Now abc 7 news at 11 00 on your side. First at 11 00, a man with a history of Mental Illness and a prior arrest opened fire if a louisiana Movie Theater last night killing two people and injuring several others. Tonight we are learning more about the gunmans past and how he got that weapon. This as many are struggling to come to grips with the surge in Mass Shootings in our country. Ashley coleman is live with new developments on this case and how this tragedy is impacting what is a very busy time for theaters around here. Ashley. Ashley it is the start of the weekend when folks are headed to the movies and families are telling us their hearts go out to the victims in louisiana, but theyre not letting what happened there shatter their sense of security. It was a terrifying scene inside this louisiana Movie Theater. Everyone was just running down the stairs freaking out, climbing over chairs and people and everyone was screaming. Ashley police say 59yearold John Russel Howser stood up a
Drivers were being stopped tonight. Reporter police are checking for drunk drivers and warning people about the dangers of others. This is all in memory of autumn jenkins, who was killed in a headon crash with a drunk driver in april. You have saved a life if you get one impaired driver off of the roadways. On them is gone. She is now a statistic. The young womans father is also a volunteer firefighter and says her story needs to be told to save lives. We have to educate the public on driving intoxicated. And hopefully they will be able to educate more people as we go along. Tonight is just the beginning. More than 10,000 people were killed across the United States in 2013 and accidents involving alcohol, a statistic that might be shocking to some people being stopped here. The man accused of hitting autumn jenkins has yet to come to trial. Police say the investigation is not yet over. The family watched the checkpoint. Her father says she did a lot with her shortlived. She enjoyed eve
Garrett. Reporter bruce, tonight deputies are keeping us a long way away from what they describe as a gruesome and bloody scene inside this secluded Korean Church community. They say a man who had been staying there stood up during a Prayer Service and stabbed a man and his wife during the service in front of the entire congregation. Neighbors arent sure how many people attend but say many people live on the property. One of those people is the only suspect. A witness from inside the Korean Church said the man had been staying there for a few days before stabbing an employee and the employees wife multiple times. The male victim has since died. Police say multiple people called 911 including the suspect. Subsequent to the original 911 call the suspect made a call himself to 911. He had left the church property, was walking up the roadway, and basically in his phone call said im waiting for police. This man lives near the compound and rushed to the scene. He was covered in what looked l
Were just about to drop that. Things have really settled down. That doesnt mean a few of you wont see a shower or storm. Im tracking this one shower near croften and buoy. Thats weakened considerably in the last 30 minutes. You can see this one here on the river between prince georges and anne arundel county. Not moving much. Maybe a slow drip to the south and southeast. Even some of the heavier storms in West Virginia near romney, these things have fizzled. Theyre moving to the south at 15. Once again the Shenandoah Valley had flood warnings last night and today. More heavy rain trying to move in to the new market area. Ill come back in a few minutes and well talk about the heat and humidity expected for the rest of the week. A rarely empaneled special grand jury is hearing testimony in the case of john gear, shot and killed right in his home by a fair fax county Police Officer. That happened nearly two years ago. This is what the gear family expected to happen in 2013. John gear says
Your time 6 01. You just heard andrea talk about the water main break having an impact thus far. Its on bradley blfort r boulevard bradley boulevard at huntington parkway. Crews will be working to fix the 61yearold pipe throughout much of the rush hour. Theyve been out there since about 4 00 this morning so we expect work to continue well into the afternoon. You want to consider old georgetown road as an alternate at this point. Back to the maps. Well take you to 95 where we have an issue on the southbound tied. The earlier accident is cleared. Its now blocking the shoulder. This is between centreport parkway and exit 140. Traveling on 395 over the 14th street bridge, youll have no issues. All lanes are open at this point so you should be able to get to your destination on time once you get to the capitol beltway and i395. Your next update roughly in ten minutes. Were learning more about the chaos surrounding the freddie gray riots in baltimore. Newly released e. Mays show confusion an