Gunman aaron alexis after taking a bullet in his vest. Congressman Elijah Cummings chief of police talked about the bravery, quick thinking and humility of the officer. Talk about people needing your help. Trust me its much more rewarding to help people than to be on the other side of the door. He is, as you can see hes very quiet and humble about everything. He put his life on the line and he saved so many lives. Jeanette the officer is eligible for retirement but tells me hes in no rush to leave just yet because he loves his job that much. Reporting in baltimore, jeanette reyes, abc 7 news. Jummy estigators say a young boy started the fire that displaced dozens of people in a Prince Georges County Apartment Building. Firefighters were called to that Apartment Building in suitland last night. Everybody was able to get out safely. Investigators believe the fire was started by a boy under the age of 10 playing with a lighter. Boy will now be entered into a program for juvenile fire sett
Wossen assaye at this exact moment . We hope to get some answers from the u. S. Justice department. Excuse me the u. S. Marshals service in the next 15 to 20 minutes. Well bring the latest information for you coming up in an hour 59 clock 00. Jeff goldberg abc 7 news. Alison the university of virginia released a new interim policy on Sexual Misconduct and gender based violence and its effective immediately. It was prompted by a federal investigation. The policy includes detailed descriptions of reporting procedures and sexual assaults and misconduct education at the university. And it also requires complaints be examined by the universitys fulltime investigator or an external investigator with relevant experience. Leon well d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has her way, the city wont be putting the brakes on its planned streetcar project. Alison thats right. During last nights state of the district address, she promised to finish that streetcar line all along eighth street and actually to even
To Union Station and eventually all the way to georgetown. Horace those words by d. C. s mayor last night during the first state of the district speech have people talking. I wouldnt be a huge proponent of it. Traffic is already horrendous. I think its exciting. Jump on it and go to h street. Reporter this is a rendering of the streetcar expansion. Notice unlike on h street the cars would run closer to the middle of the road. What we really lack is a high capacity transit system. Reporter the georgetown improvement Business District supports the project that would cost between 45 and 180 million for the extra three miles. Of course, that would be in addition to the 200 million already spent on the h street line which isnt even carrying passengers yet. Which is the result of years of mistakes that he believes wont happen again. The entire government has sort of learned from the experience of eighth street and i think theyll have a better idea of how it should be planned. Reporter former
Nathaniel lockly in Prince Georges County. Take a look this is his photo. He was last seen sunday on monday mouth drive in upper marlboro. Police say he may be in need of his medication. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket with a black leather stripe and navy blue sweatpants. Call police if you have any information. A prisoner who escaped from the hospital is waking up in custody in an undisclosed location. We first brought you this breaking news as it unfolded yesterday. Wossen assaye appeared in federal court in alexandria wearing a plastic protective suit. He was barefoot surrounded by guards. Hes charged with escaping from federal custody and bank robbery. He is expected back in court on friday. Assaye is accused of carjacking two cars and breaking into a home. He may have gotten some of my old clothes because the hospital gown was left in there and some of my old clothes are gone. Investigators say at Inova Fairfax hospital in falls church thats where this happened that assaye
Loudoun county Stafford Spotsylvania down to the low 30s. Next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up a at 6 11 a look at your bus stop forecast what to wear for the day ahead. Melissa has an update. P. An update on this crash georgetown pike at river bend chopper 4 just got over the scene. So you can see the road there completely shut down. So we have traffic on both ends here trying to get in to and out of oun. We understand tow truck we just spoke with Police Tow Truck on the way. So should be cleared out probably in the next 30 minutes or so, but if you normally take georgetown pike, might want to to your alternate. 270 south at Buckeystown Pike, still have that crash. Volume building headed into hyattsville. Outer loop at colesville, also report of a crash there. Not seeing it on camera, doesnt mean its not there. 66 no problems 95 slow through dale city here this morning. Wide look at things overall inner loop and outer loop actually looking pretty good. 295 just a little slow p