Police told him to stop. They told him to stop repeatedly. He didnt stop and they shot him. [ audio difficulty ] reporter you here witnesses describing all kinds of reaction to this scene as well as to watching the shooting itself take place. I can tell you that as soon as these tourists were cleared out, security rushed in. We saw armed officials from both the secret service and the park Police Including armed with long guns take a position on the edges of the park on the roofs of the building as the situation here turned into that tense lockdown situation for a short while. We are told now that lockdown has been lifted, the park not yet open. We expect to see that reopen soon. For now, guys, back to you. Thanks. Head down the street now from your location to wusa9s ileana diaz who is at pennsylvania and 17th just up the street from where the shooting happened a e. Ileana, what do you have . Reporter well, right now mood is a lot more calm than it was just an hour or two ago. What you
Accountability, they see impunity and dont see movement from the political leaders and want type ject thissish shaw in to the conversation. Want to inject the issue in to the conversation. You want a trial you want justice. Absoluteliment like every other person that killed someones we want there to be a possess there is a symbol of justice. I dont think the investigations they have been red reticent to come in and level charges. I dont think i will be satisfied. At the least, if we are creating a climate where every time is a shooting or killing by Police Officers, there is some sort of legal possess, certainly that would be a step forward. Im not going to ask you to comment on the othert talk about fairfax, people that go down 66, tell me the mind set of the Police Officers out there. Your men and women, how do they feel given the other things going on the country. They are concerned and they want to do their job. They are conditioned about honest mistakes or mistakes they make on th
Citi. Proud partners of team usa. Proud sponsor of progress. Right now on news 4, heavy rain and strong winds bringing down trees, several homes are damaged. The toll from our storms tonight and when we could see them again. Party on the potomac, how police are connecting one crazy night at a multimillion dollar mansion to a driveby shooting. And a local army vet trying to start his own business says he was scammed, now hes turning to news 4s susanog news 4 at 11 00 begins with breaking news. And that breaking news tonight out of Fairfax County where police and sheriffs deputies are responding to shots fired at inov affaa fairfax hos. News 4s Dorothy Spencer is live at the scene. What have you learned . Reporter doreen, first i want to tell you where we are. We are along woodburn road just off the campus of the hospital. We were told by security that we had to leave the property but take a look up here, up woodburn road. You can see the Police Cruisers are there and the flashing lights
Lanes right now that are blocked and you can see chopper trying to zoom in here and see whats going on. So dark. Its hard to see whats happening. This is an earlier crash and investigation involving two vehicles. Outer loop express lanes at gallows road are shut down right now. They are being diverted on to gallows road. Eastbound 123 between georgetown pike and kirby road. We had chopper fly over that for you. We did not see anything over that area this morning. 295 inbound is quite slow still and 95 123 at 95 northbound, crash blocking two lanes near t the hove entrance. Police in Fairfax County are investigating this incident as a hit and run. This happened before 5 30 sun night in reston, virginia. It was in the 11400 block in north shore meagan first first fitzgerald is live with latest. Reporter the woman was rushed to the hospital. Right now, shes trying to recover from lifethreatening injuries but police tell us it does not look good for her. We want to show you some video that
It had been quite some time there. Had only been two such shootings in the last quarter sen thurry of metro. Reporting live inside the anacostia station in southeast. Im tom roussey, abc7 news. Michelle so many rely on mass transit so very frightening. Thank you, tom. We have more ahead at 5 00 with Team Coverage from the anacostia shooting. Brianne carter is looking into metro crime rates as this is just one incident that has many commuters wondering whether they are safe when they get on a train or a bus. Jonathan dont miss update on the breaking news stories especially not in front of the television set. You can sign up for the text alerts at wjla. Com. You will get the information as we get it sent straight to your phone. Michelle we want to turn now to the weather. The first wave of rain moved through. But the same system that set off tornado warnings in the south is on the move. Chief meteorologist doug hill following that closely. When does that arrive and what can we expect out