Had a long rap sheet. This is the ak47 he used to open fire on officers before they shot and killed him. He was armed with a smoke grenade and 100 rounds of ammunition. Police tried everything to get him to surrender. They even flew in his mother from delaware. Instead he chose to fight to the end. N. J. Burkett will have the latest on the firefighters condition. But first, lets get with tim fleischer. Reporter we can show you a much better vantage point, the nypd has allowed us to move a little closer. I will show you, we can move into it and we are right up next to the crime scene. See that house with the green roof . Down in the basement apartment, that is where this suspect was holed up for nearly six hours in this standoff. That large vehicle in front of it, that is known as the bear. That is a heavily Armored Vehicle used by the esu unit. That is what the men worked out of while they worked on this stand off and what they used to protect them when the gunfire began. This standoff
To other news now. Take a look at this. A Small Plane Crash in Lehigh County this morning. Skyforce 10 over the scene where amazingly, the pilot survived and we are told was alert. The single engine experimental plane went down into the Little Lehigh creek in allentown, very close to i78 as you see on the map. The faa just released a statement saying it is investigating. They say the plane was an experimental aircraft and built from a kit. We are also hearing the pilot may be injured but was conscious as the rescue crews worked to get him out of this plane. He was the only one on board. The faa says its not clear what caused the crash. Police are turning their attention to preventing any additional problems that this accident could cause. We are concerned, you can see we still have crews on scene. We will be putting our haz mat unit, put in booms across the water and such for any fuel or fluid that leaked from the plane. We will continue to keep an eye on this plane crash situation and
An explosion underground so strong it shattered glass. A manhole fire in the middle of manhattan ties up traffic for hours. Im alice gainer. Maurice and kristine are off. The fire overnight. Dave carlin has more for us. Reporter on west 45th street at 9th avenue right now where the con ed workers are, they have been toiling in the heated, smoky conditions for going on 12 hours now and the machine you can see right now connected to the truck vacuums out the water and the debris out of the man whole where the blast was, heated situation for the workers and also a super heated situation for drivers ever since the explosion. Suddenly i take a video and a really big explosion. Reporter the 12 seconds wallop. Her camera rolling, and after the fire ball roars out of the ground, you can hear breaking glass. Whoa reporter this is the cracked window, five floors up, and over here a schoolyard fire hydrant which was struck by the manhole cover. Cover just boom, came off we all just screamed and r
The legendary photo that kissed world war ii goodbye. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Its not about emails or servers, either. Its about politics. Fired up in iowa. Hillary clinton goes on the offensive. It was guns blazing for a republican president ial frontrunner donald trump taking aim at fellow republican nominees in new hampshire. Karlycarly fiorina, i cant say anything because shes a woman. Can i do that . Women, am i allowed to fight back . Secretary of state john kerry in havana for the flag raising of the u. S. Im embassy after 54 years. A dangerous day in Eastern Washington and north aididaho. Crews in california are trying to get control of the wildfire that exploded 1800 acres. Several explosions in a Chemical Plant in texas. No reports, no injuries. Death toll rising sharply in chinas town of tianjin. 85 people are dead. Injuring more than 700 people. Water main broke that caused major damage. I thought the whole st
Talked about assassinating president obama and bombing coney island. He faces up to 15 years in prison. New here at 5 30, were making calls to get details about a Death Investigation in shelton, connecticut. Somebody called 911 from a home on howe avenue today. When police arrived, they found a man dead and the person who called for help. Shelton police have called in the state Police Major Crimes squad to investigate. Were going to bring more details as we get them. Tonight police are examining this Surveillance Video obtained exclusively by news 4. It shows the moment a gunman opened fire in brownsville, brooklyn, killing one man and wounding two others. As news 4s tracy strayhan explains, investigators believe the shooting was gangrelated. Reporter these Three Friends are seen on security video hanging out as they usually do in front of this building on saratoga avenue. Suddenly, one of them stands up and all three are seen running inside this apartment building. Watch as a man poli