Nightline will be right back. We begin with breaking news out of chattanooga. The shooting deaths of four marines. Federal Officials Say theyre treating this as a terror attack. Tonight what were learn billion the gunman and his background and how the city is dealing with this trauma. Abcs Senior National correspondent jim avila has our report on the marines targeted. An act of domestic terrorism. Reporter the crackle of gunfire from a deadly rampage in chattanooga, tennessee. Where a lone shooter killed four marines in a hail of bullets, injuring at least three more. Today is a nightmare for the city of chattanooga. Reporter the harrowing ordeal began at 10 45 a. M. A man in a silver ford mustang convertible, his top down drove into this strip mall. There are offices here for all four branches of the military. He just pulled up next thing you know he lifted up his arms like this with a big black gun and just it was one shot and then it was just endless shots. Reporter the shooter fire
Gathered behind me in the distance. Details are very limited. We have video taken from early when bart Officials Say this started at 9 30. They got a call indicating a person was trapped under a train. We have since learned it is a minor. However, it is officially unclear how that person ended up on the tracks. Here is what witnesses told abc7. We got out we saw in the back of the train there were people, my god, look down here, and there was a child, i dont know if it was child, but a girl, a girl had jumped and you could hear her screaming she needed help. Bart police and the Fire Department are at seen investigating. Bart is downing around trains at truth veil and have established a bus route. Hopefully in the next 30 minutes we will learn more details. Now, again, service at san lenadro is halted as authorities try to figure out what has happened. Another accident involving mass transit claims the life of a person in San Francisco this morning. This accident happened after 6 00 whe
And a little bit of blue sky and sunshine. Sunshine it looks much better than it did this morning. The only bit of rain we are seeing is farther toward the southwest in our viewing area. That will include spots like front royal. To the east. G heads up and marshall and warrenton. We may see a few showers pushing toward the east. A cloudy view from the National Harbor where it is 61 degrees. Kind of damp out there. I think temperatures will remain in the lower 60s. A few showers possible, hit or miss for the most part. The heaviest rain is out of here. Otherwise, tomorrow breezy and cool. It is going to stay cool this weekend. I will let you know how cool in a few minutes. We will see you then. We are following new developments in that philadelphia kidnapping case. The suspect is inspected expected in court. He and the victim were found in jessup, maryland last night. Police say it was just in the neck of time nick of time. An objection called so vividly on surveillance video. Kidnappin
Welcome to santas other wo workshop. But first the nightline 5. Good evening, tonight a Major Development in case that shocked parents around the world. The two 12yearold wisconsin girls accused of luring their friend into the woods and then stabbing her 19 times and leaving her for dead. All to impress a character they learned about on the internet. Now a big court ruling. Heres abcs alex perez. Reporter girls just 12 and 13 years old. Yet accused of a brutal crime. Stabbing a friend 19 times and leaving her for dead. All to please a fictional horror character, made up on the internet, today, a judge finding both anissa and morgan competent to stand trial. The judge wouldnt let cameras in court. We could hear anissa. I consider myself incompetent, sir. Reporter the judge disagreed. Shes competent to be able to make the decisions that need to be mad. Reporter this testimony after two doctors. The court has officially said i believe theyre competent to stand trial, they understand the p
Happened. Investigators say a few key findings lead them to believe it was intentional. The copilot manipulated the flight controls to lose altitude and lock the other pilot out of the cockpit. The copilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 has been outside as an address lubitz of germany and this is a picture a familiar shot to us in the bay area, taken from vista point with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. French prosecutor said that based on information collected by investigators, it is apparent that lubitz wanted to destroy the aircraft. Why . That is the question. Normally someone committing suicide does it on their own so we do not talk suicide. When you are responsible for 150 people behind you i dont call it a suicide. He was alone at the controls and love locked the other pilot out. The pilot is heard pounding on the door as if he is trying to break it down. The prosecutors say that lubitz was fully conscious and the plane is guided into the side of a mountain. Victim family