we begin tonight with breaking news. two prince george's county firefighters shot while responding to a call in temple hills. >> the shooting happened around 7:30 this evening on sharon road. we're told that another person was also shot. fox 5's sarah simmons is live tonight with the very latest on the shooting. we apologize let's go to sarah now with the latest. >> reporter: shawn and tony, a very hectic evening and we're waiting to get more details. we understand that any moment now prince george's county police department is expected to give us a briefing as to what expectly they know at this point, any details on the situation. it appears as though they're getting ready to come up here now. to get you up to date, we know that two firefighters were shot and have been seriously injured. prince george's county fire department saying one was taken to southern maryland hospital and one to baltimore shock

trauma and is in grave condition. again one civilian shot as you mentioned. this is in the 5000 block of sharon road in temple hill. we do understand the shooter is in custody. firefighters were apparently responding for some sort of welfare check at that location. they knocked on the door and the person who opened the door, we believe at this point, shot at firefighters. but we're still trying to get that clarified as they are right now getting ready to hold this press conference, let's pan over and listen in here. >> good evening. the prince george's county fire department to give you basic information on the event that occurred tonight. at approximately 7:30 this evening, members of the prince george's county fire department and police department were called to the address 5007 sharon road. because a resident had been communicating with a concerned individual.

that that resident might be experiencing some sort of a medical condition. so the firefighters and police officers were there to lend aid. the resident in the home was not responsive, so a decision was made to gain entry into the home and check on that person's welfare. as that was unfolding, the individual inside the home fired a number of rounds, striking two prince george's county firefighters and the concerned individual who had led public safety to that address during the course of the evening. at this point the individual who was in that residence who fired those shots is in police custody at our criminal investigations division. he's being cooperative and we are having a conversation with both him and the concerned resident that brought this circumstance to our attention initially. at this point i'm going to ask assistant chief barksdale to me

about his firefighters and i will be available to answer any questions you have after that. >> thank you, chief. as the chief said that when the units arrived the on the scene around 7:30 this evening to render assistance, shots were fired and they called out for assistance and two were critically injured, one was transported to shock trauma in baltimore. the second one was transported to southern maryland. right now the families are with both members and at this time i'm not able to release their specific condition. we're still waiting on some other information to come in before we provide that. later on we plan to have another news conference. the fire chief is out of town right now. he's on his way back from pennsylvania and later this evenin

more detailed information as far as their current conditions. there was an engine company and a medic unit from the -- >> one injured from the fire company and one from the medic unit. >>. [ inaudible question ] >> at this point we are two and a half hours into the circumstance. as soon as we come into information that will make that more clear we'll be happy to provide it to you but it's very preliminary right now. [ inaudible question ]

my understanding at this point is they were in the process of trying to gain entry into the home to ascertain the condition of the person inside. and as those two -- as that process was unfolding, the shots ring out. >> can you clarify whether or not the person that called 911 is that the same person who opened fire? are there two different people we're talking about? >> there are two different people. one person who is the concerned citizen who has the concern for the resident in the home. and that is the person who is with public safety on the outside trying to come in, and there's the resident inside who is the person who shoots. >> was the civilian injured as well. >> yes. the civilian was injured in the exchange of -- in the

but not seriously. [ inaudible question ] >> i'm going to be very clear about that. there was only gunfire from the resident at the home directed at public safety. after public safety got into the residence, the situation immediately became calm and no police officers fired any weapons. it was simply the resident's side. [ inaudible question ] >> after several rounds were fired, and i think they realized it was public safety, that's when the confrontation ended. [ inaudible question ] >> we are very preliminary in this to know. that will be part of our investigation. but again two and a half hours in, these are the basic facts. those questions will come out as a result of the investigation which is really just

now. >> these firefighters, how much experience do they have. >> the individual in the medic unit is a senior member and the member from the engine company is more junior member. [ inaudible question ] >> both are in critical. >> which fire department or which station? >> we're not ready to release that at this time. thank you all. appreciate your time. >> the prince george's county police chief along with a spokesperson for the fire department. we got a little more clarification. we did confirm two firefighters were indeed shot. a civilian shot in the shoulder. we're told those firefighters -- hold on is sarah simmons standing by? we're going to go to sarah? can you hear us? give us an update on

just heard. >> reporter: well, shawn, you could tell it was kind of confusing early on so we were trying to get a update on the details here. there was someone, a concerned citizen making the call to 911. concerned about this person at 5007 sharon road. when the emergency crews responded when they got there, no one answered, and they tried to make entry and that's when shots were fired from someone inside the home. at this point we don't know what kind of concern we're talking about here that the concerned citizen had. we don't know, they're still investigating right now. the civilian was injured but not seriously and of course the shooter is in custody as we have reported before and those two firefighters are in critical condition as we've been reporting. so that's kind of the latest what we know right now. you know, it's really quite sad

mentioned shawn, two firefighters going up to a door just to try to help somebody and then to try to get inside to do that job they end up getting fired upon. so a lot of people still in shock here from the fire department as well. the fire chief in pennsylvania is making his way back briefing the media later on as well. but again firefighters responding to that welfare check and now they find themselves in danger as well. so one shot in the chest is what we were told. another sustained several gunshot wounds and one civilian shot in the shoulder. one of the firefighters in grave condition, another in critical but a spokesperson for the fire department just told us both in critical. a lot of information flying around here now. we're hoping to get more accurate details as the evening goes on. >> you've been around the scene there or around some of the officials for a while. i would imagine that this is

what's your perspective as you observed them? >> reporter: well, i think pretty somber, obviously. and i think again they're still in a state of shock and a lot of them have been cord onned off away from us. making sure they get all the details right. so we haven't had that much exposure to them. they have been kind of trying to do their own thing. we're about a mile and a half away from the scene so we're not quite that close to that location. we do have another photographer, another crew that is helping us out perhaps a little bit closer. but it's really been tough to gauge kind of what they're going through. of course when you're in that sort of situation, you're in shock. you just do your job. that's what they're trained to do. so i'm sure tonight, once they kind of calm down, things might start to hit a little bit closer to home. >> sarah simmons reporting from the scene. we'll check back in with you in just a little bit. we should alsome

chief mentioned they do have suspect in custody and that suspect is cooperating with them at this time. again, the circumstances of this, as the chief indicated, they're two and a half hours, a little bit more than two and a half hours into this investigation. but as he was describing what transpired, he was very methodical and said, you know, there was a concerned citizen who made a call. police and firefighters responded. didn't get a response, and then made the decision to make entry. and that's when they were fired upon. so we don't know the circumstances of why they were fired upon. we don't know the condition of the person who was in that house who fired upon them. all of that remains to be seen. what we do know tonight is that two firefighters are in very, very serious condition. one firefighter described as being in grave condition tonight and the concerned citizen having been shot. most reports are saying in the shoulder.

>> these are live images from the scene. the actual scene there on the left. if you can see the mailbox beyond the trees there in between the two yellow tapes, that is the house where it took place. this is a tree-lined residential neighborhood. we are going to stay there on the scene and work to get more information, the very latest on what may have led to this shooting here in the 5000 block of sharon road in temple hills. we'll have more on this story coming up. we'll be right back.

we are staying on top of the breaking news right now in temple hills maryland. these are live images from the scene. a gunman shot two prince george's county firefighters responding to a medical emergency around 7:30 this evening on sharon road as the firefighters tried to enter the home to check on the person, police say the gunman opened fire hit can those two manufacturers and one other person. the alleged shooter is now in custody. he is cooperating and those refighters are in critical condition. we will

story, bring you the latest details as we get updates. meantime a maryland state trooper is in critical condition after this crash on the beltway. he was parked on the shoulder in an unmarked police car when another vehicle smashed. his car. no charges have been filed. frightening moments today in the parking lot at rfk stadium. 22 kids and two adults were taken to the hospital. everyone is expected to be treated and released by the end of the night. >> police in montgomery county are investigated an armed car jacking. it happened last night outside the episcopal church of our savior in silver spring. the victim a 76-year-old woman said she had just gotten into her car when the suspect approached her claiming he had a gun

he grabbed her arm and threw her to the ground before driving off. >> the car was on, running at that point. he backed up the car after he threw me out of the car and i thought sure he was going to run over me, but he didn't. thank god. so then he backed up, drove out on to green acres and went that way. >> the victim suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. police in fairfax county have made an arrest in connection with the sexual assault of a 77-year-old woman. 28-year-old malcolm hall has been charged with attempted rape. the incident happened at an independent living apartment complex for seniors. after his arrest hall was fired from his job with the fairfax county park authority. >> a shocking video has shoeken a well-known maryland private school. someone recorded a video of a studen

at a party. the school released a statement today that says in part we have a zero tolerance for discrimination, racial intolerance, injustice, accusations and inu endough. when one individual takes it upon himself or herself, it affects all of us. the school has dispissed the student. he is appealing. school officials say they will create opportunities for the students to discuss what happened in the coming weeks. they have had assemblies discussing what happened. we'll be right back with the very latest on those two firefighters who were shot this evening.

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more on our breaking news tonight. two prince george's county firefighters were shot this evening. sometime during the 7:00 hour while they were responding to a

medical welfare call. the reports are those firefighters are in critical condition with one of the firefighters being reported in grave or extremely critical condition. one of the firefighters was taken to the baltimore shock trauma center. was flown there. this is footage from that center. we expect to hear more information at some point about the condition of that officer and the other officer who was taken to southern maryland hospital in extremely critical condition. we'll have an update on all of this coming up in just a few moments. now we turn to capitol hill where more than a dozen democracy spring protesters held a demonstration inside the capital rotunda. police moved in and arrested them. the protests moved to the west lawn of the capitol where hundreds of people have gathered.

protesters have been in dc all week. >> by being here and making history here you are making yourselves known and i want to say thank you so much for bringing attention to this. we need to get the money out of politics. >> that was actress and activist. demonstrators will rally and global warming and protecting our environment. >> we are following right now two prince george's county firefighters were shot while responding to a medical emergency. >> we're told another person was also shot we're going to have a live update coming up.

welcome back. we continue to stay on top of this breaking news out of prince george's county. we've been telling you about two firefighters in critical condition tonight after being shot in temple hills.

they were responding to aa house on sharon road. sarah simmons is live on the scene tonight with the very latest. >> reporter: a lot of details still being hammered out at this time but we can give you an update as to what we know right now. you mentioned two firefighters. one was taken to southern maryland hospital, another was taken to baltimore shock trauma. both of them severely injured. one civilian was injured in this. they were not severely injured but shot in the shoulder. this happened in the 5000 block of sharon road here in temple hills. the emergency crews were responding for some sort of medical welfare call. they got the call from some sort of concerned citizen. they tried to get someone to respond inside the home. when they did not hear anything from anyone, they tried to then make their way inside the home and that's when police say shots were fired, hitting those two officers. or two firefighters, rather. also that civilian. we do know the shooter is i

custody. we don't know their condition at this point or what the reason was behind this shooting. all we know right now is that they're still trying to investigate and figure that out. one firefighter was shot in the chest, another sustained several gunshot wounds as well. at this point we're still trying to figure out exactly what this medical welfare call was all about. were they concerned about this person? did they know they had a gun? we don't know right now and that's going to be part of the investigation. >> we will continue to follow this story live on the air here over the course of the next hour. sarah thank you. now to the race for the white house, the day after a heated debate in brooklyn, democrat bernie sanders headed to the vatican. hillary clinton tried to build on her lead in harlem. donald trump continued the fight with his own party. joel waldman has the

>> reporter: it is immoral and together we have got to change that. >> at the vatican bernie sanders delivering a speech outlining his thoughts. a spokesman for the pontiff revealing he will not meet with the pope himself. hillary clinton dusting herself off. >> i now know where to come when i want a good game of dominos. >> donald trump relentless in his attacks against the republican national committee. penning an op-ed on thursday, accusing party leaders of canceling the vote. trump staying on the warpath today in upstate new york, widening his lead nationally against ted cruz and john kasich according to a fox poll. >> we have a rigged system. it's a rigged system. and you look at colorado where they're having a big

or something is happening, but the people are angry. >> crews getting the cold shoulder from many in the new york state after his new york values comment. >> the last three weeks there have been a total of 11 elections in four states and we have won all 11 elections. >> reporter: the fox news poll not all good news for donald trump. 60% saying he does not have the knowledge to serve effectively as president. in washington joel waldman, fox news. >> meanwhile donald trump's campaign manager has been at the center of controversy in the last few weeks. it turns out he won't be prosecuted for battery following an incident with the reporter last month. he will appear on fox news sunday to talk more about it. i spoke with chris wallace earlier today to get a preview. >> he of course was accused of battery for grabbing a reporter at a

the prosecutor late this week said that there's really not a strong enough case to go forward. much more importantly we'll talk about the campaign and trump's effort to get to that majority of 1237 so that he can win on the first ballot. donald trump has set up a parallel campaign operation here in washington with some insiders, establishment types so we'll have to sort out who's in charge of the trump campaign. >> fox news sunday airs this sunday at 9:00 a.m. people pause to remember the third anniversary of the deadly boston marathon bombings. survivors of the 2013 bombing join massachusetts governor for a wreath-laying ceremony. three people were killed, more than 260 were hurt. the city honored

with what it called one boston day. this year's running of the boston marathon will take place on monday. a tiger attacked and killed a zoo keeper at the palm beach zoo today. the zoo keeper was in the tiger's enclosure. she was preparing to give a talk to guests. they tranquilized the tiger but had to wait until the drug took effect before they could come in and help the zoo keeper. >> plans to allow texting inside amc movie theaters have hit the cutting room floor. earlier this week they were considering to allow texting during movies. but after backlash on social media, amc quickly changed their mind. they released a statement that reads in part, quote, with your advice at hand there will be no texting allowed in any of the auditoriums at amc theaters. not today, not tomorrow, and not in the for seeable

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it. but it's going to happen. >> oh, yeah. >>. >> we are continuing following tonight's breaking news, our lead story. >> two firefighters were shot while responding to a medical emergency in temple hills maryland. another person was also shot. one suspect is in custody. we are working to get the very latest. we will have more coming up at the top of the hour.

these are live images from the scene where earlier today on sharon road in temple hills two prince george's county firefighters were shot as they were responding to an emergency call. also shot was a third person, a civilian who was on the scene with them who was trying to let them into the home to check on the welfare of a person who was inside that home. >> fox 5's jennifer davis continues our team coverage tonight. she is at med star southern hospital center in clinton,

that is where one of the firefighters i believe was transported to. jenny, what can you tell us? >> reporter: this is a sad scene that we've seen quite a few times, unfortunately in recent weeks and months when someone, a police officer is injured and all of their comrades come to the hoep hospital to hold vigil. only now we're seeing it with a firefighter which is certainly not something we have seen in this area in quite a while. this is med star southern maryland hospital in clinton, maryland. and one of the firefighters who was shot tonight inside was brought to the emergency room here. reportedly this is the one who was shot in the chest. initial reports were that they were in extremely critical condition. and when word like that gets out, certainly all of the fellow firefighters show up here. so we're seeing a number of ambulances and fire cars pull into the hospital here.

you can see they're gist standing outside the emergency room. mark brady and some of the other officials have told us families have made it to the hospital. one of the firefighters was brought here. the other one taken to shock trauma at the university of maryland medical center in baltimore. families with both of them and clearly firefighter family here as well so this is certainly early in this situation but you can see a great concern here by the turnout. we have been told it's possible we may get a press conference later this evening but for now they're holding vigil in front of the emergency room. back to you. >> thank you for the update. we appreciate it. new details now in the investigation into former dc mayor's vincent gray's 2010 campaign. new documents released today along with evidence that had never preefs hi been made

public. matt ackland has the details. >> reporter: just after 11:00 a.m., a huge document released connected to the 2010 vincent gray investigation. an investigation that lasted years and resulted in exposing a more than $6 hundred,000 shadow campaign. 12 convictions all charged with campaign violations to get vincent gray elected mayor. we're seeing for the first time search warrants of homes, businesses, storage rooms, computers, phones and e-mail records. the court releasing them five months after the case was closed by the u.s. attorney. and mayor gray first spoke to fox 5. >> what i say to people is that i've said from the very beginning. i did nothing, i was not involved in any of this. >> reporter: it's clear to read asked feds built their case against jeffrey thompson who financed the shadow campaign and others workin

the feds were also looking at gray's actions. his e-mails, his campaign disturbance, even allegations that gray wanted this man, leo alexander, a former mayoral candidate to drop out of the race. we spoke to alexander on the phone today who says gray, through a campaign associate, offered him money to drop out. >> the more reports are coming out, i'm disturbed by it. >> councilmember who was gray's ally now is running against him to keep her ward seat. she never called for the mayor to resign then but now says this about if he had knowledge of the illegal activity. >> i'm really concerned and it's bad if you didn't know about it, and it's pretty bad, maybe even worse if you did know about it. >> reporter: matt ackland, fox 5 local news. >> there does not appear to be anything that links gray to the illegal

documents. jeffrey thompson has admitted wrongdoing and says mayor gray knew about the illegal activity. >> we want to get updated on our weather forecast and it looks good. >> it looks fabulous. get the outdoor plans ready because mother nature is going to cooperate for anything you would like to do outside. not only do we have dry conditions we're going to have warmer conditions and plenty of sunshine. i'm happy to say that. in the meantime, nice shot out there where skies are very clear tonight and clear skies, we've got very light winds and it's going to be a little on the cooler side and i want to say that i can't rule out just a little bit of patchy frost here and there. not widespread but some of our neighborhoods could see a little frost tonight. fantastic weekend ahead as we start to warm up very, very

nicely. we've got cool nights and warm afternoons to speak about and we're going to end up seeing a nice warmer flow. temperatures are going to be really comfortable. here's a look at what we're talking about for tomorrow for daytime highs. 80s in sight for monday. can you believe it? we're going to have absolutely lots of warm weather by the time we get to the beginning of the week and we're also talking sunshine that comes with it. so look at this. widespread everywhere 80s plus. not bad at all. and we're also talking some shower chances but that's like a week away. in the meantime our highs today below the seasonal average. we were into the low 60s at all three airports. we should really be in the upper 60s for this time of year. so once we get into the weekend, after we get through tomorrow and into monday, we're pretty much going to be where we should be. saturday and sunday we're going to be where we should be because we'll be upper 60s and low 70s. 54 at dc, the same at quantico.

cooler to the south, 45 at frederick, 50 degrees at winchester and 51 at martinsburg. chilly tonight with our overnight lows into the 30s and 40s. could see a little bit of patchy fog late tonight into tomorrow morning. be aware of that. that also will not be widespread. but as the cooler air retreating to the north and this weekend we're going to see that southerly flow start to kick in. winds will move in from the south and the southwest and that's where we're going to get our temperature boost. ridge of high pressure, large and in charge, giving us the sunshine we're going to have but it's also acting ago a blocking mechanism. it will start to move to the south once we get into late sunday and into monday, and once it does that we are going to end up seeing an approach of a frontal system get a little bit closer to us and that's going to come at least good news moisture with not any wet weather. keeping the moisture well to the east and also the same story to the back side

that front is going to move in and not bring us any rainfall. so that's good news. that will happen about tuesday. but it will bring us cooler weather. tomorrow by midday about 63 degrees, plenty of sunshine and as we head through tonight once again a little on the cool side, 42 degrees your overnight low, it will be chilly and tomorrow plenty of bright skies. 68 degrees, exactly where we should be temperature-wise. here is a look at your 7-day forecast. we're going to be warming up to 80 degrees on monday as i said, so a wonderful, spectacular day. a few clouds on tuesday with that frontal system, cooling down behind it by wednesday at 68 degrees. we have a chance of seeing showers by friday. in the meantime let's enjoy this weekend. i'm serving up the sunshine and lots of warm conditions for you. tony? >> thank you gwen. a family became internet sensations. two brothers recorded their sister comin

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back to the breaking news out of temple hills, maryland. two firefighters and a civilian were shot around 7:30 while responding to a call on

road. one of the firefighters was rushed to shock trauma in baltimore. the other sent to a hospital in clinton, maryland. both firefighters were in critical condition when they were taken to the hospital. >> we have team coverage of this tragedy. jennifer davis is in clinton where one of the firefighters was taken. sarah simmons is live near the scene. we will we will start with her. sarah, what is the latest that you have learned? >> reporter: things are starting to quiet down a bit behind us here but definitely the investigation is in full force right now. as you mentioned two firefighters shot and seriously injured. one taken to southern maryland hospital center which we understand we're awaiting a press conference that could happen at any time now and if it does we will take you straight to that. another one taken to baltimore shock trauma in grave condition. one civilian shot in the shoulder, not seriously injured. let's back this up, take you to about 7:30 this evening. we have some video to show you as well to get you closer to the scene, closer than we are right now.