This is fox5 local newses at 10. Right now at 10, breaking news, a Virginia State trooper hashas died following a mass shooting at a busy bus terminal. Tonight were learning moreearn about the chaotic homes when ths gunman opened fire. Ire we first took cover behindehn this concrete thing. We didnt want to get up fromfrm where i was identifying. W fox5 local news starts right now. And we thank you for joining usyo tonight, im tony perkins. I and im shawn yancy. Todays shooting happened while troopers were on a Training Exercise at a bus station in richmond. Ichm the trooper shot the gunman and two civilians before two others shot and killed him. Fox5s Marina Maracco and teisha lewis are both standing by. We begin with marina who is in richmond. Ri marina, i know there are many questions that remain about the unidentified gunman. Un reporter id tony, police saya theyre not going to identify the suspect until they firsthey notify the suspects family. Now, we asked if he was from virginia
Says he doesnt condone the growing violence at his rallies but understands it. And pure madness. A string of fantastic finishes caps a wild weekend at the ncaa mens basketball tournament. From buzzer beaters rises up, and its good its good to lastsecond heroics. No. To a comeback for the ages. Throws it into the hands, and lays it in. The unbelievable ending being called one of the best ever. Today, monday, march 21st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a monday morning, lets say youre not a College Basketball fan. You dont really care about the game. March madness is special. Its so exciting. It always lives up to its reputation. Its exciting to watch all the teams i pick lose. Its a joy. You dont care about your own bracket because its so exciting to watch the games. Well give you a recap in a couple minutes. Our top story this morning is this spring snowstorm here in the nor
Its been a little more than 48 hours now since the terror attacks in brussels and this morning a memorial is growing for the victims of tuesdays attacks. It is midmorning in belgium. Youre look live as people leave flowers and candles outside the Belgium Stock Exchange at the city center. Its complicating the mourning process. People are concerned another attack could be coming p with more that part of the story and the investigation, Steve Handelsman is live in brussels this morning. Steve. Reporter not only is the memorial area growing at the socalled bourse which is the center of europe considered by many the capital of this continent, but the crowds are growing, as well. And if you talk to people, youll hear that their concern is growing. They were in shock here still. They were in shock at what did happen and now the realization has set in that Law Enforcement failed in the view of many here and in the view of Many American analysts to protect the people. Again in the view of sxem
Community and making some neighbors rethink where they have chosen to live. We told you about an american missing in brussels. Tonight news of more tragedy. Off the top at 11 00, a teen gunned down at a d. C. Metro station. Tonight the mayor promising to bring the killer to justice. Darcy spencer joins us live with more reaction to todays news. Reporter we are still waiting for police to release the identity of this teenager and to tell us exactly how old he is, and tonight they are still searching for the gunman. It was wrong. It was totally wrong. This woman was with her daughter and grandkids getting ready to ride the train to go to when the shots rang out. All i heard was the lady say, they shot my son. And the babies was crying. I was trying to console them. Reporter a teenager shot and killed in broad daylight, 4 00 in the afternoon at the station in northeast d. C. You said you heard two shots . Thats it. Thats all. Reporter what did you do at that moment . Grabbed my kids. Repo
If you thought traffic in our area was bad before, it could come to a standstill in some places today. Look at all of the closures near the Washington Convention center. And this summit affects met metro and people on foot and bike, too. With everything you need to know before you leave the house, Megan Mcgrath live near the convention center. Reporter yeah, it will be inconvenient to the next couple of days through friday evening actually. If you look behind me, you can see one of the road closures here at massachusetts and 10th street actually inside the secure zone are resident depss, al also the marriott marquee. People at that hotel have had to walk to the corner in order to catch taxicabs. Needless to say, security is very, very tight around the summit especially in light of the terror attacks overseas. They dont want to take any chances. So this closures in the area. Massachusetts avenue, new york avenue and other streets all around the convention center. Also we have a closure