>> from boston' s news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at noon. emily: breaking news -- a boston police officer shot by a suspect in dorchester. a store you saw first on five. erika: live sky 5 over the scene of the shooting. the suspect now in custody. emily: we have live team coverage from the hospital, the

we begin with jack harper, live in dorchester. jack? police officer, we are happy to report, is ok, will recover, he is at the hospital. he was shot in the leg. he was involved in a drug operation when he confronted the suspect. the suspect identified as kurt stock injured -- -- the suspect to divide as grant headley. grant headley is well-known. he has a record of drug charges including, we are told, gun charges in his past. the officer radioed into dispatch. >> in am at --

dispatcher: ok, sir. help is on the way. jack: a few minutes later, they were able to catch the suspect. they have recovered the weapon allegedly used here. that is the latest from dorchester now. the chief of the department -- erika: we are expecting to hear from bill evans any moment now. emily: the entire team is working to undercover -- uncover new details. she has learned. karen: commissioner is here along with the officer for a wife. you can see in this video , the officer was alert afterwards, able to speak, expected to be ok. we have learned new information

i am told by two sources the officer was involved in a drug investigation, had observed a known suspect. they had seen him last week. they knew he did not have a license or they saw him driving. we are told the suspect got out shooting when they went to pull him over. that is when officers were able to take him into custody and recover the weapon. we are waiting to hear from the police commissioner and the mayor, who will be speaking here in a short time. again, relief at boston medical center that this officer is expected to be ok. erika: thank you for that. we want to turn to antoinette antonio. emily: the area is in lockdown, isn' t it? reporter: we are close to where the suspect was taken into

you see the yellow and red police day. this is 201 geneva avenue, where these suspect was taken into custody. just steps away from that area, here, and we' re told the school is currently in lockdown. that was confirmed by the school and parents we spoke with just moments ago. a lot of them said that they heard about this news in the area, heard it on twitter, heard it on the news, and they decided on their own to come down and check on their children and some of them even picked their kids out. >> it is very scary to me. this is a safe area for my child , as it would be for any kid, but you have something like this happen so close to the

and there is a large police presence. we are feet away from the suspect was taken into custody. doors of the school, the school is on lockdown. the parents were assured that the children at this abcd headstart are safe. but they are on lockdown. wcvb newscenter 5. emily: thank you for the update. we continue to follow this breaking news. the scene. one officer shot in the leg, a suspect in custody. we expect to hear from commissioner bill evans at a moment, the mayor also, at boston medical center, and the wife of the officer who was

as soon as it begins, we will bring it to you live. >> moving on to the news of the day. new steps to find out what happened inside a north andover chemical plant. an explosion there injuring 5 people. newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich is live at the scene with the latest on the investigation. todd: we got an update from the andover fire marshal. they are still working to isolate the chemical. the plant remains closed until investigators can figure out what went wrong. this morning firefighters carried extra air tanks as they walked to the source of the explosion inside the dow chemical plant in north andover. the explosion happened in a lab production of led lights. five employees were hurt.

three injured by the blast in the chemical they were working >> they did a lot of remediation yesterday. they cleared the room, and the investigation teams can get in problem. lot of damage to the lab. the working. is the explosion happened when the chemical was exposed to air or water. >> there was a certain amount of pressure that knocked in the wall out. that room did suffer a certain amount of damage. todd: air quality tests came back normal, saavedra not believe any toxic chemicals were released into the atmosphere -- they do not believe that any toxic chemicals were released into the atmosphere.

it reads in part, we are in close contact with the families of the affected workers. our thoughts and prayers remain with them. reporting live from north andover, wcvb newscenter 5. erika: thank you. funeral serv ices were held for firefighter mike mullane. he was more than 40 years and served on the board of international association of firefighters for decades. he died last week at the age of 68. five investigates learning that a man died while in custody of the essex sheriffs department. sam dunn had to be kept in a transport van because the center was in lockdown because of a disturbance. than two hours when the essex

noticed he was in distress. officers performed cpr, but he died at the hospital. emily: maine governor lepage has apologized for remarks. he says it was a slip of the tongue. governor lepage: these guys with names like d-money, smoothie, shifty, these guys come from connecticut and new york. they sell their drugs, make the money, and go home. and half the time they make a leave. emily: the governor says he into the discussion. erika: right now carly fiorina is in hillsboro and john kasich and marco rubio are also campaigning in new hampshire. >> hillary clinton taking up a

this is the first time planned parenthood has endorsed a presidential candidate in the primary. emily: breaking news now -- the powerball jackpot is a hundred million dollars. lottery officials say by the time the numbers are drawn, the grand prize could be worth $1 billion. yes, you' re heard that right. the drawing is tomorrow night at 11:00. you can see it right here on newscenter 5 at 11:00. still ahead, a philadelphia police officer shot in an ambush attack. erika: the message from that police chief as the officer recovers at the hospital. emily: and the weather records that were broken. mike: records this weekend is a possibility, but it comes with a price -- the price is eyes. also, snow next week. erika: a police officer shot in

the suspect in custody. the officer' s can'

emily: we continue to follow breaking news and boston. walsh, boston police commissioner the 11th coming to the microphone for a police conference. we will listen in and see if they can share any more details about what happened. the microphone. commissioner afternoon. these staff, some of our clergy. representatives from the boston police patrolman' s association. this morning at about 10: 20, our officers from the drug unit were involved in the investigation of an individual who is known to the officers to be a drug dealer in the area. he is well-known to the officers. at that time the officers also

license. his driver' s license was suspended. they boxed him into stopped him -- they boxed him in to stop him. when they were getting out of the vehicle, the suspect, who is a den of five as grant headley, who is to be seven years of age from dorchester, got out of his vehicle -- who is 27 years of age from dorchester, got out of his vehicle and began to fire unprovoked. officer quickly exchanged gunfire. at that time the officer took off. of the officers who were with the injured officer gave foot pursuit. they were able to tackle the suspect and they were able to confiscate the automatic handgun that looks to be a 40 millimeter , and they brought him into

the suspect has been locked up on prior firearm charges. he was locked up in 2012. he was released in april last year. he is out on probation. he was selling drugs. that is why he was pulled over. i want to commend my officers. i think they were fortunate here that we do not have an officer who suffered a more severe injury. this time. he is in icu at this time. the officers have done a great job. i also want to commend my fellow quick to respond. good. our officers were equipped with turn it gets. they were able to put that turn

uette on the officer. we are fortunate that he was not more seriously injured. the officer is highly decorated. we were just about to give him a commendation or a recent gun arrested that he made. we are all thankful that he is not more seriously injured. and again, i think it goes to the whole idea of the restraint our officers use also. this individual just shot one of our officers, and the officers were able to tackle him and not use deadly force to take him into custody, and honestly, thank god -- he is in custody, but that he also was not shots. with that, let me turn it over ask questions. mayor walsh: first of all, i am

my prayers go out to the family of this young officer and i commend him for his work. i commend the minimum and of the police department for their restraint in the situation. of criticism of police departments, and here in boston, our police department is certainly the best in the nation, able to do their job every single day. and also, one thing i want to say, we have too many guns on the streets. we are working very hard. the boston police department took 800 guns off the street last year. we have too many guns. we are not going to tolerate anyone going after the boston police department. their job is to protect the neighborhood. day out. i want to pass on my prayers to the family for a speedy recovery the minimum and of our police

i would like to ask pat rose, s association, to say a few words. mr. rose: i just want to say, thank god the officer is alive . it has become far too common to take shots at police officers it can' t be tolerated. the public has to step up. i agree with the mayor 100%. the streets. boston police department do an excellent job. the bottom line o though is we we are the targets. we are the minimum and protecting you in this city. this. -- we are the men and

someone ambushed a police 13 times in the cruiser. this has become a daily occurrence in this country. it cannot stand. business. thank you. >> [indiscernible] and that is when he jumped out? as i understand it, unprovoked, without officers not even having their weapons out, from what i understand, he was shot. it was a very active scene out there, if you have been up there, they are collecting showcasing. they con -- collecting shell casings. they confiscated the guns. determine -- s wife here with him? commissioner evans: yes, she is

no children. his uncle is here. >> can you identify the officer, commissioner? commissioner evans: initially, because all of our officers have it, but a nearby uniform was nearby and tied it off and helped him. that was fortunate. it could have saved his life. >> did he have the gun on him when he was tackled? commissioner evans: i am not sure if he had it on him, but the gun was found nearby. >> what is the officer' s name? commissioner evans: i don' t want to give it because we do not know if all of his family has been notified. i understand that his mother just underwent very serious surgery. we do not what his name out at this time.

commissioner evans: i think our officers lay their lives on the line every day and this job has not gotten any easier. of negative views and we work our best to keep the neighborhood safe and we are out there so young kids are not getting shot in it really bothers me that someone would think it is ok to shoot at a policeman. this individual has a dangerous past. he is desperate and he does not in the morning, when he got shot, we were dealing with an individual with a violent history who did not want to go back to jail. there are dangerous kids we have to get off the street. like the mayor said and the

too many guns out there in the hands of the wrong people. you know, it is unfortunate, and i' m just glad that the officer is ok. >> [indiscernible] emily: you have been listening into boston police commissioner bill evans talking about the shooting of a police officer. incredibly long hours. median family income today -- $4,000 less than it was in 1999. p the bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. what this campaign is about r an economy that works rather than a handful of billionaires. if you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. i'm bernie sanders,

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>> now your stormteam 5 forecast with meteorologist mike wankum. mike: a quick look at your weather. a storm system over the central plain s will be moving this way. temperatures not dropping. up. 38 to 42, perhaps spotty drizzle tonight, cloudy skies, temperatures hold steady. in areas where it is cold drizzle. a little drizzle and cloud cover as we had through the day today. once we get through the afternoon, it is warm enough. sunday.

it gets heavy in the afternoon. we could see an inch of rain out of this old thing. let' s break it down. today 40, tomorrow 42 degrees. sunday, heavy rain, wind in the afternoon, and check out that record high. 55 degrees. it turns cold on monday. we could possibly see light snow tuesday night. does not look like a big event. emily: thank you for watching. erika: recapping or breaking news -- a boston police officer shot in the leg, the officer expected to be ok you got people working incredibly long hours. median family income today -- $4,000 less than it was in 1999. p the bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. p what this campaign is about is to demand that we create r an economy that works for all of us r rather than a handful of billionaires. if you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty.

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