Legal guns and told reporters yesterday as many as 120 guns have been confiscated in 30 days. They are all illegal. We are told the all hands on deck effort begins in two weeks. Officers are working overtime especially in the neighborhoods around here. She says she hopes the public is getting the message that the d. C. Police have a 1,000 reward for information. Live in southeast, richard reeve, abc7 news. Leon investigating deadly gunfire outside a church. A man was shot to death in 4900 block of east capitol street in southeast. That is in front of st. Lukes church if you know the area. Up first at abc7 news at 6 00, illegal drug activity in a federal laugh. Police officer in charges after the explosion that happened at the National Institute of technology a month ago. They believe it was tied to the production of methamphetamine. Kevin lewis has details about the suspect in the case. A Police Officer . Kevin the allegations are ironic. Federal Authorities Say a highranking Police Officer hired to protect a vast federal property actually caused this explosion. Officer facing one count of manufacturing methamphetamine. I spoke on the phone with the defense attorney minutes ago who told me his client was not cooking meth to sell on the street but rather conducting an unauthorized training experiment that badly failed. Barclay was a wellrespected detective and chief of the nist police force suffered burns in the explosion. He resigned the next day and he will appear in court this friday at 10 00 a. M. Where he will plead guilty to single count he is charged with. One more thing to pass along, depending how it shakes out in the courtroom, barkclay may still be eligible to receive his federal government pension. Leon the father of a man killed by a Fairfax CountyPolice Officer calls it a step in the right direction. Adam torres will appear in Court Tomorrow on a Second Degree murder charge. He shot and killed john geer in a standoff outside of geers home two years ago. Geer was unarmed. Other officers who witness the event said his hands were up in the air. It was never going to go away. There will be no closure. But another step that justice is being served. Leon scattered showers and the storms out there weather wise. The unsettled weather will stick around for a few days. Get more from the chief meteorologist doug hill in the storm watch forecast. Doug you got it right. Unsettled and muggy, sunshine through the clouds outside the belfort furniture weather center. Other areas are moving east of the eastern montgomery county. Taper off an end here. Especially by sunset. Stay muggy overnight. Storms across North Carolina will diminish as well but the pattern will repeat itself tomorrow and thursday. 82 at winchester and baltimore. Muggy, too. The temperatures only take a slide through lower 80s to the 70s. We will stay in 70s inside the beltway. Upper 60s with the muggy conditions outside the meltway. We will talk more about the rain in the next couple of days and the weekend forecast, too, in a few minutes. Leon we turn to something heartbreaking. Disturbing arrest. Father under arrest for the murder of his infant son. The child is 5 weeks old died of blunt force trauma. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford live with the latest on the investigation. Sam, what happened to the baby is just devastating. Sam little babies cry a lot. According to the Court Situation it wasnt where the guy just went off because he was afraid or got upset about the baby crying. This was methodical. The 28yearold robert smith senior methodically would squeeze 5weekold robert smith jr. To the point the last time he killed the baby. Little robert smith junior lived in a house on ninth street northwest and according to the court paper when he cried too much for his father, robert smith senior would squeeze him until he stopped. The child would cry a lot and become fussy, he said he squeezed the child to stop him from crying and has done it over the course of the childs life. August 4 when the child died police said at the scene in the night. At first, said the child was injured when he did c. P. R. Later admitting he did it. He said he grabbed the child in the upper torso and heard a cracking sound and while he was squeezing the child, the child could not catch his breath. Neighbors knew little of what happened. In court it came down he worked for cvs drugstore. I have a cording to the Court Testimony the baby had all sort of internal fractured bones and 2212pound from his 212pound father jeezing him. The father told the police the mother knew nothing about this. She did not know he was squeezing the child. The fathers attorney tried to argue for a lesser charge saying that he should only be charged with cruelty to children. But the judge rejected that. He is charged with firstdegree felony murder of a child. Reporting live from d. C. Superior court sam ford, abc7 news. Still at abc7 news at 6 00 a community in shock at the death of a local superhero. The new way to remember the route 29 batman tonight. Its worse than we thought. Hundreds of thousands of americans are about to get letters from the i. R. S. About a massive day the hack. Well tell you how the agency is trying to help people protect themselves from that. The killing of cecil the lion sent shockwaves around the world. Now someone is charged in the case. Its just not the killer. You have a question for mechanics . We have assembled a group in newsroom. Call now. The number on the screen. You see it there. They are working the phone lines until 6 30. Leon while the suddenest in of the death remains fresh, many are focusing on the good memories of Leonard Robinson the man known as the route 29 batman. Detective bourja is one of those people. His decision to stop the bat mobile in 2012 earned him worldwide fame and admiration. As i approached the vehicle a man dressed in batman outfit. This is real ma coy. A nice man. Leon he would visit the Sick Children at the area hospitals dressed up at batman. Ro byson died in a car crash sunday in hagerstown. Developing now, bad news from the i. R. S. They have saying an additional 220,000 people may have had the tax Record Stolen by the cyber criminals. Social security numbers swiped as well as addresses and more. Tonight charges in the slaying of cecil the lion but not against the killer. The nation of zimbabwe is charging the man who owned the land saying he allowed illegal hunt. The killer by the way the american dentist palmer has not been charged. Yesterday his dental Office Opened for the first time. Still ahead at abc7 news at 6 00 should english remain the official language of the Frederick County . That is being debated. Ill tell you about it when we come back. Leon we are watching the rain and storms in the area. When it quiets down and the full forecast up next. Robert im robert burton. Coming up in sports after a night off the nats have a chance to get back on track. Oh, boy, rgiii speaks on all drama. He spoke moments ago. We have that and more when abc7 news at 6 00 continues. Sfx music throughout sfx crowd cheering sfx crowd booing sfx crowd chanting sfx crowd cheering sic stops sc johnson, a family company. Leon we are just getting word that Maryland Governor larry hogan says he is winning his fight against cancer. He spoke moments ago on the Facebook Page and said 95 of the cancer is gone. He tells the washington post, i aced my test. Hogan has been battling tumors that popped up in his neck and other part of his body. The news for him tonight is good. 7 on your side now hopefully with good news for you but help from mechanics taking your phone calls in the newsroom tonight. If you need any advice about your car, now is the time to call. Phone lines are open until 6 30. You have 14 minutes to get in. 7032369220. Happening right now, it is time to decide about a controversial new rule in Frederick County that would require all county business to be conducted in english. Some say it sends a me sam of intolerance and others say its a moneysave measure. Brad bell with the story tonight. What is the story here . Brad well, you said it is happening now and you couldnt be more accurate. Inside the building, Winchester Hall where the county conducts the business, debate is going on now. A testy debate about whether or not the county should keep its law which says that only english is the official language. The county attorneys say it does nothing. Supporters say its time to be gone. This stirred passion since elected in 2012. The newly accounted democrat says it has to go. This was embarrassment when passed. Part of alarming antiimmigration effort. That is oh the Hispanic Community feel. He said this is about money. We have 2,000 employees. Another Human Resources policy for the operations like for everything else. The sides clashing in july at a public hearing. As we say live the debate is ongoing. We expect the vote to in soon. Leon how about the weather . Doug there are a few downpours out there. Start with a live look in laurel. What lot of clouds and some sunshine is getting through. We are looking at this now. Left over showers west of metro and north of marshall to the blue ridge. Then moving across the howard county. What will not change is the mugginess in the air. 86 at reagan national. 84 in gaithersburg. The rain shower threat will end tonight but it will remain cloudy and muggy. The values are above the averages for this time of august. Plenty warm. The areas cooled off by rain showing up like syracuse. The farther north on the map cools off. There is a cold front out there that is slowly moving in our direction. But until it arrives we get a slug of moisture out of the south. Daylight hours will heat up. The numerous showers and the thunderstorms develop tomorrow and more so on thursday. By the time we hit friday the front or what is left of it is going to move through the area. The geg is the area north and west of washington should see clearing in friday afternoon. Areas the east and the south of washington may stay under the clouds with additional showers and the thunderstorms friday an or evening. Then a nice batch of High Pressure moves in the weekend. The weather story is Going Forward for tomorrow. Partly sunny. More showers and storms. 60 probability of that. Highs of 87. Looking ahead to the next seven days 70 chance of more rain and ththunderstorms on thursday. Highs of 88. Friday, what i described is a split, a split situation. Depending on the speed of the front. We may see clearing and hold up later. But by friday night we are in good shape. Weekend looks terrific. Mid80s and partly cloudy skies. The daily thunderstorms monday and tuesday. That is it. Leon time for the latest installment of the favorite soap opera. As the skins turn. What happened today . Robert he made a statement about everything that happened and he was straightforward. That is all he can do. He responds to the mayhem taking place. Well tell you about that next in sports. Announcer now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. For me i go out and i play and i know im the best quarterback on the team. I feel like im the best quarterback in the league. Robert that was the statement that has the sports world buzzing and for some to put rgiii in the diagnosis house again in the doghouse again. The redskins are deadfy for that to be old ready for it to be old news. They were there for the normal routine this afternoon. The big topic of course, rgiii. After practice he made a statement responding to the media storm that was made. Here he is moments ago. Robert g. addressing what happened yesterday with the fire storm that took off what i said. I know what i meant. I think everyone in this circle knows what i meant. Its unfortunate that my name is used for headlines to put to put on stories. I know what i want to be and what i strive to be. I wont make apologies for that. Robert b. straightforward. Well, in baseball, after dropping two out of three by the dodgerrers and swept by the giants that doesnt he in the n. L. East race let alone the wild card race. They are four yeah games back from the first place and nine yeah back from the wildcatter spot. They play rockies tonight and this is a team with the second worst record in the league. Phillies have the worst record. Jordan zimmerman on the mound going head to head with david hill and first pitch at 8 40. More baseball. Indians and the red sox last night. Cleveland up 51 in the fifth. Mookie betts with the hustle. Gets the jersey dirty. Red sox lose 82. Final note we mentioned that tuesday is the second best hitting day for the season at. 265 for the nats. Saturday is the nats best hitting day at. 272. Today is tuesday. Hopefully we can see good stuff. Leon okay. Hope they can put it together. Real quick, update for folks in Frederick County debating whether to make all business in english. That measure failed. We just heard that seconds ago. Doug weather, quick look at the radar. Showers we track in if areas of red. Shows heaviest moving to columbia. More showers bowie. West of Loudoun County moving northward and they should diminish tonight. For the overnight, partly cloudy and muggy. 87 tomorrow. 88 thursday. Both days afternoon shower and storms. Good bet. Brian van de graaff in for steve at 11 00 with the latest weather update. Leon that does it for. David muir coming up next on world news tonight. Join us at tonight, new details. The very close call. The passenger jet trying to land in charlotte. The wind warnings. Weve seen what can happen before. This time, the jet aborting the landing. The tail, though, slamming into the ground. Also breaking late today, the teenage girl facing her accused attacker. Testifying about what allegedly happened inside one of the most prestigious high schools. Were male students keeping score . The tornado just touching down. And the flooding in a major city in the east tonight. And the wildfires. You will see the Smoke Jumpers diving in for duty. Terror in the streets. Foreigns killed. The alleged bomber caught on camera. And Rosie Odonnell and her very public plea for help at this hour, after her own teenage daughter disappears