the assistant director of the f.b.i. say a few words. >> thank you. we here with our state and local partners to assure that all the wounded are extracted and ultimately public safety is number one goal at this point. we will work as a law enforcement community to assure that we have done everything we can in our power to find, locate and apprehend the suspects. i know one of your questions will be is this a terrorist incident. i will tell you right now we do not know if this is a terrorist incident. we start from the beginning working with all of our local partners. we take the presumption that it may be, it may not be but we will work hand in hand with them from the beginning. if things change we are here from the get-go and there is no steps lost as the investigation proceeds. at this point i'm going to turn it back to the chief.

>> so quickly, after the initial response, we have several hundred people in the building that are not injured. those people have been taken to a safe location and they are part of the investigation. in addition to that, we know this is a human incident and this is a tragedy. we know we have a lot of folks out there that are concern and worried about their loved ones and they have been at that facility today. we set up an area at the corner of third and sierra way in the city of san bernardino for family members to go for information. we'll push information out to that for the family members as we can. also, the sheriff department put out the crime tip hotline number. if anybody has any information, we would like to hear from you. with that i will take questions. >> do you have any information about this happening, apparently the upward of the three gunmen stormed in? chief: i don't. i have heard everything it was a meeting to a potential lunch type gathering for the

holidays. that is not confirmed. that is preliminary. it's my understanding that most of the people that were wounded, most of the victims were all centrally located in one area of the facility. >> reporter: has any weapons or body armor, anything like that been recovered? chief: it's my understanding that the facility has the state and county employees as well as the folks that work for a number of organizations. the inland regional center serves a number of organizations that treat mental illness type of issues and that sort of stuff. i don't have any idea -- i know that the state and the local, county employees work there. i do not know any of them are the victims or who they are at the moment. >> do we know if children are victims? [inaudible] chief: i do not have any information that children were involved. reporter: the weapons used or the number of people involved here? what do you have in evidence? can you character this as an organized event? what were the men using and shooting at people with? chief: preliminary information indicate these people came prepared.

they were dressed in an equipped way to indicate they were prepared. they had long guns, not handguns. >> how did they dress? chief: i don't know. reporter: any weapons recovered at the scene? chief: we don't have weapons recovered. reporter: what were they wearing? reporter: chief, i you said upward of 14 dead. what does "upwards" mean? chief: we have preliminary numbers that 14 people are decease and another 14 people that have been taken to various hospitals for significant injuries, potentially related to gunshots. we also have a number of other people that may have had minor injury, they found out in the course of fleeing or something of that nature. roughly about 14 that we believe are wounded. reporter: do you have video evidence of what happened? chief: i imagine there are but we are not that far in the investigation. reporter: would you repeat the nuts and bolts again live on

the air? chief: the whole thing? reporter: is there a possibility there are more deceased or wounded inside the regional center? chief: that could be a possibility. i don't think we are comfortable saying no. reporter: have bomb officials recovered anything that looks like an i.e.d. in the building? chief: as the teams were searching for the suspects and searching for victims there were things in the building that were not immediately identifiable that caused them some concern. as a result of that, we do have some bomb techs on site checking some of that out. i do not know if they were brought in by the suspects. we don't know if they are bombs of any sort. things as the teams were moving through that it needs to be looked at more closely. reporter: rendered safe at this point? they haven't taken ning apart or destroyed anything? chief: i don't have information on that. reporter: have you found any vehicles you believe are related to this? or left nearby? chief: not that i know of at

this point. reporter: have witnesses said the gunmen said anything? did they say anything? chief: we don't have anything specific from the witnesses. we are in the early stages of talking to them. reporter: are there other active scenes? chief: this is the only active scene we're working. reporter: what about the security scenes shot nearby? chief: that is part of the investigation. >> can you talk about the suspect and the vehicle in the dark s.u.v.? chief: that is all we have. generic. upward of three suspects, dark s.u.v. reporter: suspects wearing camouflage? chief: i never heard camouflage. reporter: what were they wearing? reporter: does it mean there could be more? chief: i have repeatedly been told the number is three. but keep in mind this information is flowing in as the people talk to witnesses quickly. as we put everything together, some of this may change. we know these are fluid situations. some of the information we put out now may change a little bit in the future. >> is there any description about the guys? description of the suspects? chief: as far as people in the area we are doing everything

we can to keep the area safe. we are addressing other facilities in the area we think may be similar or may be similar but we don't have any information or credible threats to any other facility at this point. but obviously we are all on a heightened sense of alert. we ask the public to be on a heightened sention of alert they are watching out for those things. if they have information contact us to let us investigate it. i put out what i have. reporter: were they wearing masks? chief: one report i heard is masks were involved but i don't it's definitive at this point. reporter: do you have active leads you are pursuing for them right now? chief: yes. not going to talk about it. reporter: did the gunmen say anything in the attack or the shooting? chief: not that i'm aware of. reporter: any threat made prior to the incident? chief: that is part of the investigation and not talking specifically about it now. [inaudible question] i want to say thank you to the chiefs and the fire chiefs and

everything. for your response. i appreciate that. chief: thank you very much. reporter: how long did the attack last? how long it lasted? chief a few minutes. reporter: based on how well armed they were -- george: a lot of information there from the san bernardino police chief jarrod burguan about a situation that unfolded in the inland regional center, san bernardino, california. get back to chief -- i think we have the feed back. reporter: how are you equipping your people? chief: our people in the field go in the field with what they have. we have a 703-236-9220 of officers with high-caliber weapons, assault rifles with them. most of the officers carry handguns. the officers that arrived on scene and did the initial work to clear it went in with what they had. reporter: do you know where the suspects are? chief: we do not know where the suspects are. reporter: talk about the f.b.i., how is the f.b.i.

getting involved in this? is there a representative, maybe they want to talk in detail. chief: we know historically that some of the investigations can turn into a potential federal prosecution type of thing. at this point we don't know that to be the case but it is better to have them on scene from the begin something they know what we know and they are an active part of the investigation. in addition to that, being from the federal government they bring to the table tremendous resources to help us doing our job. reporter: terrorism, can you talk about that? chief: we have no information at this point to indicate that this is terrorist related in the traditional sense people may be thinking. at minimum we have a domestic terrorist situation that occurred here. reporter: white, black, hispanic -- chief: we don't. reporter: [inaudible question] chief: the only thing i am comfortable saying at this point is that the information we have is that they came prepared to do what they do as if they were on a mission.

reporter: how long were they inside shooting? chief: i don't know specifically. several minutes. reporter: were the gunmen still there when the initial responding officers arrived? chief: we don't know. our police officers have not exchanged gunfire with anybody but we don't know if they were on scene when they arrived. reporter: i don't know if you covered this or not but were the vast majority of the dead or wounded in one centralized location? chief: in the same general facility of the area. reporter: with remaking the assumption -- i'm somewhere riff for the assumption, chief -- sorry for the assumption, but did they target those people? chief: too early. we don't know the motive. reporter: were there hostages? or was it just a shoot-out? chief: we don't have information they took hostages. reporter: what type of weapons did they use? describe the weapons they had? chief: long guns is what i have been told. i think there are people speculating the type of long guns those are but i don't

want to put out a specific type of gun. it was a long gun, not a hand gun. reporter: what made it seem like they were on a mission? chief: they came in with a purpose. they came in with the intent to do something. reporter: was there threat made to the facility prior to the incident? chief: i don't have specifics on that. with that, we're going to cut this off. we will be back every hour on the hour to provide an update. even if we don't have anything specifically we will come back to you every hour on the hour at least for the next several hours to provide an update. >> top of the hour. chief: top of the hour is fine. b-u-r-g-u-a-n. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. >> pray for us. [sirens ] i am locked in an office. >> we don't know where the shooters are. >> they are heavily armed wearing body armor. >> i got into chaos. who knows? boom, boom, boom, boom. i'm like wow, right in the

middle of this. >> very dangerous. the fewer innocent people we have in here the better. >> large armed response by the sheriff department. the guys came in and started shooting. >> crazy. there is just too many shootings. leon: that is right. chaos in california. we are monitoring the situation in san bernardino after this afternoon's mass shooting there. kellye: we know at least 14 -- kellye: we know at least 14 people were killed and 14 injured. johnjohn -- jonathan has more. jonathan: three men with body armor, long rifles, walked in this lace. no words exchanged and poped fire. this is considered a secure facility. the doors are locked or they are monitored by somebody but they got inside. that is when they opened fire. the place we are talk about as we show you a picture from above the inland regional

center. they do everything for the mentally developmentally disabled people. you heard that the officer said 14 people they say are dead and 14 others wounded. before the gunmen left the building. they reportedly left in s.u.v. and not found yet. you heard the questions asked by reporters and they just don't have the answers. they don't know a motive and they have not been able to identify who the shooters are. if it's a secure facility, they will likely have videotape rolling. they are trying to track that down. hundreds of people were evacuated after the buildings after the all-clear was given. be the police rounded all the people up because they are potential witnesses in this.

they were loaded on buses and taken to a location where they will be debriefed. every little nugget of information they come out with might help put the puzzle together for police. let me play a little bit now some witness sound as you imagine when the shooting started people were terrified as they were given the order to shelter in place and find a place to hide. >> i was going home. i was racing over to go to the bus, going up. i turned on outside and boom, boom, boom. all of a sudden boom! >> boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. i heard the shots. >> i started to walk down by the outback and people out there heard. i don't know what is going on here. jonathan: we know that president obama has been briefed on the shooting situation by homeland security. you heard from the local officials in san bernardino as a result of what happened at the center. they have the courts and the city buildings on lockdown.

they have also notified all the schools in the area to be on high alert and to be vigilant. right now san bernardino police are putting out the word if anyone has any information, if they saw anything, perhaps they saw the s.u.v. racing off or got a license plate. these are the things they need to track down to expedite the investigation to track the suspects down. not just one but multiple eyewitness account where three gunmen in body armor with long rifles locked in the center. i want to bring in lieutenant colonel tony schaefer. last night we had a round table talking about terrorism. the focus was abroad for the most part but we know the things can happen here as well. you heard the officer clearly say they are not sure if this was a terrorist act. in your experience we are talking about three people who look as though they conducted what sounded like and looked like the witness accounts this is a military type tactician, that they went in the building, said nothing, opened fire and left, what does it tell you?

tony: we need to go with what they observed and start from there. unfortunately, jonathan, i think look, by definition this was an act of terror. the question becomes was it a criminal act of terror with people who are deranged or is this tied to something else? unfortunately i am leaning toward tied to something else. i'm explain my rationale. first, as you mention the military precision of the attack. whoever the guys were, they were trained to move quickly with efficiency and the second factor is uniform. they were wearing what is known as the isis uniform. all black, face macks and everything else. the third factor they used the weapon of choice that isis has been choosing to use in the attack, a.k.-47. circumstantial evidence alone, i'm not saying we know this is a terrorist attack inspired by

isis. the basic components of the attack are indicative of previous attacks in other parts of the world. we don't know all the background as the officer in the press conference said. they don't have a motive. they have not been able to do individual detection of who the individuals exactly were by identity. by any detail of the individual other than what they look like. they were indeed wearing essentially the isis uniform. they were black, they were wearing body armor and used the isis weapon of choice a.k.-47. as we know, they hit one of the softest targets you can hit. a facility with disabled and folks who really had no ability to fight back. jonathan: before we run down that road, a couple of things that stand out that make it different. we have had so many mass shootings in the country and each are horrific. we're somewhat aest intytizeed

to the attack -- anecessarytized to the fact -- anesthetized that these happen. what would be the tell-tale sign of this one to make it different than the other attacks we talk about? tony: two things. military aspect of the attack. clearly these folks were trained. it is year to me they had rehearsed to have done what they did. they clearly had an attack plan. an intermediate plan of what they were going to do during the attack and exit strategy, they did effectively. they were gone before anybody could do anything. this is clearly something that was planned. this was well-planned. secondly, when you examine the target, a soft target. this is not a bank. this is not an armory or not a military facility. this is a soft target. this has been the target of choice of terrorist groups of late. it's what they go for because it gives them the most ability

for the mass casualties. by the way, let me clarify this for the audience to understand. we have seen other mass casualty shootings in locations where people aren't armed. so clearly as we have seen of the casualty events they go to a location where there is nobody who can oppose them. in this case we are talking about three individuals that what i would call a cell. so that would be what i would say is different. the fact is while they did attack a soft target, which other mass shooters have attacked, they did this with essentially what i would call a cell. three individuals working together in a highly precised, highly trained manner. again, looking going back to the very profile of the attack in january. the paris attack a couple of weeks ago. jonathan: but stands out, the paris attack last year were reckless. you knew they would be caught or cornered. in this case they stuck to a

timeline and got out of there and left the area. so time is not on the side of law enforcement. they need to track the guys down fast. if it's one group. >> paris is a closed environment no matter how you cut it. california in this particular is desert all around there. if you can get out of town and get away from everything, the chances are good you may be able to avoid the law enforcement. this is why they need to move to figure out what is going but they could be planning a second or third attack there. could be other cells. if this is a terrorist attack there could be others prepared for activation. i would be bringing in other resources to augment the search. jonathan: stand by if you would. i want to play in the press conference that the question about the terrorism. here is the response.

listen to this. >> we don't know this is terrorism. we start with the beginning and take the assumption it may or may not be but we will work hand in hand with them from the beginning. jonathan: they have to go at it this as a blank slate and they can't assume anything. tony: they have to look at all the potential points, everything from disgruntled individuals who seem to basically come together for an act of violence. be honest here. we know that people acted with violent intent without any other agenda other than being deranged. that clearly happened with the home shooting in the batman shooting in colorado. clearly that guy was just nuts. i just don't see that here. i see they have to go in a direction where you are looking at either a criminal

or terrorist enterprise by the fact this was well-planned. the individuals were well equipped. there was a clear plan that was, that is indicative of training, rehearsal and of clear purpose of execution. they have to go in a direction of a terrorist act or a criminal act. criminal enterprise act by the fact that the evidence so far, the circumstantial evidence does not point to an individual or couple of individuals who are deranged. this was planned well in advance. i would hazard to say it was planned weeks or months in advance. jonathan: lieutenant colonel anthony schaefer we appreciate your insight and your time. the center targeted at 11:00 this morning was the inland county regional center that deal with developmentally disabled. apparently today on the schedule is a party. they were going to have santa claus and a number of clients would be there.

at 11:00 this morning from a number of eyewitness accounts three gunmen went in one of the buildings and opened fire. according to police, 14 people are dead and 14 others are wounded. right now the search is on for the three gunmen because they left the location and at last check they said they left in a black or dark s.u.v. they do not know the motive or who the suspects are. we'll continue to monitor it. but back to you. kimberly: this is important to point out that the sound we heard from is from the f.b.i. the facebook special agent in charge saying we do -- the f.b.i. special agent in charge saying we don't know if it's terrorism. too early in the investigation. just like you, our newsroom flocked to social media as soon as we heard reports of the shooting. joce sterman picks up the team coverage from the newsroom with a look at some of that. and really inside the facility, social media is giving you a view inside. joce: absolutely. we get a view from reporters but from those evacuated.

there are crowds of people evacuated by the transit bus. taking them offside to interview them. all of the people are witnesses and they need the information to hunt down the people responsible for this. this an image from outside. near the inland center. people are gathering to pray near the shooting scene and gathered together for a little bit of peace. obviously a lot of hectic things happening here. this is just a look at the number of ambulances lined up earlier today. this is from an hour ago this image. responding to a lot of people injured. as many as 14 taken from the scene but they have to bring onslaught of resources to a scene like this. you heard of mutual aid. this is it in action right here. we ashrewded to people -- alluded to people flooded to the scene. they were marching through to school bus and transit buses to be evacuated.

this is a reporter on the scene talking a about the witnesses telling her that people had to walk over the bodies as they made an escape earlier today. fluid incident. we are seeing doug sanders reporter on the scene for print publication in los angeles talking about how the scene calmed down. but an hour ago still very fluid. police going through basically searching a three-building area to get everybody out. also to make sure that the suspects were not potentially hiding in a room somewhere. people on lockdown watching the scene from the office building, tweeting out they were safe. people who weren't aware from the social media or not watching the television showing up and being greeted by guards at various locations in and around san bernardino. we showed you this earlier today but this is the most poignant image from social media. yesterday, the inland regional center was the site of a christmas party. a touching image of a client sitting with santa. 24 hours ago. today they are dealing with a

mass shooting. we'll send it back to you in the studio. leon: keep us posted on what you see and find down there. meantime, jackie gray is still under lockdown now in an adjacent building on the scene. we talked with you about an hour ago. first, check to see how you are doing. give us the latest on how you are holding up right now? jackie: [inaudible] leon: jackie? hello, jackie, can you hear us? jackie: can you hear me? leon: yeah. we have got you. how are you holding up? you have been there for a come of hours now. jackie: a little better now. still a little worried. my kid's school, they are on lockdown i have been informed. they are on lockdown and i had a parent call me and let me know that my daughter is afraid and she is crying. i want to be able to go get them. i walked out of my office and ask the police when i would be able to on my way to go get my children. they have no idea when the

lockdown is over. leon: is there any way you can talk to your daughter on the phone? jackie: no, not the moment. leon: okay. well, then, what did the police tell you about how long you should expect to stay locked down there? jackie: no clue. leon: have they been keeping you informed, have you been getting updates, phone calls or text messages or anything from the authorities? jackie: no. nothing. they t most they told me is they have no -- the most they told me they have no idea how long it will be. leon: what have you been doing? are you able to see anything from where your vantage point is? jackie: yes. i have a good view of just the news crews. they are still out there interviewing people. lot of cameras and policemen. the sheriffs are still present. the street it appears as though the street is still

blocked. i have been informed that there may be a suspect still on the loose in a dark s.u.v. leon: yes, we have been hearing that same report. there are questions to whether or not the s.u.v. is even in the area. they believe it may have left. but it has to be tense for you to sit by and listen to that. do you have a radio or t nearby? >> i just have the internet. i work from a computer in my office. mainly e-mails and that kind of thing. so i am online trying to stay informed. i'm nervous about my children, because they are on lockdown. just to know that there is somebody out there still on the run and they are really close to cal state san bernardino. god forbid that be a target. i'm not sure of what is going on but i'm praying it's not a terrorist attack at this moment. leon: how far away from the children, the schools they are in? how far from the scene? jackie: 15, 20 minutes. leon: okay.

well, we are sitting here trying to piece together in our own minds any idea why it may have happened there? has anything occurred to you as you have been watching this unfold in front of you? jackie: no. you know, san bernardino is kind of known for its high criminal activity. but i don't know anything like this. and why it would occur at such a place like the, you know, the community and health center for the disabled. why there? >> all right. well, here is hoping it won't be a long night for you there. it's late in the afternoon. how are you situated for something to eat to get through the next couple hours if you have to? jackie: i am lucky. i had another person from one of the office suites brought me some food over before the situation, before we found out how severe the situation was. brought me some food over, like lunchable and crackers

and water. i'm fine. i am just sorry for the people who lost their lives. i can deal with a little hunger for a little while. i just pray for the victims' families. leon: absolutely. as do we all. we understand police are still trying to clear that convention center there. the convention hall where the meeting was being held, that was fired upon and they will have to go through the building still. have you been told whether or not you have to wait for the police to come into your building to go through there room by room? jackie: you know, i have not. i think it's fine for me to be out there. when i went out there just maybe 15 minutes ago to inquire about the lockdown and when it would be lifted they didn't mention anything about me having to be still in the office locked in the office or anything like that. they are letting people stand around and observe. just no one can go through the

street. leon: well, okay. jackally: so i'm still trying to be safe so i'm in the office. leon: very smart. other people in the office, do you have any idea how many other people are in the building? have you been in contact with them? jackie: so far i know of three offices occupied at the moment. we all really just don't know what is going on. everyone is pretty ready to leave, pretty much ready to leave and find out what is going on, because god forbid someone we know who has been harmed or a loved one. we really don't know too much at this point. leon: yeah, i'm sure. on a normal wednesday is that about how many people would be there in your building? jackie: probably i want to say 20 to 30. it's a really small setting. leon: we are hoping for the best for you and everyone else who may be in the building with you. here is hoping somehow, some way your family can hear the conversation to know you are

holding up okay. hopefully we won't have to wait too much longer to talk to you on the outside. all right? jackie: thank you. leon: take care. kimberly: we can hear how bad she wants to hug her daughter and keep her safe. there are families holding each other tight tonight in california. to recap, at least 14 people have died after a shooting in san bernardino, california. another 14 people were injured. they are looking for three suspects. we will keep you posted on developments throughout the hour. you can get updates at wjla.com. we will be back in a moment.

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jon we know the three buildings evacuated. tales of investigators -- teams of investigators are going through the buildings and looking for anything, any clue to led them to the gunmen the case. the gunmen are outstanding. they don't know where they are. the last report they left in a dark or a black survivor. 15 to 20 minutes of the first calls went out for shooting taking place at the inland regional center. this is a center, three very large buildings, hundreds of people every day are in the buildings. this deals with a vulnerable population. the developmentally disabled. in there, there is all kind of resources, you know, the individual and the family services, social services, even residential care. but about 11:00 this morning, three gunmen according to a number of eyewitnesses walked in said nothing and opened fire. 14 people were gunned down, dead. 14 others were wounded. the alert went out immediately after the gunman made entry in the building. when the alert went out they told everybody to find a place

to hide inside the building. when that happened people hiding were on the phone calling out to the loved ones saying hey, there are gunmen in the building, i can hear shots fired and i can see the wounded and the dead. we are getting these reports in. 20 minutes after the alarm went out another alarm sound and they were told to come out of the building with the hands up. police were outside and they showed up in force. hundreds of people came out with hands up and loaded to the buses and taken to a safe location. wounded were carted off at the ambulances and taken to a local hospital. lomalinda is a closest hospital. they were immediately tended to the wounded. we don't know the 14 of those taken to the hospital. the most troubling aspect of the shooting the three gunmen described dressed in all black, wearing armor, body armor, having rifles described as a.k.-47's, walked in, shot

and left. we have not seen them and there is no clue right now where they are. law enforcement in california, especially in san bernardino have the resources of the l.a. county sheriff, lapd, these are very alert and astute folks when it comes to anti-terror type of work. if they coordinate and they probably are now with the a.t.f. and the f.b.i., there is an all-out search. but the more time that transpires between the shooting and now it could turn into a nationwide search for the gunmen. we will continue to monitor developments as soon as we learn anything else. we will let you know. president obama was alerted to the shooting by homeland security. we waiting to hear word from him in regard to a response to today's shooting. back to you. leon: thank you, jonathan. we will keep you posted here on air as well as wjla.com. we also want to take you moment to bring you other news of the day we have been following in the background. in prince george's county now the police officer caught on

camera holding a gun to a man's head was found guilty today. mike carter-conneen was there in the courtroom. he joins us live from the upper marlboro to tell us about it. mike? mike: this cell phone video was critical evidence in the case. captured by the victim's 'cuz whon just dropped him off at the home in bowie. they released it today on the court, on dvd, youtube and social media. the chief saying he wanted the public to know the behavior by this officer was totally unacceptable. >> he put a gun to my head. he put a gun to my head. mike: with a judge finding him guilty on all five counts including first-degree assault, they called jenchesky santiago's actions reprehensible. >> it sends a loud message to everyone watching, not only the professionals but the community as well this is not the way we police here. this is not acceptable policing to us. this guy was active outside of his authority. mike: in closing arguments at the end of the two-day bench

trial, prosecutors said santiago had no justification for these actions in a traffic stop and the testimony lacked credibility. the defense attorney said santiago should not be a police officer. there is no question he failed, that he should lose his badge. but he said his conduct still does not rise to the level of criminal activity. the police chief mark magaw said he would recommend santiago's termination to the trial board. >> the officer's actions are his and his alone. it does not reflect on the other 2,000 county police officers that serve the community every day with the professionalism and integrity. mike: after the guilty verdict the victim cunningham said justice was served. >> i always wanted justice. mike: but he said he would pray for the officer's family who began weeping when the verdict was read. >> i feel sorry for them but everyone has to be accountable for their actions. mike: cunningham is still pursuing a lawsuit against that officer. meanwhile santiago will face a

mandatory minimum of five years in prison without parole. in all he faces a maximum possible 45 years in prison. his sentencing is is set for january. mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. kimberly: opening statement for the first police officer to go on trial in the freddie gray case. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in baltimore with the details. brad? brad: yeah, they are done for the day, wrapping up an hour ago. but very busy day. first they seated a jury and then the opening arguments. as you said the prosecution portraying officer porter as someone who didn't care about the well-being of freddie gray. the defense saying the opposite is true. in his opening argument, the prosecutor told the jury officer william porter is guilty of gross negligence, criminal negligence for not helping a struggling freddie gray in the back of a police van. porter arrived on scene after

gray caught on camera arrest and then checked on him blocks away. the prosecutor acting out in court the various positions gray allegedly assumed in that leading to his broken neck. he claimed that gray asked for a medic but porter ignored him angray in the van. some case-watchers like baltimore's naacp president finding argument compelling. >> the citizen are upset that freddie gray is deceased. he shouldn't be deceased in a situation like this at the hands of the police. brad: defense attorney gary proctor argued a different set of facts and called 26-year-old william porter a good cop that knew every time freddie gray was arrested he made, "a big scene." he described how those arrested often fake injuries to avoid a trip to jail calling it "jail itis" and said that porter saw no sign of gray being in real medical distress until after he checked on him.

now freddie gray's family members, his mother, stepfather and others in court today. they listened to the opening statements for both the prosecution and the defense. they left without comment. in baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: okay, thank you, brad. you saw it here first on abc7. tonight "7 on your side" reaching out to local school systems about their procedures when it comes to radon testing in schools. this coming after we learned kids in montgomery county were being exposed to reading, writing and radon in montgomery county schools. county reporter kevin lewis live in silver spring tonight after reaching out to other school systems today. kevin, what did you learn? kevin: scientists measure radon in picocurries. 4 and above harm to feel people, especially children. but 28 schools here in montgomery county are above the level. administrators are proclaimg that every school is safe.

that made us ask who is telling the tru? >> all the schools are safe. kevin: a bold statement from the head spokeman amid reports that dangerous amount of radon in 28 schools. >> all the levels in the previous tests are below the e.p.a. level of 100, which is the level of which e.p.a. says you need to be out of the classroom. >> i would say it's a bunch of baloney. kevin: jim has been testing radon for 30 years and says that the mpcs assertion is ludicrous. >> no disrespect to him or anyone else that buys into that jargon. it's just not true. kevin: in fact, the e.p.a. says if 1,000 people were exposed to 10 picocurries of radon for a lifetime, 15 would likely get lung cancer. for context, part of spring brook high school in silver spring emit 9.8 picocurries of radon. >> that's terrible. a threat. kevin: many parents want their children to transfer schools until the radon is gone.

>> i don't want my child near there. i want pooh emto take this as a real risk, as a real threat. kevin: so have other school districts drop the radon ball? alexandria, fairfax and loudoun counties say their school tested below the e.p.a. limit. we are still waiting for results from frederick, prince george and howard counties. although mcps apologized for withholding radon test results, it still has not said who is ultimately responsible. we should point out according to the e.p.a. radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the u.s. each year. live in silver spring, kevin lewis, abc7 news. leon: thank you, kevin. we are continuing to keep a close eye on the breaking situation in california. where at least 14 people now reported dead. preliminarily. and 14 injured after a shooting incident. we'll have an update for you when we come bac

jonathan: i'm jonathan elias in the abc7 newsroom monitoring the breaking news in california, san bernardino shooting. 14 killed and 14 others wounded. this happened at a center that dealt with adults with disabilities. the crazy part now we are starting to hear minutia about where the targeting was taking place. three gunmen masked with

rifles, they walked in the center without saying a word. started shooting. but a conference room is what appears to have been targeted. that conference room was rented by an outside group. somebody at the center was saying to reporters that the outside group is another social services group. so it is a public entity. not a private group. they were using the conference room. that seems to be the brunt of the shooting for the three people. they were wearing masks. they left a building in 15 or 20 minutes and they have not been seen since. all-out manhunt is on to find the gunmen. buildings, there are three of them. hundreds of people, so many services are offered there. the buildings now have been cleared. it was evacuated. hundreds of people were rounded up put on buses and taken away to be interviewed by the investigators to have a shred or a piece of the puzzle to put together to find out who the gunmen were. as we know now, 14 people are dead. 14 people left wounded. a lot of questions that don't have answers, as far who the

gunmen are and what the motive was. that is the latest from the breaking news desk. back to you. kimberly: thank you. covering metro tonight. today is the third day on the job for the metro new general manager started with delays on the tracks after a power problem outside west. its reliability issues like this that paul wiedefeld talked about as he sat down one-on-one today with our brianne carter. paul: one of the things that i'm getting installed is the ability to pull up the cameras throughout the system in my office. so when these things hit i can pull it up immediately and see are we performing the way we should? if not, what are we doing? brianne: in addition to increasing reliability, wiedefeld says transparently has to improve. he says if the information doesn't impact security or personnel he wants it out there for the riders to know what is going on with the system. paul: they may not like what they hear. they may have impacts on their day. i can't prevent that from

happening. my goal is not to have them learn it from my means but me. brianne: we also got your questions answered. on twitter, one nell asked what have they been fixing on the red line every weekend for the past three years? wiedefeld says communicating continually with riders is key. he says the lack of the specific information on what is being done on the system is one of his pet peeves. paul: every time they see an escalator to down and a bunch of blue 4 x 8's around them, maybe there is a better way to explain what is going on here. brianne: ben becker asks what wiedefeld needs to get his job done? money? political support? paul: i need the agency to be moving in a certain direction. i have to get people to delegate down. so decisions can be made. the quicker smart decisions. brianne: as with continue our sit down with wiedefeld tonight at 6:00, hear what he has to say about the

possibility of shutting down lines to get repairs and improvements on the tracks completed. in northwest, brianne carter, abc7 news. leon: all right. talk about some improvements to the weather. kimberly: we have been socked in for the last couple of days. leon: enough is enough. kimberly: how about it, doug? what is happening? doug: we are in the process of clearing out. on doppler radar we see a cold front moving through the north of the city. that bodes well for sunshine. let's get to it. the last batch of showers through the suburbs. but outside the belfort furniture weather center in arlington cloudy with no rain. the rain is moving to the eastern shore. pull back and give you a wider look of the satellite and the radar together. we have moisture streaming south ahead of the cold front. everything will pull out to the atlantic ocean. to the west it's starting to clear over maryland and west virginia. snow over the lower lakes and the midwest. we are not going to worry about that. we'll see drier air move in here the next few days. as a result, a lot of sunshine. still mild. 57 degrees at reagan national

an andrews. 57 in manassas. farther west not only the temperatures dropping to the 30's but the dew point temperatures for the moisture in the air is dropping. that tells us the drier air is on the way. here is what we have heading through the evening hours. we will stay cloudy. we think around midnight or so, skies will start to clear rand the temperatures of the clearing skies will drop quickly at that point. 36 to 45 degrees by early tomorrow morning. now tomorrow evening, unlike the national christmas -- the capitol christmas tree that had cloudy, drizzly weather. we have expect mostly clear skies tomorrow evening. temperatures will be in the 40's for lighting the tree on the mall. a couple of scattered clouds. it will be breezy as well. check out the next seven days for you. tomorrow for a change sunshine, breezy weather near 50 degrees. 52 with the sunshine on friday. saturday and sunday look terrific. low to mid-50's with the sunshine. same deal on tuesday. the next storm system will affect us on tuesday and wednesday with rain. temperatures expected to be very mild. stay with us.

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season with a donation to toys for tots. abc7 is proud to be a sponsor of the drive. help us collect toys this saturday at national harbor as well. members of the abc7 team will be there between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. traffic can be a nightmare in our area, especially on a

rainy day like today. but there are plans to make it better on the road. jeff goldberg along i-66 with the details. jeff: no matter the day, rush hour on 66 can bring any day to a halt. but virginia governor terry mcauliffe has a plan he thinks can get things moving. >> 16 years we studied 66. jeff: he is proposing toking in rush hour. vehicles with three or more would ride for free and other drivers have to pay but would likely avoid more traffic, similar to the 495 hot lane. >> the option to stay on and pay a toll if they want. >> they can come one a better solution. jeff: some believe the plan only favors those that support it. >> it helps some of us but i would like a solution to help all of us.

>> some lawmakers say he needs to look it at the broader options like expanding 66. the proposal does so it will to solve a problem that is so big. >> i would like to see anyone else offering a suggestion. i'm opening to all suggestions. i am the only one doing something. >> the question of when and how could be a result. but on one point the drivers are sure of rush hour traffic on 66. >> certainly something should be done. >> something needs to be done. >> got to be done. jeff: they are voting on the plan tomorrow as well as what will happen with the finances raised by the tolling. if approved tomorrow night it would move on to the commonwealth transportation board in richmond for a big vote next week. in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: an indiana police tying a child's shoe is winning the hearts. take a look. this went viral after a local

tv station posted it online. >> he was running and his shoes were tied. i said, "hey, little man. you need to tie your shoes." he said he didn't know how. i said, "you want me to do it?" he was happy and said yeah. so i got out and tied his shoes and i left. leon: the woman that took the photo said she was touched and wanted to highlight the actions they take every day to help ordinary people. kimberly: we will have breaking news in a moment. we want to let you know that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". our coverage of the mass shooting in california continues right now at 6:00. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. >> there was a massive law enforcement response. [siren ] >> i'm locked in an office. >> large armed response here. >> we don't know where the

shooters are. >> up to three people entered the building and opened fire. >> they are heavily armed wearing body armor. >> upward of 14 people that are dead. >> they have bodies on the floor. >> right now we don't know if this is sensitive. >> this is in detail. boom, boom, boom. >> too many shootings. maureen: we begin with breaking news from california where 1 people are dead and at least 14 wound -- 14 people are dead and 14 wounded after gunmen opened fire in a county building. leon: we are expecting a news conference any moment and we will bring it to you live as it happens but we begin in the meantime with jonathan elias who is tracking the breaking developments from the newsroom still a fluid situation. jonathan: very fluid. but the three big buildings that make up the complex of the inland regional center that deal with the developmentally disabled, all of them now have been cleared out. everybody is out. law enforcement is going through looking for anything that would come through as a clue. they need as many clues as

they can to find three gunmen. here is what happened. 11:00 this morning, there was a conference room off the main entrance. in that room wented out to an outside group. it was a social service group. the three gunmen walked in, wearing black body armor, masks and rifles. not saying a word, walked in and opened fire. 14 people dead, 14 people injured. then they walked out of the building and according to eyewitnesses they got in an s.u.v., dark-colored or black and drove off. in the meantime this was considered a secure facilities. the alarms went off and people were told to hide or shelter in place. 20 minutes after the alarm went off they were given the not all-clear but they were told to come out of the building with their hands up. at that point police were everywhere, swarming the building. swat team was going inside. it with was a fluid situation. a lot of misinformation. there was a hostage situation or perhaps devices were found. none of that proved to be true. by the time law enforcement got there the gunmen had already left. that is