Old steven paddock of los angeles. He is deed dead. Police say, at first, they thought it was fireworks. When they realized it was gunfire, they started looking for shelter any place they could find. Just heard what sounded like gunfire, and then people on stage started scrambling. Everybody just kind of ran from that point. Where did you go . I actually stayed in the convert venue, hid behind a table until everybody cleared. Swat came in, and i left, and than i went out and started there were a couple bodies there. First responders are saying, because that concert venue was so crowded, the number of casualties may go even higher. Now, people who were at the concert say at first, they couldnt believe what they were seeing and hearing. People started piling out toward the exit, and we all ran out down the street here towards the mtm. A large number of police, as you might imagine, rushed to the scene. They locked down the vegas strip, warning everyone, stay away. The los angeles airport
And that breaking news is in las vegas where police say theres a report of an active shooter on the strip. This is video of a reporter with the abc affiliate there. Police say the shooter is near or around the mandalay bay resort. Its a large crowd of people running. Affiliates reporter on the scene said police and ambulances are everywhere. Theres no word right now on any possible injuries. Well continue to stay on top of the surgery and bring you updates on the abc7 news app and live pictures from the ground there in las vegas of and you see a lot of Police Activity and on the strip. Things blocke off. This is always very busy up and down the strip. Well of course bring you the latest as we get it. In this news cost, abc7 news app and mornings starting at 4 30. Good evening. Im eric thomas. We begin with the other top story. A deadly accident outside sams chowder house. The restaurant is along highway 1 and we have more with what people are saying after a man was killed by a chp car
Security and fbi director will brief certain members of the house on tuesday. Doreen . Chris lawrence. D. C. Is on high alert tonight after that isis video that purportedly threatens a similar attack here in washington. We saw heavy Police Presence at Union Station today. While you ride metro and amtrak, you are being reminded to see something, say something. U. S. Capitol police are on the highest alert level. D. C. s mayor says all threats, verified or not, should be taken seriously. We take every threat seriously. Our city is always at a heightened level of alert. Our Police Department has a lot of experience working with our federal partners to take credible information and make sure were deployed properly. The head of d. C. s Police Union Says the most important thing we can do to combat terrorism is to keep living our lives. Tonight the number of governors here who say they wont accept Syrian Refugees continues to swell. 19 governors say they have actively opposed or asked the fe
Water main broke around 1 00 this morning. It is an eight inch pipe, were told, an old pipe, so we have seen that many times before, where the pipes that are very old break. This one from 1935. So police, water people have been out here since about 1 00 this morning trying to get a handle on the situation. Prepa repairs have not started at this point. We saw the crumbling sidewalk where the pipe broke, but they have not been able to start repairs. Good news is were told that no one is going to lose Water Service because of this. Youre looking at the courthouse. It is very close. Just down the street from the break here. Were told the courthouse, the jail will not lose Water Service and that actually no one will in this area because they have been able to isolate the break in such a way that it wont affect people in that way. The big thing is going to be the traffic and the roads this morning. Major thorough fare. Mellas why issa mollet is here look at how that will impact you this morn
13th street is also closed. Melissa mollet has a look at the work around for people in this area this morning. Back to you. Thank you, kristin. North courthouse shut down and that one block of 13th street shut down between north courthouse and north troy. You can can take north barton street and north troy if you get north and south there this morning. Red line singletracking between farragut north. Northbound at 123, right lane blocked. Westbound 50 at 295 because of the right line blocked there with a crash, 50 westbound 13 miles per hour. We have a partly cloudy sky this morning. Clouds increase as we go through the remainder of the day today. Rain drops should stay away. There is some good news. Weather headline, no worries for today. Big weather in the midwest. Thats coming our way for thursday. Thursday will be a weather alert day around the washington metro area. Have our nbc washington app ready to go. Temperatures now in the 40s on in most neighborhoods. Hometown forecast, hay