Thousands of employees of Walter Reed Medical Center certainly relieved at this hour. But they had to shelterinplace for hours while the police were searching the grounds. Rebecca cooper continues our Live Team Coverage from bethesda. What was one of the days where it was a waste of time for them and scary at the same time. Rebecca that is right. People were calm throughout this ordeal inside. When were outside show you where we are. At the gate of the entrance of walter reed and we are able to see the Police Coming and going and feel the calm. For the people inside they only knew that there was a search ongoing for an active shooter. Then they waited for several hours. We spoke to two of the people inside. They were patient. One was a woman whose husband is in the military and works at walter reed. The other after his tours of duty in iraq is now retired from the army. She took solace in the help of a stranger. He took solace in following military protocol. The subway manager, i dont
Still no word about what may have made the sound which was interpreted as gunfire. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Kimberly very curious too after the navy yard last week. While police did not find evidence of a shooting this time either, thousands were left in a lockdown for two hours. Rebecca cooper spoke with workers about the moments they had to take cover. Very scary moments. Rebecca that is right. Now you can see over my shoulder at the entrance two the main entrance to Walter Reed National military Medical Center. This is back to normal now. For several hours the people inside the facility only knew police were searching for a possibly active shooter. Denise moore was at a Subway Sandwich shop inside Walter Reed Hospital when word went out about a possible gunman and take shelter immediately. As long as i got out of my life i would have stayed all day. Rebecca employees, patients and visitors we spoke to after the allclear went out this afternoon stayed throughout th
To get away from the fire and the smoke that was coming. One of the guys back there had burns all over his face. Kevin so in total four men that were trapped inside the stairwell of the utility room below three taken to the hospital. Two critical injuries. One with serious injuries. We have since learned all four men work for the d. C. Department of general services. Unclear why they were out at this former school that is now under deep renovations. For now we are live in northwest, im kevin lewis abc7 news. Kimberly happening now in Montgomery County cleanup from a crash involving adults and children. News chopper 7 over the scene this afternoon on spencerville road in burtonsville. A vehicle flipped over knocking down power lines. No details on the extent of the injury there but spencerville road is closed between old columbia pike. Jonathan developing near charleston, South Carolina the investigation into how an f16 fighter jet and a small plane collided in midair sending plane part
The party but he couldnt guarantee it was the case. They are on the way to bail him out of jail. For the deputy that suffered minor injuries breaking up the fight at the party, he was back on patrol shortly after. Live in sterling, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Kimberly the man accused of stabbing a local student on board a metro chain a metro train appeared in court today. Jasper spires accused of killing Kevin Sutherland. Brianne carter was in the courtroom and has the new developments. Brianne jasper spires will be held without bond. The decision made by the judge after finding probable cause in this case this afternoon. This comes as earlier today we began to learn more details of exactly what happened on board that metro train on july 4. 24yearold Kevin Sutherland was stabbed or cut nearly 30 or 40 times as he rode the metro train last saturday. That is according to Court Documents released today. Documents that say that sutherland was punched until he fell to the ground. The friends
Which closed minutes ago. Now the exchange reopened an hour ago after computer glitches halted trading for hours. Kimberly the New York Stock Exchange issued one of a trilogy of computer issues that caused problems for people all across the country. Sam sweeney is live in the Satellite Center with what we are learning now. Is it smoothed over sam . Sam i wouldnt say that but it has been a busy afternoon on the Stock Exchange but not with trading. Trading shut down abruptly before noon before it reopened after 3 00. Officials in new york are calling this interim technical issue. They say its not a cyber attack. New York Stock Exchange wasnt the only one with the technical issues today. Just after the nyse shut down the wall street journal website went down as well. Earlier this Morning United Airlines halted nearly 5000 flights when their computers went down. The department of Homeland Security says the problems are not related and dont appear to be cyber attacks. The white house also c