obviously made him believe that they were police officers pulling him over. and at some point the bogus stop escalated into a struggle between the postal worker and the culprits. shots were fired and the worker was shot in the hand. he was taken to university hospital where he was treated and released. he will recover. and investigators from the prosecutor's office in essex county were on the scene looking for evidence and one suv was towed away. investigators and police obviously trying to track down these guys as quickly as possible because anybody who can convince a driver that they are police officers and pull them over, that could escalate into even a deadly encounter. so at this point, we are trying to get more information from newark police and the essex county prosecutor's office. we will pass it along to you when we have more information. for now here live in newark, toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. also in awe income a police officer -- newark a police officer opened fire on a suspected during an alemmed armed rob i. the officer interrupted a robbery at a gas station during the overnight

hours. one suspect was hit in the chest and is hospitalized. another was arrested on the streets. the officer came. he didn't come because the robber was here. you know, he came to buy something. and finally, my one of my co- workers informed him that the robber was inside. >> the officer was taken to the hospital as a precaution. we have just learned the identity of the man killed in a house explosion in new jersey. 24-year-old finny brown lived on the second floor of the home on magnolia avenue in elizabeth close to where the blast originated. more than a dozen others were hurt including an 11-year-old bill in critical condition. -- boy in critical condition. although the investigation is still ongoing. >> we're not really going to know until we get to the stove and the gas connections. if they were tampered with. or any other malfunction.

it is clear from the photograph that it had a gas episode. >> officials say three homes have been condemned and will now have to be torn down. all the homes on block though, will be inspected. new at noon, the man accused of gunning down nypd detective ran d. older was sentence -- randolph holder was sentence today 12 years in -- sentenced to 12 years in prison in a drug case. nunez blasted mayor de blasio for criticizing her decision to approve paperwork sending howard to a drug diversion program. she says howard was out on and not set free. we'll have more on howard's court appearance and hear from his attorney coming up at 12:30. the new details in a deadly triple shooting near penn station. and alleged accomplice now in custody. police say the suspect walked into bronx lebanon hospital this morning asking for some kind of medical care and gave a fake name. well, someone recognized him and contacted police. the gunman in monday's shooting

outside 35th street and 8th avenue still on the loose. a man with a track record of illegally operating different forms of public transportation is expected to appear in court today. on new charges. police busted darius machine column in -- mccollum in park slope, brooklyn after they say he stole a bus from the port authority bus terminal. an attorney for mccollum says he suffers from aspergers' syndrome and that's why he's served time far series of similar incidents. the first arrest dates back the 1981 when he operated an e- train at age 15. a reward is being offered to find the killer of a socialite from westchester county. a wake for lois colley is being held today and her funeral is tomorrow. meanwhile new york state police are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to her arrest. she was found in her north say hem loam earlier -- salem home earlier this week. the examer this morning ruling the death of a former

knicks' draft pick is a homicide. medical examiner tells us michael bright died from -- wright died from blunt force injuries to his head. his body was found in trash bags inside an suv near brooklyn college tuesday morning. police are examining his recent activities on an internet dating site. he played three seasons by the university of as and was drafted by the -- arizona and was drafted by the knicks in 2001. a major battle against isis overseas as thousands of kurdish forces launch an assault on the islamic state group. new video shows the offense to retake a strategic town. abc's megan hughes following the latest developments for us. >> reporter: the offensive began near sunrise. convoys carrying several thousand kurds advanced on the city of sinjar from several fronts. exchanging gunfire on the ground. coalition forces including the united states are backing them up by air. [ speaking foreign language ]

so far is good. they have movements there, but there are continuous air strikes on them. kurdish officials say they've already captured a 22-mile stretch of a strategic highway. the bbc's jim muri is on the front lines. >> the kurds are determined to recapture the town this time but it's going to be hard going. isis, i. s., very adept at leaving behind traps and all kinds of explosives to hold up the advance. >> reporter: the stakes are high in the battle for sinjar. the area is a major route for fighters and fuel and supplies between isis strongholds if syria and iraq -- in syria and iraq's second biggest city moe shul. when the islamic state took over sinsar last year, they murdered and raped thousands of the ethnic and religious minority group. in response the u.s. launched air strikes. the city is now largely destroyed and they are joining the kurds in trying to take pack their home. military officials say u.s.

advisers are located well back from the fighting and they expect a tough fight that nay last two to four days. in washington, megan hughes, channel 7 eyewitness news. a memorial service was held this morning for the victims of flight 587. the american airlines plane crashed 14 years ago today in the rockaways killing 265 people including five on the ground. mayor de blasio presided over the service, last year the mayor missed the memorial because he arrived late. today he told family members the memory of the plane crash in november 2001 is still fresh in everyone's minds. >> 14 years but the pain is still so strong. there is always the hope that time provides a little healing. but at the same time, the grief is sharp. it remains intense. >> the flight crashed shortly after takeoff from kennedy airport en route to the dominican republic. a new warning before you cross the street in new york city. we're going to tell you why

police are handing out tickets to pedestrians and they hope they could save lives. >> a former soap opera star loses his battle for life after a car crash. >> and full-time find out why the ten -- find out why the dentist who killed cecil the lion could face new trouble. >> and i'm meteorologist bill evans here in the weather center. you see the accutrack radar, still a couple of showers here at noon. all siding eastward and maybe the sun breaks out later today. the winds will pick up and we have ourselves a fall weekend returning. could be a little brisk and chilly and we're going to take you through the weekend -- talk you through the weekend. meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. so we called time warner cable and got even more than we expected. call now to get more.

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measures regulating helicopter tours around new york city. the bills would reduce helicopter noise by blocking the loudest and most polluting helicopters from operating at city run hell ports. residents will also voice their concerns at a hearing with the city council members and industry officials. new at noon, president obama awards a medal of honor to a retired army captain who served in afghanistan. the president just presided over the ceremony at the white house. 32-year-old flo gent groberg is credited with saving lives in august 2012 by tackling a suicide bomber, he was injured in that i tack bad, a-- attack that killed four people. >> a day after veterans day, we honor this american member whose story like so many of our vets and wounded warriors, speaks not only of -- on the battlefield and the brilliance here at home. >> he is the at the point living person to be awarded -- tenth living person to be awarded the medal of honor for actions that happened in

afghanistan. new complaints about a minnesota dentist who came under fire this year for killing cecil the lion. the minnesota department of natural resources has launched the investigation against walter palmer on claims he used illegal tactics during the current deer hunting season. his neighbors told officials they saw a pickup driving on palmer's lands preventing deer from leaving the property. police in indianapolis have no suspects in the murder of the pregnant wife of a local pastor. investigators say amanda blackburn was shot in the head while trying to defend herself against a home invasion tuesday morning. her son was home at the time but was not hurt. she and her husband were dedicated to the church. >> they came here from north carolina and they were on fire for the lord. they had a -- for indy campaign that you know, they just finished up. it's hard. >> adding to the pain for the congregation, blackburn was 12

weeks pregnant. her husband released a statement saying he lost his ministry partner and his very best friend. a florida man is safe and in stitches after a surprise alligator attack. >> my husband got bit by an alligator. >> now tell my exactly what happened with your husband? >> he was at thened of our drive -- end of our drive. weeding a planter. and then the alligator came up out of the water and bit him in the arm. >> 68-year-old bill bashir was attacked at his home. he says it happened so fast he never even saw the alligator that bit him. >> he could have just dragged me into the water. >> hao ad how'd you -- how'd you get him off again? >> that alligator had to jump at least two feet to get him. >> wildlife officers caught a seven foot alligator they believe is the one that attacked bashir.

fighting the alligator, he -- feeding the alligator. bashir thinks the gator was just trying to found something to eat. "one life to live" star nathaniel marston died from injuries he suffered in a car crash in nevada last month. the 40-year-old actor best known for his run on the soap opera on abc. his facebook post his mother said he passed away peacefully in her arms. a memorial will take place in new york city. >> best wishes for them. very sad. and coming up next, two teenagers busted for a campus scare. we have new details about the threats made in the wake of rising racial tensions at the university of missouri. >> and a video that's going viral. see what happens when neighbor gives burglars a big surprise. >> and taking a live look outside, you can see some rain drops on the camera there.

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>> yes there was a lot of those. out of the that storm. >> us? >> that front, it's head -- coming through our area but harmless. which is good. with some rain showers. here we go we take a look outside here at noontime and we have cloudy skies. couple of showers have been working their way through here. from west to east. and they're kind of like from the hudson river valley down to the city spreading out across long island and near we go. we're take a look at the west side and see folks have umbrellas at noontime and yep there's still a few showers. wet streets and sidewalks as this is kind of the scene here around as we go into the afternoon. the temperature 57 degrees. our normal high is about 55. so we'll be ate almost bit move -- a little bit of that and get to 60 today. the winds are south and the pressure still continues to fall. so we have some windy conditions that will start building ahead of front that's coming through. there you see the normal high. the sun sets around 4:41. i mean this might get out of the way in time to see a pretty nice little sunset. as this batch of rain moves through today. now it's brighter tomorrow. lots of sun but a very windy

day tomorrow. and saturday. with some 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts that are going to be possible friday and saturday. so it's 57. over toward whitestone queens and around cambria heights it's 53 around white plains and looking at 55 as we go to sussex. so a day of wind and clouds and rain. but the wind is coming up from the south. so it's a warm moist wind. keeps it cloudy so the wind gusts have been around 20 miles per hour at teterboro and 25 at laguardia. out ahead of the front that's back to the west. you see showers have pushed east of now the hudson river valley. still a few around the five boroughs down the jersey shore and a couple back here to the west. it looks like they get out of way by 2:00, 3:00 and maybe we get a little break of sunshine and a pretty sunset. our futurecast is showing this stuff out of the way by 5:00. so parts of the area particularly to the west might see a little sunshine. but for football tonight, things should clear out. the futurecast is showing a

so the meadowlands will be fine and metlife stadium. temperature at kickoff will be in the low 50s. we'll be seeing sunshine and very nice weather as we go right on into the weekend too. as this front pushes through, then this low kind of really intensifies here through the great lakes. and it gets really windy tomorrow. with wind gusts of 35 to 40 miles an hour so periods of rain this afternoon. still cloudy and breezy and we're right at 60. tonight the rain is gone. and we're at 49 overnight and into tomorrow we have clouds and sun. it's very windy look at the wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. windy on saturday and 50. it will feel like 40. and then we're looking at about you know, 58 degrees on sunday which will be the better day of the weekend. then next week, we're looking at sunshine and 62 degrees. while we're looking at 64 maybe a shower on wednesday. still warm next week. . thes 10 degrees warm -- temperatures ten degrees warmer than normal next week. no real harsh cold on the way anytime soon. >> we can definitely deal with

all of this. you know? all -- very manageable. >> right? >> manageable is the word. i think -- sunny and 62 in november? is quite manageable. >> absolutely. it could be worse as we know. >> thank you bill. >> you got that? sunny and 62. >> there's a whole crowd out there yell. >> the guy is looking at you like -- >> don't get me excited. a birth control battle. more than 100 women launch a lawsuit over birth control pills. what happened after they took

well, a neighbor surprised his burglars and an nba player arrested for skipping tolls. just some of the stories that were caught on camera and caught our attention. going to begin in las vegas where burglars took a gamble on the wrong house. a neighbor knew something was wrong when he saw a strange suv with four men parked across the street. when he cop fronted them they made a break for the vehicle. aftertaking a moment to find the keys they sped away. the homeowners are thankful their neighbor videotaped the entire encounter, they would have been cleaned out if this hadn't happened. >> everything in the bedroom. tall drawers had been taken out and they must have seen him. and everything they had at the front door to take. they didn't take. they just ran out of the house. >> yeah, well those thieves are on the run.

but police are hoping that they will be caught quickly thanks to the clear images captured on this video here. a north carolina man had his phone at the ready to capture dramatic kid owe of a road rage incident. the footage shows two suvs apparently trying to cut each other off in traffic. you can see the white blazer and the black lexus suv driving around each other aggressively and occasionally slamming the brakes. eventually both suvs spin out of control. both drivers now face reckless driving charges. and captured on police dashcam, an nba player's traffic trouble lands him in handcuffs. officers in texas pulled over patrick beverly of the houston rockets yesterday for speeding in a school zone. they arrested him after finding out his registration was not up- to-date and he didn't have a license and he owed hundreds of dollars the toll fees. -- in toll fees. he was released after he paid the overdue tolls and out of jail in enough time to play in

the rockets' loss last night to brooklyn. here's the thing with that. he should have had the license and registration taken care of but he had the e-zpass on an old credit card. if that's happened to a couple of us. so he thought that was getting paid and it wasn't getting paid. >> he was not like the scofflaw. >> that's his excuse. >> thinking he was paying it? >> it doesn't work here. i tried that. maybe down there. >> your honor, that's my old credit card. >> right. that's not going to work. >> there you go. thank you david. in oregon, it was a case of the fuzz against the fur. the new port police department recently investigated a report of suspicious activity at an art gallery. yeah. inside they found four masked bandits. officers posted pictures of the rascal raccoons on the facebook page. they say the departments -- don't lie that can -- suspects -- don't they look guilty? can you hear the street names? home dog, denails, squeaky feet, and two toes todd.

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our top story this afternoon, an off-duty postal officer is shot by police impersonators in new jersey. the victim who was expected to be okay was hot in newark this morning -- shot in newark this morning after betting in a -- getting in a scuffle with to people. we have learned the identity of a 24-year-old man who died in yesterday's house explosion in elizabeth. denny brown lived on the second floor of the home in magnolia avenue. a gas incident may have sparked the blast. and hello again, i'm david novarro. >> and i'm shirleen allicot.

new information about the man accused of killing an nypd officer. >> the suspect tyrone howard appearing in court just a little while ago on drug charges. and the judge in the case blasted mayor de blasio during the hearing. >> eyewitness news reporter darla miles is live in lower manhattan with new information. darla? >> reporter: well, shirleen, judge nunez continued to defend her position to sign off on that drug diversion program. and she also said that mayor de blasio began a false negative that he got the case of the facts rather of her case completely wrong. and then she went on to sentence tyrone howard to the maximum in that judge case. first the sentencing you can see howard was in court today. he was -- walking with cane. he got 12 years and that 2014 drug indictment with 18 other defendants. he would not have served any time in that case if he had completed the drug diversion program that has now come under

fire since the shooting death of nypd officer randolph holder, the judge nunez says the mayor began a false narrative about howard saying the defendant was out on the streets because he made the $35,000 bail. his girlfriend put up the $3,500 and that was the reason he was out on the street. she said shame on the politickings for pointing their fingers at judges for a program they wanted. and that's when after the case, after the sentencing, howard's defense attorney said that the high-profile murder case is having a negative effect on his client's drug case. >> i think it would have been more appropriate had she adjourned the case to the atmosphere of the imposition the sentence would have been clearer and have been less volatile. her -- response from the bench was appropriate. judges can't talk generally to the press. and this is the one forum and she did -- was extremely treat -- treated extremely unfairly by the press. she didn't release him.

it was a plea bargain that was made where he gave up certain rights as well. >> reporter: now howard even spoke to the judge directly this morning defending his participation or panel participation in that drug program. saying that he had completed half of that yet. again he was sentences o 12 jeers the max -- to 12 years the max numb in that case. this has nothing to do with the shooting death of holder. he will be back in court on november 24th on that case, reporting live in leer manhattan, darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. darla thank you. new at noon, a crackdown on jaywalking and speeding. police officers in queens hit the streets handing out information cards to discourage pedestrians from jaywalking. the push comes after a recent string of pedestrian accidents in the 11 that have taken place since halloween, 13 people have died. officers will distribute the cards for the next two weeks and after that, jaywalkers can

examine summonses -- expect summons and tickets. a new rail tunnel new on track. a deal has been reached to crete a corporation that would oversee plans for the current project. it would be controlled by representatives from new york and new jersey and amtrak and the u.s. department of transportation. under the deal the federal government and amtrak will foot the bill for half of the project which costs up to $20 billion. congregation mourning the loss of the pregnant wife of a pastor shot and killed during a home invasion. investigators say amanda blackburn was shot in the head while trying to defend herself at her home in indiana. her 1-year-old son was home at the time but was not hurt. police at this time don't have any suspects. blackburn's husband released a statement. now to more unrest and walkouts on college campuses today in the wake of protests at the university of missouri. students at ithaca college in upstate new york and other

colleges across the country speaking out over racial tensions at their own university. abc's elizabeth hur as the story. >> reporter: -- that has story. >> reporter: more than 900 students walking out of class and marching at ithaca college in new york and the protests at ithaca prompting the creation of a new chief diversity officer position. [ chanting ] the changes coming just days after students. football players and faculty at rallied against the university's mishandling of a string of alleged racial incidents. ending what the university chancellor along with president tim wolfe resigning. but the racial tensions turning to fear on campus this week. with social media pictures showing lecture halls practically empty following the arrest of two missouri college students who stand accused of posting threats online against black students and faculty. >> it's just kind of

frightening to realize that anybody would kind of walk around and like -- try to kill people. because of skin color. >> reporter: as for the students under arrest, one of them, 19-year-old hunter park, is due in court later today. i'm elizabeth hur for channel 7 eyewitness news. steps are being advance a discussion about race relations at yale university. an event called a teaching drew 1,000 people last night in new haven. the follows -- also drawing controversy a professor's skeptical response to an e-mail potentially offensive halloween costumes. there have been protests and now organizations around campus want to bring the university community together. >> these types of discussions need to happen. present. and they need to happen not only to bring awareness to issues like this, but to lead to interventions and to different kinds of strategies

to enhance the environment and make it safe and healthy for everyone involved. >> yale university officials have promised that action will be taken to improve relations on campus. well, at 57 degrees right now let's turn to meteorologist bill evans, he has the afterschool accuweather forecast, bill? >> yeah and that temperature, dave is going to kind of hang around 57, 58 maybe even 60 here and then tonight we've got cloudy skies and some good football weather coming up if you're going to the meadowlands and jets and bills game. after school a sprinkle or two but most of this is getting out of the way by after school time. there might be a shower at the bus stop but after school be very careful. probably sports after school for you. not a whole lot of rain out there. we'll talk more about the weekend coming up and going to get very windy with some sunshine and fall weather returning to feel really like fall coming up this weekend. all that coming up in just a moment. shirleen, david back to you. tracking homeless people in new york city using social media. why it's sparking some

concerns. >> plus a man hit by a door on a cruise ship. he sued the cruise line and won but was the money he got too much? >> and why it appears like the earth is breathing. video surfacing of an eerie

some new york city residents are using social media to map and share sightings of photographs of

efforts are generating conversation and concern. organizers are illustrating oppress -- a pressing social problem. advocates say the efforts are more harassment than help. right now there are more than 57,000 homeless people in new york city shelters and that's a 13% increase from two years ago. 37 additional subway stations in new york city are getting access to wi-fi. today transit officials and executives from several wireless companies announced the latest phase of wi-fi in cell phone service at new york city subway stations by the end of the year, nearly 8 # stations will have -- 08 stations will have -- 80 stations will have service. the proposal by the federal government will be announced later today. it would affect nearly one million households. the impact will be strong here in new york city, the city has the largest public housing system in the country. in illinois a man will receive a massive settlement after he was hurt on a cruise ship. even though the video may not

seem like it was much of an accident. a federal jury awarded james houseman you see right here $21.5 million in damages after he was hurt by that sliding door. the 61-year-old says he suffered concussion after the incident and holland america's ms amsterdam. his attorney says this is one of other possibly sliding door injuries aboard the ships. >> 34 other incidents of sliding automatic doors hitting passengers. >> he has memory problems. he has seizures now. >> well, you can see what it did there. may not seem like a lot. but again, he's saying it did. the cruise line says it will appeal the federal jury's excessive. the vatican is putting the finishing touches on pope francis' planned visit to mexico. an official in mexico says the pope will visit mexico city and at least three additional places. each stop will allow the pontiff to address the issues important to him like poverty and immigration. the trip is expected to take place in mid-february.

the vatican will confirm dates and the schedule next month. a birth control mixup. more than 100 women filing a major lawsuit over birth

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confirm one defectsive ballistic pack was sold to a woman. making the most of small spaces in new york city. yesterday, we showed you how more and more single households are willing to squeeze into two and 300 square foot apartments, there are families that are also opting to live little. one in particular and one manhattan architecture firm shows me how they accomplished it. >> that client came to us and said i have this tiny apartment. it's been like a tumbledown bachelor pad for years. >> louise harpman one-half of the architects firm says the client didn't mince words. >> i think he and his friends had been bunking for years. since the 1970s. >> their challenge? to help a former bachelor turn 425 square feet into a comfortable place for his wife and child. >> they really work very hard. very long hours, they travel a lot. it's a married couple. and but when they come home they want a place that's calm and they want some place that feels like a retreat. >> that means every surface

needs to do double duty. >> because we have a staircase we were able to tuck the bathroom underneath the stair and also integrate storage. >> therefore a wall is not just a wall. and a can have fee table can also -- coffee table can also be a dining table. >> it's a living room. if you pull out the futon or the bed, that night it's a bedroom. but that's the same space. >> in the kitchen, hidden drawers and cabinets offer function and a minimalistic feel. and up the stairs what was a crawl space for storage now is a bedroom with high ceilings. >> there were no windows. so that's -- so much light into a really small space. >> harpman says not every unit is going to have the bones and this floor height but the fact that a family of three can live here happily? teaches an important lesson. >> not everybody needs everything. >> that's the truth. if you'd like to see more on our coverage of tiny homes, head to abcny7 and if you live in a small space, go to my facebook page and show me how

this is such a great story for us here in new york city. >> i mean it's the question is -- dough see yourself ever being able -- do you see yourself ever being able to downsize? you have your kids and your college you know. would you be able to live in 260 square feet let's say? >> no. [ laughter ] >> but -- >> i'm teasing, i could. my kids are all gone and boarding school and college. so yeah. you know, i -- i've got rid of a lot of stuff. it'd be perfect for me. >> it's possible. >> you know, i grew up in new york city and tiny apartments. my whole life. i've been dying to get out of it but you know but the reality it is. >> with technology and efficiency you know it's gotten a lot easier to do that. we have some technology and first timesy the show you from the weather department. first off the lovely folks here an the west side. they have put away the umbrellas. rain start today move eastward now across long island and coastal connecticut east of the hudson river and so those showers are spreading on out. and moving eastward and i think

on. lee goldberg might have that first at 4:00 here. here's our camera hon the roof. looking across to the east. so you can see it's still cloudy in that direction. with rain. here's our camera at four times square looking south and there you can see a few showers to the south. so you know kind of prothe hudson river valley -- from the hudson river valley south of the city down the jersey shore, that's the showers now are moving out eastward. we have a little rain on lens here and just had a couple of showers not a lot. 57-degrees and high humidity. temperatures are way warmer for this hour of the day particularly up the hudson river valley. 54, 53 degrees and you can see the winds out of the south at 3 to 12 miles per hour. so as i was talking about the line of rain pushing eastward now from the hudson river valley couple of showers at putnam county. suffolk and nassau county getting the rain and a light sprinkle back here to the west. how much rain has this system brought? well, it's been very little. .0 will down the jersey shore,

a tenth around poughkeepsie. the park is showing .1 so far since midnight. by the time we get to 4:00, you know, near 5:00, sunset's at 4:40. there might be some breaks of sun in here. but the good news is everything kind of clears out tonight. great weather for football. and then we've got some nice sunny weather coming for the weekend. but it is going to be windy. we're looking at 60 with in front sliding eastward and sunshine tomorrow. with gusty winds tomorrow of about 35 miles an hour out of the west on friday. so cloudy and breezy for the rest of the afternoon. tonight, skies are going to start to break up and clear out and tomorrow we got sunshine and we're looking at 58. it'd be windy tomorrow. so gusts up to 35 miles an hour. and even on saturday we're looking at sunshine and it will be a little cooler and it will be 50. and we'll still have some gusts of wind about 50 miles an hour. so we'll have some sunshine and mild weather on sunday. rutgers is at home playing football saturday. >> okay. >> army plays tulane. saturday. and the wind will blow the football right out of the stadium.

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