quarterback. >> and we begin at 5:00 with breaking news out of new hampshire where a stand 8 has a home there on lock-down. it's coming to an end we understand right now and we saw s.w.a.t. teams with guns drawn surrounding that home just a short time ago. the person inside we're told is now deceased. >> police were keeping people away but just starting to allow them to go back into homes. it's happening in brentwood, jonathan hall is on the phone to give us details here. >> good afternoon. one man is dead but not after neighbors are exposed to a very, very intense situation in this neighborhood. a s.w.a.t. team is where an armed suicidal man was believed to be inside.

committed suicide. police found him dead in his home and neighbors had to stay in their homes, those who had gone out could not drive in. had to meet at a clubhouse. they say they like this neighborhood but bad things have really happened here. look at this firey scene an officer was ambushed, murdered on the job. the killer set off multiple explosions in the home. it burned and police say they acted today out of an abundance of caution. turned out nobody was ever in any danger. i asked the police luther has whether the man has fired shots at any of his neighbors and he says no, they were being cautious. jonathan hall, 7news. >> a troubling discovery at the brain tree police department. drug cases are being thrown out after an audit of the evidence room. an investigation into some missing evidence revealing

problems and then some. bush rorn barnett has the latest. >> right now we're waiting for the braintree mayor and police chief which comes out. reporters here at braintree town hall and wifts explain a stunning turn of events. a -- our sources say it was learned that begins, money and drugs were -- turned up missing from the braintree police evidence room. an alarming turn of events started when the braintree police officer was charged with stealing evidence. sources say at least' eight guns and thousands of dollars in drugs were missing from the evidence room and sources also

the deceased officer's home. the norfolk district attorney has asked the case to fill out six drug cases here in braintree and many more cases are expected, as well. >> again, we're waiting for the mayor and the police chief here in braintree, expected to be out here in just a few minutes to talk to reporters with a full audit to show this, as well. i'm byron barnett, 7news a car slams into a poll in newton snapping the pole in half. >> a very busy stretch of road. right now win lane is open and it is indeed affecting the afternoon commute. umaka with more on the impact. >> yeah, adam, crews have been out here for hours working to fix that telephone pole after a car hit it. you can take a look behind me. they're still here on scene and

but the left lane is open and traffic is slowly creeping through. the lane will remain closed until the telephone poll can be fixed so that it's not dangerous for drivers. sky 7 hd was on the scene when this crash happened around 11:00 a.m. the car hit the at the time pole and fire crews had to pull one person from the passenger's side because he was trapped inside. using the jaws of life, state police say t to beth israel and one of those individuals is in serious condition. back out here live, you can see again that crews are out here working to fix this telephone pole. we expect that one lane eastbound on route 9 will be closed into the early hours of the evening affecting the commute. you can see right now that traffic is coming through slowly at a trickle. of course, as soon as that one lane re-opens, we will let you know.

7news turning to your forecast, it's this summer's last dance. humidity in the air, temperatures in the 80s but we're tracking a cool front this afternoon that's triggering scattered showers and some brief downpours. jeremy reiner tracking it all for us. >> right now showers and downpours and even a few thunderstorms marching across southern new england. this right here, that's the one that blasted through boston about 4:4:15 now well off this came through the worcester area. it would be this narrow band of rainshower activity and downpour activity that will slide across gillette over the next 30 to 45 minutes. i think the actual concert, the shower and storm threat will be over. farther north, here is the cold front right here kicking off showers and thunderstorms across southeast new hampshire racing towards the scots.

everyone the shower and storm threat will fade away early this evening. cold front now moving through new england as the leading edge of much more comfortable air. muggy across southern new england but feels like fall across southern canada. we'll talk more about it in a few minutes. >> there's more news today, a bus stop scare in norfolk, a 2-year-old boy hit by a car when witnesses say he stepped into the street. the toddler was rushed to the hospital. this afterno cuoco is live on the scene with more. >> we know the child was awake and stabilized before being transported. you'll hear in these calls just how tense it was here this morning. >> that child has been hit by a car. >> reporter: a scary 911 call wednesday morning made after neighbors in norfolk saw a

>> a child is struck. >> reporter: witnesses told police the boy was walking to the bus stop with his brother and mother within he ran into the street. >> i heard the screaming and yelling of the children and the parents that were out there waiting with their children. >> reporter: emergency responders found the toddler on the side of the road with his parents. they say he was, and alert. he was taken by helicopter to tufts medical center. neighborhood as the boy. >> this little boy was lying on the side of the road. a couple minutes later he did stop to moan a little bit and then he started to cry. >> two other children witnessed this crash. school officials say they're helping them and say they went into classrooms with counselors. neighbors say that is known as a dangerous stretch of road. >> you can't see police say all

investigation. live in norfolk, john cuoco, 7news. a new trial for a convicted murderer getting wrund way in federal court. jury selection started in the indicates against gary ley sampson convicted of killing three men back in 2001. sampson was sentenced to death 13 years ago but that was thrown out in 2011 because of juror misconduct. a new jury will decide if he will spend life in prison or get the death penalty. >> the bait rots putting they will go up against the dolphins this year. randy gillette is here this afternoon and what the team is saying. >> gronkowski back at practice surrounded by players you would think running sky high after a season-opening win on the road against a tough arizona team. >> any w feels good.

sleep on the plane i was so jacked up from winning. >> reporter: the coach is looking forward to the miami game by looking back at season-ending loss to the same team that cost the patriots homefield advantage through the play-offs. >> all you gotta do is turn on our game against miami last year. bad coach and bad plan. bad, period. >> reporter: the players may have heard this script before from belichick but once again they're getting the message to turn the page from last weekend's win and take the next opponent seriously.

coming back to play before the home crowd will give them a big boost come game time. >> we love playing here. it's our home. you know, i played a lot of games here. personally i love playing here and playing in front of this and i'm excited to be here. >> the next of three games will be right here at gillette stadium. the next road game, coincidentally, the return of tom brady. we're in foxboro, dan hausle, 7news. is. >> just into the 7news she is recovering from her pneumonia and remains healthy. the statement was part of medical information clinton's campaign released gist days after she was diagnosed who has pneumonia and that new information comes as people are calling for the justice department to investigate claims that donald trump foundations sent cash to prevent a fraud investigation of a failed university. nick emmons has more on that.

rails against a rigged system as he calls it that he says hillary clinton was part of rigging. well, now that accusation has been turned on him. as donald trump went to flint michigan, toured a water plane and angered democrats who asked why trump didn't let them in earlier on the crisis, they called for an investigation in 2013 to the campaign of pam bondy, the republican attorney general of florida. >> by the trump foundation from campaign donations. bondy decided florida would not sue trump university for fraud. >> money in, investigation closed ... >> reporter: house democrats claim a corrupt connection. >> people who are caught reading the system should go to jail, not the white house. >> reporter: trump's campaign calls the accusation politically motivated. bondi earlier blamed hillary clinton. >> she was saying he was under investigation by my office at the time, and i knew about it.

>> reporter: with clinton recovering from pneumonia at home, off the trail until tomorrow, trump taped a dr. oz show revealing some of his medical information. >> should i do it? i don't care. >> reporter: he's a bit overweight at 267 pounds and takes a staten for cholesterol control. otherwise, all okay say trump and oz. leaked emails from former secretary of state colin powell diagnosed trump as a national disgrace and an international pariia wit s and powell says of clinton everything she touches kind of screws up with hubris, meaning arrogance. new york state's attorney general, a democrat, has launched an inquiry into the trump foundation that the washington pose reports trump himself rarely contributed to. live in the control room, i'm nick emmons, 7news. >> let's take to you bridge water right now, breaking news coming into our newsroom.

it's full of junk is the concern. obviously, you see the tires off to the left there, whether any of those are on fire. doesn't appear right here but what's burning right now is clearly producing some very black smoke and there are a lot of flames there, looks like i see the front of a car there, looks like a bunch of garbage. not sure exactly where this is in bridge water but the concern right now is getting the fire out and whether any of the fumes being produced by the fire could be toxic and where the wind blowing. something firefighters are taking into consideration right now. several trucks are spraying water over the top this fire, looks like multiple points of this area of this junkyard are on fire. how it spread from two cars like that to, you know, jumping over to this area it all looks pretty strange, but either way it looks like several crews are on scene, trying to get ahold of it with those big trucks. doesn't appear the firefighters are very close because if probably is also concern of

emminetic explosions. but right now they are staying back and spraying water on that fire that appears to be spreading throughout that junkyard. we'll continue to watch that and keep you posted as it warrants. >> a car plows into several officers. investigators are saying this is no accident. >> and ahead at 5:30, a bag blast. what caused the lady's purse to unexpectedly explode. >> and a troubling case much road rage, a man traveling with dangerous weapon on another driver. >> and ahead in just one hour. the gloucester police chief off the job as we've reported but now we are learning more about the a sayings being made against him. >> plus, putting missing money back in the pockets of the police force the hank tracks

two officers struck by a vehicle remained serious but not life-threatening injuries. the third able to jump away. >> the the officer who hits the glass and gets back up engages in fight to take the suspect into custody. >> reporter: the suspect mark payne struggled with officers before they were able to take him into custody. he has been charged with 3 counts of attempted first-degree murder. >> chris anderson reporting

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methuen. authorities releasing new information about a murder suspect. so here is a look at the tattoos on amelio delarosa. one is a big cross on his neck and upper back. the other, the name wanda written out on his arm, that's the name of his exgirlfriend, delarosa is accused of strangling her inside her methuen home. police say their 4-year-old son witnessed the crime. delarosa still on the a scatter, of showers, downpours, even some thunderstorms, this right there now north of province town, racing away. this came through metro boston about an hour, hour and a half ago. farther south we do have other showers and downpours. this right here right on top of gel lith stadium, it's right about there, and again the heaviest part of the downpour is south of gillette. so the good news here is that once this clears within the next

evening hours at gillette. looks good for the boss. temperatures at 7:30 in the upper 70s with winds shifting to northwest. and you'll feel that dry air. that'll come in from the lighthouse forecast the north end zone, if you will. even though we're not talking football, that's the configuration of the stadium and that drier air takes hold. same with the sox, i think we're done with the rain threat here in the city. 7:10 pitch breezy, with again left field being from the northwest, temperatures will start the game in the mid-70s with lower hit again, sticky right now, but here comes the drier air racing out of northern new england. burlington 49. ottawa 45. yesterday sudbury canada the dewpoint was 67 and today it's 45. this is on the way for new england, late tonight and through the day tomorrow. you move into september and again, these cold fronts, they have teeth. it's not like july and august where they get stuck or fall apart, they wash out. no, this thing means business

after a high of 90 degrees. we did hit 90 degrees in the city this afternoon. burlington and vermont, i went too fast there, 67. so that's the cooler more comfortable air. humid, mostly clear and cool after midnight tonight. for most of us mid-50s. boston around 60. some of the cool spots 52. and for tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. maybe a little bit on cool side, especially boston north, temps in the mid- and upper 6 farther inland near 70. and friday we start in the 40s, and then by the afternoon hours temps in the mid-70s. so the tropics, quite active. this is tropical storm julia near charleston south carolina. will not do what hermine did and barrel up the eastern seaboard because this front that's coming through new england won't allow it. it will pin it right there at the south carolina coastline. this right here is thunderstorm ian. way over here, that is a clump of thunderstorms right now, a tropical depression that may

end of the week but many are rather active. 7 on 7 forecast, how about your weekend. that's in view. talking about lots of sunshine on saturday. that's the outside day. sunday it's not a washout, but there will be a lot of clouds and i do think a scattering of showers, including tailgating at the pats game at gillette sunday afternoon. all right, tom brady turning heads on the "today" show plaza, now admitting the man behind the mask. the keeping tom brady definitely in sight during his leave. >> this morning he made national tv debut and we asked just how long it took to make that famous face. >> reporter: he first had pats fans doing a double take in arizona and once more fake brady was back making a appearance on the "today" show. >> reporter: a memorable moment

>> i think that's tom brady. >> reporter: during the visit the executive editor of the report revealed what went into creating the mask with an eerie resemblance to tb-12. >> we work with something called hyperflesh, the company makes masks like this for hollywood films and reached out about a month ago. took about a month to make the mask. >> reporter: the creator is paying attention to every detail. >> they use like a really high quality silicone to create it and, you know, a lot of the details are so all of the stoppable you see on his face, that's hand sewn and the hair is real. >> reporter: the man behind the mask was later revealed, dan worthington tweeted this picture of himself, and actress renee zellweger who was also on the "today" show. she didn't appear to mind the mask but many say they're creeped out, including tom brady himself. saying quote, that's scary. that would be terrifying. fans wanting their own fake

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>> still a lot to get to including some breaking news we're following. another hour of seven news head. >> 7news at 5:30 gets started right now. >> reporter: now at 5:30, out of control in the middle of a worcester road. police say road rage caused a man to break out his machete. >> tracking showers and downpours for the next couple of hours. >> a somerville school scoring millions of dollars to take the