Now, as theyre doing this, the guy inside, he grabs the gun and opening fire. The bullet goes right into the door, right at the kill zone, but this steel door blocks that bullet. The police on the other side saved by the door. You hear about how dodge russ police work is every day, but en you look at that door, you see a very real and frightening example of just how dangerous their work is. As the cops are knocking down the door, they say the guy inside runs and tosses the gun out the apartment window. Subtle but not too successful. It falls virtually right into the arms of some backup cops waiting outside. Charged in the case 25yearold jeremiah pearson. According to court records, he has at least three drug convictions, as well as a conviction for using a firearm while distributing drugs. What did police find inside the apartment. Officers found drugs, they found drug paraphernalia, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and that handgun. Now, tonight in addition to all the other things su
big changes on the way for the weekend. a strong cold front approaching. that will put rainfall in the forecast. a big cooldown before the weekend is done. 64 degrees right now reagan national, 54 at dulles. we will be warming up into the 70s by noon. by 5:00, mostly sunny and warm 80 degrees. get outside and enjoy the beautiful day. now to angela with traffic. good morning. happy friday. we are hoping for a very nice commute to start the weekend. so far so good in springfield. getting through the interchange you should not have any trouble. northbound and southbound 395 getting through alexandria looking fine. glebe road is closed between route 1 and arlington ridge. there s an accident with a utility pole down right there. moving quite well in maryland. 270 has no troubles. back to you. thank you. our top story battleground virginia becoming the focus of the presidential race. later this morning president obama will speak at george mason university. and an event at cle
baltimore and the interstate. back to you. thank you. the big story this morning, of course since the nfl draft. already jerseys on sale last night. t-shirts on sale. the redskins selected the heisman winner as their new quarterback? . robert griffin will be coming to d.c. today and will be officially introduced during a press conference tomorrow. jummy olabanji has more. the washington redskins select robert griffin. it was a night of celebration across the d.c. area as robert griffin was officially drafted. fans are excited as the r.g. iii era now begins in washington. if you watched him in college, the excitement that the brought, if he brings that to the redskins it will be electric on the field. it s going to be a great season. he is excited as well. he told abc 7 s sports director that even though he knew which team he was going to, he was still overcome with emotion. you cannot help the feelings when you hear your name called. touchdown! robert griffi
group of voters. roughly 3 million in the state of eye warning 120,000 would be considered good. it is relatively informal. they meet in small groups. they chat about the candidates and then they vote. the rest of the race for the white house is sure to be shamed by who they pick. backed by younger voters who like him want less government and more privacy, ron paul figures he could win tonight. at valley high school, paul urged 18-year-olds to caucus. it is a wonderful opportunity to restate our sound principles about why this country had been great. reporter: but one switched. when i saw mitt romney yesterday was when i decided he might be the new candidate i m leaning towards. reporter: today romney backed off his prediction of a win. i think it is hard to predict what will happen but i think i ll be among the top group. reporter: meaning him, ron paul and rick santorum. finally in the spotlight, the social conservative came to valley high. teacher sylvia flores
into the air. that s when it came down. you can see some of it now. part of the crane is resting against the building. there was another building damaged and some vehicles hit. deputy d.c. fire chief kevin burns is with us. we had to report an hour ago of a major crane collapsed. search and rescue people that specialize in this, they found the crane extended that was up there to repair the roof damage. the truck flipped over pan and the crane fell. what can you tell us about the damage? we understand some cars and buildings were damaged. many people? the crane fell in the best possible aspect. it fell on the street. it did hit a row of parked cars and crushed two of them. if someone was in a car and saw it happening and got out of the car. the only person involved was the operator. he was shaken up. he was apparently ok. what would cause this to happen? i have never seen it happen like this in my life. i cannot even speculate. the plane did raise the building on the