year-old wont a violent crime spree. his first victim? dillon's neighbor, allegedly stabbing her in the head leaving a 1.5" deep gash, cut her face and came here to george's liquor store. julio tells me that the suspect got in an argument outside and george came into the shop and dillon followed. when the 55-year-old turned his back? >> it wasn't a big knife. >> reporter: that's where it hit george? >> yeah. >> reporter: stabbed george in the neck, collapsed, didn't have a chance to fight back. >> he picked up a container, i guess flammable liquid and that's why you can see that. >> reporter: he threw it at you? >> he threw it inside. i think he wanted to burn the place down. >> reporter: julio's pants were on fire and he showed me burns on his leg and neck and

a worker in the shop called 911. police cornered dillon in the backyard, not far away. when the suspect refused to drop a knife, he threw some chemical at two officers, probably the same liquid he tossed at julio. what happened you say to the man who did this to you and george? >> rot in hell. >> reporter: rot in hell? >> yeah. >> reporter: now, police did end up shooting dillon, and tonight, he is in the hospital. julio tells me he now lives in a shelter in far rockaway but considers george's shop his home. george's funeral is on friday. kemberly richardson, eyewitness news. >> thank you. quite a story, and the uber warm weather continues with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. this is more like the 18th of april, a perfect day for a run or anything else. these folks are in central park

the greater threat of brush fires. firefighters have been battling a brush fire in hanover, and the warm up, lee goldberg is basking in it. if you are making a 5 to 10- minute run outside, no coat is necessary. but if you are out for a while, you'll need the coat. temperatures droching. meanwhile, 49 degrees, and last year, there was still 16" of snow on the ground in central park. but this year, 67, that's like late april, early may and tomorrow, tell feel like more memorial day highs. look at the sunset. we are down 53 and we had a sea breeze kick in. the numbers are 40s and 50s and tomorrow, a wind shift making it milder. here is the problem this time of year with the sea breezes coming in, gusty breezes, and the ground is dry with a warm

you can get the brush fire danger risk. that will be high. and tomorrow, the key is a southwest wind instead of the ocean breeze and that means widespread 70s and here are the details of the spring preview. tomorrow, 69, that record is smashed. we'll be in the mid-70s. tomorrow, a record at 76. the record is 74. and just 60s on the south facing shores. the only cool place is the beach. otherwise, away from the coast, it will feel like you want to go to the beach. we'll tell when you the warmth will end and out to the weekend with the 7-day forecast. >> see thank you. insufficient evidence for civil rights violations. that's what prosecutors are saying about the new york cop who shot 18-year-old ramarley graham, shot in the bathroom of his own home in 2012.

tim? >> reporter: bill, the decision by the u.s. attorney is bring varied reaction to what was then a controversial killing. >> i couldn't understand how they come to the decision. when you are in your home, you are supposed to be safe. >> reporter: 18-year-old ramarley graham slot and killed in his home after the officer followed him into the bronx apartment. officer haste believed mr. graham to be in possession of a firearm that was tucked into the waistband of his pants for which officer richard haste believed he was reaching. and he fired no gun was ever found. explaining the high burden of proof, the u.s. attorney said neither accident, mistake,

judgment is sufficient for the burden of proof. >> we are calling for the removal of these policemen. these policemen are a clear and present danger to citizens in the city. >> reporter: reaction is varied from al sharpton to police and public officials. patrick lynn said we are gratified there will be no charges but there are no winners here, and this, we are disappointed but the best way to honor graham's memory is to come together for a solution. >> time and time again, they talk the cop's words over be else. so - - anybody else so i didn't have any faith in the system. >> reporter: the family is still calling for the dismissal of the officer. >> tim, thank you. and five members of a family rushed to the hospital

in queens, filling the home while most of them were sleeping. andrew burkett is at the home. >> reporter: liz, a news conference just wrapped up, and we are getting a sense of how close the close call really was, an entire family nearly wiped out by carbon monoxide. >> very nice people, just moved in. >> reporter: the family's next- door neighbor was nearly in tears as the open window vented the last of the carbon monoxide fumes. >> i am concerned about the children. i don't know how long they were exposed. >> reporter: the family was rushed into the medical center's hyperbaric chambers to treat carbon monoxide

responding firefighters immediately evacuated everyone, the homeowner, his wife, two children, and the homeowner's father. >> when the patients were found, they were severely poisoned by carbon monoxide. as you know, it replaces the oxygen from our blood, our hemoglobin and rendzers it also onless to oxygenate our tissues. the only treatment is hyperbaric chamber. >> reporter: there was not a single carbon monoxide detector. >> it's called the silent killer. you can't see it or smell it or taste it,y on the edge way you know it's in your home is with a detector. >> reporter: and back live, a

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all mercy college campuses evacuated as police investigate a threat. news copter 7 is above the campus in the bronx, very quiet there, and the school received a threatening phone call you about have not gone into the nature of the threat. they evacuated the campuses, and all evening classes and activities are canceled. new at 6:00, tonight, governor cuomo is on something of a campaign trail. >> he is pushing back hard against community opposition to his proposed $1 billion third track expansion.

eliminating some railroad crossings to placate some opponents. >> reporter: well, they are loud, and some say they create constant traffic jams especially in the peak of rush hour when the crossing gates are down for 24 minutes an hour. >> annoying. more noise, annoying. >> reporter: and unsustainable governor cuomo said which is why he wants to get rid of these crossings between laurel park and hicksville where he is proposing a project to build a third track and relieve the congestion on the lirr. >> if i had my way, i would redo all the crossings in the state. >> reporter: a mother was killed along with five others in an explosion, and on long island, countless others.

lost since 1980 just in the area we are talking about. >> reporter: not everyone is consequenced they want an lirr passing lane in their backyard. in the communities that would be greatly affected by the construction any of third track, the governor can dangle this as a carrot. but he says it's good common sense. >> if we're doing the work there anyway, why don't we take the opportunity to remove what we know are noisy, dangerous, time-consuming crossings. >> reporter: the price tag for building over and under passes, hefty, but the outcome is possibly more appealing to thousands who live with this every day. in mineola, stacy sager, channel 7 news. >> we will see. just lady -- ahead at 6:00, so if you like your macand cheese in a box, does it taste different these days?

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guy. >> that's it. exactly. the beautiful sunset. >> waiting. >> it's really pretty as it gets towards the horizon. and now. >> worth the wait. and there is a pretty looking new york harbor with the haze and cloudiness and patchy fog overnight and nice, 53 and might dip in the upper 40 bus overall, a mild night and a night above the normal average high. the normal average high, 47. and the record high back in 1987. we will break records the next two days. here are the weather headlines. still on the cool side with patchy low clouds and you can thank ocean temperatures and wind and record warmth the next two days and temperatures will step back as we spring ahead this weekend. don't forget that, this saturday looks like the better

the high around lunchtime and then when the ocean wind kicked in, we dropped back to the 50s. we're in the 40s. the south side of long island is robbed of an early warm up like this. 55 in danbury. the inland areas will get to the low and mid-70s. patchy low clouds early, and a southwest wind will clear that up. middle 70s in the afternoon hours and upper 70s over the interior parts of new jerdy and patchy clouds right now with a warm front right here, and that will erase everything to the southwest and in the areas with the southwest wind, 70 now and 80 across eastern virginia and that will get close to philly and interior new jersey tomorrow. i won't be surprised to see a couple of 80-degree readings

start tomorrow, a light jacket early, lower and middle 70s for highs and a big difference. 61 in islip and low clouds may linger on the south facing shores. partly and cloudy and mild and i have lower the low temperature since 4:00 because we have dipped in the low cysts, and still, we'll get in the mid-70s tomorrow afternoon and smash the high of 69 in 2000 and 60s on the south facing shores and 58 and partly cloudy tomorrow night and mid- 70s on thursday with a front off to the north on thursday and i think there will be more cloudiness on thursday and the worst case is the end of the day, north and west, we get showers coming in and will signal the cool down and we'll start at 50 so 76 should be reachable. friday, a nice day, and 65 will feel great. 50s over the weekend for

over and there is probably showers or drizzle by midday. we'll have an update. >> thank you. >> and like those numbers. we'll head down to florida, a big day for a couple of big pictures with nets and jason pierre paul

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before we get to sports, breaking news. the police department is tweeting out that a police officer was shot in brooklyn. we are headed to the scene and we'll have the latest with any information before the newscast ends. we hope. the yankees and cc sabathia. a big day. he stepped away from the team last season to deal with the

pitch inside a competitive game sense but he was on the mound today for the first time since spring and gets the marlins 1-2- 3. but the yanks lose, 1-0 and the mets and braves and matt harvey hasn't pitched since the world series, and the braves scored 2 in the 9 and harvey gets in his work and said that the arm felt great. the jets and ryan fitzpatrick are not making way on a contract but pierre paul to stay with the giants accident espn is reporting that the deal could be worth up to $10.5 million he turned down more money to come back to the giants, the team that supported him through a fireworks accident that mangled his right hand. played in eight games last year and had another surgery to get

college basketball, set to go dancing, and the month of the month. >> reporter: it's a great time to be a gael with the men's and women's teams winning tournaments and getting the gigs to the big dismoons dance. back. >> reporter: it's only the third time in the hoops' history that the men and women from the same school win the conference tournament. >> all summer, we were in here working and it paid off. it's a big thing for the school. we have been working so hard. >> reporter: the men's team hasn't been to the tourney since 2013. >> it's a great feeling. i have been smiling since the game ended.

ahead for both teams. why just make the ncaa tournament when you can always make noise? >> i think there is still our best basketball ahead of us. >> i i am going to try every second of the game. and tonights. >> all right. thank you. and breaking news of an officer that was shot. we have slabon -- shannon stone over the scene are the report we are just pulling up over troutman and wilson, and i have never seen so much police department activity. they are swarming the streets, ambulances here and it appear that is there was an accident at this intersection as well. but it's blocked in either direction, any direction, really, just alive with the police department activity. this is where the accident happened. we know one officer shot. at the moment, we believe he is going to wood hall avenue and

last few minutes. i'm going to bring this shot out to give you a perspective. you will see nothing but flashing lights for five blocks in either direction. the circumstances surrounding this shooting in question and the condition of the officer, we do not know but he was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, and we will keep you updated as we get more. reporting live, shannon stone, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> a quick question. do you see police officers running around, scurrying looking for anything or anybody? >> reporter: it doesn't look like that. we have most of the police activity right here at the intersection where the incident happened. we don't see a lot of scurrying, though. >> all right. we appreciate the update. >> the latest tonight on eyewitness news at 11:00. and that's for us. a busy night. thank you for watching. >> world news tonight with

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