this is new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news with joe torres and sandra bookman, laura behnke with sports and jeff smith with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now, eyewitness news at six. a young life on long island taken by a stray bullet. police say there's a big break in the case; and new developments in the brooklyn gang rape. the victim and her father speak to eyewitness news about the good evening, everyone, i'm sandra bookman,. >> and i'm joe torres. we begin with that developing story on long island. nassau county police arrested a year-old dejah joyner. she was killed by a single bullet as she ate dinner in her

>> eyewitness news reporter lucy yang is in hempstead with reaction from dejah's family. >> reporter: sandra, and joe, three months later, police have finally made an arrest in a fatal shooting that broke so many hearts here in hempstead, long island. tonight for the first time, we hear from the victim's family. 12-year-old dejah joyner was a beautiful little girl who was doing the right thing in the right place at the right time, yet tragedy found her. she had just made sandwiches after school and was serving her brother his plate when a bullet came flying through her living room window striking the innocent child in the head. dejah was pronounced dead at the hospital. it happened last october here on the 200 block of dartmouth street in hempstead, long island. three months later an arrest has been made. 20-year-old jaquan keller was arrest today. detectives believe he is

family with a bullet meant for someone else. dejah's grandfather, and great grandmother responded to the arrest and spoke to us just a few minutes ago. >> i can't say exactly what i in hell. taking my granddaughter away so young, such a young age, and i had just got off the phone talking to her. making lunch. school. >> why did he do it. that's the only thing i can say, why did you do it. >> reporter: now, the family has since moved from their home. too many painful memories there. as for the man under arrest, jaquan keller, he's scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow in first district court. we will be following this case closely. live in hempstead, long tonight. i'm lucy yang for channel 7 eyewitness news. >> lucy, thank you. in brooklyn, detectives are searching for the gang that raped a teenager in a

video of the group entering a nearby bodega before thursday night's attack. kemberly richardson spoke with the victim and her father. she is in brownsville this evening. >> reporter: the father of this 18-year-old girl tells me he had no choice but to leave his daughter here in this park surrounded by five strange men because one of them was pointing a gun in his face. what allegedly happened next is unsettling but some say had it unfolded in other parts of the city would have been handled differently. >> the one put a gun in face, telling me to run, and all of them had their way with her. >> reporter: he's talking about these five men who he tells me one by one then raped his 18- year-old daughter. this surveillance video was taken inside a bodega not far from where the alleged attack unfolded, was captured before the alleged rape thursday night just after nine. i spoke with the victim and her dad. we're not using their names or

do you hope this video gets these guys? >> absolutely. >> reporter: police stopped people near osbourne park hoping they recognize the suspects. the father tells me he was with his daughter near the handball court having a drink when these men approached. one pulled out a gun and told him to run. he felt he had no choice. >> if i would have stood there and fought. >> reporter: you thought you would have died? >> yeah. >> reporter: he says he didn't have a cell phone, ran not far to this bodega, begging for help. they wouldn't call police. the victim tells me she did scream for help, but no one stopped. >> when your dad left you, what were you thinking? >> i was just scared. i didn't know what to do. i was in a panic mode. >> reporter: her father ran into two uniformed officer, ran back to the playground and by then about 15 minutes had passed and the suspects were gone.

>> reporter: eric adams sharply criticized police for what he says was an unacceptable delay in getting vital information out to this community. >> if a rape takes place on the upper east side, it would not take two days before that information to come out and the people to be protected and the people to be aware. >> reporter: and to that note, sources tell eyewitness news in the hours and days following this alleged rape, detectives did interview the victim at length, they canvassed this neighborhood looking for possible suspects and when they found that surveillance video, they immediately released it. tonight, the mate -- mayor vows to find and swiftly prosecute these suspects. live in brownsville, kemberly richardson channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. now, the weather. we are in for a roller coaster ride, first intense rain and flooding. parts of our area got swamped today, like this park in hackensack. long island got hit as well.

logged east drive in suffolk county, and on staten island, the rain came down fast and furious. soaking parts of south beach. tonight, get ready for a dramatic temperature drop. let's check in with meteorologist jeff smith with the exclusive accuweather forecast. jeff. >> and joe, in between all of that, we had record warm in the area. 64 was the high in newark. a lot of water fell in a short period of time this morning, centered around daybreak between 1 and 2 inches of rain, closer to the 2-inch mark in and around new york city, and that caused a lot of approximate. check out -- a lot of problems. upper wards of 60 miles per hour at mcarthur airport in islip. and a report from cap tree state park in suffolk county, a 71 miles per hour thunderstorm wind gust as storms moved through there earlier this afternoon, and hail over northwest parts of new jersey

there now as substantiately weakened as it moves onto long island, and producing a little bit of lightning on the nassau suffolk border. let's track on the future cast. temperatures really tumbling, though, down to 40 by midnight. there could be slick spots. over. we'll detail everything in your full accuweather forecast straight ahead. stay ahead of severe weather in our neighborhoods, download our free accu track weather alert app. go to itunes, google play, and search wabc or accu track. local lawmakers join neighborhood residents to save a family owned store in upper manhattan. dozens of people are trying to help the associated food market at 187th street fight eviction. the landlord is not renewing the lease.

only affordable place to buy groceries. zoning codes would protect family owned businesses. >> we need to keep this grocery store here, not only for this neighborhood, but to make a comment to set the line in the sand, we are not going to lose anymore locally operated that is important. >> now, the landlord is defending the move. he tells eyewitness news that the owner has been aware for three years that the lease would not be renewed when it expired. all right. lotly fever soars as the powerball jackpot rises to a mind numbing level. coming up on eyewitness news, we'll show you how people are scrambling to snatch up their picture to paradise. and a rescue on a frozen lake, now you're going to hear from one of the rescuers that

. this is off the charts, powerball pandemonium hits the stratosphere. no one matched the numbers in last night's drawing, that means the jackpot soars to $1.3 billion, a world record. the prize is so high that the powerball's own signs can't even show the title. sephon king with more on the madness . >> reporter: you said it, more

b. look at the sign outside the store. it's stuck at 999 million and powerball players here in ridgewood queens are hoping lightning strikes twice. at the four season fresh farm bodega in ridgewood queens, the dreams keep getting bigger with a world record jackpot, you can dream as big as you want. this bodega is where one of the 25, second place prizes was sold, and that means the owner is cashing in. >> yesterday they bought it. like a 10, 20, yesterday they buy, 150, 60. >> reporter: and powerball players are hoping the luck rubs off. >> give me your luck. i'm happy. >> reporter: at the willowbrook deli in staten island, a winning ticket was sold in friday's mega-millions, $165

the single winner has not come forward yet. as for the $1.3 billion powerball in case you were wondering, the lump sum cash payment before taxes would be 806 million dollars. after taxes, that's more money than most people would know what to do it -- to do with. the next drawing is wednesday night. the dream lives on for a few more nightings and you have to wonder, how much -- nights and you have to wonder how much higher will the jackpot go. >> let's not even go there. you can see the historic powerball drawing wednesday night on channel 7 right before eyewitness news at eleven. good luck. new at six, we're hearing from the rescuer who pulled a man from freezing water after he fell through the ice on a lake on long island. suffolk county police say a 56- year-old brooklyn man was walking his dogs in smithtown yesterday. one of the dogs ran out onto the ice on the lake, and he went out to get it. well, that's when the ice

in chest deep water for about 25 minutes. >> he was trying to climb out but the ice was breaking around him. i told him to stay still, don't move. i threw him a life ring and rope and with the help of officers on the dock, we helped pull him out. >> the man was treated at the hospital for hypothermia. it usually takes a sustained period of temperatures below 32 degrees for ice to be thick enough to safely walk on. well, a do gooder on the subway becomes the newest social media sensation. next on eyewitness news issue the good samaritan who literally gave the shirt off his back to a shivering rider. and first the deluge, now

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. watch a man literally giving his shirt off his back. this cell phone video has been viewed online millions of times by people around the world. the mystery man gave a shivering man his shirt and his hat on a brooklyn bound a train in manhattan friday night. the generous man was left, as you saw there in just a tank top undershirt. >> way to go new yorkers. wow. very nice. >> the kindness of strangers. >> well, he would have been okay in that undershirt for a brief period today, certainly not tonight though. >> not tonight.

starting to tumble and it's going to be down to 40 by midnight, 32 by the time the sun comes up tomorrow morning. we head out right now and it's windy. the winds could gust at times up to 40 miles per hour. still coming in at 8 miles per hour, but that will increase as the secondary front moves on by, behind that, that's where the cold air mass comes in, too. 56 now. that's off of a high of 59 earlier this afternoon. that was just short, just shy of the record set way back in 1876 of 60 degrees. still way above normal nonetheless. winds can gust to 40 miles per hour through most of tonight. a lot of sun tomorrow. it will look nice. won't feel nice. windy and cold. 30s will feel like 20 degrees out there. a couple of snow showers possible tuesday afternoon and evening, ahead of an arctic front and behind that front, the coldest day of the week will be on wednesday. 54 in morristown. 51 bridgeport. lower and middle 50s onto island.

showers in suffolk county. extending to the jersey shore, and a few sprinkle over western and central parts of new jersey. those will move through the city in the next hour. and we'll have clearing skies, but this batch here containing a little bit of lightning earlier not too far from babylon. that has since weakened. here's our future cast overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. i want to draw your attention to temperatures, 40s by midnight in the city were down below freezing in monticello. tomorrow, 32 at 7:00 in the morning. 20s north and west. what that means is if there's any standing water from the rain we got today, that will freeze overnight, and could be slick so spots tomorrow morning. during the day, the temperature going nowhere, in the lower 30s, tuesday, clouds increase and by 4:00 p.m., you notice snow showers approaching from the west, over northern parts of new jersey, the poke nose and the cat skills and these are the areas where the temperatures below freezing where the snow could coat the ground. as these snow showers move into

air, not so much on the ground, because temperatures will be near 40. here's the windchill tomorrow. staying in the low 20s all day as that wind can gust up to 30 miles per hour at times, and then, again, a reinforcing shot of cold air coming into the picture by the middle part of the week. here's your accuweather forecast for tonight. turning out clear and colder, to 31. tomorrow, 36. that might be pushing it. it might stay in the low 30s. clear tomorrow night, down to 2. here's your accuweather 7- day forecast. clouds increasing on tuesday. there will be a few snow showers, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. the high getting up to 42. there could be a coating well north and west of the city in the highest elevations. much colder and windy on wednesday, only 31 for a high. it will feel like it's in the teens and low 20s. 34 on thursday. back into the upper 30s on friday. and our next shot at something, could be in the form of snow, would be later next weekend.

many more days to watch that one. >> yes. >> we're going to pretend we didn't hear that. >> laura behnke next with sports. hear what? what are you talking about. when you've lost four in a row, are the third worst team in the league and have the worst record since moving to your fancy new digs, that is not the nets responded. owner cleaning house who's out and where do they go from here? and did that really just happen. if you didn't see the end of the vikings seahawks game or

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that big thump you heard, that was the hammer coming down in brooklyn. >> the nets have made the playoff every season since moving to brooklyn. this season has been a different story with the team owning its worst record from the move from new jersey. the team firing head coach lionel hollins after nearly a season and a half and reassigning general manager billy king who had been the gm since 2010. the nets lost four in a row overall. nine in a row at home. in the nba. and said in a statement today, by making this decision now it enables our organization to use diligently evaluate candidates

it's clear from our current state of affairs that we need new leadership. as for the knicks, they have derrick fisher at the helm and they are hosting milwaukee. new york coming off their loss. friday night the team came one shot away from handing san antonio the the season. the bounce back opportunity now garden. half of the divisional round matchups in the nfl playoffs were determined yesterday with two more games left today to take care of that other half. first up, the frozen tundra of minnesota. the vikings hosting the seahawks, 6 degrees below 0 at kickoff. third coldest in playoff history. vikings built a 9-0 lead. russell wilson was not looking for the snap. he gets it to tyler locket for a 35-yard game. that set up the only touchdown of the game. now 9-7. the vikings with the ball now, trouble, adrian

by seattle, minnesota had a chance. blare walsh, the very short 27- yard field goal for the win, 10-9. seattle wince. loss. the redskins hosting the packers in the second nfc wild card game. 17-11 green bay. they started down 11-0 but just took the lead before the half. we'll have full highlights tonight at eleven. the madness that has been this season's nfl wild card round began yesterday and despite his team's epic collapse, and an 0-7 in the playoffs, bengals coach, not expected to be fired. he would like to have the last two minutes of the the bengals turned over the ball with less than two minutes to go, and two crucial foul calls that gave the steelers 33 yards. range.

happened. >> destructed on ourself, offense and defense together so that's disappoint. >> we need to have each other's back during this process, and that's the best way to take the next step leading into next can possibly be. >> the first game of this round was by far the most lopsided. the chiefs went into houston, and dominated the texans. over. brian hoyer had four interceptions and kansas city could find the end zone and put any points on the board at all. the chiefs win in a shut out and they're off to face the patriots next. >> winner go home. there's no tomorrow. you're living in the right now. it's no different this next week. i don't think the attitude changes and to be honest, we have been playing like that for a while now. so it will be chiefs, patriots, steelers are going to denver to face the top seed broncos and then in the nfc

packers washington game. >> yes. >> it's all super confusing, isn't it. the winner will be going to face arizona. >> all right. and we'll have more highlightings at eleven. >> all -- highlights at eleven. >> all coming up. and eyewitness viewers sending us pictures of rainbows. use the hash tag abc7ny. >> perfect conditions, i guess. >> beautiful pictures. >> even some double rainbow. >> that's the news for now, i'm joe torres. >> and i'm sandra bookman. we're coming back at eleven. the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3.500 hospitals.

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