it. leon: and a police officer charged with murder. the shooting under the microscope, next. first, witnesses describe a deafening noise like an airplane crash, seconds later in miles away a massive power outage. the white house the u.s. capitol, the university of maryland just a few of the buildings in the dark today. alison: witnesses heard the conductor fall, interrupting the power supply. tom roussey is live on the national mall the interviews that you will see only on 7. tom: some other buildings affected, including both the smithsonian museums, like the air and space, folks evacuated. at this hour, the lights are working fine. this all started from a place dozens of miles from d.c., a place you would not have expected. this is where the problems started southeastern charles county. a conductor fell to the ground at a switching station. although it affected electricity for tens of thousands, it happened in an area where many do not use electricity. as crews worked nearby
jeff: the young man who committed this hate crime didn t use a knife or gun. he used a can of spray paint tagging swastikas and the letters k.k.k. all over the shaare torah synagogue here in gaithersburg gaithersburg, maryland. montgomery county police taking this very seriously and analyzed the paint was that used and the surveillance video shot here and interviewed a number of community members. well, eight days later they have made an arrest. 18-year-old sebastian espinoza-carranza confessed to police that he planned this because he didn t like jewish people that attend the synagogue here. the director says the outpouring of support not only from the jewish community but from christians muslims and many others has been tremendous. and continues into tomorrow is sort of coming out of the ashes and to rebuilding lives whenever possible. and in that same time period now we ve done sort of that coming through it. jeff: just some of the signs here that have been posted. the g
reporting live stephen tschida abc 7 news. alison: ok. thank you for that. now, also, the associated press just released this video right here of the moment that gyrocopter landed on the west capitol lawn. a tourist captured the video as the pilot flew over a group of kids and then came to rest right there on the lawn. so we re also hearing from witnesses near the u.s. capitol at the time of this incident. d.c. bureau chief sam ford continues our team coverage from near the capitol. sam? sam: well, alison, what is amazing is how normal things are. after 2 1/2 hours ago, everybody was going crazy around here with the thing flying in but now on the tourist buses, people are posing for pictures in front of the capitol. but it was about 1:30 this afternoon when everybody s eyes swung towards the sky. this is not good people! no, it s not! sam: workers, tourists anybody outside of the west front of the capitol section of the mall had their attention captured first by the sound o
we didn t know what was going on. blocked off and turned off. stephen: while the bomb squad inspected the gyrocopter streets around the capitol shut down and those on hand asked how could a gyrocopter get so close to the u.s. capitol? violate a no-fly zone in this post-september 11th world. how did that guy get in here? that was the big thing and that s what everybody was talking about with airspace being restricted and all that. how could he fly a helicopter and land on the lawn of the capital building you know? stephen: while tourists gawk at the gyrocopter that send the nation s capital into a state of confusion and concern, the investigation continued. investigators stated that the pilot of that aircraft would eventually face charges. just about 10 minutes ago the u.s. capitol police issued a statement saying the investigation continues and no word yet again about what charges the pilot of the gyrocopter may face eventually. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news.
response. it was amazing. she took the stage and just went to handle it. if you decide to go back in please do not take the elevator. reporter: across pennsylvania avenue d.c. government officials calmly evacuated the john wilson building that went dark. we experienced the power being out and we were told to evacuate the building and i haven t heard any additional news since. we re just waiting on when we can either go back into the building reporter: all around downtown emergency vehicles checked out buildings. at the national academy of science on fifth street one i.t. worker thought something worse was happening. we were just inside working and the power went out. so we decided to come out to see what was going on. last time that kind of happened we had an earthquake so reporter: oh. yeah. reporter: on the national mall tourists were asked to leave darkened museums including the museum of the american indian. we were just sitting down to eat and the