On a night in late June, Carla Walton lighted a candle where a childhood friend had been gunned down the previous day.
Walton didn’t intend to stay long at the sidewalk vigil in Long Beach. She had to be up the next morning to bury another friend a young mother who’d been shot dead while waiting at a red light in Compton.
Her sadness over the bloodshed had boiled over into anger. Walton called her daughter earlier in the day “just ranting ranting about gun violence,” her daughter recalled. “She was just going off.”
The violence circling Walton’s life wasn’t finished. A man heckled the mourners at the vigil, provoking a confrontation. He and four people in the crowd pulled out guns and opened fire. Two bullets hit Walton. She died in a hospital later that night.
joins us live in the studio. but we begin with break news out of northern breaking news out of northern virginia. firefighters had to battle both the flames and the extreme heat during a massive fire in woodbridge at the woodbridge station apartment complex at about 8:00 tonight on eisenhower circle. no one was hurt, but as many as 100 people are displaced. the red cross is providing assistance no, word yet what sparked that fire. the extreme heat making things difficult for those firefighters as well as the thousands still in the dark tonight. good evening. i m brian bolter. i m laura evans in for shawn. it s going to get hotter the next few days with temperatures topping the century mark. fox 5 s gary mcgrady is in the weather center with the details tonight. today we made it to the century mark here at national airport, only the second time so far this year and certainly this summer season, but this year. remember last week we had that day where temperature was u
he was last seen in a red plaid shirt, and white sneakers. the suspect in a double murder drove off in a vehicle with burnside inside. they re looking for a white 2012 gmc, virginia plates xcz 6757. police say two people were killed when a man opened fire inside a richmond home around 5:00 tonight. we ll have a live update from richmond in just a few minutes. as we count down the last hour until christmas, the holiday has already come for people in much of the world. millions are attending midnight masses, and as drew levinson reports tonight, others are making a political statement. reporter: upwards of 100,000 christian pilgrims and tourists descended on the town of bethlehem where the christmas story began. they braved a cold, rainy night, to be at the site where jesus was born. to be here and at this place is quite special, i think. [ music ] reporter: at st. peter s basilica, pope benedict celebrated christmas eve mass with thousands of the faithful. the tradit
light volume. hov lanes open in your favor. north cap tool street, on-going work. vehicle into a building. the northbound lanes of north capital remain closed before missouri avenue. they reopened everything southbound. here down on the 95 corridor, nice, light volume points south toward richmond. we re good to go with the nice bridge. that s a look at timesaver traffic. back to you. at 6:01, we re keeping the focus on the travel rush. wednesday wasn t too pretty on the roads. let s take a live look at breezewood, pennsylvania. this is where interstate 70 meets up with the pennsylvania turnpike. you have to go through the traffic lights. so far, you can see not too bad in either direction. i ve been there before. let s go live to reagan national airport. should be a good day flying out of town because we just checked the board. it seems as if all of the departures and arrivals are on time. amtrak had quite the crowd yesterday. this is what it looked like inside unio
get home after this week s blizzard. welcome to news 4 today on this wednesday, december 2h. and let take a look outside right now. it s a clear morning. it s cold but not as cold as it s been th week. veronica isere to tell us just how warm it s going to get for us. i m going takeou back 24 hours. i want tohow you whathe temperare change is compared to yesterday. we re running generally 5 to 8 degrees higher than we were yesterday at t same time. that s right. let s take a look through the area la plata asand qntico. five degrees from where we were yesterday morning. springfid, 8 degrees higher. you re tempature, 34 degrees. light wind to about 15 miles pe hour through the area. windchill temperatures 20 to about 29 degrees right inside the eltway. that s givings a little bit of a chill. really not nearly aswindy. calling it breezy times for today. by noon. 46 at 3:. just high clouds toughout the day today. and a loo at your forecast there. they ll take a look at the ex