Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org 11 00 a bombshell in the trial for a d. C. Police officer accused of assaulting wife. The jury could not come to a samson s and the lawrence case is a mistrial. Ones cameras were the only there as he left the courtroom there tonight. Rod, what happens next . It is not quite over. Ore on that but first there is some stunning moments tonight. Just before 7 00 i thought the to send the jury home but the defense attorney twoday s has been a trial they have been deliberating seven hours im it a hung to declare jury. The judge said im inclined to agree. Asked the foreperson if there she said there was little progress. Then he declared a mistrial. You tell us what happened. Samson lawrence walked out of courthouse a free man after the judge declared a mistrial. Attempting to of murder his wife. Did you expect in after hours of deliberation jury of eight women and four men said they were still deadlocked. Stem from a fight in thei
But it attracts a lot of foot traffic during the day, possibly why women are being targeted nearby. The police are investigating two assaults on women that occurred this month. A Woman Told Police she was walking from the stop on july 10 at 10 00 in the evening. And man approached her from behind, demanded her cell phone, and tried to force her into the woods. Distance oflking the metro. The second reported attack occurred this wednesday at 1 00 in the morning. A woman was walking on hamilton street when a man jumped out of threw her down and began to rip her clothing off. [indiscernible] to have more Police Activity around here. Both scared the suspect or suspects back into the woods. [indiscernible] it has actually happened before. Hyattsville police are investigating to see if there are perhaps even more victims in the area. They have not linked these two crimes, even though they happened only about a mile apart, again very close to this metro station. This afternoon, no strong lead
It really was. Inthat tree cut a camper half. They sit on the front porch recalling the storm and reflecting on how grateful they are. Rvthing goodness that our was safe. We were lucky. More than 30 people were taken to the hospital from that campground. Miraculously no one from this group was injured. Live from the newsroom, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. They determine the late yesterday that it was a tornado that went through the campground with wind up to 100 miles per hour. For more details, go to wjla. Com. Our weather team has a blog about the National Weather service investigation. Our regionher and could not have been a nicer day across the area. Maybe some changes are on the way for the start of the weekend. Haseteorologist steve rudin a look at the weekends forecast. Humid,ou like it hot and this weekend is for you. Outside we go right now with the camera from the belfort furniture Weather Center with no clouds to speak of. Temperatures will be quite comfortable. Looking at 84
Slowing your commute down. We show a yellow alert when were going to have nuisance, inconvenient weather with showers stretching from southern ohio toward the atlantic right now. In our neck of the woods, were seeing less activity north and west when you get in toward areas of north and west of route 15 out toward western maryland, West Virginia there. However, we still have quite a few showers south and east of town. Montgomery county looking relatively quiet now with a light sprinkle coming out of arlington in toward the district. Up 270 a light little shower west of mount airy. We saw more activity about 90 minutes ago. Down 95, dale city lighter rains there. Breaks up as you head toward quantico. In Southern Maryland youll notice into Charles County now and over toward areas of calvert and saint marys, still light to moderate rain showers. Theres saint marys and going back into virginia, this is tracking toward leonardtown in another 30 minute. Temperatures in the 70s now. Theyll b