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Gigi I asked it's Friday morning we've made it to the end of the work week school week a wrap and we're heading into a good looking Friday here temperatures back into the hopper fifty's in low to mid sixty's running on the warm side of average couple of stray showers possible out there just like yesterday but they'll be the exception rather than the rule as we head into Saturday it also looks mainly dry increasing chance for some rain by Sunday in the Weather Center I'm meteorologist Shannon O'Donnell. Commit to stay informed Como news from 247 news here are the top local stories of the hour from the Komo 24 hour news center police's shoreline are looking for the driver who caused a wild crash on a roar Ave last night they say a truck involved in the chase hit a car and caused it to flip over the truck that hit a 2nd car and a fire hydrant the driver of the truck ran from the scene the other drivers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries Aurora was closed in both directions for several hours they carried flowers to a growing memorial were just Wednesday unbelievable chaos changed the lives forever at a vigil in Lake City last night neighbors on a divot dims and survivors of the shooting rampage that took the lives of 2 beloved neighbors Richard Lee died his friends sure Reese gasoline is distraught All right God I can't believe your dad. After what do you know and what is family has done Police say the alleged gunman tad Michael Norman Randon to lease car head on moments before they say he shot Dr Robert Hassan in the head and stole his Prius a son was a retired Air Force Colonel beloved father and grandpa 9 year old Asher Billups attended the vigil and I just feel like this feeling is like it's like really sad and that's just sad and. A little frightening missing that this person one by one they arrived last night with flowers candles and hugs and we're learning more about . The suspect a source tells Como news the alleged gunman tad Michael Norman might have been drunk when he opened fire Come on Steve McCarron reports from downtown Seattle where Norman is in custody we're hearing that Norman was showing signs of being drunk when he was interviewed by police detectives are looking into whether or not the violence may have started after he fired a gun inside his apartment it's so random it could have been any Could it in any way Judy Fenton stopped to pray at this nearby bus stop after dropping off a pot of flowers to honor those killed are still recovering at the hospital she's left wondering why the gunman did what he did remember this but in what happens and remember really how fragile life is Norman does not have a criminal history there is no word on a possible motive to McCarran come under a plan to outlaw untraceable an undetectable weapons known as ghost guns came up for a vote yesterday in a state senate committee concerned citizen David surely told the members it could turn law abiding people into criminals if someone was to be a factor a gun for sports reasons and they're taking all these parts as you say that you can get and you provide nothing in your bill for that person to make that untraceable Pat Griffith with the League of Women Voters Washington says it could put guns in the hands of people who shouldn't have them that's possible in Washington for a Anyone including a person who fails a background check or even a technological adept adolescent to build a gun from parts ordered online all with no background checks no serial number no tracking a unanimous vote sent the bill with a do pass recommendation to the Senate Rules Committee a man is now in custody after he grabs an 11 year old boy in your Rosehill elementary school in Kirkland Thursday afternoon the boy told school staff he saw the man acting strangely and then the man grabbed him before turning and walking off police found the man you're the school and they arrested him for assault a mother who triggered an Amber Alert last week told police she was planning to inject bleach into herself and her child to rid themselves of parasites 41 year old Brooke Hellman. Dollars charged in Spokane with criminal mistreatment of her 10 year old daughter and she may have mental health issues the Spokesman Review says police found bleach in a motel room where the mother and daughter were staying the child was placed in child protective services custody following her mother's arrest a game store owner was dealt a tough hand yesterday when he discovered a thief had made off with a small fortune in trading cards the break in happened at a shop on Main Street in the heart of Bothell commercial Moreno had a look at the surprising way the crowd got inside each night when this place clears out the owner such so warm on all the doors all the see by pass a security system by scaling out of the roof and dropping down from above would provide our style I doubt they came in through out all it's not the widest entrance but somebody got through then ransack rules board game cafe or Kaffir sure is cut out our security system was cut out Maje remember says the thief was after high end card games like Magic the Gathering figures they lost about 100000 dollars in harder a place merchandise now other gaming stores are on the lookout that's come on still more in a reporting 247 news the news you want when you want it on Komo News I'm Maxime Prost Now an update on the Harley exteriors camo sports desk America's Broke out the lumber yesterday for their home opener the m slugging 5 home runs Mariners one of 12 the 4 over the Red Sox the ends of Boston play again tonight at 710 for Mariner Robinson Cano homered in his debut at bat for the Mets yesterday that had a late r.b.i. 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Swerve to look for the sidewise stopped. Shot one more time for that whenever. I want over the. Top or they merge and supre. Her one more shot. To realize I mean that that man had his car stolen by the gunman while Judd lay in her car because I heard the shot a side she lay perfectly still as I have people come in try to shoot me mean. I laid there and lay there and leave the. Cars were coming and I couldn't figure out why nobody was helping the scene with chaos the gunman had shot Judd killed the 2nd driver also shot a metro bus driver who survived before stealing a car crashing and killing that driver as well finally called out the car because. He came running over and said she shot him and they started the fireman and I'm very tired and then came to. Save a few despite being shot 3 times Judd is amazingly positive for women. For one the soldier and one political. That none of them did and you. Never see the. Hearts of. Fair and Balanced that 1st Judd says she didn't want to tell her story afraid the gunman would find out who she is but because she's a teacher she thought of how our students at Laurel Hurst were taking the news and she wants them to know she's Ok I just think about them when you're 7 years old and you have to process your teacher being shot it's not Ok the 33 year old gunman was arrested but Judd says she may never know why he did it inside it was something like that would happen in a school as we. All should. Try to know my current. Setup was she says she says before Wednesday she'd already decided that her son home to Seattle commute was too long I don't know if I'll ever go back up our out again and see Romero the gunman scheduled to appear in court on Friday in the central part of the United States the approach of springtime means the onset of peak tornadoes season A.B.C.'s Jim Ryan a Texas tells us about a very subtle change in the profile of tornado alley for children and adults in this part of the world it's the soundtrack for night. But Harold Brooks of The National Weather Service says it's a sound that's being heard less in one part of Tornado Alley and he seemed very very small decrease in western Oklahoma while more twisters are happening in far eastern Oklahoma in Tennessee Arkansas and Alabama meteorologist disagree on the reasons but their statistics show that not only has Tornado Alley shifted 28000 had the lowest tornado fatality count in us history yes there are still tornadoes every year but we tend to be moving toward fewer days with severe weather Patrick March of the National Weather Service says they tend to be a much higher in platoon where this is the verity. In other words more tornado swarms from the springtime to late summer. And while this might be the soundtrack to a nightmare for it could also be saving lives the u.s. Saw a record low $10.00 fatalities in 2018. A.b.c. News Dallas. Money at 20 and 50 past the hour on Komo News and here's your Como propel insurance money up there will start to finish the day modestly higher the Dow up around 92 points 225717 the s. And p. 500 was up 10 points to 2815 well the Nasdaq was up around 26 points to 7669 traders remaining a bit optimistic about some progress being made in u.s. China trade talks in the commodity markets oil futures were a bit lower today amid an unexpected jump in crude oil inventories and amid some more investor worry about energy demand due to a slowdown in the global economy that all weigh