noontime for any that shooting, officers could be seen around the area searching for evidence at the same time, we were told that a suspect was picked up. at times, we heard of officers having someone in the back seat of the cruiser and talking to someone that may have been the suspect, that could have been witnesses. we are told a suspect has been caught. a weapon has been found. and that officer will live despite being shot in the leg while working an undercover... as an undercover officer in dorchester this morning.

dan hausle, 7 news. >> sarah: jonathan hall is live on the scene. or close to the scene in dorchester. in that neighborhood. good afternoon, jon. >> reporter: good afternoon: boston police investigating a shooting of one of their own. an officer shot in v in the leg about 10:30 this morning. a very active crime scene, as you the see. boston police have fanned out throughout the neighborhood, trying to find the suspect who shot the officer and they succeeded. the shooting happened about 10:30 this morning. on mount bowdoin terrace. right near bowdoin avenue. adjacent to bowdoin avenue. and not too far from geneva avenue where the suspect was arrested a short time after the shooting. sky 7 has been high over the scene. we have been kept away from the street where this shooting happened. however, police have been going through an s.u.v. there. prance the police officers... the police officer's undercover vehicle. we are not sure yet.

he is demuring to the commissioner. we are waiting for official information from him. i did ask the superintendent about his feelings about his fellow officer who was shot. >> you know how i feel. we are all family here. this is community. everyone doing their part. not only is this a police this is a person that is part of the community. of course, we are concerned. of course, we are happy that he is okay. >> reporter: thank god, right? >> thank god. >> reporter: thank god, indeed. a boston police cruiser coming through here. this is a police roadblock where relatives are being kept away or neighbors. no one is allowed by this checkpoint. i spoke to one relative who lives near the crime scene. he believes he heard the shots. >> very quiet around here. everybody knows everybody. nobody bothers nobody. like i said, when something like this happens, it blows my

i worry about my kids now. now. nothing like this ever happened. everybody talks to each other. everybody says hi. it is crazy, man. i'm losing my mind. shot. that is terrible. terrible. >> reporter: now, we also talked to some other people who live in this area. they all say really this has been a decent neighborhood. they do not believe it is particularly violent, and they are very shocked by this particular situation. we spoke to iris dupont of the betterment association. she has lived here for decades and can't believe it. everybody passing along their best wishes and prayers for the officer who is struggling with this injury. we are live from dorchester, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> sarah: of course, a lot of questions still remain when it comes to this investigation. >> christa: cheryl fiandaca has been tracking the story. cheryl?

right now that the suspect, according to sources is 28 years old. he is a male suspect. i'm also told he tried to get away. he tried to escape from police after he was caught in the cruiser. he tried to get out of his handcuffs and be able to exit the cruiser. when police were able to keep him inside. now, he is not, according to sources, being cooperative. he is not talking to detectives. as we said earlier, homicide detectives usually handle incidents involving police officers shot. even though this is not a homicide and this is not a fatal shooting, the officer, as we have said many times, is expected to be okay. homicide detectives do investigate these incidents. at this point, we know that this police officer... now there is a distinction between being undercover and plain clothes. he was in plain clothes. we are told that that police officer was in plain clothes when he allegedly approached a suspect. that suspect began to run as he began to run, he turned around and fired a gun at the officer. the officer was shot in the leg. he does not have life-threatening injuries.

and that is what we know at this point. now, this officer was part of the drug control unit. he is expected to be okay. hospital. he was alert. he was conscious. and he is talking. so all of that is very, very good in this case. as you can see there, the police are very, very active on the scene. you know, they are also searching for what other evidence they could find in this case. shell casings. that this was a drug incident. they are looking for drugs. they are looking for anything that will help them make a case against this suspect here. as you can see, they are keeping the streets closed off. we also talked a little bit about the fact that there are two primmers the. the inside perimeter is taped off and red. that is where it's believed that most of the evidence or most of what happened actually happened in that little section. and then the perimeter is widened out a little bit with the yellow tape. that is where other police officers that are also part of the investigation are able to and then beyond that, obviously, is where they keep

away from. that is what we know right now. we are awaiting that news conference. christa? sarah? >> christa: all right. we all are. i can't wait to hear more from them. right? hopefully, we will get that soon. we also know that people in this dorchester neighborhood say this was so scary and so chaotic to watch and hear. >> sarah: yeah. you only imagine. nancy chen is live near mount bowdoin terrace where this whole scene started. with more information. nancy? >> reporter: and sarah, christa, there is a massive police presence in this i'm right underneath a commuter rail stop. the four corners geneva "t" stop. geneva avenue is shut down. there are some major road blocks around here. mind. as you are in this area. we are about a fourth of a mile from where this shooting happened. and i want to show you where we are. we are right in front of the head-start. an early head-start program.

people there. the school confirms they are in lockdown. we have seen parents coming to pick up their children. and jon hall alluded to this in his story. one parent i spoke to lives just down the street. he says this is a usually very safe neighborhood. so this is a major concern for a lot of people around here. and there are still some very major road blocks to be aware of. we drove around for a very long time. in order to get to this spot. you can see there is yellow tape around here. that is something to keep in mind. if you are in this area. live in dorchester, nancy chen, 7 news. >> sarah: all right. thanks, nancy. we know that the suspect is in custody. and of course, the police commissioner and the mayor are at boston medical center. we are waiting to hear from them. >> christa: that's right. dan hausle had seen the mayor arriving just about 20 minutes ago. i believe. the police commissioner before. that you see other officers and people going into the entrance of boston medical

brought to treat his injuries. once again, he was wounded in the leg. don't forget: we will continue to stay on top of this story throughout the day right here on 7. always get updates on the 7 news app. on facebook. on twitter. at whdh.com. also breaking this newsnoontime: police make an arrest in a possible case of road rage as well. >> sarah: ending with a person someone stabbed on the side of the road in braintree. really scary situation here. 7's nicole oliverio has the latest on the search. >> reporter: well, sarah, this alleged incident happened yesterday at 5:00. it was right on the road where the barnes & noble at south shore pla is a is. police say this alleged road rage incident all happened within about a half a mile. they say at that point, these two drivers got into some sort of altercation. details. they did say that both drivers got out of their car. it was at that point, one of the drivers was stabbed five to six times.

several witnesses, several people that pulled over and helped that witness. they either took their shirts off and tried to help him with the bleeding and they did manage to get a partial plate. they were able to tell responding officers that it was a bluek ara. police managed to run that partial plate and it came back rowman. he was found in somerset after some questioning. he was arrested. and then later brought to the braintree police department this morning. roman will appear in quincy district court this morning. he is facing a number of charges. as for the driver who was stabbed, boston police say he underwent surgery at boston medical center. he is expected to be okay. he was able to answer questions that officers had for him today. for now, live in braintree, nicole oliverio, 7 news.

public health has some details on a school closure. >> reporter: well, this all started on tuesday. one child went home from school sick. by thursday, there were so many kids that were sick that the superintendent made the decision to close the school. now, we are some video to show you here. cleaning crews in the protective gear working inside the memorial elementary school in winchendon this morning. they are disinfebruarying the entire school following a suspected outbreak of norovirus. a child walked in the front door that morning of the school and vomited on the floor. other kids started getting sick. by thursday, 20% of the kids at the school, this is a pre-k through second grade, either went home sick. school officials knew they had a problem at that time. they called the state health department and the folks at the state health department

norovirus. here is what the superintendent had to say about when they made that call. . >> thursday morning, there were reports of students running down the halls with buckets. we knew we had a problem. it was pretty hectic. the teachers maintained calm and you know, took the kids that were not feeling well through the normal day... the kids that were feeling well through the normal day. those that were sick were dismissed immediately. we did have two teachers that were sick. a decision was made with the help of the department of health to close the school. >> reporter: all of the school buses were disinfected. illness. the school says thatle will school officials say the school is expected to be open

i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> christa: sky 7 over the dow chemical plant in north investigators back on the scene this morning after it was rocked by an explosion. the bomb squad is dealing with there today. steve cooper is live from us. steve? tlort area still remains off-limits this afternoon. hazardous materials teams have been inside into the area where all this happened a little while ago. we have just been updated right now by officials who tell uls they are still trying to figure out what caused this violent blast. and at this hour, you can see the crews here have the area pretty much sealed off. they are not letting any building. we are told as many as 60 people were inside this building when this unfolded thursday afternoon. as you know, at this hour, four remain in the hospital.

north andover, headed to the laboratory where a chemical explosion yesterday afternoon injured four employees. >> the bomb division will handle the particular container. i believe that from the initial explosion one of the containers was somewhat compromised. >> reporter: three of the four workers were air-lifted to boston hospitals with critical injuries. not before being washed down by firefighters with hoses at the hospital. >> the patients had blast injuries from the pressure of the explosion as well as the chemical on their body that they were exposed to. and burns as well. >> reporter: people who live in the area rattled by the blast. >> i heard a loud boom. the house is shook a little bit. again, my dog barked. went a little bit crazy. i went out and looked out the back window to see if there was an accident on route 125. >> you are okay? >> reporter: fire officials seem to have a good sense of what happened here.

why it happened. >> once the hazmat team has cleared the room, the investigation came from the marshal's office and my office. or our department. getting in there to see what caused the problem, hopefully. >> christa: right now we will interrupt to go live to that news conference taking place with boston's police commissioner about the officer who was shot. >> some of our clergy, pat rose from the boston police patrolman's association. just to give you a brief outline: about 10:20 this morning, our officers from the mattapan drug unit were involved in an investigation of an individual who they... who was known to be a drug dealer. in the area. he is well-known to the officers. at that time, the officers also knew that he didn't have a driver's license.

they boxed him in to stop him. at that time, when the officers were getting out of their vehicle, the suspect who was identified as grant headley. he is 27 years of age. from dorchester. he got out of his vehicle and began to fire unprovoked at the officer. the officer quickly exchanged gunfire. at that time, the suspect took off. 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 which looks to be a 40-millimeter at this time. and bring him into custody without the suspect being injured. the suspect is well-known to us.

prior firearm charges. he was locked up in 2012 when he was sentenced to three years in custody. he was released in april last year. he is out on probation. that is why he was pulled over. i want to commend my officers. you know, we are fortunate here that we don't have an officer who suffered a more severe injury. he has a serious leg wound at this time. time. the doctors down here have done a great job. i also want to commend my fellow officers. the officers were quick to respond. the leg was bleeding pretty good. our officers were equipped with tourniquets. with the help of the hnh ambulances, they got him down here quickly where he is under good care. again, very fortunate. that he is not more seriously injured.

veteran assigned to the mattapan drug unit. he is highly decorated. we were just about to give him an commendation for a recent gun arrest that he made. again, we are all here, we are all thankful that he is obviously, isn't more seriously injured. and again, this goes to the whole idea of the restrain our officers used also. you know, this individual just shot one of our officers. the officers were able to tackle him and not use deadly force and to take him into custody and honestly, thank god, you know, he is in custody, but he also isn't shot in this particular situation. with that, let me turn it over to the mayor. then you guys can ask questions. >> first of all, i'm grateful that we are not here under a worse situation. the circumstance, my prayers go out to the family of this young officer. i commend him for his work. i also commend the men and women of the boston police department for their

the situation. there is a lot of stuff that goes on around the country. a lot of criticism of police departments. and here in the city of boston, our police departments nation. being able to do their job every single day. the risk they take every single day going out there. also, one of the things i want to say, we have too many guns on the street. you know, we are working very hard, the boston police department took 800 guns off the street last year. took a thousand off the street the year before. we still have too many guns. like i said, we are not going to tolerate anyone going after the boston police department. their job is to protect the community and protect the neighborhoods. day in and day out. and in this situation here, again, i just want to pass along my prayers to the family. for a speedy recovery. and to let people know to appreciate the men and women of our police department here in the city of boston. i would like to now ask pat

boston police patrolman's association to say a few words. >> all i want to say is thank god the officer is alive. day. and it's become far too common for people to take shots at country. and it can't be tolerated. the public has to step up. as far as the guns go, i agree. with the mayor. 100%. there are far too many guns out on the streets. the the city of boston does an excellent job checking them, arresting people with those guns. the bottom line is, though, we are the targets. we are the targets. and that is wrong. we are the men and women that are out there protecting you and this city. the public should not stand for this. it's outrageous. last night in philadelphia, a police officer was almost assassinated. somebody came up to him in a cruiser, ambushed him. fired, i believe, 13 times

this has become a daily occurrence in this country. it cannot stand. we have to change the way we do business. thank you. >> he jumped out. was he shooting as he was running away? >> from what i understand, as soon as he got out, he started to shoot before the chase was even on. unprovoked. again, with our officers not even having their weapons out, from what i understand, he was shot. >> any idea how many shots he got off? >> again, it is a very active scene up there. if you have been up there. they are collecting shell casings. they are confiscating the guns. you know, again, we are still trying to determine... >> is the officer's wife here with him? >> yes. she is here. no children from what i understand. obviously, she is shaken up. his uncle is here. i think we are all resting knowing he is going to be fine.

officer, commissioner? initially. a fellow uniformed officer who was nearby heard the call. he tied the tourniquet. and helped him. and that was fortunate. it could have saved his life. and at least saved his leg. >> what is his name is. >> again, i'm not sure if he had it on him. the gun was found close by. >> a couple more questions, folks. >> what is the officer's name? >> again, i don't want to give it. we are not sure if all of his family has been notified yet. we will get that out as soon as we know. again, you know, we got his wife here. believe it or not, i have heard his mother just underwent some really serious surgery. we don't want to alarm her: i don't want his name out at

you know, i think our officers lay their lives on the line every day they go out. this job has not gotten any easier. given what's going on across the country. you know, like pat said, people have a lot of neg ty views for us. and you know, we work our best out there to make the neighborhoods safe. we are out there. so young kids aren't getting shot. it really bothers me that someone would think it's okay to shoot at a policeman. you know, as i said, this past. i'm sure he is desperate. and he doesn't want to go back to jail. that is probably what happened. an individual who had an a violent history who didn't want to go back to jail. most people in the neighborhoods, they are great people. we have to get off the street. like the mayor said and like what the president said, you know, there is way too many guns out there in the hands of the wrong people.

but i'm just glad the officer is okay. >> how has the public responded soer fa in that neighborhood, to your knowledge? how has the public responded? >> i don't know. there has been some outreach. i have to tell you. n.a.a.c.p. the urban league from here. and they reevend out to me. they are very concerned. they are thankful that our officer is okay. and so you know, the clergy has rallingied around us. the associations have. the community is very much concerned. and they are also very thankful that the officer is okay. >> last question here, please. >> preliminarily, i'm being 40-millimeter. again, preliminary. that is what i'm told. that is a high-velocity type of handgun. the officer has a serious wound, but you know, he is alert. he is conscious. you know, right now it's

>> what did you say to him? >> well, me and the mayor went in. we thanked him for his service. we told him, you know, in our minds, he is a hero. because he is out there doing the work, god's work. that is taking guns off the streets so young kids and young mothers don't have to deal with, you know, someone getting killed on the street. i said to him, "i appreciate his service. and hope for a speedy recovery." he is appreciative. you know, i think when the mayor comes and pays a visit, everyone realizes, you know, it's serious. and we all... both me and the mayor and all the command staff and the whole city appreciates what our officers do day in and day out. everyone realizes this job has gotten so much more difficult. what's happening in other communities. we continue to work. we have the lowest homicide

38 homicides this year. and so we are doing a lot of great things to make this city safe. >> i know there is an investigation going on. is there anything he said that stuck out? >> again, i think he is thankful that he is okay. i think he is gratified that his officers were able to apprehend... you know, you never lose that cop in you. he is happy we got the gun and we got the person responsible. because that's what they set out to do. was take a dangerous felon off the street. and ultimately, they did what they had to. unfortunately, the officer got shot. that is the dangerous work we do every day. >> guys, we will end on that note. thank you so much. forecast you guys have any information listens >> christa: we learned more about what happened there, certainly. it is suspect has a violent past, according to police. that news conference went way beyond the who, what, where, and when. they were talking about the climate in this country and

was just in washington this week with the president as he introduced some new gun control initiatives. saying there are too many guns on the street. he said we will not tolerate anyone going after a police officer. and from the way the police commissioner described it, attack. the shooting started before police were even getting here. the foot chase we were talking about. the patrolman's union, the head there saying "we are the targets." meaning the police officers. they are thankful this officer is alive. it sounds like his injuries are pretty serious to his leg. he was up in i.c.u. they were talking about how heavily he was bleeding. officers had to apply turn gets to him. a serious situation. once again, an officer surviving that attack here today. >> sarah: okay. we will continue to follow this developing story. right now, we will get a quick check of the forecast with >> chris:. >> >> chris: outside right now, in the city of boston, 37 degrees. 5 in bedford. 42 in plymouth. these numbers not moving that

day. thanks to the cloud cover in place. it will stay in the 30's. northerly wind north and west of boston. southeastern massachusetts, we have had more of a breeze. it is coming off the ocean. that has allowed the temperatures to come into the 40's. when i say cloudy skies, that is for everyone except the cape and the islands. some of these breaks may back in down to plymouth county. and down into buzzards bay. we will watch for that. otherwise, this is the forecast for the rest of us. a lot of clouds. throughout the day. and near day's end, patchy drizzle likely developing tonight overnight hours. same case tomorrow. patchy drizzle. north and west of 128, there may be patchy freezing drizzle overnight tonight. and early tomorrow morning. watch out for a couple of slippery spots. the bulk of the rain working in on sunday. and that will deliver some mild air in here. an inch to an inch and a half of rain. cold weather returns next week. we will take a look at the

>> christa: all right. chris, thank you. much more to come in the next half hour. >> sarah: a police officer was shot. he is doing okay. he iss in i.c.u. we will continue to follow that developing news. we will have much more right after the break. for the girl scout meeting... okay. for the soccer team... for the girl scout meeting...

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get out of the past. get fios. >> christa: a police officer is shot on mount bowdoin terrace. he was rushed to boston medical center just over an hour ago. we do know he is a nine-veer veteran. currently in icu. his name hasn't been released yet. a 27-year-old suspect with a criminal past, police say, is in custody. we have live coverage beginning with dan hausle. he is at boston medical center right now. dan? >> reporter: well that, highly decorated officer is recovering here at boston medical centerful. his wife by his side. we are told his uncle here as well. the name not being released

we did get the name of the suspect. grant headley. 27 years old. police say he has been locked up before. recently did three years and just got out in april. officers, according to the watching him. and they knew that he had a suspended license. when they saw him driving, they moved in. they boxed him out, as they said. at that point, the officers say that the suspect came out and came out shooting. with a 40-millimeter glock automatic handgun. the officer was struck in the leg and went down. the other officers, though, did not return fire. they chased the suspect. they caught him, tackled him, caught the suspect, and also found the weapon, according to the police commissioner. then there was a life-saving effort for that officer. we have been talking about how this injury was not life-threatening. and was relatively minor. a leg wound. however, this leg wound can be dangerous.

application of tourniquets by the officer himself and by another officer responding that stopped the flow of blood. let's go back now, though, and hear what the commissioner had to say about what led to the shooting. >> the suspect is well-known to us. he has been locked up for prior firearm charges. he was locked up in 2012 when he was sentenced to three years in custody. he was released in april last year. he is out on probation. and he is out selling drugs. and that is why he was pulled over. i want to commend my officers. i think, you know, we are fortunate here that we don't have an officer who suffered a more severe injury. he has a serious leg wound at this time. he is up in i.c.u. at this time. the doctors down here have done a great job. i also want to commend my fellow officers. the officers were quick to

good. officers were equipped with tourniquets. they were able to put that tourniquet on the officer. with the help of ambulances, they got him down here quickly where he is under good care. >> i commend this young officer for his work. i also commend the men and women of the boston police department for their incredible restraint here in this situation. there is a lot of stuff that goes on in the country. a lot of criticism of police departments. here in the city of boston, our police departments... our police department, certainly, is the best in the nation. being able to do their job every single day. and the risks they take every single day going out there. also, one of the things i want to say is that we have too many gun on the streets. you know, we are working very hard. the boston police department took 800 guns off the street last year. took a thousand guns off the street the year before. we still have too many guns. like i said, we are not going to tolerate anyone going after the boston police department. their job is to protect the community and protect the

that is what they do every single day. day in and day out. >> reporter: the mayor and about some national trends that come to mind after what happened today. one, too many guns on the stroot. mayor walsh earlier this week at the white house. as the president announced executive orders aimed at gun control. well, the mayor talked about the continuing problem here on the streets of boston. as he and his department tried streets. one of those guns on the street today after dropped by a known convict after shooting an officer. officers responding, certainly, would have had a right to fire back at the suspect. in this case, they didn't. they used their own force, tackling the suspect. suspect is not injured as

commissioner mentioning those tourniquets they were talking about just before here. this is something i'm told grew out of the boston marathon bombings. the boston police department has been asking for tourniquet kits to respond to injuries of civilians and themselves. that tourniquet may have helped save this officers's life. the commissioner said it at least saved his leg. back to you. >> christa: wow. that is amazing, dan. thank you so much. jonathan hall is live on the scene right now in dorchester. jon? >> reporter: police are gathering evidence, including shell casings. we are being kept about a block away. you can see that large boston police vehicle. that is at the entrance to the street where the shooting happened. mount bowdoin terrace. this happened about 10:20 this morning here in dorchester. gunshots rang out on that street. it is adjacent to geneva avenue and washington street for those who know the area.

to the scene and arrested a known drug dealer. 27-year-old grant headley. a gun was recovered nearby, according to the commissioner. a semiautomatic glock. 40-millimeter. it is being processed now by ballistics. pulled over because officers knew his license had been suspended. this man apparently got out of his vehicle and started shooting. we did talk to a witness who lives nearby. >> i saw the guy running. i heard the shots. i seen the guy running through the yard. >> reporter: did they tackle him? what happened? if p. >> no. he got up and started running. he kept going. >> reporter: right. was he bleeding? >> i couldn't tell. >> reporter: you feel bad for this officer? >> i always feel bad for the officers hurt in the line of duty. >> reporter: so they chased this guy down. >> yup. >> reporter: they got him on geneva avenue? >> did they? >> reporter: that is what i heard. >> that is good. oh, that's good.

glad to hear it. >> reporter: you heard the shots? >> five. >> reporter: we know now that grant headley was not injured. police showing restraint in this case. according to the commissioner and the mayor, marty walsh as well. headley was desperate and didn't want to go back to jail. he was willing to shoot a police officer rather than face jail. now he is in much more trouble. jonathan hall, 7 news. >> sarah: in dorchester, dunss evidence in the area of mount bowdoin terrace. >> christa: last time, nancy, you were in front of a held-start in lockdown. too? >> it is where i am right now, christa. custody. there remains a very heavy police presence in this residential neighborhood in dorchester. the four corners neighborhood. if you look behind me right here, we are just about a few blocks from where the shooting happened.

there are many, many road closures around this entire neighborhood. and christa, you were mentioning the head-start program. you can look over here. that is the abcd head-start and early head-start program. they did go into lockdown. the school confirmed to me they went into lockdown. many parents fishing up their children after this shooting happened. they were contacted about this incident. one parent i spoke with says she lives just nearby. she describes this as a very safe neighborhood. >> it is usually a very quiet and safe neighborhood. >> can you tell me what happened? >> i didn't see but i was alerted and tolgd that there was a shoot-out that had happened. s a cop was shoot.

much it. a little scared and nervous. as any parent would feel in a situation like. this you would want to make times. that is what i had to do. make sure she was safe. i live five minutes up the street. no. this is the first. the first i have heard of anything such as this happening. >> reporter: no confirmation that the lockdown has been lifted at the school. we have seen kids starting to walk inside the preschool. no word as to where they were beforehand. we have also seen parents continue to stream across picking up their children. just relieved that they are safe. that is the latest live in dorchester. nancy chen, 7 news. >> christa: all right, nancy. thank you. we continue to get a live look at the street where this all happened and where it all started. we have a lot of questions still about the investigation. >> sarah: cheryl fiandaca is live at the breaking news desk

>> reporter: we know a little bit more about the suspect in this case. he is now 27 years old. he was arrested in 2005 on gun charges. and he was just 17 at that time. the commissioner said he was arrested on other gun charges and spent some time in jail. he was recently released in april. and is currently on probation. now, in this case, the plain-clothed officers who knew who this guy was stopped him because they knew he had a suspended license. when they stopped the car, he got out and ran. that is when he shot at the police officer. that officer shot in the leg. other officers ran after him and caught him. now, sources tell me they put him in the cruiser where he tried to get out of his handcuffs and tried to escape from the back of the police cruiser. he was now transported and is with homicide detectives who investigate any incident involving police shootings. now, this obviously, is not a fatal shooting. okay. homicide officers do the investigation in these cases. gun. and they are still searching

the scene is still active and could be for quite some time. now, the officer who suffered this serious leg injury is expected to be okay. the suspect is in custody and will likely be arraigned, could be as early as this afternoon. live from the newsroom, 7 news. >> christa: all right, cheryl, thank you. >> sarah: also breaking, police are still searching for the driver behind a possible case of road rage. it ended with the person stabbed on the side of the road. s in braintree. nicole oliverio has the very latest on the search. >> christa: this situation happened in brain braintree last night. two people came to the side of the road.

custody. >> sarah: a 2-year-old man has been arrested. he will appear in quincy district court later today. the driver underwent surgery. he is expected to be okay as well. >> christa: moving on. other news as well: memorial elementary school in winchendon forced to take some drastic measures after quite a few kids became ill. >> sarah: the department of public health has not confirmed the illness. it is believed to be the norovirus. officials say it all started on tuesday when a child came into school and vomited. that child was sent home, but by thursday, so many kids were sick, the superintendent made school. >> thursday morning, there were reports of students with buckets running down the halls, you know, throwing up. so we knew we had a problem. so it was pretty hectic. the teachers, you know, maintained calm and, you know, took kids that were feeling well through the normal day. and then those that needed to

immediately. we did have, i believe, two teachers that were sick. the help of the department of health, to close the school. >> sarah: crews are cleaning the building and the buses. the school will reopen on monday. >> chris: plenty of clouds this afternoon out there. with the exception of some sunshine down across the cape. second half of the weekend.

>> christa: we will take a moment and talk about the weather. so important heading into a weekend. and it sounds like... i don't know. saturday may not be so great. maybe a good day for indoor stuff, though. >> sarah: that is good. watch a movie. right, >> chris:? >> chris: we have had some nice weather here in new england. if you need a rainy day, even to get some of the inside chores done, sunday is going to be the day. soaking rain working on in. 30 in boston this morning. mid teens in the suburbs.

the last couple of days. nice finishes with sunshine in the afternoon. mott the case today. 37 degrees. 42 in plymouth. mid-0's throughout much of metro-west. sunshine breaking out. cape and the islands, you have had quite a bit of sun today. a few breaks may work down through plymouth and back into new bedford this afternoon. for the rest of us, it is a mostly cloudy day. with even a little little bit of patchy drizzle or a few sprinkles out there to end the day going through this evening. same case again tomorrow. patchy drizzle. becoming more prevalent as we get into the afternoon and evening hours. today cloudy skies. patchy drizzle late. mid-30's north and west of boston. close to 40 in the city. low to mid-40's south and east. you get into tonight and saturday morning, temperatures very close to the freezing mark. around 495 and points inside. north and west of route 128. then especially up into northern worcester county. merrimack valley.

there could be a little bit of patchy freezing drizzle out there. not a lot of precipitation. you don't need a lot when you talk about some freezing drizzle. a few slick spots. keep that in mind tonight and tomorrow morning. the storm we are watching for sunday is this one. carving its path through the eastern great lakes. this is going to send a plume of wind and rain right into new england. really timing out midmorning to midafternoon. we will usher in some cool air sunday smigt into monday. one, one and a half inches of rain. likely, that range for a lot of towns coming in with this storm. in addition, we will have a strong southeasterly wind. that will turn out of the southwest. at times, gusting over 40 miles an hour along the coastline. also dragging in mild air. in fact, very mild air for this time of year. right, danielle in >> danielle: that's right, chris. rain, wind, maybe some record high temperatures on sunday. forecasting 56 in boston. that is also a record.

the record high temperature in worcester. we will get close in both places. maybe close enough to break some records. if you are heading north, maybe doing some skiing this weekend. a snow shower on saturday with temperatures just below freezing sunday. probably a better day to stay indoors. you will see some rain, maybe some sleet up there up north. with temperatures mild. in the low 40's. so this january, we have had a lack of snowfall. just a trace so far. should have over a foot of snow. we are lacking the snow. the rain as well. our average monthly precip just over three inches. we will get some of that as we led into sunday. now. it will stay with us through the weekend. next week, we will usher in some more arctic cool air and temperatures will get back to about where they should be this time of year. huh, chris? >> chris: below seasonal levels into wednesday and thursday of next week. in terms of tonight, patchy drizzle around.

west of 128. patchy drizzle tomorrow. a couple degrees either side of 40. warmest along the coastline. the coolest the farther north and west you go. the forecast: there is that rain. we will catch up on the rainfall department there. for the month on sunday. an inch to an inch and a half of widespread. a little snow tuesday night

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mmmm, yoplait. >> christa: a major announcement for nbc and whdh.com. nbc is saying it will not renew its network affiliation with our station. as dan hausle reports, the plans set up a potential storm for tv viewers here in the boston area. >> tomorrow, the new year. >> reporter: some of your favorite nbc programs may be

now that the network has announced plans to ends its relationship with whdh.com-tv at the end of this year. the station owner said he is fighting to keep that from happening. >> we intend con test nbc's plans. >> reporter: the tv divorce could violate an agreement comcast made with the fcc when the cable giant bought nbc five years ago. comcast promised to make sure people could continue to get nbc programming free over the air without being forced to buy cable. nbc tells whdh that the programs will air on a signal broadcast from wneu tv in merrimack, new hampshire. as this map shows that, signal doesn't reach half the city of boston. and millions of viewers farther south. whdh's signal reaches all those viewers. >> they have a right to buy a station, change the

that is their privilege. they don't have a right to violate the agreement between comcast, nbc, and the i fail yachts. >> and the government? >> and the government. this is clearly, not in the public interest. they will have half of the coverage area... they will reach less than half of the population. >> reporter: boston mayor marty walsh says he is keeping a close eye on what's happening. >> one of my concerns is that it is unclear what the future of nbc will be in the city of boston. if it's going to be part of a pay for it. right now it is free. >> reporter: ed markey, a national leader on telecommunications says nbc must stay free for everyone. where there is a kid in brockton, a poor kid that wants to watch the patriots on sunday night and they don't have access to nbc. for free. on their local television

cable. >> reporter: anson build wsvn into a news and ratings powerhouse. he says if they end up separating again, he believes whdh and 7 news will thrive. >> i continue to believe that our agreement is going to get extended. in the event it does not, channel 7 news is still going to flourish, still going to be the news station in boston. still going to have outstanding coverage. we are going innovate. we will continue to have exciting newscasts. >> reporter: all nbc program willing continue to air on 7-nbc until at least the end of this year. dan hausle, 7 news today in new england.

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>> christa: a boston police officer in i.c. wuchlt serious leg injuries. he is a nine-year veteran. highly decorated of the force. we do know grant headley, 27 years of age, from dorchester, was the suspect who is currently in custody right now. much more on the shooting

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