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WJLA ABC7 News At 4 December 22, 2016

He was currently out on bond awaiting sentencing in a drug case and had been rearrested in october for leading police on a car chase. Crashing that car and then tossing a handgun in the grass. Prince georges county Police Posted photos on twitter showing the handgun and rifle they found inside of thomas lexus this morning. As for his front seat passenger, he ran away in the shooting. The police later caught and arrested that man in his 30s. So far, he isnt facing any charges. But that could very well change. The vehicle does match a transcription for a vehicle believe to be involved a robbery and shootings in this vicinity. That is not for southern but its one of the investigative leads were actively working on for you. Kevin its worth noting that the two men were camped out in where someone murdered a 23yearold man just last month. There are a lot of moving pieces to this policeinvolved shooting. Investigators still putting them all together this afternoon. Live in Capitol Heights im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Alison kevin, thank you. Now developing out of baltimore. A 13yearold boy is in Critical Condition after being shot in the head. But police tell abc7 the teen is not just a victim here. Lindsey mastis is in the satellite center. Police just provided an update, right . Lindsey thats right. They want everyone to learn that replica guns can be dangerous. This is a picture of the replica gun that he allegedly used and when he and friends tried to carjack a guy in the middle of the day. The target happened to be a 73yearold man who used to be a Baltimore Police officer, is currently a private investigator and has a concealed weapon permit. Once the teen opened the door and waved the gun the driver took action. The teen was shot. The rest of the group ran away. Family of the 13yearold are devastated and they are confused. His aunts insist his family would never allow him to have a replica gun. No. He dont have possession of stuff like that. If he sees his friends or Something Like that, he is a teenager. He wants to hold it and play with it. But no, he doesnt have possession of stuff like that. His mom dont allow him to have possession of stuff like that. Lindsey Baltimore City council recently passed a bill banning replica guns. Police are simply hopeful that the 13yearold will survive. They want to address the ongoing issue of young people and carjacking. Back to you. Jonathan okay. Thanks. Happening now, an allout manhunt across europe. Authorities are searching for this man. 24yearold well have a picture in a second. 24yearold anis amri. He is from understand u that is him. He is wanted for capture. He is wanted for questioning. He may not be the truck driver that plowed through the people in the Christmas Market in berlin killing 12 and injuring others but isis has already come forward claiming responsibility for the attack. You remember the seen at Union Station in july in chaotic. People were evacuated following a bomb threat. The roads were closed off. They were searching a package they saw. Police arrested the man who called in the threat. They say he did it for his amusement and it was a hoax. The man is james cherry. He was in court for making a false threat. A lot of you first learn about the breaking stories via text. You can sign up for breaking alerts on wjla. Com text. Its easy to do. Go on the website. You can do that. If news breaks you will immediately know about it on your phone or tablet. Alison well, a magnitude 2. 2 earthquake, so a small one rattled part of Central Virginia today. This is just north of ashlan but the epicenter is not far from mineral. That is the same location of the large 5. 8 magnitude quake we had in 201. That one, of course, rattled the midatlantic. No reports of any damage today. 22 people did report the quake. Lets turn to the weather. It may be fine now but what about the travel forecast . Stormwatch7s chief meteorologist doug hill has a look at that. Richard reeve is at the airport for folks arriving for the holidays but well begin with doug and the weather. Doug man, we are off to a great start as we head to the Holiday Weekend. If only we could keep it like this. We wont. But right now its gorgeous. 55 degrees, plenty of sunshine. Its 60 in washington. There is a cold front going through as we speak. To the north we are dealing with the cloudiness. With the clouds comes a few snowshowers over portion of new tomorrow is fine traveling. Then we get to saturday and everything changes. Rain likely. We will highlight that and the rest of the Holiday Weekend forecast in ten minutes. John . Jonathan all right. Thank you very much. While we have nice weather here it is a nightmare situation for travel, especially when you figure what is going on out west. In los angeles, at lax. They have long lines out there. Because they have construction going on there. It is a nightmare. A different story here. If you go to reagan, you can get out easily. Despite the travel problems there were longawaited emotional reunions. Richard the travel mantra. Nobody likes to travel. Everybody loves the destination. These are folks unloading from the taxis getting ready to get on the plane. 138,000 d. C. Residents will be flying. Why do they do it . They come to the airport to find out. This tells the reason. This is 19yearold deanna hayes of woodbridge hugging her fiance terry perry. They havent seen each other since last january. We found her in the baggage area. Her eyes searching. Clutching a bouquet of roses. She didnt know the airport. She had never been here before. We led her upstairs for the arrivals and she spotted terry who is stationed in fort bliss in texas. Havent seen each other in nearly a year. This was an awesome reunion. We face time all the time. I still get to see him but not physically. I dont get to hug him. I dont get to kiss him and say hi all the time. Is this the best Christmas Present ever . Yes, it is. My heart is beating. Richard terry has two weeks of leave to stick around here. She told us she went to three different shops to find the perfect bouquet of roses. That is love. Coming up at 6 00, we will hear from two sisters about what the meaning of christmas is for them. Reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. Alison very sweet. All right. Thank you. With christmas around the corner, porch pirates have been nabbing packages across the area. In montgomery county, four of the criminals were just picked up. 7 on your side now fighting back against crime. Ryan hughes is in germantown where the victims are being reunited with the packages here. Hey, ryan. Ryan its looking like a department store. Dozens of packages now lining the take inside the conference room. Kitchen towels and even a chair that were stolen off the porch of the home. Today, the people who ordered those gifts online as you said, getting a chance to stop by here to pick it up. Montgomery county police say they have seen a big increase this year of porch pirates stealing gifts from home. They made a handful of arrests over the past few weeks but the majority of the items being stolen happened two days ago. 18 and 17yearold were charged after police say they were following a delivery truck. Officers were able to nab them. Recover 30 packages. They notified the people in the area and today they stopped by to pick up what they ordered. Take a listen. I think its fantastic. I had no idea it had disappeared. There were rumors that people had been coming around to steal gifts from the neighborhood. Ryan two teenagers were arrested last weak for stealing packages. We are told a dozen packages in that case. Police tell us this is an ongoing investigation. That they expect more arrests to come. We have more coming up at 5 00. For now, we live in georgetown, ryan hughes. Alison thank you. As abc7 fights back against crime. We want to alert you to a special web page at wjla. Com. Under the 7 on your side tab, you can click on porch pirate and right there we are posting pictures and videos of the grinches. Unfortunately, there are quite a few of them out there. Jonathan hopefully you can help find one. Coming up next at 4 00 for us, a fitting farewell for a jeopardy champion. Alison also next, 200 people in hagerstown lined the streets to see. And this. Hey, you cant vape on a bus, man. Alison an ecigarette explosion. Just how bad this guy was hurt after he put the ecigarette in his pocket. But you dont lovereakfast. That you cant get all your favorites. But now you can get more of what you love. So you can find Something Else to not love. Like hearing the sound of your own voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. Get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. Hey, you cant vape on the bus, man. Jonathan 7 on your side consumer alert. New concern this afternoon regarding dangerous ecigarettes. You see that . This was out in california. This guy suffered thirddegree burns after he put the and then he was told by the bus driver you cant smoke. He put it in his pocket and it exploded. Industry experts say the battery is likely to blame. Last night on abc7 many of you watched the end of an incredible jeopardy run by a young woman whose life ended too soon. America watched as Cindy Stowell who had stage four cancer won six straight nights. Suzanne kennedy with her final words about her time on the show. Suzanne it was always something she wanted to do. In her final days she saw it as a way to help others. This is hard. Im dying of cancer. I would like the money to be used to help others. Zeus her run on jeopardy ended with last nights episode, airing 16 days after the 41yearold died from colon cancer. Her boyfriend says the austin, texas, woman dug deep to be able to take the episode august. Its still amazing to me. She was not doing well the day before. She was understandably worn out and exhausted right afterwards. She did, she did great. Suzanne before her audition she emailed the jeopardy producers telling them she didnt have long to live. She passed the audition and was booked for the first available taping. She has had a crazy run of skill and a little luck mixed in. What is the peach state . Correct. What is the joy of cooking . Cooking, yes. Suzanne she answered her final question on last nights show correctly but still came in second place in her final appearance. Afterwards, host alex trebek paid tribute to the woman who showed unusual strength. Congratulations, young lady. Suzanne she came from behind several time to extend the run to six nights. In the end she earned more than 100,000. All of cancerrelated charities. In the newsroom, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. Alison strength is right. Jonathan amazing. Alison to have a clear mind to answer the questions while you are going through so much in your life. That is amazing. Jonathan all right. Alison 7 on your side now with the health alert. That one is guidance when it comes to newborns. Because doctors are now recommending not cutting the umbilical cord for at least 30 seconds to a minute after birth. This is a critical period, of course, in which the oxygenrich blood still flows to the baby which is just beginning to breathe on its own out of the womb. So this is double what happens now. The cord is usually cut 15 to 20 seconds after birth unless the newborn is premature. A big change there. Speaking of newborns this couple from virginia temporarily moved to phoenix. They are on their way back now but they are not coming margaret and mike are now the parents of five quintuplets. My goodness. The couple struggled for years to get pregnant, suffering two miscarriages. I didnt design a nursery before we left because i was worried id lose the baseball and lose the baby and have to go to a nursery and clean that up. That would be difficult for me. The day i went to the hospital, i told mike this is the first day im not afraid. Alison the family of seven is expected to head back next month. You can follow the babys progress on their blog. How in world they have time to blog with five babies is beyond me. But its called a bundle of bodinets, their last name there. Congratulations. Jonathan they wont see any sleep for a long, long time. Alison many years. Many years. Santa came to congratulate them, too. Abc7 on traffic watch. Jamie sullivan has a look at the the getaway day. Right . Jamie it is. Anyone who is trying to leave the d. C. Area heading north, may try to catch a flight at b. W. I. If you decide you want to take the baltimore washington parkway the slowest area just past route 32 for you. You drop down to 15 Miles Per Hour. 59 the not terrible. Between the beltway heading north to 31 minutes. 95 in a better option for you now trying to catch a flight at b. W. I. Not bad heading closer to reagan. Its moving well now heading inbound on the g. W. Parkway. Its outbound we see the heavier volume as we approach the capital beltway. We are in the single digits. Closer here to bradley boulevard. We are seeing volume. This is on the interloop. So before you get to bradley boulevard. Watch for the police activity. Traveling on 359 you can see some sun glare leaving the city. 10 Miles Per Hour. That is your southeast, southwest freeway we see slowing as well. You get a good idea here with the sun coming in of what to expect. Heading northbound, b. W. Parkway slower than 95. Jonathan im still going to quintuplets. The parents are getting older and they want to get in trouble. You you forget your names. Alison you had twins. Doug twins about killed us. Jonathan get it all done in one day. Doug well, those two. We have other ones, too. Alison john said how warm it felt. Doug 50s. Jonathan it was great. Doug i wish we could keep it like this all winter. For the next two weeks in general we will stay at or above average in temperatures. Lets take care of here and now. The cold front is working. 25 to 33 degrees overnight with mostly clear skies. Here are the in college park. 27 in gaithersburg. Expect the low to be 30 in leesburg. 29 in woodbridge. 33 in annapolis. 30 degrees in upper marlboro. The forecast as we head through the day tomorrow looks nice. We will see plenty of sunshine through the midday and the early afternoon. Clouds will increase tomorrow and the evening. Highs of 47. Clouds in advance of a cold front that will definitely have an effect on the weather here on saturday. Look for the travel conditions tomorrow. Around the country. We start to the great lakes. There is a disturbance to bring us light snow. It should not be enough to impact the air operations. Look at the temperatures above freezing. Very cold air, plenty of sunshine in the east. Warm temperatures to the south, through the 50s. New orleans is 71 and the sunshine. 54 in San Francisco with rain. Rain and the snowshowers. Seattle, takoma. But the temperatures are above freezing. As far as what will happen in the day tomorrow. Future cast shows through the afternoon the rain and snow will move through the lakes. If the modeling is right in the early afternoon it should be out of here. Better news for sunday, Christmas Day as the High Pressure builds in to give us plenty of sunshine and system temperature. The first is 47 tomorrow. Then on saturday, Christmas Eve and the first night of hanukkah is rain. We will taper off to 70 chance for midday. Ending. Sunday looks great. Sunshine and 49 for the first day of kwanzaa on monday. 56 in the sunshine. 60 on tuesday. New years eve and new years day is cool, crisp and bright sunshine. Conway is now a member of the trump administration. Her new role and who the president elect tapped as press secretary. I know i have to be strong. Not only for my family bu my nephew as well. Alison yeah. This weeks rising star is doing it all. Lifting spirits on the court and for her family. Her young nephew is in the fight of his life. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Alison a High School Student making a name for herself in the hard work in the classroom, as a cheerleader and for her help at home. Erin hawksworth introduces us now to this weeks team player erin mirna madanado a varsity cheerleader at the high school is the prime example of perseverance. I have been doing it since elementary school. Its something that i love to do. She won the m. V. P. At the dcsaa cheerleading competition last year, helping her team place first. What was that experience like for you . It was good. I didnt expect it. She is also a rock star in the classroom with a 4. 10 g. M. A. All while helping take care of her 8yearold nephew who has leukemia. You obviously love and care about him so much. It has to be hard. Yeah. I know i have to be strong. Not only for my family but a i had to be strong for them. She is an athlete that knows what being a substitute athlete is about. Erin how have you handled that . Doing well at school and everything you are going through with your family . I would say time management. And determination is really important to me. With time management i am able to do everything i have to do at home. Erin keep up the great work. You are this weeks team player. Alison wow jonathan you got to love that. Alison good for her. Jonathan great spirit. Alison strong young lady. Jonathan no question. Coming up next at 4 00, donald trump names new members to the next administration including a familiar name. Plus,ca he keep his can he keep his personal security detail or will the secret service completely take over . Mixed reaction from metro riders about the new smart trip card for the inauguration. Im amy aubert w why are you checking i want to see if it changed. Credit scores dont change that much do they . Really . Ill take it sir, your credit. Is great, right . When was the last time you checked . Yeah, i better check my credit score. Here, try credit karma. Its free. Alright, no more surprises. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Doug a cold front moving across the area. If you look up, you will see a big blue line with blue triangles on it. No, not really. Mild temperatures in the 50s. 56 here. 57 in annapolis. As we get through the evening a brief band of clouddiness. A quiet evening. The temperatures will drop quickly ahead of the system. The snow is running through new england. That will be offshore overnight. The outlook overnight is for the partly cloudy and the clear skies. Temperatures ranging from 25 to 33 degrees by tomorrow morning. The friday forecas

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