tom roussey is there. what can you tell us? tom: alison, when this happened, there were people inside the theater watching movies, probably had no idea happening outside the back door. this is video from when we arrived on the scene a few minutes ago. they finally clear the scene. according to a spokesperson, there was a man with a group of friends. the victim was in his late teens or early 20's. he and the suspect walked away from the group of friends, had a conversation, the suspect pulled out a gun and shot the suspect. he was airlifted to the hospital with very critical conditions. who matches the description of the suspect, but at last check they were still trying to determine if that person was the suspect. one person shot behind the amc movie theater in waldorf. tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: stay with abc 7 for updates. you can get breaking news around the clock by signing up for text alerts at wjla.com/text. jonathan: other top story, their lights are off, the power is out, and choices are now limited. families were l

tom roussey has more. tom: kimberly, the police say this all began last night when a man was drinking with friends in an alley. he decided it was time to go home, so we started walking apparently this way. when he got to the corner in northwest, two men tried to rob they let him on fire. until two months ago, anna, who asked us not to reveal her full identity, used to rent a room to the man, who she knew as albertine. >> i consider him a good person, but he has a problem with alcohol. tom: late saturday night, the police say he was drinki he left and began walking home. that is when two guys walked up and demand it money. when he said he did not have any, they began to hit him and knocked him face down on the ground. that is when the police say they let him on fire. he took off his burning jacket and threw it away. he then echoed go to the hospital until i concerned person called d.c. fire and ems. at medstar, he was diagnosed with third-degree burns. contact his sons or brother in maryland. they hope they

tom roussey went searching for answers and has with the police are saying. tom: alison, i met the intersection in this neighborhood. sunday night, just before 10:00, gunshots that way, two striking a home. minutes later, gunshots this way, one of them striking a home. prince william county say it's difficult to patrol to stop these incidents because they keep happening over a widely scattered area. >> we just heard two shots and we stayed away from the windows. tom: neighbors heard the shots 10:00 sunday night. >> i got up, checked my house come and everything seemed ok. tom: the next day when she was walking by her upstairs guest bedroom -- >> i said there is a lot of light in that room. tom: she said that you can see the bullet fragment in this picture. >> if my blinds had not been in my window, it would have went through the wall. tom: she said the bullet would have headed towards the better that she was in. she heard the police that night, heading to this other neighborhood homes that was hit in two places minutes earlier. the homeowners say they were not

tom roussey joins us with details of the surge and its impact. hi, tom. tom: alison, none of the safetrack programs have been pleasant for commuters. take a look at the brookline station. it is still open, but in less than an hour it will shut down and not reopen again until the this year, there are two reasons metro may not be a good option for those involved in sunday's marine corps marathon. one, it is not opening early like it has in the past, not starting until 7 a.m. two, the red line will not be running between fort totten and gallaudet. but long after the race is over, red line commuters like these in silver spring will be dealing with the shut down until almost >> take the bus. >> marc is the only option at this point. driving is too hectic and expensive. tom: halfway decent news is they can still transfer at fort totten and take the green and yellow lines downtown. people who were up a creek are the people who live near the stations that will be completely quarters of a mile of both stations. tom: with neither a rhode island avenue or broccoli a

live in sterling, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank you. tomorrow night, an in-depth look at where the race heads from here. a on our sister station, news channel 8, and wjla.com. steve: wow, what a day we had around the dmv, daytime highs well into the upper 80's. 87 breaking the record in dulles and bwi marshall, one degrees shy of the record at reagan national. tomorrow, a little cooler, but still plenty of sunshine to i'm tracking a cold front, a significant cold front that will impact your weekend plans. world that coming up. jonathan: steve, thanks. this just in, parents arrested in the murder of their baby boy. petty and his wife are facing charges in the death of their three-month-old son. he and his wife babied the barry book -- bear uried the baby boy to cover a crime. an accident at a construction site. this was the view from sky track 7. a concrete mixer was involved, but the circumstances are under investigation. a second worker suffered non-life-threatening injuries. alison: new at 11:00 am a vigil 17-year-old girl stabbed to

tom roussey has how the investigation is going. do they have anybody or any leads? tom: anybody yet. the police say the other day there was an inspection at this exxon on route 50. three of the four credit card readers had these skimming devices, but this is far from the only gas station that was hit. >> i swiped my card without even thinking. tom: customers at this exxon and fairfax were surprised it was one of many gas stations hit by not gas stations. tom: only about 11 skimming device cases were reported last year in fairfax county. this year they have already been 14, including nine since june. one was at a walmart, the other eight gas stations, seven of them exxons. >> its northern virginia, it does not surprise me. tom: skimming devices are used to steal credit and debit card information. they can be placed over the real credit card reader and how they can look real. the one on the left has no skimmer, the one on the right protrudes ever so slightly. it does have a skimmer. >> i always look at that before i get gas. tom: because people do not think about it. n

tom roussey is covering metro tom: yeah, alison, that incident highlights why the metro gm wants more time to work on the tracks. the hearing started at 12:30 this afternoon. the last speaker walked out those doors about 10:00 tonight. until metro's safetrack program ends next spring, it closes at midnight seven days a week. the question is what happens after that? >> government jobs, closing on saturday and sunday. tom: they want weekend late-night service back. until june, metro stayed open until 3 a.m. fridays and saturdays. now sometimes workers have to take taxis instead. >> we cannot afford that on a does not with the system open as many hours as it used to be, giving crews time to maintain the tracks. metro was looking at a bunch of choices, everything from opening at noon sundays to shutting down at 11:30 on weekdays. the gm said he could live with a compromise in which late-night service ended at 1 a.m. weekends. >> we use it as safe transportation around the city. tom: most speakers and metro's >> most restaurants and bars in the district are open until 2:00. tom: metro's bo

they woman is accused of trying to poison her former coworkers tom roussey joins us with the investigation. how are the employees doing? a couple of them got sick? tom: they did, and for the longest time they do not know why. the letting county sheriff's office said the employee was disgruntled, but they said that you would not know it because she worked the front desk. behind this window is a break coffeemaker. there is a lot of disgruntled workers of the d.c. area, but few have ever been accused of this. >> the employees at this place had been getting sick. tom: the loudoun county sheriff said the boss at this shipping company ultimately realized one of his own employees was poisoning the coffee. she allegedly was putting kitchen and glass cleaning products into the keurif machinefor months. the woman is facing a felony charge. >> she was very nice. i'll he met her a couple times. it shocking. tom: nearby workers say the police swarmed the area last friday. >> we saw her sitting at the curb with about 10 police officers questioning her. tom: a week later they learned what she is accused

tom roussey with more on this brutal right now residents flew into several homes and struck cars over the weekend. take a look.. bullets pierced through several windows.. some of them striking rooms where children usually stay. one resident says she heard the gunshots just after midnight sunday.. another says he's lucky because one of the bullets tore through a window right above a couch where he always sits. fortunately no one d-c police have not commented on the shootings but neighbors tell abc7 at least three homes and two cars were damaged. d-c police... forced to arrest one of their own, while he was on the job. it started with a citizen's complaint early sunday morning about officer arthur thompson. when a supervisor went to investigate, he smelled alcohol and noticed officer thompson was impaired. he then went on to fail field sobriety tests. thompson -- who has arrested and charged with being under the influence, while on duty. neighbors say no one is above the law. thompson's police powers were revoked, and he's under investigation powers were revoked, and he's under investig

tom roussey is live in landover with more on early voting. a lot of people come out today, tom? tom: yes, alison. if you saw the video early it's busy in rockville and really busy in landover. to my right is where you vote but you have to wait for quite a line. work yet. a woman waited 45 minutes. check out the line at the prince george's sports and learning complex going this way. we won't be able to show you this it's so long. this is three to a side. look how many people have come out. the early voting number will go up a lot because we the folks in line. this is open until 8:00 tonight. longer as the folks got off of work. i put in a call to the state. they are working to get the numbers statewide. i can tell you what we are hearing is the first day of early voting in maryland has been very, very popular. the fronted door is there. see it in the distance. at times the line has gone out the door. likely to do it tonight when the folks get off work. this is the first day of the the d.c. early voting started and virginia's version of the absentee voting started. for more inform

tom roussey joins us now with more. tom? tom: yeah, alison, it was unreal how many people came out. was the end of a very long line. more than 125 thousand people voted in the state of maryland today, way more than four years ago. >> i parked over here. tom: as the clock ticked closer to 8:00, the parking lot was so packed that cars had to circle to find a space. >> we are trying to prepare ourselves for a lot of people, but this is really a lot. >> i was floored. it's great that people are coming out to vote. tom: the wayne curry sports and learning center in landover is huge, but even it had a hard time containing the line. how long did you have to wait? >> about an hour. >> 45 minutes. voting. this year there are nine locations in prince george's, 10 in montgomery. even though it may have been faster to go on election day -- >> i want to get it over with. tom: worth it? >> yes. tom: every day through next thursday, all of the early voting locations in the state of maryland like this one in landover will be open from 8 jonathan: the candidates not voting yet, still campaigning. do

reporting live at the metro headquarters in northwest, i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. 7 is on storm watch tonight as we get ready to say goodbye to summer for something more seasonable. chief meteorologist doug hill has a look at the big change in forecast. about time. doug: it is coming our way. another day in 80's today. further drop in the temperatures as we get through the day on saturday. here comes the rain. along and ahead of the cold front moving quickly through the lower great lakes. ahead of a severe thunderstorm watch posted for western pennsylvania, maryland and west virginia. heavy storms along that line. probably midday tomorrow before rain arrives here. so tonight is partly cloudy and mild. we are holding in 60's overnight at all locations. the timing of he shows the clouds in morning and the rain arriving around midday and early afternoon through tomorrow night. what will the weekend hold? it will be windy and cold. how windy and cold? you may be surprised when i give you the numbers in a few minutes. michelle: thank you. see you th