Hello, and thank you for joining us. Im andrea rose. Im nick rose. The chaotic morning at the navy yard tops our news this noon. A the allclear has been given. Someone reported hearing shots fired this morning. We have Live Team Coverage of how it all unfolded. Well start with nikki burdine. Reporter i can tell you right now there is a huge sense of relief here at the navy yard. But when we first heard about this, we all feared the worst. First responders were prepared for the worst. Thats why their response here, it was quick and it was massive. But thankfully in the end, the allclear was given. I want to give you a quick rundown of what took place this morning. At 7 30, an official at the navy yard called 911, reporting the sound of gunshots. All buildings went on lockdown. Floors were evacuated one by one. Law enforcement went through every part of the building, searching for anything suspicious. In the end, no shooter was found, no weapons, no injuries. They say the employee heard a loud noise and that scared her. The allclear was given at about 10 00. Now, as far as the person who report hearing shots fired, the chief lanier says they will not release the name to protect privacy, but can confirm this is not a hoax and the woman did exactly what she was supposed to do. Its not clear if she was here during the 2013 mass shooting when a lone gunman opened fire in building 197, killing 12 people. But the scene is clearly reminiscent of that. Chief lanier said today this turned out to be a great exercise. It appears all the things that we tried to correct and make go better from the last incident went very, very well, a smooth, wellcoordinated response here, and very happy that this turns out to be a great exercise for us to see if we fixed what we wanted to fix and nobody is hurt and no evidence of any shots fired. Reporter i can tell you as far as what that employee heard or thought she may have heard, thats still not clear, but there is quite a bit of consuction around here. Police wont confirm if thats what she heard, but it is very loud around here. In fact, the time weve been standing out here, ive heard several loud booms and drops that easily could have been mistaken. Again, police say the allclear has been given out here. A sense of relief out the navy yard. Well keep you updated on anything else we hear. Live in the navy yard, nikki burdine. Back to you in the studio. Thank you. Nervous workers off m street who never made it into their offices or who were quickly hustled out were reminded of the mass shooting at the navy yard in 2013. Lot of talk about Lessons Learned from that tragedy, when a lone gunman, a government contractor, shot and killed 12 workers. Lets continue our Team Coverage of todays scare with mike hydeck. Mike . Reporter guys, what started as a normal workday at the navy yard quickly turned very, very frightening. Reports this morning of an active shooter situation on the campus brought back the fears from 2013 when 12 innocent people were shot. The shooter was also eventually killed as well, and that fear came flooding back. Armed police came in to evacuate building 197, asking people to get out quickly and safely. And for a long time afterwards, all they could do was stand on street corners, looking at their phones, waiting to try to get the allclear, as police cars blocked off dozens and dozens of streets in the area, all they could do is reflect on what they had been through. Run the gamut of im done to, you know, just disbelief that it could happen again. Got my backpack and had to travel all the way back and on my way back in, i heard a bunch of navy yard being shut down. Im waiting to get back in now. Reporter now, despite being inconvenienced, the people we talked to say they were very thankful for that massive response this morning. In essence, we witnessed a see something Say Something moment and it worked. Live, mike hydeck, wusa 9. Back to you. That response was prompt and profound, as we saw here. Our reporters were there two years ago and there today, watching the entire incident and the response. Julia . Reporter a very different scene on the intersection of 4th and m. As we reported earlier, this intersection once dominated by armed police, now clear and back to normal. You can see traffic has now resumed. Workers are out getting their lunch, families walking in the area. We talked to a lot of folks here in the navy yard who say theres a different kind of normal here ever since the 2013 shooting. Folks have been on edge, and we saw some of that, especially from the Police Presence when officers at one point during the three and a halfhour incident here at the navy yard, bolted over to 300 m street after hearing reports of suspicious activity there only to find that it was a Maintenance Worker who was on the roof. I talked to two women who work in 300 m street. Thats a dc government building. Heres what they had to say about the response by police and the aftermath. It was probably the fastest ive ever seen. Yeah. Were on the second floor in our building and we had probably 70 cop cars, it seemed, go by at one time. It was like, whats happening, you know . Yeah. Reporter now, we also spoke to father andrew royals. He is from st. Vincents church over on the corner of south capital and m street. He said he will continue to pray for the family and loved ones of the 2013 incident. Those who were afflicted by the memory just today, who really that is sensitive, bringing back memories. He is continuing to pray for them and is having a mass at his church for them. The woman we also talked to said she is relieved, but still on edge, still shaken up because this brought back so many bad memories for everyone. Back to you in the studio. The moment this story broke, wusa 9 brought you instant coverage on social media. People at the scene were also tweeting out what they were seeing minute by minute. Our web producer joanie v takes a look at some of what was shared on social media. The moment the story broke, we were online right away. People were tweeting photos from the scene as it was happening. Were going to take a look at some of them right now, minute byminute photos. Heres one right away from sandra. She said happening now, looks like its coming fromher Apartment Building or a building nearby. Heres another one from as hley dees on twitter. Now that the allclear has been given, people are tweeting their relief, applauding Law Enforcement officers, navy yard, the top trend in dc and the u. S. Simon says glad to see the situation has been resolved and everyone is safe. Tracy tweeted it has to be the scariest thing when you think you hear a gunshot in a place where tragedy happened not too long ago. And jill said, thank you, first responders, for your speedy response to a potential threat, real or not. Were going to be monitoring social media reaction all day long. You can keep up with that on wusa9. Com. Thank you, joanie. When news breaks, you know you can count on wusa 9. Download our free app or go to wusa9. Com. We have rain in the area. First alert meteorologist erica grow has the latest developments. It was coming down pretty hard around here a little while ago. Absolutely, especially just to the north and west of the beltway. This is a threehour loop of doppler 9000. You can see where the heaviest rainfall is. The problem this morning, were kind of stuck in the same place for a long time. Folks along 66 and along the northern portions of the beltway got hammered for about an hour straight. We also had a pretty strong thunderstorm in Southern Maryland that dropped more than an inch of rain. As we head into the afternoon, starting to clear things out, but then another little wave of energy moves through and we could see another line of showers develop. Here on 9 future cast, keeping things on the lighter side, the green, an indication of light to moderate rainfall. It will push through during the evening commute and then well start to see some clearing heading into the overnight hours. But more showers arrive on friday. So if you have plans to hit the beach, lot of folks have the holiday starting tomorrow. It will be a little bit unsettled, especially for the next day, day and a half. Then things will start to improve. 77 degrees tomorrow in ocean city. 80 degrees on saturday, with just an isolated thunderstorm possible by that point. And the greater threat looks to be further to the south, so the northern beaches and if youre headed toward lewis, for instance, that would look drier than ocean city. We will have that unsettled weather in the forecast through saturday. Ill time it out for you with 9 future cast, coming up in the first alert sevenday. Coming up on wusa 9news, the stage is set for the womens world cup final, but it was a heartbreaking finish for one of the challengers. You got to see it to believe it. Plus, we could learn more today about the woodley park mansion murders, when the chief suspect appears in court. The man charged in the murders of a wealthy family in northwest dc and their housekeeper is due in court in just a couple of hours. Police say darin wendt held a family captive for up to 18 hours in may before he was paid 40,000 in ransom. After this, wendt stabbed and beat the victims before setting their house on fire. Wendt will be appearing with his new attorney, who specializes in immigration law. This will be his first murder case. Investigators believe wendt had accomplices, but so far he is the only one charged in the case. Cbs news reports that the body of convicted killer richard matt has been claimed by his estranged son. He said he never knew his father because he was incarcerated since he was very young. Matt and sweat escaped from incarceration on june 6. Matt was shot and killed 20 days later. Harris said he thought his father will be transported to buffalo today for a private funeral. As many as 5000 people were orderedded to evacuate their homes in tennessee when a Freight Train derailed while carrying a toxic substance. Emergency Officials Say it may be another 24 to 48 hours before they let neighbors back into their homes in maryville, tennessee, just outside knoxville. 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This marks the seventh attack along the North Carolina coast in the last three weeks. It was one of the more lasting images of baltimores riots following freddie grays death. This morning, one man wanted for setting a fire is in jail. Atf agents arrested 24yearold raymond carter. He was wanted for arson committed during the unrest that followed the Police Custody death of gray back in april. Carter was chased down in the federal hill area of south baltimore. The atf believes he acted alone. Coming up on wusa 9, the piano man sets a new record in a new york state of mind. Billy joel is now in a category all of his own. Details, ahead. Plus, our newest newsroom colleague gets the story faster than the rest of us because hes got four legs. Tonight at 5 00, the story of this puppy and how hell i love the new place. Thank you. We used a designer from havertys to help blend all of my stuff with daves one good chair. I love it. That reminds me of when we blended our furniture. Yeah. 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Also, welcome to another edition of only in monroe. Im Stephen Colbert, filling in for your usual host, Michelle Bowman and kalon rascal wilson. Im not sure how many people that is, but none of them could be here tonight. That is Stephen Colbert at his finest, taking over a local cable Access Channel in monroe, michigan. The new late show host eventually welcomed rapper eminem to the show. Ill name bob seager songs and you name whether you can sing them. Against the wind. I gave that one away because its in the title. How about like a rock. There is actually no melody. He just screams like a rock for 3 minutes and then they roll trucks by. Wow. Not only got eminem to do an interview, got him to sing. Thats historic. The late show with Stephen Colbert. Well see what else he has up his sleeves. It debuts september 8 on cbs. Plenty of rain in the forecast today. Lets check in with erica grow. We already had almost an inch of rain in the immediate metro area. That stream of showers moved across for the morning commute and even heavier rain in Southern Maryland. As we head into the afternoon, peeks of sunshine are actually a bad thing because we have so much lingering moisture. That will allow clouds to bubble up and produce another round of showers and thunderstorms. Not everyones going to see rain as we head toward that evening drive, but keep in mind that you might need the umbrella or might need the windshield wipers. 82 degrees at 3 00. Well reach 84 at 4 00, then down to 81 by 6 00, maybe a lingering shower heading into the early evening. 74 right now. That cloud cover is helping to keep temperatures down. Winds helping to keep temperatures in check. Right now, it is only 72 in frederick. 71 in martinsburg. But those few peeks of sunshine well get as morning showers push away, that will pop temperatures very quickly. Were at that time of year where we have very strong sunshine. I wanted to show you on the wide view of satellite and radar the couple features were watching. There is a deep trough in the upper atmosphere. Thats keeping things really nice and dry in the great lakes. Not the case along the periphery of that. This is the system were watching to potentially move through on friday into saturday. But the heavier rain to our south, luckily well miss out on that. But since we do have that little area of low pressure close by, that will be enough to spark a few showers and thunderstorms over the next couple of days. Youll see that here on 9 future cast. We had that other round of showers potentially bubbling up as we head into the evening drive. Then saturday, or friday, i should say, we start out dry, but then another little cluster of showers could develop just in time for that evening commute or that evening drive to the beach. Saturday morning, 9 future cast showing the showers here, maybe even pockets of heavier rain. I think 9 future cast is overdoing that threat for the morning on saturday. The good news, though, all the model data shows us drying out as we head into saturday evening and the fireworks displays should be in good shape in the immediate metro area. Today, well reach a high of 83 in leesburg, 82 in manassas, 81 at andrews, and 84 in downtown washington. Were only going to dip into the 60s overnight tonight in the suburbs and 70 in downtown washington. The clouds starting to break up a little bit as we head into the evening. Well reach a high of 80 degrees tomorrow. Thats it. Well see temperatures really capped off by that east wind and the potential for showers, but starting to get better as we head into fourth of july with a high of 85 and isolated storm possible. First ladder sevenday forecast starts to dry things out by sunday and we will have a dry start to the work week. Stay with us. Well be right back. Nikki burdine has more. Recapping our top story, a wild morning at the Washington Navy yard, after reports of shots fired. First responders rushed to the scene to take no chances. The navy yard remained on lockdown for hours until the fbi gave the allclear. We watched as multiple agencies responded, both at the federal and local level. They found no evidence of shots fired, no evidence of a shooter. That early report of shots fired turned out to be false. Nikki burdine is live at the scene with more. Reporter thats right, andrea, nick. The allclear has been given. The lockdown has been lifted. Really, a huge sigh of relief for everyone here at the navy yard and there were no reports those reports were not confirmed of any gunshots, any gunman or anyone hurt at the navy yard. If youre just tuning in, i want to give you a little breakdown of what happened. At 7 30 this morning, an employee at the navy yard reported hearing shots fired. Everything went on lockdown. Floors were evacuated. Officials searched every inch of the place. In the end, thankfully, nothing was found. Mayor bowser held a joint press conference this morning. This is what she said. At this time, there is no evidence of gunshots. There is no evidence of a shooter, and there is no evidence of any we look forward to finding out that all of our partners responded as they should have. Reporter even though this is the best possible outcome in a situation like this, it has still been a very scary morning for everyone involved. Mayor bowsers office is Offering Counseling for anyone who needs it. You can set that up by dialing 8887wehelp. As for the woman who reported hearing gunshots, it is not clear what she heard, but chief of police kathy lanier says she did the right thing. She saw something, so she said something. She hopes people will continue to do that, especially this upcoming holiday weekend. Back to you in the st adam jack, im sorry. That wasnt supposed to be you. If i had any idea that you were alive or that you needed my help, i would have. Helped you. I dont know how you made it back here. I dont know where you were. Im glad youre back. You know, when i, um when i first came back, you were you were the only person i could trust. And now here you are. Youve made it back only to walk into a bullet that wasnt intended for you. Um. So, hey, theres a woman that uh that called me. She, uh she knows who i am