Still no word about what may have made the sound which was interpreted as gunfire. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Kimberly very curious too after the navy yard last week. While police did not find evidence of a shooting this time either, thousands were left in a lockdown for two hours. Rebecca cooper spoke with workers about the moments they had to take cover. Very scary moments. Rebecca that is right. Now you can see over my shoulder at the entrance two the main entrance to Walter Reed National military Medical Center. This is back to normal now. For several hours the people inside the facility only knew police were searching for a possibly active shooter. Denise moore was at a Subway Sandwich shop inside Walter Reed Hospital when word went out about a possible gunman and take shelter immediately. As long as i got out of my life i would have stayed all day. Rebecca employees, patients and visitors we spoke to after the allclear went out this afternoon stayed throughout th
Reporter many of the victims families were at the statehouse and so were thousands of others who came to witness a day many thought would never come. For the first time in my life the state has said we are one, all the lives matter. If it offends us we will take it down. The flag that came down today will now have a new home. In the states Confederate Relic Museum as part of the deal that the lawmakers in South Carolina agreed to. Marry bruce abc7 news. Jonathan a Southern Heritage group will be going to federal court later this month in an attempt to keep the Confederate Flag on the virginia specialty license plates. Virginia governor called the Confederate Flag divisive and hurtful and said he wanted to phase out the image on the silence plate. In the lawsuit, the sons of the confederate veterans said the Charleston Church shooting was not caused by the confederate battle flag and a ban on the Confederate Flag would not have prevented it. Kimberly now to a major shakeup at the office
County to the Eastern Shore of the bay. There were heavier showers there earlier. They will move out. Farther west we are tracking an area of showers across western maryland that will move east as well. The larger area is farther northwest. Look at this. A huge area of intense thunderstorms. For us it will miss us and it will head south southeast. But the same time we have to deal with a cold front. Rain totals today are well over an inch in many areas. In washington we have had 15 inches of rain just since the first day of june. Guess what else . We have the third Tropical Storm of the season. A few hundred miles off the coast of ocean city. A busy day. Kellye thank you doug. The heavy rain caused nodding in part of Shenandoah County in virginia leading to evacuations. We continue with the Northern Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg in woodstock. Jeff . Jeff well you can take a look. The flooding is bad. While it is bad its not as significant as it was a few hours ago. The water has really re
Wjla at wjla. Com. You can get the latest information on the weather through the facebook and the twitter pages or downloading the storm watch 7 app for the smart phone or tablet. Leon moving on now to a developing story in district where the Police Search for the people who shot a man inside his apartment. Brianne carter is live on the scene with the latest on the investigation. What is happening there right now . Still a lot of questions at this hour. Including how the two vims got in the Apartment Building. Take a look behind me. You can see one security resident tell us you have to use a key fob to get in here and another to get up the elevator. Somehow tonight the police saying two men ended up in an apartment on the sixth floor. Scary for sure. It makes you wonder how you will be safe. Fingerprint dust outside the door of the noma Apartment Building where a 26yearold man was shot not once but twice. I came out sunday for work and saw the police outside. Reporter according to the
Old. The case went cold but never forgotten. In the last couple of years police named a man by the name of Lloyd Lee Welch as a person of interest. He was in and out of this area back then, working as a carny. His mug shot from the time eerily similar to a sketch made from a witness account. He was spoken to back then but was not considered a strong suspect. Things changed as the decades went on and police zeroed in on him. As we said just a couple of years ago. Searching again and again. A mountain top property in virginia that belonged to his family. We are told that evidence was found there to convince police that welch not only abducted the girls but killed them on that mountain. That led to todays indictment. I am honored to report that my Commonwealth Attorney obtained indietments charming indictments charging Lloyd Lee Welch with firstdegree felony murder for his involvement in the death of sheila and Katharine Lyon. Brad the prosecutor and the sheriff in Bedford County came to