just, where the hell did he get automatic weapons? anything? nothing. no religious affiliation, political affiliation, he just hung out. steven paddock was an accountant. family members say recently a professional gambler who had won large jack pots. a licensed hunter and pilot who rented, owned and sold multiple properties in four states over the last four decades. paddock s father was once on the fbi s most wanted list. the 1969 notice described benjamin hoskins, paddock, a bank robber and psychopathic and considered armed and dangerous. until last night s mass shooting, steven paddock s only run-in with law enforcement was the 2009 parking ticket. it was well planned out. former fbi profiler says paddock may have been planning at take for years. he had a view of the concert, and he probably had gone to other rooms and chose specifically this room. so there was surveillance, that likely occurred before this event. a search of paddock s home turned up 18 additi
the attacker was long gone. the victim managed to get home where a relative called 911. but the lapse in time provided the suspect around 45 minutes to get away. as of this afternoon he remains at large with worry that he could attack at random again. you have an individual waiting at the bus stop. somebody just comes up and grabs them. takes them into a wooded area and sexually assaults them. it s one of the worst things to probably have happen to you. i m surprised to hear that. you don t expect it in gaithersburg. we hear it other places but i m surprised that it could happen here in our neighborhood. kevin: now the victim says her attacker is a young black male with a skinny build. but more specifically he was wearing a dark colored checkered shirt or jacket. if you were in the area around 5:30 a.m. and you saw anyone matching description, call the police. we are live in kevin lewis, abc7 news. cking the tropics as tropical storm nate moves over open water. right now
picd for that as well. but saturday afternoon and evening, strengthens to a cat 1 hurricane. it then moves into the gulf states where there are tropical storm warnings and watches in effect as well as some hurricane watches and warnings in effect. it weakens to a tropical system and then takes aim for our area. the timing here on your monday, as early as the morning hours. so, nate s impacts here, much needed rain on monday, we could see an inch or less. we could see some wind. it could be a weather alert day. i ll have more on the timing for the rain, also rain potentially on sunday as well, pat. all right, amelia. now to a disturbing developing story in gaithersburg. a woman waiting for the bus on watkins mill road at travis lane is pulled into the woods and sexually assaulted. people who live nearby say they are scared. news 4 s chris gordon has been following the story since it happened this morning. he joins us live now. chris, what have you learned about this so afrai
take a look at thehe l cone of uncertainty. the storm, the center of the storm can really travel anywhere in between those two white lines. but notice that now it is staying out to sea. it is not clipping the yucatan peninsula areas like cancun. so, as it entered the warmer waters of the gulf, that will help to feed the storm and likely increase it to a category 1 hurricane later tomorrow, very early sunday. you can see as it makes land fall, likely somewhere around louisiana or mississippi, so parts of louis-dreyfus lieu, mississippi, the alabama and florida coast line really under the gun with this storm. the biggest concern will be storm surge flooding. take a look as it continues to move toward the north, northeast eventually. and then get this easterly component impacting our area on monday. here we are looking at rain, not seeing a lot of wind in the forecast, but it could be a weather alert day. more on the impacts from nate coming up. now to doug thank you, it has b
that he was 17 years old. detectives did tell us someone got out of a black four door sedan, then he approached a group of people and fired at the boys several times. the victim later died in the hospital. well, about 300 commuters are spending more time on the bay than they had planned after their ferry boat stalled. you re taking a look at some pictures of a tugboat that adjust arrived. it broke down just past 6:00 this evening. a passenger also shared these pictures after both of the boat s engines failed. let s turn your attention to the weather forecast. we re going to chill tonight before the next storm arrives. grab those blankets tonight, right? exactly, dion. its showing you clear skies. and under those clear skies right now temperatures are just allowing to plummet the next 12 hours. in the 40s and 50s. already chilly out there. down to 51 in conquered. half moon bay is cool right now, temperature of 45 degrees. in fact we have a frost advisory in effect f