Parade. The girls godfather said she had dreams of becoming a doctor or a lawyer. Police say theres no indication she was the intended target of this shooting. They say someone just opened fire on a group of students who just had gotten out of school. Tears in this family and the pain etched in their face is unacceptable to everybody in chicago. This is sandy hook. Shooting happened a few blocks from the teenagers school kaine college prep. Hundreds of residents in newtown, connecticut, took part in a public hearing last night. Its part of a push to call for increased gun control legislation in the state. A Bipartisan Group from the States Legislature is considering policy changes after the shooting at an Elementary School which left 26 people, including 20 first graders dead. Randall pinkston has more from newtown. Jesse was 6 years old. Reporter he was among the 26 killed at sandy Elementary School. We can turn this tragedy into the event that turned the tide. Reporter lewis and othe
The jury which found a former Culpeper Police officer guilty of manslaughter recommended a sentence today and hes looking at spending the next three years behind bars. Reporter im peggy fox in culpeper where a jury decided that a former Police Officer will spend the next 36 months behind bars. The jury did not find Harmon Wright acted with malice when he shot and killed Patricia Cook who was trespassing sitting in her jeep in a School Parking lot. He says she clamped her windows shut on his fingers and started driving away when he opened fire. He still feels he did the job he was hired to do and there was nothing else he could have done. So he feels victimized. Reporter the jury found harmonwright guilty of manslaughter and two lesser counts. The judge can run the sentences concurrently or consecutively. This is a sad day. A victim lost her life. A former Police Officer lost his career and liberty for a period of time. Hopefully the juncture that we are at, the town and community of cu
What happened . What happened . Where can my babies be . Im a mother and i dont know how she could handle losing two babies like that. Reporter a volunteer firefighter from myersville was also injured here last night. By the time the fire crews got here the house was completely engulfed in flames. In fact, some of the neighbors think firefighters werent called until the house was up in flames because the parents were scrambling so desperately to save the children. We know Angela Lillard is part of the Carroll Creek Montessori School community in frederick. Weve been in touch with some of those folks. There is an outpouring of grief and support for this family including a fundraiser thats being planned already at a chickfila restaurant next tuesday in frederick. The family is real going to struggle to recover from this terrible tragedy where the two sisters died. Scott broom, wusa9. I have to ask you any talk about what was the cause of this . Reporter they have no idea what the cause w
Move over. Meet the groundhog. The general stepped outside of his house. I guess we will have to see. He looks scared. All right. Groundhogs are right 80 of the time. Is that right . Ok. Doppler radar. Few snow showers right now it will not amount to a lot. Therell be a few flurries for the morning hours. Better chance for snow showers in the middle of the day tomorrow. Another clip on tuesday. End of the week. Thank you. We will be right back. Live and in hd, this is abc 7 saturday night news extra. President obama has identified Immigration Reform as a top priority. Problem that both parties want to solve. We have more on the push to immigrationensive reform. Im here because most that it is time has beensystem that broken for too long. Immigration system comes both parties. We cannot continue as a with millions of people residing in the shadows. We have a window of opportunity to act. With a Bipartisan Group of strengthen border security, improve enforcement of andting immigration la
Hes here with more on what to expect. Tom sm. Good morning. Were getting this weak disturb an from the west. Its triggering light snow in maryland. These bright white areas in Charles County, light snow beginning to fall and reach the ground southern Prince Georges County as well. Farther south are these areas of pink mixing with a little bit of sleet or sprinkles of rain far southern maryland, southern st. Marys county. Potomac, fauquier, stafford and spotsylvania, many of those locations getting light flurries right now. Those are associated with Winter Weather advisory. All these areas in the purple color under a Winter Weather advisory in Northern Virginia, suburbs in maryland. The amount of snow expected could be affected by the temperatures. Its at or above freezing in washington. To our south, its near a little below freezing in Prince Georges County and charles, calvert and st. Marys. Farther north and west, near 30 in Montgomery County. Much of fairfax, Arlington County into L