District. Plus, the bizarre arrest of a joker in virginia. Plus the Cherry Blossoms are blooming and will the rain hold off long enough for to you check them out. Your news starts right now. Thanks for joining us tonight im shawn yancy. Im Sarah Simmons in for tony. Off the top tears and please for justice during emotional gathering at Largo High School. Family and friends remembered Iona Mcallister. The College Students was on spring break with her friend at a video shoot monday night. Someone opened fire killing her and oupd wounding one other. Tonight police are searching for the gunman. Tisha lewis was at a packed vigil tonight. Tisha, how was it i imagine very emotional. Well, shawn t. Was emotional and at times sad. Most importantly you could feel the sense of community and just the amount of love that was in this packed auditorium. Now i have to mention to you this parking lot completely empty. What a difference a makes. There were hundreds of people here. Friends, family, even
News at 10 starts right now. Good evening, everyone, thanks so much for being with us. Im matt matt ackland, lauren ha the night off. Lauren, crowds joined us in taking in the cherry months omz and in fact, the ovrm opening of which the early months only festival took place at the warner theater tonight. Looking good and d. C. s mayor addressed the courd and unlike festivals in recent memory the weather leading up to this years event caused a lot of stress. And the cold snap we had this month damaged some of the cherry months only around the title base up and despite that the blossoms are reaching peak bloom and look pretty good. We have very happy in the district that spring has officially arrived. And that our Cherry Blossoms opportunity to drive around a little before i arrived and i told the am bar doors. Some people dominant and we know we have tough, old trees. The festival began ten days ago and this was official opening a month long festival commerates japans gift of cherry tre
War. We got new details on why the plans collapse. Americans across party lines support gun safety laws like expanded background checks. As Congress Returns from break. Will they actually take action . Well begin in the bahamas. As rescue missions are still underway. One week after Hurricane Dorian ravaged the island, 44 people have been killed. That number is expected to rise dramatically. As many are still missing. More than 70,000 people are homeless. Most deaths are in the abaco island. The great island of abaco is now becoming a ghost town as thousands are trying to evacuate by planes or boats. It is really heartbroken. My home collapsed. A lot of people died and i thought i was going to be one of them. We lost everything. The lord is still here with us. I am going to leave the island, home and there is no place like home. My partner ali velshi, one of the towns worst hit by the storm. Ali, tell us what it is like. Reporter i have done a lot of destruction as and storms an career.
The Kyle Police Department has dedicated its victim services rooms to Samantha Dean, the woman who first started the program. Dean was murdered in 2015. Meredith Aldis has the details in this week's CrimeWatch.