This is what the pickup truck carrying the three teens slammed into. You can see the flowers, the football balloons have been placed there. This orange vest im wearing is Company Policy near a roadway. We often feel awkward wearing it. Here, its a necessity. This curve is treacherous. Cars come flying down this road. Police are telling us this is one of the contributing factors. Griefstricken High School Students gather at the crash scene. They look at the old trees scarred by the highspeed impact and remember the young faces. Jacob dennis, Patrick Shifflett and cary greene. All juniors at clarksburg high, all killed in the latenight collision. These guys were great men. They were leaders on the team on and off the field. They were role models. You could look up to them when you needed something on or off the field. Brad the Three Friends were in jacob dennis pride and joy pickup truck. They had been to a party to high graduation. Dennis apparently losing control as his 1989 truck entered a tight curve on burnt hill road, skidding sideways into the woodline. Police do not believe alcohol was a factor. Indications are speed could be a factor but i think more inexperience. It was a young teenager drive on a country road late at night. We know from past experiences that that is when tragedies occur. Brad captain of the Montgomery County police you were hearing from there know the pain collisions like this can cause. He lost his own son in 2008 in an eerily similar crash. When we come back at 5 00, more from him, including some advice to parents that he thinks can save lives. In clarksburg, brad bell, abc7 news. Alison all right, brad. Thank you. So at clarksburg highs graduation, a moment of silence today held for jacob dennis, Patrick Shifflett cary greene. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis continues our Team Coverage from clarksburg. Kevin, such a sad beginning to what should have been a celebration. Kevin yeah. Administrators really had to walk a fine line today. On one hand they wanted to honor the lives of the three teenagers but on the other hand they wanted to make sure the Commencement Ceremonies were kept upbeat and positive. At 10 00, this morning, 400 Clarksburg High School seniors filed the Athletic Complex at mount st. Marys university. The principal made remarks about jacob dennis, Patrick Shifflett and cary greene and then caused for a moment of silence. Dennis and shifflett were on the clarksburg varsity football team. Shifflett was a defensive end and an a guard. Greene played attending Damascus High School in freshman and sophomore years and he transferred to clarksburg this year. The principal knew all three young men well. I was the principal of Rocky Hill Middle School when they were in middle school so i have known them since they were 11 years old. Its very difficult. We as a Community Band together. We come together at times like this. We take care of each other. Kevin Clarksburg High School did not have class because of graduation. The students will return tomorrow. The grief counselors will be on hand. In the last hour we have learned that a candlelight vigil will take place tonight at 7 30. At differencemaker church in damascus. It is open to the public. We are live in clarksburg, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. We did some checking. Memorial day was the start deadliest days of the year. More than 1,000 people are killed over that stretch in crashes involving teenage drivers. That is an average over five years. According to the data compiled by the National TrafficHighway Safety administration, more than half of those killed were teens. Longer in the area . That is right. This happened over my shoulder next to the tree on the sidewalk here on montgomery street. After talking with Witnesses Police say they believe the suspect left this area. There is no immediate threat to the community they say. In the past hour crime scene tape came down here on this block. Traffic moving through. Investigators say it happened around 12 30 this afternoon. Witnesses tell me they heard six gunshots in rapid succession. They looked outside and saw the victims body here. There was no noise, no shouting or altercation before they heard the gunshot sound. Police responded to several 911 calls. Found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to a nearby hospital. Pronounced dead an hour later around 1 30 p. M. There is no victim i. D. At this point yet. They are still trying to notify family members but say he is in his late 20s. We understand any acts of violence in a community are going to cause some concerns and so we will be in the community. Community. We will ensure that we continue to be here to let the Community Know we will do whatever it takes to not only bring this person to justice who committed this act but to ensure they feel safe in the community. Mike we are still seeking a suspect description in the homicide investigation. The motive is unclear. Coming up at 5 00 on abc7, reaction from neighbors who say they are fed up with the latenight activity, public drinking and in some cases violence on this block. Reporting live in old town alexandria, mike carterconneen, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Meanwhile, a Bethesda Chevy Chase High School teacher is in Police Custody accused of taking pictures of girls. Todd scriber according to police took pictures of at least three teenage girls in the classroom. One student telling police when she went to ask a question in the test he had his phone under her skirt. He was placed on leave in to school. 7 on your side fighting back against crime. To see what is happening in your neighborhood log on to wjla. Com. Click on the on your side tab and check out the spot crime map. Each report posted there goes right down to the block. Jonathan break news coming in the newsroom from tel aviv in israel. A deadly shooting has taken place. Leon harris is at the live desk there. San allall manhunt going on . What happened . Leon the hunt for whoever else may be involved. The word is four people were killed in a shooting in central tel aviv in a market there, that is widely known of the Largest Shopping Center in the area in tel aviv. We hear this is described by the police as being aimed specifically against israelis. At least five are wounded. Two are in serious or severe conditions in hospitals right now. Police are telling us that at least two terrorists have b caught or neutralized, which means they were killed or detained. No word on the type of the number of the weapons used. There is no discussion about whether or not automatic weapons were used. The two attackers are described being cousins from the hebron area and they were known to israeli authorities. They have been described in one case that at least one of the attackers was disguised as ultra orthodox jew. Police are searching the area to make sure there are no other attackers. There are concerns about how much coordination there may have been involved in these two or any other groups. At this point no other group claimed responsibility. We will keep an eye on the story and let it know what we learn here. Back to you. Jonathan thanks. Five bicyclists dead. All of them nowed down by a truck drive. This mapped in michigan yesterday everything. The man behind the wheel has been taken in custody. Lauren springer from the sister station wwmt is in cooper township, michig happened . Do we have a motive . Reporter that is the question of the hour. A question that police cant answer for us just yet. They do not know exactly what caused this to happen. What they can tell us is a 50yearold man was arrested. Not far from the scene last night. This, of course, after he ran over nine people out on a bike ride killing five. Of course, leaving the scene. Now calls of the pickup truck, the suspect was driving started coming in about a driver driving erratically. This started early yesterday evening. Three Different Police agencies out looking for the truck before this hitandrun. This is just another round of heartbreak for the kalamazoo community. The second mass casualty we have seen here in just months. All of this following a shooting spree in february, killing six and wounding two others. They are different in lots the Emotional Trauma it is causing to people in the community. And to the community. You dont ever expect it to happen. I never expected there to be another one of those late night, overnight five people dead, six people dead events. Certainly not in the span of four months. Reporter its very tough time for the west michigan community. We have just within the last ten minutes learned the names of the five victims that were killed. Three women, two men ranging from their early 40s to the late 70s. All member of the change gang bike club in the kalamazoo area. The fourth survivor in two hospitals and three in serious and one in fair condition. The suspect is expected to be charged tomorrow. Facing once again a long list of charges from murder to fleeing the scene of an accident cain township, lauren springer, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you for that. Coming up on abc7 news at 4 00 a wouldbe kidnapper as bold as they come. Look at the video. A man trying to drag a girl out of the store in front of his mother. Well show you how it played out. Michelle a tennis superstar sidelined. How long Maria Sharapova is banned from playing. Alison and we will talk about changing habits. What metros Safetrack Program is making more people do to get to work. Doug this is more like after this mornings cold gusty cold front through the area. Sunshine, fair weather clouds. I think you will like the next couple of days at least. Coming up at abc7 news Jonathan Melvin pate died in 2012 after a shooting. Recently, though, he was able to testify in a case against his suspected murderer. Sam ford explains how pate was able to secure a conviction identifying the gunman despite the fact he was dead. I want to show you a picture. If you see the person, blink one hard for yes. Okay . Sam this is video from five years ago after melvin pate had been shot, paralyzed and unable to speak. Pate in an earlier photo died two years later before the case could get to court. Today, after many appeals over the video, five and a half years later we Prince Georges County jury yesterday returned a verdict of guilty. Sam the jurors found Jermaine Hailes guilty of firstdegree murder. Court papers say he shot and robbed pate at the Capital Heights building in what was to be the sale of half a pound of marijuana. Jurors saw him close his eyes tight when the picture was shown to him. Is this the person that shot you . This is the person that shot you . Yes . Sam the prosecutor noted its not often they meet the victim before he dies. We went to see him in the hospital once we were assigned to this five and a half years ago. This really does highlight how special the prosecutors in this case are, how hard they worked. This is a very satisfying verdict. Not just for this family. This is a very satisfying verdict for this office. Sam according to the prosecutors this is only the fourth time in u. S. History that blinking has been used as a dying declaration. Maryland. Jermaine hailes, the man convicted faces life plus 20 years. Reporting from Prince Georges County, maryland, im sam ford, abc7 news. Michelle lets talk tennis. Tennis star Maria Sharapova is planning to appeal a twoyear ban that has been handed down this morning. The International Tennis federation instituted the ban after the russian star failed a drug test back in january. That is when she tested positive for meldonium at the australian open. Sharapova has been taking the medicine since 2006. But the substance was banned this year. Jonathan there is another sports star that will be missing missing in action who is a shame because he is fun to watch play. He is pulling out for health reasons. Tiger woods says he will not tee it up in the u. S. Open or the quicken loans national. The former world number one golfer says he is Getting Better but he is still not full back surgeries. Although he wont play, tiger does say he will be in town to host quicken loans national. He will be here. Alison that helps. Just knowing he is in town helps the local businesses. Jonathan absolutely. People love tiger woods. This is the third weekday of the metro safetrack. I dont know about you. I saw a lot of cars on the road. Michelle a lot of folks are counting the days. Some people decided to take measures into their own hands by grabbing handlebars. Yammer good weather for it today. Jay korff show us more people are hopping on bicycles for the commute. Jay we are in rosslyn, virginia, right next to the trail. Twowheel commuters are storming the d. C. Area streets and it may be due to the mess on metro rails. Safetrack, the yearlong minutes plan to mend the Transit System is causing considerable delays for the morning and the evening riders. Maybe that is why you are seeing more of these riders. Jay rob started commuting via bike a year ago. He is glad he did. I just love it. I love the exercise. I love the time on a bike instead of in a car. Jay more crowded trains typically push the rail riders to drive more, clogging the area roadways. To avoid the traffic i will ride more this week than i would normally. Jay metros first monday for safetrack proved a bonanza for bicyclist advocates. The director of bike arlington points to this bikeometer near key bridge as proof. Monday it recorded 2,325 bike trips. Double the normal monday for may. The hope is the bike commuters will stay on two wheels long after safetrack is over. Its the most dependable way to get to work. Jay jay korff, abc7 alison we have everything you need to know about safetrack on a special page. If you want metro updates texted directly to your phone, text metro to 43817. Lets go ahead and check traffic for the vehicles out there. Jamie sullivan is standing by with details. Jamie a few problems. I want to begin in d. C. So a disabled tractor trailer. This is blocking three lanes heading northbound on m Street Southeast near 12th street. Even heading southbound there is a lane blocked as well. We also want to watch an accident. Reservoir road northwest closed between 39 and 44 street. Canal road is a good option as an alternate. Slowing on the freeway. We can see that as well on kenilworth avenue. Southbound 295 in the teens as you continue closer to national harbor. Here is 66. So far we are okay. As you head outbound. It will be a lot of that normal volume mixed in with a lot of people who drove because of the safetrack. That will be the norm for the next if you are traveling in the area, single lane closures for a few days. Saturday from barry place to florida avenue. We will look at the waze maps. I want to show you headed inbound, the solid red line approaching an accident near 123. You can see pretty heavy traffic as you head in now on the g. W. Starting near the beltway. That is a look at traffic. Jonathan i could listen to that all day. On a day like today. The soothing sounds of the ocean. Ahh. By the way, today is worlds oceans day. The official u. N. Designated day to celebrate the Worlds Largest body of water. We need them to tell us to celebrate oceans. Health concern, healthy planet. The effort to stop plastic pollution making its way to the ocean. Alison perfect day for the beach. Its gorgeous. It is breezy in my opinion. No, no, no. Its michelle my hair went crazy. Alison you dont have that problem. Jonathan i dont have much hair. It works out all right. Doug tomorrow is chilly in the morning. Real chill. But pleasant. A big change over the heat and the humidity. By the way will come back over the weekend in a big way. Look closely at the screen. This is southern frederick county, maryland. This started this morning. If you see the sunshine dissipate. The clouds roll in. Did you see it . That was a cold front moving through. It was a fast day. Now we are back to sunshine. With the frontal passage we have strong wind gusts. 54mileperhour gusts. 54 at childrens hospital. 51 in frederick. Cresswood middle school. Higher elevation there at 49 miles per hour. The temperatures now are in a chill because the cold front and a dry, chilly northwesterly winds continue to the area. Mid60s now in hagerstown westward. 72 in leesburg. 70 in baltimore and annapolis. 70 in andrews. 71 at reagan national. Wind gust in the past 30 minutes or so, still getting your attention outside. 33mileperhour registered in leesburg. 32mileperhour at andrews. 24mileperhour gust at reagan national. If you are grilling out tonight there will be a breeze. It will be cool. The combination of 60s and the clear skies, the rain is pushing offshore. We will be in good shape. The forecast clear and cool tonight. Upper 70s tomorrow. Sunny and dry. Friday 80 degrees. It will turn warmer and more humid in the weekend. The weekend forecast, partly cloudy. Warm and humid. 89 degrees. It will feel warmer with the humidity. Increasing chances for the Late Afternoon evening and the nighttime hours. Scattered showers and storms. Sunday looks great. Of sunshine in the area. Michelle very nice. Thank you, doug. Still ahead for us at abc7 news at 4 00 it was almost a kidnapping. But mom fights back. Stopping a stranger. More of this video at 4 30. Jonathan but first, time to honor the coach of the week. Who leads the players on the court and looks out for them off of it . Special relationship between h. D. Woodson prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant pr