>> announcer: this is 7 news at 4:30. >> ryan: first at 4:30 following breaking news out of east boston. police are investigating a double shooting inside the maverick t. station. a fight between two men started an a train and spilled on to the platform. two men suffered gunshot wounds. right now police are searching for the suspect. we'll stay on top of the story. >> jadiann: also today taking the plunge. in easton a car going in a brook. the driver was in shock and update down. >> ryan: crews able to pull the driver to safety. jonathan hall spoke with the man who was rescued. he is live in easton with manufacture on what happened. >> reporter: this is a lucky guy. the car came off the road.

it went over the wall missed the tree and flipped and landed in the water. i spoke to the driver. he says he was only going about 25 miles an hour as he recalled. he insists he didn't black out. >> i knew somethings was wrong because i couldn't move around. >> reporter: 73-year-old leon rudman glad to be home again after a bad crash. he has a sore neck but says he will be fine after losing control of his car which flip and landed in a shallow brook this morning. >> thank god no water was coming in. >> reporter: you are a lucky man. >> yes, that's what the doctors were telling me from the pictures they saw and the firemen. >> reporter: it has been quite an ordeal for this tax accountant who believes he had a patch of ice or a rock which made his toyota veer into the water at 9:00 am. a retired firefighter heard the crash and went to help rudman.

an inch into the water. >> reporter: three firefighters arrived with survival suits. they went into the brook which is four feet deep in places. they reassured rudman and went to work. >> he was pretty -- we had to use the jaws to take him out. >> reporter: it took a crane to pull the toyota out of the water. his seat belt saved him from a broken neck and perhaps death. >> reporter: were you cold? >> nor shock than anything else and i didn't know what happened. >> reporter: he recently lost his daughter and now this. is okay. >> i'm in total shock when they told me this. i, linda, leon, i just wish you best. >> reporter: there is a guard rail here but it's not long enough. easton is looking at extending it to prevent this thing from happening. accidents here. i'm jonathan hall, 7 news. >> ryan: a quincy man appear. ed in court after police say

line. thomas shan pretended to be the woman on an adult website. he asked others to assault her. kelli o'hara is live on what happened for today. >> reporter: good afternoon. prosecutors say the 45-year-old targeted this woman and many others and outlined things in a 94-page affidavit and says there are more charges coming. 45-year-old thomas shan in handcuffs in court and in front of a ridge. she in big trouble for allegingly posing as a woman, asking men on websites to do bad things. >> we're stating she wanted to be kidnapped, rape and tortured. >> reporter: prosecutors say the problem here was woman. a woman he had not spoken to in years. he stole the woman's photo, identifyity and put her address onegin. prosecutors say there are other women who are victims.

to rape and torture numerous other women. none was aware off consented to the graphic and violent rape requests that shan made on their behalf. the investigation remains ongoing. >> reporter: the man's attorney says his client has never committed a crime. >> no one was ever contacted. no one was ever accosted as a result of the conversations. >> reporter: the 45-year-old is eligible to get out of jail. if anyone wants to post his $15,000 bail. come up you will hear from one woman who says she was a victim of his crimes and well, he will be charged also later on. reporting live in haverhill this afternoon, kelli o'hara, 7 news. >> jadiann: new at 4:30 lowell detectives arrest a man suspected of murdering a police officer in the dominican republic. today. according to police he has

officers say they chased him afternoon. gunpoint. dominican. he is facing several woman. a woman facing a judge accused of breaking in a home in lowell. the woman is also charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon. prosecutors say she kicked one of the police officers who arrested her. she is being held on $5,000 bail. chelsea police saying the woman who reported being beaten and slashed over the weekends made the whole story up. the 25-year-old claimed three men attacked her while she was' walking home from work saturday night. she was actually injured inside of a home trying to break up a fight between several men. she is charged with misleading a police officer. >> ryan: more news today outrage is growing over the water crisis in flint, michigan. the mayor is headed to

white house for more help. michigan's governor is poised to give his state of the state address. he is expected to be greeted by protestors enraged any crisis. protestors calling for the arrest of the governor as residence cope with lead contaminated water flowing into their homes. >> it started in april of 2014 when the state temporariry switched the city's water source to the dirty flint river. it was a cost saving measure while officials build a new line to lake huron. the water found to be highly coressive flowed through service lines and carry advertise into homes. the water source was switched back in october but the damage to the pipes was done with the state using the national guard to hand out clean water. president obama declared a saturday. but a flint city councilman says more is needed and available. >> a state of emergency only gives us a $5 million cap which the president has signed for. if they would have submitted

we could have got the $96 million or more. >> reporter: the crisis is others. >> what i did think i think is also right is demanded the resignation of the that irresponsibly shouldn't stay in power. >> reporter: snider tweeted "finger pointing from political candidates distracts from solving the flint water crisis." lawsuits. the extent of the damage is unclear but studies have shown lead levels in the higher than usual. >> jadiann: corruption concerns as allegations of match mixing surface in professional tennis. the buzz feed news published stories that stay protennis players tooks payments to fix matches. 16 of the games' top 50 players have been repeatedly flagged for throwing matches in the last decade. some of the world's best players are weighing in on

>> i just think that it should be tennis that dos -- they shouldn't to treed in the press. you have to be connect with things like this and go and speak to the players rather than them reading about it in the newspapers. >> jadiann: the bbc and buzz feed need access to phone, bank and computer records to figure out the names of the 16 players involved. >> ryan: pennsylvania man sharing his story of survival after being found nearly frozen in a snow bank. he was presumed dead after his father found him in a snow bank after trying to walk home during a storm but doctors didn't give up on him performing c.p.r.for two hours until his heart started again. >> i through the car into park and i ran to them. i thought oh, my god he was blue. i checked for a pulse, heart beat. >> i've never heard of anything like this. it is something i've never heard of.

fingers and doctors are calling what happened to him a medical miracle. >> jadiann: a fishermen in california reeling in a little bit more than he could handle. a great white in fact latches on to his line. the fisherman tried to free the 6 foot baby shark but he couldn't. the shark did get itself unhooked and swam away. warmer winter waters caused by el nino brought that shark closer to shore. also caught on camera a police chase in las los angeles ends with officers scrambling to catches dogs running across the freeway. the dogs were in the back seat of the suspect's cars. they jumped out. dogs were carroll and are being cared for by animal services. >> they know where to go. they run down the highway again. >> poor pooches. they got it under control now. >> ryan: ahead here on 7

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>> jadiann: bikers and a.t.v. riders taking to the streets in south florida times. a similar scene happened last year as a way to commemorate martin luther king junior day. >> ryan: police say bikers are creating chaos.

king junior day 2016 in miami-dade county. the bikes were up. the street trickery was on full display as they rode en masse. mostly across sections of northwest miami-dade county whether on two wheelers or four on big streets or residential neighborhoods. they roared through the area of northwest 196th treat. >> we're not trying to arrest people but we're prepared for that if it does happen. >> reporter: parts of the county turned into one giant motor cross course. and at northwest 119th and 17th avenue between 70 and 100 riders came through. >> riding around just having public. that's it. causing no problems. >> reporter: many of the a.t.v. and dirt bikes being used are not street legal and more than a few have been made by cops. this flat bed driver was bus they holiday.

to pike up these bikes here. he told us he was headed out to pick up more. cops are preaching safety but this group is preaching fun. >> help me. see any police out here? >> no. >> reporter: sheldon fox, 7 news. >> ryan: coming up here combating concussions. experts tackling a tough topic. researchers have created a new fool helmet to keep athletes safer on the field. >> reporter: cold for the rest of the week and a potential storm this weekend. forecast is up next. >> jadiann: at 5:00 scare at schools in the bay state. multiple schools on lockdown as the f.b.i. is called in. >> ryan: we're following breaking news out of east boston where police say two

>> announcer: now 7 weather with meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> reporter: good afternoon. a lot of clouds. temperatures in the lower 20 areas windy out there. west wind gusting over 30 miles an hour, gusts to 35 in the city. worcester gusts to 47. jaffrey gusting to 43. the biting wind goes through you. boston foals like 8, beverly feels like 7. provincetown feel likes 8. even without the wind teens and 20.

so we have some clouds moving through southern new england at this time. but essentially it's mainly a clear night. we'll have the within out there this evening. wind chills this evening near 0. with mostly clear skies. lows between 15-20. the northwest wind backs off a little bit this evening. but it's really not going away completely until i think tomorrow night. tomorrow in the as bitter. mostly sunny skies. temperatures tomorrow about 10 degrees warmer than today. upper 20s, lower 30s, there is some wind tomorrow so don't let that fool you even though the actual number is 29-34 sound more appealing than today's numbers, even tomorrow there will be the chilly wind with wind chills in the upper teens to around 206789 the air temperatures low 30s the city tomorrow at 32. cape ann, the numbers upper 20s to low 30s. no issues for the kids, school belle forecast, dry tomorrow morning. although i bet you they have indoor recess because temperatures only in the lower 20's wind chills tomorrow morning and mid day

running in the single numbers tomorrow morning and when school lets out tomorrow afternoon chatham is 33. high pressure is with us for the next few days. the irony here is that our previous storms have been all rain. we have been barbing about not having cold high pressure in corn can do. now we have it and that ight help to fend off a storm that is coming across the country over the next few days. this is where i think it's going to be on saturday morning. it's so far removed from southern new england during the day on saturday that usually when it's in that position, it means most of your heavy snow is south of that. it's south of new england. that will put it in the strike right here across virginia. maryland. southern new jersey. that will keep boston and new england out of the heaviest snow. at this time, there are still two possible tracks on the table. i should stress that because until we get more information into our models either track is still viable option. track 2 is what i just showed you and i'm leaning to two but one is a

if the track wobbles back to the north we would have a block buster in found but we'll advertise the potential storm and plowable snow is possible in southern new england. of course we'll have much more throughout the evening overnight tonight and tomorrow. see you at 5:00. >> jadiann: thank you. time for fast track traffic traffic with joe stapleton. >> reporter: getting a look at route 93 northbound. this is starting to losen. we had a bump of earlier troubles just after this spot up roy route 60 in medford square. down around mass avenue, very hot down to mass avenue. stays heavy out to savin hill. that was the earlier crash. this should start to improve a little bit. still averaging close to a half hour ride down to the brain tree end. making your way along route 128 northbound and southbound allot of green out there. pike westbound a little tight going out to route 128 in the waltham area.

route 1 northbound and southbound, in fine shape heading to the lynn fells parkway. joe stapleton, 7 news. >> ryan: in today's health cast the helmet in the game of football. the startup company is attempting to make how the game is played safer. >> jadiann: the company has unfailed a new device. >> it's a tough conversation many times. >> reporter: as the pediatric neurosurgeon the doctor has helped many athletes with concussions. >> we see hundreds of kids a year come through our program for concussion. >> reporter: concern that current helmets weren't safe enough he reached out to have the chair of the mechanical engineering department at the university of washington. >> we came together and tried to solve this societal problem. >> reporter: over the last two and a half years they came up with this. >> here is the helmet. >> reporter: a four-layer helmet with a shell that absorbs impact and another layer and another that

>> what drives us is to make the sport save and to protect the kids and players. >> reporter: the realm helmet has a semi soft exterior shell. the helmet is on the left. a standard on right. >> it's a layered design and completely different from existing helmets. >> and we compare and bench marc our helmets against current ones are are on the market we're seeing significant improvements compared to the current helmets that are available today. >> reporter: created with input from doctors, engineers and athletes. >> now we have a company that is 25 employees. there is a helmet that is ready for starting manufacturing. >> reporter: if it passes a final safety test they hope to have nfl and college athletes using the helmet as soon as the 2016 season. the two plan to make the new helmet available to athletes of all ages in every sport

>> ryan: ahead here on 7 news stay hello to the next big superhero, how a young boy battling a rare disorder got a chance to become a member of the marvel here's the truth -- some have proposed to cut social security for the elderly and disabled vets. i disagree. in fact, not only should we not cut benefits -- we should expand them. my plan for social security increases benefits and cost of living adjustments and raises minimum payments for low-income seniors. it will ensure that all seniors can retire with dignity and respect. i'm bernie sanders,

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>> the 3-year-old has hemophilia but he now has a metal disk in his chest to help him survive. adam williams has the story. >> hi. >> adam: max loves comic books about superheroes doing battle. >> yes. >> reporter: max is fighting his own battle against hemophilia. a disorder that prevents his blood from clotting. it was scary when he needed surgery to implant a port in his chest for the medicine but his dad got an idea. >> you are going to get a metal disk like irob man, i get to be iron man? >> that is where iranman has it but -- >> reporter: that is okay. >> it is. >> reporter: that is how he became iron max. big sister zoe had an idea to help other kids and created a calendar raising

children's hospital of philadelphia. >> i want one day there would be a cure for hemophilia so i tried to raise money to help it to help. >> reporter: they wrote a new story about iran max and his battle against hemophilia. >> proud, not just pretty proud, proud. >> it was finally great to see it's not a negative. you have hemophilia. so what. it doesn't have to be treatments every other day or you have to wear a mel met five years of your life. all of that stuff max has to go through but he gets to be a superhero, that is the coolest thing. >> thank you, pal. appreciate it. >> reporter: adam williams, 7 news. make the difference. ever. feel. >> jadiann: much more to come in the next 90 minutes. thank you for joining us, i'm jadiann thompson. schulteis. 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: breaking news a gunman opened fire on a blue line train.

the other in the maverick t. station. >> adam: also breaking sentencing set for a man just convicted of charges stemming from a crash oned ash orrway that left a foreseriously injured. >> kim: james whitey bulger handler will spend the rest of his life blind bars. >> reporter: it's about the cold for the rest of the week. >> adam: brady versus manning but ahead of the game the players are taking shots at each other. >> kim: outrage over the oscars, why some stars are boy coting the big award know. >> anchor: two people shot at an mbta station in east boston. police say the gunman initially opened fire on the blue line train. when he got off the train and on to the platform, he opened fire there. >> adam: no arrests have been made just yet. let's get out to byron

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