spotsylvania county. police are trying to figure out what made him drive to the university and shoot the police officer. a dean s list college student turned armed robber of his landlord s office and then cop killer. that is how virginia state police are describing ross truett ashley, but what set him off is still a mystery. reporter: this is the face of a killer, 22-year-old ross truett ashley. he was a part-time student at radford university in virginia and now we re learning a day before the deadly shooting on the virginia tech campus ashley entered a real estate office in radford and at gunpoint stole a white mercedes suv from an employee. he later dumped it on the catch us of virginia tech sometime campus of virginia tech sometime before his delivered confrontation thursday with virginia tech campus police officer 39-year-old deriek crouse. so far police have not been able to determine a motive for the crime. the motive is the crux of the investigation right now,
classy. [laughter] good night, everybody. captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org . right now topper is tracking if it will stay dry for the weekend including the skins and army-navy. also a new spike lee film in the works stars eddy murphy as marion berry. but first a developing story. police have identified the shooter at virginia tech while thousands joined on campus for a vigil. police have identified the shooter in yesterday s murder of a virginia tech officer as a radford student. we start our report there with gary nurenberg. reporter: the address listed as the family home in part low was empty on friday night, the family presumably in southwest virginia making arrangements for their son. this is an area of isolated homes. the next door neighbors say they have never met ross ashley. the beautiful rustic home sits at the end of a driveway several hundred miles young. the family not well known here. they stayed off to themselves a lo
shooter at virginia tech while thousands joined on campus for a vigil. police have identified the shooter in yesterday s murder of a virginia tech officer as a radford student. we start our report there with gary nurenberg. reporter: the address listed as the family home in part low was empty on friday night, the family presumably in southwest virginia making arrangements for their son. this is an area of isolated homes. the next door neighbors say they have never met ross ashley. the beautiful rustic home sits at the end of a driveway several hundred miles young. the family not well known here. they stayed off to themselves a lot. reporter: neighbor betty joe. i seen from a distance he was a clean cut young guy. but standoffish. reporter: ashley was a part-time business major. he entered this office armed with a handgun demanding keys for a new mercedes suv which he drove to virginia tech parking it before approaching the squad car of deriek crouse on tuesday s
quick notification system kick in. it didn t happen on april 16th. pleased to see the lockdown. do not leave this room until you re told, do you understand? yes, sir. alerting students and locking down the campus are two amazing things that need to continue to happen in the future. april 16th changed the way you re leading your life. yes. definitely. it changed the course of my life and the course of many other lives. i am now working full time as an advocate for gun violence prevention and it is definitely something that i never saw myself doing but you know, after you experience it, a lot like this and especially a tragic loss that was preventable, in my opinion, the loss of my sister got me to see all of these different things in our society that we are not doing to try to prevent gun violence. i want to work to try to do that. reporter: would your sister be proud of you? yes, i think she would. i would not be doing this if i didn t think she would be proud o
that folks will see a total lunar eclipse early saturday morning. right now around our region, the moon is illuminating the frost. i saw a sparkling sort of silvery frost under that moon light before i left the house earlier this morning. right now 35 cold degrees at reagan national. that s one of the warm spots. elsewhere, we are below freezing. we have frost all the way from the mountains to atlantic beaches. right near the bay waters, a little bit above freezing. most locations in the mid and upper 20s, including montgomery, fairfax, prince george s, and arlington county and the district of columbia. and the view from face showing a clear sky. we ve got clouds increasing in the west and northwest. by sunday near 4:00. and by noontime the upper 40s. by midafternoon may hit the low 50s. a look at your friday evening planner at 6:11. here s a look at traffic. good morning. i have report of an accident, this one in maryland, new hampshire avenue and piney branch road. i m ch