The accident started in the northbound lanes. One box truck trying to pass another when they bumped at high speed and one lost control jumping the divider into the oncoming tractor trailer. Its a complex accident scene in a really bad spot. Reporter evidence spread over hundreds of yards of pavement on a friday afternoon where that corridor is very heavy. Most of the traffic is being diverted. Its one behind the other. Nobody moving for two hours. Reporter state police tried to turn southbound thruway motorists around but ended up filtering on to local streets to get past the wreck. The Ripple Effect lasted all afternoon. 17 is a dead stop. Reporter how long have you been stuck . Four hours. Going from suffern to spring valley. Reporter how long is it taking you. An hour and a half. Reporter and youre not there yet . No. Youre still in suffern, you know. Yeah. Reporter thousands were caught in it but the frustration vanished once they saw the cause. This truck driver missed all his app
Now, new yorks number one news. Channel 7 eye witness news. Gunfire erupts in the lobby of a federal build inning manhattan as a lone gunman kills a security guard. New details on how this chaos unfolded and a familys emotion boils over when their loved one is killed on the job. Good evening im rob powers in tonight for bill ritter. Im sade baderinwa. Police and federal investigators are working to piece together exactly what happened and what led to the shooting. Right now the investigation is spanning two states. The scene of the crime at the west village and the home of the shooter in fort lee, new jersey. We learned the victim was shot and killed when Officials Say Kevin Downing walked in and opened fire. Hes a military veteran and former government worker. The shooting happened just after 5 tonight. We have two reports tonight. Aj ross is in fort lee with a possible motive. Well begin with carolina leid at the scene. Reporter mr. Camara was supposed to finish the shift at 4 this a
Now, new yorks number one news. Channel 7 eye witness news. Gunfire erupts in the lobby of a federal build inning manhattan as a lone gunman kills a security guard. New details on how this chaos unfolded and a familys emotion boils over when their loved one is killed on the job. Good evening im rob powers in tonight for bill ritter. Im sade baderinwa. Police and federal investigators are working to piece together exactly what happened and what led to the shooting. Right now the investigation is spanning two states. The scene of the crime at the west village and the home of the shooter in fort lee, new jersey. We learned the victim was shot and killed when Officials Say Kevin Downing walked in and opened fire. Hes a military veteran and former government worker. The shooting happened just after 5 tonight. We have two reports tonight. Aj ross is in fort lee with a possible motive. Well begin with carolina leid at the scene. Reporter mr. Camara was supposed to finish the shift at 4 this a
Door of a building in Lower Manhattan last night and fatally shot a Security Guard before killing himself. The building houses a regional labor. Tonight a new jersey congressman comes to downings defense, representative bill pasquale said downing was a whistle blower who felt he got a raw deal from the bureau of labor statistics. They were searching for anything motive. But so far no clues. Now we learn more about the victim idrissa camara, a Security Guard who was working down. Renee stoll is live in soho with the lead story. Good evening, joe, i talked to the guards family and friends and they tell me not only a Security Officer but he armed guard never talked about his job being dangerous and he never felt that way. And i also found out that he was a great family man where they say he would work here and send money back to his family in the ivory coast. Reporter for most of the day friends and family came to the home of 53yearold idrissa camara. We come to share grief with them and
Tony aiell o is live on the scene at soho. The gunman apparently harbored a grudge against the federal government, sparking a Massive Police response to the Federal Building at varick and west houseton. Reporter a federal Security Officer who witnessed the killing of a colleague was escorted past the crime scene after the shocking end to a summer workweek. It happened just inside of this entrance on west houseton. The nypd says 68yearold Kevin Downing entered the building with several guns hidden in a bag, and he shot and killed idrssa camara and then shot and killed himself. Reporter he was fired several years ago. We are at the early stages of this investigation and are working to establish his motive for coming here , if he had a motive beyond the Security Guard and everything else. Camara was scheduled to complete his day at 4 00, but he agreed to stay on. Landlords in the nearby buildings warned of possible danger. We were told to say in the building. It was scary. It was terrifyi