this is new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news with joe torres and sandra bookman and laura behnke with sports and jeff smith with the accuweather forecast. now eyewitness news at 6:00. it was a good guy, great man, good man. >> overwhelmed by grief, relatives of the security guard murdered in a manhattan federal building now heartbroken over his loss. a pair of city sanitation workers save a senior after a terrifying home invasion. good evening, i'm tore i'm joe torres. investigators are trying to figure out why 68-year-old kevin downing slipped through a side

door of a building in lower manhattan last night and fatally shot a security guard before killing himself. the building houses a regional labor. tonight a new jersey congressman comes to downing's defense, representative bill pasquale said downing was a whistle blower who felt he got a raw deal from the bureau of labor statistics. they were searching for anything motive. but so far no clues. now we learn more about the victim idrissa camara, a security guard who was working down. renee stoll is live in soho with the lead story. >> good evening, joe, i talked to the guard's family and friends and they tell me not only

a security officer but he armed guard never talked about his job being dangerous and he never felt that way. and i also found out that he was a great family man where they say he would work here and send money back to his family in the ivory coast. >> reporter: for most of the day friends and family came to the home of 53-year-old idrissa camara. >> we come to share grief with them and support them as much as we can. >> august giving condolences to his wife and four children. >> got to pray. that's all. >> reporter: camara's cousin and leader at the harlem mosque said the family is holding up well. >> great. they're spirit is high. >> reporter: camara was gunned down friday evening while working at this soho federal building. the shooter, kevin downing turned the gun on himself. camara is known as a generous

man from the ivory coast. >> very good man. >> he is everything for us. you guys cannot believe how this guy is nice. >> reporter: it was that kindness that put camara in the wrong spot at the wrong time. he was working extra hours to help out with downing shot him. the president of the local chapter of camara's union came to relay condolences from dozens of camara's co-workers. >> this was a family making the american dream, working hard to make the adopted country their home and now their lives are shattered by this. >> the family tells us camara just buried his father weeks ago and his sister just happened to be visiting here on vacation from africa when all of this tragedy unfolded. tonight his cousin tells me the family will decide where the body will be buried, whether

here or back in his home country of africa. in the meantime also the union is trying to figure out what they can do, what they can ask for to try and make the jobs of security guards safer. reporting live in soho, renee stoll, channel 7 eyewitness news. we're keeping on top of this story. you can find updates onto abc7ny and facebook and twitter. two of new york's strongest hailed as heroes tonight. they freed a senior in queens, a senior tied up during a violent home invasion robbery. eyewitness news reporter a.j. ross has the details. a.j.? >> good evening, joe, the police need your help tracking down those three suspects who brutally beat and robbed an elderly veteran inside his ozone park home. that victim is recovering tonight but we managed to speak to the two sanitation workers who came to his rescue. >> his hands were bound and nose

was bleeding. barely clothed. two queens sanitation workers immediately pulled over when they found this 76-year-old man running toward their truck early saturday. >> i went to see what is going on and he explained to me he was just robbed. >> he told me that somebody had broken into his home and tied him up and beat him up. >> reporter: according to the police, an armed person used a ladder to enter into the victim's home and then let in two other suspects, a male and female who tied up the veteran. they beat the defenseless man with a firearm and stole his cell phone, tv and wallet before running away. >> i felt heart broken for the poor guy. >> reporter: the victim was taken to jamaica hospital for treatment. the neighbors say crimes like this don't happen in this area. >> everybody knows everybody. everybody knows whose car is

here, whose face is here. if we see a stranger we notice it right away. sleeping. >> police are reviewing surveillance video but they can use your help and tips. anyone with information should give them a call. ozone park, queens. a.j. ross. a search for a gunman who shot and killed a taxi driver in newark. it happened before 10:00 last night in the 300 block of frelinghuysen avenue. a passerby spotted him and found him unresponsive. it remains unclear what sparked the shooting. one of his co-workers she noticed an up tick in violence against taxi drivers in the past two months. >> we keep the police reports because i would say at least 10 assaults were drivers. yeah, we're always worried about their safety and we hope that

the mayor does something to help them out. >> they will honor him by tying ribbons on their tax sis. a brawl outside of mcdonald's in harlem. 46-year-old jesus santiago was arrested facing murder and assault charges. a 46-year-old woman remains in critical condition. cent tee yag yoe and female companion fought with the two victims over an umbrella. leaders of north and south korea are holding talks. the meeting in the demilitarized zone comes two days after troops exchanged artillery fire across the border. north korea demands the south stop broadcasting propaganda from loud speak ners the region. the broadcast started after

seoul accused of planting land mines in the neutral zone. britain is investigating an people. a pilot crashed into a road hitting several cars. the pilot and six people on the ground died at the scene, and injured. it happened at the shoreham air show in england. the pilot didn't complete a loop maneuver before the crash. three american contractors are dead following a suicide car bombing in afghanistan. nato says the bomber targeted a convoy traveling through a crowded neighborhood in the country's capital. the blast killed at least 12 people including those three americans and wounded more than 60 others. the taliban denies carrying out the attack despite the group's recent surge in assaults on afghan security forces. indications that vice-president joe biden could throw his hat into the presidential race. mr. biden health a meeting with

democratic senator elizabeth warren in washington today. warren is extremely popular among liberal democrats but she is yet to formally endorse any candidate. the meeting is the strongest indication so more the vice president is feeling out influential democrats before deciding if he will join the race. americans hailed as heroes for stopping a terrorist attack on board a train. >> either you sit down and you die or get up and you die. there was nothing more than that. >> coming up, quick thinking passengers go into action when they see a man with a gun. why shaq returns to his native newark today. watching moisture just offshore.

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hailed as heroes, three americans traveling to europe together saw a man emerge from a train's bathroom with a gun over his shoulder. what they did next probably saved lives. . >> his left arm in a sling as he left out of a french hospital. the airman first class jumped into a car and drove away. >> i tried to shoot him. >> reporter: shirtless and bloody after he and two of his

friends took down a gunman on board a paris-bound train. >> we didn't know his gun wasn't working or anything like that. spencer just ran anyway and if anybody would have gotten shot it would have been spencer for sure. >> alex is a oregon national guardsman shot the video after he and his friend knocked the attacker unconscious. the friends were on the 300-mile train ride from amsterdam to paris. businessman chris norman was sitting nearby. at about 5:45 he heard a gun shot and saw a man holding an ak47. >> i heard one guy, an american, say go get him. my thought was, okay, i'm probably going to die anyway, so let's go. >> norman got there in time to hold the man down. years old. investigators say he was carrying an assault rifle, a knife and close to a dozen additional cartridges of am mow.

the presidents of the united states and france praising the young men, the guys themselves, turning the spotlight on stone who charged in first, suffered knife wounds and immediately turned to help a passenger injured and bleeding out. >> it is pretty much spencer, he was bleeding himself. he had blood running down his face and he saved that man's life. >> their heroic actions likely prevented a worse tragedy. abc news, london. newark hit with a shaq attack today. the basketball alleged gent teamed up with the mayor to host a basketball tournament for high school students. it took right place in front of of city hall. shaquille left newark in high school but maintained a presence in the city throughout his career. >> a big phoenician, one of many nicknames. lots of sunshine but how

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hundreds gathered in tribeca for lip smacking chow and great tunes. it was the annual blues barbecue at the hudson river park. some of the city's best barbecue restaurants served up the ribs, wings and sides while blues artists played on and on. it is the 16th year of the event

which has now moved to pier 26 to accommodate a bigger crowd. someone told me the barbecue tastes better in weather like this. occasionally we sprinkle in these top 10 days and today is one of them. not so lucky tomorrow. moisture off shore that will try to back in from the atlantic ocean and we increase cloud cover and may get a shower and thunderstorm. enjoy the evening. we have temperatures in the low 80s, very low levels of humidity. it is super-comfortable. wind out of the northeast at seven miles per hour and eventually that atlantic ocean wind will bring in moisture later on tonight and early tomorrow. a low of 69, above normal for this time of year. 95 back in 1916. sun going down at 7:45. right now low 80s in and around the city. 77 a popular number in sussex and newburgh.

72 in the higher elevations by monticello. 70s on the island and jersey shore. fair-weather clouds out there. a beautiful day. we watch offshore this same front that caused flooding rain especially over long island early friday morning moved offshore and it stalled. it is a stationary front right now. it will try to back in here especially with the help of a little area of low pressure forming near bermuda that will head toward the coast in the next 24 hours. our cloud cover and chance of getting a thunderstorm tomorrow. we have hurricane danny out there east of the leeward islands, 75 mile-per-hour winds. it will weaken into the a tropical storm. this is great news, by the way, for puerto rico which has bb in a drought and now they'll get much needed rain without too much wind. by thursday approaching the bahamas it may be completely

weakened by that time as it moves into kind of a hostile environment. at the most it is probably a tropical depression. here is our futurecast around here. you see the clouds increasing from the east and after mid-thiet there could be a shower or two over parts of long island. by the daybreak tomorrow i do expect a couple of these showers to even work into new york city and during the day tomorrow there could be a shower or thunderstorm at any point. it will be a cloudier day. mainly clear this evening, clouds showing up late, could be a shower east of new york city after midnight. down to 71. variably cloudy tomorrow. shower and thunderstorm around. at any point high of 82. brief shower or two tomorrow night. 72. maybe a shower monday morning and we clear things out. warm humid day, highs in the mid-80s and about another few top 10 days. how about we do that wednesday and thursday and maybe even into friday with lower humidity out there.

>> make it top 20. >> yeah, if we keep doing that. the ladies have the night off, laura behnke is off, with sports. >> baseball this afternoon on this special day up in the bronx. yankees fans saluting jorge posada. a baseball game, for the yankees

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favorite. anthony johnson and jorge posada. >> absolutely. it is time to pay tribute once again to one of the core four members of the yankees. congratulations jorge and what a perfect day at the stadium to honor jorge posada. he was joined by joe torre and derek jeter. number 20 was retired and he will have a plaque in center field. he was catching in pinstripes for 17 years, world four world championships and now he's immortal. >> every since i can remember all i wanted to do was play baseball. while growing up in beautiful puerto rico everything i would be was my goal. luckily i had the privilege and honor to play for the greatest

franchise in all of sports, the new york yankees. >> of course, jorge gets to toss out that honorary first pitch and he sails it so his son lets him have it. dad, what are you doing. brett gardner gets off earlier that barely clears the fence in the bottom of the first, 2-1 edge. brian mccann, 22nd home one as the bombers build on that lead on to the fifth, severino sfrieks strikes out brantly. severino going for first major league victory striking out six. andy miller got the last out of the gate, yankees win 6-2 or jorge posada day. mets getting ready for game two of the series against the rockies. the buzz is you yo-yo yoe and his amazing performance. grand slam in the second inning.

he had much left in the tank. two more homers, drove in seven rbi, mets 14-8, in the victory. joe, he's hot. they reark choir eric young, headed to triple a vegas. they replace lucas duda. he tried to come back last night. he had back spasms. he had 21 home runs and 56rbi on the season. we've football action tonight out of the meadowlands. giants kick officer the second game of the preseason. big blue has big injury problems in their secondary that hurt them last week against cincinnati. first team offense they need to find another gear. they take on the jags tonight and everyone wants to see big improvements. and jets have one win under their belt in the preseason but concerns about the first team offense. but the defense started to show signs of life. rookie leonard williams, pinning

mat ryan in the end zone for his safety. the running game, a big positive chris ivory cuts down the sideline, touchdown, cameras watch out. but this offense is still looking for a consistency. >> it was great. penalties were terrible. it was way more than imagined. we got better in some areas and we got worse there. >> lot of penalties, can't do that. what i really enjoyed watching the way we finished. >> and time to hunker down for tiger woods for the third round of the windham championship. he kept it going early. sink this birdie put. and then he tries a long putt and tyinger is pumped up. finish off a good day. he rams it out. finishes the day two strokes off the lead. that final round taking place tomorrow. elimination round begins today in the little league world

series has officially taken over williamsport, pennsylvania. you saw one of the games from channel 7, squad from oregon taking on kentucky. jones topped off the fourth inning with rbi single. then it was a 3-run bomb that sealed it. kentucky is moving on. they win 7-5. and that's it in sports. there. >> you saw it today. that's the news for now.