i m bleeding. reporter: the man then taking a hostage, who was struck by a stray bullet. the suspect gunned down by police, dying at the hospital. the officer s actions demonstrated what is meant when you hear the words the thin blue line and the thin red line. reporter: david the district attorney saying the officers who used deadly force was justified. the police chief saying the officers acted heroically. david? they did. erielle, thank you. next, we re hearing from the high school student who survived a shark attack, losing part of her leg. her father coming to the rescue, saying he hit the shark with everything he could. here s abc s victor oquendo tonight. reporter: tonight, true grit from the teenager who lost her leg in that shark attack in north carolina. when i was in that water, i was praying. i m like, i m 17. i got so much to do. reporter: a determined paige winter speaking out for the first time in this hospital video. i m going to able to walk, i m goin
i me, r g ist ne. reporter: her father, a paramedic firefighter, today describing how she disappeared in an instant. i dove under and i grabbed her, and when i pulled her up, a shark came up with her. and it had a big just a big eye just staring at you. and i hit it with everything i could and it let go. reporter: paige rushed to shore and airlifted to the hospital with deep lacerations. her leg amputated above the knee. the shark took her leg, but it did not take her spirit. reporter: and tonight paige with her own message i think i can transform this into something good for me, for sharks and good for the environment, too. reporter: paige also lost fingers in the attack, but doctors say her surgeries were successful. she s expected to be out of the hospital next week. david? remarkable and brave young woman. victor, thank you. now to the severe thunderstorm threat over father s day weekend. danger weather possible from texas all the way up to the great lakes and
i get new information every single day. reporter: it was just two weeks ago when nathaniel holmes and cynthia day, seen here kayaking on the island, were both found dead in a d.r. resort. autopsies performed on the island said they died of respiratory failure and pulmonary edema. the husband of miranda werner says she died after drinking from a minibar in her room. he and the relatives of nathaniel holmes and cynthia day now wait for toxicology results. officials there saying there s no evidence the deaths are corrected and are urging tourists not to rush to judgement while these investigations unfold. david, more than 2.7 million american tourists visited the island last year. the ministry of tourism says it is working with hotels to reinforce safety conditions and is working with authorities to get these families some answers. david? gio, thank you. now to the danger on the front lines here.
the past 24 hours. wind up to 100 miles per hour. surveillance also showing another tornado in this backy d backyard. this one also in new jersey. let s get right to rob marciano. everyone wants to know how father s day weekend will go. you re watching trouble spots, rob? reporter: we re going to get rain here by the end of the weekend. but the focus for the extreme weather is in the midwest. a couple of watches up right now. a big one in kansas and colorado. there you see it. big hail, big winds, tornado possible. this extends east to wichita, kansas city, st. louis, oklahoma city tomorrow, parts of dallas on sunday. the front lays over the great lakes back to the plains all weekend long. heavy rain for the ohio valley tomorrow, and that rain pushes northeast by the end of father s day. david? rob, thank you. happy father s day. thanks, david. and the news involving actor cuba gooding jr., fighting the allegations of groping a woman here in new york city. tonight, surveillance
it. reporter: today biden is slamming trump on the president s stunning admission to george that if offered political dirt from the kremlin or other adversaries i think i d take it. if i thought there was something wrong, i d go maybe to the fbi, if i thought there was something wrong. reporter: biden signing a pledge today that he d never do this. donald trump doesn t think it matters if candidates for presidency accept damaging information on their opponents from foreign governments. i believe he s dead wrong. let s get to terry, live at the white house tonight. president trump telling george he would maybe call the fbi if he was offered dirt on an opponent by a foreign government. today, it seems like he was saying something different. reporter: very different. with george he scoffed that he would go to the fbi, but today on fox, he said he d absolutely go to the fbi, but he would have to listen to it first to see what it was. david? terry, thank you. this was incred