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 afternoon. He happily agreed to stay on longer because they needed the help. An hour later the shooter walked in and pulled out a gun and shot mr. Camara in the face. Coworkers say he didnt stand a chance. Camaras sister we want as she left their home tonight. Camaras brother rushed to the hospital to be with them during this tragic time. We just got there. Were going to try to go there and speak to the wife. Shes upset. The only thing we ask you, anybody who knows him, to pray for him right now. Prayers for him. Reporter camara was working here at the Federal Building in the west village when a 68yearold fort lee man walked in with two weapons and opened fire just after 5 friday evening. As he approached the metal detector in the security screening area, he pulled out a gun and shot the Security Officer at close range. Reporter a heavily armed Emergency Services unit descended on the area cowering the scene and searching each floor. The fbi is working with Homeland Security calling it a investigation but its not being treated as terrorism. They believe just one shooter was involved but are not commenting on the motive or if there are any intended targets. Homeland security secretary jay johnson came from new jersey to help with the investigation and give his support to the victims. I wanted to be here because this is a Federal Building and check in on our employees here and to be with those employees in the face of this tragedy. Reporter officials pointed out that mr. Camaras death is being treated as a homicide federal officer because his company was contracted by the department of Homeland Security. Reporting live in the west village carolina leid, channel 7 eye witness news. Thanks, carolina. From manhattan to new jersey where the gunman is from. Authorities are camped outside his home in fort lee waiting for a Court Ordered search warrant. Aj ross has new details on the motives. Reporter sade, this quiet and tucked away fort Lee Community has been turned upside down as theyre waiting for the search warrant. Police dont want us to shine a light in that direction. There is a Large Police Presence and were learning new information about an ongoing dispute he had with the department of labor. Clues that may help them figure out a motive for this vicious crime. I heard a helicopter and i saw the police cars. Reporter disbelief and shock blanketed this fort Lee Community friday night as neighbors came home to crime tape and heavily armed police surrounding the home of 68yearold Kevin Downing, the suspected shooter inside this Lower Manhattan Federal Building. I said hello and goodbye. I might have seen him once or twice but i dont know who he is. Reporter he is a former employee of the u. S. Department of labor and statistics. He has an office in the building. Downing claimed he was fired by the department of labor in 1999 for being a whistle blower and disclosing inexcusable public waste. He claimed the agency was blocking him from further employment. God only knows what happened in his life or what has happened in his life. We all have stress in our life and we dont know the straw that breaks the camels back. Reporter he was receiving benefits and appears to serve in the army reserve. He was working as a Real Estate Broker in fort lee. He lives on the corner and its crazy your neighbors could do Something Like this. Reporter according to police downey had no prior criminal record. Theyre going to go in and look for evidence and any devices or weapons before they can deem this area safe again. Live in fort lee, aj ross, channel 7 eye witness news. Aj, thank you. Well be keeping on top of the story throughout the night on tv and online. Well update you on www. Abcny. Com. Other news on this friday night, two American Service members credited with taking down a heavily armed man who opened fire on a high speed train headed to france. It happened this afternoon on a train from amsterdam to france. Two american soldiers subdued the gunman, a 26yearold moroccan. One soldier reportedly injured. The legionnaire bacteria surfaces at a high school in yonkers. Riverside high school was shut down when the cooling tower tested positive for the bacteria. It was disinfected and the build issing back open. Governor cuomo order every cooling tower be tested. A section of the new york state thoroughway closed after a horrific crash that killed two people. A tractor trailer, two box trucks and another vehicle crashed earlier today. Officials say one of the box trucks lost control while attempting to pass another vehicle and slammed into a big rig heading south. Two people were killed. We know the cause of the massive explosion at a high school in the bronx. Investigators say a construction worker lit a match in a gas filled room. The construction workers are in Critical Condition and one is in serious after last nights explosion at John F Kennedy high school. The workers were installing a gas line in a science lab. Thinking it was off he lit the match to test the line. I believe this was a mistake and a costly one for the three workers involve and had for everybody else thats been affected. Im confident no student will be in the school unless its totally safe. The building wont be repaired in time for the first day of school. Students will be relocated to other buildings. This is not the time to check your 401k. Wall street closing a dismal week of trading. The worst day of losses in five years. The dow closed at 16460. The nasdaq fell 171 points and the s p dropped 61 points. Today the fourth consecutive day of losses. The dow 1000 points. Republican president ial front runner donald trump didnt quite draw the crowd he expected to in alabama tonight. We went to the Convention Center and they can have 10,000 people and were all set and were excited and the next day they said too many people we cant put them in. Before tonights Campaign Event trump boasted he would fill a 40,000 feet stadium. Turns out about 20,000 people showed up. It was trumps Largest Campaign crowd so far. Now to an eye witness news exclusive. A woman who says she was sexually assault in deed an ambulance by the emt who was supposed to be helping her. Thousands have viewed this story. The nypd is investigating and the emt has already been placed on restrictive duty. I never would have thought no ambulance would do that. Reporter its not the first time this brooklyn mom was rushed to the hospital during a seizure. Like in the past when two emergency medical workers arrived at her bed sty apartment last saturday she was shaky and not able to speak. She was conscious. These are partial seizures. Yes. Reporter youre still awake . I saw everything he did. I heard him when he called my name twice. Reporter you were well aware of what was going on . I was well aware. Reporter she was quickly placed in the ambulance and one ems worker stayed with her while the other one waited outside for advanced life support came. Then he takes his hand, takes his right hand and put his hand down in my panties and stuck in his hands in my private area. Reporter as soon as she got to the hospital she told her mother. Soon after a supervisor arrive today interview her about the alleged sexual assault. She met with investigators of the special victims unit. She asked we not identify her. She felt compelled to tell her story for fear silence would lead to more victims. Anyone that does that to people, theres something wrong with them. Reporter you think its likely hes done this before . Yes, im quite sure he has. Reporter weve confirmed the emt in question and his partner have been placed on restrictive duty having no contact with patients while the fdny looks into the allegations. Tell me why you decided to do this. I want him to pay for what he did. You dont do that to people. You dont do that. Ever since that happened its been weighing heavy on my mind. Reporter the police are looking at surveillance tape to determine if the patient was alone with one of the if so, how long. Meantime the emt crew will remain on restrictive duty until the investigations are completed. Jim hofer, channel 7 eye witness news. As we continue on this friday night, a stabbing on the sidewalk in manhattan. Was this all over an umbrella . Bears go for a dip and have some play time in a new jersey backyard. You got to see the video and hear what neighbors say about their visitors. Meteorologist amy freeze. We hit a high of 87 degrees. Well above average for this time of year. Were cooling things off and taking away the humidity. Much more comfortable at 77 right now. We could cool off to 50s in some areas. Ill tell you about that and where the a deadly stabbing in harlem apparently stemming from a fight over an umbrella. Eye witness video shows two women tugging on the umbrella this morning outside a mcdonalds at 125th street in lexington avenue. The boyfriend of one of the women jumps in and stabs the other woman in the back. When the victims boyfriend tried to intervene he was stabbed to death. The female victim is in Critical Condition. The suspect is charged with assault. This hot weather a perfect time for people to take a dip in the family pool. What if its not their pool and the family isnt people . Its a family of bears checking out a new jersey backyard and finding it just right. Darla miles with our bear facts. Ive seen him so many times now its not a surprise anymore. Theres bears in the Pool Reporter until about 24 hours ago, this mama bear and her five cubs were local celebrities in rockaway township, new jersey. Until their video of their Backyard Pool Party went viral. I watch it more and more and more and start laughing because it started to become funny. I got a little girl and i can imagine her saying that. The baby is going up the slide. Reporter the video kind of makes you do a double take as one cub takes to the slide another splashes in the water and another one plays with pool toys just like kids do. Brian farrell started spotting them around the neighborhood at neighborhood. Size since then. Reporter he took this picture of the family in a cherry tree. This photo was taken friday afternoon in the same neighborhood of them rummaging through the trash. Street. I was over there and the bears are over here. Bears are taking over. Reporter no one really knows exactly where the bears live but the people who live in this area seem to believe they come down from the mountains behind the softball field. What is shocking, the number of bears. Have you seen five cubs before . Thats a big litter. Reporter do you think youll go back to the pool . Its a possibility. If i had a nice pool to jump in, id go back. Wouldnt you . Reporter rockaway township, new jersey, darla mile sgls yeah, i think the bears will come back and take another dip. Yes, always make friends with the people with the pool. Everybody is making their plans for the weekend. Saturday is better than sunday . Saturday is the better day especially if youre doing swimming. You have plans to go boating. Tomorrow is the best day. Once we get into sunday things get complicate and had east of the city, connecticut, long island seeing showers and then we see more of that moisture moving in. Saturday the best day of the next couple. 77 northeast wind is light and clear skies tonight with clear. Normal temperature 182. We had 87 today. 6 12 a. M. Will be the sunrise tomorrow. Temperatures are in the 60s for monticello and theyll go down to 50s overnight. Everybody else slipping in the 60s. Anywhere between 65 to 69 looks like thats the number for the overnight lows and the boroughs into the suburbs. Sunny and warm tomorrow. Great day. Slightly above average and slow humidity. Clouds and a passing shower coming through parts of the area on sunday and the humidity is back on monday with storms in the area that day as well. Whats happened is the big rains we had late last night and early this morning are part of a cold front stalled off shore. Were on the dry side of this. Itll waiver back and forth and throws hois moisture in our direction as early as sunday afternoon. Wont rule out a little bit of light rain for the eastern edge of long island tomorrow. Youre that close to the front. By the time we get into sunday afternoon the showers become widespread inland and monday is looking wet. The computer models dont clear us out until late monday. Weekend get away cat skills, hampton, jersey shores, same story. Saturday is the better day and by sunday were looking at showers and storms parts of the afternoon mainly. Jersey shore gets away with the best of it. There may be clouds lingering sunday afternoon. Comfortable over the weekend, especially for the overnight lows tonight and tomorrow. Then we get back to the muggy overnight temperatures. 86 tomorrow starts us off, 84 on sunday with the passing shower. Its humid monday with sticky damp showers and the soaking rain and warm and humid on tuesday. Wednesday and thursday look like the best days of the week. Temperatures will be in the low 80s there. Whatever plans you have over the weekend if you can move them to saturday to be outdoors thats the best bet. Were looking at the Tropical Storm danny and seeing how thatll affect puerto rico. Well talk about that tomorrow. Move plans to saturday. And invite me. Up next, do people really become more attractive after Drinking Alcohol . The art feel like a kid again with dunkins new oreo and chips ahoy flavored coolatta and iced coffees. Classic cookie flavor in every sip. America runs on dunkin. An art exhibit sdebt accidentally turns into a comic mishap. 250pound rubber ball, part of an Art Exhibition in toledo, ohio, got loose in high winds today. Thats unreal. Workers are chasing it down the street. 15 football it is. It bounced and rolled away. They caught up with the ball two blocks away and luckily nobody was hurt here. Everybody was red faced. A new study is suggesting the beer goggles affect is just a myth. Researchers at Bristol University asked drinks to rate faces. The findings contradict Previous Research by the same group of scientists last year. Thats a heck of a study right there. Anthony johnson up next with sports. Got to follow that. Its a full slate of action with baseball and football on the plate tonight. The yankees counting on their top pitcher to slow the tribe in game two of the series at the stadium. Plus the jets trying to get a taste of victory in the preseason. Are they ready to [excited yelling] ah, yes you cant stop it aww. Your mom liked my post. Youre friends with my mother . Whoa. Another episode . Definitely. We all use it differently. So why should we get it all the same way . Call Time Warner Cable to get the Internet Speed you need. Are you guys texting each other . Whether its 3 megs or 300 megs. Yeah. For the right price. From 14. 99 Everyday Low Price internet, to 300 meg ultrafast internet, we have you covered. Even with wifi at home and on the go. Plans start at 14. 99 per month. Call 1855want twc to switch today. Time warner cable. Enjoy better. Go get help, boy. Go get help. Go get help right now if youre a cat, you ignore people. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Go on kitty, kitty. Yanks try one more time. Yeah. Well, the yankees go to their ace to bounce back in their series against the tribe. Tanaka on the mound hoping to get his tenth win. Cleveland up in the bottom of the 4th when greg byrd drives in carlos beltran. The defense falters when brendan ryan cant handle the slow roller at short. Abraham almane scores and indians up 21. Carlos santana hits a foul pop and brian mccann tries to reach in the stands and make the play but no. It pops out of his glove. Dont give santana a second chance. On the next pitch he drives one into the night sky for a home run giving cleveland a 31 advantage. Indians take the first two of this series. The yankees final 73. The Mets Matt Harvey will not make his next start. They want to limit his innings and hes ready for crunch time. Tonight they went to mr. Reliable, Bartolo Colon to start the inning. Yoenis cespedes shoots one to left center and he would score. Carlos gonzalez blasts one right here. 29th of the season. Can you say cespedes . A grand slam. His 21st of the season giving the mets an early 71 lead. The rockies wouldnt roll out. Bottom of the 4th making it a one run game. Cespedes has three home runs as the mets lead in this one, score is 128. Little bit of history out of houston. Mike friers hit a no hitter. He threw 134 pitches to get it done. Got former met Justin Turner swinging to make it official. 30, the astros beat the dodgers. Football, todd bowles was looking for progression from the jets. Gang green fans at the meadowlands, they were looking for the same. Would they get same old jets . Matt ryan floats one to colin moody. Leads to a falcon touchdown. The jets go three and out. He takes it down inside the 5. Falcons would go onto score. Jets defense finally shows up. Thats leonard williams. He tackles yates for a safety and the jets offense takes flight when ivory takes it in the house to score. The jets win the first game of the preseason. Final score 3022. Tackling was a lot better. They played the run a lot better. We have a ways to go but they took a step today. They need today play because they needed time to figure everything out. They figured some things out and go better as it went. Tiger is doing well in north carolina. Hes on the join the conversation on facebook, twitter and instagram. You can follow the entire eye witness news team at 11 and amy freeze and anthony johnson. The whole team. That is our news for now, im rob powers. Im sade baderinwa. Jimmy kimmel is next
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