Condition. The secret service is investigating this right now. We had a shooting near the white house. Where it happened is in the area where you cant drive closer, where they shut the streets off. You cant take a car closer unless you are authorized. That is the area where it happened. There were a lot of tourists around at the time. We just talked to a couple of folks who were right there when it happened. They had a video we are hoping to get for you of the aftermath of what happened. Where the victim was actually on the ground shot out here. This happened on a Beautiful Day out here. A lot of tourists around. All of a sudden gunfire less than a block from the white house. Well stay on the scene and bring you the latest. Im tom roussey, abc7 news. Michelle tom, im wondering the section of the road there, executive drive. Is that an area where you need security clearance to access . Tom it is but from what im told the shooting may not have happened exactly there. Although very close to there. You see the gate in distance if you look in distance a block away you see the gate. You cant drive a car closer than that. Its in that basic area, somewhere there where it happened earlier this afternoon. So it did happen where it starts being secure for cars. However, its around an area where people can go if they want to view the white house in some spots. But basically its not an area you can drive a car in from where im told where the shooting happened. Back to you. Michelle thank you so much. Chief Political Correspondent scott thuman is in the newsroom. Scott, where is the president right now . Scott yeah, michelle, look, the president left the grounds at 1 00 this afternoon. Beautiful day out. He went golfing. He was at Andrews Air Base at the golf course there. The Vice President was on white house complex grounds. We are told he was secured when they went in lockdown mode. No issue there. The motorcade was just seen leaving the white house. We dont know if its him or if he is staying on grounds. Meanwhile also from the Mayors Office in washington, d. C. , Muriel Bowser, the mayor saying we are aware of situation. I have been briefed by my Public Safety team and they are coordinating with federal partners. Of course, the federal partners involving not only the Capitol Police and the secret service but the f. B. I. Always responds a few blocks away. When you consider the Washington Field office and the headquarters are close to the white house. You know, its just one more measure here as you take a look. They already added sharp points to the top of the white house fence. They have added an extra layer of barricades. Its something that the white house has been vigilant in especially over the last couple of years since there has been high profile incidents with a fence jumper and in 2011 someone shot a gun at the white house, striking the white house fa sand the windows. That white house facade and the windows. This is maybe them reacting quickly to what may or may not have been a serious threat. Michelle thank you, scott. Jonathan we are also following breaking news this afternoon coming to us from metro. General manager Paul Wiedefeld just fired 20 managers. This comes just two program is set to begin. Transportation reporter Brianne Carter covering metro live from the rosslyn station. This was a big move. Brianne absolutely this is the official memo released by the general manager this afternoon saying he fired 20 managers. Seven of them senior managers. And a third from the rail side of this system. Now this, of course, comes days after he had that major manager meeting. 650 managers gathered together where he laid out his expectations moving forward. He said that this is all part of the restructuring that first began with the operation restructuring we saw months ago. Back in march. With the officials that were directly reporting there to Paul Wiedefeld, the general manager. Take a look here of the statement he released to us earlier today. It says that in part of the restructuring, 20 managers are being released from wmata. Seven senior managers. More than onethird from the rail it goes on to say others are in administrative areas including procurement. He says this is part of the statement we just got. Addressing the firings. As you also mentioned, though, this just comes as we are now marking two weeks before the official start of the safe track plan that will cause major disruptions for metro riders. So tonight we reached out to the local jurisdictions to find out what they are doing to try to make your commute as easy as possible with so many disruptions on the rail side of metro. Many say they are still finalizing the plans after getting the final draft of the safe track plan. But we spoke with ddot earlier today. They say they will be working on a number of things including changing Traffic Signals downtown. Perhaps changing parking downtown as well. They are also going to be working directly with metro for the bus bridges that will be put in place when the shutdown happens. Again, tonight, the breaking news. 20 managers now gone from metro. We will continue to follow it Brianne Carter, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you very much. Today we have a new tool to help us know how you are feeling about a story. Michelle its called abc7 instapoll. Its focused on metro today arent you confident that the safe track plan will fix metro . Log on to wjla. Com and go to vote now. As you watch, you can see the results change instantly on air at the bottom of the screen. Of course the numbers will change as more people vote. Jonathan this is realtime, too. If you have a reaction to any story were covering, it doesnt matter what it is. You can get on there and well have a poll set up to weigh in and let us know what you think. Well share the results with you realtime. Michelle instant feedback. Other news today. Middle School Student i think its stupid that he did this. Michelle a middle School Student has been suspended over a carton of milk at lunch. It doesnt sound like a crime but the School Resource officer who confronted the child triangle, virginia, sorting out the story that you will see only on 7. Roz . Roz well, in addition to all of that, the parents just got a letter late this afternoon saying that their son has to make an appearance in juvenile court. He is being charged with larceny. That on top of being suspended from school all over a 65cent carton of milk that he should have gotten for free. It all happened here at the graham park middle school. That was on may 10. The student says he had gone to the lunch line, got his food and forgot to get his milk. He went back to get the milk, the Prince William county officer accused him of stealing. He is on the Free Lunch Program and shouldnt have had to pay for it. The police say the student became disorderly so they cuffed him and took him to the Principal Office and searched him for drugs because he was acting inappropriately. The letter the mom shows us it says her son was suspended for using his cell phone. His mother is fighting to get him back in school and keep him from having a juvenile record. It went too far. Then they try and charge my son. They charge him with larceny. I dont have no understanding to why they are trying to charge him with largeny when he is entitled to the milk from the beginning. In a statement, the Prince William county spokesman the School Spokesman says they could not comment on the individual case because of privacy issues but that, the need for dismr. Nary action is determined by how a student behaves throughout any given incident. Appeals process is in place to ensure the fairness of any disciplinary action. Apparently this was all caught on surveillance video. The mother asked to see it. She has been shown a couple of clips so far. Coming up at 5 00 you will hear from the student and you will hear what the behavior was that led to the accusation of h live in triangle, roz plater, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. We have new information in the investigation of a high school lap experiment that went wrong. It was called the rainbow experiment and it resulted in the firefighters having to show up and put out a classroom that caught fire. Lisa fletcher is joining us now to bring us up to speed on the conclusion of the Fairfax County schools. What did they come up . Lisa a couple of things. Last october five students were burned, two seriously when the science demonstration failed and it shot the horizontal flames across the desks. I burned the students and burned their belongings. The image is unforgettable. Charred shoes, blackened backpack and melted chairs. While virginia Occupational Safety and health found no Workplace Safety violations at the conclusion of its investigation, the School District now says things that should have been done by the teacher were not. The Fairfax District confirmed 7 on your side that the teacher violated district policy that she and the students should have all been demonstration. But none of them was. The district tells us that the teacher remains on administrative leave even though it has been seven months since the accident. They wouldnt go into details as to why she is still on leave but they said since the accident they have now required all the science teachers to under go mandatory training that includes safety and goggle training. Jonathan im sure a lot of parents wondering is the rainbow experiment still being conducted in class . Its not. Its been ad in a number of School Districts but since 2014 there have been 24 minor and serious injuries to students and teachers. Jonathan thank you very much. Michelle, back to you. Michelle a wild week for folks living in the 4300 block of douglas street northeast. I it started with mail being pulled out of a sewer and it ended with a house fire and live wires sending sparks in the air. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford is live along douglas street. And hopefully, sam, this afternoon has been a quiet one over there. Sam well, it has been quiet here. But as you say, a dramatic week. The latest episode in this drama is the house that is being renovated behind me. At least it was being renovated by an Organization Called street to street and Delta Sorority as an Afterschool Program for young people. This is whats left. Last night, firefighters struggled with the blaze here having to stop for a time after power lines came down and made it dangerous to continue. That was thursday night. Wednesday night a Police Officer was bitten by a pitbull which another officer killed when they came to the same house and arrested a man allegedly chasing his girlfriend with a knife. For the last two and a half weeks, whenever i come home, there is a lot of shouting, screaming. Sam we have been in the same 4300 blok of douglas northeast much of the week after we learned a postal employee was disposing of mail in a storm drain instead of delivering it to residents. Mail was coming up in the drain of the woman living next then wednesday was the incident with the dog. Last night the house caught on fire with the fireworks. I was scared to come home. I was like i dont know what ill come home to. Sam we will hear more from that woman on abc7 news at 5 00. She tells us what it has been like this week with all that drama in one block. Reporting live from northeast washington. Im sam ford, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. A day of diving turns into an ordeal above water and below. He was as close as the end of my flippers. Alison im alison starling. We will tell you how the dive ended up stranded with not one but two sharks when we come back. Jonathan later, the team helping a Wounded Warrior conquer the biggest battle of his life. Jonathan update on the breaking news story were following, the lockdown at the white house. After house. The response was very fast from Law Enforcement. And white house security. They were out there with the guns right away. They did lock the white house down. You are looking at a live metro stop where we have more breaking news apt metro where they fired 20 managers. Seven were highlevel managers. More on the white house situation. Lockdown is not lifted. The shooting took place less than a block away. More on both when we come back. 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[whistle] michelle a 30minute dive turned into a twohour ordeal for a florida man. He wasnt really alone for the two hours was he . Alison no. Not at all. In fact, michelle, randy suddenly found himself without started out with, of course; and instead with two sharks. The florida dive had his go pro camera and it was rolling when her surfaced from 30minute dive and found himself stranded in 990feet of water 17 miles offshore. Came up at the end of the dive. Looked around. No boat. Alison within minutes, unwanted company. He uses his spear to keep the eightfoot shark at bay. The first shark showed up and started to swim around here. And swimming toward me. Then seswam by me and hit me with one of his pectoral fins. Alison an hour after he surfaced, a second visitor. They started to swim around me in circles underneath and swimming close. Alison still, he kept his cool. Blowing a whistle. Using his neon yellow dive bag to signal for help. His daughters were on the family boat. But they him. I was desperate. I didnt know what to do. Alison when they couldnt find him, the family alerted the coast guard. After 90 exhausting minutes a fishing boat just happened to find fales. A happy ending to one mans terrifying fish tale. When it got near me i said boy, am i glad to see you. Alison once he was reunited with his family. I asked him if we wanted the go do more trolling. They said no, that was enough excitement for the day. They wanted to go home. Alison so randy fales says his muscles were starting to cramp up when the fishing boat showed up. Thank goodness. But said he cant wait to head out diving again. Michelle adrenaline rush i guess. He enjoys that. We were just looking at the shot thinking poking it with a spear, i would be afraid it would get the shark angrier. Alison what other choice do you have, right . Otherwise youre just there waiting. Michelle scary. Jonathan, what would you do . Jonathan dont poke the bear. He did exactly what you from sharks to spiders. Fear of spiders is common. A lot of folks have the arachnaphobia. Even for those on television. For a weather man his fears became for public during one of the forecasts. Watch. A couple of days. We talk about, guess what, texas tech is always the National Champions [screaming] jeez, louise why did that just happen . Jonathan yeah. Why did that just happen. I will live on youtube. Live it down forever. Weatherman brian hughes, so startled. It takes him a while to recover. 30 seconds went by. Lifetime in television. He didnt continue the forecast until after he recovered. The spider was on a weather camera. It looks like a ginormous taking over the city. Michelle would you scream like that . Doug we have bugs, bees. Jonathan spiders, bugs. Michelle you are so cool. You have had laughing fits. Doug i do. Sometimes my pulse get no. Its pretty funny. Its live. It happens. Its done. Everybody gets to see it. Jonathan there is another funny one. Guy doing weather and the spider crawled in the studio and he flipped out and ran out of there. [laughter] doug you watch. I will go and there will be a snake or something and ill have my chance to go ballistic. The weekend is coming. We have been telling you that the weekend wouldnt be a happy weather story for the outdoor activities. I wish i could change it. Here is the deal. Sunshine all day. Looking live at the capital wheel at National Harbor in Prince Georges County across the potomac. High clouds covering the area. The sun is still Strong Enough and the cloud deck is thin enough we have plenty of sunshine and comfortable temperatures. 75 in reagan national. Southeasterly winds at 6 miles per hour. The cloudiness advancing. Clear skies, washington and metro. Crystal clear. That is be the High Pressure center is. Storm system developing over northeastern mississippi. Spreading rain to north. That is the saturday Weather Forecast im sorry to say. If you have plans this evening, i think you will be fine outside. Comfortable. Clouds rolling in later tonight. The rain we expect to begin just after sunrise in the metro area tomorrow. We will drop from the 70s to the 50s early tomorrow. The future cast gives us important