Apartment. Somehow he made contact. The autopsy revealed he had apparently tortured her after he tied her up with a knife and killed her by plugging the knife in her spleen, her lung and spinal cord. He also slashed her throat. This murder and apparent random nature of it has a number of people in the northeast neighborhood, that east capitol hill neighborhood where it took place troubled tonight. Take a listen to one of the neighbors. Im not changing behavior based on that because i was already being careful. But it makes us all really sad to know that that has happened to a beautiful young lady. Stephen now the crucial break came when toure visited some friends at a temporary workplace on hamilton street where he used to do odd jobs. He at most recent days has been shelter according to investigators. He talked with people there at that work site. One of them recognized him from the Surveillance Video and con tacked police. He should be appearing in court any minute. Well be back next hour with more on what goes down in the courtroom. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Michelle horrible. Thanks. A new twist in a double murder at the wheaton mall. Abc7 was there january 10 as police swarmed the shopping center. Now we are learning prosecutors dropped all charges against the 18yearold accused killer. Only on abc7, Montgomery County reporter kevin lewis speaks with the now exonerated teen. Kevin . Kevin michelle, Angelo Jackson was bracing for a double murder trial at the Montgomery County circuit court. His saving grace . Grainy mall Surveillance Video, highpaid defense attorney and prosecutors with no interest in a wrongful conviction. Angelo jackson sat in jail for killing two men at the Westfield Wheaton mall. From the getgo, police claimed surveillance cameras caught jackson but now the prosecutors tossed out the entire case due to a look of the sufficient evidence. Have you been to the mall before . Never been before. No. No way. Never been there before. Kevin jackson says he was recording rap music at a friends georgetown studio 20 miles away on the day of the killings. The 18yearold relieved to be back home in misMontgomery County village neighborhood. Im home, its a blessing. I should never been in there. Why was i in there for three months . For what . Something i didnt do. Kevin so who is responsible for this midday double murder at the Wheaton Westfield mall . Major crimes detectives arent really sure right now and that is alarming to many people in the area. Me he is looking forward to graduating high school and exploring career in culinary arts. Live in rockville, kevin lewis, abc7 news. Alison all right, kevin. Thank you. New at 4 00 today, Montgomery CountyPolice Identify the officer who opened fire killing a man in montgomery village. Officer matt mcgowan. He was wearing a body camera and they describe a man tilly lunging at him. The officer was knocked down but reached for his gun and started shooting. He immediately called for backup and an ambulance. Tillly tilly died at the office. Jonathan abc7 on storm watch as we watch a line of strong severe storms slamming the south yesterday. Look at the debris and the damage behind. This is near nashville. The trees were cranked from the ground, crushing cars below. When you see the video its amazing to think nobody was hurt after all of that. Here well, you might have out there. Morning thunderstorms passing through but a quiet afternoon. A really nice afternoon. But we are tracking muchneeded rain in the forecast. Chief meteorologist doug hill with a look. We could use the rain. Doug we need it. We are still in a rainfall deficit since the beginning of the year. We have a few rumbles of thunder. Not in the metro area. Well southwest to stafford. Its more in Southern Maryland. That the story as we head to the afternoon and the early evening. Waiting for a cold front. This is the heavier area of rain and storms. Nothing severe expected. Temperatures stay mild tonight. There is a precipitation ahead of the front. So most everything that comes through tonight. The metro points north and west. Light showers here and there. The future cast shows the trend continuing tonight. Overnight the winds turn north to bring clearing skies and gusty winds. Tomorrow looks impressive here with the temperatures now about the 7 the rain may arrive here on friday. I will have that in a few minutes. Alison well see you then. Police say they thwarted what could have been another columbine. Abc7 has been following this story for 24 hours. An 18yearold girl with all of this, a shotgun, enough materials to make a bomb. This story is now grabbing national headlines. It has the community surrounding Catoctin High School reeling today. Brad bell is there and im sure this is all anyone is talking about today. Brad you go in the fast food joint and that is exactly what you hear people talk about, this incident that didnt happen fortunately at catoctin high. The allegation yesterday was chilling. This is just a prop, obviously. The allegation is this young woman gathered supplies like a pipe with fittings to go on to attack this school. Today what we are hearing in the community is really more compassion for her. At Catoctin High School today there is no sign of the danger the Frederick County sheriff says was averted. The school is quiet students move to and from class as normal. The Spokesman Says its not an illusion. In the meantime, incident like this happens, the students and the staff buckle down and try to return to formal. That is what you see here. The news was stunning. An 18yearold student named Nichole Cevario was planning to use a shotgun and homemade pipe bombs to attack her own school in the small town of thurmont. Thinking and planning out and carrying out an attack much like columbine or sandy hook. Brad today we are hearing more compassion than anger directed at cevario who hospitalized and undergoing psychiatric treatment and evaluation. I hope she gets the help she needs. Im just thankful for her parents that actually stepped up. Went and contacted the police or the school. Brad live in thurgood. You are looking up at the school. The door is the athletic end of the school. We have been watching teams coming and going. Lacrosse team loaded on a bus and went to a game. Baseball players coming and going. In other words a normal quiet afternoon at the school. Now when we come back at 5 00, you will hear from the young ladys own personal friends. Their thoughts about her as well. They are worried about her well being. Michelle thank you. If you would lake to see the original reporting on this log on to wjla catoctin. Developing in the district today, nothing firefighters could do at a point here where the back of a home falls apart. You can see in the home. In the 5400 of ninth street northwest. The home was already empty because people were ordered out after it was found to have structural issues. Today it simply could not stand on its own. A student was taken to hospital after a school bus he was on was rearended. This is 95 and powder mill road. The child was not seriously hurt and the other students on board got on the second bus, the one pulled up next to it. They completed the trip to the school. Michelle a final goodbye to the baltimore cardinal kiehler who served baltimore for 20 years from 19872007. He was elevated to the college of the cardinals in 1994 by Pope John Paul ii making him the third archbishop of strong interfaith bonds and worked on establishing a catholicjewish partnership. He was 86 years old. Jonathan coming up next here for user at 4 00, the Trump Administration new plan for the e. P. A. Michelle what is in a name . More than a letter says one country. Alison also ahead, a controversial t. S. A. Patdown. Why one mother is livid after this search. Jonathan and later for us, elan lusk new move. The company he is starting to try to merge your brain jonathan in miami two Police Officers recovering after being shot in an undercover operation. Both in plain clothes when they were ambushed. One hit in the arm, the other in the leg. Both are doing okay. This is video of them being rushed to the hospital. Not clear if the gunman knew they were Police Officers. The shooter is still on the loose. Michelle President Trump signed a controversial executive order this afternoon that will essentially undo a lot of Energy Policies instituted by the obama administration. Lindsey mastis is following this story from our live desk. What is the latest . Lindsey well, President Trump believes his executive order will help workers and boost the economy. He went to the e. P. A. Headquarters to sign it and it will limit moratorium that keeps Coal Companies signing up for new Clean Power Plan that faces restrictions on the Greenhouse Gases at cold fire power plants. President trump insists it will help people who work in the energy sector. President trump with todays executive action i am taking historic steps to lift restrictions on the american energy, to reverse government intrusion and to cancel job killing regulations. Lindsey opponents worry about the longterm impact to the environment. They vow to go to court to fight it. In next hour protesters are planning to gather in front of thehouse. At in front of the white house. Im lindsey mastis. Jonathan now to the border wall, the Trump Administration wants the first billion spent on 62 miles of it. In particular, 14 new miles in san diego and six along the rio grande. The money will also help fund 14 miles of replacement fencing in san diego. House in the budget supplement. Alison a mother in texas is furious at the t. S. A. Because of a controversial patdown. Take a look. This is it. Her son has a sensory disorder and asked for a different kind of screening. That didnt happen. She says they were held for close to an hour and she recorded the patdown. The t. S. A. Says the boys laptop is what set off alarms and that they simply followed procedure. Jonathan highlights from alec baldwin vanity fair interview says he is stunned by the support of his impersonations. He said Kate Mckinnon one of the three most talented stars he ever worked with and if an exit of new memoir he said working on 30 rock is the best job he will have or will have. He has had a lot of them. Alison it turns out to letter j is not a name. So says a swiss court. Daughters great grand parents and both of the names started with j. The court said the letter could be misunderstood as an abbreviation. Jonathan people names who start with j, great. Alison just j. Michelle easy to learn to spell that as a j. Jonathan some kids have 15 syllables and by the fourth grade they mastered their name. Alison make it jay. Still jay. Michelle now another controversial name. It was too offensive to go on a license plate. The name is grabher. It belongs to loren grabher. He started to use the plate after his father died but it was refused when it came up for renewal. When the place came out, i was excited. This is what i want for my father. My father put it on a motor home and he traveled across michelle but now the department of transportation in canada said some could see it as promoting violence against women. He has tried to get it overturned but that hasnt happened. Jonathan its his name. Michelle that is the danger when you allow people to personalize the names. There are 3100 other names not allowed. Hes not being singled out. Jonathan Trenice Bishop is looking at the license plates on the road and its easy to read them because they are not moving fast. Trenice they are not. I find people in virginias has the most personalized tags in the d. M. V. They love to let you know who they are. I am letting you know we the volume delays from the ride home and we have the emergency roadwork out of place but necessary at this hour. On the beltway, we have the volume delays in the favorite spot across the legion. Heavy on the inirand the outer loop. The outer loop delay emergency roadwork. The work crew planted themselves out. They are blocking three lanes, two and a half id say. Shoulder is blocked and crowding the left center lane closer to ritchie marlboro road. We will find volume delays from branch avenue to get there. Outbound 14th street bridge for a stalled car that blocks the right lane. Southbound, you will find delays to 395 across from westbound stretch of the southeast southwest freeway. 395 we had an earlier crash look, they just moved on. It was blocking the right lane to edsall road. Its still closed to the beltway due to earlier closures. Alison thank you. Look at this. This is the Tropical Cyclone debbie slams into northeastern australia. Nasa shared this as the eye was approaching take a listen as debbie roared ashore. Jonathan winds swells] there was extensive damage on Hamilton Island and what was once a category four storm started to weaken. Jonathan so scary when they roar ashore. You never know the damage that will be done. One home can be perfectly intact and the next one next door can be knocked down. Doug our season is coming up before long. Tonight we have showers and storms but nothing severe. The cold front is working out in your favor. Its probably friday before area sees beneficial rainfall. Its good thing. It may not be best for the timing of the friday activities but we need the rain. Friday is looking better. The weather story on tuesday with sunshine. Its 72 in leesburg. 71 in fredericksburg. 67 in the rain this morning, this afternoon total up. The most we have had at any of the weather bug station. 7 of an inch of rain. Culpeper picked up. 29. 60s and 70s across the region. On the dap lar radar we are tracking cells across interstate 81. You notice when the animation starts they are strong and then they weaken. The same with this batch. We dont expect anything heavy or severe. Farther south the same phenomena where we have the showers and the storms that start with the promise and they weaken. We go across Southern Maryland and the middle pennsylvania and northern neck. As far as the rest of the evening as far as the future cast we will have cluster of storms and showers that develop. That will be the end of the showers as it goes north. The forecast considerably. Mostly sunny. Breezy. 65 for a high. Thursday sunny early. The winds are coming off the east. 54 degrees. As we head through the day on friday, it will be chilly and rainy throughout the day. If you have any outdoor plans, probably by 9 00 or 10 00, the shower chances should end on saturday. Partly sunny, mid60s. Partly sunny. Partly sunny and 64. We could see a few showers on tuesday. Then wednesday, thursday, friday of next week, we will settle down to a nice stretch of the dry weather with the sunshine and temperatures very comfortably in the upper 60s. Jonathan thanks. Sounds good. Looks good, too. Next at abc7 news at 4 00 a big day in the tech world. Facebook taking on snapchat. Apple is rolling out new and elon musks latest crazy plan. Or is it . Thats coming up. Michelle ahead at 4 30, adding insult after a burglary in alexandria. Antimuslim message left behind. Never been on jonathan a big day in tech. New apple update and changes. Michelle plus possibly link your brain to a computer. Jonathan the man with that wild plan will not surprise you. Alison amy aubert is following the tech trends for us. Amy a busy week. Apple kicking off the ios 10. 3. Its here and it has a slew of new features like a find my air pod option. Siri upgrade and improve to car play. And the Megatech Company saying they want your cam ro to do the talking. Under the new app you can tap a camera in the top left corner. From there you will see a bunch of options like filters and animations. They are launching a new stories tool to keep your photos and videos live for 24 hours. And elon musk kicking off neurolink to deve implant to treat neurodisorders according to a wall street journal report citing unnamed sources. Musk is behind spacex and tesla. Interesting stuff. Jonathan when he says Something Like this, its not that far someone in the newsroom saying this guy was sent back from the future. He is here now to help with our brains. Michelle if it helps people, that would be fantastic. If that is the only way its used and advertisers dont eve their way in. Jonathan or students going to college would ace every test. They could get through in one year and save their parents money. Possibilities. Michelle coming up next for us at abc7 news at 4 00 a double standard on the hill. Women facing a different set of rules but the tables are turning. Its not just policy driving action ahead. Fairfax county Police Investigating has antimuslim words and action. Im jeff goldberg. Coming up the powerful story from victims who have been impacted. Alison new at 5 00 tonight, the nationals prepare for opening day, find out what wont be at the ballpark for the first pitch. Why are you checking just want to see if it changed. Credit scores dont change that much do they . Really . Ill take it sir, your credit. I better check my credit score. Check out credit karma today. Ing they also know you need to get your annual checkup. 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