wednesday night on the 1300 block of g street northeast, another shooting and robbery. police say a man walking around 11:30 was approached from behind by two men who demanded his iphone. they say when he resisted they shot him in the jaw. i was stunned by the whole situation. i live a few houses down the street, and i was i was up at that time. i was very stunned that that had happened. ripe the crimes are in reporter: the crimes are indeed troubling. tommy wells says for years the crime rate in the ward has been dropping. he s not sure what s happening. in particular when guns are used this is a concern for everyone. we will have to get on top of and it stop it as fast as we can. reporter: there are increased police patrols. the presence helping to calm some fierce but not all. there ears a ways to go in terms of safety. are you scared? sometimes. reporter: council member wells says it is important residents and visitors remember that crime can happen any
those who know him paint a different picture. the latest on where the case stands now. announcement is expected from apple tomorrow. everything you need to know about the cherry blossom festival. live and in hd, this is abc7 news at 11, on your side. we will get started with the that is murder case sparking strong reaction. man in prison for more than a decade. a judge overturned michael murder conviction tonight, he is a free man. documents, allegations culpeper authorities used y convict to wrongfull of murder. hash has been released. after 12 years in prison, he was week when at l judge crossed out his 2001 murder conviction. i am glad to be home after 12 years. back in 1996, teenagers were elderlyof killing an culpeper county woman. given life, despite no physical evidence. never admitted guilt, back, and one. judge ruled coerced and testimony and inadequate defense. in the wake of the ruling, county commonwealth s attorney resigned. the judge alleged widesp
attempt to take a life. tonight a news 4 exclusive. we re hearing from a man who was shot inside an ihop because of his sexuality. good evening, everyone. i m chris gordon. police are investigating the shooting as a hate crime. and tonight the victim says he s optimistic that his attacker will see justice. news 4 s darcy spencer has our exclusive report from the ihop in columbia heights. reporter: well, chris, that shooting did happen right here inside the ihop restaurant one week ago. now, the victim tells me as a gay man he has been targeted in the past because of his sexual orientation. but it has never become this violent. he was shot in the stomach, just got out of the hospital on thursday. that s the biggest thing that really concerns me, is that it s so easy for people in our society to take a life or even attempt to take a life. reporter: it was one week ago that this man, who doesn t want to be identified, was shot and wounded inside the ihop restaurant in co
dottie. he is coming up out of that very same low. i was actually surprised he was so far away from jim furyk when he hit his putt. he was clear on the other side of the green. didn t get a great perspective of it. i think he should have been down here closer to the right side of the green where he can look at the way it came across the slope. the guy is used to winning, we ve talked about it. 11 international victories on the asian, japan, korean tours, and he has won a tournament six consecutive years. so even though he s been introduced to america by getting his card, finishing in a tie for eighth at q school last year. and he shot 66 in the final round to do that under some pretty intense pressure. if you don t play that well, you re not on the pga tour. so this guy can handle it, there s no question about it. this for birdie. that same slope and it turns hard from right to left once it gets up on top. it looked g good. and he liked the looks of this. it had
little sluggish after that, though. syracuse comes back. james sutherland cuts the lead, sutherland again hits a the three, all ten of his points came in the second part of the second half. syracuse comes back and beats uconn 58-55. syracuse is waiting to see the winner of the cincinnati/georgetown game. georgetown needs two to tie, we go to overtime. georgetown again down by two points, the big fella, henry simms taking it to the rack, the lay-up at the buzzer, going to double overtime. tied at 70, casey, nice floater there, 7.7 seconds left on the clock. georgetown down two, going for the win, simms, the big fella, misses the long jumper. it doesn t go. cincinnati holds on to win in double overtime, georgetown goes home, cincinnati gets syracuse in the semifinals. all right. baseball.