Might be smart to think and plan a workaround. Thisuld get harrier as the morning goes along. Melissa, what else is happening around he . Three issues on the beltway and two on 270. Inner loop after connecticut avenue where justin was is a major mess for a lot of people. A we a lot of other issues too. Also this one the other s uationouter loop after New Hampshire avenue is shut down so that entire closure right now, because of a crash on investigati take a look at 270. Ride is shut down. Overturned tractortrailer and fuel spill there so that wcl se some delays even as youre heading southbound, people looking in the northbound lanes and wondering what is going on. Oe cleanup could take sometime. Here is anothere. Good morning, chuck. Good morning, melissa. Four thing you need to know about the weather. A wet start this morning and shower are likely to linger into the afternoon. So much cooler. A Little Christmas in july present almost. Sunshine back tomorrow and hang around the rest of
For the most part here. You want to take it sl and perhaps fine another way to get this re you are going morning, right, melissa . Absolutely. A lot of different problems you have possess maybe take your favorite alternate here to get around everything. Another shot, another vantge point where justin is this morning. Inner loop at connecticut avenue and youre just getting by in one lane. A long time before that gets cleared up. Twomile backup and looks ling rain movihrough and not help things at all. Top of the beltway, outer loopw at nempshire avenue where megan fj is wiitzgerald is ther. We e getting by one ride of the road. Meagan, how are things looking at this point . This is a crash investigation. Reporter part of theood news this morning it does look like traffic is just now starting to me along the westbound lane of ther outeop before University Avenue because according to Maryland State Police, the backup is miles. Now to give you an idea of whatt happened ou here. We got chop
We begin ith another deadly shooting in the district. Justin finch is live with what we are learning, hi, justin. D. C. Police are right on the case of another deadly shooting here in the district. This one happening closeo 11 00 or so last night, a man now dead. St as Law Enforcement forced a new partnership in our region to stamp out these illegal firearms. Sun up and crime scene investigatos out. A man gunned down overnight on the 300 block of 50th street northeast. Police searching for a suspect in a white suv with tints on h windows and sunroof. The suv pulled off into the darkness. The victim left for dead at the Lincoln Heights House Development earlierthis week, a special agent in charge from atf theup gro came together with tougher prosecution. Turns out more than a third of the illegal guns turn out in virginia. Were going to have to get after this, andake it extremely hard for individuals to get guns and thats our commitment. As then homicide rate i d. C. Is up. L year, 2018
Y purchased that miautomatic rifle heused elier this nunts inpo nevada. Ce believe he bypassed the metal detectors and seurity points by cutting his way through an exterior fce. He randomly fired into the crowd firing more than 40 rounds. Some people were trampled runs to safety. Again, that 6yearold boy, a 13yearold girl and a man in his 20 oz were all killed. The police chief spoke earlier today about the young victims. Well, i think any time a life is lost its its tragedy, but when its young people, its evense. And its very difficult. I dont know that theres i dont know what, if any, associaon there is. Seems that this was a random act. Now nbc news has confirmed this afternoon that before th shooting the 19yearold suspect posted on his instagram accounta about racist manifesto. Investigators also said they were looking into reports that legan mightavead an accomplice, but that has not yet been confirmed. Leon, back to you, and pat. Terrible story. Yeah. Thank you, jim. Well have a
For today. Not only do th see , but were also seeing the very hot temperatures. You can see the temperatures right now. On the warm side. Again, the temperatures are in the 90s right now. You see the 70s out there. Thats where weme have so rain showers rolling through the area. Let me show you the showers and storms that ar out there. We have a severew thunderstorm ning to the south and west for loudoun, clark, warren, fauquier and Rappahannock County until 4 30. Well continue to watch that as it moves up the north and east at a pretty good rate, about 35 Miles Per Hour. Could have a downburst so well continue to watch the storm as remainder of the the afternoon. Can you see the storms are leading all the way back into west virginia. Of course we he the heat advisory until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Its rather warm around here, beotuse its narm enough already. The heat indices are well into the triple digits at this moment. Were going to continue to trac. This stor just to the south and west