It began near the front door with a gun battle between omar mateen and an offduty Police Officer working security at the club. Additional officers responded. They made entry while the suspect was shooting, engaged in another gun battle with the suspect, forced him to stop shooting and retreat to the bathroom. Reporter that was the start of a threehour standoff and the dialogue between mateen and police. There were three total calls. During the calls, he said he was doing this for the leader of isil, but he also appeared to claim solidarity with the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing. Reporter but the tone of the conversation quickly intensified. There was talk about bomb vests, about explosives. Reporter thats when s. W. A. T. Team members moved in using explosives and heavy equipment to tear a hole in the wall of the club. Dozens of survivors rushed out. The suspect came out of that hole himself in a gun battle with officers where he was ultimately killed. Reporter and now to
An alert victim, some quick thinking Good Samaritans and some fastmoving cops, they had this case closed in no time. This 34yearold man captured and cuffed right on the spot today and charged in connection with an upskirting incident. It happened at the Arlington County courthouse metro station. Police tell the story this way. A woman gets off the metro. Ridi. She gets the sense that something isnt right. She looks behind her and sees a man who has a cell phone up her dress and is taking pictures. She confronts him and then up here on the platform, they say that man takes his cell phone and smashes it on the ground. That draws the attention of a couple passing by, and they come they surrounded the suspect. They made sure the suspect was unable to leave the scene. Police arrived within minutes and we were able to take him into custody. Reporter Arlington Police, metro transit police, they converged on the scene. They had this man in custody in no time. We just obtained Surveillance Vide
Its going to be a sunny and steamy one. Good morning, starting off sunday morning, got a little patchy fog some of the rural areas, otherwise sun is coming up in a clear sky this morning. Sun rise just about 3 minutes ago spreading its light across the nations capitol. You can see the Lincoln Memorial nestled in the trees there. Hour by hour, through the rest of the morning, by 7 00, upper 60s much of the region. Pleasant start. 10 00, 80 degrees. Noontime getting into the upper 80s by 1 00 this afternoon. Look at this heat wave, how much longer is lasts coming up in a half hour. Breaking news out of prince georges county, a pedestrian is dead after being struck by a Police Cruiser. It happened around 3 30 2 30 this morning. Thct crosswalk when the accident occurred. The pedestrian died on the scene. After being halted for nearly 20 hours, flights have resumed to istanbul airport. This after the state department warned u. S. Citizens not to travel to turkey because of terror threats th
Again hearts are heavy across the nation following the massass shooting at an orlandoorldo nightclub over the weekend. Wked this was the scene in the in t district where people paidple p tribute to the victim. He v the crowd called for increasednd tolerance and the end of of violence towards the lgbt community. Mm now this was the scene in denver where the group track the willing beltway club ing bea denver hosted app candlelight cg vigil for the victims of orlando club shooting. In overnight officials beganffib the heart wrenching task ofart f removing the victims bodiesmss from the night club. The 50 victims are on their the way to the medical examinersr office. Fi more than 50 others were alsoo injured. Were also slowly learningo y the names and faces of those victims. So far 21 have been released including 34yearold edwarddwar sotomayor. Law a brand manager for a for travel agency and attended thehe university of south florida. Flo Juan Guerrero was 22 years2 s old. This year. Th y
Hearts f had are heavy all across the nation following the the shoot hadding. Its good to have you with us im shawn yancy. Time tony per quinces. People were out for a night of fun. Popular orlando nightclub acb safe place for many is now a place of sadness. A victim of the pulse nightclub shooting heard gunshots and her last moments a live on her snap chat. Shes one of 49 people who died in this shooting rampage. 55 of the 53 people hurt in the massacre are in grave condition. The gunman was also killed. Hes been identified as omar mateen. Police say he was armed with an assault rife fell when he walked into the it took several hours before they could get the situation under control. C hes a homegrown extremist to claims he supported various organizations. He didnt have criminal history but he was on the fbis railroar do. He was the subjected of two investigations. Despite that he was still allowed to legally buy his firearms. In fact police say the gunman used his firearms to kill 49