James brown. We are told that his journey started in raleigh, North Carolina. We was ultimately headed to chicago with several stops along the way including here in richmond, virginia. Now behind me, this is the patrol cruiser of trooper chad dermyer. It is covered in flowers and notes. This Community Grieves trooper dermyers loss as well as offer support to the state police. 34yearold james brown had a long criminal history in his home state of illinois including attempt murder gun and drug charges. Authorities say when brown shot and killed 37yearold trooper chad dermyer yesterday, at the richmond Greyhound Bus station, he did so with a. 40caliber beretta, semiautomatic pistol. A gun bought legally a year ago but not by brown himself. Also found in browns possession 143 rounds of unspent ammunition. Its troubling he would have a g. History that he has. Able to travel on a bus line. Dermyer was one of 16 state Police Troopers taking part in training at the bus station. As part of the exercise, Authorities Say dermyer briefly spoke with brown at which point brown pulled out a gun and shot dermyer multiple times. Two state troopers nearby fired back at brown. He made it in the restaurant and later died at v. C. U. Medical center. Dermyer also died at the hospital. Its so close to home that it makes it even a little harder to handle. Bus Service Resumed at the station this afternoon. Markings from the shooting visible on the doors outside the restaurant. Dermyer a michigan native and the former u. S. Marine served with local Police Departments in michigan and virginia before joining the state police in 2014. All over richmond today, signs of a city grieving the loss of a respected officer and thinking most of the wife and two young daughters left behind. It breaks your heart. I cant imagine the pain that they jeff Authorities Say james brown was not wanted by Law Enforcement officials yesterday. There were no pending charges against him. The state police saying that two other people suffered nonlife threatening injuries in the incident yesterday. 21yearold woman from new york and a 47yearold woman from North Carolina. Both of whom happened to be passing through the bus station. At the time of the shooting. Live in north chesterfield, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Trooper dermyer is the 56th state trooper killed in line of duty according to the officer down memorial page. The last line of duty death for the agency was due to a car crash back in september. Leon pick jonathan the pictures behind me, chad dermyer is the fifth Law Enforcement officer shot to death in maryland and virginia since february. Overnight there was an officer in alabama in a shoot out with a suspect and the suspect later died. We want to know how often scenes like this are playing out. Amy aubert joins us from the national Law Enforcement officer memorial in northwest washington. You found jarring and sobering numbers. Jamie absolutely. We spent today digging through the numbers and the stat provided to us by the Law Enforcement memorial fund. Total number of officer deaths so far this year is up. That is a story were seeing here locally. This is not the first time joe visited the national Law Enforcement officer memorial. He knows what it is like to have a Family Member killed in the line of duty. Its my moms cousin. Its beyond words. They have destroyed families, not a person. Thursday the family of a Virginia State trooper going through the hardache. There, you forget how much danger they put themselves in. This is the fifth Law Enforcement officer in the maryland and the virginia areas to be shot and killed so far this year. Two Hartford County deputies killed in february. Rookie officer Ashley Guindon killed in Prince William county the same month. Last month jacai colson killed by friendly fire. They saw four officer death, one a firearm related death. What is going on lately is just, its ridiculous. In 2016, 16 alwaysers nationwide killed by firearms related deaths. Up 129 from the seven officers at this point in 2015. You hear about the numbers and everything else. It doesnt mean a lot until you come here to see it. A memorial honoring those fallen. We dont have a right to shoot anybody, let alone a police officer. Surrounded by numbers numbert some call overwhelming. Is there nobody w unfortunately, there is thousands of them. Now again that was given to us from the national Law Enforcement officer memorial fund. So far this year, nationwide we have seen 30 Law Enforcement fatalities so far this year. That is compared to 27 last year. Life in d. C. , amy aubert, abc7 news. Alison thank you. We are continuing to follow a developing story from northeast washington right now. Where a big police scene there after a chase through Prince Georges County ended in the district. Started with the reports of an Armed Robbery and a Cell Phone Store in forestville. Police say the suspects crashed into several cars in this chase. Three are in custody. No officers were hurt. Newspaper ven for accused of tab vendor accused of stabbing a person turned himself in. 50yearold daniel brown chargedded with accused of stabbing a man in an argument at the end of yesterdays morning rush. Then running away. Jonathan a frightening situation in springfield where a woman was attacked in an Early Morning hour in busy Shopping Center. It happened 6 00 wednesday morning on commerce street near springfield plaza. Jay korff is joining us live. You spoke to the victim in this case. Curious what she told you. Jay we talked to somebody through an interpreter. She was saying how horrific this was. So grateful she was able to survive this attack. She is hopeful the guy will be caught. As you are about to see in the story we have pictures that could lead to the identification. Commerce plaza along commerce street in springfield bustles with activity on friday. Shoppers going in and out of restaurants and markets are stopping t interest. Police say two days prior around 6 00 a. M. A woman while walking behind the Shopping Center was grabbed by a man, pulled into this dumpster, robbed and sexual assaulted. A source tells abc7 news a passerby startled the suspect who fled. Telling my employees now to come out in pairs when they take out the trash at night. The local Restaurant Owner spoke directly with the victim and tells us she is understandably shaken but hopeful the attacker will be caught. Apparently out of nowhere some guy jumped out of a red car and attacked her. She said she didnt really, i mean she didnt have much chance to say anything. Its still dark out. I would be concerned at that hour of the morning to be out by myself. Jay Charlene Hartmann shops her often. As a woman it makes me extremely scared. Be diligent to know the surroundings h credited to property manager who maintain surveillance cameras around the shooing complex. They captured key images of the suspects red older model vehicle. Take a close look. It has a sunroof. And grayish white body work on the drivers drivers side d. If you have seen the car with the distinctive body work the white grayish patch marking on the drivers side contact authorities immediately. Reporting live, jay korff, abc7 news. Alison the prospect of isis getting ahold of Nuclear Materials is, one of the greatest threats to global security. That was president obamas message to World Leaders gathered in the district. Marci gonzalez has the effort to strengthen Nuclear Security. Marci protests outside of the Nuclear Security summit in washington, d. C. Where president obama met with the last day of the summit focus on potential risk of terrorist accessing Nuclear Materials. It would be political, economic and environmental catastrophe with the global ramifications for decades. Heightened concern that building a dirty bomb is likely a goal of isis and other terror groups after two of the brussels attackers used hidden cameras to secretly record one of the top nuclear scientists. It is a race against time. We need to do everything we can to prevent it. There so in doubt if the mad men got their hands on nuclear bomb or material they would certainly use it to kill as many innocent people as possible. There are concerns over the north Korea Nuclear program. Marci gonzalez, abc7 news, new york. Jonathan for the second time this week the Washington Monument closed because of an elevator malfunction. The elevator came to an adoesnt stop at 2 30 this afternoon at the 450 foot mark. By a up there. It dropped off the visitors on top. The visitors at the observation level had to walk 897 steps to ground. Spiral staircase. Shut down on tuesday because of control board. Problem. Jonathan plus, wicked weather ripping across the south. The damage left behind. And what we should expect here. And doug continues to track severe thunderstorm in the area. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced no d. C. Government travel to north korea. Im sam ford. I will tell you why next fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. He was flicking matches on me. For my life. My exhusbands intentions were to murder me. Glenn i made sure yvettes abuser went away for good, and put in place tougher sentences, because Domestic Violence can never be tolerated. Yvette mr. Ivey showed compassion. I felt like i could trust him. Narrator glenn ivey. As states attorney, a proven leader. Mestic violence, and protect president obamas legacy. Glenn im glenn ivey and i approve this message, because im on your side. Jonathan well, this is becoming a common scene in raleigh, North Carolina. Protesters, dozens or more, hundreds gathering outside the governor mansion and the state legislature. They are demanding a repeal of house bill ii. The legislation that excludes the Lgbt Community from state tonight d. C. Is joining a list of governments protesting that move with the checkbooks. Sam ford joining us live outside the Wilson Building with mayor bowsers message. If you start using your checkbook it starts to make a difference. Sam well, jonathan, the mayor actually signed this yesterday. Its called administrative issuance. Which is banning the d. C. Got travel to North Carolina. And then she announced she had done it today in a tweet. The mayor tweeted it out just before her potholepalooza this morning. I signed an order banning travel to n. C. , North Carolina, for d. C. Government employees. We stand with the lgbtq opportunity t community against discrimination. It is important for us to stand up. We think that goodmeaning people and the values of the District Of Columbia require us to speak up when we see injustice anywhere sam this comes after pat mccrory signed a bill some consider discriminatory against the gay and Lesbian Community and d. C. Is joining a list of big cities ban spending money in North Carolina. Reaction to the residents of the tweet was generally supportive. Nobody should be supporting a state that is so openly antilgbt. Its just wrong. Im glad they are doing something and they are not just sitting in the face of oppression. Does the city do a lot of travel to North Carolina on official business . I would say so. There isnt a lot. But we would expect that people get invited to speak different places and go to different conferences. You name it. Some question the mayor strategy as too harsh. I think its a fine line. You know, either we are doing business or we are not doing business. Sam the mayor administrative issuance criticizes the North Carolina legislature for issuing a bill that North Carolina cities from offering any greater protection to gays and lesbians. Reporting live from the john Wilson Building, im sam ford, abc7 news. Alison thank you. People across the southeast hoping for a quieter weekend after days of severe weather. This is one of several tornadod that touched down in mississippi. No serious injuries believe it or not. Dozens of homes were damaged. There were damage on and around Robins Air Force base in central georgia. This is video of the base in the height of the storm. Look at that this morning. Man rough situation there. Jonathan that is when you see the video and you have to say to yourself i wish people would head to basement. You can get a flying car coming your way. Doug thatk loose like on the base. Hangars there. There may have been no basements nearby. This is the prime time of year. Alison we have storms tonight. Doug a couple of isolated, heavy to severe get started with that. Doppler radar moving north of the metro area. Zoom in to give you a look at where the storms went. They have been moving at 55 Miles Per Hour. They are just flying by. Right now the last look at them here as they move through Carroll County in baltimore county. They are going to zip out of there. Be it hunt valley in ten minute or so. That is what happens when the storms move so fast it blows through. That will be that. We have a couple of other ing stronger at the moment. We will continue to watch that for you. Temperatures are plenty warm. 81 at Reagan National. 82 at leesburg and manassas. We were at 82 for a high today. If that winds up being the High Temperature its the first tame this year we have been 80 at all. The last time well were at 82 was september 28. Warm trend. Its crazy about all of this is everything is temporary. Big back to back temperature changes in store for us over the next several days. The winds, sustained winds of 24 mi 25 in leesburg. 18 merrill wind at Reagan National. The strong winds will blow warm air to town. We will be breezy overnight as well. The winds are going to turn direction more to the west. 68 in charleston. 59 in columbus. 52 in detroit. Very cold temperatures. Weekend outlook is 63. Morning rain. Afternoon sun. Windy on sunday. Highs in the 40s to 50 degrees. High winds indeed. We have in effect right now until early on sunday morning a freeze watch. Late tomorrow night through sunday morning. Large area of the county north of washington back to mountains and beyond. Metro area not included. In the area, the temperatures will hit freezing or below freezing by sunday morning. Another large area under a wind advisory or high wind watch. In this area including metro washington we could see the winds gusting 50 Miles Per Hour or higher. Here are the numbers. 63 tomorrow, after the chances of the morning rain. Windy on sunday. And cold. Highs in the 40 to 50 at best. Monday we will warm up. But another Even Stronger cold front through monday night. Will drop the highs in the mid40s on tuesday. Warming up wednesday and thursday. Turning cooler again. Spring ju get here and stay. Back and forth. Jonathan didnt today feel like summer like, though . Doug 82 degrees. Yeah. Jonathan good stuff. Alison okay. Thank you. Well, still ahead at 5 00 this story is unbelievable. A little girl run down by a bike and left in a full body cast. Just going away. 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