Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for the news at noon, im mike hydeck. Local charges were dropped against the North Carolina man accused of opening fire inside that northwest d. C. Pizza shop. But the troubles for Edgar Madison welch are far from over at this point. Stephanie ramirez is live outside the federal courthouse with more on what happened in there today. Stephanie . Reporter yeah, mike, the pizza gate suspect edgar welch is due here as soon as 1 30 today. Before he was facing a slew of weapons possessions charges including assault with a dangerous that is weapon. But the local charges were dropped. The u. S. Attorneys office announced they are now charging welch with interstate transportation of a firearm. With intent to commit an offense or with knowledgeable reason cause to believe that offense would be committed. Now this could all mean up to ten years in prison with a final and this all stems from december 4th, when an armed northwest d. C. s comet ping pong. H
Crash into the pole. Wendy . All right, Meagan Fitzgerald. The maryland state trooper who was hit in his cruiser on the beltway in Prince Georges County yesterday is still in the hospital. Were learning new details from a witness who says the driver of the mercedes was struck by another vehicle, and that caused him to drive erratically and thus hit the trooper. Bureau chief Tracee Wilkins is live in college park to explain how this all happened. Reporter wendy, we have spent the day talking to people who were involved in this accident and witnesses who saw it. Its giving us a clearer idea of what happened. This tow truck driver showed us the damage done to his rig after he says a mercedes spun out of control after already striking a state trooper on the shoulder of the beltway yesterday. It all happened just after 2 00 p. M. On the outer loop near 450. Police say trooper Ezra Ganeshananda was parked behind a disabled vehicle with a tow truck in front of it when a mercedes slammed into
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