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WJLA ABC7 News At 4 April 11, 2016

Neighborhood where a little girl was shot in the chest late friday night. It happened in 2900 knox place, a few blocks from Garfield Elementary school. Diane cho is there live as the walk is about to begin. Diane . Diane the mayor is going to hold a press conference first. As soon as that is over she will walk the streets out here in this community with d. C. Police trying to gather more information about what unfolded out here on friday night. Police say the 7yearold little girl was struck by a stray bullet as she was coming home from dinner with her parents. Police have been out knocking on doors ever since, canvassing the area to find out more about the gunman. They have been working around the clock since it happened to get to the bottom of the case. The assistant police chief says the little girl appears to be caught in a crossfire. The childs fathers actions that night likely saved his daughters life. T bleeding on the wound. If you can imagine i know we hate to imagine that any of us that have children to be in that situation, for him to act the way he did under that type of pressure is amazing. Its remarkable. Its very heroic. Diane initially we were told the little girl was in Critical Condition after she was taken to the hospital. Today police say she is in fair and stable condition. In southeast d. C. , diane cho, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. The clock is ticking for lawmakers in annapolis to reach any sort of consensus on noahs law. The difference in the house and the Senate Versions of the bill may prove too much to overcome. Maryland bureau chief brad bell is monitoring new developments in annapolis. Brad . Brad the news on this particular bill, noahs law, it looks like there will be a breakthrough,en an agreement reached in the last ha out. You see a lot of people here . They are lobbyists and people pushing for a variety of bills. Among the crowd here today, noah leottas family. His own father and mother lobbying delegates. You can see them standing at the entrance of the House Chamber today as delegates show up essentially for work to get down to business on the last day of the legislative session, trying to convince them that noahs law is something that needs to happen. The law would require everybody arrested for drunk driving get an ignition interlock put in their car. What has happened just in the last half hour is that a Conference Committee has convened for the first time looking at the two different versions, the senate and the house version. Proponents want the senate version. It is much tougher. It appears an agreement has been made but now they have to print up the wording and get together again and agree to it. A lot of pressure down here including from the head of mothers agai we dont want to be here until maryland on a hope and a prayer that this is going to happen. We need to know now this will happen and be a reality. Brad well, the reality should happen sometime in the next couple of hours. We will be here monitoring the situation and be back with a live report at 5 00. In annapolis, brad bell, abc7 news. Michelle thank you, brad. Maryland lawmakers still have bill on the table for tax relief and to reform the state correctional system and the Police Departments across the state. Coming up at 4 30, a look at a Domestic Violence bill also still on the table and in the balance. Well keep you posted on what is going on throughout the evening. Jonathan in virginia, Governor Terry mcauliffe stripped a provision that would bring back the electric chair from the bill. Instead the governor wants state lawmakers to give the Virginia Department of corrections the authority to compound its own drugs for lethal injections. Under the governors plan, the pharmacies providing the this stems from a shortage of lethal injection drugs. We are the laughingstock of the whole nation. Michelle opponents of North Carolinas house bill two held dueling protest about the bill. As Elizabeth Hur reports it comes as mississippi finds itself at the center of the debate over laws that appear to target lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people as well. We have the right to protect our families and our children. Reporter another week, another rally. It was plain common sense. No men in womens restrooms, right . Does everybody agree with me . Reporter this time supporters of North Carolinas new law drawing protests from opponents. My risk of being attacked, accosted, challenged and even killed in a restroom has increased. Reporter the new law spells out which public re use. The gender that is on their birth certificate. Bruce springsteen canceled his concert in greensboro saying some things are more important than a rock show. And Basketball Hall of Famer Charles barkley is also taking sides, telling cnn he thinks the nba should move next years allstar game. Im supposed to stand up for the people who cant stand up for themselves. So i think the nba should move the allstar game from charlotte. Reporter the backlash doesnt end there. Paypal dropped plans to expand in North Carolina, costing the state 400 jobs. Another company is also reconsidering a major expansion there. Last week mississippi enacted a similar religious freedom law. Despite opposition from big businesses threatening to pull wo singer bryan adams just canceled a concert in mississippi. The aclu is suing North Carolinaed experts say the court could go suing North Carolina and experts say the case could go all the way to the supreme court. Elizabeth hur, abc7 news. Jonathan leon harris is at the live desk to explain why several people have been arrested. Leon they are democracy spring and calling for campaign reform. A group of them pledged to take part after marching from the liberty bell in philadelphia a week or so ago. We have been watching the crowd. It looks like several hundred out there, not thousands. Dozens have been arrested. They are there to protest what they say is the influence of big money in politics. They are having what they say will be a peaceful sitin to front of the capitol. We are keeping an eye on the situation. If we see anything happening well get back to you and let you know. Jonathan this morning the showers gave way to a beautiful bright sunshine but dont put the raincoat away yet. Michelle not yet. Chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a check on the forecast. Doug its beautiful. 72 degrees. Tons of sunshine outside. We are in good shape. Southwesterly winds at 22. That is the primary reason we have such warm temperatures now. 74 in charlottesville and fredericksburg. 72 at Andrews Air Force base. 72 at leesburg. Delightful weather through the everything. That bodes well for the nats tonight at the park at 7 00. Here are the winds sustained out of the South Southwest at 18, 22 Miles Per Hour. It will keep the temperatures mild. Through the evening it looks fine but we will see increasing cloudiness tonight. And overnight some rain. Yep a cold front is on the way. What will happen is the rain in advance of the front will move in and be with us through the morning tomorrow will it fall . I will let you know that answer in a few minute. Back to you. Jonathan all right, doug. Thank you very much. Moments ago the Washington Capitals released the last clue in a Scavenger Hunt for tickets. Michelle they left clues in the letters of capitals. And a guy found the letter c. The team has been dropping off letters at different locations throughout the whole entire d. C. Area, maryland and virginia included. Here we are at the Wilson Building city hall. This is happening as we speak to you. This gentleman just ran up the steps like rocky balboa and has now collected two tickets to thursdays big, huge playoff game against the flyers. Let me talk to you. What is your name . Greg christian. You ran up behind me up the steps. How did you know . A little luck. A lot of luck. We tried to go to the first two. We live on capitol hill. We drove to ketler. You are winded. Its been a screw true Scavenger Hunt. This is your first caps game. Exactly. How exciting is this . Its cool its playoff hockey. I have been waiting for the playoffs. They hand you the tickets. Prediction . Caps in five and we win the cup. There are the tickets. Take a look. Getting the tickets there. A happy fan. Its playoff hockey in the nations michelle what a fun way to get everyone involved. Where were the other clues . Amy aubert picks up the hunt at 5 00. Jonathan the need for starbucks doesnt just extend for folks with two legs and two arms. Furry folks are involved. Michelle wi will explain that coming up. Bickers on the campaign trail. But not between the candidate candidates. A quick thinking young man. He sounds the alam to save 40 peoples lives. A Police Involved shooting leaves a 20yearold man with serious injuries but the gun discharged accidentally. Im jeff goldberg. Jonathan we have gotten the new information about a shooting. They shot a burglar last night on laurel on the indus Food International market. Jeff goldberg has more on the investigation. What happened . Jeff we are learning new details. First, it happened accidently and the officer involved tried to help victim and tried to console him after the gun discharged, act the 20yearold suspect. The burglary call came in last night at 11 20 at the indus Food International market in lauren. Police arrived and found a suspect. 15yearold male running from the scene. He ignored commands to stop. So an officer fired a taser at the teenager who was later treated and released from the hospital. A group of four others entered the rear entrance of the Grocery Store when an officer noticed move in the the dark. He became startled and he jumped back. In the process the officers gun accidentally discharged, striking a 20yearold suspect. The suspect was trying to hide lying down on a piece of sheet metal inside the store. The officer is a Swat Team Member and firearms instructor. He immediately rendered aid to the victim. Even consoling him process while an amblance was en route. Jeff the suspect was transported to the hospital and he is in stable condition after surgery happened overnight. The office every on paid administrative leave. This is the third robbery or the attempted robbery since november. They are looking into whether the three crimes are connected. Jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Michelle time for a check of the traffic situation. Jamie sullivan has ak loo at the roads. That doesnt look good. No. This is virginia on 66 westbound in centreville. You can see the left lane is blocked. The digital sign is pushing everyone to the righthand side. This is an accident. The emergency crews on scene. 66 westbound is heavy anyway. If you mix in an accident it will get heavier. 66, stopandgo toward the National Beltway to centreville. Past this point we immediately loosen up. Move to the map. Approaching malcolm x. , you are heavy but you do get a little bit of a break. 395 is heavy past the pentagon at 12 Miles Per Hour. No major crashes. 395. 95 in virginia looks good. Just the normal congestion. We have roadwork in place tomorrow. Two lanes will be blocked on the arlington memorial bridge. Extra few minutes in the midday. This is in place until friday. That is a look at traffic. Back to you. Jonathan goats apparently need caffeine fix, too. Who knew . Police say this guy here ran away from the Northern California home and roamed into a starbucks. The get hung out and sniffed the goods until the authorities got there. The police took goat in custody and transporte photos spread fast and reached the owner who took the goat back home last night. The funny part is the folks at starbucks held out a banana and he went straight past that to the cardboard box. Michelle he wants the good stuff. Inside you got all the fresh beans. Some have goats as a pet. But whatever pet you have, give them extra love today. This is national pet day. Share your photos with us. We would love to see your little pooch. Email us at pics wjla. Com. We will share only of them throughout the hour. Jonathan if there san animal i thought about this weekend, thinking of doug because he is not a fan of punxsutawney phil. Michelle what was his prediction . Jonathan early spring. Stops barking. Nonstop. Time lapse from church hymn high school. 70 degree. Southerly winds, it has done a big number on us. After the rain this morning. It turned out to be a beautiful day. Many part of the region are warmer than 70. Look at the number in the weather system. 73 in manassas. 74 in fredericksburg. Culpeper at 73. 73 in luray. 68 in hagerstown. 62 in annapolis. If you get west it will turn cooler and colder past columbus and indianapolis. Cold front lies between columbus and pittsburgh and our area. The front is coming in our direction. We will if you have Outdoor Activities you should be fine. But clouds will increase and then before sunshine some of the showers will come our way. It will be mild across the area. But there will be showers. The scattered showers will get out of here and move through. It will turn mostly sunny in the afternoon. Still in the 60s. It will be cooler behind the system on wednesday. 26 degrees on thursday. 62 on friday. 64 on saturday. For the National Cherry blossom festival parade. We are happy to be sponsors. Then sunday and monday in the 70s. Not enough to redeem the groundhog. Jonathan are we turning the corner . Doug that is the kiss of death if i say that. Jonathan thank you. Michelle coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 crunching the numbers. What you need to know about the changes in the tax code before filing this year. Jonathan first, looking for those responsible after a deadly fireworks explosion kills a hundred but jamie raskin is the only abdemocrat for congress who led the fight for tougher gun laws. Only raskin took on the nra to ban militarystyle assault weapons. Raskin im jamie raskin, and i approve this message. Jonathan breaking news we are just getting in, in the case of 7yearold shot in the direction. Diane cho is joining us live. What do you have for us . Diane well, d. C. Police Just Announced just a few minutes ago, jonathan, they have made an arrest in this case. Now the mayor had planned on holding a News Conference and a Community Walk here in southeast d. C. Where the shooting took place today. Earlier today. They are still doing that now. Police say the 7yearold girl was walking home from dinner with her parents when she was struck by a stray bullet. Police were out this weekend knocking on doors, canvassing the area, trying to find out more about the suspect. Suspects work around the clock according to thes saytant police chief to try to get to the bottom of the case. We are told that the little girl is in fair and stable condition. We have more details tonight at 5 00. Back to you. Michelle thank you for were questioning after a fire killed more than 100 people at a temple in southern india. More than 500 others were injured. There ill nited a stock pile of other fireworks to cause a huge fire that you saw. At least ten People Associated with the fire are on the run. Jonathan a fire ripped through a bed and breakfast rented out to a Wedding Party over the weekend but no one was hurt. Kellye lynn joins us to tell us how they got out safely. Kellye thanks to actions of a brave 10yearold. If you look at what is left, you know how devastating the fire could have turned out to be. A lot of smokes and we started to see the flames. The 10yearold saw flames 10 30 saturday night. I wasnt thinking about it. We ran out. I had my coat and 40 people were staying in the bed and the breakfast for a wedding. I yelled everyone out of the house. Started to scream and wake everybody up. I feel good. People was upstairs sleeping because it was late at night. It took between 50 to 75 firefighters an hour to put out the flames. All of my memories and my photography and the backup drive and the magazine of the models i represented was in here. He is a photographer, amazingly no one was hurt and only the items were lost. This is a successful outcome. Before it was a bed and breakfast it was a barn dating back to 1850. The owner does not have insurance but plans to rebuild. The kid thinking fast to save everyones live. He saved everybody. A great neighbor. Unbelievable. Thank you. Jonathan a missed deadline and the black eye that trumps children are Time Magazine called Chris Van Hollen a hero to environmentalists, education groups, and gun control advocates for his accomplishments as a young legislator. Now a respected leader in congress and key ally of president obama, d social security. Chris van hollen is the only candidate who fought the wall street banks and the nra. And won. Thats why hes endorsed by the post as the talented successor to senator mikulski who will deliver results. Im Chris Van Hollen, and i approve this message. Michelle another busy weekend for candidates in vote 2016. Scott thuman is here to break it all down. Topping the headlines, donald trump complaining about the system being rigged when it comes to the delegate count in colorado. Scott yeah. Specifically about colorado. He has been quiet. We hadnt heard a ton from him. Then over the weekend in what is not the traditionable frame of thought on traditional frame of thought on how colorado vote. They have a state convention where representatives of the party go. They vote on who the delegates are that will go to the national convention. They will cast their vote. Cruz won there a

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