8900 block of brookville road a large neighborhood of industrial businesses. Suzanne kennedy is live on the scene with a look at how it all started and ended. Suzanne, tell us about it. Leon, this is the area on brookville road where it all took place. It happened back here in had this industry area. There are a number of businesses located back here. Used car lot. Several landscaping companies. This started to unfold around 8 00 this morning. Authorities say an employee of a Landscaping Company showed up for work and he was very agitated. Coworkers say he went to a car and grabbed a shotgun. He fired off one round into a mulch pile and then pointed the gun at a coworker. Police responded and shut down all roads surrounding the business which left many trying to figure out how to get to work. And other businesses on lockdown. Weve locked all the doors and obviously, nobody is coming in or out. Theres no immediate threat. Theyve got the swat teams in our parking lot so theyre certainly
Youve got your coat on. But it must feel nice out there, huh . Reporter it does. It feels nice definitely for this time of year. Were expecting it to get warm later. Weve done a study about the ideal temperatures for running. 49 51 degrees for Long Distance runs. This is a 5k run with a valentines day theme. A lot of people still want to be out there. They say this is actually ideal for them. Once you get going, its just off you go. You remember what we were doing five years ago today . I think snow ma geddon. Where is the snow . We need the snow. Thats the fun part of winter. Reporter oh indeed it is for some people. Flashback five years, this very day we were digging out of about 11 inches of snow. Two storms hit that day and that was indeed snow ma get done. A total of 32 inches of snow that february five years ago. This year looking at record warm temperatures and ideal time for this race which is already under way. Youre going to encounter street closures in arlington, but only fo
It above the 60degree mark. Everyone else comfortably into the 50s. Thats bonus territory for sure. Rain chances are back starting tonight and into your monday. For now its a dry and seasonally chilly start out there, mid 30s around washington. 30 degrees in manassas. What to wear today . Nothing more than a light jacket. Maybe a swea youl need after about 9 00 or 10 00 this morning. Hour by hour through your sunday off to a seasonally cold start, tempes hoverg in the upper 20s and low and mid 30s early this morning. By lunchtime, nice and pleasant. 53 by lunch. 59 in washington. Fredricksburg, probably closer to 63, maybe 64 degrees. It wont last long. Showers tomorrow and bitter cold late in the week. All that coming up with your sevenday. Well be watching and waiting for that. The power is back on at Pentagon City mall. News 4s Darcy Spencer has our report. Reporter this cell phone video shows the chaos as shoppers tried to get out of the parking garage at Pentagon City mall seeming
Screaming, crying, huddled inside stores, thinking the worst was happening. This is the chaos just inside the parking lot as people were trying to leave and were stuck. Ryan kelly shot this video on his phone. Here are snapshots in the mall. People were escorted outside and the mall closed early. Macys was the only store that stayed open until 9 30 and the lights stayed on. It was crazy. The lights shut off. We was in the store. They say everybody get out. Nerve racking up. I was scared. I did not know what was going on. People made assumptions that there was a shooting. People were just spreading fast rumors, not knowing what they were saying. It was something different. I was scared. Why were you scared . Because i didnt know what was going on. I thought that we wouldnt be able to get out the mall. Reporter it turns out it was a power outage and Dominion Virginia Power says wires underground malfunctioned so crew, as you can see, are here and working to replace those bad wires. The m