Safe. Lights out at a local highrise tonight. No power no air conditioning. The red cross working to help up to a thousand people. And the cosby controversy hits home at a smithsonian museum. New tonight, why its not ending a local art display. News4 at 11 starts now. First tonight, a mothers voice still shaking hours after gunshots in a playground full of children. Parents ran for cover this morning scooping up children along the way at the Columbia Heights Community Center on gerard street. Police are still looking for the guy who started shooting. News4s Jackie Bensen is live in northwest with reaction. Jackie . Reporter doreen, nothing describes the terror of this better than the woman youre about to hear from. She was at this playground with her 1yearold and her 3yearold. Were not showing her face. This is somewhere happy place, not somewhere where youre running, shielding children from bullets. Reporter it was just before noon and the newly remodelled playground at the Columbia H
Heights Reaction Center park where it all happened. Mola lenghi has more. Reporter yes. Witnesses described several men ran through here, exchanging gunfire as children were playing on this popular playground. This is a place where you should have a happy face, not be shielding children from bullets. Reporter the Columbia Rec Center playground was happy until children and parents heard what they first othought were fireworks. Then this mother, who didnt want to be identified, came to a terrifying realization. I think two or three young men, and i saw a gun, which is when i realized it was not fireworks. Reporter she heard half a dozen gunshots and everyone started scattering. There were babies all over the park. We didnt even know where to run. Reporter she said when the shots rang out, parents grabbed any child they could reach, running behind cover, behind trees, bushing and sheds. You dont expect to run and collect children on a day at a park because you are running from gun shots.
Were following the latest and will bring it on air and online. Its a yellow alert day. All looks calm right now as we take a live look at the white house, but it could be a very different story by the time the evening commute comes around. Meteorologist erica grow has our first look at weather. Thats right. You can see on 9 futurecast exactly what were talking about with a cold front on the approach and that steamy air mass in place, the perfect combination to get showers and thunderstorms firing up, and it looks like the evening commute could be wet. Here we are 9 futurecast at 3 00. So already starting to see the rain push troop the immediate met push through the immediate metro area during the noon hours. Starts to sink to the south as we head into the evening but i wont rule out some of the showers and storms will still be lingering at that point. It does look like the worst of it. Most of our model data showing it right in time for the drive home. Could be a little wet for the nat
The attacker was long gone. The victim managed to get home where a relative called 911. But the lapse in time provided the suspect around 45 minutes to get away. As of this afternoon he remains at large with worry that he could attack at random again. You have an individual waiting at the bus stop. Somebody just comes up and grabs them. Takes them into a wooded area and sexually assaults them. Its one of the worst things to probably have happen to you. Im surprised to hear that. You dont expect it in gaithersburg. We hear it other places but im surprised that it could happen here in our neighborhood. Kevin now the victim says her attacker is a young black male with a skinny build. But more specifically he was wearing a dark colored checkered shirt or jacket. If you were in the area around 5 30 a. M. And you saw anyone matching description, call the police. We are live in kevin lewis, abc7 news. Cking the tropics as Tropical Storm nate moves over open water. Right now along the gulf coa
Darren drakes father said his son recently had weight loss surgery and that bike path was part of his new workout plan. He took the bike path and thats when it happened. Making good money. Every benefit you can imagine. Last month saipov rented a truck and drove into new york city to practice the route he would take during the attack. The suspect did not plan on stopping in tribeca. He planned to carry out his tedted deadly attack on to the brooklyn bridge. The Associated Press is out with a the hackers who interfered in our election had much bigger ambitions. The a. P. Reveals a hit list going back to 2015. The list shows that hackers tried to break into the email accounts of secretary of state john kerry, colin powell and other high rank u. S. Officials. Tracie potts will break down how significant this is. Today all eyes will be on a federal court here in d. C. Because Paul Manafort and his business associate rick gates will be back in court for a status hearing. They were indicted