I heard two shots or i dont know, like a boom, boom sound, off to my left, and i didnt see anything. But then the officer said we are going to get you out, we are going to evacuate you out of this position. Reporter the white house was also briefly locked down. After an unrelated incident when someone reportedly tried to enter the white house. That person is now in custody. And Capitol Police stress that this was an act of a Single Person. Cbs news confirming that the man involved, 66yearold larry dawson, dawson is now at the hospital in surgery, recovering from at least one gunshot wound from Capitol Police. And an investigation is ongoing right now, the lockdown has been lifted. But the Capitol Visitors Center remains closed at this hour. Live in the newsroom, Jessica Schneider cbs 2 news. Thank you. Lets take you live to washington and cbs 2 Craig Boswell with a look at how things are right now. Craig . Constitution avenue has been reopened to traffic. This is a very busy tourist ti
Hitch but not all parents see it that way. More than 500 students at walter g buyers school were barreling in class this morning when they suddenly found themselves outside. We do have an intentionally set fire in one of the restrooms in the school. Firefighters say school staff had put it out before they arrived but they sent in crews to ventilate the halls, Opening Doors and using large phones. Cms says they sent students home on the advice of firefighters who had concerns about lingering smoke and smoke damage in the halls. As soon as calls and emails went out to parents nay quickly lined up in the parking lot for an early pick up. Most had no idea the fire in the bathroom was arson. Im upset though. How did the fire start . Who started the fire. I dont know what happened. Tracy rivera came to get his eightyearold son. He was angry when i told him this was no accident. Cms would only say a liquid was poured on the bathroom floor damage was 3,000 to 4,000 contained to the bathroom. F