Half mile behind us. A 19yearold was killed. And tonight, his friends want answers. Prince William County police searched these woods. As friends of irmale menseray, searched their feelings. All i could think of was a fight over some petty thing. Reporter a funny guy who loved his mom. Police say it was after dark, when he met a group of men on the school yard and they shot him. When i heard the gunshots, i came out here. And to my window, i looked and i seen two people walking down there. Police took several suspects into custody by the afternoon. Neighbors feared they took this path, a common cutthrough for students. Im not shocked it happened here. To me, it was just a matter of time. Thats what the world is coming to, you know. Police say a wounded man made it to a nearby shopping center, but died on the way to the hospital. No beef is worth life. And its sad that our generation has to learn this the hard way. Reporter for a time today, r. I. P. Ish was trending on twitter. His friends tell me theyre not exactly sure what he was doing here. Live in woodbridge, pete mustntine, mun teen, wusa 9. It was a tense 17 hours as misscoured police scoured. His dad beat his mother and took off with him. In the end, zion was found. And his dad, Joshua Williams, is in police custody. Debra alfarone is live in spotsylvania tonight, to connect all of the dots. Deb . And legs li lesli, 17 thundershower hours that, little boy was dead. After the toddler was found, Police Closed in on Joshua Williams pretty quickly. Heres how this this man is considered dangerous at this time he may be armed and dangerous. 7 00 p. M. Wednesday night. Police say 28yearold Joshua Williams visits his ex, and their 3yearold son zion. They take a ride in her nissan altima. We got a call from a female victim who had just escaped a severe beating. An attack from her ex boyfriend. Mr. Williams. She runs for help, leaving zion in the car. An amber alert goes out. Police spread out. Were also getting help from the Virginia State police. And the United States secret service. Police say by morning, williams had abandoned the car. Bring the child to us. Bring the child to safety. Reporter around noon, the news that took 17 long, tense hours to arrive, Zion Williams was safe. What do you have to say to him now, that the child is safe and back with his mom. Well done. Thank you. You did the right thing. Now, do another right thing. And turn yourself in. Reporter police say they surprised Joshua Williams at this Spotsylvania County home, on falcon ridge drive. The child is safe. And home with mom. Mr. Williams was taken into custody. No one was injured. And i would look at that as a winwin for everybody. Williams now faces two felony charges, one for assaulting his ex. And the other for abducting his child. We are live here in Spotsylvania County tonight, debra alfarone, wusa 9. Police say zions mother was seriously hurt but is out of the hospital and is expected to recover. Well, were seeing some light rain around the area right now. But guess what. Again, things are going to start to pick up overnight. First alert meteorologist topper shutt joining us now. What are we seeing on the radar now, other than bad news . I just want to say, were as tired of issuing these yellow weather alerts as you are of hearing them. Here is the latest radar. Notice, instead of the usual movement from southwest to northeast, or moving northeast now to southwest, the activity you see in Howard County, around columbia, and entering eastern sections of mont Montgomery County, will move in. In fact, well zoom in a little bit. Nothing is heavy. Again, sort of nuisance sort of stuff. One shower to the west of rockville. But mostly, laurel and columbia, it will move eastward toward echison, alne. Its going to roll all the way to reston. Theyre moving very, very slowly, though. Maybe fairfax at 6 38. But it will be all light today. And i kind of like this graphic really. Tomorrow its going to be a washout. All right . Saturday, somewhere between isolated and scattered in terms of showers. Clouds are going to hang tough on saturday. Saturday we may have a morning shower for mom. Rest of the day is fine. Monday, essentially dry. Couple of showers possible south of town on monday. So heres the future in the morning. You can see, a lot of rain has already pushed through the metro area. Notice yellow and dark green. 54 in gaithersburg, 52 in frederick. Just doesnt feel like may, does it . Feels more like march. Well come back and talk about the possibility of yellow weather alert on saturday and look ahead to moms day. Thanks, top. Fire sprinklers appear to have saved a Senior Living home from serious damage in germantown. Flames broke out in the kitchen of a third floor unit at the churchill complex on father hurley boulevard. One resident has been displaced. No one was injured. Tracking metro for you now. And we are anticipating a major maintenance announcement from the Transit Agency tomorrow. Sources tell wusa 9 that general manager paul wedefeld requested a closeddoor session. He wants to brief them on a major safety plan he has in place. And that could mean another system wide shutdown or a slowdown for extended periods of time. We talked to writers about those possibilities. Whatever it takes to make it safe. I just got off a train and smelt burning brakes. Whatever makes it safe. I think thats really important. I think thats the best way to do it. Just get it right and make sure you maintain it is the key. Metro shut down the rail system completely for nearly 30 hours in march to address safety concerns about cable fires in the system. And there are growing fears about the safety of metro buses, after tuesdays hijacking that left 40yearold Anthony Payne dead. Metro says they are taking security seriously. Buses are considered high risk. The buses that are considered high risk are monitored by police. And many of the buses in its fleet are equipped with plexiglas shields. Metro glass reports, in spite of this incident, bus rider assaults are actually down 30 . Turning to campaign 2016, where the focus is shifting to donald trump will hold has first rally tonight as the Presumptive Republican president ial candidate. But after defeating 16 opponents. He has a lot of fences to mend. He also face is a huge faces a huge challenge. That includes paul ryan. The House Speaker said today, he is not ready to support trump. Despite his critics, the billionaire is refusing to back away from his attacking style. I am who i am. I dont like to change. I dont like to really change. I feel im a president ial person. Reporter now, before she make its to november, Hillary Clinton has to beat bernie arounders sanders first. Shes campaigning in california today, ahead that was states primary next month. And if he wants to be 45, trump that is, hes not going to get help from 41 or 43. Spokesmen for george h. W. And george bush say they have no plans to endorse the donald or any other candidates. No word so far whether he will support trump. A skyhigh scare. At the Washington National cathedral. A man climbed up the scaffolding last night. Police received a call just after midnight. And our wusa 9 cameras were the first on the scene. The man remained on the scaffolding for about an hour and a half, after he was talked down. Police say they will not press charges. So we are just Getting Started here on wusa 9news at 5 00. Sentencing day for a Prince Georges County man who shot his stepfather to death in a dispute over yard work. The feds put the smackdown on electronic cigarettes. What that means for people who like debates. Topper is back with more on our yellow weather alert. And if the sun might make an appearance eventually this weekend. And right after the break, were back at the silver diner. One day after a former employee crashed his hummer into the building. And sky 9 is Just Moments Away from being at thats Prince Georges County, where there has been reports of a shooting reports of multiple victims. Were getting the very latest information we can. As soon as the chopper gets stand by me vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, its helping neighbors. Stand by me Fairfax County homicide investigators are now working the case in tysons, after an employee rammed his hummer into the silver diner yesterday. A number of people got hurt, including the driver, in what witnesses believe was a deliberate attack. Wusa 9 scott broom is live in tysons, following up for us. Hi, scott. Hi. There have been repairs under way at the restaurant here, after this biz ash bizarre incident. The video, unforgettable. The question for the Police Investigators is whether this was some kind of murderic by a disgruntled employee. Or if its possibly some kind of bizarre actions. Heroic bystanders pull a deranged man from behind the wheel of his flaming hummer, after he allegedly rammed it into the silver dysons wednesday. Witnesses tell us it looked like a deliberate attack on the restaurant by an employee on leave. But today, as the restaurant is being repaired in hopes of a reopening in time for mothers day weekend. Fairfax county police are not able to say this was a crime or something else. Key to the case is the man who was driving the hummer, identified by restaurant officials as a cook who had been on leave since april 2nd, due to a death in his family. That man, who Neither Police nor coworkers named publicly, has not been named by homicide p detectives because of his medical condition. No charges have been filed. At least one of the heroic people seen dragging the driver out, is a to be reported. He was rescued by standers as well. The whole front is kind of devoured, destroyed. Reporter today, customers came to marvel at the damage and the bizarre circumstances, saying it was a miracle no one died. Shock. Definitely shock. Pretty crazy stuff. Hopefully everybody is okay. Wonder what the back story is. In then to burst into flames is really kind of bizarre. Under a lot of stress. I think he dealt with in a wrong way. Feel bad for him and his family. So that man continues to recover. Hes in bad enough medical condition he cant give an interview. Police, they are waiting to speak with him. So the restaurant is on track to reopen by the weekend. And police still have to solve the mystery of why this apparent attack happened here and whether or not the individual behind the wheel of thatmm charged. In tysons corner, scott broom, wusa 9. And some were offered trauma counseling and some said they did go to sessions today. People under 18 will soon be banned if buying electronic cigarettes. That ban on sales to minors will take effect in 90 days. Every ecigarette on the market will need federal approval. Each application could cost 1 million. The rule also will allow the fda to evaluate the ingredients of these products, how the products are made and their potential impact on public health. It will also allow the fda to evaluate the ingredients. Ecigarettes are on the rise among americans in 2015. Three million use the devices. And while some think esigs are a healthy alternative to smoking, guess what, the Science Behind that is still unclear. Itsun known whether whether they lead regular people to become smokers. Heres first alert weather. Youre like, dont hurt the messengerrer. Really. Were as bored with this as ever. I tweeted this out an hour ago, put it on facebook. If you wanted to diagram a miserable day tomorrow. Tomorrow is it. Really . Its coming. Really . Yeah. So youre Walking Around town, with the sunglasses on. Windows rolled up. Im in a rental car right now. Its got florida plates on it. Were looking at another we talked about this, too. The heaviest rain will be late tonight and tomorrow. Lets start with our streak. We keep our streak alive. Here we are. April. Starting on the 18th. Starting in may now on sunday. How many days has it rained . Quite a few. 22, 23. Got a break there for a while. 24, 25 and 26. Then we had a stretch from the 27th, all the way all the way to the 5th, of rainfall. So thats lets one, two, three, four, five. Thats nine days in a row, a trace or more rain at national. And 11 of the last 14 days. Well certainly make it 12 to 15 tomorrow. Probably again on saturday. Live look outside. Care of our michael and son weather cam. Its 57. Not what you would expect this time year and time of night. Look at the radar. We talked about this at the top of the show. Showers are moving from northeast down to the southwest. They do that as this low pressure begins to move up from the south. So nothing is heavy. Its all shades of green. Okay . But we do have some rain laytonsville and alne. Also down 108. And headed toward silver spring. This is all pushing off to the south. Again, nothing heavy. Even at norbeck road. A little rain. Enough to wet the roads. This is going to roll through rockville at 5 38. Montgomery mall at 5 52. And potomac at 6 00. But it will be on the light side. Yellow weather alert through night, until midnight saturday. Were trying not to issue one on saturday. Showers, light rain and drizzle tonight. Hmm. Delightful. Heavier rain tomorrow. And quite frankly, cold. We have sort of expectations in may as to how warm it should be. Tomorrow is going to be a cold day, given those expectations. Showers on saturday. Then maybe a morning shower for mom on sunday. But mothers day does look nice, especially in the afternoon. So future cast. 10 00 tonight. A little walk after dinner. Okay, low to mid50s. Nothing crazy heavy. Light showers here and there. Leesburg, 54. Manassas, 54. 55 in fairfax. And by morning, prepare for a wet commute for everybody. Activity again moves from northeast to southwest. Culpepper, only 51. Are you kidding me . Only 49 in frederick. And 51 in silver spring. And 52 in fairfax. By 9 00, more rain begins to pivot off the atlantic. 54 downtown. 54 also in bowie. And look by 1 00. Look at all the yellows. And pretty far back to the west. Almost to hagerstown and martinsburg. I think tomorrows bullseye, essentially will be the immediate metro area. By 6 00, we still have plenty of rain. Temperatures in the mid50s. And by 9 00, plans tomorrow night. It is friday night. Umbrella and a jacket. Maybe even a coat. 51 in gaithersburg, 54 downtown. And 54 in manassas. Okay. Talk about the day planner. Looks like this rain showers across the board. Next seven days. Heres your morning shower for mom. But were okay. Mid70s monday. Upper 70s to near 80. Tuesday, wednesday and thursday. And increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms. But at least well see some sun. Well take it. Thanks, tonner. New video from the front lines in iraq. Appears to capture the dramatic firefight. Killed navy seal charles ke you can see the troops ducking behind the pickup trucks, as the bullets whiz over them. What appears to be a u. S. Blackhawk medical chopper arrives to help the wounded. An intense conflict lasted half the day and included 23 air strikes. Have a look at this. A warehouse in houston goes up in flames. That smoke could be seen for miles around. Fortunately, nobody was injured. 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We have more information on that breaking news, outside of high point right here. This is beltsville, maryland. Actually one of the highest points in Prince Georges County. Were hearing that two people were shot. One dead, and one expected to live. There is a heavy Police Presence there, as our chopper, just moments ago, arrived on the scene. This shooting happened just a few minutes before 5 00. Clearly, several hours after school would have let out. Still, though, waiting for details on whether this happened inside of the school, just outside of the school, whether or not it involves students. Those details still nebulous at this point. Our reporters have just arrived there. But theyre expected to be briefed by the authorities there in Prince Georges County, in a matter of moments. As soon as we have more information to bring to you on this breaking news, well certainly have it. All right. Well, well talk about consumer news. A pretty big recall to tell you about. Lets switch gears here. And its a defective rear ratch door that could cause you serious inner injury if you own a nissan rogue. Than 100,000 of these small suvs, because the door can fall on you without warning now, this impacts all 2014 through 2016 model years. Nissan says it hasnt been a problem in the United States but they want to make sure they clear it up soon. Fiat chrysler will outfit one of its 100 minivans with google centers and software. The d