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WJLA ABC7 News At 5 July 11, 2016

Have seen of late. This may be completely separate from that. We will continue to watch it. We get you information as we get it. The big headline now is there are several civilians wounded. Leon keep us posted. That shooting in michigan comes as we learn more about the shooting rampage that killed five Dallas Police officers and wounded nine more. Dianne gallagher has more from the Dallas Police chief but the ganmans gunmans parents. Five officers were killed. Nine officers were wounded as a result of the gunfire. Reporter the gunfire coming from one man. Micah johnson. A Law Enforcement source says that johnson had several weapons, wore a bulletproof vest and wanted to kill more. He just basically was playing game, laughing at us. Singing. Asking how many did reporter the man responsible for killing police once wanted to be a Police Officer and voluntarily enlisted in the army. The idea that thought of our government of what he thought the military represented, didnt live up to his expectations. Reporter investigators want to know why johnson attack and they had to go through body camera footage from the night of the ambush. As people in dallas and around the world mourn, the parents of the killer are speechless. I love my son with all my heart. In dallas, dianne gallagher. Leon the government will decide first to trial criminal charges against the Police Officers in Alton Sterlings death. He is the black man shot to death by Police Outside a store in baton rouge. The District Attorney recused himself from the case and cited a professional relationship with the parents of alison this was the scene that you see behind me. Center city, philadelphia, this morning as the protesterred blocked several intersection protesters blocked several intersections during rush hour. Alison this is one of many all over the country in recent days. They arrested demonstrators and made sure the normal intersections were cleared for them. No arrests reported. In Northern Virginia protesters were count and calling for changes as well. The focus of this mornings event in fairfax was nastasha mckenna. She died last year after Police Used Stun Gun on her at the jail where she was being held. The cause of death is excited delirium. Its when theer at a and the body functions give out. Today there was a petition to demanding firing of authorize involved in the case. Four protesters were arrested. Leon in the aftermath of the shooting in dallas, Police Across the nation are recording a surge in support. In our area, a man thanked the Police Officers for what they do. Brad bell joins us to tell us how it started with a call from 911. Brad, tell us about that. Brad yeah, that is exactly right. A guy who lives in the community picked up his own and called police. Just a little while ago, Prince Georges County police chief Hank Stawinski left the neighborhood. We sent the 911 call to hear. He said he had to come here and thank the caller. Like a lot of people, curtis bean has been troubled by recent events. We all need to learn how to get along. Brad he decided to do something, to pick up the phone and make this call to the Prince Georges County 911 to the police. I wanted to call briefly to say thank you for what you do. In his call, released to abc7 news today, bean offers an invitation. If there are officers going this way, absolutely, have them stop by. I will give them a cold water, shake their hand, give them a quick prayer and send them on his way. Brad he says he means it. Its a hard time in this country for everybody. I appreciate what the Police Officers do. Brad he is not alone. Police across the region reporting kind gestures, restaurant tabs picked up. Arlington police tweeting about a thank you note. Cops say its appreciated. So much so, late this afternoon, p. G. P. D. Thank Hank Stawinski thanks curtis bean up on the offer, stopping by to chat. To say thanks on behalf of all the people he is reaching out to. He more than deserves that. Police officers, citizens, th discourse, dialogue and be peaceful with each other. Brad mr. Bean says that has an africanamerican man, he has suffered, he believes, from discrimination at the hands of police. He has been profile and pulled over, like so many that we hear about in the community. He sees both sides of the argument. But he believes there needs to be a dialogue. He really did just want to thank the police for what they do in his community. In beltsville, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon thank you, brad. Amidst the outpouring of support, serious conversations between parents of collar and their sons parents of color and their sons. Sam ford takes to us a local barbershop where everyone is talking about what to do if they are pulled over. That is at 5 30. Alison a judge has thrown out a charge against the fourth officer who is facing charges in freddie grays death. There is no assault charge. Brian reckless dangerment, manslaughter and misconduct. He initiated the chase for gray and was the highest ranking officer on the scene of grays arrest. Leon the update on a crash many call a nightmare that came to life. They identified a person two died after a car crashed in poe te mack river. Goodman died after being trapped in the car. The other person in the car and the person who swam to safety have not been identified. I took rescue crews two hours to find the sub submergedded car. Alison the victim is a 27yearold who worked for the Democratic National committee. Scott taylor joins us from bloomingdale neighborhood where this happened. Scott . Scott seth rich lives a couple of blocks up the road. He was walking here in his home, his neighborhood when police found him right there in the intersection on the ground. Police say he was the attack happened here early sunday morning in the Fifth District of the intersection of west street and flagler. 27yearold seth rich seen here in the Linkedin Profile picture. Murdered as he walked in a neighborhood he called home in northwest d. C. He worked at the headquarters at the d. N. C. The director of voter expansion since 2014. D. N. C. Chair Debbie Wasserman schultz tells me our hearts are broken. Seth was a dedicated, selfless public service. This is the first murder in this neighborhood this year. Stephen matthews whose family lived here for 60 years tells me, he cant remember the last time he heard gunshots. I heard two gunshots the other night. I knew it was gunshots. Was it like bam, bam . In quick succession. Scott police confirming two armed o the last two weeks weeks in thee neighborhood. One involved a gun and now maybe a third that quickly turned violent in what most think is a quiet and safe neighborhood. So somebody getting murdered here is strange. It is kind of throws you back. Makes you think a little bit. Make you watch over your shoulders. Especially early in the morning. I just ran into police going door to door. Handing out flyer and all the information, trying to solve this. Remember, they dont have a lot to go on. This happened at 4 00 in the morning. Not a lot of people out in the neighborhood at that time. If you know anything, call d. C. Police. Live in northwest d. C. , im scott taylor, for abc7 news. Alison all right, scott. Thank you. Still ahead here at 5 00 mustsee video. A man comes to the rescue of a stranger being beaten in a robbery. The this all unfolded. Leon plus, the popular new app that consuming a generation and prompting warnings. We tell you how quickly its spreading. Ja up next, met alison up next, metro repairs to shut down another section of track. What people heading to the airport will need to know about this one. Doug i hope you are enjoying the sunny and comfortably warm monday afternoon. More heat and humidity, yep, coming back. I have the timing in the forecast. Leon Metro Safetrack program is about to enter a new phase. Tomorrow is the start of surge four. There will be no trains running between the Reagan National airport and the Pentagon City stop. The riders on the blue and yellow lines can expect longer wait times. Surge four returns through next monday. To get metro updates sent to your phone, next metro to 43817. Or go to wjla. Com for everything safetrack related. Alison so, have you heard about the new app pokemon go . Well, i just heard about it. Leon an hour ago. Alison millennials know all about it. They are probably already addicted. The downloads from skyrocketed. Mike carterconneen joins us live from the newsroom and why it works and why its so popular. Mike according to the internet analysis company, since launching just last wednesday a download of pokemon go have been installed on more than 5 of all droid devices in the country, surpassing the dating app tinder online. More impressive the daily active user rate is about to surpass or match that of twitter. That is an incredible amount of use in a short amount of time. Today i download the app to find out why its so popular. Many millennials say pokemon go is taking them back to their childhood. After growing up in the 1990s. In less than a week, the game became the number one Free Download in the app store. Being an amateur, i got coached from pokemon expert. Im looking around for it. Mike the app creates a augmented reality interface using the camera and the g. P. S. Tracking. Like a scavenger hunt, the game developed by nintendo encourages players to explore the world around them and walk from location to location to capture various pokemon characters. They appear unexpectedly. With more than 100 species to catch, many users admit its easier to get hooked walking several miles and spending hours playing. That was awesome this is addicting. Mike when users open up the app on their phones, they get a warning from pokemon go. This morning it tells them to remember to be alert at all times because its very easy while playing, staring down at your device to wander into lanes of property and dangerous situations. Coming up at 6 00, a warning from police. Back to you. Alison wow okay. Very interesting. Thank you for the showandtell. For those of us who are not millennials. The abc7 instapoll up and running. We want to know if you have given the pokemon app a go. Weigh in on wjla. Com votenow. The results will be on the screen. By the way, the folks over at the smithsonian, they are apparently fans over there. All day they have been tweeting out artifas along with jokes about the app. One offers spare batteries for even wearing out their phones. Then look at that. The big gaming fad of the late 1980s. The gameboy. Leon what does it do to your data rate . Alison i wonder. Leon if you are doing it for hours at a time. Doug especially if mommy and daddy are paying for the phone. Alison do you know yet what it does to the data rate . Leon are they watching at home right now . Alison theyre probably watching the games. Doug yeah. Crazy. All the friends are into it. Alison funny. Weather wise, its beautiful to be outside. Doug this is my game. Its complicated, folks. Two buttons i have to push. The challenge is to push the right one. Alison you always do it so well. Doug no, i dont. Lets get started this. 85 in Reagan National. The key is the number. Dew point is 61. That means its comfortably warm. No oppressive level of humidity. But unfortunately that is going to change around here the next few days as the temperatures climb and the humidity levels climb. Heat index, and the feels like temperature will climb as well. Get an example of 5 00 temperatures around the area. 85 at Reagan National. The average high this time of day, this time of july is 89. So we are below that. That is all good. Midtoupper 80s around the area. Dew point in the 60s and even 50s around. That is as pleasant as it gets in the city and the region this time of the month of july. With a little change in the wind, which ha will start coming out of the southeast and the south. It will raise the temperatures and raise the humidity levels and get back in the more typical summer pattern for the city. As far as tonight goes, it will be 84 with sunshine at 7 00. We will stay clear tonight. Very mild. Temperatures in the city about 70. Most of the urban areas outside the beltway are somewhere through the mid60s for the overnight temperatures. Then tomorrow, we will start to see changes. Satellite and radar for the moment. Keep it Crystal Clear through the midatlantic. Cloudiness through the north. Band to the south where the hot and the humid air is farther south. This front will try to wedge its way up northward. But before that pushes through, we have enough of a southeasterly and southerly wind to change the weather. It becomes warmer and more humid. By tomorrow afternoon there could be a few isolated thundershowers in the morning as we track through the midday and the afternoon. A few showers and storms but the best chances will be southwest and west of the metro area. That changes the day on wednesday. When more showers and storms will start to develop on each side of the mountains. We start to see the moisture converge. Look at the air flow off the atlantic ocean. Showers and storms are becoming more likely on wednesday. We continue the chance in thursday as well. Look at the numbers. 88 tomorrow. 87 on wednesday. 94 degrees on thursday. So the mugginess will be back. The next seven days show the temperatures remaining in the 90s on friday. We just have a stray shower mentioned on friday. That is good news. 30 chance over the weekend. But hot near 90 degrees. Still in the upper 80s by monday. If you make plans for the upcoming weekend at the beaches, 90 on friday. 87 on saturday and sunday. There could be late day showers or storms but typical good beach weather this upcoming weekend. Alison a new word. Doug go to the at least i got the buttons right. Alison there is a conversation taking place at kitchen tables across the nation. What should you do in a traffic stop . We go to a local barbershop where a father and son say its a conversation that is now consuming their community. Leon first, though, a waiter jumps to the rescue literally when he sees a man attacked. The popular area of the area where it unfolded and the suspect is still on the loose. The greek flavors of our mediterranean collection. Ve your choice of delicious chicken or hearty steak. With crumbled feta and cool, creamy tzatziki sauce. Try our mediterranean collection today. Subway. Fresh is what we do. Alison well, take a look at the video caught on camera. A local waiter comes to the rescue of a tourist who is being muggedded on the street. It happened across the street of the dignitary bar northwest washington. Leon kevin lewis has more on what happened after the waiter jumped into action. Kevin . Kevin this mugging happened in between the new marriott marquee hotel. And the Methodist Church in d. C. S Mount Vernon square neighborhood. Not an area known for violent crime. But luckily for the victim, help was close by. We take care of the elderly. That is abominable. Kevin an older man strolling along lively massachusetts avenue was tackled to the ground and violently muggedded. He pulled a knife on an old man. Kevin across the street inside the marriott marquee ho phone and hit record when a male waiter sprinted across the street, ninja kicked the suspect and wrestled him for the knife. I want to thank him. Heroism im sure. Kevin floyd turner a retired Florida State trooper is in awe of the heroism that unfolded in the shadows of the united Methodist Church. He saw an elderly man in a dire need of assistance and rushed to that. Without any regard for his own safety. Kevin the suspect described as africanamerican middle age male with a cleancut goatee managed to escape with the mans wallet but lost the knife in the scuffle. Im sure the older gentleman would have walked away feeling worse if someone had not come to his aid. This way someone came to his aid and it at the fact that there is still good in the world. Kevin both the waiter and the patron that recorded the cell phone video were too nervous to talk on camera because the suspect is still on the loose. The d. C. Police did take the knife and are processing it for d. N. A. And other evidence. Were live in northwest, im kevin lewis. Abc7 news. Alison fantastic for that guy. Leon give him a high five from us. All right. Still ahead at 5 00 a dangerous problem at a 911 center. The common problem 911 operators face and the policy in place that left the man to die alone. Alison plus the race for the white house turns into a blame game for the dallas shooting. The two different sides being blamed. Donald trump makes a new declaration about himself. Leon first though is the conversation ive had along with millions of other parents. Now its happening at kitchen tables nationwide. What dads of color are telling the son after the latest deadly confrontation involving announcer youre watching abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Leon calls for peace amidst another round of arrests and protests around the nation. From knoxville to philadelphia, people are taking to the streets to protest deadly conversations between police and black men. Louisiana, minnesota, dallas have africanamerican parents talking to their children. Especially their sons about interactions with police. This is part of our continuing coverage. Sam after the events in baton rouge and minnesota are result of the Police Encounters and it has made many a black parent fear what could happen to their children. Particularly their sons, as you say, if the wrong thing is said during an encounter with the police. If we dont educate them, then they are going to get educated the wrong way. Sam for tyreke farmer, mcer of dees barber shot in suitland, the event of the last week meant its time to have a talk with his 14yearold son if stopped by the police. What did he say . He tells me to do what they tell me to do. And just dont act out. Sam lowell was a d. C. Cop for 27 talk with his son. He said the issue is basic respect. A lot of times people bring things

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