were a number of gun shots that were heard which caused officers to move to what we call straight to mpa, emergency action plan and that caused them to enter. >> there you have from the police commissioner there was an exchange of gun fire inside the cafe and that's what caused the police to decide they needed to storm it when they did. athey didn't need any more concerns. this 50-year-old man who was very much on the radar not only of new south wales police, the area where sydney is yo but on e judiciary's radar, he had convictions of sending hate mail to the families of the soldiers that had been killed in afghanistan, he had appealed those convictions, just failed in those convictions, could that have been the trigger for this attack. he had been charged with more serious offenses of being an accessory to murder of his ex wife. and sexual offenses dating back a decade. a man very much known to police and very much on their radar. how was he able to walk into a central sydney cafe and take as many hostages as he did on a busy monday morning? should he have been on bail like he was, sho

there was a number of gunshots that were heard, which caused officers to move straight to what we call mpa, emergency action plan and that caused them to enter. >> during the standoff, hostages were seen through the window holding a black flag showing a muslim profession of faith. at least five hostages were able to escape during the crisis. >>> as you can see, it's a busy monday evening. coming up here in order to pack up and get out and the good samaritan for dozens of homeless. >>> the boat bust that some say could have been ripped out of a hollywood script. >>> also remembering a superstar, a woman whose opera career spanned the globe. >>> and our viewers and the abc 7 news team are sharing pictures and video from the storm on social media. if you want to show us the weather where you live, just use #stormwatch so we can find your pictures. abc 7 news at 5:00 >>> bags of belongings were packed up and shipped off in san jose today to people who used to live in the jungle homeless encampment were kicked out. they explain what wh's next fore residents. >>> for the second time in less than

the mpa and riaa have stepped up their enforcement on illegal downloads.u have events like this take place when you have compromises, data taken, you are looking at losses that might not be realized initially but definitely tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue. >> it took about a week for the company to get back online. why so long? >> the sophistication of these type of attacks, you don't know how long the hacker group has embedded themselves in your network. part of that response you have to do is create the triage process. part of what you remember back when playstation went down for over a month, part of the triage process is taking things off line so you don't further the damage. if they chose to keep their network up, who knows what they might not have been funneling out additional movies and information that is confidential? part of that collateral damage is cutting the cord, then create the triage process and investigation and forensics. i am told that they are on the scene and their first operation is to do the best they can to protect the

there was a number of gun shots that were heard which caused officers to move straight to what we call mpan plan and that caused them to enter. >> reporter: incidents like this today in sydney raise obvious concerns about something similar happening here in the u.s. >> at any give time the fbi's tracking several dozen people who may have indicated an interest in carrying out an attack. >> reporter: australian authorities say this was an isolated incident. the act of one individual. reporting live from washington, karen travers channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> okay, karen, thank you. >>> and world news tonight with david muir will have more on the sydney standoff including more about the suspected gunman and his history with authorities. you can watch that of course following "action news" at 6 o'clock. over to monica. >> all right, in other news the man accused of fatally beating a south jersey woman and dumping her body in the woods was officially charged today. prosecutors say 30-year-old miguel diaz killed 59-year-old susan johnson after they argued over money. detectives say johnson

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