The train. They have them but they should have them at the hot spots like anacostia. We need more police around. Especially on the train. This shouldnt be happening. Sigh tom this is not far from the Anacostia Metro station. That is where a 15 and a 19yearold were taken into custody. We are told by metro they believe it was the 15yearold who was the shooter. Those two in custody. Two other person of interest are out there. We come back here live you can see things have for the most part returned to normal. We have extra security but mostly back to normal here at the Anacostia Metro station. The rush hour trains are moving at the normal. You can see the station is back open. I was closed for a time after the shooting happened around 12 45 this tom roussey abc7 news. Alison thank you. Last months crime report saw a drop in robberies in metro from january of last year and increase in assaults. This is only the third time that metro dealt with a shooting on board a train. Brianne carter pi
Their first appearance before a judge sometime tomorrow morning. Now again police are still looking for the weapon in this case. As far as we know they tell us they have not recovered that gun. Wendy, back to you. Mark segraves, thanks. Todays shooting just adds to metros troubles. Its the latest highprofile violent attack in the Transit Agency in recent weeks. Our transportation reporter adam tuss spoke with the Metro Transit Police chief today about safety concerns. Adam, what did you learn . Well jim, Transit Police say they hear riders concerns about safety and they are going to respond. One of the changes that will be coming, the police chief tells me there will be a greater focused effort on the trains themselves. No one, not one of metro staff can remember the last time a shooting happened on a train. But there have been a number of attacks on trains recently. And Transit Police say they will be adjusting. Any exra physically on trains . We already look at our process, better to
Morning. Cold rain to get you out the door. Temperatures in the 40s with light rain. Strong storms to finish up the day. Severe weather possibilities run from 2 00 this afternoon to 9 00 or 10 00 tonight. Theres just enough rain on top of yesterdays, there say flood threat as well. Keep a careful look on the sky. Have your storm team 4 app fired up, or your nbc washington app fired up. Predawn storms. Thats the energy lifting our way. That first wave of energy could be in here around noon or 2 00. The next 24 hours, 30s to near 40s with cold rain this morning. 60s by late this afternoon and evening. Heavy rain and thunder possible. Wet and windy in the 40s by tomorrow morning. Toms got the impact on your news and travel in ten minutes. Breaking news4 traffic. Breaking news. We have a jackknifed tractor trailer. Onle on the outer loop at Georgia Avenue. On the inner loop, we have reports of multiple vehicles damaged box of the debris into the inner loop lanes because of this crash. We a
Breathing when he was rushed to the hospital. The shooting happened on this green line train. While it was stopped here at the Anacostia Metro station and while passengers were boarding. Were no injuries to anyone else. Two suspects fled the scene on foot. Spotsed by surveillance cameras. That enabled Police Across the city to have the suspects pictures right away. The technology that Metro Transit Police used to get the pictures out so quickly also produced two other pictures were going to show you right now. This is a picture of two other people who Metro Transit Police are saying are persons of interest. Police very much want to speak to these two men that youre seeing in this picture. If you recognize them, theyre asking you to call 911. Meanwhile, this investigation is continuing. As we said at the top. The suspects that are in custody are 19 years old and 15 years old. Theyre both expected to be before a d. C. Superior court judge for arraignment sometime tomorrow morning. Police
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