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Wrc our local affiliate in washington reporting two people inside the building have been shot and one of those shot was actually on the roof. the question of course is, is that where the gunman is now? we dont know. casey hunt is one of the capitol hill reporters who happens to be in the area right now on the phone. casey, what can you me about what you are seeing. >> hey, chuck. it is a chaotic scene here at the navy yard. there multiple fire trucks and police cars and ambulances. we were just ...

Saw the gunman open fire inside the navy yard and reported that at that time there was one person wounded. again, according to navy officials, they believe that several people have been wounded and they are not clear about the exact count. so far again, they have no reports of any fatalities. >> let me update you on the reporting coming from wrc, our affiliate here, channel 4 in washington, d.c. of the reports of an officer being shot. they have a few more details. the officer was shot in both l...

Has been identified, the shooter has been wounded, the shooter is in custody right now, there is a tremendous investigative effort that still has to go on to identify the motive and anyone else who might have been involved in this situation, chris. >> just to update those numbers, clint, wrc, our affiliate there in washington, d.c., is reporting ten total. four, we believe, have been killed in this shooting incident out of a total of seven victims who worked in those offices. wrc reporting that ...

The scene here, they are clearly prepared to deal with the wounded. >> and casey, i know you said you are hearing a lot of chotering. how many are overhead? >> as of right now, only one is circling low. it came low enough to see the park police logo. its unclear and looks as though it might be landing, but it might be flying down low in between the buildings and coming back over the top again. clearly whats going on here is not resolved. as we talked to the occasional police officer who wandered...

We also know, for instance, montgomery county sent their s.w.a.t. team to help out d.c. so we know the entire metro area law enforcement community is on this. heres what we know right now or what we think we know right now. seven victims, seven shooting victims from this lone gunman. two of which are law enforcement personnel, one a d.c. metro police officer that according to wrc was shot twice in the legs. the second victim believed to be the first person to confront this lone gunman and we say...

Coverage from here. chris, take it away. good morning, thank you very much. i am chris jansing and we are following this blereaking news multiple shootings at the washington navy yard. seven people have been shot, five civilians, two are police officers. police and security forces are on the hunt for the shooter who is still at large at this hour. just moments ago, nbc station wrc got this footage of a helicopter using a basket to apparently pull up one of the injured and rush them off to the ...

Helped the blind colleague out of the building and escorted him down to the metro. he said it was incredibly hectic. people leaving behind their personal possessions and just getting out of there as soon as possible. the second man i interviewed actually was working outside the building. hes a stone mason. he was rebuilding the historic wall outside the navy yard. he said he heard two shots and he said immediately after the two shots, the sirens began wailing and drowned out anything else. he sa...

Passers by. this is still an active shootingas we heard from the wrc comrades over there at channel 4. they are hearing shots inside the building as the security forces work their way through to locate this gunman. >> right. and right now just to update folks, we believe its a lone gunman. there is one confirmed injury, but as nick reports, there more than one victim. at least one that the navy confirmed. wrc reporting that patients are being taken to the washington hospital center. there is a l...

They have it roped off and cars are still rolling in. i went to the metro to try to get on the metro for work and probably two seconds after that, a couple of police officers came down and ushered everyone out of the metro. i dont know what is going on with that. >> i appreciate that. heres the update we have on metro. transit police have been deployed and the entrance and the new jersey avenue side is closed. metro is working on the entrance right now. the trains will continue to run, but any b...

Manhunt for the man in the white hat somewhere in watertown. there is an accomplice they are searching for who may have taken an amtrak train in east norwalk, connecticut. they are searching for this individual. there was an unexploded ied device near a boston mass transit station which explains why the entire greater boston area was shut down. >> one quick point, we were just talking about how they are trying to find everything they can about these two brothers. there is an uncle of the brother...