Washington national ballpark. Reporter walter perez with our sister station is live in washington, d. C. Now with the latest on whats happening. Walter . Well, dan, carolyn a confirmed death toll is 13. That does include alleged gunman identified as a 34yearold aaron alexis of fort worth, texas. Tonight they continue searching for a possible second shooter, it was like a scene from a war zone, people were rescued by way of a basket lowered from a helicopter. Inside witnesses say it certainly looked like a war zone as well. P. O. W. , p. O. W. , 30 seconds later i heard four more shots. Then, we ran. The navy captain says it started around 8 20 this morning he was about to sit down for a morning meeting. We heard gunfire very loud. Close by we looked up here on the floor there were bullet holes in the wall of the conference room. Among those killed is the expected gunman identified as a 34yearold aaron alexis from fort worth, texas. A civilian contractor at the ship yard, so far, saying
And the fans are going wild. Kpix5 is at the americas cup in san francisco. Marx mark we are hearing about an impressive turn out. Reporter fans tell me recent he in the past week they feel that attend apse has gone up. That means more people here, more cars here. And of course a lot more energy. Americas cup fans swarm under the embarcadero. She is in from new zealand. Faithfully watching the races all week. Says this weekend, very different than last. Huge change. Absolutely. But the difference is not on the water it is the fans in the stands. 700,000 the past two weekends. It took time for interest in the americas cup to kick into high gear. Some say weeks. Fans are soaking it all in. Everyone is getting in behind it. Wonderful atmosphere here. We are having a time of our lives. It is an exciting thing. I decided to come out and check it out. Reporter many fans need a place to park. That is great for these guys. Their parking lots of packing and still growing. In fact, they are so b
What president obama calls a mass shooting here outside the u. S. Navy yard in southeast washington d. C. Just moments ago, the chief of the dc police and mayor gray, the mayor of the city updated us on the very latest. The very latest, at least 12, at least 12 people confirmed dead in terms of injured we were told that at least 10 people are injured, at least 10 people. Among them, one d. C. Area Police Officer injured in direct gunfire. The chief told us that other police Police Officers were also injured but not directly by gunfire. In terms of people being transported to local area hospitals we have heard a number of people have been transported to local hospitals. We have been hearing from local police officials. As for president obama, he has again call this a mass shooting, not very long ago he talked about a number of Service Members and civilians who served in the navy yard, knowing full well that violence can occur at any time whether serving abroad. But they dont expect for
The women believed to be sisters in their 60s and 70s, they died in their home on demoggio avenue reporter this is the Smoke Detector that may of given three women the precious few seconds they needed to get out of this house alive. It appears all 3 succumbed to the toxics and smoke. Reporter there were several 911 phone calls, by then, the house was in flames. They found one woman in the back bread. All three were found back bedroom. They were all found in a position where it looked like they were trying to get out of the home. The two in the kitchen was tried to get to a second exit. Reporter when the firefighters found the women they brought them outside and tried to save their lives. It was determined all three had passed away at the scene. They were nice people. I dont know why it had to happen to them. Reporter they found several smoke alarms like this one in the home. None working at the time of the fire. Three smoke alarms are 15 it was the difference between life and death her