an accidental suicide. a 19-year-old boy from the congo who was a student in wyoming came over, ate one cookie, and started hallucinating and ended up jumping over a balcony. the only thing he had in his system was marijuana from that one cookie. there s an old saying that lightning doesn t strike the same place twice, but one month after this edible-related death, news of a murder also linked to edibles struck the city. it started with a 911 call. her husband has been smoking marijuana. they do keep a handgun in the house. christine kirk described her husband as hallucinating and holding a gun on her in front of her three children. she was shot and killed while on the call. her husband, richard kirk, had reportedly just eaten a marijuana candy before she picked up the phone. if the anti-marijuana forces were looking for an opportunity to take down the edibles
the pot barons enemy is the black market, and they fear it. it s unregulated, untaxed, dangerous, and gives their products a bad name. to date, the fates have been kind to legal weed. but the sunny days the edibles industry has been enjoying are about to give way. storm clouds are rolling in over the rockies. the first thunder clap came from what the coroner s report called an accidental suicide. a 19-year-old boy from the congo who was a student in wyoming came over, ate one cookie, and started hallucinating and ended up jumping over a balcony. the only thing he had in his system was marijuana from that one cookie. there s an old saying that lightning doesn t strike the same place twice, but one month after this edible-related death, news of a murder also linked to edibles struck the city. it started with a 911 call. her husband has been smoking marijuana.
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now. reporter: an all-out war under way to put out more than a dozen fires, from california to oregon and washington. it only takes one spark. reporter: lightning sparked the fires chewing up thousands of acres in northern california. at least eight homes there destroyed. the entire town of bernie now threatened. so, soot that comes down won t get into the cracks. reporter: firefighters using a wrap that looks like tin foil to protect five historic cabins from heat and embers. just taking a look at what happened. just very fortunate. reporter: the rain could help in drought-stricken california as long as lightning doesn t spark any more wildfires. kirk hawkins, abc news, los angeles. reena, devin, back to you. kirk, thank you. a look at our wednesday forecast. new rain on the way from northern california across to the rockies could trigger more flash floods. heavy rain in the center of the country. scattered rain and thunderstorms from north carolina to maine. showers a
a hurricane or even strengthen it. so a lot to worry about. we ll certainly give you the latest. there s also potential for the storm to remain offshore, which would be the best case scenario but it looks like all of these computer models is showing potential landfall across north carolina, south carolina, virginia area on the fourth of july and wet one across the east coast unfortunately. we like to order up the offshore option if we can. absolutely. i ll do anything i can. i ll place phone calls to mother nature. we ll take all of it. j.d., thank you very much. stay close on that story certainly. who says lightning doesn t strike in the same place twice? check this out. huge bolts hitting the willis tower repeatedly as a fierce stormed pounded chicago last night with blinding rain, flooding streets and knocking out power to nearly 400,000 customers. as you can see putting on quite a show. incredible display lighting up the night sky. if you re not there, you can appreciate it.