wheaton. there are still lane closures you need to be aware >> we begin with the reporter live at the scene with the impact this mess is having on a lot of people this morning. >>. >> reporter: we're seeing the impact as the traffic in the area using the northbound lanes that's because the other side of the roadway is where crews still need to fix the damaged road and a worker just told me moments ago that they are waiting on the road repair crew to show up so they can start that work. so as it stands now this is the way it is so if you can, you should avoid this area. the fix to the 16-inch broken water main completed that's done. that was a major mess at the height of all of this. you can see a river of brown water just gushing down the road, flooding some homes and some businesses. water logging some cars, some 2 million gallons of water spilling out into the road. that's a 68-year-old pipe that the crews will come back in a few months to do a permanent fix on that. for now, they have got t

they went to the wheaton plaza mall to meet some friends and never came home.ever found their bodies but investigators say today's announcement brings some clarity to a case that made parents wonder if it was safe to let their kids go outside. >> this was something that hadn't had an enormous impact on this community and the feeling of safety for your children in this community. and i think that's one of the reasons the police department just never allowed to case to get -- to just be filed away in a box somewhere. >> investigators think the girls were abducted in maryland and then killed in virginia. search teams have been looking for the sisters' remains on a mountain in bedford county about 200 miles from went. police will hold another press conference tomorrow in bedford. we will be there and stream this it live on our nbc washington app. if welch's convicted of killing the lyons' sisters he could face life in prison or be put to death. at the live desk i'm chris lawrence. >> thank you, chris. >>> more disturbing developments in that deadly birthday cake be

. >>> developing in wheaton, things are getting back to normal after a shooting in the wheaton metro garage. one person is dead and we're waiting to learn that person's identity. news4's derrick ward joins us with what that means if you need to park in that garage today derrick. >> reporter: well, you will find that the garage is indeed open. but you'll also find more cars than usual at this hour a lot of motorists came back to find back that their cars were part of a crime scene. this happened at 7:00 last night. montgomery county police and metro transit police responded to a call here at wheaton garage for shots fired when they got to the garage, an adult male had been shot. that person died. now, there was a search of the garage and the westfield plaza which is adjacent to the metro garage. they did take two people into custody, people they're calling persons of interest. and a short time after that montgomery county police said they need not worry about a gunman on the loose. we do not know the name of the victim. at the height of the investigation trains were passing by wheaton

what happened to sheila and katherine lyon who disappeared from wheaton plaza march 25, 1975, never to be seen again. in minutes we are hoping for answers from determined investigators who have never forgotten these two girls. a major news conference is expected to start in just a few minutes. bruce leshan is live at the news conference. what do we know so far today? >> reporter: both parents are here. they just walked up bracing for answers in the disappearance of their daughters but there is startling silence from the principals. a spokesman for the prosecutor says that a judge has sealed -- sealed this information until it is released in just a few minutes. whether it is a grand jury indictment or crucial new evidence, we're just going to have to wait for the announcement on this stage here shortly. police and prosecutors from two sides of the potomac all maintaining absolute silence pending the news conference. a stage set for what they say will be a major development in a case that has shaken parents for your decades. what happened to sheila and katherine lyon after they innocentl

in wheaton stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >> thank you, stephanie. we should note both suspects are now being held without bond. they've got a court hearing scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. >>> a woman changing a flat tire is killed on the suitland parkway and tonight police say the driver who struck her was drunk. it happened last night on the suitland parkway at stanton road. police say robert paris sideswiped 32-year-old tamika early with his pickup truck. he tapped to flee the scene and then struck another car -- attempted to flee the scene and then struck another car. he's been charged with second degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision. the suitland parkway was shut down for more than six hours. our andrea mccarren will have more on this story coming up at 6:00. >>> a man wanted for killing his family in north carolina may be headed to our area according to authorities in sanford, north carolina, who say billy joe mclean is wanted on two council of first degree murder. fire -- counts of first degree murder. firefighters found the bo

the grand jurors believed welch abducted sheila and katherine lyon from wheaton plaza and that he killed them in bedford. the girls' parents 11ed stoically to news of the indictment -- listened stoicically to news of the indictment and then left without talking, but this is a case that has shaken the entire community. >> when you and i were young, we used to go out in the woods and play for eight or 10 hours and nobody worried about us. this case marked a break in the american psyche. >> it was a life changing moment for how you raised children in this community and that's sad. that continues today. >> reporter: the prosecutor says prison guards in delaware told lloyd welch that he had been indicted in these murders, no word on his reaction, but the bedford county prosecutor says he expects to have welch in virginia within 90 days to face these murder counts. in wheaton bruce leshan, wusa9. >> the police were shockingly close to lloyd welch days after the abduction. he came back to the mall and they interviewed him about what he later admitted was a false report about someone else abduct

trains passed over the wheaton metro. police got the call about 7:00 last night that someone had been shot. they got to the second floor of this parking garage. they found clothes strewn everywhere and a man bleeding. he was quickly transported to the hospital where he later died. it was a mixture of fear and from us station last night as passengers -- frustration last night as passengers tried to get home. >> ma'am, ma'am, you have to step aside or just go across the street to the mall. stay over there for about 10, 15 minutes because right now there's a crime scene going on. >> this is where i grew up as a kid and i remember, you know, when the metro came in, the different changes that have occurred in this area. more crime, more traffic, more everything. >> reporter: police took two people into custody. they would not say if they were suspects or people of interest. the only thing they did say it the public should not be concerned about their safety and would only say the investigation is ongoing. live at the wheaton m

this is the wheaton metro station. it has now been reopened. if you look around the corner, right across the street here is the parking garage. that is still an active crime yssÑ scene. still shut off, and police are still on the third floor there looking for clues. we can tell you that this all happened about 7:00 this evening when police reported shots fired. the victim an adult male was shot multiple times while inside this metro garage across from the wheaton metro station. he was rushed to a local hospital, but police sources tell news4 the man has died. >> the investigation is continuing and ongoing,úeérñ and that is really all that we have that we're allowed to release at this point in time. >> reporter: police searched the garage and the area around the metro station and the area near westfield mall. sources say a gun was located. two men were taken into custody. police initially said they were stopped for questioning. while police would not confirm the two men who we saw taken into custody as suspects, they did say there is no active s

in wheaton, brad bell, abc7 news. water from the break forced a family from their home for second time. sam ford has a look at the impact of the break. sam? sam: you can imagine seeing water outside. and then seeing it inside your house. coming through windows, down stairways. that is what happened to the folks at that house over there. paisley garcia said she was scared at 1:00 as water poured in the basement apartment from outside. so was roger ramirez. >> i middle

we're following a developing story out of wheaton.ple are being questioned in connection with a deadly shooting inside the wheaton metro garage. >> that shooting shut down the garage. we're getting an update on the morning rush hour. derrick ward live with the details. derrick. >> reporter: good morning, it's indeed open after a normalcy that happened yesterday after 7:00 p.m. when montgomery county police and metro transit police came to reports of shots fired. when they got here, they found an adult male who had been indeed shot in the garage. a short time later two people people montgomery county police are calling persons of interest, have been taken into custody. all. garage was indeed closed but again at last check montgomery county police are still questioning those people they call persons of interest. we expect the identity of the victim to be released later today. we're live in wheaton, derrick ward news4. >>> 5:17 your time now. police departments in our area now have a lot of new body camera options to consider. companies

we go live to wheaton with what we are to learn this afternoon. brad: you can see the scene is set behind me for the press conference on this riser and over to the side. the sheriff of medford prosecutor joe mccarthy, state's attorney from montgomery county as well as the commonwealth attorney for bedford county, virginia, sitting at the table over here to the right. the parents of the lyon sisters. it was 40 years ago this year that the two little girls, 12 and 10 years old, vanished from what was then the wheaton plaza just across the street from where we are right now. the bedford county sheriff without a press release saying there would be a major development. what we believe will happen is that they will announce charges are being filed against one of the so-called persons of interest that had been named in this case. this is still up in the air. it has been kept very, very quiet. we believe indictments were issued some time ago but kept sealed, and that the prosecutor the commonwealth's attorney, and sheriff of bedford county virginia now be

>> one of our biggest problem is in wheaton. closed between shorefield road and arcola. 95 south, 3-and-a-half mile backup because of the roadwork that will not get out of the way. overall, travel times in maryland, no problem at all. 66 inbound 95 north quantico to the beltway, looking good. remember to listen to our friends when you have your car for the latest on traffic this morning. >> thank you. virginia's historic sites are the latest to rethink how and way that display the confederate flag. for now on it will only be shown on battlefield sites. as you have seen u.s. national parks stopped selling team s.u.v. firs. the fredericks burg post said some storms have seen people buying the confederate flag. >>> you have to see this amazing escape from a fire in atlanta. the fire is burning this home down. lots of people broke out of that upper story window and gets out. we will show it to you again, she jumps, into two neighbor's arms a. young girl right there right behind her just after they escaped, the fire blew out the roof

lyon sisters left the wheaton plaza. >> charging lloyd welch jr. with first-degree felony murder during an abduction with the intent to defile shelia and katherine lyon. >> reporter: lloyd welch jr. told investigators he was at the wheaten mall and saw the lyon sisters the day they disappeared 40 years ago. he also said he saw his uncle richard welch, sexually assault one of the girls. richard welch has not been charged with any crime today at his home in high the i can'tsville. we were told to leave the property. the parents of the two sisters have not spoken to reporters recently and today is no different. >> we ask for your patience and dignity in the way you respond to and interact with the lyons' family to respect their pry vass so i -- privacy and their grief. >> reporter: it comes 40 years after the sifting through clues including the excavation of a remote hill side in virginia where the family once own property. >> dozens of subpoenas issued. reams of documents analyzed and over 100 interviews and interrogations have been cop conducted. we

in wheaton, brad bell, abc7 news. kellye: water from the break forced a family from their home for second time. sam ford has a look at the impact of the break. sam? sam: you can imagine seeing water outside. and then seeing it inside your house. coming through windows, down stairways. that is what happened to the folks at that house over there. paisley garcia said she was scared at 1:00 as water poured in the basement apartment from outside. so was roger ramirez. >> i middle "i" -- i'm in the kitchen and the water is coming down. coming in where the window is. sam: water gushed from a broken main in georgia avenue flooding their apartment for the second time since november. next door dr. muhammad kahn's office a similar story. he was working when water poured in through doorways. >> as you can see it's flooded into this area where we have a camera quite expensive piece of equipment. i don't know if it affected us or not. my office is over there. it's flooded. we are trying to salvage whatever we can. sam: the water gu

our mola lenghi is on this h of georgia avenue and wheaton where the crews are plugging away there. >> reporter: the water has stopped gushing down georgia avenue as it was earlier today. water utility will be restored any minute to nearby homes and businesses. these crews are literally tightening the bolt as we speak. the question won't be tomorrow will they make it in time, it's also will this happen again? georgia avenue and wheaton was a r most of the day after a busted water main, but tonight it's back to looking like a road, a very messed up road. >> there's a lot of damage to the road. there's a lot of damaged road that needs cut out and a big hole that needs to be filled in. >> reporter: the broken pipe flooded homes. >> they told us to get out of the house. >> reporter: drenched businesses. >> we have to cancel the afternoon hours. >> reporter: and tied up traffic. >> the roads have been bad. so imagine traffic is terrible. >> it's devastating. i'm just fed up. >> reporter: fed up because his doctor's office lab flooded before by the same -- has been flooded before by the sam

. >> they disappeared while at a shopping mall in wheaton maryland, in 1975. now a grand jury indicted lloyd lee welch in bedford county, virginia, where police have been searching for clues about what happened to 12-year-old katherine and 10-year-old shelia. right now welch is in custody in delaware on separate sex abuse charges. in just a few minutes, mark segraves will be here live to explain what's next in this case. >>> first developing now at the live desk, i'm scott mcfarland. morning frustration on the metro system has become an all-day affair. metro tweeting red line trains will continue to signal track between grover in and twin brook through the evening rush hour and could mean big delays and heavy crowding on the system's busiest line. chopper four is en route to the red line to give images of this for now, we can tell you, if metro says if you need to reach the begin brook or white flynn stations you have to use an outbound train from d.c. toward montgomery county. the inbound trains will be passing the stations to reduce delays. this appears to b

brad bell is in wheaton tonight with the new developments. brad? prad: wheaton tonight because this is where the terrible mystery began 40 years ago. the little girls vanishing from just within a quart irmile of where i stand. this is where the press conference was held today to announce after all the years an arrest. what the prosecutors and police call the beginning of an earn to this case. according to today's indictment, police and the prosecutors believe lloyd lee welch abducted kate and sheila lyon march 25, 1975. and murdered them within three weeks. they say searches of the mountain top near bedford virginia once owned by the welch family and a 100 interviews. brad: they are not releasing the link they have to crime or the proof they have that it happened in virginia and not maryland but they say they have enough. >> based on the totality of the evidence revealed by the evidence of the law enforcement and the warn witness testimony.

inside the wheaton metro station parking garage. that is across the street from busy westfield shopping mall near georgia avenue. >> very scary but i will not feel the full impact until tomorrow morning when i wake up. jay: the police detained and questioned a couple people at the scene but will not say if they are suspects. the motive behind the crime remains uncertain, but the police said this. officer: we don't love it is an isolated incident or not. it's the very beginnings of the investigation. it's only been a few hours. we really have a lot of ground to cover. jay: we should note that the victim's identity and the motive in this case have not been revealed, but we do know the victim is an adult male. as for train service, it was interrupted for about an hour but has since been restored. jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: all of this comes as metro is weighing important safety issues. the u.s. a qatari transportation held a closed-door meeting with leaders from d.c., maryland, and virginia, focusing on making improvements. investiga

i'm >>> recapping our top story, that huge water main break in wheaton. the southbound lanes of georgia avenue and shorefield drive will remain closed at least 24 hours while crews make repairs. a 16-inch water main ruptured in a 68-year-old pipe. three adults and two children were forced from their homes by the floods. >>> new laws are on the books in virginia to keep you safe next time you take a ride sharing service like uber. peggy fox joins us live and some say these laws don't go far enough. >> reporter: another part of that new law requires that uber and lyft drivers be 21 years old, have valid driver's licenses and go through not only criminal background checks, but also be checked for the sex offender registry, but there is another level of security taxicab drivers go through but uber and lyft drivers do not. >> if it's a vehicle from out of state, it still has to be registered in virginia and it will have this sticker in the back of the windshield. >> reporter: uber and lyft drivers operating in virginia will now have to display new stickers sho

in wheaton, brad bell, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. as police narrow the focus on the prime suspect, many people are curious about his life story. which includes a troubling criminal record. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis continues the team coverage as we learn just who is lloyd lee welch. kevin: there is no denying the composite sketch of the lang-haired man last seen with the lyon sisters looks eerily similar to 18-year-old lloyd lee welch jr. >> the investigation continues. kevin: today, top investigators in the 240-year-old case made it clear -- in the 40-year-old case made it clear that is no coincidence as he kidnapped the girls and later killed them. now 58 welch jr. lives at a delaware prison serving time for sexually assaulting a young girl in the 1990's he is scheduled to walk free come 2026. but following today's indictment that could all

pedestrian killed this morning in wheaton. she was 45-year-old maria dolores posades. the accident happened around 11 a.m. not far from where the victim lived. a car went out of control, crossed three lanes, hit a utility pole and then hit the pedestrian. the driver stayed at scene. police identified the driver as 83-year-old mary also tabb of north bethesda and they are still investigating. >>> it's a stomach turning attack all caught on camera. the victims say they were beaten for their bmx bikes. >> now police are upping the rewards for information about the attackers. ellison barber is in northwest where this all went down. ellison, this was a tough one to watch. >> reporter: it was and d.c. police are now offering up to $5,000 for anyone who helps to id some of the people who may have been involved in saturday's attack. it happened right here on the 1100 block of r street northwest. the video which we are going to show you is a bit graphic, but it's that vitality that has some bikers in this area very

. >> the shooting took place around 7:15 tonight at the wheaton metro stop. we arrived shortly after the cops got there and we go live outside the parking garage with the latest on the story. >> reporter: about 90 minutes ago, police confirmed that the victim of this shooting today did not survive his injuries. even before we knew this would be a homicide investigation, the shooting rattled people in this area, shutting down the metro and drawing a crowd. outside the westfield mall, shoppers stared across the street into a homicide crime scene on the second floor of a metro parking garage. >> kind of looked like maybe a robbery going easy and somebody thought they could get away with it. >> reporter: the first report of a shooting came around 7:15. officers from montgomery county and metro police swarmed the parking garage. the victim was rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead not long after arriving. [ sirens ] >> reporter: montgomery county police detained two men, first calling them persons of interest. then declining to label th

welsh was a carnival worker living in the wheaton area. police says he was at the mall when the girls appear and last seen watching them. >> during that abduction and as a consequence of that abduction, lloyd welch committed the first-degree murder of those girls. >> reporter: forensic experts and police searched the remote area some 200 miles away from montgomery county. they won't say if dna testing was done as part of their investigation. last year a grand jury began hearing testimony in the case. welch is aen covictoried sex offender who's now in prison. they charged family member patricia welch. she lied to grand jury. she's now awaiting trial. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >>> ahead, bargain bashing. why some are complaining about amazon's prime day deals. details in "moneywatch." details in "moneywatch"." is the next 200 feet. that's how life unfolds. a leap of faith. [growl]

live in wheaton, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. leon: right now, metro is in the tenth hour of being delays on the red line. trains at the twinbrook, grosvenor station running on a single track since 8:30 this morning because one -- that is by the way one of the busiest stretches of the entire system. there was some sort of slime on the track. no word when the clean-up will wrap but not until after the evening rush. kellye: a maryland state delegate gearing up to fight charges of decent exposure. police say ariana kelly went to her ex-husband's home and saw his new fiancee inside. kelly is accused of ringing the doorbell many times, banging on the door and flashing her bare breasts. we got in touch with kelly's attorney who told us "divorces are painful and punishing and the children's wounds are still very raw. ariana reacted like a mother not a polit leon: new developments tonight and early report places blame for the cash of malaysian airline flight. cnn reporting that the missile that shot down the flight was russian. sources w

this is randolph road and veersville road in wheaton. we are told the victim is in her 40s. the driver, also a woman taken to the hospital. news nour's shomari stone is on the way and we will get his report in just a few minutes. >>> also breaking right now the verdict is in for james holmes, the man charged with killing 12 people in a colorado movie theater. 70 others were injured in that theater shooting. if the jury convicts his, he could be sentenced to death. if they find him not guilty holmes will be committed to a mental hospital. >>> right now the search is on for two people involved in separate incidents that left a couple officers injured in prince george's county. >> one of those cases, a person is facing attempted murder charges. news4's pat collins is live in oxon hill and has details for us now. pat? >> reporter: barbara, two close calls for two prince george's county police officers injured by two suspects on the run in two separate instances. wanted tonight for attempted second-degree murder of a prince george's county police officer. it happened around 5:40

dozens of homes and several shops in the wheaton park plaza are without water and the wssc is not sure what caused the pipe to bust. >>> despite a warning over the possible terror attack over the 4th of july holiday thousands of tourists are making their way into the d.c. area. to be clear, d.c. and federal officials dew point know of a specific -- do not know of a specific threat on washington, but if you see, something you are urged to say something. >> coming here it crossed my mind, but once i got here, there's so much to see you don't think about it very much. >> i don't have any anxiety about it. obviously we came down, feel safe. there's protection all around. i know they're here. >> there are more than 18,000 feet of fencing around the national mall, nine checkpoints where visitors must enter and you can't bring in alcohol, weapons, personal fireworks and new this year, no drones allowed. there will also be a ton of street closures and metro changes over the 4th of july weekend. it's posted on the wusa9 app. >>> the storms may be done now, but the damage remains in parts of the

yesterday when police were called to this garage in wheaton with a report of a shooting. inside they found an adult male had been shot multiple time and a short time later two persons of interest were taken into custody. now at the height of the investigation here parts of georgia avenue were closed. the garage was closed because of evidence collection and the early parts of the investigation. since then, they have now said that those two persons of interest are suspects. what we don't know at this hour is still a motive or the identity of the victim or the identity of the suspects and, of course this is the second crime-related fatality on metro this month. back on fourth of july there was a man killed. this person was killed yesterday here at metro property at the station garage here toward the whoet wheaton station. >> derrick thank you. we are working to find more about a woman who died in a crash. d.c. police say the woman was changing a tire when a truck hit her. police arrested the driver. they have not told us what they think is the reason for the crash. >>> devel

they will be held in wheaton. brad bell tells us what we could learn about the 40-year-old cold case. brad: the mysterious press release promises development in the case of the missing sisters, sheila and kathryn believed kidnapped in wheaton in 1975. according to the sources it involves a legal move not the discovery of new evidence. for months now the investigation has focused on two locations and seven people. more than a year ago an imprisoned child sex offender was named a person of interest. later his uncle richard welsh was also named a person of interest. police have searched richard's hyattsville home and lee's twice and found propee welsh family once owned to look for the girls' remains. the bedford sheriff and the commonwealth attorney assumed active prostures on the -- postures on the case pressuring those around taylors mountain and the welsh family to talk. >> you are not just helping law enforcement do its job. you are helping a mother and a father have peace. >> today at the welsh family hyattsvill

. >> reporter: the taxi driver picked up a 15 or 16-year-old teen-ager from the wheaton metro station and brought him here to the 11 houn block of linden block around 11:30 on friday night. when they got here, the teen told the cab driver he had to go to his apartment and ask him mom for the taxi fare and when he came back, instead of having the money, he brought pepper spray and pepper sprayed the cabby. the cabby resisted and at that point a couple of other teens came out and began to pepper spray him as well. at one point the cabby felt the hard metal object he believes was a gun and he stopped resisting and gave up his money. anyone with information about this robbery or who these teens were is asked to call police. in takoma park darcy spencer. news 4. >>> we have learned the name of the young man murdered during a house party overnight. cody lacy died after being shot in mechanicsville. the st. mary's sheriff's office has not said what led up to the shooting. so far no arrests have been made. and a canvass near this bank looking for clues to a morning robbery. he robber implied

live in wheaton bruce leshan, wusa9. >> welch is in a delaware prison now for sexually abusing another child. no word on how welch reacted when he was told he was indicted, but he has insisted to the washington post he had nothing to do with their death. >>> two suspects taken into custody at the scene of yesterday's fatal wheaton metro garage are now charged with first degree murder and police identified the victim as 20- year-old eric melgar. this is the man believed to be melgar. montgomery county police say he had several outstanding criminal charges against him. 19-year-old douglas chase of d.c. and 18-year-old brent sanderson are both charged in this homicide and documents say police recovered a gun in one of the suspect's backpacks. they also say they found five shell casings near the victim. 1 witness says he ran -- one witness says he ran for cover after hearing multiple shots fired. >> actually i get really sick nervous because you never know if a bullet is going to hit you, kill you. >> you don't think this kind of thing can happen in an area you'll always in, so when it doe

sheila and katherine lyon vanished back in 1975 during a trip to wheaton plaza. prosecutors unsealed murder indictments yesterday against convicted child sex offender lloyd welch. today in a newly unsealed affidavit we learned that according to police, relatives knew in 1975 that welch was on the run from police and had two girls with him, yet none of them made the call this might have saved their lives. among those under the microscope, welch's uncle richard welch. >> he remains and will be a primary focus as we move forward now that lloyd welch has been charged. >> a relative allegedly told police that in 1975 lloyd welch came to the family's property in bedford, virginia, with a duffel bag full of bloody clothes he wanted washed. another relative said he helped lloyd welch burn two duffel bags each weighing 60 to 70 pounds. they said it smelled like death. >>> a heads up if you're heading out overnight on the beltway, right now three lanes of the outer loop have been shut down right near the more man temple so road crews can perform emergency repairs to the br

welch was a drifter and twice convicted child sex offender who was at the wheaton plaza mall when 12-r-old katherine and 10-year- old sheila lyon disappeared 40 years ago. he's currently in prison for sexually assaulting another child. >> it's a stealthy murderer who maybe successfully even in totally concealing a body should not escape justice. >> the indictments come after welch's cousin told authorities he helped welch burn two large bloody duffel bags. for months authorities have been searching a mountain in bedford county for the girls' remains, but so far they've come up empty. >>> people who live in bedford county say the search and investigation has been disturbing for the community. they've watched as investigators searched tailors mountain looking for the lyon sisters' remains, but tonight some are hoping today's news will help close this case. >> it will make them feel good down inside because a daughter is gone. if it had been mine, i'd have been feeling bad, too, about it, but they will get some relief. >> and as we heard several times today, this investigation is far fro

kellye: abc7's maryland bureau chief brad bell is in wheaton with the top story. brad? brad: well, you know what? this is a day that many thought would never come. this case is 40 years old and it changed this community. many say it robbed this place of innocence. at a time when people thought they could let their kids out they learned they just couldn't do it. we can show you the pictures of the two little girls. sheila and kate lyon 122 and 10 years -- 12and 10 years old. the case went cold but never forgotten. in the last couple of years police named a man by the name of lloyd lee welch as a person of interest. he was in and out of this area back then, working as a carny. his mug shot from the time eerily similar to a sketch made from a witness account. he was spoken to back then but was not considered a strong suspect. things changed as the decades went on and police zeroed in on him. as we said just a couple of years ago. searching again and again. a mountain top property in virginia that belonged to his family. we are told that evidence was found there to convince

i'm shomari stone live here in wheaton. back to you in the studio. >> shomari, thank you. >>> next at 11:00, she survived a plane crash and two days in the wilderness. >> i thought i was dreaming. i didn't think it was real. but i still made it out. >> now this 16-year-old talks about the crash and how she found the will to make it out of the mountains. >>> also tonight, a dash for cash inside baltimore's harbor tunnel when the doors to an armored truck fly open. police now giving drivers a deadline to give it all back. >>> and today was terrific. but now we're looking at back-to-back 90s after more than a week since our last 90, and even some thundersto >>> tomorrow marks one year since malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down over ukraine. 298 people died in the crash, many of them from amsterdam. dozens of people left malaysia last night for a memorial service planned in amsterdam planned tomorrow. it's still not clear who shot the plane down. u.s. officials believe russian-backed rebels used a surface-to-air missile pr

live in wheaton, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> wow, bruce. sure looks like they're setting up for something big. we are going to have live coverage of the lyon sisters news conference tomorrow live at noon and we'll stream it live online and our mobile app. >>> negotiators emerged from closed door discussions today with a deal to curb iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. president obama says the agreement offers a new opportunity to go in a new direction. under the plan iran reduces its stockpile of enriched uranium, cuts the number of centrifuges by two-thirds, and allows inspectors to verify its compliance. in exchange the u.s. and the united nations lift economic sanctions which means iran can begin to sell oil. >> i am confident that this deal will meet the national security interests of the united states and our allies. >> now congress does have the power to next the deal. -- nix the deal. president obama is sending vice. biden to capitol hill hoping to sell lawmakers on the deal. >>> and there's mi

i want to focus in on that water main break that happened yesterday in wheaton.d lanes still locked in georgia. you are sharing the northbound lanes and you can get through. i am suggesting connecticut avenue as an alternate. has up for the weekend, vdot has suspended work. on mayor -- frio -- friday, restrictions on both 66 and 395. take it tomorrow morning. the. adjusting traffic signals. good news. metro riders, if you are not one, you should be try to downtown for the fireworks. trains will run on a saturday schedule. that is a look at traffic with some good news. leon: if you are staying closer to home, go to wjla.com for a list of local fireworks displays so you can check that out. kimberly: all of us have ice of the skies because of the weather. they can really make a difference for the fourth of july weekend. at least it is not scorching hot out there. doug: we are hoping for at least in improving trend over the next couple of days. let's get started with a brand-new weatherbug hc weather camera on our network. this is an spotsylvania county. just about e

they vanished in wheaton in 1975. investigators now believe they were brought to bedford before they were murdered. >>> right now hurnden police are on the hunt for a man who tried to first lure and force a girl to go with them. thankfully that girl got away. it happened this morning on spring tie place right off hearndon parkway. that's where we find stephanie ramirez. >> we know it happened around 7:00 this morning in this townhouse complex. police are not releasing the age of the girl to protect her identity but we do know she is a juvenile. we know she was on her way or at a bus stop for a summer school program when police say she was approached by a man who engaged in a conversation with her. police tell us he offered her money to come to his house. she refused, started to walk away, and that's when police say he forced her to go with him. she broke free, ran home. her mother called police. officials are not only asking everyone to be vigilant but they're asking parents to have that conversation with their childr

have the forecast still to come on abc 7 news leon: one person is dead after a gruesome crash in wheaton. a loss control and's work across traffic. she was killed. the driver was hurt not seriously. an investigation is now underway. maureen: preparations are underway for a painful milestone in europe. dozens of passengers, relatives of passengers on flight left malaysia en route to amsterdam. tomorrow, a memorial service will be held their marking the first anniversary of the day the plane was shot down. 298 people died when a missile hit the aircraft as it flew over rebel held eastern ukraine. leon: the obama administration is turned once of work for is if you do with iran on capitol hill. vice president biden was on capitol hill today trying to get his lawmakers there to support the deal. congress has 60 days to review the agreement and can either vote to approve or disapprove it. it would curb iran's to your program medicaid for sections relief. moser publicans and even sent democrats oppose the deal. if congress protects the deal, president obama could veto it and there would likely

. >>> straight ahead the latest on that water main break in wheaton that spilled millions of gallons of water onto the street and into some basements. >> also the characteristics that could determine whether your manager will give you a lift up the promotional ladder. >> and bp agrees to pay a multi- million dollar >>> crews in montgomery county are dealing with yet another water main tonight along good hope road in silver spring. only one lane can get by now. >>> lane closures remain on georgia avenue southbound near wheaton regional park. you remember the water main break yesterday which dumped more than 2 million gallons of water. the crews still have a lot of repairs to make on the plain and the street. that pipe -- main and the street. that pipe break has forced three adults and four kids out of one home. >>> the markets were down after a micked u.s. jobs report and the continued -- mixed u.s. jobs report and the continued financial crisis in greece. the dow slipped 27 points and the nasdaq is down three points. >>> bp agrees to pay nearly $19 billion to settle federal and state

an official says they hope to hear -- finish repairs on georgia avenue in wheaton this evening. main ruptured yesterday. work was posted been wrapped up by midafternoon but it is taking longer than expected. georgia avenue remains partly close with flooding in both directions. metro is happy to its goal of returning all of its 4000 series cars to service. they pulled all 100 of those cars out of service after several of the cars doors open while in motion. metro says it has repaired and returned to service 50 of those cars. metro hopes to have all the 4000 series cars back in service by the middle of this month. leon: metro is offering guidance for those using real service or the long holiday weekend. tomorrow, trains will run on a saturday schedule. free parking at all metro operated facilities. trains will start with a saturday schedule and inserting run 2:00 p.m. the train frequency will increase near rush-hour levels for the fireworks on the national mall. service will run until 3:00 a.m. and parking will be free. those parking after midnight will have to pay peak fare so be

this happened near randolph and veirs mill roads in wheaton. the 80-year-old driver lost control, hit a utility pole and then struck posadas. several pedestrians have been hit and killed by drivers in the same area. if you were in that area and you saw anything about this incident, police would like to hear from you. >>> right now we have pictures in of a devastating tornado in illinois. this is the twister touching down in monmouth. this is near the iowa/illinois border. some 200 miles from chicago. the damage is very bad in a small town called cameron where they are not letting people back in to look at the damage. this is a silo in monmouth that actually came down because of the strength of this tornado. right now, search and rescue operations are going on in cameron and no one -- no word -- the good news no word of anyone hurt in the storm. back to you. >> thank you kristin. 6:06 now. >>> gridlock in congress can mean your commute won't be much shorter any time soon. wtop reports that the big transportation projects could be put on hold if

but on march 25th of that year, two little girls went to what was known as wheaton plaza in montgomery county and never seen again. no one who was around these parts back then will forget the terror that created. it's important to note that this was way before the disappearance of american blondes became almost monthly news fare, way before wall-to-wall cable exploitation. the suddenness, the mystery of the it was terrifying. and it changed a lot oftvo1d things, not least parenting habits a lot of freedoms that most kids had taken for granted until then were then denied from then on. inspects was lost. all of us who were parents held on just a bit tighter, a little longer. we paid more attention to everything and every stranger was eyed more warily than before. we were, all of us, scared to death. and our feelings, our prayers, our concerns for the parnells of those two children were most heartfelt and almost inexpressible. i didn't know john lyon but i did so much admire his work on wmal radio. he had a daily show back then with chris core. i had three young girls under my roof at tha

police say he took 12-year-old sheila and 10-year-old katherine lyon from the wheaton plaza march of5 eventually killing and burying the girls' bodies on the family property on a mountain side in bedford county, virginia, though no bones or bodies have been found. the girls' parents have asked for privacy. here's montgomery county state's attorney john mcare a thy. >> it's never been ignored by the police department in all the years i've been there which is close to 35 years. this case has been discussed over and over again. if this helps the lyon family, this is a happy day for me. >> reporter: prosecutors say investigators back in 1975 focused on an older man who was seen at the mall showing the girls a camera instead of taking a look at younger welch would was also spotted staring at the sisters. welch we're told even returned to the mall to speak to investigators but they let him go. coming up at 6:30, we'll have more on the evidence that led to the indictment. in the newsroom, i'm delia goncalves, wusa9. >>> we're following breaking news out of the district at this hour. a girl

. >> you won't have any trouble hitting the roads in wheaton this weekend. crews are done putting georgia avenue back together after a water main break. things went back to normal before 10:00 last night. the southbound lanes had been lossed since wednesday afternoon near arcola avenue when a huge water main broke and flooded the street with 2.5 million gallons of water. >>> developing this morning alexandria police are investigating that city's first homicide of the year. police found a man on north fayette street suffering from a gunshot wound. this is a picture of the scene now where police have been working through the night. police say that someone shot 22-year-old shacon elliott tibz around 11:30 last night. he died at the hospital. call police if you have any information. >>> also new this morning, we're learning about possible shooting in prince georges county. this happened about 10:00 last night in glendale. we saw prince georges police station investigating in the street near fairway court. there were evidence markers in the street. those are visi

randolph road has reopened here by veers mill road in wheaton. behind me is where this crash occurred that woman was on the sidewalk. a man told me she was minding her owner bish the car jumped a curb and plowed into her. let's show you video from moments ago. montgomery county police told us the car was going east on randolph road. for some unknown reason that driver lost control. she hit a utility pole and the car kept on going. that's aes's when she hit 495-year-old woman on the sidewalk. the woman died at the hospital. medics drove the driver to the hospital. she is going to be okay. she has minor injuries. back out here live, we also talked to a man who actually works at a barber shop right on this block and he tells me that this woman was on the sidewalk and a lot of folks are trying to figure out why this car jumped the curb. of course, montgomery county police crash scene investigators, they are investigating and we will figure out what exactly happened. live here in wheaton shomari stone, back to you in the studio. >> thanks, show marry.

ho >>> right now, several new updates coming into the live des become that big water main break in wheaton. in the last few seconds, wssc told us that one lane southbound georgia avenue has just reopened. that is great news for folks heading down into silver spring in the district. we have already told you is going to be at least tomorrow morning before they get all these repairs made. we also now learned 42 customers are without water right now and several home in that area were flooded when that water main burst. now, this main is due for replacement. it was installed two years after world war two ended. it has broken several times in recent years. wssc says more than 2 million gallons of water were lost in just two hours after that water main broke. jim erika? >> thank you. >>> now to a story you will see only here on 4. the family of a 102-year-old woman is suing washington gas for get this, $10 million. >> beatrice harley was found dead in her home after her heat was cut off. news4's mark segraves was first to report on this story earlier this year. today, he spoke with one city leade

a live look show you georgia avenue in wheaton. yesterday the water main break we had was closed off. you can get through here now. that is a look at traffic. autria: we want to turn our eyes to the guys and get a look at the first forecast. all eyes on the holiday weekend forecast. the chance for showers sticking around. doug hill with a look at what you can ask. doug: cloudy skies. assuming down to ocean city. severe thunderstorm warning in effect for the area right now with very heavy rain, a lot of lightning getting ready to cross into the bay in oceans that he. a live look at the camera on the boardwalk. the darkest part of the storm is to the right. we were looking at the shore patrol running the lights with sirens on getting people off the beach. this is prime occasion season. very few people on the beach and that is good news as a sort of acid. them stalled to the south. we are subject to showers and storms and this will continue for the next several days. warmer the further south you get into the sunshine. maybe allowance

clear picture of what may have happened to sheila and catherine who finished on their way home from wheaton mall in 1975. gives letter, there are murder chart -- decades later, there are murder charges in the case. roz plater, i'm sure some people are saying finally? roz: indeed, the cold case investigators have been working this for years logging 16,000 hours, carrying out 50 search warrant, conducting more than 100 interviews. to make him a first look at the documents that outline what they found. the search warrant's were issued in january for the property in taylor mountain, bedford county, virginia, longing to the family of lloyd lee welch jr. the suspect in the disappearance of the two girls. according to the affidavit investigator said that he showed up unexpectedly in the spring of 1975 with two green army style duffel bags that weighed as much as 70 pounds. the bags had the odor decomposition. will spurn the bags over several days. witnesses said that the odor had the smell of cremation. officers found part fragments among other items. at a news conference wednesday investigators a

wheaton, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you. "7 on your side" on your side doing breaking news. count on us to keep you up to date on the repair efforts. you are find constant update and route to avoid on wjla.com. while you are there sign up for a text alert to get warning about the traffic tie-up before you leave your home. maureen? leon: caught on video. maureen: the moment that the storms passed through. canopy was part of the damage recorded in the late night storms. at one point electricity was out for more than 20000 customers. tonight that number is down to 1,000 across virginia maryland and d.c. for some restoration will continue in the night. >> it's a nightmare. having kids at home with no power or a.c. the food is going to go bad. maureen: despite damage there are no report of injuries from the severe weather. after the rough night, we could use a break from the severe weather. chief meteorologist doug hill joins us from the weather center. anything to be concerned about tonight? doug: a few showers outside. outside the belfort furniture weather center in the rosslyn

we have more from wheaton, where the girls vanished. >> reporter: police and prosecutors are clear the investigation into the murder of the lyon sisters is ongoing. and more people could be charged. >> in the montgomery police and all of our partners will work to hold every individual responsible who was involved with the abduction and murder of the lyon sisters as well as the ongoing conspiracy to conceal these crimes. >> reporter: prosecutors said they are also investigating the possibility that lloyd welch may have been involved in other child abductions across the country. so they are retracing all of his steps, starting 40 years ago. >> tracked welch's activities from the time that this abduction occurred through to when he was incarcerated. so yeah it's -- we're -- our investigators -- that's part of what they've been doing all over the country. >> reporter: court records released "today" show investigators recovered bone fragments and remnants of a burned plastic bag on a hillside property in a remote section of central virginia where the welch family once had property. as onand