearms. just a short while ago i received an e-mail from the field office, the washington field office. this is the latest coming from the f.b.i. it reads that the f.b.i. routinely shares information about potential threats to better en

stephen tschida has the investigation and how they are doing. stephen? a little before 2:00 this afternoon, a police suv was racing down connecticut avenue at the same time a pedestrian was crossing, and they collide it right over here. a cell phone captured the scene seconds after impact. witnesses say that a man trying to cross connecticut avenue before the walk signal changed. thee was trying to beat police car across the intersection, but he cannot. stephen: the police vehicle accelerated down connecticut avenue. the police vehicle veered to miss the man. they do not hit the pedestrian had on, but slammed into the median. >> it appears he sideswiped the mirror with the pedestrian. police: they say the vehicle was going so fast that even in indirect hit sent the man flying. >> he fell back on his head and started bleeding. stephen: crucial to determining what happened here, surveillance cameras, but folks who live here say they have seen close cars -- close calls before between pedestrians and police cars. >> you have pedestrians thinking they can eat

stephen tschida is in northwest. chief lansdowne testified on what has become -- chief lanier talked abbottabad what has become a difficult issue for her. stephen: they talked about the body cameras and the proposal to use them. body camera and how the police views them. who sees the footage and the purpose that it serves at the city council hearing room today. police chief lanier addresses witnesses to crime captured by cameras. >> we would always protect the identity of a witness. stephen: what would be available to the public and the press? a current proposal called for numerous incidents, such as those involving assault, sexual assault or footage from a home. some believe it would defeat the purpose of outfitting the officers with the cameras. >> the police officers are being lambasted as performing bad acts. we want the police to have about -- we want the public to have access to what we do so we can counter that. the vast majority of the officers do the right thing. stephen: they namedded a number of questions a

stephen tschida is live in washington and a lot of folks are talking about this one. the kid in this case wasn't even arrested, we understand. stephen: no. he was let go, jonathan. we're on the corner of sixth and pennsylvania. today, the demonstrators say it's racism and police brutality. but a representative of the department says it's an example of police work. >> cell phone video seen on twitter from an incident yesterday outside a capitol hills bank shows police holding a young man down and cuffing him as he screamed. [screaming] stephen: the video sparked a protest today down pennsylvania avenue. it eventually halted traffic at the intersection of sixth and pennsylvania. >> sometimes you have to be radical to draw attention. stuff like this. this stuff has to stop. >> they didn't initiate the action. from everything i saw in the video and what i know about the incident, they did everything the way they were taught textbook. stephen: now in the police report, officers say they contacted this young man several blocks away. he took off running. led them on several b

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. jonathan: we want to follow up with this. we do not have the age of the child. but in fairfax county schools requiring children eat it -- entering kindergarten and six great to have documentation of immunizations. this child just went through the first round of shots within a get them all. there is a long list of places this infected child visited while contagious. all in fairfax county within the end of september and while contagious earlier this month. we have posted the complete this is that list of places he went on wjla.com. helpe running exactly police captured in a 20 a carjacking to crash into a fence and work me last night. -- in fort meade last night. it slowed operations at the maryland military base for several hours. a carjacking that happened wednesday night in baltimore ended on the grounds of fort meade hours later. police even drivers driver was being chased when he crashed into a fence on fort meade and jumped out of the car and ran off. >> the subject was able to evade law enforcement long enough to get him

reporting life, stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: in the face of increased scrutiny and some places an increase in time, president obama praised the work of law enforcement in a speech in chicago. president obama: i reject a story line that says when it comes to public safety there is an us and them. too often they are served up just like retweets or political candidates seeking some attention. leon: president said criminal justice reform is important they must never forget the sacrifices by the police forces and their families every day. the justice department opened civil rights investigation where they threw a student out of a desk. it happened in columbia, south carolina, when the student refused to leave class. she refused to leave for looking at a cell phone during class. maureen: we are learning more about yesterday's deadly shat-out between a female robbery suspect and the d.c. police. police charged 121-year-old ned mcallister who is believed to be the woman's accomplice with armed robbery. closing arguments start tomo

that is where stephen tschida is live with the details tonight. stephen: yeah, went down at 6:30 this morning. two suspects, armed suspects tried to carjack this automated traffic enforcement van. right here on this street. in the suburban neighborhood. we have video of a similar traffic enforcement van that looks like this one. the one that they tried to carjack this morning. the 41-year-old civil employee who was operating the van works for the police department. but he is not an officer. he had just got out of the van to set it up when the two suspects approached. one pulled a gun and demanded his keys. >> he told the individual that the key was in the vehicle and van was running. he assaulted the employee and he ended up pleaing from the area without taking the vehicle or any property. >> he was hit in the head, he got knocked around, he got kicked. he had a contusion. a couple of them. that type of thing. no lacerations but pummeled pretty good. stephen: the employee was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. we was treated but later released.

stephen tschida joins us with that. rainen: jonathan, the just beginning to come down in old town alexandria, a lot of the sky, theng river, and already the sandbags on the ground. >> you can fill those up. stephen: sandbags fill the sidewalks ahead of the rain. >> we want to be prepared for the water coming all the way in. at hardware stores, a flood of customers. they expected it. and village hardware, among the hot sellers today, generators. >> probably a dozen, yeah. a lot of customers are stocking up on supplies to keep the heavy rain from inflicting damage. the only choice you will have is the utility pump. stephen: reggie carter looked for something to prevent the kind of flooding he has had before. >> just getting a sump pump to protect the basement. easier to buy a sump pump the new carpet. some of the people we spoke with are hoping the storm is not as bad as expected, but are preparing for the worst just in case. back to you, jonathan. jonathan: preparation is the word. bigan be a test to see a storm blowing

stephen tschida is there live. do the investigators know how it started yet? stephen: they do not believe it's weather related. i didn't stem from an attempt to generate warmth. you can see the heavy damage. we also have video from prince george's county. firefighters, you can see the flames in the video. >> this is what mark brady had to say they believe the cause could be and how it spread so fast. >> these are all the sprinkler buildings. so to have a fire of the intensity we believe it started on the balcony of the unit and extended up to the attic. >> now while the investigators do not believe that this fire is weather-related there were two other fires today in prince george's county. which did stem from an attempt to generate warmth. alison: thank you. record low temperature actually. can you believe it? jonathan: they have a scarf around the neck. meteorologist brianne brian vane graaff in the weather center. brianne: tomorrow we could hit near 70. low to mid-70's on the day for wednesday and thursday. the freeze and frost. we usually get this in the ea

stephen tschida is there live with an update. >> still an active crash scene investigation going on at the intersection. you can see behind me. i spoke with lieutenant ron wilkins nine minutes ago and he gave me the latest information. the pedestrian struck described as an elderly man who is in serious condition. the officer taken to medstar with non-life threatening injuries. >> a witness' cell phone caught confusion, fear, shock in moments a police vehicle struck a man in the crosswalk. >> he was going 90. excel rating. >> witness say the police cruiser was moving extremely fast the investigators still are not confirming the officer was responding to a call or whether the siren and the lights were on. >> it looked like the police were trying to avoid hitting him. that is why they ran up on side. where he did get struck. stephen: inside nearby shots workers heard the sound of the collision and they raced outside. they found the man on the pavement. >> he hit the guy. the guy fell on the back of his head. >> throughout the afternoon the main artery through the heart of d.c. remain clos

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. leon: the only person who witnessed any of the three shootings in alexandria took the stand at charles severance's trial today. she was shot when he killed ruthanne ludado. he's got more on the first day of testimony. jeff? reporter: it was a big one. the prosecution wasted no time to get key witnesses in this case, including a woman who said she saw charles leon: two grocery distribution centers are moving out of the area and they are taking jobs with them. they say they're closing event over and upper marlboro operations. expected cut 191 jobs from locations from the layoffs in december. they kind of operations to pennsylvania and cecil county. let's talk about the weather now. absolutely gorgeous. alison: steve rudin is in the storm watch weather center with a look at the forecast. steve: we will do it for one more day. tomorrow actually a bit warmer with temperatures around 80 degrees. .5 in andrews 72 degrees in winchester. middle 70's for hagerstown and frederick. there is not a

stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: fear of a different nature in arlington after nine attacks on women in the last two and a half months. suzanne kennedy is live near the scene of the latest incident along scott street in rosslyn. suzanne? suzanne: this similar to the other attacks in the community. this happened after a night out. women stopped here and got out of a taxi cab. one walked across the street to her apartment complex and that's when she was attacked. nine attack since beginning of august. the latest happened when a resident of a rosslyn heights apartment complex on north scott street was coming home after a night out with friends. she was walking from this 7-eleven when she spotted her alleged attacker. >> she picked up her pace and tried to get to the building quicker and the suspect grabbed her from behind. suzanne: they're possibly two men. one black, one hispanic. >> i don't walk by myself. suzanne: she is being safe after she leaves the job at night. >> after hearing the stories, i have someone

stephen tschida in northeast d.c. with a story you will see only on abc7. what went wrong here? stephen: first, alison, 30 minutes ago i got a phone call from nicole chapel at the office of unified communication. she told me right now her collector and chief cathy lanier are changing protocol for how 911 calls are handled. this is after a man was walking down this street. rhode island avenue on october 3, 10:30 at night. he got to that tree, the big tree and he ran into two teenagers with a gun. in the district, the body count mounts as the bullet echo across the city. the district leader call in the public for help. one man tried to help but got nowhere. >> are you sure you don't want to to know where the kids with a gun are operating? they said no. we're not interested unless you come back to the city. stephen: he walked to his car and two teens intercepted him, pulled a gun and demanded all he had. he held on to his car keys. when they left he raced home to hyattsville. >> i called the police. the operator said i had to come back in the city. stephen: we contacted d.c. police

that is where stephen tschida is live with the story you will see only on 7. rendy, progressive neighborhood but for the past couple of months someone has been targeting a homeowner here with homephobic slurs -- homophobic slurs. >> i don't understand it. >> the man on the end of the taunts is troubled. he has lived in the columbia heights house for nine years. harassment started in august. >> i came home one day and someone writing the word [bleep] on my garage door. >> on another occasion he found his car covered in graffiti. but letters prompted him to call police. >> one was written in crayon and the other was typed. stephen: they're specific and threatening. >> said i was in the crosshairs. reporter: they are stunned that this is associated with the 1950's than washington, d.c. in 2015. >> people with stall mind. stephen: while police investigate the homeowner is protecting himself. he installed surveillance cameras. his neighbors find it hard to believe whoever is responsible could live in that community. is there we have a diverse neighborhood -- >> we h

stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: we are monitoring a developing situation out of alexandria where police are investigating an attempted rape this morning around 10:30 at an apartment complex on category way. not far from land mark mall. a 28-year-old woman was grabbed while walking in underground laundry room between two buildings. she fought off the attacker but the suspect is a black man in his 30's. long braided hair. facial hair on his chins and tattoos on his arm. anyone with information is asked to call police. alison: it was a scary scene on the bay bridge after an accident left this box truck up on the side of one of the jersey barriers right there. no one was hurt but it sends shivers down the spine of people who fear crossing the bridge in the first time. brad bell has details on what happened. it's scary, brad. brad: yeah, alison. tonight is a beautiful scene. look out here on the bay bridge. the traffic is flowing smoothly. you are right, if you are one of those people who rips the steering wheel --

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. jonathan: an update on a story we brought to you yesterday. a man caught peeping at a mother and a child in a bathroom stall is on the loose. prison -- prince william county police are still looking for him. he apparently dresses of the woman and holds a mirror and a phone with a camera underneath the bathroom stall. the most recent incident happened at potomac mills where 35-year-old mother noticed a flash under the stall. police believe the suspect may be the person caught on surveillance camera at a woodbridge walmart back in may. if he looks familiar, give them a call. dollars from a man with dementia posts spend the next five years of her life by bars. rosetta warned was sentenced today. prosecutors say she met the 87-year-old man at an assisted living facility and convinced him they were an item, than gain access to his credit cards and bank accounts. she racked up $400,000 in purchases, including an $86,000 car. n's attorneyr defending her outside of court today. >> she is 66 years of age and she has a lot of problems. they will put her

steve steve live with more on the -- stephen tschida live with more on the story. he victim in the story. what is the latest? stephen: big changes. right now the d.c. police and the 911 call center are making changes to their protocol. this is because of a story you are about to see about an incident which took place on road island avenue 10:30 on saturday night. gun violence soars across the district. police say it will take the public's help to stop it. but a recent victim tried to alert d.c. police. but got sorry, not now instead. >> the police depa

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. alison: thank you very much. two of the six police officers accused in the rest and death of freddie gray want charges against them thrown out. officer william porter and lieutenant brian rice say the assault charges against them should be dropped. they say their failure to put freddie gray in a seatbelt does not break the law. he died after suffering a spinal injury in that police van. 's death set up a riot that caused millions of dollars in damage. leon: it happened again. for the third time at just 24 hours of pedestrian has been killed in our area. it was 18-year-old college student michelle hoya. she died around sunrise well walking to the intersection of route 29 and new hampshire avenue the white oak. last night at 95 euros woman diebel crossing river road new bethesda. yesterday morning, a 72-year-old died crossing and avenue in reston. with the first time in nearly four years a u.s. service number was killed in combat in iraq. the pentagon says u.s. forces were hoping kurdish and iraqi forces rescued do

reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: thank you. staying in northern virginia now. two armed robberies in a matter of minutes in alexandria. police are trying to determine if they are connected in any way. the first one happen around 11:00 at a phone store in alexandria. the second was a gas station on patrick street. in both instances two men, one armed with a handgun held up a store clerk. no one was hurt. the police have not released surveillance video. alison: jurors got a dark look in the mind and the history of accused serial killer charles severance. today the mother of severance's son testified about the moment that she feared for her life. new at 5:00, abc7 northern virginia chief jeff goldberg revealed the new details that came out in court. jeff: the prosecution shifting to focus in the investigation of the murder of ron kirby. in the last 30 minutes or so we heard from the medical examiner who performed the autopsy saying that she discovered three bullets and that ron kirby died of two gunshot wounds to the chest. also saying that the shooter fired from

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. jonathan: take a look at this. great fall colors over grateful. look at the color. you can see all the oranges and reds popping out. some trees have no leaves left at all. it will be a great weekend to go out and see the colors before they go. i think the temperature will agree with all of us. alison: if you still have some great fall colors, take a picture and send it in. we will put it on the air right here on abc 7 news. pics@wjla.com. leave is your name, location, and then tune in and watch for it. doug is here. now we have the winter. the trivia question from the last time, we will take a look at it. when was the first time that washington recorded measurable snowfall last winter? november 20, december 14, or january 6? alison: i will say this summer 14. jonathan: i will say january 6. doug: wehner! -- winner! when will we get our first know this year? i don't have my dartboard with me to figure it out. let's talk about some good stuff coming weather-wise of the next couple of days. that will be more sunshine and a little bit cooler temperatu

reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you for that. stay with abc7 for breaking news update on the story. don't be left out when you're away from your tv on any breaking news story. subscribe to the text alerts at wjla.com/text. you will get the message directly from our newsroom to your phone. well, this is lubin phipps. he has been missing now for weeks. we have been doing stories how he walked away and was not seen. yesterday a grim discovery. a body found not far from where he was last seen. alison: phipps was taken to a park from his care-giver. he had dementia. kevin lewis has more. this could become a criminal case, right? kevin: certainly. phipps' ex-wife and two daughters hired an attorney. today she called for a criminal and a civil investigation. not only the outdoor picnic at the park here but also in the way that police handled the search, which went on for a few weeks. according to the family here, last month the whitmore house assisted living center took phipps and a group of other elderly residents to a picnic at watkin

ephen tschida gives us a look. stephen: the police displayed a bounty of synthetic drugs. they were confiscated from three establishments across the county. they wanted to get the word out about the synthetic drugs because they want you to take a look at the packaging. the marketing. they appear to be directly marketed to children or teenagers. prince george county police say they want parents to know of the dangers. it's not sin themmic marijuana but more like sin -- it's not synthetic marijuana but more like synthetic p.c.p. they said we see 1,8020 packet of synthetic. it is not like marijuana. it's 100 times more powerful than marijuana. almost like crack on steroids. >> though they confiscated it, the abundance of synthetic drugs, no one so far has been charged. that's because some of the substances may not be deemed illegal. "police are calling on -- county police aralcaing on sledge -- legislation to include this type of synthetic drug. leon: one week after the worst disaster to hit south carolina began and the governor nikki haley warning residents that some rivers