The suspect stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of trainwreck and then began firing into the crowd before turning the gun on himself. Now, within seconds a teacher inside the Movie Theater was able to pull the fire alarm. Governor jindal says that move and the quick thinking of Police Officers saved lives. The first officers heard the gunshots and they still rang through that theater. They do an amazing job of protecting us every single day. Im grateful for their heroism. Three people died including the gunman, nine others were injured. Some of the victims are in Critical Condition right now. Now the writer and star of trainwreck, the movie condemns the shooting. Amy schumer sent out a tweet saying my heart is broken, all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in louisiana. It is 5 01. Im aaron gilchrist. Im erika gonzalez. Welcome to news4 today. It should be a beautiful friday. Just happy that the weekend is here. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has the weather headl
Looks good. Lets keep it this way. Not so hot on 15 shut down at lucketts road still because of the fire. Your alternate, new Valley Church road is the best way around that. Looking at 270 a little slow southbound as youre headed to 80. Had some debris in the roadway. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 f. M. Beltway, no problems. Aaron . Thank you. 6 01. Now to the developing story out of louisiana. Police are checking out suspicious packages found inside that louisiana Movie Theater. Police say that they found a backpack and a few other items inside the gunmans car. Now overnight the bomb squad blew up the trunk of the car. Were still working to figure out what was inside. We know that the gunman stood up about 20 minutes into last nights screening of the movie trainwreck and began firing into that crowd in lafayette louisiana before he turned the gun on himself. Two other people died, nine people hurt in addition. Some of those victims are in Critical Condition right no
Jeff goldberg is following the trump transition for us. What is the latest . Jeff certainly a big day today. Donald trump nominated former president ial candidate and republican rival rick perry to head the department of energy. You may remember perry is the individual who famously could not remember the name of the Energy Department during a debate in 2011 when he was talking about the Government Agencies he would eliminate. Trumps pick for secretary of state is getting more attention. Since donald trump named Rex Tillerson as no, maam fee nominee for secretary of state support is coming in from establishment figures. We couldnt be more grateful that someone of Rex Tillersons proven leadership and accomplishment is stepping forward to serve the nation. Jeff but critics have questions about the deep ties to russian president Vladimir Putin established through john mccain says the c. E. O. Has led a company that is funded efforts to deny climate change. They have been part of an effort
Northwest d. C. With fishes links to the hirl ic if issue links to the hirl fictitious links to the Hillary Clinton campaign. He tried to recruit others to release the sex slaves and he recorded a give to his family and telling them he loved them if he didnt survive. We learned he was heavily armed. An assault rifle, pistol and a shotgun with numerous rounds of ammunition according to the affidavit. Today he was ordered held without bond again. But welch will be back in federal court on friday to face a preliminary hearing. Again, we may learn more about his possible motivations. We also did ask his parents who came here from North Carolina for todays hearing. We asked what they believe may have motivated him, whether he had Mental Health problems but they didnt want to answer the questions. That is the latest from federal court. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Alison thank you. If you would like to see all of our reporting conspiracy theories, the dramatic arrest, just log
About. Justice has been found. Kevin that woman you heard from is vilardos only daughter. And the first person to find her parents brutally killed. And kind enough to speak with us today. To recap here, Scott Tomaszewski sentenced to life in prison. No questions asked. Live in rockville, kevin lewis, abc7 news. Larry thank you. D. C. Prosecutors dropping charges against a man accused of walking in comet ping pong with two guns. But it was always told that federal charges could be lever i haved against edgar welch. Stephen tschida levied against edgar welch. Stephen tschida has more. Stephen he ended up here in federal court. He carried fire arms across state lines to commit a crime. Affidavit shows they scoured watched video and read online about the pizza gate, the fake news story about child sex ring in comet ping pong with links to the clinton campaign. We learn they believed he tried to lure others to his plan and that he was heavily armed with an assault gun, Assault Rifle and pis