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WJLA ABC 7 News At 500 June 22, 2024

Leon thank you. Leon tonight a break in the case after two security guards shot in oxand hill. Brad bell has been digging in the investigation for us. The new details are just coming out from police. What are you hearing . Brad terrible story. Security guards shot, one killed. What police tell us now they have found the car they believe was used by the gunman. A car like this one. A 2012 Dodge Charger. We can give you particulars on it. 2012 Dodge Charger, black, in color. It was found to be holding temporary paper tags. Found on 45th street in northeast washington. Not far from the aquatic garden. This crime happened early friday morning. Two security guards were working and in the personal cars, central garden apartment complex off of 214 in Capital Heights when the gunmen approached. Opened fire. One of the men was killed. 26yearold adrian kennar. He wanted to be a Police Officer. And one of the reasons why. We spoke to him in 2012 when his own brother was murdered. At the time he said that he just couldnt take any more of this violence. He grew and decided to be a Police Officer and was working at a security guard. Plans to take the exam to become a Police Officer soon. But again, at this point what the police tell us is they have found this car. They are asking anyone with information about a black 2012 Dodge Charger temporary paper bags. 45th near the kenneth worth aquatic garden. Give them a phone call. It would be the great break they need to make an arrest in this case. Prince George County Police Headquarters brad bell abc7 news. Kimberly important information, thank you brad. Right now a teenager is in custody charged with stabbing a 15yearold. This happened in a bus depot near the brooklyn station. He is expected to recover. This comes amid a rash of the Violent Crime or near stations. Kevin sutherland was stab and killed on a metro train in northeast. We will switch gears to take a live look outside. A gorgeous day. Lower humidity, plen the of sunshine. And chief meteorologist doug hill joining us. Doug it will stick around for a few more days. Sunshine through the weekend. But over the weekend the humidity lows will creep up. Start you out and sunshine for the rooftop. Looking at the few fair weather clouds. It will be clear everywhere tonight. The clouds will dissipate. The few out there. 81 in gaithersburg. 84 at annapolis. 86 at fredericksburg. 88 at reagan national. This time of the year we expect the dew point to be in the 60s or the 70s. This is warm outside despite temperatures in the midtoup the marines got the fellow marines to safety. Two weapons belonged to Service Members. One was fired at Mohammad Abdulazeez. The military is investigating whether the Service Members were authorized to have the weapons. In the wake of the shooting, governors across the country have asked for increased patrols around the military recruiting centers. Some reported Armed National guards men for military installation. They cannot arm themselves or protect themselves. So you know what . We will do it for them. Volunteers across the country some current and former veterans made their own decision to stand guard outside Recruitment Centers like this in pennsylvania. Jonathan we wont allow people to shoot people for no reason. Jonathan coming up in 30 minutes we will look into how the terror attack in tennessee affects the recruiting center at home in our area. Chris papst will cover that at 5 30. Kimberly we warned about this at the beginning of the summer. They released the cause of a collapse that happened in the community right here that sent five people to the hospital. They say rotted beams gave out and sent the whole thing crashing to the ground. We etails just now coming out. The quiet of this culdesac in columbia was shattered late tuesday night. This is what building inspectors discovered when they arrived on wynn rider way. Did you hear what happened . I said no, what happened . He said a deck collapsed. Im like what . Gary doyle says his two sons were on the deck with several friends. All were injured with a board beneath them suddenly gave way without any warning. Out there. Just chilling out. Just collapsed. Hours later, it didnt take long for inspectors to discover troubling signs. Obviously, attached to the house. Looking for the cause. In this particular case its pretty obvious that this is a water leakage that led to rot. County inspectors say it could be weeks if not months before they determine what caused the accident. But say this should seven as a warning to other homeowners with the decks to make sure they are inspected. You have to be maintained. If water gets in the places where its not supposed to be. Or things of that nature you will get that problem. Gary doyle says his eldest son suffered a fractured leg. The other son injured his knee. No one else was seriously injured. I thank god nobody was under it. It could have been tragic. In columbia, abc7 news. Kimberly covering the metro tonight. Redline services backed to normal after a train hit the low hanging wires around noon. As you can imagine the slowdown trains between the medinter and the grosvenor. No one was hurt. Jonathan the red line has had leon tonight the county issues will address the issues on the metro line. They have called for a meeting and the regional leaders throughout the state. They are expected to address the current challenges facing metro as well as the short and the longterm plans to fix them. The meeting is open to the public. From the ks to the kitchen. Kimberly you know the diamond at nats park. Still to come we are taking you to part of the stadium you may not have seen where the food is made. What we found out about the snacks you eat at the games. Leon, your hot dogs man. Leon well find out. How me managed to win a championship though he doesnt speak a word of french. Kimberly amazing. Firing back. The phonesmashing senator and the message behind the destruction. The latest concerns about the d leon a warehouse in new jersey burning out of control for hours today. Suzanne kennedy following this one for us. We understand the fire is out but the trouble isnt over there. What is going on . Suzanne that is right. The residents of a nearby Apartment Building were ordered to leave after heat from the blaze set the siding on fire. Others were moved over fears of potential toxins being released from the burning plastic. The cause of the blaze is still not known. The investigation was unable to get underway until the fire was completely out. When the flames broke out this morning they quickly overtook a Sprinkler System and spread from one end of the building to another. Authorities are still monitoring the air quality and are continuing to check for any health threats. 75 nearby residents remain in a shelter this evening. Live in the newsroom back to you. Kimberly all right thank you. The infamous gyrocopter pilot rejecting another plea deal. A few hours ago Douglas Hughes turned down a deal that would have included ten months behind bars. Last month he rejected a similar plea deal because it included significant jail time. Hughes says it doesnt seem fair to him to be locked up. He says landing his gyrocopter on the capitol land was a act of civil disobedience and no one was hurt. Leon well, here is something that got hurt. Republican senator Lindsey Graham showing how to hurt and even destroy your cell phone. Check this out. Leon we have to report that this is graphic video. And yes cell phones were injured in the process. Recording it. But what you are seeing here, if you have been following the news South Carolina senators phone has been ringing nonstop after donald trump give out his number in a campaign event. So graham used evening, cleavers blenders, golf club, fire, you name it to destroy cell phone. In an effort to get a spotlight from trump. It worked. Kimberly didnt trunk called him leon en idiot. Kimberly anyway. That is what he does. Cleaver. Doug today, its truly coming out. Leon yesterday. Cmon man. I wasnt going there. Give it to me. Doug cmon so yes when it gets like this. Everybody is in a good mood. A lot of people are. If you spend time outside its warm but not oppressive. Heat and the humidity. Let me give you a picture. Live shot from the camera at National Harbor now. Its beautiful there. People up in the wheel. Reagan national, 88 degrees. Humidity is down to 34 . That is like arizona type of humidity readings. Because of that it feels comfortable outside. So we will enjoy a wonderful evening, few clouds will dissipate. Temperatures over the midatlantic to the carolinas central appalachians. Ohio valley is perfect for this time of year. A good combination of seasonal or below average temperatures. And below average humidity levels for this time of the year. Its very pleasant. The High Pressure north is causing this beautiful weather. It will take its time. We have had a lot of High Pressure centers that come across for one day. They are done. They move offshore as the heat and the humid come back. This will take its time to keep it in a favorable position weather wise from friday. Over the weekend it looks like the humidity will start to return. We dont have rain in the forecast until sunday evening. Here is the way it looks with the satellite and radar. Because of the High Pressure keeping everything suppressed to the south. Got a cold front. What is happening in the summer, the cold fronts have not gone this far to the south. They get to the south side virginia and hang out for a few days. Then they come back north as a warm front. That is how we get day after day of rain. The pattern is shifting. So this high is big. Its like large and in charge. We will control the weather for the next several days. Then we get back into the more typical summer pattern. Because of the High Pressure it will keep not only the rain suppressed south but most of the cloud cover will be restricted to the area carolina south and southwestward. That is where most of the rain activity will be. It wont last forever. But it will be a nice stretch for a few days. Friday and then the humidity slowly back. 87 is the high tomorrow. Temperatures in the upper 80s. Feel that temperature slightly cooler because of the dry air. Northerly winds continuing. We head to the next several days, we will see numbers ramp up a bit. Slow up 89. 89 is the average high for this time of year. Not bad when the air is dry. We increase the humidity levels and that is when we will see the change here to more customary feel of the heat and the humidity we see here in the summer. 30 chance of the thunderstorms on saturday an. Sunday afternoon, rather 40 on monday. We will get back to the lore 90s. We will see what happens after this. Get a breath of fresh air for a few more days. That would be nice. Kimberly in july. Leon love every minute of it. Kimberly some of the worlds best french speaking scrabble players might have to step up their game. They were beaten by a guy who doesnt speak a lick of french. Nigel richards does not know french. He spent nine weeks memorizing words for the french speaking world tournament. So, he knows the words has no clue what they mean. Richard has won five north american scrabble championships. And three world scrabble championships. All of those though, were in english. Leon doug speaks french. Can you believe that . Doug if he has a great memory to remember all that stuff. Kimberly you took french in high school. Leon for nothing. All for nothing. Kimberly we dont want to talk about it. Sore point. 100 days and counting. Leon all right. Still to come the man who has eaten at chipotle for months and why hes not going to stop anytime soon. When you come to nats park on game day, your want more than peanuts. You want real food. What is happening in the kitchen here at the ballpark . Im joce sterman with the 7 on your side investigative team. Coming up we will tell you what we found in the inspection records. Kimberly but first, walking off. The hot button issue that sparked this strike on the hill today. Kimberly hundreds of contract worker protesting poverty wages on capitol hill. Many walked off the job on strike. Democratic president ial hopeful senator Bernie Sanders joined in the protest. There he is. He introduced a bill to increase the National Minimum wage to 15 an hour for those workers. Leon from hot dog to sushi, there is no shortage of food options going to nats park. Kimberly but 7 on your side wanted to know more about who is watching the vendors that serve up the ballpark food. The iteam went through years of inspection records. Leon that is right. Investigator joce sterman has a look at what happened. Not on the diamond but inside the kitchen. Joce there is a rhythm to baseball. Outside the park and in. A you like to think its safe but you dont think about it. Joce 7 on your side is thinking about it. They look to the checks from the health department. We want to announce inspections to make sure they maintain the cce. The records show its true in 2013 and 2014. But the iteam discovered inspectors didnt check nats park at the beginning of this season. Is it really that important . Of course. If you are servicing the public will food. You have to do it. Health inspectors did inspect nats park two weeks after asking why none visited the stadium so far in 2015 . Dr. Rick metta said it was scheduled in advance for months ago and the restaurants and the vendors inside should be hitting home run with food health and safety no matter when the inspections are done. Compliance around the clock saying they cant wait for the department of health to make sure they stay in compliance. Joce 7 on your side found no restaurant or vendors with the serious enough compliance issue to warrant closure in the last three seasons. But there have been critical violations here and there. Claude including employee spot handle food with the bare hands. Food that was thrown out in two stands. In the main kitchen the inspector observed no hand washing bepy any employee. They are going to hear the term critical violation. Should they be alarmed . When we have a critical violation we make sure to work with them to maintain compliance. If they dont maintain compliance to reach critical violations we will close them down. Joce that has not happened at nats park according to inspection records we have from the last three years. They take the food safety and the cleanliness seriously. They hired someone full time to oversee the food delivery. The fans believe they have faith in the nats and also in the inspectors who police the food you eat while watching them. Im not going to lose sleep over it. I dont hear about people falling over and getting sick from what they are eating. There are still long lines. I will take my chances. Joce 7 on your side talked to folks at nats park. They tell me in addition to the team hiring a fulltime sanitation manager the Food Service Partner pay also third party to go in the ballpark and do unannounced inspections just like the health department. And speaking of the health department, the reps tell me they will be back in the ballpark looking at the vendors and the restaurants again before the boys of sum rer done for the season. At nats park joce sterman, abc7 news. Kimberly coming up next on abc7 news at 5 00 get out of the car. I will light you up. Wow now days before she was found dead in her jail cell, womans arrest in texas caught on camera. How sandra bland supporters are reacting to newly released dash cam footage and why the family says this video cannot be trusted. Leon one town leaving nothing to chance. Why its not only been aing the Confederate Flag but the state flag as well. These four small american flags outside the Recruitment Center in winchester represent the four marines who died last week in the shooting in tennessee. Im chris papst. Coming up we will tell you what is happening now to stop more flags from being announcer youre watching abc7 news at 5 00. 7 on your side. All of us can be proud of what our marines did that day. Kimberly the u. S. Marine corps praising the heros who tried to save lives in theer terror attack in tense. Tennessee. We learned today that Mohammad Abdulazeez acted by himself. Leon the murders have the country talk about the vulnerability of the military Recruitment Center. They are gunfree zones but should they be . Abc7s chris papst reports. Chris outside the winchester virginia, military Recruitment Center five american flags lined the brick. Four on the marine side. One of the navy. All represent the lives lost last thursday when a gunman opened fire on a Recruitment Center in tennessee. That shooting has sparked a National Debate concerning security at Recruitment Centers where the guns are not allowed. Prompting some citizens to use their own. Including in winchester. The military having weapons and using them as necessary in accordance with our laws makes sense to me. They shouldnt armed. The job is to do what they are doing right now. Hire armed guards. Chris republican president ial candidate donald trump was the first to say military recruiters should carry guns. Governors in seven states have taken action to arm them. Virginia Governor Terry mcauliffes office says he does not favor arming military Recruitment Centers. He would rather see increased police patrols. In Maryland Governor larry hogan ordered a review of security at Recruitment Centers saying the majority of the Maryland National guard facilities are secure

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