Derrick. Reporter well, you will find that the garage is indeed open. But youll also find more cars than usual at this hour a lot of motorists came back to find back that their cars were part of a crime scene. This happened at 7 00 last night. Montgomery county police and Metro Transit Police responded to a call here at wheaton garage for shots fired when they got to the garage, an adult male had been shot. That person died. Now, there was a search of the garage and the Westfield Plaza which is adjacent to the metro garage. They did take two people into custody, people theyre calling persons of interest. And a short time after that Montgomery County police said they need not worry about a gunman on the loose. We do not know the name of the victim. At the height of the investigation trains were passing by wheaton station, part of Georgia Avenue was closed. Indeed the garage was closed. All of that has returned to normal. Again, were awaiting the identity of that Fatal Shooting that happ
Northern fauquier county, 66 toward the front royal area, la ray seeing thunderstorm activity. Lets zoom on into this area. What you see there is that rain, heavy rain moving toward leeburg. Loudoun county, frederick county, youre going to be zealing with the rain. The wider view talking about the line of storms making its way in toward the southeast. All with a frontal boundary thats coming in. This is the same storm system that the southeast and is now bringing Severe Weather toward parts of georgia and parts of south carolina. Nothing severe for us, but we could see some lightning and a little bit of thunder out of this, not to mention that heavy rain. Much more on this. Amelia draper a and i in all afternoon. Remember, download the nbc washington app now, if youre ever away from your phone or television, great way to take a look at the latest forecast and the radar. All right. Thank you, doug. Community and continue to cause a big threat. Today, we learned one more person has died
As we are getting a little bit more of an easterly movement here. Heaviest rain, lets zoom in, in through Montgomery County. Now right over great falls, moving up toward gaithersburg. Rockville, headsup there. In toward bethesda. Will move across the American Legion bridge already having a tough time as normal traffic is concerned. The wider picture showing the rain will come to an end tonight. In behind it, we get much cooler if not colder. Ill have that complete forecast inclung minutes. Thanks, doug. A Council Member in Prince Georges County has crashed his countyissued vehicle for a second time. But this time police say mel franklin was drunk. Hes accused of crashing his suv into a car at a red light last week. Our bureau chief, tracee wilkins, is in Upper Marlboro with more on this. Reporter this is what was left of prince georges Council Members mel franklins countyissued suv after a crash vehicle he struck looked like. A couple was inside of the car. Their car was totaled. They
Prosecutors say she and four coworkers yount reported their income or reported no income at all plying for free lunches. She now faces theft and fraud charges. Be sure to check the nbc washington app for updates. Well, a flash in the night sky may have a lot of you talking this morning. The American Meteor Society said almost 50 people called them to report a fireball in the night sky. They received calls as far north as new jersey and as far as Northern Virginia in the south. According to reports, the fireball showed up as a bright green flash. A flash . Okay, well, now we know what it is. We do . 4 31, our time right now. Lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. What do you think, chuck. Do, do, time for sure. And its how bright the object is as it goes across the sky. Four things you need to know about the weather. First thing you need to know, there are icy patches out there. Some of our neighborhoods are below freezing. So be careful for that. Otherwise, finally a
Us. The Severe Weather threat is definitely up for the afternoon. Doppler 9000, see all this activity in pennsylvania and look at the new stuff breaking out in eastern and West Virginia. After 2 00, if you have outdoor plans, i would wrap them up by 2 00 or 3 00 p. M. In southwestern pennsylvania now, all this activity in the pittsburgh area, new stuff for morgantown south, east and West Virginia, just getting into garrett county, it is coming for an environment that is rich with heat and humidity. Our temperature already 87 here. Look how hot it is in fredericksburg. Clouds intense. Low 80s, hagerstown only at 80 degrees. The futurecast throw, here we are at 2 30, has some of the storms approaching the shanendoah valley. Well take you to 4 00, 430, then 6 00 p. M. , all this orange and red. These will be potentially severe storms and the concern today is some of these could have damaging wind gusts. Caused Power Outages from eastern West Virginia all the way north of us from Montgomer