They are seeking to men for assault and one for robbery. Marquez is thankful that d. C. Police have a recent video. They are wide in connection with assault and robbery, not a hate crime. He is convinced he was taunted and targeted for attack because of his race. Men inolice arrested two the death of a con man turned government witness. Say they believe 29yearold eric garris 26yearold Taqwa Mohammed robbed him, shot him and then sped off. His family says he had turned his life around after serving time in prison. Now to a developing story pope francis suggested it is ok for catholic women to use contraception to try and stop this red of zika virus. The spread of zika virus. The pope said avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil. What appears to be a different tone than the churchs longstanding ban on Birth Control. Pope francis indicated Birth Control may be used when it comes to the zika virus. Avoiding pregnancy, in certain cases such as i mentioned, it was clear. Doctors will do t
On the ground, continuing to punch him in the head. Somebody inside the bar comes out and tries to stop the beating, but they suspect pushes that person away and continues pummeling the victim. Then the video cuts to the suspect dragging the victim by his clothing on the sidewalk him onto the street, then walking away. Hoping thatre somebody recognizes the man responsible for this brutal beating. Waspolice say the victim beaten unconscious, had multiple cuts and bruises. If you know the man in the video, d. C. Police want to talk with you. Roz plater, abc 7 news. Alison just awful. Meanwhile, a person struck by a metro train at the height of rush hour today cause delays through the system. They were hit by a blue line train at lenfant plaza. To thes were called scene, the person taken to the hospital in critical condition. Leon gunfire a barbershop. 25yearold anthony chambers is charged with assault. Othersy that he add two opened fire on the barbershop. A man and the child wounded. Fi
Temperatures are poised to drop even more with whipping winds making it that much worse. Chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the forecast. Doug, we are talking about dangerously cold temperatures outside. Doug as we get through the weekend. Temperatures are much colder than this time yesterday. The first batch of arctic air in place. Reinforcement. The coldest air of the season will move in here saturday morn. Its 25 in frederick. 21 in hagerstown. Its 28 in annapolis. 29 in the capital. These are the sustained winds speeds between 17 to 22 Miles Per Hour in the area. That is Strong Enough to produce wind chills from the single digit to the teens. It feels like 6 in hagerstown. It feels like 13 in frederick and 17 in washington. We will find clear skies but the next push of the arctic air is on the way. We will get a few flurries ahead of it tomorrow an. When the front comes through you will feel it with the strong winds developing here on saturday. Brutally cold temperatures al
The train. They have them but they should have them at the hot spots like anacostia. We need more police around. Especially on the train. This shouldnt be happening. Sigh tom this is not far from the Anacostia Metro station. That is where a 15 and a 19yearold were taken into custody. We are told by metro they believe it was the 15yearold who was the shooter. Those two in custody. Two other person of interest are out there. We come back here live you can see things have for the most part returned to normal. We have extra security but mostly back to normal here at the Anacostia Metro station. The rush hour trains are moving at the normal. You can see the station is back open. I was closed for a time after the shooting happened around 12 45 this tom roussey abc7 news. Alison thank you. Last months crime report saw a drop in robberies in metro from january of last year and increase in assaults. This is only the third time that metro dealt with a shooting on board a train. Brianne carter pi
Agrees. As the court indicated she was found to be not dangerous as long as she is taking medicine. But he is not happy because it means that simms is free. And will serve no time. Jiaire should be alive today. Simms mother said its not up to covington. Three experts determined her not criminally responsible. This is a professional decision. In court and a bereave hallway conversation with abc7 Romechia Simms seems clear and articulate, explaining she sought help for psychotic episodes but at the time of jiaires death she had gone off her medication. Now she and her mother said treatment isgoing. This unfortunate. A judge order for instructions for Romechia Simms. She must continue to get the Mental Health treatment. Bottom line today the charges involving the death of her son in the swing set that are behind her. In la plata, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon thank you. Judge ordered another competency hearing for hogle. It was issued today where the doctors said that she remains incompetent