Someone tried to steal those shoes, and there was a fight, there was gunfire, and 17yearold James Anthony smith ended up dead. Today i talked to his mom. She said she last saw her son alive yesterday afternoon. He said, ill be back, ma, i love you. Reporter thats the last you saw him there . Thats the last time i saw him. Reporter here at your job 4 00 yesterday afternoon . 4 00 yesterday afternoon. Reporter now hes gone. Hes gone. Reporter it has to be tearing you apart. It tares tears me apart him being shot, his life taken for tennis shoes. Reporter mike lives around her lives here. He was around last night. He heard the gunshots. It more than ten. Reporter he said there is a lot of lead in the air in this neighborhood. He says cars get shot. People get shot. Why, just last week, he says, he picked up all these shell casings right in front of his house. You could be sitting watching television. The next thing you know, its 100 gunshots, you know. You dont know whether to duck, get u
More. There is a little website that they have put together for that. We have it listed on our nbc washington app, guys. You can check there. Back to you. Adam tuss. Adam, thank you. In southeast d. C. , Kramer Middle School will open this morning on time. Crews worked all day yesterday to fix a pipe that burst in the basement. That caused flooding and a big mess. School officials are asking students and parents to use the front entrance today. Archbishop Carroll High School is closed because of plumbing issues because of the cold weather. Millions of americans are dealing with this blast of arctic air. Take a look at this scene in florida. Icicles on the orange trees there. Sheena mentioned they got know in northern florida. There are winter storm warnings in effect for much of the deep south all the way up to new england. Biting in the face, just cold. Its no way around it. I dont think you can prepare. There are at least 15 deaths that are being blamed on the deep freeze across the
Street and northwest shut down between f and h, and part of virginia avenue also blocked because of that Police Investigation. Another investigation, 18th street northeast shut down at rhode island avenue. And add braddock road, a disabled car off to the shoulder. Prince georges looking okay this morning. Good morning, as you step out the door youre going to notice a fresh change has moved in. There is the sunrise. Live view. Temperatures are in the 60s. By 8 00 low 70s. Then by noon time its going to be up in the low 80s, so say gradual climb in temperatures with low humidity. An absolutely gorgeous summer day under way. Well have plenty of sunshine. Temperatures right now are in the 60s throughout Northern Virginia and most of maryland. Right near the bay waters. And low to mid70s. More weather and traffic on the 1s as amelia joins us with the walk to work forecast. New this morning, investigators trying to figure out what caused a deck to collapse. In a wind rider way and apple broo
Either. In jessup, brad bell, abc7 news. Alison keep us posted. Thank you. Get breaking test alert from abc7 news. Sign up on the website wjla. Com text. Larry breaking news out of Prince Georges County where amtrak trains are delayed after a train hit someone on the track. It happened in lanham near annapolis road. That person is dead. Metro is honoring penn line tickets tonight. Jeff goldberg just getting on the scene. Go to him live for the latest. What can you tell us . We can tell you that the amtrak train is not going anywhere. Its stuck on the line. This is in the area that is north of the New Carrollton station. We can see across the line there, that looks to be heading north. We have some sense that travel is moving on this train is not going anywhere. We believe by all accounts this is the train that struck the individual. 2 30 this afternoon. A person struck by silver star. Stops in the d. C. Area. 136 passengers on board the amtrak train. We were able to see some of them th
90s about 93 degrees at Reagan National. Thats where we were yesterday and like you mentioned thats the hottest day weve seen thus far this year. So our heat wave continues we definitely have seen warmer temperatures than this in june. As were not going to apreach our record highs over the weekend. But today . We could break that record at least tie it. Least take a look how were starting off. Heres your gorgeous start on your michael son weather camera. So today is our best chance to tie or break that record. Our record at Reagan National is only 95. Thats doable as we go through the weekend, highs get a little bit higher and higher and the temperatures stay pretty same. 77 degrees its similar. 77 degrees and thats why we saw temperatures warmer into overnight hours. Couple of showers today thats a difference from yesterday. To help cool you off. And chances for rain begin to increase starting tomorrow for everybody. 80 by 9 00 in the morning. 88 by lunchtime and your high today . 93.