Two children. Reporter this man heard that shot and called 911 for help. We were working close, and we heard a bang and called the police and they came and told us to evacuate. Reporter cops with long guns at the ready. Large Armored Vehicles moved into position. For some time today a portion of brookville road in Silver Spring looked like a war zone. The scene of the standoff a gigantic mountain of mulch at a landscape company. Witnesses say that an employee here came to work and that hs ang and that he aked on it. This who was an employ of the business arrived to work seemed upset and agitated. At one point, he left the business went to his vehicle, and retrieved a shotgun. He pointed it at one employee and then shot a round into into a mulch pile nearby. Reporter the standoff between that man and the cops went on and on. It went on for nearly four hours. They say police made attempts to talk to the man. But in the end, they say he turned that gun on himself. The man who died here wa
Richard reeve is in leesburg with the rush to be ready. While road crews across the metro area are gearing up. One to three. Many of us are bundling up. Getting ready for this a repeat of last novembers snowstorm, the first winter blast of 2015. It was so cold this morning. I couldnt find anything warmer than this. The sunshine ineffective against muns bitter cold roller coaster ride with temperatures going downhill fast. The weather is crazy. Dont know whats going on with the weather, man first its warm, 60 65. And then its 40, 30. Chilly wakeup call for road workers and drivers. Maryland will have 650 trucks on the road. D. C. , 200 snow plows and 500 in northern virginia. When it gets more than three or four inches, everybody should stay off the road unless you have an s. U. V. And you know how to drive. Meanwhile area road contractors are stirring up what they hope will be the best snow fighters. District uses beet juice and brine to keep melting materials sticking. Maryland uses a
Morning and is still coming down up there. But this time around rather coming up the coast, the system came in from the west. Marcy gonzalez live in new yorks central park with more on the impact this storm is having on the midwest. Marcy . Leon were feeling it too. Earlier, we were pelted withng rain and now the snow is coming down. This is nothing compared to what theyre dealing with elsewhere. From new england, it looks and feels wind blowing in my face. The snow. Just like february. Punxsutawney phil already keeping good on his promise. Six more weeks of winter with another winter storm impacting 100 Million People today. People need help. I have free time. Thank goodness for friendly neighbors in chicago and detroit where this turned out to be one of the snowstorms on record. Thats when some people got creative with their commute but most had a bit less fun on the roads. Dozens of cars involved in this crash in chicago that brought interstate 294 to a stand still and in new york c
Philadelphia. The old record was set back in 1888 and it was the coldest start to philadelphias morning since january 24th of 2005 and were actually going to get lower than that three before the weekends. Take a look at the morning wind chills this morning. To the north and west, anywhere between 19 and 22 degrees below zero this morning. It felt like 16 below in philadelphia, 15 below in millville so no one escaped that real dangerous area. Mount pocono 35 degrees below zero this morning. The chill is still out there. I mean temperatures right now are in the teens. We look at double scan live raid today. Lope is approaching nashville and bringing a mess totten 10 valley and deep south with sleet and freezing rain but the northern end of this is all snow. It will stay all snow and as the low races to our south were going to get scraped by the northern fringe of this low so more on timing and just how much were expecting where you live we bring in meteorologist melissa magee. Yeah, adam
12th was way out of scale. Metro officials remain vague. Were working on a daily basis to make it even safer. We heard from an array of elected officials all expressing concerns about the findings including maryland senator Barbara Mikulski who described this as shocking and said its an example about how equipment there to protect passengers failed with deadly consequences. Reporting live stephen tschida, abc 7 news. And Stephen Metro had to deal with another smoke incident just this afternoon when an insulator caught fire near the courthouse metro station in arlington. It took about 40 minutes to find and extinguish that fire. The courthouse station briefly closed as trains single track through the area. No one was hurt. D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is making it easier for First Responders to talk with one another in a crisis situation. She eased the districts encrypting rules. First responders can now switch back to encrypted channels in a case if a case involves sensitive information.