Abc 7ewschannel 8 news, this is a news update. Rks that amtrak train and amtrak train derailed on i5 off the bridge. 75 people were on the train as a trailed and the video and pictures we are getting are jawdropping. The amtrak train derailed near tacoma, little time. At least one of the cars train cars is dangling from the overpass on i5. We see the cars backed up as a result. We understand that i5 is completely shut down. At this point, it is unclear how many people are hurt, but we do understand according to Pierce County authorities out of there are injuries on the train. First responders are responding to the incident as a mass casualty event. We are looking at live pictures from seattle, washington. Train, oneing at the or two cars are on the interstate right now as we speak. Its a bigtime breaking news event and we will keep you posted with the latest details as we get them into the newsroom. Im q mccray. I know we are done. We dont know what time, nobody knows anything. Finally
Seen from miles away. One week before christmas at least 30 people are now without place to stay. Their decorations and almost all their belongings completely destroyed. Take a look hide me. Fire investigators remain outside the building five hours after the fire first started. We are being kept on the property. Off the in this video you can see the flames shooting higher into the air at the Carriage Hill apartments in hillcrest heights. The fire started just before 7 00 this morning on curtis drive. When firefighters first arrived all three floors of the garden style apartments were on fire. At one point the flames were in theg 20 to 30 feet air through the roof and firefighters were told to get out immediately. All of this happening as families were scrambling to wake up and get out of the building. They were bringing on the doors thing theres a fire its time for us to getut and called my sister to let her know the building was on fire. There was people screaming and the fire truck s
Spotted the violin case. Curious, she went over, opened it up. Saw the guns. Brought it back to fletchers and called police. Look at video of what happened. As you can imagine, the Police Rushed to this scene. They found the guns in that violence case. They asked where she found it, they went to that spot and found more guns. They were long guns, pistols and there was ammunition. The police are not telling us if they could tell how long they were there. They will trice them to see if they can link them to anybody or any particular crime. At this point it remains a mystery. It was a traffic nightmare. At least that woman did the right thing. This woman saw something and chose to sa s the citizens help us keep everyone safe. Brad she brought up the inauguration upcoming and concerned to find a pile of washington. They have no idea who put them there or why they were there but the good news, canal open is once again open. Brad bell, abc7 news. Michelle more breaking news in the district.
Recovering at medstar washington, where we have been seeing this all day long, d. C. Police officers, some in plainclothes, others in uniform, coming by to check on their brothers in blue and hoping to get an update from doctors to find out when these officers will be discharged. The suspect in the shooting has died. He was shot multiple times, we are told. Police did recover the suspects gun. Is happening just hours after interim police chief became the acting police chief. He was over in the trinidad neighborhood in northeast when this all went down late last night only about four miles from where we are here at the hospital. The acting police chief saying that they have some information but still a lot of investigating needs to be done. Take innocent a listen. We had our prime officers in the area and at the intersection of holbrook and morse street we had shots that were fired. As a result of those shots being fired, we cant distinguish exactly who fired the shots at this point bec
There are always bad seeds. That is what the country is about. Im an immigrant, youre an immigrant. bama brad a few minutes ago i. C. E. Released information that Border Patrol agent encountered mr. Sanchez last august in the Rio Grande Valley in texas and at that time he was issued a document saying he needed to appear before an immigration judge. What we are told is the hearing has not been scheduled. When we come back at 6 00, ewill have strong voices saying immigration status has nothing to do with this crime. Very strong opinions. Different angles on the case. Jonathan im Jonathan Elias. We are covering breaking news the gunstores. Police tell us they have arrested three men that they say helped steal guns from stores in fredericksburg and chantilly. Two of them are 23. The other is 19. We did reach out to the Montgomery County police to ask if they think these guys had any role in a fourth burglary in rockville. Over 30 seconds stolen in 80 seconds in the burglary. The other in f