shot two people including marion berry and held a hundred people hostage. the center of much of the chaos but city hall. sam ford is live there tonight in what is now called the wilson building. >> it was an african-american muslim group that came to the nation attention 40 ye wilson building today. we are in the chambers where they are going to begin a discussion of the players back then to talk about what happened here march 9, 1977. >> i heard gunfire. >> remembering march 9, 1977. >> i barricaded myself in. over the top and the door. >> the muslim gunman that day rushed the islamic center and d.c.'s city hall now called the wilson building taking hostages. channel 7 delores handy was on the air. >> the 12 gunman that held 134 people hostage. sam: bloody aftermath in the wilson building where the gunman shot and killed the radio reporter maurice williams as he stepped off an elevator, shooting and wounding then councilman marion berry and fullwood. >> got in the change and drug barry out. >> he would make fullwood his chief arrest barry was elected mayor