D. C. And metro Police Responded to a report of suspicious activity going on in the 1300 block of 49th street. Police say they found a man with a gun. The officer fired, striking the man. Hes now in the hospital. His condition unknown. Our Darcy Spencer will bring us details from the scene in a live report coming up shortly. Back to you. Good morning. Im aaron gilchrist. Good morning. Im Kristen Wright in for eun yang. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell in with the highlights it this morning. Off to a steamy start this morning. Temperatures in the low to mid 70s. A lot of clouds around. A lot of low visibility, fog and even raindrops as well. The rain were dealing with this morjs will be over by 8 00. Much, much warmer today than yesterday. Later this afternoon and this evening we could bubble up one thundershowers with daytime heating. Rain through the north side of the capital beltway. As youre planning out the day today, showers ending this morning. Afternoon breaks of sunshine a
A man is dead and weve learned a Police Officer shot and killed him. An officer shot an armed suspect in the district. We are live along 49th street near the Deanwood Metro station. Reporter residents here tell me there were a lot of people out last night when this shotting happened. People were setting off fireworks and they couldnt tell the fireworks from the gun shots. There are Senior Citizens here and children here for summer programs. People here are very concerned. This is fourth of july. How does this happen. Reporter this man comes here for a workout and found police tape steps away. An officer shot and killed a suspect about this metro station is constantly having issues. Ive seen Transit Police here. Thats not even helping. We dont know what to do. Reporter many are expressing frustration about what they call an escalation in violence. The shooting happened within the Community Center door where Young Children are showing up for summer camp. This mom says she may not bring h
About safety in their community . I think the reactions of the community are predictable based on our concerns over the past few years. Weve kind of sceeen this comin. We look at indicators at the health of our community such as graduation jobs, Health Disparities and concentration of poverty and weve seen an influx of new residents that fall within those danger areas, and weve seen an increase in crime that are directly tied to poverty. So weve been pushing for some time to try to be proactive in how we get ahead so the recent incidents of violence to us, weve boiled completely over because to us it was predictable. Do people feel safe in their homes, walking down the streets . Well deanwood is a very interesting community. We feel safe in our homes but understand at any moment things can go wrong despite your you have people that are in poverty, usually they do things just for survival. Growing up in the neighborhood ive seen our community go through ups and downs and ups and downs b
On your side. Leon a nineyearold girl shot by a bb gun on her school bus in fredericksburg. Othersnts say that four were shot in the leg as an 11yearold pulled the trigger. Leon parents are demanding answers. Richard reeve spoke with family members and has the details. What have you learned about this . , you can imagine the parents of this little girl were very upset. She came through the door of her home and said she was shot on her school bus. Now they would like to find out why they had to find this out from their daughter. Also concerned about what if this had been more serious than just a bb rifle. Nineyearold sophia still has a welt from the frightening ordeal. We heard it hitting the metal of the seat. Richard that banging on the bus ride home turned out to be a plastic bb size pellet from an airsoft gun. Hours later, they got a phone call from the School Principal. Another student had brought in the air soft gun to school and had been shot. She wanted to know of she was ok. Ri
That other suspect in some of the other cases. There is another composite sketch floating around right now. Police say, believe and hope that it will be critical in making that arrests a well. Well have more on that at 5 00. Jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Alison many of you might have heard the news on your phone because abc7 sends outbreaking news text alerts. Dont miss a beat even when you are away from the tv. Just log on to wjla. Com text and pick the alerts that you want there. Jonathan the other developing story were following is in culpeper where three schools were locked down this morning after a student brought a gun on a school buzz. The potential disaster was averted. The student is in custody. A lot of parents scrambled when the news broke. Three schools were closed down here in culpeper. The high school, the middle school and alternative school. At 10 15 this morning, the students said they had seen the student on a school bus with a handgun. After a long intense search and a l