Walked through the screening area that anyone who wants to go inside has to go through first and they say he stopped and pulled out what appeared to be a gun and point today at officers, and at least one officer fired the gun back and hit the suspect identified as larry dawson and taken into surgery. Last we heard, his condition is unknown. Police say they recovered the suspects car on Capitol Grounds but until recently, they were not publically identifying him but they said he is someone known to Capitol Police and he was a man who was disruptive at a hearing last fall, a house congressional hearing and they detained him at that time, and on a day like today, there were a lot of visitors at the capitol, and one visitor described all the chaos happening inside. Heard a noise going on in the balcony area and th of a sudden, the employees, including the cafeteria employees and the tour guide came up and said take shelter, take shelter. I did hear shots, and i didnt know what was going on. And they told us to call quietly usher us into the room, sort of underground. Reporter that couple told me they sheltered in place for 45 minutes. There were roads around the complex that had stayed closed until 5 30 but most of them are now open. Remember that we are in the peak of spring tourism, and it was packed. There was chaos just moments afteth take a listen. Where we going in where we going . Come on. Weve been asked to evacuate the room in the Capitol Building, and weve been told to come into the theater here. Not sure whats going on. Its pretty crazy out there. So here we are. Announcer shelter in place. Shelter in place. Shelter in place. Gunshots reported at the capitols visitor center. All staff, take emergency equipment. If you are not in our officers, take shelter in the nearest office. Again, that cell phone video capitol workers ushered everyone into the media presentation room and after the loud speaker announce, everyone was quiet. Eleanor Holmes Norton is praising Capitol Police calling it first class policing. She cautions congress who keep trying to overturn the gun safety laws. Early into the investigation, police focused on this silver pickup. It turns out it belonged to the suspected gunman and we are learning more about the suspect. Reporter bruce, Larry Russell dawson of antioch, tennessee is still in surgery even as the public and Law Enforcement is learning more about the man and troubles he had at the capitol before. And you mentioned his truck. Police are waiting on a search warrant and a tow truck to move it somewhere to properly. They had it surrounded for hours, and they believe dawson drove it from his nashville area home and he was here before as ellison alluded to. Last october, the 22nd of october, he stood up in the gallery and began shouting religious context, being a marriage from god and quoting bible verses. What the officers moved to detain him, he allegedly assaulted them. They urged him to stay away from the capitol while awaiting trial but when the court date came up in november, he didnt show up and in january, he sent the court a letter saying he had no intention of coming back and facing the charges. Coming up at 11 00, we will talk more about his church and beliefs and what might have prison him to return to capitol allegedly carrying a weapon. Garrett haake, wusa 9. And the white house was briefly in lockdown. This is a live look at the first familys home during the easter egg roll, one of the biggest events of the year. And this year, 35,000 people attended the tradition, and some of them were there during the lockdown. Cam thompson got reaction. Reporter for about 30 minute this is afternoon, between 3 00 and 3 30, the white house and the area surrounding it was sent into lockdown. A spokesman for the u. S. Secret service said it was done as a routine precautional measure because of the shooting at the u. S. Capitol. And it was already busy here because of the White House Easter Egg Roll and the people who were inside for the roll and when the lockdown happened say things were not chaotic. A guy in the back with a machine gun that, caught my attention. For the entire easter event. Were in the safest backyard in the world so i thought we were fine. Reporter about 5 minutes after the initial lockdown, secret service pushed people back from the white house fence line into Lafayette Park and that shut down lasted about 30 minutes before they allowed people back in. Cam thompson, wusa 9. The secret service dealt with a separate issue today. A woman who didnt have a ticket to the event was arrested allegedly moving a temporary barrier. This woman shared a picture of photographers leaving the Briefing Room to take pictures of the police presence. And ron haskell shared a photo of the heavy police and fire response in the shooting in the capitol and helicopters too. And we will continue to follow developments all night long and send outbreaking news alerts with any new details. Just ahead on wusa 9 at 7 00, the deadly chain of events that lead to the shut down of a busy northeast rail corridor. Winds are gusting 35 Miles Per Hour downtown and in frederick and gusted to 49 Miles Per Hour at national. Well come back and tell you who is under a wind advisory as a Small Business owner, heres one thing you can rely on your business will change as it grows. Whether its new space, more employees, or better equipment, things have a way of moving fast. But if your network cant keep up, it can really slow you down. 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The Prince Georges Police department sent out pictures of those along the route. The gunman involved in the shooting is now in custody. Colson was shot by accident in friendly fire last week. And a teen going to get his haircut was shot and killed. My daughter said that a guy walked past her and walked towards him and said, hey, whats up. And davo nte said nothing. Whats up with you some and he said im going to shoot you and he shot him just like that, no reason. Police are looking for the tapes from the platform hoping it will let them to davonte washingtons killer. If you know anything about the case, please give police a call. The fbi is investigating a computer virus at medstar, one of the washington regions Largest Health care providers. All clinical facilities remain open, and there is no evidence that patient information has been stolen. 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Georgias governor will not allow the socalled religious liberty law because it would discriminate against the Gay Community and let religious officials refuse to perform samesex marriages and faith based organizations to deny services or employment to people who violent their religious beliefs. They are trying to override the veto. Tourists visiting the capitol expect to see the sight r visitors on capitol hill. Stephanie ramirez caught up with a family from ohio. Reporter those coming out of the Capitol Building tell us that police tried to keep Families Together but some got separated. This woman from ohio tolds that you her husband went to get tour packages, but thats when the shots rang out. Run the other way. They were telling us to run. Reporter she waited 40 minutes and then finally this, reunion. I think i heard the Police Shooting at the guy. I saw the police running. Okay. And then i heard the echoes. It sounded like a handgun going off, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. And then the officer that came in and told us to cover was uncontrollably shaking. Very, very, very tense. My 9yearold was very concerned and on the floor crying. We wanted to make sure he understood he was okay. Finally calming down 20 minutes be building. Im a teacher. We go through lockdown drills. They are always drills. But this is the real thing. All i can say is i have a lot of respect for the security staff. They were very professional. Reporter there was panic inside and people outside thanking Law Enforcement, Capitol Police for keeping them safe and some of them trying to crack jokes to keep families and Young Children calm during the incidents. Stephanie ramirez, wusa 9. Even before the shooting, the national zoo had beefed up security. Its easter family day that typically draws big crowds, thousands, and today was no exception, an egg hunt and games for the kids. They had demonstrations with some of the zoos most popular animals. It was nice except for the wind. Yeah, yeah. The sun was out and people were off today. Yep. The rain cleared out in time for a wind gust of 49 at nationalville. And thats hefty. Thats yet advisory was extended to the south. The 3degree guarantee, pretty good. 66 would do it. Did we do it . Well talk about that tonight at 11 00. And you can download our app as well. A live look outside from the michael son weather camera. There they are. And they are very nice. The temperature, down to 60, and winds are gusting to 35 Miles Per Hour so its better than the 39 and 49mile per hour wind we had the last couple hours. In fact, in the last hour, 35 mile per hour wind gusts in frederick and this is an observation, not a forecast. Because of that, d. C. , prince georges county, d. C. Included. The advisory will go until midnight. 10 00 tonight forecast. 31 possible downtown and 34 in gaithersburg and 29 in hagerstown. Early morning, a little less, 20 to 25 maybe 30 Miles Per Hour and we get in the noon hour and down to 20, 25 Miles Per Hour and then the dark blue content will lift further north and 18mile per hour wind gusts at 5 00. Were making progress. And windy through tomorrow morning and a light jacket and good idea for tuesday and wednesday. And thats primarily because of the cool start, temperatures tomorrow, about 59 in frederick but around 60 in leesburg, sterling, gaithersburg, downtown and then tracking afternoon showers and thunderstorms on thursday and a potential yellow weather alert day. 10 00 tonight, temperature wise were still mild, low to mi 50s and by early morning, 41 gaithersburg and 43 in manassas and clear and breezy. By 1 00, back in the mid to upper 50s headed for about 60. So the day planner, 40s to start and 52 by 11 00 and 55 by one 00 p. M. The o ne 1 00 p. M. The next 3 days, afternoon showers on thursday and warmer, and well keep all of friday wet, 65. 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