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WFXT FOX 25 News At 10 September 20, 2016

First at 10 00 we are learning new details about the man accused of hiding bombs in random places in new york and new jersey. Good evening im vanessa welch. And im mark ockerbloom. Investigators havent hesitated to call this a terror attack and tonight Police Believe they have their only suspect in custody after a shootout in the middle of the street. This is the new mug shot of 28yearold Ahmad Khan Rahami. We are getting this new surveillance video. Hurt. As a result the naturalized u. S. Citizen from afghanistan faces five attempted murder charges a Law Enforcement officer. Tonight people in new york and new jersey hope this is the end of a terrifying few days. Theres a guy shooting a gun. Shots fired. Shots fired. Reporter a new jersey resident capturing the moments right before Ahmad Khan Rahami would get into a towards Police Moments later shots rang out. A monday morning the nypd and f. B. I. Released a photo of rahami and asked the public for help in finding him. In a plate of hours he was in custody after in a matter of hours he was in custody. Now that we have the suspect in custody investigation can focus whether this individual acted alone what his motivations may have been. Reporter the 28yearold suspect believed to be seen surveillance cameras near the Chelsea Bombing saturday night duffle bag. Hes a naturalized u. S. Citizen from afghanistan. Saturdays explosion left 29 people injured, all have been released from the hospital. Authorities say a backpack with explosives was found at rahamis last known address in elizabeth, new jersey. The manhunt an extra wrinkle during a week that demands greater security in new york. The institution General Assembly have brought a number of World Leaders dignitaries including president obama. Give a heartfelt thanks to the new jersey flevss. Just one more reminder Police Officers. Just one reminder of extraordinary skill, sacrifice and surgery on of our Law Enforcement officers. Reporter fingerprints and again so far there is no evidence hes part of a broader terrorist cell. Tonight investigators say this man caused millions of be on edge. For the first time the crime scene tape where a Pressure Cooker exploded has been torn down. Fox 25s malini basu is there live as people return to their homes tonight. Malini . Reporter thats right, vanessa, and mark, they are going back to their homes tonight investigators in the meantime they have their man but people around here are asking why, why to choose this area. We want to show you they but there is an officer standing guard each side of 23rd and sixth avenue. But back in linden, new jersey we spoke to a man a 28yearold man who says that the man himself a suspect himself was watching himself on tv the whole time during that manhunt. Hes trying to watch the news when what happened in elizabeth. Reporter he works at the gas station up the road from where the shootout happened in linden, new jersey. He was watching himself on the news another employee thought something was off. Somebody looking he saw the window watching tv things like that. He reporter fox 25 got this exclusive video of rahami walking down the block early this morning. The police were really worried to see if he had a backpack with him. Reporter f. B. I. Agents walked into his business looking for any evidence of the bomber. Everybody was all in chaos. Reporter are a rahami was conscious and alert. Neighbors living in the area were stunned. I have like reporter just miles away investigators saturated the 28yearolds home in elizabeth, new jersey. He lived with his family above his fathers business American American fried chicken. Rahami also worked in the business. Fried chicken. I joke with them real nice reporter the family has a history of clashes in the community over the restaurant. In 2011, the rahami family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against elizabeth new jersey city officials saying they discriminated against them because theyre muslim. Those living through this chaos just want answers. Its unusual for anything to happen in this neighborhood. Its so close to home anymore you dont know what to do, what to believe. They are just glad that rahami has been caught and hes been charged. They say its thanks to good oldfashioned police work. Back to you guys in the studio. Malini, have you been able to get a sense out there tonight of how people are feeling now that this suspect is in custody . Reporter you know, vanessa, when we got here yesterday there was definitely a sense of fear not knowing what could happen next. People were afraid to take the subway and go to restaurants they were afraid to go but tonight they call it new york for a reason because the city never sleeps. Back to you guys. A big relever. Malini basu live in new york, thank you. Ms. Mass state police are stepping up Massachusetts State Police are stepping up security as a precaution. Ahead the head of the boston f. B. I. Said theres no credible threat in new england. Does this end the threat that weve seen all week long . Its unknown at this point in time. There isnt anything specific or credible. Members of Law Enforcement in boston have been in Constant Contact with officials in new york and new jersey since the bombings. On the campaign trail today, both donald trump and Hillary Clinton talk National Security in the aftermath of the attacks you u. S. Soil this weekend. Trump blamed the events policies promoted by p. M. And clinton. While by president obama and clinton. Just last week, obama said more than 100, from syria hes leading more people in 100,000. Hillary clinton wants to increase what hes let in. We know that Donald Trumps comments have been used online for recruitment of terrorists. Both candidates are also preparing for their first debate one week from tonight. Stay with fox 25 news on air and online for complete continuing coverage of the terror attacks. Well bring updates as we as you can see here the rain has moved out of the area for the evening. Lets get right over to chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz. We do need a lot more than we got. Some places got a good soaking today vanessa. Most of us have dried out but check this out. Switch over to live Storm Tracker radar. Right on Marthas Vineyard. So its still raining there. A couple showers theres these in central portions of new jersey still seeing a couple downpours there as well. Overall things have dried out after this heavy rain here, heavy rain there but boston being left out only about half inch. Look back here over two inches in many spots out on cape cod over an inch and inch and a half in tacoma spots as well. Ill show some more of those rain totals. A jetblue flight packed with passengers had to land at logan today because it calls for help from the cockpit. Fox 25s crystal haynes listened to the audio between the pilot and air traffic control. Crystal . Reporter vanessa these folks were on a flight to bermuda. A jetblue plane got struck by lightning and everyone miraculously just walked away. Reporter a close call in the not so friendly skies. Jetblue 1731. Negative. Not even close. Bermuda was forced to land at bostons Logan Airport for what the airline called a noncritical equipment issue this morning. 1731 do you want any assistance do you need any assistance . Were coming up with a plan right now jetblue 1731 i think well be returning to kennedy. Reporter but in flight lightning strikes. We just took a bolt of reporter cool and calm the pilot lands the plane safely. Crews busy checking the damage. The judge blue 1731. What direction do you see the best weather for us to head to we want to get in the clear asap. By this evening everyone was on their way to popular vacation destination on a different plane. Jetblue says their customers were compensated for their troubles. Im crystal haynes, fox 25 news. Prosecuto drivers medical condition did not play a role in the deadly sweet tomatoes crash in newton but speed did. Bradford plead not guilty today. I was revealed in court that he battles multiple sclerosis. Earlier this month a grand jury indicted him Motor Vehicle homicide and negligent operation charges. The crash killed eleanor meally and greg warren in march. Seven others were hurt. Prosecutors say the investigation took casslers disease into account. Mr. Cassler was not suffering any episode related to multiple sclerosis and flareup. I think i said very clearly in court that the gentleman suffers from multiple sclerosis. He has for about 27 years. We all know the effects of multiple sclerosis. Prosecutors said volkswagen and a state Police Mechanic examined casslers car and said it was intact before the crash including the braking system. New at 10 00 an arrest made in a hitandrun that left a serious injuries. 56yearold susan dixon was arrested today and the accident happened saturday morning high street. Some surveillance images of dixons black pickup truck led officers right to her home. The woman police say she hit suffered a broken ankle a collapsed lung and minor brain bleeding but is expected to fully recover. New at 10 00 local police want you to take a good look at this man. They say he robbed a credit union in foxborough at gunpoint. It happened this afternoon then the man ran away. Foxborough police. New tonight a it happened at radon instrumental just after 6 00 tonight. Fire officials tell us there was not a fire but there was an awful lot of smoke. The battery was being used to power lab equipment. Fortunately no one was hurl. A local High School Teacher gets arrested. Next at 10 00 why he was back at School Teaching today. But first heres fox 25s ted daniel. Detained in february off the coast somerville man accused of hacking a Hospital Website gives his first interview from behind bars to fox 25. Why he says he only trying to protect a teen involved Justina Pelletier when her parents were accused of interfering with her medical care. Justina has been reunited but one part of the custody case is yet to be resolved. It involves a somerville man who says he was acting on justinas behalf. Reporter mark, vanessa, in february that somerville man and his wife were rescued by a cruise ship off the coast of cuba when the boat they were on became disabled. At the federal investigation for hacking into the website of Childrens Hospital. Today for first time he admitted that he launched an attack on the site he claims the only reason he did it was to send a message to Childrens Hospital. The boston Childrens Hospital believes as a result she has reporter just weeks after the Hacker Group Anonymous took sides in a controversial child custody case. This will be your first and final warning. Reporter the boston a 32yearold activist named martin gotfield faces felony charges for the cyber attack is being held at a federal Detention Center in rhode island. Hi, baby. Reporter tonight in the somerville home we spoke exclusively with gotfield by phone. A selftaught computer genius originally from andover, he admits he carried out the hack in defense of then 15yearold Justina Pelletier. Its kind of like if you see someone getting stabbed in an alley or stabbed in an alley you could post that to facebook and ask the person nicely not stab the person but is that an appropriate action in that case . Reporter justina was taken into state custody in 2013 and her parents were only allowed limited supervised visits. When doctors at childrens concluded that her Health Problems were the result of a psychiatric issue and not the genetic disorder she had been previously diagnosed with at tufts. The way things get media makes it sound like he didnt try every single thing beforehand. Reporter he claims he had no other choice and says yes, he would do it all over again. I can tell you that it dissuaded them from doing this anyone anything. The government did offer him a plea deal but he refused it because he wants to tell his story in court. The u. S. Attorneys office told us this evening they are unable to comment on the pending case. Childrens hospital. We are still waiting for a response. From our control room, ted daniel, fox 25 news. A 6yearold chelsea boy is recovering after a car hit him at a school bus stop. Police say the bus driver blew past the bus stop even though that bus was flashing its lights. The driver was charged with operating to endanger. And bus drivers tell fox 25 they would like to see stiffer fines for drivers who dont obey the school bus law. Teacher is back on the job and not everyone is happy by the. He was arrested september 11th Domestic Assault charges. The Police Report says he smashed the womans face into a door frame was placed on on paid administrative leave for a week. I think they should avoid it because thats kind of scary for students like me. I dont think he did anything to affect the kids as far as i understand. He is due back in court october 18th. A nightclub is expected to recover. We first reported this shooting as it was breaking sunday night at 10 00. The victim was shot several times and collapsed and rushed to the hospital. Police say the violence started inside the garage boston nightclub then spilled out onto the streets. No one has been arrested. New at 10 00 an old smoke grenade caused a scare at a Goodwill Store today. Someone found the device in a clothing bag hit already been detonated. Police say people were never in any danger but that its a police call that ended up being a call to action for an entire community. Someone called police on a father living in the boston shelter after they thought he was up to no good but Police Responded and they ended up making his day. Fox 25s john monahan here now. You have the story that this father sent to us himself. Reporter thats right, vanessa. This man wrote to fox 25 today to commend the Boston Police officer who responded to a 911 call. He says shes the gift of hope after an outpouring of donations from people he doesnt even know. You saved my life. Reporter john is talking about his 20 month old son alexander. A concerned caller led to an encounter at the south bay mall. Somebody was concerned because i was covered in sweat, i had a baby, high drug area. Reporter officer barrett approached this father and understand why youre stopping me im sweating he started to explain the story. Reporter johns story brought this b. P. D. Vet to tears. In my 20 years as a Police Officer this one really hit home hard. Reporter john was in foster care as a child. Hes a recovering addict. Alexanders mom is also in the shelter. John says his son alexander made him wake up. Without him i probably would still be out running th was caring alexander pushing a broken stoller trying to get a second one fix td for his little boy. Officer barrett dropped everything and called her niece to help. She told me she had never cried like that this 20 years. I was really touched. Reporter karen powell posted a message her moms Group Facebook page. The response stunned these two southie women it. Was just immediate overwhelming. Reporter for john, too, a new stroller, clothes, and because it happened to me. Reporter now with a handup john is hoping to step out on his own it. Means that im going to be able to save money to get an apartment. John has had full custody of his son for more than a year. He says these donations from complete strangers will allow him to save money for the apartment. Being able to do things like this to help people is the best part of being a cop. Were live in south boston tonight, im john monahan, fox 25 news. A big outpouring by that officer then her family member. And the community. And thanks for that father for turning his life around. That little boy had a lot to do with it as well. Airlines have asked people with certain cell phones to turn them off because they can catch fire. A gap in enforcement. Jimmy garoppolo is down but is he out . Theres reason to wonder gillette stadium. . Music . New ky intense. A stimulating gel that takes her pleasure to new heights. Jimmy garoppolo knocked out of yesterdays game but will he be out of thursday nights game as well . Tom in now. What are you hearing . No bones were broken yesterday when jimmy was driven to the turf. As of early this even any other quarterbacks to provide some depth at the position so were only three days away from the game the short week doesnt help the Recovery Process when you take a hit like this. Learning how to avoid comes with time. Its a sprained a. C. Joint without any structural damage that becomes a matter of pain management. How do you feel what can you fight through . Hes unlikely to play thursday. But his teammates wont rule out anything. Heres danny amendola. I mean, hes a competitor to get ready for the season. Hes a tough kid. Dont count him out. Hes italian. Jacoby likely to get the start against houston. Still uncertain whether he will be active and in uniform and able to back up jacoby. Tom leyden, fox 25 news. Tom. New at 10 00 a touching show of res ii veteran. A group of soldiers came over to the 93yearold in the stands before sundays game to shake his hand and say thank you. It brought some people in the crowd to tears. The mans grandson brought him to that game. How special is that. Yes. Former red sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his team at 38 studios reached a settlement today with the state of rhode island. They will pay 2 million legitimate would end schillings involvement in the case the

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