A block away. He comes to the scene and he is struck by a car. The car did stay on the scene. The officer is in good condition. He has been transported. Right now his injuries are not serious. Sam now the chief is saying the one person who was shot multiple times is in serious condition. The other people were shot in the legs. They are not in serious condition. They are in good condition. As is the Police Officer. There is a lookout now for a black male who is wearing blue jeans and a hooded shirt, according to the chief. Again, this man came out a side street. Walked down here to new york avenue and proceeded to start shooting somebody. A Police Officer a block away was trying to respond. He was hit by a car. Other people here were struck by bullets as they were in the same area of this gunman. That is the situation from here. Reporting live from northeast washington, im sam ford, abc7 news. Back to you. Leon all right, keep us thank you, sam. Heartbreak at Clarksburg High School afte
This is what the pickup truck carrying the three teens slammed into. You can see the flowers, the football balloons have been placed there. This orange vest im wearing is Company Policy near a roadway. We often feel awkward wearing it. Here, its a necessity. This curve is treacherous. Cars come flying down this road. Police are telling us this is one of the contributing factors. Griefstricken High School Students gather at the crash scene. They look at the old trees scarred by the highspeed impact and remember the young faces. Jacob dennis, Patrick Shifflett and cary greene. All juniors at clarksburg high, all killed in the latenight collision. These guys were great men. They were leaders on the team on and off the field. They were role models. You could look up to them when you needed something on or off the field. Brad the Three Friends were in jacob dennis pride and joy pickup truck. They had been to a party to high graduation. Dennis apparently losing control as his 1989 truck ente
Been shot. Were trying to find out their conditions at this hour. Well send it back to you. Tonight a Montgomery County high school is reeling from a tragedy. Three students killed in a horrific crash just hours before their classmates were to graduate. This happened last night on burnt hill road in damascus. The students all juniors at clarksburg high school. Chris gordon is live near the crash scene with more on how the teens are being remembered. Reporter well, you see behind me that police have blocked off one lane of this very dangerous stretch of road to give members of the Clarksburg Community room to grieve. We reached out to all three families who lost a son last night. One father not only wanted to speak with us about his son, but wanted to honor the memories of the friends his son died with in this accident. Students g their friends. It consists of flowers, footballs, and balloons. Last night just after 11 30, the crash occurred on a section of burnt hill road that is downhi
They will never get to experience their senior years, three Montgomery County High Schoolers died in a crash in damascus this morning. News 4s Kristin Wright is live at Clarksburg High School where graduation is happening today. Kristin. Reporter well, a moment of silence was held at the very start of the ceremony to remember these three boys who were with us this time yesterday and now theyre gone. Clarksburg High School Class of 2016 starts a new chapter as the lives of Three Friends comes to a sudden end. Evidence of the violent crash still visible on burnt hill road in damascus. So young. Theyre not even seniors yet. Reporter the pickup truck was left mangled and twisted. Police say 17yearold jacob dennis was driving and somehow slammed into a tree near kingsstead road at 11 30 last night. Jacob and his friends cari green, 17, and patrick 18, were killed. They had so much life ahead of them. And so many opportunities, but just things happen so fast. Can never take life for granted
They were all transported to the hospital where they are all stable. Theyre all expected to survive. Police are working on Surveillance Video in this area of the gunmen. The gunmen after the shooting simply ran away. There is no lookout for any car or vehicle in this case. Now lets listen to the chief as she talks about what happened with this bike officer. When the sound of gunshots rang out, we have an officer on Mountain Bike patrol about a block away. As he is coming up to the scene, he is struck by a car. That car did stay on the scene. The officer is in good condition. He has been transported. But right now his injuries are not serious. Reporter so again all of the vehicles who were shot today are expected to survive. Again, that bike officer is doing okay. Now the chief also tells us this shooting appears to be targeted. We are live in northwest. Darcy spencer, news4. Now to politics in the next phase of the president ial race. The fall general election tonight, but there is sti