Are the two Boston Police officers shot during a deadly confrontation that started as a violent domestic dispute between roommates. Both officers are stable but in critical condition, and both are expected to survive. This is the man investigators say started firing as soon as officers arrived at his partial. Police shot and killed him during the dangerous gun fight. The whole incident may have happened over a fight about the temperature inside the apartment. This was all breaking last night. Fox 25 news at 11 00 lot of new information about everyone involved. Good evening, everyone. Im mark ockerbloom. And im vanessa welch. Just a short time ago Police Officers and members of the community gathered for an emotional prayer vigil in the city. We begin with ted daniel. There was a strong showing there for the brothers in blue. The Police Station behind me is home base for officers who work on the streets of east wounded last night. The precinct has become a rallying point, lots of visitors and a large gathering earlier tonight. So a long road. Reporter running on empty, but still very strong. The Police Commander in east boston, when it comes to his officers he sounds less like a boss and more like a worried so many people stepped up. The cop was wounded last night by a Bounty Hunter firing a tactical shotgun and wearing a bulletproof vest. The amount of agains and the amount of police that showed up. Reporter backup officers shot and killed kirk. The fire fight intense. Last night we had the two officers that were hurt and shot and today the two officers that were shot, were concerned about the officer that helped them. We pray for rishi and matt and their families. Reporter a flood of concern, and a tidal wave of respect. Last night ive never been so proud of the job the men and women did in i situation. And the best thing we learn today is that both officers are expected to survive these guys lost a lot of blood but theyre now talking and conscious. Reporting live in east boston tonight, im ted daniel, fox 25 news. As you saw from teds story, support for the two officers who were shot. As fox 25s bob ward shows us, he says theres plenty of reason for it. Mirrors what we learned about the brothers in blue still recovering at mgh tonight. These are the officers gunned down during a horrific exchange of gunfire in east boston Late Wednesday night. Matthew morris has been on the force for 12 years. Richardson tolo27. At mass general hospital, william evan and boston mayor marty walsh visited the two injured officers and their families. In 2006 officer Matthew Morris was recognized for his bravery in a confrontation with a masked medal of honor, the highest honor the state can give to a police officer. But wednesday night officer morris was shot and moments from death when a bullet hit a major another officer, while shots were being fired, saved officer morris. And one of the things, he clearly said to me, i want to thank this particular officer. He saved my life. So he knows how close he was to death. His father knew how close he was to death. But he clearly, the officer who saved his life. And that was bob ward reporting. Not only are we learning more about the officer shot, we are learning more about the troubling past of shot them. This is 33yearold Kirk Figueroa and weve uncovered that he has a criminal record in at least two other states, crystal haynes continues our Team Coverage from the east Boston Neighborhood that he terrorized last night. Crystal. He learned the suspect not only has an arrest in arizona and georgia, there are also claims of Domestic Violence here. Way, its a quarter mile, to the end of the street i thought maybe they found another bombing suspect. Reporter carlos rangels apartment is just yards away from where Kirk Figueroa opened fire on two Boston Police officers after a fight with his roommate and then was shot dead anytime Somebody Just pulls a gun during some kinds of argument, that breeds all sorts of chaos. Reporter chaos seemingly carried over from at least two other states. Police say he had an expired florida license to carry at the time of the shooting. The 33yearold was charged with reckless driving in cobb county georgia in 2006 and according to an indictment obtained by fox 25, figueroa pled guilty in georgia in 2010 to damaging his own car by means of fire and unlawfully representing himself to be a private detective from i didnt naturally know him very well. Residents say figueroa kept to himself and many knew he was responsible for the city of boston and a member of the army reserve. But on facebook, he was known by the alias coco shagnbel and we found videos of koran translations and multiple articles about policeinvolved shootings. He always looked like he was walking with a mission. Now, fox 25 has learned that figueroa also had claims of Domestic Violence against him by his wife, which led to their divorce. More on that at 11 00, and how far he was prepared to take this alternative identity he created. Reporting tonight, im crystal haynes, fox 25 news. One person who knows all too well what theyre going throh chief. He came under gunfire with the tsarnaev brothers. We spoke with him. I look at it in so many different ways. I look at how my officers, what they were thinking when it happened, when i got the call at home, chuting and throwing bombs at my office. I can imagine what commissioner evans was going through. Be sure to join us at 11 30 to see our exclusive interview he thinks Bostons Police commissioner handled the situation last night. Ahead at 10 00, the message that walsh has for all of you who are watching right now. The weather we got during the beginning of the month has helped pull portions of the state out of the extreme drought. The eastern part massachusetts has improved from extreme to severe drought levels. More than 2. 5inches has fallen since october 1st, however, 40 of the state is still under extreme drought many spots are more than 9inches of rain below normal. So starting to get it back in here, kev, but still a long way to go. We were more than 10inches at one points. So well take the improvement. Well get thering baby steps. This is what it looks like on the map right now. The red area is the extreme drought that mark was referring to. Extended all the way to the cape cod bridges. This come out every week, the rain we had over the weekend certainly helped but still that big area in the drought, look at otherwise other areas are starting to recover. Winds are locked. Thats Hartford Bradley airport, more than 10inches below right now. The rain from today didnt help much. Shower activity is offshore now and as promised we are clearing out. Clear now and sunshine when you wake up. There are those clear skies. Theres the sun when you wake up. Youll have until at least lunchtime. Our temperatures rebound before freezing arrives this weekend. With the temperatures beginning to cool down, be sure to download the fox 25 stormtracker weather app. You can get custom forecasts our fox 25 weather app is free to download on any device. Sal dimasi could be getting out of prison early. U. S. Officials filed a compassionate release recommendation today to reduce his eightyear sentence at a time already served. Boston police made an arrest in the case of a Sexual Assault in mission hill. 32yearold jose of roxbury was arrested today after a report of an attempted Sexual Assault during Kevin Fitzgerald park this past Police Identified the suspect with help from witnesses before making that arrest. Hes expected in Court Tomorrow on multiple charges. A couple accused of killing an elderly man in orange will appear in a massachusetts courtroom tomorrow morning. Police found Brittany Smith and josh away hart in a rental truck outside a walmart in virginia on saturday. They were brought back to massachusetts last night. The pair are from athol, accused of breaking into a home in orange last week and killing 95yearold thomas hardy. Hardys very muchyearold wife was also attacked but she will college are dealing with a toxic chemical in their water. Officials say it came from a private well near a farm where contaminated lab animals were buried in the 60s and 70s. Some recent tests show the concentrations were below the state standard for water quality. The college says people have been given bottled water. Right now conjoined twin baby boys are in surgery to be separated. I could almost just keep them like this right now, you know. Because theyre theyre perfect. Ahead at 10 00 the story you have to see. The parents who always stay positive and their baby boys who they couldnt love more. First bigname democrats are dehouse inning donald trump over a growing list of women that claim the g. O. P. Nominee sexually assaulted them. There was a huge show of support today for the Boston Police and their two brothers who are recovering. Neighbors and local businesses came out to the east boston precinct to say thanks in the most universal way possible. What did you bring . I brought food because police did a wonderful job in the community. What did you think about what happened last night . Its terrible. Police departments from across the country and here at home took to twitter to post their messages of support. We heard from about the two officers lives. I certainly. I commend them for wanting to get back to the red cross for being there. Mayor walsh treated a message for those who want to help and wrote one of the most important things you can do to help officers is give blood. Hashtag be a donor. The number of local Blood Donation events are scheduled in as youre about to see, trump is it is cruel. Bun by one, democrats denounced donald trump. It has shaken me to my core in a way that i couldnt have predicted. Reporter in the last week, the republican candidate for president on the defense. First a tape from 2000 tough released where trump is recorded making vulgar comments about Sexual Assaulting women. Theyre like a magnet. Either way. Reporter then a New York Times report featuring two women who say trump made unwanted did he actually kiss you . Yeah. Yeah. On the face or on the lips . Wherever he could find a landing spot, yes. Reporter since then, more women, including a former People Magazine reporter have come forward with similar stories trump says arent true. These claims are all fabricated. Theyre purification and theyre outright lies. These events never, ever happen. Reporter and he threatened the topic seems to be affecting voters, according to a new National Fox News poll, Hillary Clinton leads trump by 7 Percentage Points but trumps rallies continue to draw supporters who say they will stand by their man. Id rather have a guy in there that likes women than a cheat, a liar and a thief whos gonna rob the country. For the first time, massachusetts voters will be able to head to the polls ahead of election day. Early voting begins october 24th. But people are already casting battleground states. More than 1 3 of the total votes cast in the last president ial election were early or absentee ballots. So far more registered democrats than republicans have requested or cast those ballots. Republicans tend to vote by mail and there are some states that do have a healthy amount of mail balloting. Election day its somewhere in New Hampshire in both states, less than 10 of all votes casts were absentee ballots in the last president ial election. The final president ial debate is next wednesday in las vegas. Blair miller will be there. You can watch the entire debate right here on fox 25 beginning at 9 00. It will be followed by a special edition of fox 25 news at 10 00. The contractor working on the wollaston theater in quincy this summer when a wall collapsed now has to pay the federal government a hefty fine. Osha officials have fined the group more than july 12th. A 20foot high wall collapsed and injured two workers. Both of those workers were hospitalized with serious, but nonlifethreatening injuries. The theater was being torn down after closing in 2003. Police were called to mansfield crossing last night for the report of a drug field investigators were asking for the publics help in finding out whos behind a series of car fires in kingsboro. A fox 25 viewer shot this video as her husbands truck went up in flames. The state fire marshal says all of them happened in the same neighborhood. No one was injured. One man dog isnt only his best friend. Hes also his livesaver. Ahead at 10 00, how the dog helped the owner find out cancer. But first one of the most dangerous rail lines in the country and its right here in boston. How the mbta is racing to fix this problem right now. vo with thousands of quality preowned vehicles. And let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Flip your thinking about buying your next one. Interviewer what would you do with five minutes to kill and a smartphone . Man check the scores. Woman 1 uh, probably post a pic. Woman 2 text a friend. Interviewer how about register to vote . Man really . Galvin you can. Five minutes online and a massachusetts drivers license is all it takes to register so you can vote for our next president. Woman 2 done. I just registered. Man that was easy. Galvin register by october 19th. Federal investigators are learning more about what may have caused a commuter train to slam into a terminal in hoboken new jersey. After looking at more video and investigators found the engineer pulled the emergency brake less than a second before the collision. Theyre looking at track structure and Human Performance before they release the schuylkill actual cause this crash. One woman was killed. 100 others were hurt last month. And an East Hartford connecticut neighborhood is started to get back to normal days after a small plane crashed. A student pilot died, his instructor survived tuesdays crash. The hartford current report says the student started flying the plane erratically and the gain control. He was reportedly upset at his poor performance at the Flight Training school. Investigators have not confirmed that he tried to kill himself. They will only say the crash was an intentional act. The man accused of setting off bombs in new jersey was in court today. Rahimy is accused of detonating bombs in new yorks chelsea neighborhood last month. 31 people were injured in the new york blast and no one was hurt in new jersey. Via skype from the charges. A judge says theres enough evidence to summon Chris Christie over the bryn gait scandal. Today a judge approved the complaint and it now goes to local prosecutors who will decide if they will seek an indictment. Two aides of the governor are charged with ordering the closure of lanes on the George Washington bridge and ordered to tie up traffic in a city where the mayor refused to endorse t governor. New at 10 00, the Boston Bruins opened their season tonight and didnt waste any time dialing up the excitement. Fox 25s sports director tom lyden joins us now with the thrilling opener. Tom. For the first half of the game, not necessarily pretty, but then it was like the bruins flipped the switch, kicked it into gear and got on to columbus with a decisive 63 win. Us a 3 in the second period. Brad marchand gets on the board a couple of times in the third. This is his second goal of the night. Very nice. Bruins wake up from their slumber to rally and beat the blue jackets, a threegoal win to start the season. Two more games on the road before the bruins home opener next thursday against new jersey but tonight good way to jump start it in ohio. Much more ahead in sports. Tom lyden, fox 25 news. Disappointing end to the red sox season but looks like hockey celebrate. Yeah, a slow start but a strong finish. We like it. The team had some moxy as they say. All right, two twin baby boys, they are joined at the head and they are in surgery to be separated. It is a very risky surgery, and it will take 20 hours. Ahead at 10 00, the parents who stayed positive and the twins with personalities you will not forget. But first fox 25 uncover as troubling report surrounding the green line. How the mbta is trying to make sure trains stay on the tracks. Weve got news commuters wont want to hear. The green line had the most derail ments last year in the entire country. Three derailments in particular caught the eye of as fox 25 Chris Flanagan reports this all came out in a brandnew audit. Reporter three derailments on the green line led to a state audit of the Department Public utilities. It found the mbta was not properly maintaining its tracks or the center trucks, the wheels. It scares the mess out of you. You dont know if youre gonna make it to work or make it home. Reporter the mbta admits track conditions were a contributing factor in last summers derailment, to make them safer, the agency did a complete grinding of all 23 miles of the green line rail this past summer. Mbta tells fox 25 news, it takes the rare instances of derail ments very seriously and will keep working to address root causes and continue the implementation of corrective measures for both the short term and the long term. Its the oldest rail line in the country. You know, what are you gonna do . Gonna take money and time to do so. Reporter the audit reports also show 51 trains violating its feed at five diffent green line speeding violation april 2014, well over a year before. So far this year, 24 green line operate verifies been cited for speeding. I dont really think its so much the problem but i think its more those cars and that theyve, you know, just werent designed right in the beginning. The mbt