mikea turner has been sorting out the details in this investigation. she joans us now -- joins us new with the very latest. mikea? >> reporter: larry, good afternoon to you. at this hour, d.c. police are still very busy trying to piece together what happened this morning. and they have something that is here, they have an image they're going release in a few minutes on their twitter page of a male dressed in dark clothing and not too much description after that but let me show you this steel door here just footsteps away from gallery place metro station. it appears the bullets from this morning's shooting may have hit the door. i saw these three dents being marked as evidence early this morning while this investigation was going on. we're in the heart of chinatown. this happened just before 8:00 this morning. a very busy part of town. and all of this, 7th and 8th street, it was all taped off this morning as police tried to gather evidence and tried to figure out what happened here. now at the this hour, police still don't know who is responsible for th

mikea? >>> all right, good morning miri. good morning everybody.r ellen bryan this morning and so far pretty quiet morning on the roads. typically. what you would see this hour of the morning. everything moving pretty smoothly. we know that there's some construction work going on on the outer loop of the beltway which is expected at this time of morning. and if we can get the clicker to work here, all right just take you and give you a broader look at what's happening in the area. not too much right now. if you have to get out there right now pretty good time as far as metro alerts, none at this time because it opens at 5:00. something you need to know. don't forget that today and thursday will be the busiest days for holiday travelers. more than 97 million americans are going to hit roads. that's according to aaa. and the d.c. area, more people are expected to travel for the holidays. nationally holiday travel could break some records. >> all right. thank you. >>> breaking news overnight. a central figure in the church sex abuse scandal the vatica

mikea turner has her story. >>reporter: it's a new beginning for robin mckinney who's a single mom of seven. they just moved inside this home here and the timing couldn't video is captures the pinch-me moment robin mckinney will never forget. >> she was so excited. >>reporter: when it happened just a few weeks before christmas. >> i'm still waiting for someone to wake me up from this dream. this is my new home. >>reporter: early this week mckinney who cares for her grandchild and seven of her own became a homeowner for the first time. it's something she's always dreamed of, and now it's finally come true. >> this is the second level. >>reporter: she couldn't wait to show us glvment this is going to be dallas' room. >>reporter: she doesn't have much yet, but it's a roof over their head and a view that comes with it. >> this is my view. this is the key to the city. >>reporter: it's more than she could ever imagine. she calls all the keys to her home the keys to the city. >> when i got my keys, i have a part of the

mikea turner has the latest. >> reporter: when you pull up in front of the building, the exterior, you don't see much damage. a person's christmas lights are intact. but when you take a closer look inside, you see all of the damage left behind. before the sun came up -- >> i was scared. >> this whole area was filled wi that started in a utility closet on the terrace level of this building before it raced through pipes to the top floor. >> i was scared. i was like i got my clothes on and ran outside to see had a was going on. >> reporter: he lived a couple buildings down for eight years and experienced a fire in his building two years ago. he knew something wasn't right when he saw fire engines and a lot of smoke. >> a lot of smoke billowing out from the windows here. most of it was out back. >> reporter: not far from where oscar and his wife live on the bottom floor. >> were you afraid? >> yeah. >> reporter: it happened between 9:00 and 10:00 thursday night. it took about 100 firefighter toes to get it under -- firefighters to get it under control. 60 people including 30 kids were evac

our mikea turner pieces the story together from china town. >>reporter: it has been a busy day as police try to figure out what happened. an early morning shooting at 7th and 8th street just footsteps away from the metro place station. a busy place -- we spoke to a person who says he was out here early this morning when this shooting incident happened and he was uncomfortable going on camera, but he said it's amazing no one was hit. he said there was several people left at the bus stop. he didn't want to go on camera. we noticed police placed several evidence markers right here outside of this steel door. it appears to be dense from where gunshots, possibly hit this door early this figure out what happened and something that's going to help them a lot, surveillance. they happen to pull images to help identify a suspect. still no word on the victim however anyone with information is asked to contact police. wusa9. >>> a teenage irrelevant charged r charged in the shooting death of a couple. 43-year-old -- and her husband, 48-year-old scott bric