memorial bridge. they have banned buses and other heavy vehicles from using it. suzanne kennedy has more on what is causing the safety concerns. suzanne: this bridge has never undergone a significant renovation. as you can see behind me there are signs that the bridge is suffering suffering from structural damage. it has outlived the life for years and another lane of the memorial bridge shut down last night. the first closed ten days ago. we put it in place and close the lane to make sure that the bridge is safe to prolong the life of the bridge. a ten-ton limit in effect indefinitely. no tour or metro bus can use the 83-year-old bridge linking arlington to washington, d.c. the result is more bus traffic on three surrounding spans. the memorial bridge is a vital route for commuters. triple-a warns the loss of lanes will have an impact. when you remove two traffic lanes what you are doing is snarling traffic, forcing people to seek alternatives. elongating the commute.
your side. leon: he was struck by a bullet on a d.c. highway during the morning rush. now he is out of the hospital, but whoever fired the gun is still on the loose. tom roussey has the developments in the investigation and a look at with the victim is saying about what happened. tom? tom: there were a number of people in that car when the gunshots occurred. the victim said he does not know who they are why he was targeted. the bullet still lodged in his neck, the victim survived thursday morning shooting is out of the hospital. the suspect still on the loose we are hiding his identity to protect him. i feel very upset because of the loss of my brother-in-law and the bullet i have in me and the family is very upset, too. the man with him in the car was pedro alvarado, who leaves behind three daughters and a son. his 12-year-old boy cannot talk to anybody because he does not have the words. the surviving victim said on 295, they noticed a car behaving strangely, at time
fire. a substitute teacher will be sentenced today for child sex abuse. jose peneda pleaded guilty to inappropriately touching four girls at three separate middle schools. the abuse dated back as far as 2004. it is 4:31. time to look at our weather and traffic on the 1s. we start with amelia siegel. more on this weather-like summer. on another hot and humid day, i m tracking a small but impressive cell. some heavy rain falling right now in this lone shower just to the east of clinton, maryland. this is going to rain itself out just in the next few hours. but if you are in parts of prince gornlgs candidate between buoy and clinton and off to the east sunderland up through annapolis, you could be dealing with rain during these early morning hours. future weather picking up this feature until about 9:00 a.m. otherwise, everybody else it s a dry start to the day. hazy sunshine throughout the day and some isolated afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms in the foreca
will be closed until further notice. for scheduling or case inquiries, call the courthouse tore further information. in alexandria a family opening up about a morning rush hour shooting that lefd their loved one dead. it happened on 295. pedro alvarado and his brother were on their way to work when someone opened fire on their suv. alvarado was killed. he didn t have any yeah. he was always happy? police want to speak to anybody who saw anything. today, a man will be sentenced for arson and shooting at sheriff deputies in prince georges county. david coally set fire to his house after he was told to sell the house in a divorce settlement. deputies were serving an eviction notice on coally when he fired several shots towards them inside the house. police say he then set fire to the house. another courtroom, jose peneda will be sentenced after pleading guilty to inappropriately touching middle school girls. there are. unhappy people in prij prince georges co
now. 30 miles per hour as you re approaching the bridge. elsewhere, 395 after seminary road volume building in this area but no lane closures and looking good as your traveling towards the fourth street bridge. southbound on i-270 at falls road no delays there. a traffic alert to tell but. right now, the right lanes in each direction on the arlington memorial bridge are closed. there are also new weight and pedestrian restrictions. megan is live on the d.c. side of the bridge with why these lane closures are happening timeline from september to july. once the work begins it will take six to nine months to complete but the bottom line here is we ve lost two lanes on the memorial bridge one in each direction. you can bet that s going to cause major problems. back to you in the studio. megan mcgrath live for us on the memorial bridge thank you. d.c. s delegates are call for more money to make sure the roads you drive are safe. they say the latest closures are the latest ev