Breaking out throughout our region. What you need to know to protect yourself and your home. And do you remember this scene . . It started with a child assault, and ended with a police chase and crash the suspects due in court today. What we know about the case. Plus, another war of words between President Trump and the north korean president. The threats theyre now making. Good morning washington. Toss to eileen briefly above freezing this afternoon snow late tonight east of i95; highest accumulations over southern md from coastal storm windy from a powerful noreaster thursday friday another reinforcing shot of cold air late week highs in the teens 40s return early next week cold. Highs 3135 winds se 5 mph tonight cloudy and cold. Snow developing east of i95. Lows 1925 winds n 510 mph thursday Early Morning snow east of i95. Windy and cold. Highs 2530 winds nw 1020 g 30 mph breaking right now fire ripping townhouse in laurel. It started less than an hour ago in the 78hundred block of
As a matter of fact, police didnt know at first that he had been shot. This is the tree the car came to rest on. He was taken from the accident scene by accident to the hospital. Thats where they found out that he had been shot. We can show you a picture of mr. Parker. He is 5 he was 59 years old, we should say. He lived in this neighborhood for a long time. People here knew him. And liked him very well. What Police Believe happened is he was driving in his car. A family members tell me he was on his way to get a prescription for his elderly motherinlaw when for some reason, somehow, someone came up to the car. That person had a gun. Opened fire. And hit mr. Parker in the head. At first it was expected he would be fine. Then his condition deteriorated. He did die overnight. We had an opportunity to speak to some of his neighbors. They say theyare crushed. He was a great dude. A good neighbor. Generally on saturday mornings we would both come out and cut our grass, wash our cars, just t
It went up and all you heard was another crash. And heard an explosion. Kevin flores lived in the hyattsville home with his wife and four children. Andrew blocker says he would hang out with him and drink beer. What he enjoyed doing was working. Working. Coming home to take care of his family. Yet, Maryland Court records show that the Police Arrested flores in 2011 for seconddegree arson and disinstruction of property. Then destruction of property. Then he was cited for drunk driving, driving on the wrong side of the road. Flores son. He didnt seem like that kind of guy. The lingering question. Was flores under the influence sunday night . There is a huge accident here. A car is on fire. There are so many people hurt. Kevin just hard to listen to. Tonight three teddy bears sit behind a telephone pole where the crash happened. Flores toxicology result could take days to process. If not weeks. Live in hyattsville, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Maureen thank you, kevin. Our coverage of the d