Arrested for allegedly assaulting a teacher at dunbar high school. Stephen tschida is live at northwest with what we know at this hour. Stephen, tell us about it. Stephen we got that confirmation a halfhour ago from d. C. Police and they say they arrested this juvenile female student here shortly after noon today. She allegedly attacked a teacher inside the school. Now, when we arrived, there were a number of police here. We have some video of the police here both inside the school and outside the school. The School System says there are protocols in place to make sure that this is a peaceful situation in incidents like these, they say the protocols were followed and were effective. Now, as far as the teacher, no one is divulging information about the teacher nor the condition nor the nature of this alleged attack. But a number of people that weve spoke with here some students included say that there can be tension at the school that sometimes it can be a rather scary place. Well bring you more information as we get it later on. Reporting live stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Leon lets get to that developing story in new york city, the statue of liberty was evacuated and closed down for the day after u. S. Park police say someone called 911 saying he or she was going to blow up that landmark. K9s checked out an area of interest at the base of the statue. Well continue to follow that story and bring you updates as soon as we get them right here. Alison lets turn to the weather this afternoon. Chilly start to the weekend. We need a jacket light jacket if you were outside much today. Leon we did. The breezes out there werent friendly. Some areas near freezing again overnight here. Doug hill standing by in the stormwatch weather center. What is going on doug . Doug may need more than a little jacket here. We have freeze warnings and frost advisory in effect for many parts of the area. Lets get started in the coverage. Right now, clear skies outside of the belfort furniture weather center. This is the rooftop view. 61 degrees at Reagan National. Here in shady areas, thats a bit cool. The bright sunshine definitely helps. 60 degrees in quantico. 66 degrees in baltimore and annapolis right now and the winds still gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour at washington dulles at this hour. 24mileanhour gust at andrews and 32mileanhour gusts logged at b. W. I. Thurgood marshall. Skies are going to be clear tonight and the winds will diminish and temperatures are going to drop. Light blue area is a frost advisory for the northern and western suburbs extending back across the blue ridge. Purple area is another freeze warning. Then the best time for a freeze or frost expected between 4 00 a. M. And 7 00 a. M. , its just going to be a clear and chilly night. Bundle up if you have outdoor plans. Well look ahead to slightly milder temperatures for the weekend and maybe some showers too, that coming up in a couple of minutes. Leon . Leon ok doug. Tensions remain high in baltimore following protests and arrests surrounding death of a suspect in police custody. Police say they made two arrests yesterday for Disorderly Conduct and destruction of property. Six Baltimore Police officers are suspended as investigators look into the death of freddie gray. Gray was in custody when he suffered a fatal spine injury. Were awaiting a press conference from Baltimore Police tonight and well bring it to you when it starts right here. Its expected to get under way any moment here. Alison . Alison authorities in Fairfax County are suspending the use of stun guns at the county jail. Sheriffs office says its reviewing its policy after an inmates death in february. She died five days after being shocked while shackled in that jail. Police are still investigating the incident. Leon the home to the leader of the Catholic Church appeared to be the target of terrorists. Italian police say theyve arrested several men accused of plotting an attack inside the vatican. Abcs Marcy Gonzalez has more. Reporter a major terror raid in italy. Police taking down a network of accused militants including two of usama bin ladens former bodyguards investigators believe plotted to attack the vatican. Italian police now revealing that in 2010 while investigating the mens alleged involvement in a bombing in pakistan that killed more than 100 people they learned of a new plot. The target, they say, people visiting an unspecified crowded area in rome which antiterrorism Police Believe may have been the vatican. From some wiretap conversations, it clearly comes out that the organization of the terror attack is under way. Reporter investigators say those recorded phone conversations that took place near the seat of the roman Catholic Church included mentions of restricted areas and the pope. Italian police saying today that at least one pakistani suicide bomber arrived in rome. But they explained the plot was called off once the suspects learned they were being investigated. The vatican always is a target. If youre particular in an islamic extremist group, what better target than to go after the head of the Catholic Church. Reporter a vatican spokesperson down plays the threat though reportedly saying the plot was a hypothesis. Theres no reason for concern. Nine men were taken into custody in this raid. Police say they have arrest warrants for nine other suspects believed to be involved in this terror network. Marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. Alison a wild and dangerous morning for some police and e. M. S. Workers in the district. Leon theyre ok after two men fired at them during a chase through several neighborhoods. As John Gonzalez tells us, those shooters have not been caught. John it was early this morning, a d. C. E. M. S. Supervisor on duty drives on to Fourth Street near florida avenue and actually witnessed two drivers in a gun fight. Bullets flying everywhere. And that was only the beginning. A wild shootout on the same corner Willie Nicholson walks almost every morning. Dont believe what people are thinking nowadays. Just be safe when youre walking. Hope for the best. John the supervisor pursued one of the suspects. During that chase, the armed man fired shots at the Fire Department employee. All i heard was six gunshots. John moments later, d. C. Police from the ground and a u. S. Park Police Helicopter from above continued the pursuit after crashing his lexus the armed driver bailed out near the intersection of 13th and i streets in southeast in the potomac garden area. Thats where he fired no shots, this time at the cops. All we can do is pray and make sure we make wise decisions as far as the security and all that being aware. John no one was struck. No injuries reported. Parents of a Charter School feet from where the bullets were initially fired are reacting this afternoon. Would have been alarming its not the first time in recent weeks. John this afternoon, police are still searching even using k9 units looking for the two gunmen. Sources tell us four to five young men may have been involved. In northeast washington, John Gonzalez, abc 7 news. Alison a maryland woman charged in a home theft scheme has now been found guilty. Authorities say Keyana Johnson and a codefendant filed a false deed on a property in Upper Marlboro and then allegedly sold that home to an investment group. This is johnsons second trial. She was convicted in february for stealing and moving into a home in cheltenham. Johnson will be sentenced on both cases coming up june 15th. Leon wizards scheming on their own way. Trying to go up 30 in the playoff series against the raptors. Maybe a lot of folks would have predicted. Alison i know. It is a big night. Tim no question about that. They have put themselves in pretty good position here in this first round series and they i mean this is the way that they went against toronto all yearment they didnt win. Now theyve won both games in toronto and taken the early lead in the best of seven series. The wizards know the first round matchup is getting under way. Toronto dominated the regular season schedule and the wiz kids know it. Robert whats their mindset . Whats the buzz . Robert i hate taking a trip down memory lane. Last year, the wizards led the bulls 20 games and they came back only to drop game three. They can get this game three and be one step closer to a clean sweep. So far the wiz have handled business on the road and now its time to come back home and do the same. Check the house and dont let everybody come in here and win. I know we struggled last year. This is a whole new year. We have to elevate our game. We have to bring it back here. Robert the key for tonight, dont get comfortable. Auto ooun thats my focus to these guys is. Game three is going to be hard. Its going to be harder than the first two games we played. And looking at things that weve done, we can play better and were going to have to play better. Thats what i want them to focus on. Stay locked in and play the mindset of how you are on the road. Try not to get into it with the crowd and get too hyped. Just stick with it and just act like were down the whole game and try to win. Robert and you can never be comfortable when it comes to the playoffs. All right, take a look at this. You see the tshirts either white shirt or red shirt or blue shirt for the fans. And tim, check this out i came prepared this time. So tell alison and leon i got my blue. Ok . Back to you. Tim yeah, you got to show us something and walk out with a red, white and blue and have one for each of us. Come on, man leon we want the shirts not the socks, robert. Alison yeah hes holding a shirt up. Leon socks anyway. Tim still, its on our desk. There you go. Alison all right. See you later tim. Leon coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00 preview of the interview thats getting a lot of attention. 2015 is going to be quite a ride. Leon thats bruce jenner and hes expected to break his silence about reports that hes transitioning from a man to a woman. Still ahead, well hear from a therapist who has worked with transgender people about what many of them fear when they make that transition. Alison plus charges have been dropped against three family members accused of assaulting a d. C. Police officer but learn why another investigation is far from over. Leon scary video from a school where a stage collapsed with several students on it. Find out if the caus alison for the first time, bruce jenner is expected to open up about his transition from a man to a woman. That abc news exclusive interview will air tonight in a two hour special beginning at 9 00 here on abc 7. Leon jenners experience is opening up a National Discussion on transgendered people. There are two things that counselors who people are transitioning fear the most. If you need anything let me know. Reporter hes picking up six to seven shifts a week as a server and food runner. Like many 32yearolds Nathaniel Anderson is planning his next move in life. Hes already completed a major one. Might be a collective experience but its an individual journey. Reporter nathaniel is transgender. His transition to a man started just four years ago. Ive always been a tomboy. But i think things got more apparent as you go to school and start to get segregated between men and women. In my elementary school, the boys room was blue and the girls room was pink and the whole bathroom experience like this doesnt feel right. Person never thought they were the gender they were born in. Reporter this is a therapist who has worked with transgender men and women for more than 40 years. Its still the same person. Go one step at a time like going hiking. If we look at the big mountain were overwhelmed by it. When we start going on the track, we become closer and closer to that solution. The person that you always hate. I dont like being asked about my former name. Thats not anybodys business. Reporter nathaniel is careful about what he shares and what he doesnt. But theres one thing he wants others to know. People who are considering transitioning or think that transgenderism is something that they are wrestling with it doesnt happen quickly. It doesnt happen overnight. Its not something that fixes everything. Reporter nathaniel tells us hes happy and has support. Something not everyone has. Transgender or not. But i think that we just need to be compassionate and really have respect for the individual regardless of whatever choices or whatever identity they may have. Reporter in columbus ohio, im adam slinger. Leon coming up in 20 minutes, well talk with a clinical psychologist who has worked extensively with transgender people in the d. C. Region. Hear his thoughts about the difficultys that his patients face. Just ahead, alison . Alison it was a messy morning in parts of texas. Heavy rain causing flooding in the san antonio area between two to four inches of rain fell leaving some roads completely underwater. No injuries though, were reported. Leon doug its getting cold and going to frost and freeze. They have been absolutely clean. The air is cool and the air is dry and as we get through the evening hours, these temperatures will begin to drop around the area. Temperatures and well drop through the evening hours. First up, a freeze warning. Thats in effect until 10 00 tomorrow morning north and west of the metro area. And just to the south, we have a frost advisory in effect at 10 00 a. M. As well. It will be a cold night. Look at the numbers overnight tonight, well be in the lower 30s. Inside the beltway, metro area. 41 the low at Reagan National. Everybody else will be colder and in some areas, cold enough for a frost or a freeze. Meanwhile, the weekend weather, were looking at it right now. Its down here. Alison showed you the heavy rain over parts of South Central texas and this area right now over northeast texas, this is an area of low pressure thats dumped a ton of rain over there. 2 3 4 in texas. 2 1 4 and about the same at camp verde, texas. The rain is coming. Were not going to get that much. Most of the rain will stay to our south a little bit. Theres the high coming in giving us clear skies now and clear skies tonight. As that slides out, the clouds start to increase during the day and the rain starts to move in. Were thinking 5 00 6 00 or 7 00 well move in from the south and west. Rain early in the morning and heres where the wheels come off the cart a little bit. When the rain will end sunday different models different solutions. We think the rain should be south and east of the Washington Area by 11 00 or noon and maybe a touch of clearing thereafter for the remainder of the afternoon. Upper 50s it will stay chilly but see a chance of rain. Good chance of rain by late tomorrow and tomorrow night into sunday morning and then clearing and a bit milder on monday. Still breezy. 63. Bit warmer tuesday. Mild back to 70 wednesday but a new chance of showers by mid week. Alison ready to get back up to the warmer weather temperatures. Thank you and coming up at 4 00 special honor for several local cities including arlington is one of the most Livable Cities in the u. S. I just had the feeling come over me that i need to go home and check on my husband. Leon big honor for arlington and this region. Aarp has named arlington has one of the most Livable Cities as well as the best cities for staying healthy. Alison thats right and d. C. And some maryland cities made the list. Joining us now, bob loncato, volunteer state president for aarp virginia. Nice to have you here. Thank you, alison, leon. Alison tell us first of all, some of the factors that you determined these list and winners. Let me start by saying im a 30year resident of arlington and very proud to know that we got this award. I have a daughter that we want to the Public Schools in arlington. So its about what you have in your housing stock. Its about how safe your streets are. Its about how the exercise capacities you have in a given community. We have some of the best recreational facilities in the area. We have half the number of traffic fatalities in arlington and other places, too. And so its about how you build a community for all ages but recognize that your communities are getting older. And its a real combination of all different things. Leon what strikes me though transportation seems to be a big factor in how people decide which the best place is to live. Its always tough to get around. It depends on how you go about having options for transportation. You have vans and you have bicycles. We have a very heavy bicycle presence in arlington thats been increasing over the years. And as long as you have options that people could take advantage of the transportation, thats really an important factor. You cant fight congestion in every place. If people have options and use transportation and go where they need to go its an important factor. Alison were celebrating arlington in particular. There were other local cities mentioned here. There were. A lot down in south and d. C. Got recognition as well. Blacksburg got some recognition but i like ours better. We got two recognitions. Livable and healthy. Alison and were also talking about for everyone. I think we hear aarp and assume were saying for people over 50 but youre saying for everyone who lives there, this makes it a really livable place. It is. Focused on the 50 plus and in then all generations benefit when its a good community. The saying is you can live anywhere. That does not make it a livable community. Its what you do as a community to make it livable that works. And arlington as the arlington way and has that way for years and were very beneficial about it. Leon not going to get many arguments around here. Nice to have you here today. Have a good weekend. Fargo, north dakota show up on a couple of those. I want to know who voted in that. All right, still ahead here at 4 00 dealing with spring storm season and potential damage to your home from the weather. 7 on your side to determine when to call your insurance company. Sam a d. C. Couple had their day in court in a case of assault on a Police Officer. Im sam ford. That story is coming alison a twist in the case of three people charged with assaulting a d. C. Police officer. Those charges were dropped today. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford talked to the former defendants as they left court. Sam they walked out of court today surprised and happy. Case dismissed. He and his brother all have been charged with assault on a Police Officer after an incident april 1st caught on video. This is straight out police brutality. Sam the incident they say took place in front of their children. He was accused of spitting on a police car and an officer had him on the ground. His wife said when his wallet and cell phone fell out of his pocket and she went to pick them up. The officer came and rushed up and shoved me on to the back of a police car and took his stick out and begin to start hitting me with the stick. Sam the Police Report said that his wife ran up to the officer and started to grab him attempting to free him. Today i was shocked. Sam mccray had been charged with assault on a Police Officer. The government dropped all charges against us and dismissed the case. Government just didnt want to waste their time and money on doing something they didnt have a case for. Sam they say they already filed brutality charges. Theyve launched their investigation. Its going to be a good weekend. He has another case from last year of assault on a policewoman. She was found guilty in that one and is now on 18 months probation. Reporting from d. C. Superior court, sam ford, abc 7 news. Sam lets get to baltimore where the Police Department is having a press conference in the wake of all these protests. To express their Constitutional Rights in the first amendment. We are a city that faces many struggles. And we have many challenges. We are also a city that has had Peaceful Demonstrations for more than 40 years. To any and all that would seek to bring chaos to their city the people of baltimore will not tolerate you hurting our community where we live where we worship and where our kids go to school. The real chance for reform shouldnt be lost to those who would find joy and destruction on this great city. We also are a Police Department that has many challenges. Over the years, we have had a number of incidents that have tarnished this badge and the reputation of this department. Ive been brought here with a team to be focused on reform to this organization. We should never lose sight of the fact that we also have thousands of women and men who come to work every day and protect the people of baltimore. In a very proud and professional way. Over the course of the last 12 days, we have undertaken a massive investigation. We have ramped up a task force of more than 30 plus investigators from various disciplines in this agency. Dozens of interviews have been conducted. Many more remain. A stepbystep meticulous investigation is taking place. It is much like you go to the opthamologist and he asked you, can you see this picture . Were refining our investigation, were getting closer and the picture is getting sharper and sharper as we move forward. We have canvassed the entire geographic region on foot multiple times. And we would do more often. The video footage of the camera that may have caught even a single moment of the incident is under review. This city has close to 600 cameras within the city as a whole. Much of that footage will be released today. We are we are narrowing down the timeline of events that led to mr. Grays tragic death and the events surrounding them. The timeline will continue to change. We found new information and we will continue to find more information as we go. We know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been. No excuses for that period. We know our Police Employees failed to give him medical attention in a timely manner multiple times. There are still many questions that we dont have the answers to and some open ended areas that we need to focus heavily on. Were going to ask for help for citizens and residents on things they may have seen or videos they may be in possession of. Weve extended this out several times. Were going to share with you today some more witnesses that we have caught on cameras that we like them to i want to clear up some confusion. We received a preliminary verbal report from the medical examiner. Not the official report, they still have working on that. They still have to complete a toxicology that can take 30 to 45 days. What im told is they may be bringing in experts to look at the spine and i dont know how long that will take. Let me further clear up. When we take our information or our files to the States Attorneys Office on friday that is not the conclusion of this investigation. That is step one of us gathering information, step two is taking it to the States Attorneys Office for them to look at our, our interviews. Theyre going to have questions and theyre going to send us back out to reinterview people. Theyre going to send us back out to look at more evidence. So that is not the end of this investigation on may 1st. That is just us sitting down for providing all the data that we have. We will continue to follow the evidence wherever it goes. I just finished a meeting of ministers in the western district. We shared with them information that we knew. It was the good meeting they shared with us what the parishioners in the neighborhoods are thinking in that area. We will reach out more to other ministerial groups within the city. I think now is the time usually in events like that that theres fingerpointing and blame. I am clear that reverend gwen of minister alliance has called for my resignation. Thats not going to happen. Im focused on my job. Im focused on leading this organization. I have been a reform commissioner. Ive taken the organization that has many challenges and faced it head on. Leon we will step away at this moment but weve been listening there to the Baltimore Police commissioner there briefing the press and actually revealing some new information coming from the investigation thats under way right now with some 30 plus investigators that were on a closed Circuit Television cameras in that area around where the arrest was made. He is revealing has been checked out and they will be releasing that video to the press today. Alison uhhuh. This is surrounding death of freddie gray and theyre asking the community to step up if they saw anything that they may have their own video to share. We will continue to follow all the developments out of baltimore throughout this afternoon and this evening. But first, we want to go ahead and turn to the weather now. Another cold night ahead. Leon all right. Will we get a warmup this weekend . There are a lot of activities planned in this town here. Lets check it out with doug hill standing by. Good word for the weekend. Doug its going to get in the mid to upper 50s. Well stay cool. Periods of rain to deal with. For this moment take a look live at our camera right now at st. Leo the great school in fairfax. Absolutely gorgeous. Crystal clear and 58 degrees. 61 in manassas. 61 at Reagan National and 62 degrees at quantico. As we head through the evening hours, it will get mighty cold again. Thats a frost advisory. Overnight through sunrise north and west of the city a little farther north, the darker purple color. That is another freeze warning. Second night in a row, the best hours for a possible freeze or frost will be between 3 00 in the morning and about 7 00 in the morning the way things are looking right now. 31 is the forecast low for gaithersburg. 32 in martinsburg by morning. 35 at andrews. You notice along the bay its somewhat warmer with the warmest spot in Downtown Washington at 41 degrees. Clouds through the day. This computer model says the rain will move in the area about 5 00 to 6 00. Periods of rain through nighttime hours into sunday morning. This model still has rain overhead around 1 00 but quickly moves it off to the east. Lets hope thats the way it works out with a little break of sunshine maybe late in the afternoon. So our forecast for the weekend, increasing cloudiness. Late day rain. Through the night high of 57. Rain through midday sunday. 57. Maybe a peek of sunshine in the afternoon. Thats all we have is sunshine right now in southwest washington. Its truckaroo in southwest near Nationals Park. Steve rudin has the trucks and hes ready to test it all. Steve . Steve let me tell you this is the best live shot i could be assigned to and i picked something out for you. I know you love lobster sxin you love crab. Take a look at this. This is from red hook lobster, this is one of about 20 food truckses here near Nationals Park and ill hand this over real quick. Thank you so much. You can come here tonight until 11 00. Its free admission and theyve beer trucks. If youre into curry theyve got that. Were bringing out the big red. And what it is is our red velvet donuts and we finish it off with the vanilla bean frozen custard and milk chocolate and cream cheese frosting. Theres no calories. Steve whats the name of your business . Goodies treats. Were at National Harbor also. Steve there you have it. Taking orders as to what i should bring home . What should i bring . Alison one of those, steve. Ill take one of the red velvet. One of those red velvet things. Leon shes eating for two. Get her two. Alison exactly. All right. Well check back with him a little bit later. Now to some other news of the day. Students returned to classes at an Indiana High School today after a terrifying stage collapse last night. The students were performing the finale of the School Production of american pie when the orchestra pit cover collapsed underneath them and sent the performers into the pit below. I knew that nothing of that nature was supposed to happen. And you hear a huge crash and you know that its not supposed to happen. You know something is wrong. Alison nearly a dozen students were injured and they were all taken to area hospitals. Most have already been released. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the accident. And a remarkable story from utah now where a wifes gut instinct helped save her husbands life. You can call it a wifes intuition maybe. She was at work and all of a sudden, she got a strong feeling that she needed to rush home and check on her husband scott. When she arrived, she found him in serious trouble. He had been working on the familys s. U. V. When it slipped off a jack and crushed him. I knew if i hung on long enough, my prayers would be answered and she would be able to come home. I just kind of panicked. I obviously was scared. But i did hear him. So i knew he was still alive. I heard him kind of say help me love. Alison her husband was trapped there for an hour and a half. He suffered six broken ribs and internal injuries. Emergency officials, though, say scott might have lost his life had he been under that car much longer. Leon lucky man alison sure is. Thank goodness she got there in time. Leon exactly. All right. Alison still to come here at 4 00, the push for understanding and acceptance. Well talk to a local psychologist about the issues transgender people face from alison we have this video into our abc newsroom. Metro Transit Police just released this video of an assault. It happened about three hours ago. This was at the Eastern Market metro station. A 69yearold man says he was pushed by another man. The two exchanged words and the suspect can be seen in the video punching the victim in the face. Knocking him there on to the escalator. Anyone with information is asked to call metro Transit Police. Leon as we wait for Bruce Jenners expected revelations tonight in the diane sawyer news special where he was expected to talk about transitioning from male to female. One local woman says that she had no choice but to make that big change in her life. The alternative was very dark or i could transition. Leon learn why the local Transgender Community believes that Bruce Jenners announcement could be a crucial moment in the quest for understanding. Our special report journey to transgender airs tonight on abc 7 news at 11 00. Alison joining us right now is michael hendrix, clinical psychologist who has worked extensively with this topic and in the Transgender Community here in the d. C. Region. Thank you for being here with us today. Bruce jenner being on national tv and getting all this attention, is this a good thing in your mind. Ultimately it is a good thing. Excuse me. Its putting it in the public eye in a way that people will Pay Attention to because of who he is. Leon in this case im not a big fan of tabloids, you know. But in this case, the tabloids are actually way ahead of the country in actually pulling people into this conversation. Yes or no because the tabloids often sensationalize things. Leon did that make you, i guess, nervous when this whole thing began . It did, because nobody had spoken to bruce. He hadnt said anything publicly. So there are a lot of people who were speculating and im always a little hesitant to do that. Especially when were talking about somebodys private life. Leon yeah. Alison weve been talking about this issue a lot recently. And the word that seems to come up a lot both for the person transitioning and for the community is the word fear. Is that a common problem . It is actually. In fact theres a whole understanding of minority stress which which is someone who has a minority status in the community experiences. Thats in addition to all the stress that everyone experiences but the morrow oppressed and misunderstood, the higher the stress level. It creates fear and it also sometimes that fear turns inward and actually, the Suicide Attempt rate is the highest in transgender individuals of any population weve studied. Leon that brings it a lot. Bruce jenner making this choice. Why in the world would it take so long . I mean hes been weve known him, been in the public eye for decades. And if hes been struggling with this for this long how is it that could occupy a persons i dont know, their entire psyche for so long. Imagine being in the public eye and knowing what the stress is for just being transgender. And then add to that being in the public eye and having all of that additional focus on you. Leon youre not surprised by that. No. That it took so long . No. Leon interesting. Before we go real quickly, any one myth that you would want to have dispelled about this whole process of transitioning . Probably the most important one is that people think of transgender as being a Mental Illness and its not. Its part of the natural, normal spectrum of human sexuality. Alison interesting. Leon the conversation has begun alison yes. Thank you so much. Leon well watch and see what happens tonight. Ok. Leon all right. Take care. Coming up next on abc 7 news at 4 00, its the episode that left fans in tears. Others outraged. Learn how some grays anatomy fans learned about the twist before the show even aired last nigh leon now lets turn to the shocker thats got grays anatomy fans reeling today. If you didnt watch last nights episode just yet you might want to like mute us for the next 30 seconds or so. Alison starting now. Leon go alison you had to have heard this by now, though. Because the character dr. Derek sheppard we know and love as mcdreamy who has been on the show since the beginning was killed off last night. Too late. Youre too late. Alison derek died in a car crash shortly after saving several people after a separate accident. And it turns out the episode was foiled earlier in the day for some subscribers of Entertainment Weekly. The magazine hit newsstands today but arrived in some home mailboxes an entire day earlier. Well, Entertainment Weekly featured a story on dereks death prompting the magazine to then issue an apology. Leon apparently some Montgomery CountyPolice Officers are fans of grays anatomy. The department sent out a tweet today about it poking fun at the show. Alison heres what the tweet says. We sympathize with all those saddened by the death of dr. Derek sheppard. Your sadness cant be used as an excuse to commit crimes. In case you were thinking about it. So we asked a lot of fans to weigh in on this shocking twist. Tonya wrote on our abc 7 facebook page. Sad, i was crying. Why . Why . I cried and my Blood Pressure went up. Seriously, i did. Carolyn tried to be optimistic. She wrote maybe shes dreaming and hes not really dead. That always happens, doesnt it . You can join the conversation by going to our abc 7 facebook page. Although i read that Patrick Dempsey is moving on to other things. Leon mistaken little week all of a sudden now those who might have been marginally interested in the show they go i want to see the guy. Doug i got my hockey game interrupted and i was back in my office in 20 seconds. Im good. Im ok. Hope youre ok with this. It does feature some rain. Not tonight. It is gorgeous out there. Clear, cool and breezy at this hour. Temperatures well below average but well take them. We have anyway. Temperatures in the upper 50s to about 60. 61 right now at Reagan National. Out at washington dulles right now, 59 degrees. And in areas west of town, not only the cool numbers right now. Look at the wind gusts. 38mileanhour gusts in iamsville. And same at tacoma park. 32mileperhour gusts in tacoma park. We have a cold night ahead. Whats going to happen is we would clear skies and diminishing winds and the High Pressure right overhead. Whats going to happen tonight is we have a possibility again for a freeze. Now this is going to be in effect until 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning and if thats not enough for you just south and west of the metro area we have until 10 00 in the morning a frost advisory for the suburbs. I think temperatures will start to moderate after that. Chilly air moving out. The range of overnight temperatures and clear skies and lighter winds and the frost and freeze advisories north and west of the metro area. The next seven days shape up like this. Saturday and sunday well have rain. Especially late saturday night and sunday morning and i want to tell you as we go through late sunday, out of body experience just now. I just disappeared. So then were to see the temperatures rise a little bit monday as we clear. Tuesday, 66 and sunshine. 30 degrees wednesday and thursday. Dare to make the control room make me disappear now. Leon at least we didnt stage an auto accident to make you disappear. Doug thats right. Thats right. Alison tell them it will be ok. There will be another mcdreamy. Thank you. Lets get a check on the traffic situation. Liz is here with the details. Liz . Liz thank you so much. Something about a beautiful afternoon and the getaway started earlier. I want to show you the camera angle of 270 south at montross. There the accident has been shoved out of the travel portion but youre bothered by backup heading and getting through this staying tucked in through traffic and getting down to the 270 spur trying to merge on to the beltway and show you just how jammed things are for you out there. On the southeastsouthwest free way, youre bothered by the collision on the ramp from the eastbound freeway, third street tunnel. And for the earlier collision and back to you, lee an and alison. Leon thanks, liz. Talk to you in a bit. Her car was caught in a crime scene but she was still given a ticket. Now, a local woman is turning to 7 on your side to get some help in fighting the red tape. Alison and 25 years and counting. Well take a look at how the Hubble Space Telescope has transcended science to create art. Stay with us. The news at 4 00 will be b leon 7 on your side now with the Health Matters report. Pepsi is changing a key ingredient in its diet soda. Instead of aspartame as a sweetener its switching to sucrulose. It hopes the sweetener switch helps diet pepsis slumping sales. Thats it at 4 00. Abc 7 news at 5 00 starts right now. Cars collided. Bullets flew. And then ticket were written. They should be sending me a letter of apology. Leon the saga of a car owner caught in a crime scene. The messages are blunt. Becoming more normal and more mainstream to talk about. Leon and the reaction is strong. Shouldnt advertise. Leon an abortion care facility explains the attention getting ads. And tears and memories on a sun soaked virginia campus. Shes beautiful but there was so much more to her. Leon friends and family honor the victim of a college murder. Alison she says she was parked legally but unable to get to her car because of a police investigation. And now the woman whose car was trapped after that shooting at the u. S. Census bureau and the chase through the district wants 7 on your side to fight through the police tape. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford is live along eighth street northeast with the story youll see only on 7. Sam . Sam alison as you just heard, april 9th and 10th after cars crashed, bullets flew this area at seventh and h northeast was a crime scene. Shut down for about 15 hours. Well, no sooner had the police left than the ticket writers moved in writing tickets on the cars that were trapped and a woman who received one of those tickets told us today what she thought about it. I dont know how d. C. Has the gall. Reporter she is ticked off. On april 9th, d. C. Police chase a murder suspect where she was having dinner but her car got trapped inside the crime scene. After waiting for hours, she approached an officer. My purse is in the trunk. Heres my key. Can you get my purse for me . My supervisor which he did and the supervisor said no. Reporter she managed to get home planning to retrieve her car the next morning but the street was still blocked off. Reporter when she found out the crime scene was clear and went to get her car she had been ticketed. Since the sticker had expired 8 29 the night before. I couldnt get my car or my possessions. The money it costs me to get home and back and they have the nerve to give me a ticket. They should be sending me a letter of apology. Reporter but it gets worse. When she drove to meet us at this interview, she stopped to tell u