right now at noon 2 boston police officers in critical condition after being shot in an east boston ambush. >> we >> chaos this the streets gunfire raining down as police go to extremes to save their blowers. >> one officer had his hand in one of the wounds. i think that was instrumental in getting the officer down to the hospital quickly. >> a community goes into lock down. >> i was in fear for my life and don't ever want to experience that again. >> that shooter was shot and killed by police.

old kirk figueroa's. we've learned months ago he was sworn in as the constable for the city of boston. we have a team of reporters covering the story. let's begin live at the scene in east boston. . >> reporter: we just confirmed with a source that the shooting happened in the basement and at this hour police are waiting for a search warrant. evidence markers surround this gladstone street home thursday where 2 boston police officers were shot and critically injured. >> shots fired officer down. >> reporter: the suspect was identified as 33-year old kirk figueroa. he was killed. >> all the officers exhibited extreme courage and bravery in a situation that we all too often never know what to expect, and that's a domestic call here.

night of a dispute between 2 male roommates police were told one of them had a gun. >> they were able to neutrallize the suspect. >> reporter: the neighborhood could hear the gunfire. the police ordered them to shelter in place. >> i was in fear of my life and i don't ever want to experience that again. >> we just saw all the police. i did seem . >> reporter: hours later police choose police -- according to his website he served in the u.s. military in the army reserve for # years. resident john hall came over after he heard about the shooting. >> this neighborhood i grew up here all my life, and it's one of the best places around, you know.

>> reporter: his brother is a retired police officer. >> it's very hard to comprehend. so i felt like i had to give them something, cup of coffee because they've been out all night and i hope the officers that were injured are going to be -- they're in my prayers. are. >> reporter: and back live out here the mayor commended this community for their support and asking that everyone keep these officers in their prayers. from the scene to mass general. >> that's where they underwent surgery early this morning. we're live at the hospital with the latest on the officer's's condition. >> reporter: the commissioner says both officers are out of surgery and says the surgeries went well but they're still in critical condition. we have video of the mayor and commissioner evans arriving at mgh this morning to check on the

responding to a domestic dispute in east boston. evans says they received multiple blood transfusions and underwent surgery early this morning. evans also commended the officers who rushed into a very dangerous situation to save the wounded officers. he says they dragged the injured men out of the line of fire. he says one tried to stop the bleeding with a tourniquet.an hands on the officerer's wounds. . >> this job is a tough job and oftentimes people adopt look at the other side of what happens with police officers, and you know, we're hoping that they make a full recovery, as we know now critical condition in the hospital here, and the other officers that were -- are also being treated who were at the scene we had a chance to go and meet and talk to all the officers, most of the officers that were involved tonight.

sure that they were able to do what they had to do as police officers in the city of boston. >> reporter: evans says a group of about 50 gathered here early this morning to pray for the officers. boston police tweeted they are grateful for the public's certain and support during this difficult time. all 9 officers have been treated and released. . >> and boston's city clerk's office confirms the shooting suspect kirk figueroa was a constable for the city. >> we have more on his role working with the city. >> figueroa hasn't been a constable very long. yesterday marked 3 months exactly he was sworn in on july 12th of this year. if you're not entirely familiar with what constables do they're peace officers with limited policing authority. they handle conviction notices suspects and serve papers for civil lawsuits.

massachusetts driver's license with a boston address prior experience or a certificate proving that you've gone through training. the city doesn't provide it. the city runs background checks on all applicants who must be approved by the city counsel still and the mayor. they serve 3-year terms. . >> a live look at boston police headquarters right now where authorities will update us in just about an hour in now. we'll bring you here on wbz as soon as it happens. and stay with wbz on air and online for the latest on the boston officers who were shot. we're tracking all the developments and will bring you the latest as soon as it becomes available. powerful hurricane nicole slamming bermuda, the eye of the storm just a few miles off shore. nicole is bringing intense winds to the island nation. the massive category 3

bermuda is under the gun right now. >> we're keeping an eye on all of it and have the very latest. >> we're tracking the storm as the eye is passing through bermuda at this time. as we take a look at the radar picture that center just so erie as it passes right over the island and they're getting intense wind and intense rain at this time. hurricane nicole is a category 3 now, max winds of 120 miles per hour and moving to the northeast at the latest updates we've been getting 124-mile an our gusts being reported and at 11:27 a.m. we saw a report of about 13-mile per hour gusts indicating that the calm of that eye right over the island. not only are they dealing with the wind, the rain they're expected to see several inches of rain but also dealing with the wave heights too intense wave heights expected pushing over 30 feet. and then the waves start to

for us we could see anywhere from 5 to 7-foot waves and that's primarily on the outer cape as we get into friday night. forecast track this will continue to dissipate towns a category 2 then 1 and then it is history as we get to the second half of the weekend. we're tracking rain here in new england. today donald trump threatening to sue the times. he's demanding the paper remove an article where 2 women cues him of inappropriately touching him. one says she was kissed without permission by donald trump inside trump tower. another says he grabbed her breasts and reached up her skirt in the early '80s. others would allege he would barge into mr. dressing rooms. >> it was a really shock when all of a sudden his hands were

it was like he had six arms. >> trump's lawyer sent an article to the times. his campaign has denied a first person account from people magazine writer who wrote that during the 2005 interview with trump at his resort he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat. today chelsea clinton willbe after they deal with a leak of another 1,900 emails. wikileaks released the emails. in one he can change top aide wrote clinton was worried that questions about the foundation and emails were overshadowing campaign speeches and asked quote can we survive not answering questions from press. the campaign says russia

the final debate is next week our coverage starts at 9:00 on wednesday night. a deadly hartford plane crash was a suicide attempt and that the pilot and student fought over the controls just seconds before the wreck. the student pilot was killed when the twin engine plane went down in front of a plant. the instructor survived and according to the ap he says that they argued in the air but he could not regain control of the plane. . >> information indicates that this plane crash was intentional but i want to be crystals clear the circumstances beyond that are still being investigated. . >> yesterday investigators included the fbi went to a hartford apartment that neighbors say the student and other flight students lived in. a convicted child rapist will apparently be moving out of weymouth. richard gardner is a level 3 sex offender once

but was released yesterday early and was living with his parents causing a big uproar in the neighborhood. the probation department says his case had been transferred so he'll be moving. they cannot specify why. a woman says someone broke too her car and stole her mother's ashes. parker says it happened monday night. the only thing missing were those ashes. she lost her mother in july to breast cancer. she says she kept them i spends a lot of time driving and she said she was looking for a place to spread the ashes. >> they took out of the white container, they took the clear bag that had the ashes in it. and so i think that it must have been somebody who thought it was drugs because it's the only thing that they took out of hi car. i have had this pit in my stomach for -- since it happened. i just feel like i'm in a bad dream. >> she also lost her son about a year and a half ago. she says

ashes from her mother and child and creating a necklace. still ahead an exclusive interview with the man who stopped a deadly rampage at the taunton mall. >> and a bird mystery, what we're learning about dead birds falling from the skies in boston. >> and we continue to follow that breaking news sky eye live over east boston right now where 2 boston police officers were shot in what authorities are calling an ambush. they are now in critical condition. much more on t

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. we're following breaking news right now sky eye live over the scene. 2 boston police officers are now in critical condition after being shot in an east boston home. police say they were called to gladstone street for a domestic incident. when officers arrived are gunshots rang out. police say the suspect was armed with an assault rifle and was wearing a bullet proof vest. after the 2 officers were hit police rushed to pull them out the line of fire and so safety. they were taken to mass general where are

this morning. they are now in critical condition. the suspect was shot and killed by police, and we've learned his name is kirk figueroa. he is 33 years old and just 3 months ago he was sworn in as a constable for the city of boston. according to his website he served in the u.s. military in the army reserve for 8 years. figueroa's car has been toed away from that east boston scene as part of the investigation. >> police are expected to give an update on the shooting news conference as soon as it happens live on air and online at wbz.com. the local deputy hailed a her low for stopping the taunton mall stabbing rampage now sharing his story for the first time only with wbz. deputy james creed was off duty and having dinner at the silver city galleria last may when 28-year old derosa we haven't on a killing spree.

dinner with his wife. that's when he jumped into action and pulled his gun. >> chaos. >> kept my firearm trained on him and kept giving him chances to drop it and get on the ground. eventually he got too close. >> creed shot and killed derosa. heeth died that night. creed says he believe george heeth was the real hero that you can see more on this sit-down interview you can check out our website wbz.com. right now hurricane nicole is bearing down on bermuda heavy rain and high winds are pounding the island. rains are whipping across the empty streets and winds are rocking the palm trees all along those pink sandy beaches. >> got a check of our forecast here. that's a scary situation for bermuda. >> definitely it's such a small

earlier today is just fascinating to us. so hopefully improving conditions as we get into the later part of today for our trends there in bermuda. hurricane nicole still a category 3, max winds 120-mile per hour moving northeast. around 11:27 this morning the eye centered right over the island where we saw a report of about a 13-mile per hour wind gust and it was calm. saw some reports on twitter with about that. now, things will continue center of the eye. you have the one area of the wall and then the other area. so that secondary wall your honoring through. the forward speed will increase just a bit later today. it moves off the island the effects still all the way through friday morning though there as the wind and the waves will be quite high friday, saturday and this becomes an extra tropical low and will move out to sea. for us we're experiencing drought conditions

extreme drought conditions have just decreased ever so slightly. we've taken out southeastern massachusetts well at least the u.s. drought monitor did and that was because of all the rain we did get. but boston still under extreme drought conditions and extreme drought conditions expand farther to the north along the coast there in new hampshire and maine. satellite and radar shows some rain moving our way. we have a burst of sun here and there but the clouds continuing to increase ahead of of cold front bringing us showers. now, we don't expect a wash-out or anything this evening but we'll take what we can get. this afternoon as we pass the lunch hour here notice the evening commute some spot showers here and there. maybe a heavy downpour briefly in an isolate spot that's about it. the cold front moves through then the wind direction changes and drier conditions will expand upon us as we wrap up the work week. temperatures in the 60s, very warm afternoon pleasant

upper 60s and low 70s with a strong south breeze, but then once with the cold front pushes through get a brief chance for rain this evening. we drop to 48 degrees and for tomorrow we'll have highs in the upper 50s and low 60s with tomorrow night's temperatures dipping to right around freezing or below, and that's why we have a freeze watch in effect for areas just outside of 128. here's your 7-day forecast, a very cold start to your saturday but 58 degrees, sunday beautiful warm start to the work week. back to you. the mystery of why birds in dorchester dropped dead out of the sky remains a mystery. experts plan to send them to michigan so toxicologist can

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legendary singer bob dylan now a nobel prize winner >> he was awarded the prize in literature. they were recognizing him for american song tradition. they also compared his work to that of greek poet homer. we continue to follow breaking news for you this noon, 2 boston police officers shot in an ambush in east boston. the officers have undergone surgery and are in critical condition right now. police say the suspect was armed with a rifle and was wearing a bullet proof vest. he was later shot and killed by police. we'll have much more on this breaking news

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we continue to following that breaking news we've been telling you about, 2 boston police officers shot in an ambush in east boston. sky eye over the scene right now where investigators are combing

say they were called out to gladstone street for a domestic incident and when officers arrived gunshots were fired. the suspect was armed with an assault rifle and wearing a bullet proof vest. 2 officers were shot. they were taken to mass general where they underwent surgery in the early morning hours. they are now in critical condition. >> and the suspect was shot and killed by police. we've learned that he's 33-ye 3 months ago he was sworn in as a constable for the city of boston. boston police are planning to give an update in about a half an hour from now. . >> before we say goodbye let's get one more check of the forecast. >> well, we have a brief chance for rain later this evening other than that we have another dry stretch going into the weekend, and a chilly start especially saturday morning with temperatures perhaps in the

be sure to join us the next newscast is at 5:00. >> see you tomorrow morning. the outside corporate interests bankrolling question two are trying to deceive you. here's the truth: every time a new charter school opens, it drains money from the existing public schools. that's 400 million just last year - according to the state's own data. which means real cuts to our kids - pre-school, bus service and more. that's why question two's opposed by the massachusetts pta and school committees all across the state.

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