connecticut and woodly. fire and ems officials are evaluating that teen and trying to figure out if this assault was in connection with the incident at the zoo. again, a stabbing of a teenager in the chest this afternoon. we also should mention, in the year 2000 there was a shooting involving multiple victims at the zoo during this very same tradition here at zoo that s held after easter and, obviously, people are very concerned. i talked to a number of people who were leaving the property. they were told they had to leave and they said it was a very sad day. this was a family event and they hated to see it end this way. we ll send it back to you. that s a major artery on connecticut avenue. is traffic baungd as we head into rush hour. you can see here next to me on connecticut avenue, we are north of the zoo. it is moving in this area. it looks like they ve been able to get the people out of the way and open up traffic here, but there s some traffic disturbance in this a
walking and perhaps running. even targeting some people as they were running away from police at this point. we do know police are actively looking for the culprit. 15 we re told in all. you know, the zoo on easter monday, it s been a traditional family day here at the zoo. it dates back to when blacks were not allowed to participate in the white house easter roll and lots of families have been coming here on the easter monday with their children to celebrate a wonderful day at the zoo. so obviously they are very concerned and very disappointed leaving the zoo because now this violence has tainted what was a great family day at the zoo. we re going to continue to follow this story, get on the scene, hopefully bring you live pictures and more updates when we get them. back to you. delia, this brings to mind an incident that happened back in 2000 where seventeens were shot at the zoo on this day. at the time it was a real jolt to the system of the community who could not beli
i saw people talking about it on twitter. i see that. i think that it is really sad for our young people to feel like they have to act out in public. the older kids and stuff was around. first with a shooting earlier. then now there s a stabbing. they are messing with the kids fun and everything. we haven t confirmed that there was a shooting at the zoo. however, we ve had lots of folks tell us they heard some shots fired, but as you can imagine, a lot of chaos. a lot of confusion when parents are being escorted, told to leave the zoo early. they are with their children and very confused. a lot of kids saw some people being pepper sprayed and some chaos happening. a lot of concern from families who were leaving the zoo today. a lot of concern as well about security inside the zoo. they said that the kids, the teens were quote, running wild. that s one quote i got from a parent. zoo officials are expected to come out and give us a rundown as to what happened and when
is tracking the trouble in the atlantic. hurricane bill affects are being felt at beaches gary mcgrady is in the weather center with what you need to know. gary. there is a lot going on. bill, believe it or not, will have some affect on our weekend weather, even though he will stay well off so teasea. some probably 350 miles away from our shoreline. but first let s show you on max e ca, us itgie s you an idea of where the thunderstorms are. they were back to west. y. march across the c and thank goodness they re movi to the east because we have some thavheinrafry om the torms. mahdr dawira llsw you we s e mov thunderstorm activity to worry about. a line of e torms well f het west of weof t thunderstorm activity is up p in iaprince williallm m for for dale city and woodbridge, marching across the cotyventually. and now over to hillary clinton bill. winds now at 105 miles per hour, so it s weakened just a little bit. still forecast to come back up to 115. it s a category now