law enforcement is around as holiday weekend begins. and one fourth of july celebration overseas has already been canceled over fears of an isis inspired attack. abc s elizabeth hur is tracking the latest. good morning elizabeth. reporter: good morning to you. you know authorities say every day officers are told to be aware of their surroundings but this holiday weekend they ve actually been warned to be extra alert with large crowds out celebrating, sadly attracting possible attackers. from los angeles to philadelphia boston and atlanta, police this morning fully deployed in new york city, the state-of-the-art command center is activated with heavily armed units on street the water and the skies. on the washington mall preparations also under way for every emergency. and this massive response at the washington navy yard police say is proof they are ready for anything. reports of an active shooter yesterday turned out to be a false alarm but the scare comes as warnings ar
alert. law enforcement is around as the holiday weekend begins. and one fourth of july celebration overseas has already been canceled over fears of an isis inspired attack. abc s elizabeth hur is tracking the latest. good morning, elizabeth. reporter: ryan and reena, good morning to you. you know, authorities say every day officers are told to be aware of their surroundings but this holiday weekend they ve actually been warned to be extra alert with large crowds out celebrating, sadly attracting possible attackers. from los angeles to philadelphia, boston and atlanta, police this morning fully deployed in new york city, the state-of-the-art command center is activated with heavily armed units on streets, the water and the skies. on the washington mall, preparations also under way for every emergency. and this massive response at the washington navy yard, police say, is proof they are ready for anything. reports of an active shooter yesterday turned out to be a false alarm
concerns of later in the show. meredith: the marion county sheriff s office is investigating what appears early on, to be a tragic accident. a man learning to hang glide lost his life at marion county s airport. authorities were called to the airport in dunnellon. wesh 2 s dave mcdaniel has the latest on the investigation into the man s death. lt. ryan robbins: he was going through a practice run. he was using a power line or some type of winch system to help get him off the ground. dave: the sheriff s office says 40-year-old tomas banevicius had already done two practice runs on tuesday, when around 6:00, he was being towed in some fashion for his third flight. it went horribly wrong. lt. ryan robbins: once he was up in the air, we believe he was under 100 feet in the air, when the hang glider lost control. we understand it guided to the right, then impacted the ground. dave: the sheriff s office says the man was dead here at scene. he had started training with this gr
they are not looking for a shooter. they tell me they are talking to all of the parties involved at this point tonight. they are just trying to find out who started the altercation inside that tax office. chris hush, wesh 2 news. meredith: a teen is dead and another man is wounded in a shooting at an orlando apartment complex. police say 19-year-old jacob almond was shot and killed last night at the serrano apartments near conroy and kirkman roads. wesh 2 s michelle meredith spoke with people who live at the complex. michelle: investigators checked one apartment complex, then moved across the street to the next, trying to figure out how this double shooting played out the shooting that took the life , of jacob almond, only 19-years-old. it just seemed like boom boom , and then boom boom boom boom. it was like six shots . michelle: scot says from inside his apartment, he heard the shots. it was kinda scary. it was kind of scary. michelle: investigators say it started arou
we begin with a news alert now zika concerns grow as health officials say a person in texas aquired the zika virus through sexual contact. this is the first time health officials believe this has ever happend. the c-d-c says the man from dallas was infected after having sexual contact with returned from a country where the virus was present. here in florida health officials say there are six new travel-related cases of the zika virus. florida has reported a total of nine travel- associated cases. none of them morning recovering this morning after being shot orlando. this happened just after 10-30 last night at an apartment complex on cypress woods drive. that is just off conway near kirkman. this is video from the scene. at this point we do not know if the victims were shot inside or outside the apartment complex. orlando police say the two victims were taken to the hospital but no word on their conditions this morning. police say they are looking for several possibl