most recently you might remember this one, the shooting death of a television new reporter, alison parker. the suspect then shot and killed himself after a police chase. in the past five years, 20 work here in the bay area, you might remember this man, danny thompson junior, he was changed with three counts of attempted murder. >>> breaking news right now a stand off in washington state ended with people being shot and then the suspect killed himself. officials negotiated with the suspect for three hours before entering the home and finding the bodies. >>> lake police spoke to victims of a shooting. >> the first thought in your mind is that you are going to die. >> reporter: this man thought driver at the red light but the next thing that he nose he was facing a gun. >> i would have shot me. >> reporter: the car jacker let the man go, it turns out he picked a bad car to steal, one equipped with gps. >> we found out that he was a one man crime spree. >> reporter: one of his victims was a detroit tigers pitcher. he came out to find the missing. he said he thought it maybe blew up in the win

we are also remembering the life of wdbj7's alison parker. the for alison foundation is setup in her honor in the performing and visual arts. you can find more information about that at for-alison- dot-org. some much-needed improvements are coming to the boys and girls club in danville. we'll tell you where the money for the projects is coming from. and, there's some good news for people who might be thinking about starting a new downtown bedford. regionwill looking out live through our mill mountain camera across the roanoke visibility chilly though watch up from the melting yesterday so that re-froze on the roadways overnight thirty two roanoke twenty eight lynchburg twenty eight danville as he head through the new river valley blacksburg reporting thirty two degrees bristol thirty 34 charlottesville 32 washington dc at thirty four finding relatively quiet conditions on the satellite radar maybe a few fairweather clouds here and there other than that we should see good amount sunshine today so far this season how much snow we've seen ronald

and a local high- school basketball team holds a special event to honor our co-workers, alison parker and adam ward. good morning, i'm joe dashiell this week, carilion clinic has some interesting events on tap. a basketball game and fundraiser in honor of morgan harrington. and a open forum on drone safety. we'll have wdbj7 mornin'. isread we waken up to patchy dense fault this morning rita see that let's of my about nine o'clock until been the morning commute could be a bit tricky if you spots with visibility down will quarter of a mile or less still some clouds and drizzle today the were tracking a strong cold front the will bring a line of rain make even a rumble of thunder tomorrow as a moves through over over the timi it could be a few more days before i- 77 south is completely re- opened in carroll county. an incident involving several vehicles damaged a bridge yesterday near exit 14, which is for hillsville. crews were able to open one lane there earlier this morning. the right lane will not open until workers can finish fixing the bridge. the detour has been removed. danville

after alison parker and adam ward died last summer, tommy holcomb wanted to do something to honor them. the song, forever on the air, is the dashiell has more on featured the talents including former miss virginia courtney garrett, roanoke singer jane powell and our own chris hurst. how could something like that even happen, and here and how could it hometown station. it tommy holcomb the morning of august 26th. the next day he began writing the song, forever on the air. tommy holcomb: it really affected me, and i just wanted to do something. and since i do music i wrote this song. the song includes a chorus of local singers, background vocals from jane powell and chris hurst. nashville musicians provided the courtney garrett sings the lead. miss virginia 2014, now a law student at liberty university, and says she was honored to play a role in the tribute to alison parker and adam ward. courtney garrett: those two people left an incredible legacy behind. the work that they did and the lives that they touched. and that track will hopefully be memorabilia, just a reminder that they are c

andy and barbara parker, parents of our fallen colleague alison parker, say they are disappointed by the deal. andy parker/gun control advocate: "governor, i understand the nature of politics and the need for compromise...but you should not be willing to be - to recognize conceal carry permits from states with weaker standards." governor terry mcauliffe/(d) virginia: "not everybody is always going to agree, but you know what my job as governor is to do what's in the best interests of virginia citizens, how do we make ourselves safer. this action makes us safer." twenty survivors of gun violence sent an open letter to governor mcaullife asking him to reconsider. a special election arranged for the next nelson county commonwealth's attorney. but one man is already announcing his candidacy. blue ridge life magazine reports daniel rutherford made the announcement today. he unsuccessfully challenged anthony martin in 20-11. martin submitted his resignation earlier this week because he has accepted a job in the private sector. controversy continues over hillary clinton's private emails tha

parker and adam ward last august. so he wrote a song. and six months later, he's releasing forever on the air, a recording he hopes will honor their memory. wdbj 7's jody seal -- joe did he seal is here with more on that. they started in the 1960s. his latest song, forever on the air, includes the talents of many people, including former miss virginia, courtney garrett, roanoke legend james powell, and our own chris list. >> tommy holcomb said he was numb after hearing the news on the morning of august 26. number one, how could something like that even happen? and how you could it happen here? and how could it happen on my hometown station? it was like unreal. >> the next day, he began writing the song, forever on the air. and it really affected me. i don't know, i just wanted to do something. the song includes local singers, background vocals from james howell. instrumental track. >> courtney glare he is sings the lead, now a law student. she says she was honored to be a part of this project that honors alison and ad