Minor, police are not releasing that persons name at this point. Also more breaking news. This time out of silver spring, police were called to Francis Scott Key Middle School this morning. Police say their initial call showed them 10 to 15 students got sick after drenching a mixture of vodka, nyquil, and jolly ranchers. Five of those teenagers were taken to the hospital for treatment. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for the news at noon. Im mike hydeck, problems just keep mounting for metro. First, this explosion at one of the stations. Today it was the relate line and Friendship Heights that was reduced to sippable tracking after two single tracking after two arcing insulators. Ellen brian reports. Reporter before they even get to the metro, riders who jump on at Friendship Heights say they checked the news. If its a morning like it was this morning, with the red line single tracking, they say theyre not surprised. [ sirens ] firefighters rushing from the platform after a
One student was killed at the flagstaff campus. Three others were shot and they are in the hospital. We do not know how they are doing. What weve learned is that the shooting happened in a parking outside of a greek life dorm at 1 20 their time. Campus police say the shooter is a student. Two separate student groups got into a confrontation. The confrontation turned physical. One of our students, steven jones, 18, produced a handgun and shot four of our other students. The student who died has not yet been named. Jones was taken into custody right after the shooting. Right now president obama is on a plane to roseburg, oregon. He left joint base andrews more than an hour ago. He will meet privately with the victims families of those killed in the umpqua shooting. President obama is seriously considering executive action that would put stricter background checks in place for gun buyers. Tracking light rain impacting the baltimore area. A few sprinkles in Montgomery County and keeping a
Wind is now blamed for overturning trucks in oregon and california. You can take our Storm Watch Weather Team with you on the road. You can get customized forecasts on wjla. Com. You can also get updated information from our facebook and the twitter feeds. Or just download the storm watch weather app. A great resource. It is free and go on the smart phone. Alison concealed weapons permits getting a Major Overhaul in virginia. Attorney general mark herring is terminating the reciprocity agreement with 25 states. These deals allow concealed permit holders in one state to carry concealed guns in other states. That means virginia deal in state with only five other states. The Northern Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg joins us from the newsroom with what spurred the news. Jeff . Jeff the n. R. A. Is calling this decision dangerous and shameful. The Brady Campaign calls it common sense. Similar to the action supporting gay marriage two years ago attorney general mark herring has supporters cheerin
The news at noon. Im mike hydeck on what is next for this pilot. Delia . Reporter the pilots name, Howard Solomon iii of southeast washington. Hes 50 years old. Hes not happy. He bought this drone online for 60. He said he had no idea it was illegal to fly a drone here in washington. He learned his lesson around 1 30 in the morning. He was here on the mall practicing and flying his drop. He lost control and it crossed over constitution avenue and crash landed. Park police wrapped up a News Conference and told us the white house was never in any danger. He didnt have malicious intent but still it is a crime so he was slapped with a citation. To give you perspective about the drone, its rather small. 6 inches by 6 inches were told about the size of a bird. Thats coming from Sergeant Anna rose by park police who reached us moments ago. She says now they really need to get the word out that its illegal to fly these drones anywhere in the washington area, especially by the mall or the white
Pan road. The southbound lanes are open. Ill be back with much more on this beltway crash. Guys . Melissa, thank you. Its 5 00 a. M. Good morning, everyone. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Lets check in with weather with amelia segal. Good morning, amelia. The temperature is now down to 62 degrees. By 9 00 a. M. , partly sunny. Temperature around 66. Mild, 72 degrees at 11 00 a. M. But scattered showers, potentially even a few thunderstorms in the forecast. Mainly later today you can see on storm team 4 radar tracking already back in west virginia. The cold front is going to move through the area this evening. Ill have more on the timing of the rain potential coming up in ten minutes. Developing this morning were learning a d. C. Police officer who opened fire on a suspect whos now on the run. This started with a traffic stop on prince georges border. Not clear right now whether that suspect was hit or if anyone shot at the officer. There is a search under way for the suspect. Thi