In arlington, richard reeve, abc7 news. Michelle police are investigating three deadly incidents in prince georges. Brad bell is live in palma park where police gave update a few hours ago. This is the police headquarters. This is where the homicide detectives work. Three deadly shootings over the weekend. Two are murders. As you said, police are releasing new information they hope can catch a killer. Good morning. He was just a guest on good morning washington singing, daptioning with our dancing with our julie wright. His stage name d. J. Swipey. Dougie brooks to his family. He was a happy a whole hearted person. Brad he was believed by many to be on his way. Signed with a manager. Opening for bigger acts. An 189yearold with a future. The investigation revealed that mr. Brooks was standing in the apartment lot of an apartment complex with the subjects, the males approached him and began shooting in his direction. They below the man with the distinctive backpack murdered clinton 7eleven clerk Taiwo Oduwole in a friday morning robbery. The same suspect robbing a nearby hotel. The robber took no money. We showed you that video. Its distinctive. The suspect had a back pack like this. Not separate. But integral to the jacket. Built in the jacket. Very unusual. You dont see many of them. We mentioned there were three fatal shootings over the weekend. The third involved a 22yearold in upper marlboro. Brad bell, abc7 news. Leon thank you. Find out when crime happens in your neighborhood. Spot crime map. Fire crews are looking for the hot spots. Building was safe to enter. Leon ralph lauren and speedo companies are no longer going to sponsor ryan lochte after a drunken incident in rio where lochte described an Armed Robbery happening to him. Alison a bunch of thieves broke in and loaded up on goods and didnt know what to do. They grabbed bikes and hauled away thousands of rides. The bicycle space for some reason they dumped the bikes. They are not smart and doing drugs they might forget. As in forgot what are we going to do now that we have bicycles out of the store. Which is stupid. They are considered the stupidest thieves. I dont make no sense. Take them around the corner and leave them. Today bicycle space has a temporary door and the manager is pondering what went down here early sunday morning. Maybe they ran out of time. Or they tried to bite off more than they could chew. Brad once they got the bikes out of the store they didnt know what to do next. Dumb thieves. Stephen they got the bicycles back at the bicycle space. Stephen tschida, abc7 michelle perfect day for a bike ride or anything you can think of outside. Leon use your imagination. He is using map and radar, but doug, are we done with the heatwave for the summer . 401 k i cant say that. Matter of fact we will by the summer . Doug i cant say that. But any long heat wave, i dont see a sign of that. We have had 10degree days before in september but right now i think we are in good shape. Looking live 81 in baltimore. 58 in the nation capital. The allimportant dew point temperatures tell us how dry the area is. Dew point in the 50s. Temperatures in the 80s. That is comfortable and a rare sights. Experience in the month of august. As far as the temperature goes in the morning be in the 50s. The midtoupper 50s in outlying areas. Day. We will have the timing and lay out the next seven days to see when the heat and the humidity returns. In the meantime, enjoy every minute of it. Leon it sounds like a plan. Thank you, doug. Developing now, the Obama Administration cannot cut off funding to the School Districts that do not follow the guideline on the treatment of transgender students. Federal judge in texas blocked the directive pending review by a higher court and possible appeals. 13 different states were challenging the directive which ordered the transgender students must be allowed to use the bathrooms of their choice. Michelle more than 48,000 kids went back to school in the district today. I was the grand opening for Ron Brown College Preparatory school. The first allboys high school in the city. The school will only have a freshman class this year. In addition to the district, kids went back to school in berkeley and Morgan County in west virginia. In maryland, anne arundel students one, six, and nine back today. Leon as you know, the kids in the Frederick County were excited to get back to school today. Amy aubert explains this year one group made their first day there extra special for some students in need. For students in Frederick County, tis the season for school buses, backpacks and books. You felt when you put the backpack on this morning you were ready. You know . Ready for school. Ready to go to the school year on a positive note. Amy a week before 2 Frederick County big day, they got to work. Facebook post about helping a couple of students in need grew quickly. Just did a domino effect. Everybody started to say she said well, lets get snacks for the kids as well. Can anybody donate . It just had a domino effect. We say it takes a village to raise your children and to look out for them. We kind of want to get the group says around 50 kids came out sunday. Getting new supplies. Clothes and shoes. Not far away a salon opening their doors to give the kids a new style for the big day. Even wanted to give, give, give. Everything was free. They gave from the heart. It made me feel good. News release from Frederick CountyPublic Schools calls the first day outstanding dont under estimate the power of a village. Community rallying around the kids. Making the first day one for the books. Amy aubert, abc7 news. Leon Prince Georges County held an orientation and transition day for six, seventh and ninth grade students today. But the school doesnt officially open for everybody until tomorrow. Alison be sure to share your backtoschool pictures with abc7. These are from viewers like you. Update them to burst. Com wjla. Leon coming up at her vision is bad and her hearing. Her growth. She has failure to thrive. Leon the length the father is willing to go to save his daughters life. Later, want to save money before the next big purchase . 7 on your side to help you be a smart shopper. Sports are up. Lock on the door at the Medical Center close to the Silver Spring explosion. Im cheryl conner. Coming up we will tell you what happened and how patients are affected. 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Michelle 7 on your side tonight as the iteam investigates reports of gas in the Silver SpringApartment Building two and a half weeks before this explosion that killed seven people. You said you smelled gas. Like is it natural gas or gasoline . Natural gas, i think. First it was just me and my sister just ran out and came back but they smelled the same thing. Michelle you heard part of a 911 call. Placed july 25 from the Flower Branch apartments. The deadly explosion was on august 11. Iteam investigator scott taylor digging into what happened when firefighters responded. Well have more at 6 00. Leon it turns out that the victims of that Silver Spring fire are seeing more damage near the homes now. The Medical Center that treated them following the explosion is now temporarily closed after a car went through the front windows there. Cheryl conner tells us about the impact on the patients. Cheryl its another hit for the victims of the Silver Spring apartment explosion. The mary center on flower avenue which treated them for injuries had a car come through the front windows on sundays. There was a vehicle in the waiting room. Cheryl no one was inside and no injuries were reported. Chris is the nurse manager at the location. Some of the vaccine we transfer is on the bottom tier. The vaccines have t they were relocated because the power was knocked out. People next door heard it. I heard a crunching sound. Cheryl a sign on the door points them to another location down the road. I have to take the bus now. Cheryl the center treating Underserved Community will have to cram more patients to another facility. These are some of the same people who suffered from breathing conditions and needed coup selling following the fire. It has been difficult. Its a challenge that we have had to adapt to again. It will take a week to make repairs. The lock will be removed from the front door. Patients will be allowed back at the flower avenue location. In Silver Spring, cheryl conner, abc7 news. Leon some people crave sweets. Some save coffee to make them feel better. For a man in india his weird craving sent him to surgery. Surgeons spent five mans stomach. The surgeon said the patient developed a taste for metal. He said he liked how the blades tasted. They believe he could be suffering from a medical disorder and referred him to a psychiatrist. Michelle that is scary. A father in california repairing for a surge preparing for a surgery of his own, one he hopes will save his daughters life. 9yearold billie has a ware disease that affects how her kidney function and it affects the other organs. Her father is willing to give up his kidney so she can live like a normal child. There are a lot of things, small things that it affects. To a 9yearold is big. She doesnt run, she dont get to play. Her body dont have the muscular tone a normal 9yearold does. Michelle the on problem with her father taking part in the surgery is he is the familys so the procedure will keep him from working up to six weeks. Leon well. Michelle tough decision. Leon no doubt family or friends will pitch in and help out. Michelle absolutely. Sure hope so. Doug go fund me page will help, i bet. That is a way to start. Leon by the way, youre welcome. I brought the weather back. Michelle from vancouver. Doug i appreciate that. Its delightful for a couple of days. We are on track to be the warmest august on record in washington. So even a break for a couple of days is a bonus in my book. I will get hot and humid by the end of the week but it will be delightful and its terrific now. Welcome back. Lets get started. Working on a monday for you. Give you time lapse from the weather bug camera at the Science Center in maryland. Crystal clear skies. Were you here yesterday an for the cold front . Leon i was. I was outside when it came through. Michelle oh, no all that rain. Doug ugly skies and a lot of rain. Not a lot of damage. But the ldi air mass. Cooler and drier. Its gorgeous across the area. The temperatures in the 70s. Far enough north and west like cumberland is 79. Everybody else is 80s. 85 is the warm spot. Lower 80s elsewhere. Its spectacular across the region. Here is a couple of facts about the 90degree numbers. 17 days in august we hit 90 or higher. The average is ten. 12 times we did it in the entire month of august last year. 45 degrees so far this year at 90 or above. 44 times by this time last year. So the fourth warmest summer so far on record. As i said before we may wind up with the warmest summer on record for washington d. C. Especially knowing that the cool air we have now will give what to the typical heat and humidity. 86 outside for outdoor purposes. After the sun goes down at 8 00 p. M. , 78 degrees. The reason for area of the High Pressure in the atmosphere, surface and overhead slides east. We have the northwesterly winds. But in the next couple of days, it will slide east. Winds from the northwest, to the southeast which will be warmer and more humid direction. The forecast overnight. Clear and comfortable. Light winds. 58 to 66 degrees. At the busson i havent said at the bus stop i havent said that in a while it will be in the 60s. Warm by recess and when dropping them off in the afternoon is 83. First day of school for most of kids in prince georgess county for the day tomorrow. A tropical update. If you have been away on vacation or not paying attention this one once Tropical Storm fiona. That is gone. This tropical blob may have Development Possibilities in the next few days heading to barbados and the antilles. Then we look farther east. New organized depression, tropical de west coast of africa. According to the Hurricane Center in the next seven days it will strengthen and move northwest. Hurricane wednesday will be hurricane gaston. Then the tracking only takes us to thursday or friday morning to the southeast of ber 40 da. Southeast of bermuda. That is all we know yet. Its off the coast of west africa. We will track it carefully. We are peak time getting to be for hurricane season. The next seven days. Gorgeous, low humidity. 83 degrees tomorrow in sunshine. We will warm it up more heading through the day on wednesday. 86. On thursday, warm and humid. Hot and humid 792 92 on friday. Slight chance of late day storm. Typical august weekend. Partly cloudy, hot and humid. Touch cooler monday and tuesday of next week. Michelle i love the low humidity in the next few days. Doug i cant wait to walk out of here in a little bit. Nothing personal. I just want to enjoy it. Thank you. Leon rude awakening for folks near boston this morning. Michelle we will explain that and get the latest on the wildfires through california. Plus maryland beat 200 nices during the rio olympics. We promise the satises line up. We will break them down still ahead. Leon we head off to the break now another backtoschool picture. Bobby of Harpers Ferry starting his junior year today. Upload your pictures at burst. Com wjla. Michelle breaking news where a Police Pursuit ended in a crash on the ramp from route 60 to i26 eastbound. Sky track 7 the live over the scene creating a traffic delay there. The Police Responded to a call on monument drive in fairfax where a suspicious vehicle. When they tried to pull over the driver he took off. After the crash the driver was taken into custody. We should point out a woman and child were inside the car. They were not hurt. Leon after two weeks the olympic flame is now out in rio. It was extinguished as part of the celebration of the closing ceremonies. At the end the u. S. Finished with the game with 121 medals. 46 gold. Including this one f schneider in freestyle wrestling. Michelle kyle is from maryland like so many of the other athletes. If you add up the medals, we are six in the medal count. 14th overall. Thats comparing them to other countries. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis live in bethesda. Kevin . Kevin this is certainly impressive. A lot of fun to watch. Maryland had olympic medalist in basketball, track, wrestling and a number of other sports. But dont forget swimming where Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky did a lot of damage in the pool. Good Council High School in olney has major bragging rights. Jack conger. His photo is in the private Catholic School hall of fame helped them win a gold medal in the freestyle relay. Around the corner in the weight room you will see the three state champish schneider. Kyle earned a gold in mens wrestling. The youngest man to do so. It was tense. Kevin Patrick Bates is good counsel Athletic Director. He knew what he had to do. Gain points one by one. He outlasted the person. He just broke them. Kevin bethesdas Katie Ledecky snagged five medals in rio. The pool at stone ridge of the sacred heart where she attended high school is somewhat of a shrine to her name. We are lucky to know her, be inspired by her and learn how to become a champion. Other maryland rio notables. Kevin durant, Carmelo Anthony and baltimores own Michael Phelps. All helping the free state strike gold. To recap here, maryland athletes snagged 18 in other words if maryland was its own country, it would have come in sixth place in the gold medal standings. And 14th place in the overall medal rankings. Not too shabby. We are live in bethesda this afternoon, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Leon that is pretty daggone good. Michelle we are proud of them. All right. Still ahead for us at 5 00 send someone now. Yeah. The one thing this mother did that helped Police Rescue her child. After a terrifying accident. Plus, why today proved to be a race against time for the folks looking to salvage what they could from the main street in Ellicott City. But first, another backtoschool picture for you. This is cullen. He lives in d. C. Today was his first day of kindergarten. Share your photos with us at burst. Com wjla. Michelle more than two hours ago when police peacefully ended a standoff situation in clifton. Skytrack7 was overhead when it started this morning. Jeff goldberg spent his day on the scene and joins us now. Jeff all day this place was packed with Law Enforcement perso