Collector and chief cathy lanier are changing protocol for how 911 calls are handled. This is after a man was walking down this street. Rhode island avenue on october 3, 10 30 at night. He got to that tree, the big tree and he ran into two teenagers with a gun. In the district, the body count mounts as the bullet echo across the city. The district leader call in the public for help. One man tried to help but got nowhere. Are you sure you dont want to to know where the kids with a gun are operating . They said no. Were not interested unless you come back to the city. Stephen he walked to his car and two teens intercepted him, pulled a gun and demanded all he had. He held on to his car keys. When they left he raced home to hyattsville. I called the police. The operator said i had to come back in the city. Stephen we contacted d. C. Police and the rep referred us to the call center. We asked if this is standard policy we are told someone is looking into it and would get back to us later. You cant turn on the news or open the paper without seeing problem of the gun violence in the city. The Police Department doesnt want to hear about it is ridiculous. We told him ten minutes ago what happened. He came to 7 on your side. We took the information to the office of the united communications. He has high praise for taking the information and making a change. Jonathan nice to see that happen. Thank you. Mysterious deaths of two teenagers is under investigation in woodbridge. Davis and for ainger farringer, 17 years old were found dead inside a van. Kevin lewis talked to the boys father and an interview you will see only on abc7. Kevin . Kevin lyles father tells me his son dated india davis for two years but last week the couple broke up. Fast forward to saturday afternoon. A Prince William county park ranger found both teens dead inside of a red minivan. They found the team inside. On friday, she was late for the 10 00 p. M. Curfew. They thought the teens had got away but they did not expect this. His senior as garfield high school. He had hopes of becoming a body mechanic. It was devastating. Was there a third party involved . No. No. Anything that happened inside the van was between the two teens. Kevin police want us to reiterate there is no wanted suspect or third party involved here. They performed the option of both the bodies. We expect results tomorrow. Im kevin lewis. Alison thank you. Students at River Bend High School in spotsylvania return to class for the First Time Since a thwarted attack. It follows a weekend announcement that a 15 and a 17yearold student plan to call in a bomb threat. Concerns students saw texas and the social media about a plan. The students behind if attack have been expel and face charges of conspiracy to commit murder. Jonathan the police was supposed to wear body cameras was supposed to start today. Mayor rawlingsblake said three vendors were involved in this. It has been a huge issue since the death of freddie gray in police custody. It sparked riots in the city six months tomorrow. Alison shootout on Georgia Avenue this morning. Store owners walked in on a burglar a suspect is dead. This happened as the children were walking to school right there. The kids were going to school when the employees of the store behind me, moore and millerly quore store came to work and found two masked gunman inside. In minutes the alleged robber was kill and another person was arrested. They arrested this man as a robber. They stopped him several blocks from the liquor store outside which another young man was killed by police. Body was kept behind a blue tarp in a parking lot. The dead man witnesses said decided to have a shootout with repeat and ignored the commands for him to drop the gun. Police say the pair were inside the liquor store before they opened this morning. They had guns. The employees called 911. I told him to stop. He returns fire. I told him to put it down. You can see the cadets here. There are a number of the Police Cadets around here moving around the area. Looking for possible evidence. The man that Police Stopped there didnt have the clothing that was described. They believe its the accomplice to the robbery. Reporting live, northwest washington, sam ford. Jonathan thanks. The remnants of Hurricane Patricia brought historic downpours to the southwest. Part of texas shattered cold rainfall records. Houston, galveston saw localized flooding about 20 inches of rain falling in some area of the state. Closures to major highways are happening. The system weakened. But the rain we get is what is left of patricia coming our way. When is this going to come and how much can we expect . Doug an inch of rain late tomorrow through wednesday. This hurricanes as huge as it was, having the deepest pressure, the lowes pressure and the highest winds on record. 24 hours after it hit the coast of mexico on friday night. It was over. Prolific rain maker. A beautiful afternoon with the temperatures in the upper 50s to 60 degrees. 60 at reagan national. 57 in fredericksburg. Upper 30s to 40 for the temperatures tomorrow. Through the day tomorrow the clouds will increase south to west. Here comes the rain. A warm front comes in wednesday. Cold front wednesday night. Clearing skies. Between now and then a fair amount of rain. We have more about that and we will look ahead to halloween in a few minutes. Alison see you then. After a weekend break the alexandria murder trial resumed today with a focus on defendant charles severances emotional writings. Jeff goldberg stepped out of the courthouse. It looks like the defense is close to wrapping up its case. Is that right . Jeff it does seem that way. We expect the defense to wrap up the case before court ends today in the next hour or hour and a half. The defense focus on the writing of charles severance. While it might be strange and eck sen rick it does not prove that he is a killer. We heard about a psychology that performed analysis and gave a diagnosis that he had schizophrenic and paranoid tendencies. The doctor saying many of the writings advocate violent and murder against the system or the elias, they dont system or the elite they dont reveal he would carry out the violence. The prosecutor focused on the violent and the wellknown writings we have heard about, including murder on my mind and my mind on murder. He conceded he never didnt base the diagnosis on his own interview. But he based it on analysis and said that it damages the credibility and the validity of the diagnosis. How this is received will depend on the jury. Defense attorneys were implying that there could be a suspect in the murder of ruthanne lodato. We will have more at 5 00 and where things start in the schedule of the trial and moving forward. We head back to the courtroom in an update in a little while. Jonathan dr. Ben carson leads in iowa. The latest poll out has him ahead of donald trump by 14 . Thats outside the margin of error, too. This is the third poll in iowa has carson pulling away. Ted cruz and marco rubio is in third and jeb bush in fifth place. Coming up for us at 4 00, how you can give a sign that the candy you are handing out is allergy free. Alison we have a warning for you. You may not like it. Processed meat. Red meat. We tell you about the cancer risk and how you can avoid it coming up next. Jonathan the president goes for a stroll in d. C. This always creates a scene. Especially not flanked by all the security and he doesnt have the motorcade. Where did he stroll off for lunch . We will tell you coming up. Alison plus a followup to animal abuse case in virginia. The new charges and the red flags that were raised in maryland long before the discovery in Orange County. That is coming up on abc7 news at alison youve heard this today because everyone is talking about it. World Health Organization says processed meat could be as cancerous as cigarettes. Even red meat as a whole could contribute to developing cancer. From bacon to burgers, there is a risk for what you eat. Its cars generic for humans. For carcinogenic for humans. Were joined by the founder for responsible medicine. Thank you for being here. You have written about the issue. This is not new for you but new for us. We are hearing that things wed back in our kids lunches is something to avoid. The way tobacco smoke causes cancer, you breathe it in. So the meat goes in the digestive track. So you get more cancer there. Also hormone related organs like prostate. So its not a question anymore. Alison so bacon, hot dogs, pepperoni . Bacon, sausage, ham, delhi delhi deli meat. Alison what about a burger or a nice piece of steak . I wouldnt use the word nice. These are a problem. The beauty is when we get these, not just our cancer that falls. The Diabetes Risk falls as well. The best choice is a plantbased choice. Veggie hot dog, veggie sausage or beans and rice. Those are better choices. So being vegetarian is the best option . Or eat mostly vegetarian and once in a while have meat . The closer you get in that direction, the better you will be. The healthiest diet a totally vegan diet. They are the trimmest, the healthiest. If we eat that is a challenge think about what we feed our kids. How much cancer ris dock you want the child to have . If they have a taste for healthy food, that is a gift. When i was a kid, our dad gave us cigarettes when we were little. Alison really . You dont want to do that. Alison so maybe in 50 years we will look back or this the way we view tobacco was that well be completely different in the eating habits . No question about it. Meat intake is going down since 2004. It will keep dropping. There are so many other good things. You can be in the best italian, chinese and they have the vegan items. People are choosing them. Doctors are saying do it for your health. Alison wow eye opening. A lot of people it will take a while to adjust. We appreciate your insight. Thank you very much. A growing number of families are painting their pumpkins teal. The color of food allergy awareness. Its a way for trickortreaters to know that home has treats. Jonathan not a bad idea. Get a check on the traffic situation. Angela foster in the abc7 traffic center. How is it looking, angela . Angela its not bad. We have the usual rush hour in effect on the beltway. You will see the authorities on the scene. We have a live look at the traffic flow for those making a drive out of the district. You will see the tractortrailer crash as the left lane is blocked. Its adding to the afternoon congestion. The ride slows on and off to sycamore street. Slow on southbound 395. The congestion from bethesda. You are on the brakes around to colesville road. That is a check of the roads for the afternoon hurt. Back to you. Jonathan thank you. This is a wellearn honor for our immediate roll gist doug hill chief meteorologist doug hill. He received the award from the Academy Television art and scientist and its one of the prestigious award for the broadcasts two left the mark on the industry in the area. He has done that. Check out his career by going to wjla. Com. Long read. Prepare yourself. Pack a lunch. Alison awesome. Doug it was cool. Jonathan congratulations. Fantastic. Alison was it fun to have everybody together last night . Doug it was. It was an honor and very fun. I was a Public Information officer to the aging process. Alison we are proud to have you here. Alison we have rain to talk about. Doug by tomorrow evening and wednesday. Maybe an inch. Time lapse from the weather bug cameras here. This is from mclean. If you look at the school, the clouds will start to clear. 503 in frostburg. 59 in rockville. Upper marlboro is 58. Overnight lows to upper 30s. This took the clearing all day long. There is plenty of sunshine in north and west but the eyes are drawn to the southwest. This is moving across eastern section of louisiana through the day. But the rain is extending well east and the north. So it will continue to march northward and northeastward in the next couple of days with a warm front on the north side. We have the opportunity for rain, a cold front is going to come through wednesday night north and west. A time lapse here, the rain will move in to make it chilly tomorrow. The skies clear. Well be in good shape. The next seven days show the likelihood, the 100 chance of rain up to an inch on wednesday. Clearing on thursday and mild. Cool on friday. The weekend looks good. Maybe sunshine saturday. Cloudy and chilly but dry for trickortreaters saturday night. Alison perfect. Doug i think so. Alison thank you. Congratulations again. Doug thanks. Jonathan breath of fresh air for president obama. Taking advantage of the great fall weather. A walk to lunch for the metropolitan club. The chief of staff and the legislative director joined him for the president ial stroll for a bite to eat. Nice to do that. If he had taken a walk for breakfast he could have scored free tickets to the opener. The big surprise from the wizards and how you might find free ticket yourself. Alison plus, we can do it. A world record attempt in michigan. How many rosie the riveters turned out for the attempt. Thats coming narrator for state senate, who shares our values . Jeremy mcpike supports school funding. Thinks women should make their own health care decisions. And favors background checks on all gun sales. Hal parrish . As mayor, he slashed education. Fought to block Womens Health c clinics. Parrish gets an a from the gun lobby they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Virginia extreme or mainstream . Vote mcpike for virginia. Feinblatt everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund sponsored this ad. Jonathan the Washington Wizards ready to start the season. To ramp up the excitement the team is giving away tickets but you have to work for these. John gonzalez at the Verizon Center with what you need to know to score tickets. John days before opening night, wizards star went trickortreating and had a scavenger hunt. He went along for the ride. Its opening dame at the Verizon Center. You are adding for a password. Its d. C. Rising. Who has the password . A couple of hands up. We have the first winner. What is the password . D. C. Rising. Time to make the doughnuts for the wizards. He does not know the password. Its not a bad day. We serve doughnuts. A fun day. It was the first opportunity to be with the fans this year. So look out for the tickets in the near future. At the Verizon Center, john gonzalez. Jonathan coming up on abc7 news at 4 00 a State University removing the state flag. What is going on at ole miss . The southern symbol at the center of the controversy. Alison plus a maryland state trooper opened fire killing a suspect. What police say happened that left an officer with no other choice coming up. But first, a woman charged after dozens of horses are found starved or dead. Im chris papst. Coming up, why this investigation is now coming to maryland. Jonathan 7 on your side. This is a horrible story. We told you about the allegations in virginia. A woman is officially charged with this. Alison dozens of horses starving or dead on a farm that was supposed to really be a sanctuary for them. Our iteam investigator chris papst brought us the story first on friday and this is a disturbing images. Chris she is being charged with animal cruelty. These are the pictures and they can be difficult to look at. Dozens of horses starved to near death. The Orange CountySheriff Office seized 81 severely malnourished horses from the somerset virginia farm. When they arrived seven were dead and nine more had to be euthanized. We have learned this is not the only horse rescue farm she runnings. She owned one in Montgomery County which has been citing for not properly caring for the animals and had to undergo Weekly Health inspections. This is not uncommon for to us do regular site visits to make sure the owners are complying with what the county code requires. Chris i want to let you know what we found her in tax filing. Its nonprofit. Chris papst, abc7 news. Alison thank you for that. Doug has more on the forecast. It seems like a decent week that is shaping up. Doug we have an area from tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night and wednesday. Lets have a weather story. Its beautiful outside. Time lapse for you. This is from centreville. During the days the skies have cleared from north to south like most of the area. This turned out to be a beautiful afternoon. The cloud come back due to remnant moisture and the circulation of Hurricane Patricia. A lot of moisture is pulling in from the gulf of mexico. Just the mechanisms we need to produce more cloudiness ams more and more in way of rain. Tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night and through the overnight to wednesday morning. Moderate and steady rain through wednesday. Cold front coming through late in the afternoon or evening. Maybe a rumble of thunder in the mountain. Back to clear skies. By the time the rainfall comes to an end, the amounts are close to many inches here. It will be in good shape the Time Thursday rolls around. That is the latest, jonathan. Jonathan thank you, doug. Developing this afternoon, a Maryland State Police trooper shot and killed a suspected car thief. Two departments working on the case at the same time. Maryland bureau chief brad bell has latebreaking details for us. This was a chaotic scene. Brad this was a mess it started in front of the Sheets Convenience store where front of the Sheetz Convenience store. He ran the tag and find out it was stolen. There was an attempt to flee according to the state police by the suspect. This ended up here in the middle of the crime scene tape. You know what . This morning it was as busy as now. People coming and going. This happened at the height of morning rush hour. People were buying coffee and gas. Rick was eating breakfast when the troopers rushed up to the man in the allegedly stolen survivor next to him. They told me to get out of the vehicle and on the ground. The suspect got in the vehicle and attempted to drive off. Instantly the suspect ram the police car. The officer trappe