A lot of lightning and a lot of rain in the systems, to, and i will be the primary concern, heavy rain. Should stay south of the metro area. City, 4 37 in fredericksburg, with a lot of lane train and lightning. Lets look how high up the clouds go. The real convection only goes to about 35. Probably not any hail in there. However, a lot of lightning and rain. The next few hours we will have plenty of chances of more showers and more storms. These storms tonight is the potential of american very heavy rain. More about that in just a few minutes. Drunk or high,ke but he is crazy. I think he is very crazy. Jonathan a metro Bus Passenger hijacked a bus, sending it careening into a gas station be standing in the station. Michelle police say the man boarded the bus on chase street and it ended on minnesota avenue. We have Team Coverage of this today, starting with Stephen Tschida in northeast. michelle, this is where it went down. She jumped the curb into this crown gas station on the corner.
Just dont know about the confrontation. News4s Darcy Spencer is outside the hospital. Darcy, what are we learning tonight . Well, thats exactly right, erica. We dont know what this confrontation was all about, and we still dont know how this patient died. We are hoping to learn a lot more at a press conference that has been scheduled for tomorrow morning here at the hospital. What we do know is that two Washington Hospital Center Security guards got into some kind of altercation with a patient at the main entrance of the hospital. That happened tuesday around 5 00. And during the altercation, the patient, who has not been identified, suffered some kind of critical injury. And again, we dont know what that injury was, but he died two days later here at the hospital. An autopsy is going to determine exactly how he died. The two guards have been placed on administrative leave. At this point no charges have been filed. Now the hospital released a statement earlier this afternoon. It says i
Pole. You can just imagine as the water came racing in the front of the building to blow it out the back. There are tens of thousands of people in this area who do not have electricity. There are tens of thousands of people who are told they need to boil their water. There are houses and entire neighborhoods that have been ruined. We are told just down that way we havent had a chance to get there there is a neighborhood where people are all evacuated from their homes. This is an absolute mess and it speaks to the power of the rain that fell here. Nearly ten inches in 48 hours. This columbia, South Carolina, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon all right, thank you, brad. That is amazing stuff there. Folk, over the coming hours brad will be making his way to the charleston area. They have seen plenty of devastation there. Elizabeth hur is there right now for us tonight. Elizabeth, what is the big concern tonight there in charleston . Elizabeth well, the big concern here is river flooding. I want
Charles severance was found that hen all 10 counts was facing in a case that has spanned over a decade including a capital murder charge of ronald kirby and nancy dunning. The sentencing phase will begin at noon. He is facing life in prison. We know that severance will not face the Death Penalty in this case. Dunning was killed and 2003. Lodato was another one of his victims. Defense argued that authorities jump to conclusions because of his mental illness. Jeff goldberg is upstairs in the courtroom right now for the sentencing phase. We will have more information as soon as that develops. Back to you. Jummy our Team Coverage continues with Brianne Carter live in the neighborhood where these murders took place. That is del ray. She has reaction to the guilty verdict. What are people saying . Im talking to people who have lived in the community for the past decade saying they were waiting to hear exactly what the word would be in this case. Many of them finding out as we told them this
Right now on storm team 4 radar, most of the steady rain has exited the metro area, passing to the north. Scattered sprinkled showing up on storm team 4 radar, virginia, West Virginia and maryland. Some of this light rain now northern shenandoah valley, thats heading up to the panhandle of West Virginia. Light showers here in northern Loudoun County, northern montgomery, southern montgomery and this area in the northern prince georges, thats where were getting a batch of moderate rain. That will be tracking away from the metro area. Were not done with the rain yet. We may get more later today what to wear for the rest of the afternoon . Well have the umbrella handy. Wear a warm coat. It will be chilly. Long pants. Well have this off and on rain. A new hour by hour timing for when the rain ends and when we may see sun again coming up. Breaking news from the live desk. Police in takoma park are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death. This is in the 7500 block of New Hamps