Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 7pm 20240622 : compareme

Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 7pm 20240622

High capacity magazines, as we discussed before, and theyre finding their way into the major cities across the United States and right now this is, you know, another tragedy involving children that just shouldnt happen. It is not clear yet how all those three victims knew each other, but they are all expected to be okay. While that investigation started near st. Elizabeths Hospital Police were already on the scene 5 miles away on east capitol street near ft. Chaplain park where a man was shot and killed right in front of st. Luke catholic church, but police do not believe the shooting when anything to do with the church. Police say more than a dozen shots were fired. They are still on the lookout for whoever pulled that trigger. Only on 9 tonight one on one with a witness, the escape of a possible killer. A witness who saw himself staring down the barrel of a gun. Peter petrof is an uber driver who suddenly found himself blocking the way of a burgundy chrysler fleeing from a gunfight in d. C. s shaw neighborhood. A stray bullet from that gunbattle killed Au University grad student matthew shlonsky, an innocent bystander. When the suspect came by and pointed his handgun at petrovs head, he thought he was going to die, too. Reporter that guy is who pointed the gun at you . Yes. I dont even want to look at him. I guess somebody that points a gun at you, i dont want to look at him. Petrov escaped. The man fired repeated shots at another guy who yelled at him to slow down as he raced through the neighborhood. All the shots missed their mark, but that one stray round killed matthew shlonsky. Marylands u. S. Attorney says a former federal Police Officer was trying to make meth the very same day an explosion went off inside of a building at the National Institute of standards and technology. That officer, 41yearold christopher bartley, was taken to the hospital following the explosion in gaithersburg and now hes been charged with one count of attempt at manufacturing methamphetamine. Bartley faces up to 20 years. Were settling into a rainy pattern for the next couple of days and first alert meteorologist topper shutt tracking what is in store. So what is hitting people right now, top . We have a couple showers and thunderstorms in parts of the metro area, debra, not quite warranted enough for a yellow weather alert just yet, but we have showers that moved across i66 and tracking steadily west of loudoun county. Heavier activity moved out of Howard County into baltimore, see a little lightning there, so nothing severe certainly. We have this storm which is running just west of leesburg moving off to the north, northeast. Well kind of zoom into this storm headed towards brunswick. It will probably cross the river again and go back into maryland. In fact, it may head toward frederick as we go through the next little bit. By 7 53 on our Storm Tracker it could go through frederick. Nothing severe tonight, but this is kind of setting the stage for an unsettled pattern both tomorrow and also thursday and we issued a yellow weather alert for both days for that reason. At 10 00 tonight on futurecast showers left over, 70s. By midnight still showers toward fredericksburg, clouds and muggy. Well come back, talk about which commutes could be affected wednesday and thursday with the showers and storms and also introduce you to Tropical Storm danny. Thank you, top. D. C. Police released video in hopes someone knows this man. Surveillance cameras captured pretty clear images of him earlier this month from a Convenience Store on pennsylvania avenue southeast 1 block from the library of congress. At one point it appears a worker confronts him and the man pulls out a knife. Hes wanted for assault with a dangerous weapon. If you know who he is, call police. You could get a 1,000 reward. New tonight the Frederick County Council Voted to repeal an english only ordinance that was passed in 2012. The Council Voted 43 to take back the requirement all county business be conducted in english. Those who oppose the ordinance said it sent a message of intolerance to businesses with international employees. The vote did not happen without some heated debate. Watch tonight at 11 00 and youll see what both sides have to say and what happens now. Kids are weighing in with remembrances of the man known as the route 29 batman who was killed in a crash over the weekend. The children our scott broom spoke with today say they will never forget his is from hero kindness of. Reporter this bat his superhero kindness. Reporter this batman is no joke, especially to kids he visited like 12yearold ryan darby of bethesda, who was in a hospital in our region. I cried. I didnt know what to them because he was sufficient an amazing character for everybody. Reporter 20 such an amazing character for everybody. Reporter 12yearold ryan darby who was sick with leukemia from ages 6 to 10 said this batman was no joke. Even as the rest of the world laughed along with police after this video went viral. In real life he was Lenny Robinson, a selfmade millionaire who sold a successful business to become batman and stage Superhero Events at pediatric wards throughout the region. I remember one day he came up in a batmobile, which was really cool, because its just nonstop feeling bad and you feel like youre going to throw up, but that just makes you feel like youre a normal kid, but you have a disease. That is life changing, but batman come around and saves the day. Reporter ryan and his family have started their own nonprofit to help families with their financial struggles when children become ill and they credit Lenny Robinson as batman for showing them that regular people can have a super impact on the lives of others. In bethesda, scott broom, wusa9. And you saw all that in the face and the eyes of that young man. By the way, robinson was killed on sunday in that roadside crash after his replica batmobile broke down on i70 west of hagerstown, his funeral tomorrow outside baltimore. Some very encouraging news tonight from Maryland Governor larry hogan. He says 95 of his cancer is gone. He told our Editorial Partners at the post that a medical scan taken after his second round of chemo reveals that nearly all of that cancer is gone. Hogan says there are some remnants of the tumors but that theyre dead. The governor jokingly said that he aced his test and the doctors were shocked at the results. Hogan has been fighting stage three nonhodgkins lymphoma. A corn maze in maryland is paying tribute to Governor Hogan in his fight against cancer. This years design at lawyers farm in thurmont includes his face and the hoganstrong. The farm will donate proceed from this years maze to the american cancer society. The governor posted on facebook saying hes touched by the tribute. Breaking news on subways famous spokesman jared fogle. The charges hes expected to plead guilty to, well have the details next. Plus more royalty coming to d. C. , whats bringing prince i believe in america. We invented the lightbulb we built the first skyscraper and the assembly line. We were the first to fly and walk on the moon. And made the first cellphone; and dreamed up the internet. Then why cant we lead on energy . Clean energy when we , leadwe put america to work. That means jobs. Lots of them ok. So everyone is saying hey, youve gotta get fios. but why . Why fios . Well, fios is a 100 percent Fiber Optics Network to the home, so you can get 100 out of all your devices. And access to the Fastest Internet and in home wifi available from any provider. With big capacity too, so everyone in the house can be online all at once. Only fios has 500 meg download speeds, with equal upload speeds. So you can upload your favorite videos up to 5x faster than cable. And with the fios mobile app, you can view your entertainment at home, or on the go. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. Why fios . Ultimately, thats why. Right now, get 25 meg fios internet, tv phone starting at 79. 99 a month, guaranteed for two years. For a limited time get 400 back with a two year agreement. Call 888 get fios or go online. Get out of the past. Get fios. Breaking news right now, indianapolis media sources report that subway pitchman jared fogle is expected to plead guilty to child pornography charges. The report comes six weeks after authorities seized electronics and other items from fogles home in an affluent indianapolis suburb and in a tweet a short time ago subway said it no longer has a relationship with jared and will have no further comment. 200 active duty soldiers now training to fight nearly 100 wildfires is blazing out there in the western u. S. This is the first time in nearly a decade that theyve had to help out with the firefighting efforts. Theyll join crews on the front lines this coming sunday. Now the wildfires are burning out of control in seven states, but its a really dire situation in california, washington and oregon. There fires have forced thousands of folks out of their homes and a few dozen of them will come back to find their houses have been burnt to the ground. New videos today show a second explosion in bangkok and the suspect in the first bombing. Police believe the man wearing a yellow shirt is responsible for the first attack. You see him taking off his backpack in a popular outdoor shrine, then walking off without it. Cell phone video shows the moment that that suspected pipe bomb went off leaving 22 people dead. Today a second bomb went off in another popular tourist area. No one was hurt. Police arent sure if those two attacks are connected and what the motives behind them are. Another democrat said he will not support president obamas iran nuclear deal. Its new jersey democratic senator Robert Menendez explaining today why he will vote against it. My overarching concern is that requires no dismantling of Irans Nuclear infrastructure and only mothballs that infrastructure for 10 years. Menendez joins new Yorks Chuck Schumer who has already said hes against the plan. Republicans in control of the house and senate plan to pass a resolution disapproving the agreement, but in order to kill it theyll need the support of more democrats to override a president ial veto. Congress now has a month to vote on that deal. Coming to america britains prince harry. Hes planning to visit washington to promote the invictus games, a sporting event for Wounded Service men and women to be held in orlando, florida. The prince is expected to come to the states sometime in october. However, specifi not been announced yet. A Major Development for the socalled little pink pill, details on what the fda ruled late this evening. Well come back, track a few showers on first alert doppler, but first well talk about pollen and its been steady or consistent in the moderate range for weeds and mold spores. You can always find this on our website at www. Wusa9. Com and well also come back and talk about not one but two weather alert days. Reporter for the first time in history a Fairfax County Police Officer indicted sfx music throughout sfx crowd cheering sfx crowd booing sfx crowd chanting sfx crowd cheering music stops sc johnson, a family company. For the first time in Fairfax County history a former Police Officer is behind bars indicted for an on duty shooting. Adam torres charged with Second Degree murder in the shooting death of john geer, this happened now two years ago. Our peggy fox talked to geers family today. This is what weve been striving for from the very beginning. Reporter don geer saw Fairfax County Police Officer adam torres fire the shot that killed his son john two years ago. John stood in his doorway with his hands up. On tuesday torres was indicted for Second Degree murder. He made a very serious mistake, but hes not the only one that made the mistake. I think that the other people within the Police Department are somewhat responsible for this happening because he should have never been there. Reporter police had been called to his springfield home by johns long time girl friend who was moving out. He just made me throw everything out of the house of mine. Reporter but only torres had his gun pointed at geer. It was just revealed later torres had just had a heated argument with his wife. The criminal case stalled when the Police Department refused to turn over information until the judges order. Ive never been in a situation where i was denied access to evidence that i thought was pertinent to a criminal case of. Reporter john geers mother ann told me today that she hopes adam torres is convicted and goes to jail for the rest of his life. Geers father don has a different view. I think he needs to be penalized some, but hes got a family and, you know, sometimes i get a little concerned about their well being. Reporter don geer says he expects and would be okay if adam torres is offered a plea deal as long as he serves some time behind bars. In fairfax peggy fox, wusa9. Adam torres was fired from the police force three weeks ago. He will be arraigned on the murder charge tomorrow morning. We have breaking news on a socalled little pink pill. The fda has given the okay for the first Prescription Drug to boost womens libidos. Its a daily pill and there are a lot of safety restrictions. So it will probably never achieve the blockbuster sales of mens impotens drugs like vying impotense drugs like viagra. Take a look at this footage they captured yesterday off cape cod. The crew with the Atlantic White shark conservancy spotted the great white leaping out of the water trying to catch a meal. It appears the seal is a little too quick for him. As you can see, though, it happened pretty close to the beach the crews say theyve been tagging seven sharks off massachusetts coasts and thats just this summer. Okay, then. Well, in Detroit Police responding to a tiger on the loose, turned out it was a photo shoot at an abandoned building they didnt know about, but before the cops got there the crew tried to corral the wild animal themselves. They brought in a guy with a weed whacker. He fired it up hoping to scare the tiger down the stairwell where the handlers were waiting for him, but the tiger said that is not scary, dude. He pauled at the lawn tool and growled and you can see the guy thinking you know what . This is not that good of weapon. Trainers managed to get the tiger in his cage. Well assume nobody was hurt. A weed whacker really . Use what you got. You dont bring a weed whacker to a tiger fight. Well, is she or isnt she . Female panda has the national zoo, in fact, all of d. C. Anxiously awaiting to find out if she is pregnant. Her part of the panda habitat is closed to visitors so she can have some quiet time. A zookeeper is telling us mei xiangs behavior has changed and these are signs she could be expecting a cub by the end of the month or midseptember. Shes not eating enough. Shes barely moving. Shes building a nest in her den. Theres a lot of activity. We have lots of meetings and that sort of stuff, but she could be going through a pseudopregnancy. False alarms are common ambut if signs prove true, mei xiang will be a mom again after being artificially inseminated last april. She and tian tian are parents to the girl cub bao bao. Always watching always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather, d. C. s most accurate. You might want to keep that umbrella handy the next couple of days, my friends. Weve got a Tropical Storm youre looking at. We do, but its way out there. Its been such a slow season thought wed talk about Tropical Storm danny just barely off the west coast of africa. It is a Tropical Storm now, only the fourth named storm of the season, but that said the National Hurricane center is going to predict this will be a hurricane maybe as early as overnight wednesday. Well keep you posted. Its still a long way away. Even by friday night its still probably 500, 600 miles away from the lesser antilles, but that is, by the way, where hurricane andrew formed. Okay. What about our 3degree guarantee . We were kind of aggressive, but despite clouds and showers we went 90 today for a high and well let you know how we did tonight at 11 00. Lets start with a live look outside, our live, michael and son weather cam, 85 right now, relative humidity 55 , not the greatest of air masses, winds south, southwest at 11 gusting to 18. On our first alert doppler over the last hour a couple showers pushing through into loudoun county, will eventually get into Montgomery County and Frederick County, eventually move into baltimore. Everything is light, a little light activity toward bowie, Upper Marlboro and the stronger storm northwest of leesburg. This is moving off to the north, northeast now, pretty good rains in brunswick, lovettsville indicated in the orange and yellow, but nothing crazy heavy. Its moving over toward middletown in Frederick County, maryland, about 7 42 on our Storm Tracker and maybe myersville about 7 52 if it holds together. That said well still keep a chance for a shower or thunderstorm in overnight tonight and a yellow weather alert tomorrow and

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