and in haymarket, leesburg 54, 52 in waldorf, bowie 50 definitely and 1/2-inch of rain today -- 51 and 1/2-inch of rain today. a cloudy night, temperatures in the 50s, but we'll see breaks after midnight, chilly tonight and it looks like a nice stretch of weather heads our way tomorrow, more on that and your holiday weekend forecast in a few minute. >>> prosecutors charged a waldorf grand mom with murder following a dinner time shooting at a charles county mcdonald's. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in waldorf where authorities blame high emotions over a child cuss did i dispute for a grandmother -- custody dispute for a grandmother allegedly opening fire killing a man and wounding a woman. a 51-year-old grandmother caroline conway of waldorf charged with first degree murder after a shooting at this st. charles town center mall mcdonald's parking lot before 6:00 last night which had been used as a spot to exchange custody between two grand children. killed was the mother's new husband 25-year-old robert michael mange of smithfield, virginia. seriously wounded was the children's 24-year-ol

i'm scott broom in waldorf, charles county, maryland, coming up the twisted family saga behind the crime that twisted the police community. >> reporter: members of the murdered savopoulos family from the people who knew and loved them best. i'm bruce leshan, the story coming up. >> today it's heat and humidity, tomorrow showers and storms, more about wednesday 8 8 -- wednesday's yellow alert day. >>> the search is on for the pistol police believe might have been used as a murder weapon. thanks for being here. i'm derek mcginty. >> i'm lesli foster. the owner of the gun is this prince george's county police officer who is chd argealong with his mother in the killing. scott broom is in waldorf to tell us more. >> reporter: it's a complicated web of family relationships that boils down to this. charles county investigators say it was a child custody battle between prince george's county police officer richard conway and his ex crystal mange and what appears to have been an ambush in this waldorf mcdonald's parking lot. killed was 25-year-old robert mange of smithfield, virginia. crystal man

news4's chris gordon is in waldorf right now. coming up he'll have more on a connection between the officer's service weapon and the shootings. >>> a smoke alarm triggered an evacuation at the u.s. capitol this afternoon. hundreds of employees had to leave the building and dozens of tourists were forced out of the visitor's center. no word on what triggered the alarm and firefighters say there were no signs of smoke or fire. lawmakers are in recess this week. >>> big news from metro this afternoon. officials have abandoned plans for hundreds of news of 700 series railcars. adam tuss tweeted out the breaking news just a furor short time ago. metro says it won't order 220 new railcars because of a money shortage. more than 520 7000 series cars have been fundsed and ordered. we're working to get more information ahead of a board meeting scheduled for thursday. >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. the death toll and the number of people missing is rising because of those severe storms in fex tex and oklahoma. 16 now confirmed dead

. >>> a waldorf man trapped in a burning home say live thanks to neighbors and a charles county cop. stephanie ramirez spoke with the survivor's thankful family. >> not many people would jump into a burning house not knowing if they are coming back out to save somebody they barely know. i really thank you all. >> reporter: ashley says there's no way the man she calls her husband the father of the three-year-old would be alive today if it weren't for the quick actions of a charles county officer and neighbors. she says she thought she was going to pass out trying to get her daughter out of the home early monday memorial day. they thought her husband was behind her. >> i just hear him hit the floor and he kind of let out a big scream. and then i looked back and he was not hiewnd me. >> reporter: neighbors say it was after midnight when they saw flames shooting from the home on greenwood court in waldorf. officer vernon walker was the first to arrive. >> the doors were locked and i forced entry and i was able to get in a few feet and actually saw a white pair of socks and realizeed that

in waldorf, brad bell abc7 news. alison: okay, brad. we'll see you then. thank you. meanwhile, ellicott city teenager pleaded guilty to first-degree mushed in the death of her father -- first-degree murder in the death of her father. morgan arnold admitted to plotting the murder of her father with her then 19-year-old boyfriend. two years, a dennis lane was found stabbed to death in his home. the young couple planned run away together. arnold was charged as an adult and faces life in prison when she is sentenced in august. leon: the city of cleveland reached a settlement with the u.s. justice department over the conduct. they agreed to overhaul the police department under the supervisor of federal monitor. this comes after a scathing justice department report found what is called a pattern of excessive force and civil rights violations. the mayor of cleveland and the u.s. attorney of the northern district of ohio held a press conference to address the changes. >> our goal is to have real reform. real reform. that will be sustainable. this agreement is a major step in

. >> reporter: i'm darcy spencer in waldorf. this house went up in flame after a holiday weekend barbecue. >> i think if he had stayed in there just another couple seconds. that would have been it. >> reporter: i'll tell hue is being credited with kicking in this door and pulling a man out. saving his life. >>> and there's no break in sight. some families right now verizon is offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. yeah, 10 gigantic gigs. for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want. on the network that's #1 in speed, call, data and reliability. so you never have to settle. now, also get $200 when you join and buy a new smartphone. stop by or visit us online. and save without settling. only on verizon. >>> it's been confirmed that 14 people were kill in that historic flooding in texas. more than a dozen others are still missing though. and to make matters worse, more rain is expected in parts of that state. already more than 50 home have been evacuated. jay gray is i

scott broom is in waldorf with new details from investigator. what the heck, scott? >> reporter: we're here at mcdonald's at the charles town center mall. investigators describe what happened as a nest domestic situation exploding into violence in a most unlikely place, the mcdonald's parking lot behind me, and with a most unlikely person allegedly behind the trigger. 51-year-old grandmother caroline conway of waldorf charged with first degree murder after a shooting here at st. charlestown center mall in the mcdonald's parking lot before 6:00 last night which had been used as a spot to exchange custody of two grandchildren after a breakup between conway's son and the mother of the shooting. killed was the mother's new husband of smithfield, virginia. seriously wounded was the children's 24-year-old mother. no children were present when conway allegedly opened fire at the mcdonald's. >> this has been a longstanding and very nasty custody dispute between the female victim and the biological dad. ms. conway is the mother of the biological dad of these children. >> repo

the waldorf grandmother involved in a custody fight apparently brought a gun. the shootings happened here less than 24 hours ago. carolyn conway has been charged with murder and attempted murder. today i stopped by her home in waldorf to ask if a family member would talk to us about what would happen. i just want to give my card. i'm chris gordon. i asked a neighbor about caroline conway. >> they're always outside with their grandkids, and that's the only time we see them. they never spoke to us. >> reporter: investigators describe the shootings this way. 25-year-old robert michael mange was killed, his wife seriously wounded. the charles county sheriff says the motive was a longstanding child custody dispute. the couple drove this jeep to the mcdonald's in waldorf from virginia to pick up her two small children. the youngsters had been staying with their grandmother, 51-year-old caroline conway. but instead of handing over the youngsters to the children's mother, conway got into the jeep. >> ms. conway produced a handgun, subsequently shot the male victim, mr.

that's the latest live in waldorf maryland. . >> thanks, chris. >>> the dying words of an alexandria woman may be used at the trial for the man who's accused of killing her. that's the decision of a fairfax county judge over the opposition of charles severance's defense team. severence arrived in a wheelchair because of an ankle injury. he's charged with three murders nancy dunning, ron kirby and ruth ann lodato. before her death lodato nodded yes when asked if she saw the person who shoot her. she also said the killer was an older white man. despite many moves and millions of dollars invested, a big plan to improve the commute between montgomery and prince george's counties kblts get on track. adam tuss tells us about a meeting today that could seal the fate of the purple line. >> reporter: tossed aside, brought back to life, stuck in limbo, moving forward. you could use any of those to describe the purple line but the bottom line will the streetcar type system be built in a maryland suburb? >> has a decision been made? are we still in the running to have the purple line here? >> th

jackets tonight for sure, 55 in town, waldorf 52 along with andrews. out to the west haymarket at 55, one of the warmer spots. the evening looks cloudy, but temperatures aren't going to move much, mid-50s in town. good news about the weekend that, forecast in a few minutes. >>> a man accused of killing three alexandria residents over 10 years says he does not want separate murder trials. >> charles severance is charged with fatally shooting the people in their homes in separate incidents. his trial has been moved to fairfax where he made the unexpected statement earlier today. peggy fox is live with more. >> reporter: to separate the murder trials could likely weaken the commonwealth's case, but severance spoke out today saying he did not want the burden of having to win two trials. the judge has not ruled whether to separate the cases, but she made a lot of other important decisions today. charles severance rolled into the courtroom in a wheelchair. he told the judge he'd been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment because alexandria deputies had b

richard reeve is live in waldorf with more. rich, what have you learned? richard: the shooting happened in this mcdonald's parking lot. documents indicate this was a planned event, a co-conspiracy between a mother and son who happened to be a prince george's candy police officer. the investigation is not over. the authorities have not found the murder weapon. it was in this mcdonald's parking lot that a long simmering custody dispute turned deadly. >> just shocked, disbelief. richard: prince george's county officer richard conway, arrested monday, faces murder charges. the is accused of plotting with his mother caroline, in the shooting of his ex-wife, crystal, and her new husband robert mange. >> this was planned. she went there with the handgun. richard: conway often met the mother at the mcdonald's to exchange custody. >> it was a routine thing. richard: caroline conway appeared with a 40 caliber handgun, her son service weapon, and jumped in the back seat of this jeep. an argument ensued, then gunshots. robert mange was shot dead, crystal was shot in t

officer richard conway was arrested yesterday at his mother's waldorf home. police say conway's mother caroline shot the woman and her new husband robert mange outside a waldorf mcdonald's last week. mange was killed, his wife, officer conway's ex-girlfriend was injured. her name has not been released. police say officer conway let his mother use his service weapon and picked her up after the shooting to craft an alibi. both are charged with first-degree murder. the city of cleveland agreed to overhaul the police department in an investigation with department of justice. this comes days after a white police officer was equited in the -- acquitted. it led to a investigation that found pattern of force and abuse by officers. now to a developing story in texas. state of disaster has been declared as the floodwaters continue to rise. close to a foot of rain fell overnight in the area of houston. at this moment, more than 40 people are missing. many of them were in a vacation home that was swept down the blanco river. 16 people have been confirmed dead since the f

new information about a murder investigation in waldorf. sources confirm to abc seven the suspected killer is the mother of a prince george's county police officer. as we told you last night, two people were shot outside a waldorf mcdonald's and what appeared to be a child custody-related dispute. is facing charges. robert mange was killed, and the mother of the child was seriously injured. sources say police have not found the murder weapon. the officers service weapon is also missing. turning to the letter. some good news out there. today's chilly temperatures and rain are all gone. things are looking better for the holiday weekend. brian van de graaff is here tonight with a look at the outlook. brian: it was kind of a dreary day. temperatures did get in the 60's , but your most of the afternoon, it was cool and amp. a live picture across the city. 54 degrees in the city. a light northwesterly breeze. we did pick up about one third of the niche of rain today. already down to 48 in gaithersburg. 52, dulles. as we go through the evening ski

our friends in southern maryland, brandywine, waldorf. 83 degrees. once you head off to the west a little cooler where it's raining. 70 degrees for cumberland so that is what's headed our way for this afternoon. 84 for manassas. 86 for leesburg. high temperatures today their adjust all across the eastern seaboard into the 80s. the high pressure off to the east and the sorry winds -- and the southerly winds. it's warm no matter where you go. we do have a front headed our way for sunday. the timing is still questionable but that is -- let's hope for some cooler weather. here's what i'm talking about. a little bit of rain for cumberland. notice the heavier downpowrp west of hagerstown -- downpour west of hagerstown. these showers are going to push off to the east and we'll see more showers and storms develop during the peak heating hours of the day. this is 1:00. so fast forwarding the time frame a little bit. see how the temperatures are just falling off back into the upper 70s behind some of the -- those thunderstorms. 4:30. this is why we issued the

watching more showers down around waldorf and south of plano and right along the 301 and towards king george county. that's the next system. see all the moisture down to the south. it's moving northeast and then it kind of hits a skid and starts to move back our way. some new information has just come in. i'll show you what to expect early tomorrow morning in my full forecast. >> thank you, doug. learning new details about how a guy accused in a vicious attack at a metro station last year allegedly did the same thing last year. news 4's jackie benson reports now from eastern market. >> news 4 has learned this suspect allegedly did something very similar a year ago but got off with a light punishment because the traumatized victim couldn't identify him. this time it's on video. the attack on the escalator at the metro station was sudden and shocking. metro transit police believe 19-year-old elijah smith is responsible for last week's incident that left a 69-year-old man with very serious injury. >> we spent a lot of money upgrading our system and rely on it every day for situational aw

scott broom is in waldorf to tell us more. >> reporter: it's

to la plate da waldorf, 74 the high at pax river, 76 degrees expected in areas like fredericksburg andse water temperatures are going to be going up too. monday our high temperature here close to 90 degrees and in the mid-80s ocean city. the water temperature right now there 67, just south of thomas point currently. the water temperature 67. a lot of folks go, i don't know if i'm going to stick my toes in the water just yet. i thieve by memorial day you will. 84 degrees over the weekend. monday here close to 90. and we stay around 90 with that heat wave and chance of humidity higher humidity each day next week. a chance of a thunderstorm. we'll have more on the beex forecast what you can expect if you're going to be traveling coming up on news4 at 5. >> thanks. >>> also coming up on news4 at 5, a man is shot dead, a woman wounded and police believe the person who pulled the trigger is a 51-year-old grandmother. >> reporter: this is chris gordon at the st. charles town center in waldorf, maryland, with an update on the shooting that happened less than 24 hours ago here. it toong place a

begin with chris gordon in waldorf. chris? >> reporter: the prosecutor tells me that the police officer richard conway is being charged with first degree murder even though he may not have been here at the time of the shooting at the mcdonald's last wednesday. he may not have even been nearby. but the prosecutor says the charges, first degree premeditated edd murder, because conway conspired to plan the smootings and may have provided the gun to his mother his police service revolver. detectives investigating the double shooting at mcdonald's found .40 caliber shell casings in the parking lot. caroline conway was arrested last week, her son's service revolver has not been located. now officer richard conway is also charged with first degree murder. prince george's county police chief mark mcgaw. >> the charges this officer faces are deeply troubling to me. but his actions are his own and not a reflection of the over 1700 men and women that serve our community day in and day out with professionalism and integrity integrity. >>

still damp from bowie down to clinton and waldorf and south and west of there, woodbridge to quanticoicksburg. along 66 into now fauquier county over toward rappahannock county getting a few light showers passing through there now. going forward over the morning hours, we'll have the showers south of us breaking up by noontime. maybe sun breaking out by noontime. a line of showers will move out into the shenandoah valley by 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. there might be a flash of lightning but overall it's go to be drying out into the afternoon. then through the evening hours we'll see maybe a lingering shower to our west but most of the region will be drying out this afternoon and most of the pavement is drying out for a morning commute. looks like it will be good for the driver. >> it's looking a lot better than an hour ago. looking at 395 you can see no real issue here. everything drying out quite nicely. the first 4 traffic tracker is headed out there after ed sell road. looking good through that area. 95 in virginia here a little slow here. as you're approaching dale city, 25 miles per hour a

that's the latest live in waldorf maryland. back to you jim. >>> tonight a northern virginia family is suffering through an unbearable loss. their little girl drowned at their neighborhood pool in lorton. northern virginia reporter david culver just spoke to with them, and he joins us live from their community. david? >> reporter: jim, just behind me you can see the community pool where this all happened. it's slightly blocked by those trees. a second grader here with a group of her friends yesterday. her mom tells me she didn't know how to swim, but somehow she ended up underneath the water. >> her beautiful smile. >> reporter: holding onto a picture of their smiling daughter this couple still in shock. >> this was one of her school pictures last year. >> reporter: the 7-year-old fatmata spent memorial day here at the lorton station community pool with friends. around 4:00 they got a call, rush to the pool. >> was police cars everywhere, ambulance. and i saw them wheeling that way. i just wanted to give her a hug. i couldn't b

i was born on july 2nd 1920, in a town called waldorf which is very close to hidenberg, in germany. >> tell me about your parents and your family. >> well i glue up in the post world war i era, and of course, those were really difficult times, and my parents were struggling to get along during the economic chaos that existed during those times. you may remember there was this very serious inflation i mean,

he's been identified as rene from waldorf. he is believed to have been in a white pick-up truck that was swept away in that high water. the truck ran into trouble yesterday morning in the 8,000 block. police found the truck late last night in the patuxent river. no one was inside. crews continued that search today and found the body. they are not looking for anyone else in that flood. >>> for the first time joe morrissey confirms publicly that he is the father of a child born to a former underage staffer. the 57-year-old state senate candidate made the admission onmorning. he served time for having a sexual relationship with the baby's mother who was a minor at the time. morrissey plans a news conference tomorrow with 9-week old chase and mirna pride, the baby's mother. maryland senator barbara mick you willsky went to the white house for a meeting about helping baltimore recover from the violence that racked the city after the death of freddy gray. she tweeted a photo as she arrived at the white house for a meeting. the small

this is related to last week's shooting at i mcdonald's in waldorf, maryland mpd last week prosecutors charged caroline conway with murder and attempted murder. she allegedly shot a man and his wife motive is ongoing child custody dispute. the police officer is from prince georges county. we expect to hear from the department at 1:30 today. >>> working to learn the name of a woman killed on the beltway in prince georges county this morning. that accident happened caused some major delays during the morning commute. take a look at two lanes were closed off on the interloop south of the bw parkway. a woman hit and killed by a tractor-trailer. a second person at the scene may have been inside with the woman. it's not clear if that person was hurt. the driver of the tractor-trailer stayed on the scene until police arrived. >>> the d.c. summer jobs program expanding. less than an hour ago, d.c. mayor signed a bill into law allowing young adults under age 24 to participate. it offers 1,000 jobs for 6 weekses. sart moan ceremony happened on mlk jr. avenue in southeast and called on the counci

south you might have a shower down toward waldorf and fredericksburg. upper 60s to low 70s.y 9:00 we are looking at temperatures in the 70s. by lunch time, showers start to fire up. each a little rumble of thunder possible, temperatures in the low 80s, really begin to fire up as we go through the evening hours. you'll watch that for a potential yellow alert day. >>> day planner 70s to start by 11:00. 84 by 1:00. pretty much the same story. 9 tomorrow, 88 saturday 85 sunday with scattered showers and storms. monday nats back in town, cooler but still unsettled. 72 on tuesday with showers. back to 77 on wednesday with sunshine, and back to 81 thursday with sunshine. >>> the washington nationals are on a hot streak. they have won 8 of the last 10 games and are in first place, winning sure is a lot more fun than losing. in tonight's inside pitch, the ws have led to a happy team. >> reporter: baseball is supposed to be fun. about a month ago for the nationals, it wasn't. they were losing. and a well respected national baseball writer named john hey man wrote the following about t

current temperature is 70 degrees in winchester. 64 in westminster. 67 degrees in waldorf. the reduced visibility. i told you we'd hang onto that reduced visibility until about 8:00 or 8:30. one and a quarter miles right now in warrenton. it's not too soupy out there, but it is definitely muggy and you can see the showers that are moving toward us again on satellite and radar. we'll time those out coming up. >> thank you, erica. >>> now the latest on the crash of amtrak 188. regulators ordered amtrak to put new safety measures in place. the fbi is also launching its own investigation, trying to determine if something hit the train's windshield just seconds before the crash. and train service will now start again between washington and newyork on tuesday. here's more. >> reporter: amtrak has agreed to improve safety measures in the heavily-traveled northeast corridor. the federal railroad administration is issuing an emergency order requiring technology that will alert the engineer when a train is over the speed limit and automatically apply the brakes if the train doesn't s

alison: a deadly shooting at a waldorf mcdonald's and the suspect is a grandmother that woman is nowing murder charges. reporter: this is the mcdonald's parking lot where the shooting took late yesterday. witnesses say they heard at least four shots fired before investigators say the 51-year-old grandmother took off. >> very intense. reporter: neighbors say authorities had this area blocked off last night as they zeroed in on this home. >> they had guns drawn and dogs and all the other gear that is affiliated with trying to capture someone. but it was very germanic. -- dramatic. reporter: they're looking for caroline conway who is now facing charges including first-degree murder. >> oh, well here it unbelievable. reporter: they say she showed up at this mcdonald's on wednesday, got into this jeep armed with a gun. >> there were two people in the vehicle at the time. shots were fired. reporter: investigators say she shot and killed robert mange and a 24-year-old field trying to run away. this is where the families met for a custody exchange involving two young children here. authoriti

little cooler to the north, gaithersburg, areas like sandy spring, 72 and 72 in waldorf.he 73 degree temperature doug was talking about in ocean city right there with the wind from land to ocean so it's a west wind. you can hear it at 14 miles per hour. we've had slightly higher gusts from 78 degrees your temperature. if you mrap on going out this evening, the wind will settle down and we'll head on down to the mid-60s by 9:00. a mostly clear sky. what we're getting right now is just a few clouds it from a little weak weather system coming through the area. it's right up here just shy of state college on the south side. it will make its way in producing clouds. doubt we have any sprinkles coming with that front. one thing is for sure on the other side of it, even cooler air. now, i don't know about you, but my kids were running around the house this morning going, i'm cold. come on it's not cold. off to the west hagerstown is tipping into the 30s by early toernl morning, 36 hagerstown, 39 luray, tlefbrn in cumberland. in that area we could see patchy frost. national weath

the shooting happened last night outside a mcdonald's in waldorf. that is where they say caroline conway killed robert mange and seriously injured his wife. mcdonald's is where the family would meet to change custody of two young children. conway is still -- now charged with murder. a man charged with three murders had another outburst in court today. charles severance use a wheelchair to enter court this morning. he told the judge he suffered an ankle injury at the hands of alexandria deputies while being transported between jail. his trial is set to start on october 5 in fairfax county. next at 6:00, a family says goodbye to a military hero. he inspired his own son to fight and save lives. plus, doug hill tells us when this jury whether will clear out and what to expect for memorial day weekend. tim: unit will not believe how john wall was just by the league today. the main topic of conversation at baseball is bryce harper against the yankees. the big ejection. we will hear about leon:maureen: this man did landed a gyro copter on the u.s. capitol

down toward waldorf as well. by 6 a.m. we're fine. dry in the morning. temps upper 50s low 60s. by 9:00 we're almost in the 70s across the board. maybe 69 in manassas and culpeper. 70 in frederick. by 9:00, couple sprinkles showing up. cumberland romney, that area. by lunchtime 1:00, showers growing a little bit in intensity. notice more dark green, flecks of yellow. that's heavier rainfall. but that said i think you can walk to lunch tomorrow fine. no umbrella needed. and certainly no coat. low to mid 80s. by 5:30 we see a line of showers and storms moving through between 3:00 and 7:00. notice on the futurecast a little orange here, a little heavier activity. despite the showers and clouds, we're still looking at mid 80s tomorrow. we get in the 8:00 hour, more showers and storms pushing through. wet commute for the majority of the commuters tomorrow night. dry in the morning. then temperatures even in the 8:00, 9:00 hour tomorrow night, still in the upper 70s. tonight clear to partly cloudy. milder. 58 to 66 and winds out of the southwest at about 10. day planner 66 to start. 7

arrest made yesterday in connection with the may 20 incident that happened there in mcdonald's in waldorf. we have confirmed richard conway a prince george's county police officer is now facing charges in connection with the event. caroline conway, his mother, already facing charges in connection with the crime. according to authorities, this was back on may 20 when a man was shot and killed. woman was taken to the area hospital with a gunshot wound and is expected to be ok. we are now learning more information about all of this, including possibly the weapon used in all of this. investigators now say they're looking into whether or not the police officer's service weapon was used in the incident. talking about this this noon take a listen. >> richard conway was off duty when the crime occurred. detectives are looking into the possibility of firearm was used in this case. >> they're looking into shell casings compared to prince george's county. it is believed the motive in the case, a long going custody dispute that involves mr. conway here. we expect to hear from the police later this af

maureen: authorities identified the body of a missing waldorf, maryland man. he disappeared when the pickup truck was swept in the river yesterday morning. a witness told police he saw him drive through a flooded section of rock ridge road. the search team found the body this afternoon. collapse at a building site at georgetown injured two construction workers this morning. we are told the workers were reinforcing the building foundation when a piece of concrete fell on them. they were taken across the street to med star georgetown university hospital. one worker suffered life threatening injuries. an abc7 viewer is credited with helping identify a man who is accused of sexual assaulting a 12-year-old girl. prince george's county police arrested 20-year-old isiah bogan this morning. police say bogan followed a girl in the elevator at her forestville apartment building and forced her to commit a sex act. abc7 spoke with the victim's mother on monday and she told us she saw the daughter's attacker two days later and chased him. the description of the tattoos jog

news4's pat collins is in waldorf tonight with reaction from people who live in that complex. pat? >> >> >> reporter: doreen this complex is fresh. it's not even on some maps. but a bloody broad daylight suicide has some residents here concerned. adam's crossing a brand-new apartment complex in waldorf. it's so new the pool has never been used. today the freshly paved parking lot draped with police tape. charles county's first homicide of the year. people who live here say there's been some vandalism and some attempted break-ins. mostly at night. but what happened here this morning in broad daylight has them shaking their heads. >> i think i'm going to have to get out of my lease because i can't live -- i have a 6-year-old and i don't come from this and i don't want to be -- i don't want him around it. >> i have a younger son who tems me that, you know it's become a troubled area. >> reporter: are you or withworried? >> concerned. >> reporter: an 18-year-old fatally s 18-year-old. police say it happened when three teens banged on a door here and tried to get into an apartment. ther

by lunch time showers along 95 through la plata, waldorf, over to southern maryland.5:00 we're already starting to dry out west of 95 and showers will linger until the sun sets for the eastern shore and southern maryland and then we'll be cloudy and cool tonight. by first thing tomorrow morning we'll see some sunshine. it will be a good looking friday. a little bit cooler on saturday. here's a look at your forecast. 62. cool with showers today. 76. maybe a sprinkle tomorrow evening as a cool front comes on through and drops our temperature to the lower 70s by saturday. near 90 memorial day with a few showers. >>> we have an accident right now blocking two lanes on rhode island avenue. this is in the northbound side at florida avenue northwest. so we're asking drivers to add anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes to your drive time to account for this accident there. another accident also going on in prince george's county. a live look from sky 9 shows us how things are shaping up on the bw parkway where we had a lane blocked on the southbound side of the bw parkway between 32

to waldorf. everything is pushing off to the south and east. heavy rain in quantico and stafford. heavy rain also on the east side of 95 and east side of u.s. one pushing to fair view beach. and this storm headed to hill top. we'll move further north and heavy rain around tyson and fairfax andburg and old town and good rains in tyson. up to 70 moderate rain to gettersburg. we have moderate to heavy rain and also just to the east of rockville north of silver spring. we'll track these all night. the good news is they won't be here until midnight. they may leave something in the wake to affect your morning commute tomorrow. and we'll talk about that. >>> and we are following breaking news out of charlottesville where jesse matthew could pay the ultimate price if convicted of killing hannah graham. what went down peggy? >> reporter: i can tell you this. the attorney says they have new forensic evidence that lets them charge jesse matthew with capital murder. matthew is accused of killing hannah graham the 18-year-old university student from fairfax county. he is still charged with fir

take a look at the damage left by the fire in waldorf. investigators say that the officer was the first on the scene. a 26 you will-year-old child escape, but a 44-year-old man was still inside a burning home. we're told that officer walker kicked down the door, found the man unconscious and pulled him out of the home. the man is now being treated for severe burns and smoke inhalation but authorities say that the officer's actions undoubtedly saved that man's life. what a great story. finally this afternoon police continue to search for man wanted in a brutal attack caught on video. it happened outside the market metro station on martin luther king avenue in southeast on may 17. police say that the man in the bright red shirt attacked a 63-year-old man, hitting him so hard in the face that the victim fell to the ground and remained motionless. the suspect then rummaged through his pockets, robbing him of a single dollar bill. the police are offering a $1000 reward for information that leads to a conviction. in the meantime today, a man co

current temperature is 75 in downtown washington. 69 in waldorf and in andrews and it's 64 degrees right now in hagerstown. as we head through the afternoon the pop-up showers and storms will start to develop. yesterday very isolated in nature. today they'll be isolated again. but i think we'll see a little bit more activity than we saw yesterday. so if you didn't get wet yesterday, don't count it out for today. a high of 89 degrees that's also your temperature at 3:00 p.m. you won't believe the drop in temperatures that we have in the first alert seven day forecast. allyson will talk about that in a few minutes. right now it is time again for timesaver traffic and larry miller. >>> no issues in prince george's county this morning and of course good morning to you if you're heading westbound on 50 going through bowie, mitchellville into town, no issues there this morning. bw parkway free and clear of any problems and 95 parkway looks great as well. a live look right now at 50 you can see traffic is fairly light for the most part. for those of you traveling the southern maryland, out in 3

waldorf you're at 45. lots of sunshine today. any clouds that do pass on by are going to be nice.in clouds. as we head to tomorrow, the clouds will increase and then our rain chances will steadily increase as well. not a washout over the weekend but we will be dodging a few showers on saturday and sunday. today 73 degrees. nice low humidity. tomorrow 77. the clouds start to move on in. showers for tomorrow will arrive around 81. most areas stay dry, though. for saturday and sunday a couple of showers and storms. the best chance for rain looks to be monday. there's the cooldown right in time for the nats to return home. larry, over to you. >> thank you. >>> we have a bus fire on the inner loop of the beltway at braddock road right now blocking all of the lanes. sky 9 is in place to show us the situation there. we understand that that bus fire which is right here at this point might have something to do with the engine. you can see all the lanes blocked. traffic is not getting by. this will be sticking around for a while. we did just talk with state police. they are going to open up

news chopper 7 flew over the scene in waldorf. a woman and a man were shot. the man is in critical condition. the woman has serious injuries. police believe the gunfire may have been connected to a domestic issue. leon: today, we saw a big change in the weather. but we are watching for some rain for tomorrow. steve rudin here with a look at the timeline for us. steve: a lot of rain on the way for tomorrow. dry right now. across the mid-atlantic, we are looking at the shower activity developing a crossed -- across west virginia. this moves our way tomorrow and will bring some areas of heavier rain, along with the cloud cover much cooler temperatures. how cool are we talking? temperatures tomorrow only in the middle 50's by the noontime our. we will talk about the hotter and more humid forecast for the holiday weekend in a few minutes. alison: a disturbing arrest in alexandria. a little league umpire charged with child pornography. 67-year-old don essex responded to an invitation from an undercover officer claiming to offer a nine-year-old girl for sex. essex a

temperatures across the area we are into the 80s, for frederick, 83 for baltimore, 85 if you head to waldorf. this is a different computer model. this one is overdoing it a little bit. >>> we are expecting showers to be a little bit less than this, the ideas here that they are starting to flourish as the afternoon unfolds. a couple of pockets out there with heavier downpours. showers and some folks will just get a downpour. later on this afternoon, for your drive home we'll be dodging some of those showers. topper will be here tracking them. we'll linger on through the overnight hours as well. the bulk of the showers will be for your drive home. 90 today, hot and humid. the showers and storms because of the yellow alert. for tomorrow, i didn't issue the yellow alert. i don't think everyone will see it. it is off to the east and farther south. not going to impact too much travel. 76, cooler, very breezy on wednesday. as far as the nats game goes on tuesday, looks to be dry for that. we'll stay dry through the rest of the week. really clouds are the main story. friday 77 degrees and we are kic

as we head down through waldorf and brandywine into the lower 70s. a couple of upper 60s as we head off to bull run, haymarket, warrenton and manassas you're at 73 degrees. showers and storms will once again start off to the west. they stayed off to the west yesterday. not the case today. they're going to scoot on over to the beltway and along 95 for your drive home. so by 4:00 to 6:00 we'll be tracking some of the thunderstorms along 270, 70, through 95. notice how they're concentrated around the district and off to the north and also southern maryland. areas south and west near manassas and culpeper, you can see a couple of showers but you might get shortchanged. but don't worry our chances for rain and thunderstorms are in the forecast for tomorrow and also friday. today we could see some of those storms get on the stronger side. in fact, we are under the slight risk category from the storm prediction center but this setup is always going to be possible each day. as we head through sunday, we'll have a cold front come on through. that could change

. >>> search crews found the body of a missing waldorf man. renee dimanche's truck was spotted last night in laurel sticking out of the little patuxent river. he'd been missing since tuesday morning when another driver saw floodwaters push the truck off the road. >>> the florida man who landed a gyrocopter on the capitol lawn will be back in court tomorrow. today a federal indictment accused douglas hughes of operating as an airman without a certificate, violating a national air defense space and flying a vessel inappropriately labeled a postal care why. he flew through three no-fly zones to -- carrier. he flew through three no fly zones to deliver letters to lawmakers and face 9 1/2 letters in prison. >>> we'll have a pretty nice holiday weekend, when it will get here and when it moves on. >> the good news is it's a bump in the road with what will otherwise be a nice weekend. we're cloudy at 6:00. you get to work by 6:00 or 7:00, just clouds, but rain rolls in quickly. by 8:00 showers just kind of creeping up 90 five to oldtown and arlington

it's 66 degrees right now in the manassas and done town washington. 64 at waldorf and andrews. 57 that'sthe cool spot right now in martinsburg where visibility is a little reduced. down to 4 miles but the heavier reduction andn visibility is far southwest of the beltway. we are down to a quarter mile visibility right now in orange. and 7 mile visibility in hagerstown but a little rough along portions of 270. so keep that in mind. we have that fog but notice no rain on the radar within hundreds of miles but we are tracking what is now tropical storm ana not subtropical anymore. we will talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. mike back to you. >> all right thanks erica. >>> happening now thousands of people are packing into the national mall as the 2015 race for the cure kicks off. we take a live look at the susan g komen breast cancer fund racer gets underway. hulk hogan is the grand marshal and he talked to surae amomental ago. this is the 26th year in moment she will be joined by the ceo of the organization. >>> we are tracking wild weather this morning from the plain states st

the family highly regarded in their waldorf neighborhood according to resident leon michael. >> i always see the grandkids like very family oriented type seemed, you not. >> reporter: those kids very much part of their lives. >> oh, yeah, yes, sir. >> reporter: conway and his mother showed up at a witness' house about a half hour after the shooting at the mcdonald's wednesday where she allegedly confessed to the whole thing and said she did it with her son's "work gun." >> crystal mange and her unborn child survived the shooting. conway's kids are with her family in virginia. >>> rescue teams are looking for dozens of people in texas after heavy rains and flooding. nearly another 12 inches of rain fell today and there's more on the way. this epic flooding has closed schools and businesses, forced drivers to abandon their vehicles as low lying streets turn into rivers. >> the water kept rising in the water, got up to my lap. i thought well, maybe i better get out. >> the record flooding is blamed for at least 11 deaths. that number may rise. at least 30 people are not accounted for tonigh

waldorf on the toasty side and owings at 85. a stray shower this evening or storm. warm and muggy. 83 by eight. the 80 at ten. 78 at midnight. i will be back in a few minutes talking about record heat and yellow alert days to start june in a few minutes. bruce and debra, back to you. >>> lots of people were taking advantage of that summer-like weather that howard was talking about. for all kinds of outdoor activities here on the potomac river small boats, paddle boats cruising along the water there. on the national mall was on the volleyball court. >> i was taking in the good weather and hanging out with friends and getting some play in. >> not sure who won, but that looks like everyone is having a good time that still ahead on wusa 9, why some celebrities are getting together this this area for a deserving group of young men and women. >>> we are tracking the storms moving evening. well, sir. after some serious consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent i plan to retir

right now 79 degrees in downtown washington, 77, waldorf and andrews, 77 also in martins.e and radar of course we show you this tropical satellite way down to the south of us, looks like that system will just kind of meander along the coast of the carolinas as we head into this afternoon though we'll look for our temperatures remaining nice and mild along with the dry weather remaining with us. all right. we'll try to get you the seven day in just a second right now are we going to take live video of the planes? is that why we're tossing the break? is that why you're getting if you struggle with type 2 diabetes you're certainly not alone. fortunately, many have found a different kind of medicine that lowers blood sugar. imagine what it would be like to love your numbers. discover once-daily invokana®. it's the #1 prescribed in the newest class of medicines that work with the kidneys to lower a1c. invokana® is used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. it's a once-daily pill that works around the clock. here's how: t

it happened in waldorf on route 301 southbound sunday afternoon. maryland state police say it appears that the driver of the motorcycle struck the rear end of a truck, sparking a fire. driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene, his passenger later dead at the hospital. the driver of the motorcycle was 47-year-old derrick, a well-known musician in the d.c. area. duane moore said that derek helped him get his start. >> is just shocking. everybody at the go-go club is at a loss for words. roz: he played bass guitar and was manager of the legendary junkyard band, which got its start in southeast d.c. in the 1980's. he is considered a pioneer in the local go-go community. >> everybody knows junkyard and everybody in the go-go community is at a loss right now. roz: the motorcycle passenger who died in the crash was a 34-year-old woman from white plains, maryland. investigators believe that's beat was a factor but still want to talk with witnesses. roz plater, abc 7 news. -- a believe that speed was a factor, that they still want to talk t

you have some fog, 72. 18 for frederick and waldorf you're at 78 degrees. if you're going to the nats game tonight, things should be dry by then. we're going to see showers before that and most of the showers are going to be off to the east so a pretty good night. a little breezy with winds out of the west, northwest. let's go through the futurecast n. is 1:00. some showers. we do have a few showers west of 95. the best rain chance is east of 95 but a few trailing showers will start to brew over here and then they push over to the east. watch what happens as i fast forward. by 3:00 lining up along 95. some of these showers and even a couple of thunderstorms. as you head farther south and east, that's where the chances really start to get up a little bit higher. by 6:00 here we go. getting ready for the nats game. things dry up pretty fast. skies are clearing. temperatures still pretty warm. 80 degrees for gaithersburg. 28 for baltimore and 83 -- 82 for baltimore and 38 for d.c. north west winds will -- 83 for d.c. northwest winds will bring in the cool, dry

now 54 degrees and the winds pick up overnight. 52 in front royal, 50 in gaithersburg and also in waldorf, kind of a chilly night. our weather headlines, a much nicer day tomorrow, just an isolated afternoon shower. a good looking weekend, 70 saturday, 80s, low 80s for the most of us on sunday. hot by memorial day, around 90 or so, mainly dry. a real summer-like pattern is setting up next week tuesday through thursday, maybe even into friday and saturday hot, humid weather and afternoon evening storms. lots of activity going on out west, but what i'm watching for tomorrow, right up here, see this line of showers coming through michigan and ontario back through wisconsin? this little front will come through tomorrow afternoon, give us a slight chance of a shower. after that it looks real nice here for saturday, sunday and monday. going to the beach looks nice there, too. a little cool on saturday, mid- 60s, sunday mid-70s and monday memorial day sunny and low 80s. our forecast for tonight, clearing, chilly, mid-40s in the cold spots, low 50s in town, north, northwesterly winds 5 10. day pl

. >>> the dc area mourning the member of an iconic local band who died in waldorf. bass player derek colquitt known as house lost control of his vehicle. not only was handout -- was house a long time band member, he helped to keep junkyard music alive. >> the way he handled business, the way people took to him was phenomenal. >> he never let a negative moment be negative. >> we got a band that started in the '80s that is still going hard today and it's a beautiful thing. and right now house was making sure they kept them on track in doing the right things because he's such a good guy. >> 95.5 dj flex says there will be a tribute at the birthday bash event for colquitt. jerry wharton also died in the crash. >>> two names added to the republican race for the white house. later, what makes these new candidates stand out from the rest. >> the garage collapses but the woes don't stop there. >> and a first for the boston marathon bomber. what brought him to tears in the courtroom today. lets say this is your tv and these are the channels you pay for with cable but these a

a prince george's county police officer is now charged in connection with the deadly shooting in waldorf. richard travis conway is being held without bond at this noon hour. he's held along with his mother, 51-year-old caroline conway. she was arrested last week in the shooting of the mother of her grandchildren in a mcdonald's parking lot. the victim's husband, 25-year- old robert mange died in the shooting. it stemmed from an ongoing custody dispute. the ammunition used in the shooting is consist went richard conway's service revolver. he was off duty at the time of the shooting. >>> to texas and the deadly flash flooding. let's go to allyson for what's going on in the midwest. >> we do have that frontal boundary out into the west. that is just staying there. that's why they have all the flooding problems and another round of severe weather possible later on today. now, for us, we are stuck in a different pattern. we're stuck in a summer like pattern all connected. we'll have the satellite and radar for you coming up. first t is sunny out there. 82 degrees. it is warm and humid. it fee