City cops shot in the line of duty this year. And were learning much more about the suspects and officers, one of the men, Andrew Yurkiw is now recovering. Police are investigating if they were hit by friendly fire. The suspect has a long rap sheet dating back 20 years. This started all the way back on lexington avenue, Michael George has more. Reporter well, rob, that gunfight exploded right here on sa this street corner. And tonight, three people are recovering from gunshot wounds. Two of them, nypd officers. Officer down officers raced to the scene to help two of their own shot in the line of duty. Lewis and quincy for the officer down at the location. It all started at about 3 30 m. They saw jamal funes point this revolver at them, then there was a chase. Police responded and the suspect fired, multiple officers fired back. Next thing you know they block off the road on quincy, and right here on gates. And the police came. Cell phone video shows the aftermath. Officers Andrew Yurkiw and william reddinndere hit. So was jamal funes. The circumstances of the shooting itself, well attempt to identify that. Officer yurkiw was hit in the chest, but thankfully his protective vest saved his life. Coincidently, his father is a retired detective whose life was also saved by a protective death 26 years ago. Both 26 years apart, both saved by the vests that all of our personnel wear. Officer reddin was hit in the hip. And he is recovering, he told mayor de blasio he is proud of the wor he has done. He is obviously in pain, but very proud of the fact just the day before he got another gun off the street. Reporter now investigators are trying to find out the motive. Theyre looking into the possibility funes may have threatened an mta worker right before the shootout, possibly target targeting a person in uniform. Investigators say he was arrested 11 times, has multiple arrests and did time in sing sing. Investigators say this gun was sold 20 years ago. Determine whether it was used before. Michael george, news 4 new york. Both officers live on long island, multiple officers are come ing to offer their support. Relieved that both officers will be okay. It. Especially you know, they got tkids and whatnot. Vhry, very lucky. Em. That this never happens again. Officer reddin is a nineyear veteran of the nypd, married with two children and another on the way. He lives in linbrooks. Officer yurkiw has been with the nypd for three years. His father, as michael just said is a retired veteran with the department. He lives in elmont, stay with us for updates on the investigation, you can get information any time on our mobile app. Bronx boy with autism is missing after getting separated with his family on the subway. Rome Romeo Richardson was the only one that made it on the train. The doors closed leaving the children at the 108th street station platform. Richardson cannot read and has limited ability to speak. Outside it was a warm, beautiful saturday but its still february. Winter is not done with us just yet. Were tracking rain and some cooler temperatures. Erica . That is right, were going to start to see the temperatures slide down tomorrow from the beautiful high temperatures to we had today, almost 20 degrees above average in some spots. 63 in farmingdale, 61 in white plains and sussex, on our Storm Tracker you can see the remnants which stirred up the winds from time to time during the day today. But we didnt see any rain on that. Another one, the approach, thickening up the cloud cover during the day on sunday. Capping the high temperatures in the 50s. Already at 52 degrees by noon, and then the potential for showers moving in after sunset. When do we have the potential for snow . Ill have the answer coming up in the full sevenday forecast, back to you. Okay, erica, thank you. Well, now to decision 2016. And tonight all eyes were on South Carolina and nevada and in the end donald trump and Hillary Clinton came out on top. And another republican candidate has bowed out of the race. Lets take a look at the numbers right now. A commanding lead for donald trump in South Carolina with 33 . Trailing by more than ten points, marco rubio and ted cruz in a near tie. 23 and 22 respectively. Jeb bush came in fourth place. And right afterwards he announced he is suspending his campaign. Clinton took home the win, but not by much. Clinton at 53 , Bernie Sanders right there at 47 . Right now sanders has all the momentum. And Hillary Clinton didnt waste any time after to win, fresh off the win in nevada she jetted straight off to houston, for a fundraising event at Texas Southern university. These are live pictures of the event where she is expected to speak here any time. Nbc Steve Handelsman is in columbia, South Carolina with the very latest tonight. Steve . Reporter rob, thank you, good evening, here in South Carolina, aside from the lengthy drama, the cruz rubio near tie does project marco rubio the second place finisher here in the republican primary in South Carolina. That is huge for him. There is almost lost in the shuffle more affirmation, verification, among all the republicans, donald trump is alone at the top. Its the second victory in a row for the national r first in the south. When you win, itsbeautiful. And were going to start we are going to start wlnning for our country. Lets go, lets have a big win in nevada. Lets have a big win at the sec. Lets put this thing away. Reporter but as they cast their ballots, mainstream republicans flocked to marco rubio, powering the 44yearolds comeback from fifth here in new hampshire. Tonight here in South Carolina the message is pretty clear. This country is now ready for a new generation of conservatives to guide us into the 21st century. Reporter ted cruz kept his spot incthe top tier of three. We are the only campaign that has beaten and can beat donald trump. Reporter jeb bush finished far down in fourth and quit the race with a parting shot. We put forward detailed, innovation conservative plans to address the mounting challenges that we face. Hahat ve heard ideas matter. Policy matters. Reporter in nevada, Hillary Clinton lost her once big lead in the polls but still won. I am so so thrilled and so grateful to all of my samporters out there. Some msy have dou kid us. But we never doubted each other. Reporter Union Leaders had pushed a big Democratic Caucus turnout which helped to nullify Bernie Sanders late surge. Hillary clinton comes here for the democrat primary next saturday, the presumed favorite, as the republicans go for their next fight, which could be fierce between rubio and trump. Live, Steve Handelsman, news 4 new york. Exciting day, steve, thank you so much. And here is a look at what is ahea , the republican by the democratic primary next saturday. Then on to super tuesday for voters, and then, samoa voters head to the polls. And the caucuses continue on nbcnews. Com. You can also find the final results on the nbc 4 app. And still ahead, a sea of people flooded the park demanding justice for an nypd officer convicted in the shooting death of an unarmed man. And a car slams into a house after a close call on the road. Well, today, thousands gathered to show their support for an nypd officer convicted of manslaughter after killing a man in brooklyn. Supporters of officer peter liang rallied at the foot of the brooklyn bridge, met there by black lives matter protesters who applauded liangs conviction. After he said the shooting was an accident. Some believe he was a scapegoat. Similar vigils were held across the country in such places as dallas and philadelphia. And thousands gathered to celebrate the life of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. The Funeral Services took place at the basilica of the National Shrine of the immaculate conception. He was a devout catholic leaving behind a wife, nine children, and 36 grandchildren. One of his sons, the reverend paul scalia, delivered mass joking how scalia often mixed up their names as kids then thanked him for blessing him with so many siblings. He loved us and he gave us one another. To have each other for support. Parents can bestow. And right now we are particularly grateful for it. 79yearold scalia died unexpectedly last week on a hunting trip at a texas ranch. Scalia served on the court for almost 30 years. And the nypd is looking for a man who slashed a waiter at a greenwich restaurant, investigators say the man begged for money, after being convicted out he allegedly returned and slashed the waiter who asked him to leave, right across the face. The waiter needed over 100 stitches to close the gash. And a teenager crashed right into this house, he says he swerved on the road to avoid hitting two deer on lawrence drive. Nobody was hurt, but the residents had to move out because the house has you can see has structural damage. And assessing the damage, ever recorded. Here is a path of death and destruction all across the pacific. And we are n in for nasty weather, what you can expect for a ferocious cyclone, the most powerful on record in the southern hemisphere. The cyclone packed wind gusts of more than 200 miles an hour, before it turned back out to sea. One man was killed when the roof fell on top of him. Power, water and Communication Services are down right now. Monthlong state of disaster there. Intense. That is intense, after last weekend, could you believe it walking outside today . I know, it was kiebd kind of hard to believe, isnt it . 20 degrees above average today about 60 degrees above where we were this time last week when temperatures were bottoming out below zero in much of the metro area, but it will be a touch cooler tomorrow still milder than average. A few showers arriving at night. Not everybody will see them. Cooler weather moves in for the week. Right now, 44 in farmingville, and when youre closer to the water that cools you down a little bit in comparison to where we had that warmer temperature. Still 54 in newburg, and 54 in morristown, on the radar were in the clear right now, clear skies mainly, but that will not last too much longer. On future tracker well see the and maybe at 6 00, showers moving through central and southern new jersey and on long island. Also in the fire boroughs well e light rain, looks like ghe rain will stay away from the mountains, and everything pushes out past midnight. This is a very shortlived event. The next system arriving will maybe come as early as tuesday afternoon. You can see here 9 00 a. M. , seeing the initial band of moisture. This one looks to pretty much miss us entirely. So the snow that is showing up here on future tracker may im topact coastal new jeversey, possibly long island. But doesnt look like its going to be much of anything. Maybe just a little coating or dust dusting, then were done wit it again, were not concernha about ice with that one either. Overnight tonight, dipping down to 42 degrees. Tomorrow during the afternoon, a few more clouds build in. High of 54, still well above the sevenday forecast, showers moving in at night on sunday. Were talking after sunset. But then they wrap up quickly so by the time you drive out to work monday were in good shape again. It will be dry, cooler with highs in the 40s. Well watch the next storm system arrivingldn wednesday with the heavier rainfall and breezy conditions but still no snow in the forecast. Were going to keep it that way so fantastic today one more day. One more day. All right, erica, thank you, john joining us, start with the knicks. All right, the Carmelo Anthony threw out the challenge to his team. He still wants them speaking playoffs. I dont know, do you want to tell him. I tell him . The knicks are still closer to the playoffs than at the bottom of the division. They look like a team that new york is the nbas top market but both teams have interim coaches and losing records, Carmelo Anthony says they gave the game away. They responded in minnesota, off the screen, melo strokes the jumper, off the steal here, quinn running the floor, big man, wisely beating anthony trailing for two more at a 20point mislead, robin lopez adding 20 points six rebounds. How about the interim coach with the knicks . 10395, the knicks take down the timberwolves. In tampa, a bull pen session at generated a lot of buzz, the bull pen has the potential toby be epic, this guy topped 105 miles an hour with his fastball last year. Really, the yankees big concern will be handing leads over in to work. Even c. C. Sabathia was a footnote with all the talk ahoow chorman, he bumped him downtts closer after the season. I was surprised. You know, i have no place to complain. Like i said, im trying to support whoever takes it, and never complain about the situation. If i were to speak up and step out of line i would look silly. I mean, its exactly what you would think. Weve all seen it on tv. Today, nice and easy, probably throwing 80 , it gets on you real quick. E all right, the mets expect Yoenis Cespedes to arrive on sunday, most players are already there where pitchers and catchers were back at it today. The grind begins, but in all their early work theyre still looking to watch for october. They will be careful about pitchers and it could limit how deep some of these guys go. Just trying to keep the guys healthy. Rangers and islanders both off, the rangers dont expect ryan dunn to skate. Good news is he doesnt have a concussion, he has a jaw contusion. And this shot here cost kamarov a threegame speculation uspension. This shot here lifts the caps to four points, opportunity missed. College hoops, st. Johns and ternoon at the garden. The rutgers, hosting penn st ae, still winless, rutgers suited up only ten players, 758 the final, the coach said its like groundhog day for us, just over and over and over again, kind of afeel for him. Tough times at rutgers. John, thank you. That is it for nbc 4 news. A good weekend, we were due. Thank you, erika. Have a nice saturday night. But through good times and bad. Weve helped our investors over 75 years. Call us or your advisor. T. Rowe price. Your path to retirement may not always be clear. But at t. 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