much resumed back to normal. we have video of the alleged suspect as he was being taken into custody with blood on his hands here outside of the metro stop. at this point, we have not confirmed whether authorities said that was the suspect involved they were waiting for one of the victims to be returned to the area to make a positive identification on him. metro spokesperson said this happened around 3:30 this afternoon, the suspect got on the train on the l enfant plaza stop headed to the new carrollton area. at some point, the suspect tried to rob someone on the train. another man tried to intervene to help. the suspect stabbed that man in the hand. again, we re told that he is expected to be ok. now, some of the trains, we re told were delayed earlier because authorities were busy trying to collect evidence on the trains. we re told that took about 20 to 30 minutes. we re told that everything should be resumed back to normal at this point. but there might be some residual
this was an extremely disturbing case for reporters. for the public and for the jury to witness first hand. you had a man, a 40-year-old man named joey poindexter who would prey on young men, liquor them up get him into his car and bring them back to his home in gaithersburg where they were extremely inebriated and assault and sodomize them. there were video taken of many of these assaults. the videos were taken in the courtroom. the jury had stunned looks on their faces. joey poindexter actually fired his defense team that had taken the case pro bono a prestigious defense team from d.c. so he ended up representing himself in this case. the judge called the decision ridiculously stupidic but he acknowledged that he couldn t stop poindexter from making that call. so in a very bizarre twist, you had the defendant here actually cross examining his victims. we spoke with two female jurors moments ago. they told us how they were so affected by this case and the video and pictures
very concerned tonight. just seems like the community needs to do something to help young people that are at that age to take responsibility for the people young people in the community, you know we all need to look out for the young people even if they re not our kids. yeah but some people are also saying maybe the parents of those children should have done a little bit more and looked out for those kids a little better as well. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. a montgomery man dubbed the beer pong rapist has been found guilty. the jury convicted joey poindexter of eight counts of sexual assault. attorneys say he would get teenaged boys drunk at beer pong tournaments and then sexually assault them. tonight at 5:00 you ll hear from one of the jurors and what poindexter revealed in a wiretap conversation. leon? alison police swarmed a frederick county high school after shots rang out outside and now two freshmen are recovering after being hit. maryland bureau chief brad
and the shooters are believed to have been known to them. attack may have been part of a simmering feud that had nothing to do with the j.v. ballgame. it s tough. like it was really scary. back outside live outside of that high school crime scene tape blows in the wind. we re told the school will be open tomorrow. the police are no longer combing these grounds for evidence but are still looking for these suspects. no arrests have been made. brad bell abc 7 news. thank you brad. three miles away from that crime scene, police were called to another frederick county school where a student is accused of assaulting a teacher. police were called around 1:00 this afternoon. officers arrested a 16-year-old when they arrived. the teacher was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and not yet clear what sparked that incident. the university of south carolina was on lockdown this afternoon after an apparent murder/suicide on campus. initially, students were warned of a possible
you had a basketball game going on. it was right near those doors to the gymnasium where the shooting took twice. a lot of folks are wondering what is going on in their town. i of never heard anything as far as gang activity being up i have never heard anything. the shooting was likely gang related. many wonder what has become of a town where this was once unheard of. we moved here from gaithersburg. started getting rough down there. it seems like the crime is now making its way into the schools. today, police cadets tried to search every inch near where the 14-year-old and 15-year-old victims were shot. the teenagers go to thomas johnson where security was beefed up today. 15 seconds on the fourth quarter. a player says thomas johnson was winning the basketball game wednesday when the chaos arrested. somebody was screaming. my coach told me to run. we ran. and all you heard was three gunshots, and i turned over and i saw someone lying on the floor. famil