in the newsroom, i'm ryan schulteis, 7news. police and crews on the scene at the ashland reservoir where they say a helicopter has crashed into the water there. police say the pilot is on shore and is okay. but the helicopter is still deep in the water, no word yet on what caused this crash. >> also breaking tonight, no charges in connection to a deadly police shooting of a area. officers shot and killed 26-year-old ussamah rahim last year in roslindale. the d.a. says the officers here had no choice. >> 7's byron barnett begins our breaking team coverage right now of the story. >> surveillance video of ussamah rahim entering a leaving a roslindale cvs store. police say the cord you see dangling from his left side was used to tie a 13 inch military style knife to his leg.

two other men were under surveillance for conspiring to behead a person in new york on behalf of isis but the d.a. says in june of 2015 authorities learned rahim changed his plans and announced he was staying in boston to attack police officers. so the d.a. says after rahim left the cvs and was about to get on a bus, boston police and fbi agents tried to arrest rahim. but ended up shooting and killing a heap when he came at them with his knife. >> mr. rahim continued his armed advance facing an active ongoing and continuing threat to himself and others the boston police detective fired one round at mr. a hen and an fbi agent fired an additional two rounds at him. all three rounds struck mr. rahim who collapsed with the

s. >> be 7's tim caputo continues our breaking team coverage now. >> yeah, attorneys for the family said the investigation was very pair that okay specifically about the actual gunfire by police officers, but they take particular issue with what led up to that gunfire. the family of ussamah rahim believes police may not have escalated to a shooting if law enforcement approached him differently. attorneys on behalf of the to let him go even though they didn't have an arrest warrant. >> commissioner evans said that law enforce am officers were under order to, quote, take him down, end quote. both of these stays are in sharp -reported directly afterorcement ussamah's shooting, claiming that they approached ussamah only with the intent to question him. >> reporter: attorneys for the aclu also questioned whether police acted too aggressively.

knife, not with a firearm, couldn't they have de-escalated that situation. >> reporter: and they also want to remind people rahim still has rights even though he was accused of wanting to hurt officers. >> he would really encourage folks particularly in a situation where there are terrorism-related allegations being made, not to lose sight of our constitutional protections and due process requirements for all people. >> and when asked about pursuing civil litigation, the attorneys for the family said they will ave to read through the decide whether or not to go down that road. tim caputo, 7news. and developing news out of italy. more than 150 people reported dead after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the central part of the country. the search is continuing for people who may be buried alive right now. >> nick. >> it is a rescue and recovery effort now in italy as emergency crews rushed to save any

rubble. this powerful earthquake flattening buildings in several towns, in central italy, leaving thousands homeless, the epicenter was in the town where local officials have been begging for rescue equipment, blood donations and basic food and medicine for survivors, and in some mountain towns, it has been difficult for rescue workers to make it up the steep hillsides riddled with debris to reach survivors. the earthquake so powerful, people hundreds of miles away felt the rome. >> it was a pretty long time. we kept looked at what was going on and there were people in the hallway and kind of coming from there so it was certainly

okay. meantime, the italian prime minister says rescue efforts will continue over the next very crucial few hours. in the control room, i'm nick emmons, 7news. and new here at 6:00, vajths setting off explosives in salem. from this video you can see a crowd of people gathered before they start running away out of the frame of police say they set off an explosive and the boom was heard from a mile away. stat help identifying anyone who may have been involved. fallout from a controversial punishment, a former star athlete at east lawn high school convicted of expawflting two classmates. his sentence, two years probation. >> the punishment leading a petition to remove the judge from the bench. kelli o'hara in east long meadow with the story for us. >> that petition has more than 10,000 signatures. there's a lot of outrage online

not a lot of people have been happy with this publicment especially because the teen admitted to his crime to that judge. >> reporter: controversy in the court after a judge allows an accused racist to go free. >> to find him guilty at this point would slam a lot of doors. >> reporter: 18-year-old david becker, a popular soccer and basketball player at east long meadow high school, was charged with rape and indecent assault for sexual assaulting two female classmates while they slept at a house party this past spring. but last week idi the case was continued without a finding. despite the district attorney saying the teen admitted his guilt, the d.a. arguing this audio recording of becker should be locked up. >> this defendant has been given quite a few breaks already, and to put him on a college campus where there is a moderate to low risk that this could happen again i would suggest is a risk with at least the commonwealth is not willing to take. >> reporter: but it was when one of those victims read a letter read by the judge asking for

two years probation. becker isn't the first athlete to escape a lengthy jail time for a big offense. a california court gave rock turnery six month jail sentence for sexual assaulting a woman that caused a national uproar earlier this year. we did reach out to the judge. he declined to comment. as for that teen, if he keeps his nose clean for the next two years, his charges could be dismissed. kelli o'hara, 7news. and the sus alarming attack hides his face in court. he's accused of sexual assaulting a woman until the south end he was on probation at the time. dan hausle is live in boston with the full story. >> this suspect was on probation for a previous conviction. that didn't stop him from allegedly carrying out the crime but the terms of the probation did help police find their suspect. records ward rodriguez listened how prosecutors said they know

morning. the prosecution side rodriguez was wearing a gps bracelet around his ankle after a previous rape conviction. >> gps had him pinpointed to the exact area where the victim says the raven occurred. >> reporter: the prosecution says rodriguez was released last december after serving eight years on the earlier rape charge and she says he walked away from a drug treatment program three days before month's crime. a close friend of rodriguez said she had no idea he'd been in prison for rape. >> i'm upset what he did to that lady, but she have to suffer. you know, i'm a woman, so to me he can go to jail for 10, 15, 30 years to life. >> reporter: the prosecution says rodriguez forced a woman into a south end playground we raped her, robbed her of cash and a cell phone and took off, almost exactly what rodriguez was convicted of doing to another woman eight years ago. >> the young woman is walking alone to the bus at 6:00 in the morning. this defendant approaches her, indicates to her that he has a knife, that he will stab her if

her to a secluded area and violently rapes her. >> reporter: mayor walsh says he's glad the judge slatched a half million-dollar bail on the alleged rapist but knowing he's a repeat offender is troubling. >> i don't know enough to say that he came out and was reacted but certainly it's a situation we don't want to see happen anywhere. >> by the way, if you went to the sex offender's registry right now despite his conviction, you wouldn't find rodriguez's name there. because a recent state supreme court ruling changed the names from the public section of that list. each case has to be appealed by the registry. until then, the public can't see, it though police still can. we're in boston, dan hausle, 7news. also a dangerous drive in mendon, a school bus and car collide. we've got the video here from sky 7. police say the driver of the black car there on the left was trying to take a left on route 140 in mendon this morning crashing into a bus. 16 kids were on board the kids

summer camp. both people in the car were taken to the hospital. the bus driver and all the kids are said to be okay. police responded to sullivan square overnight after a tractor/trailer there rolls over. the driver is expected to be all right but as you see there, a lot of scrap metal. it's a big mess right in the road. scrap metal spilled all over the road in charlestown shutting traffic down for hours. patriots fans can start breathing a big sigh of relief. >> in and out. >> rob gronkowski is back and more than a week. we'll show you how well he did on the field. >> plus, get what they deserve. see the special surprise for these medal winning olympians

a hero's welcome at logan for a group of olympians. this group is very special because of their connection here to new england. >> the hometown heroes are returning with gold and silver medals. [ applause ] >> judo medalist kayla harrison and travis stevens are there and debbie stow back in boston.

family, friends, look at that smile there, and don't mess with her, believe me. all right, so they were all congratulating all these amazing athletes on the big wins. they're holding up signs, smiling, taking pictures, and gold medalist harrison and other athletes say victory in rio were sweet and it's even better to be home. >> i've missed home for a while now. you know, it's been a long four years. so to end it on such a high note and to be able to share it with all of you and who i amazing. >> i was always great to go back to boston and coming back to a reception like this makes it even more special. >> people say they haven't seen me smile this much in history, as long as they've known me and it's true. i'm on top of the world right now. >> welcome home to all. kayla harrison says she plans on retiring from judo but then commit to starting a career in mixed martial arts. >> i don't know, she could maybe -- i don't know, i'm not

she could be something in television, sports-related. >> yeah, sure. maybe she could give you a call. >> we see. let's talk about the weather right now. bree, looking great out there. >> yeah, yesterday felt maybe a little bit like fall but according to the forecast, summer rolls on. we'll get to all the details, next. coming up next in 7sports, he started in the super bowl for the patriots two seasons ago but reportedly cut this morning and then the story changed to reportedly traded and now he's reportedly retiring. so we'll get

>> highs topping out in the mid- to upper 80s for many of us, 81 for a high in worcester. 87 in boston. >> one of numbers i want you to focus on here is the 3.92. the we may end up at number one for the dryest summer on record. however, look at what the number 1 flaw is. 3.97. if we get enough rain it would

within the next couple of days and then we would not end up in the number one slot. we had a definite run at it. chance of rain, 10% tomorrow, 30% chance on friday which means most of us stay dry through the period as we have today, lots of sunshine that we've had with us just a few clouds. high pressure has been keeping things nice and dry. we get the return flow that will pump up the temperatures tomorrow. flirting with 90 degrees as well as the humidity, then we turn our attention to the next weather-maker volatile situation in indiana and ohio and still is with active tornado warnings on the ground there. fortunately we're not expecting anything strong or severe in our area but could use some of those raindrops. clouds increase tomorrow afternoon. here's that slight chance of late overnight showers, isolated at best thursday night auto into early friday morning. keeping the clouds around for friday and it's very humid and

an isolated shower for friday afternoon and into the evening hours bedford down to norwood 77 in boston. specifically boston feels a little sticky for this evening. you'll notice the difference as we make it into friday. the human getting a big boost but then coming back in to check for the weekend just in time. breezy tomorrow ve here's a look at your 7 on 7 forecast. cooler along the coastline for the weekend. dry again with sunshine sticking around for both saturday and sunday. >> ever since malloy was released days before the regular season opener in 2003 surprising accidents during the training camp is nothing new in foxboro. that's the case once again this summer.

the nfl experts originally reported this morning that stork was released by the patriots but the former fourth round pick was not released. instead he's been traded to washington for an undisclosed draft pick, and then came a tweet from former washington tight that the tight end cooley is retiring. it started with the super bowl championship in 2014. >> it's that time of year, a lot players and everything and it's tough to see one of your guys go like that, but it's the business, i guess. for the first time since suffering an injury last monday during a joint practice with the chicago bears, rob gronkowski was back on the practice field today. he didn't play in the first two preseason games and hasn't suited up for an exhibition game since 2012 so the trend will likely continue in carolina. gronk or no gronk, the patriots are looking forward to a stiff

championship carolina panthers. >> like i said before, it's a talented defense all the way across the board. it will be a good test, and we're on the road so pretty close simulation to week one and it'll be good for us. >> they're treating this game like a game week and going through our schedule and getting in our routines like regular winners in 10 of their last 12 games, a hot stretch that's of moved them to a season high 17 games above 500, and more important legion pharaoh sits in first place with the blue jays and the a.l. east and 37 games left in the regular season. and clay buchholz is finally finding his niche on the pitching staff. the 32-year-old limited the rays

striking out a season high. 9 batters whiles walking too. it's not just clay buchholz getting the job done recently. the entire red sox rotation has been lights out in august. even with henry owens giving up eight runs in a disastrous start last sunday red sox start verifies posted a 2.69 era this month. john pharaoh was sentenced to the mound tonight, porcello is 9 and 1 in his last 10 starts and 17 wins this season is tied with >> back to tampa we go. the rays kevin curemeyer lines one down the right field line and tries to step of it into a triple. but mookie bets uncourts a perfect one hopper to third base nailing the speeding curemeyer for the out and mookie's assist

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