that she thought she heard a pop, wasn't sure. so based on that, we took the precautions that we did and -- >> but no one was ever in any danger in the neighborhood. he wasn't shooting at people? >> no, no he was not. it's everything that was done in this big response that you saw was precautionary, could be safe and keep everybody safe, and that's the number one goal. >> and the lieutenant says understandably what happened a couple of years ago has police very, very careful in violent. a neighbor says the man was 62 years old. we're live in brentwood, new hampshire, i'm jonathan hall, 7news. and breaking news now from methuen. authorities releasing new information about a murder suspect. here is a look at the tattoos that are on amelio delarosa. one is a big cross on his neck and upper back. the other the name wanda that is right there on his arm, and that's the name of his exgirlfriend, delarosa is

police say their 4-year-old son witnessed the crime delarosa is still on the run. we are following breaking news out of bridgewater where a junk yard fire continues to burn. sky 7 hd over chick rabbled's auto junkyard on old plymouth street. several trucks on the scene working to knock down those flames. no word yet on what started the fire. >> also breaking, hundreds of criminal cases from the city of braintree are now in jeopardy. they could be thrown out because of police department's evidence room. >> this scandal is really rocking the law enforcement community. let's get out to byron barnett live in quincy with how all this started. byron. >> yeah, well, the mayor just a few minutes ago released this 50 page audit of the braintree police evidence room which is located right here in the braintree police department, this after dozens of guns and hundreds of thousands of dollars and seized cash and seized drugs turned up missing.

of drug cases there's concern that hundreds could be put into jeopardy. now this alarming turn of events began back in may when the braintree police officer in charge of the evidence room committed suicide after learning that the evidence room was being audited by an outside agency. the audit released by the mayor found that between 60 and 70 guns were missing from the evidence room as well as $400,000 in seized cash and lots of seized drug michael morrisey has asked judges to throw out six drug cases this week and many more are expected. now here's what the braintree mayor had to say when he released the vineddings of the audit a short time ago. >> i find the auditor's report of unaccounted for items and poor recordkeeping practices by the police department to be deeply troubling and

supervision of elisa mackey has and will continue conducting an investigation to determine the scope and the cause of the unaccounted for items. this audit makes clear that there were significanted a straifng errors in the handling of the storage of evidence by the department. >> sources tell 7news that two of the missing guns were found in the home of the braintree police officer. the mayor says all but 12 of those missing guns have been accounted for and that about $140,000 in seized cash, missing cash, has been be found. the mayor also says that the police department will now be following the recommendations from the auditor for new practices and procedures inside the evidence room and the investigation he says is ongoing.

plymouth, a water search underway for a missing person. sky 7 hd over the scene of great herring pond. we do understand that a dive team is there. >> and the coast guard also helping out with the search. let's go to 7's brandon gunnoe. he's on the phone for us right now and can tell us more about what's going on. brandon. >> yeah, it appears to be a recovery effort at this point. you said the coast guard was here. they didn't find anything. they haven't person to search but we're told it was a 26-year-old swimmer who was in the water, a boater. police and fire officials aren't saying much but they have about five votes out there, about half a dozen divers have been in the water since a little bit before 4:00 p.m. or just around 4:00 searching for this missing person. we're told 26-year-old man after people who live in the idea, again, we're waiting for official word from the rescue

told is that three people are on a boat and jump in the water to take a swim. it's pretty windy out here and the boat actually started to blow away. we're told the woman was able to swim to the boat but the two men were having a problem and one of the men did not make it. again, it appeared to be a recovery effort, a lot of divers out there in the water and they've been out there for sometime but we're still waiting to hear the official word as it starts to continue. last the latest live on the phone in gunnoe, 7news. traffic still a mess on route 9 eastbound six hours after a bad wreck. two people were sent to the hospital after the car crashed into a telephone pole. that's what you're looking at. that pole snapped in half bringing down the wires with the sky 7 hd over the scene this afternoon. the right lane is still shut down and is expected to stay that way until crews are able to repair that pole and then remove the downtown wires. after the crash, the fire department had to use hydraulic

passenger's seat. two people were sent to brig ham and women's. police and fire are now urging anyone who travels on route 9 to avoid the road tonight. >> a well-known police chief in gloucester off the job. chief camponello was recently honored at the white house for his effort to fight the opioid crisis. but right now he's under investigation and on 7's steve cooper joins us live with the story. >> jadiann, this was a move that baffled a lot of people, a mysterious move by the mayor that was marked with a one page press release earlier today but a little while ago here at city hall we had a chance to speak with the mayor and it's an grew you'll see on just one station. >> when i hear something, then everyone else will hear something. >> reporter: breaking their silence, that's the mayor of gloucester who we caught up with late today at the backdoor of

abruptly suspended her popular police chief leonard camponello. >> what should people think because you're in a difficult position. >> time in a difficult position and i have to respect that and i have to respect the community and i have to do what's right, and we're doing it. we're all working together. and until i get something i can't give anything up because i really don't know. >> the plot only thickened wednesday we learned a few hours ago another member of the police department, sergeant detective shaun conners, has been placed on administrative leave, too. >> first it was the police two people in the department both abruptly taken off the department. >> well, that's for the personnel. i mean, when someone's on administration leave that's really for the personnel to ponder. >> reporter: the chief according to a sign taped on his front door isn't home and isn't talking. but his attorney in a statement told us it is our understand ung that has nothing to do with his duties as chief police. we intend to cooperate fully

>> how can the police investigate themselves? well, they're not investigating. we are working on that. my personnel director is working on all that. that's not really for the mayor to decide because if i hire someone, then it's my personal agenda. i have no personal agenda here. >> reporter: and while residents are anxious for answers, the mayor says her focus is the investigation. >> do you expect him to return to position as chief here in gloucester? >> i expect to find out what everyone wants to find out, too. i have no idea right now in connection with this investigation. we are being told there was a meeting here that will take place behind closed doors on monday morning. steve cooper, 7news. a toddler struck in the street in norfolk. a car hit the 2-year-old near a bus stop this morning. witnesses say the boy was at the bus stop with his little brother when he wandered into the

witnesses say he was conscious and alert. a new billboard hopes to bring new leads to the investigation in a decades old unsolved murder. the body of susan taraaswicz was found 27 years ago today. the new billboards debuted today in the greater boston area. state police say they hope someone might notice the billboards and come forward with information. still to come here on 7news at 6:00, we follow the money, millions for local police but they haven't had it. >> and jimmy g giving some insight and how the pats are preparing for miami.

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s. not a fan of the heat and humidity coming back, but don't worry, here comes another cold front out of northern new england just squashing and putting the beat down on the heat and humidity. the result, though, showers and storms and downpours now leaving metro boston and working down the southshore, this will head through cape cod bay and out on to the cape and another batch working through narragansettes bay, buzzard's bay and this will clip the vineyard perhaps holding together and reaching nantucket. farther north this is t most of the activity leaving the seacoast but the tail right here working through the meyer mack valley right now, a couple of sprinkles, bruce springsteen down at gillette this evening. they had a shower about an hour ago but you're in the clear for the rest of the night, temps at 7:30 this evening in the upper 70s with breezy conditions, much the same out at fenway. partly cloudy skies. temps mid-70s, and as that breeze begins to pick up coming in from left field, from the northwest, that is drier, more

they start to mean business, not quite yet january but certainly more powerful than june or july, and it is the leading edge of much drier air. dewpoint temperatures today, 50s and 60s but up through southeastern canada, the dry crisp snap in the air is on the move. also the cool air brewing at 60. burlington vermont 66. city of boston a high of 90. right now at 82. tonight the humidity mets away, mostly clear, breezy and cooler. lows for most of us in the tomorrow lots of sunshine. a fantastic late summer, early fall day. however you want to look at it. a bit cool especially at the water's edge. the city around 69, the south shore near 70. north of town, cape ann, the seacoast. fitchburg at 73. and out on to the cape a little bit breezy and somewhat on the cool side. chatham at 68, nantucket at 69. friday lots of sunshine. we start friday morning in the mid- and upper 40s.

refreshing, mid-70s, and the weekend saturday lots of surf. sunday that's gonna be the day where we have a lot of clouds and a scattering of showers including down at gillette. patriots, dolphins, temperatures at kick-off running around 76. see you at 7:00. >> in preparation of miami, we've been talking about miami, working on miami. not concerts, concessions, just try to coach the team. >> reporter: three days after leading his team to an improbable win on the road in arizona is surly bill belichick is solely focused on the patriots' next opponent the miami dolphins. comes to foxboro following a disappoint two-point loss in seattle, a game that the dolphins led late in the fourth quarter. it remains to be scene if rob gronkowski will make his season debut sound's opener. the all pro tight end was back

hamstring injury. while gronk returned to the practice field, daunte high tower was nowhere to be seen. the patriots defensive captain did not participate today because of a knee injury but no matter who suits up, the patriots know they can't dwell on sunday's big win over the cardinals. >> you don't want to be riding that wave the entire week because you'll fall behind. it's a good thing that we've got the confidence but that's about it. you don't want to think about too much stuck in the past and that's never a good thing in this league. >> it's like a quick honeymoon. you gotta go in there, get the honeymoon over, you come back and back to reality and you prepare for the next game. right now we're focusing on the dolphins and seeing what we can do with this week. >> the red sox are 38 and 26 since july 3rd, tying them with the yankees for the best record in the american league during that span.

20-game winner on the mound. rick porcello reaching the 20 win mark for the first time in his career in his last outing against the blue jays, the 27-year-old righty has turned in 9 straight quality starts, going at least 7 innings in all of those starts. the red sox are 22 and 7 in porcello's 29 starts this season winning each of his 14 starts at fenway park ?uns believably prepared for each opponent that he has and he does a on in games and allows him to get deeper into games, in the 7th and eighth inning and he's been pretty, he's been really good at home, too. every time he takes the mound here, here and road we feel like we were in a good spot. >> the general manager of the red sox, ben cherington is back in baseball. joining the blue jays is the vice-president of baseball operations with an emphasis on

excelled in with the red sox as evidence of the development by mookie bets, sanders, bogarts and jackie junior. >> i always knew who stood with him. no matter whoa worked for, obviouslyth toronto, he's gonna make a great contribution. there's no doubt. >> there's imprints all over this current team and the people that he brought in. >> tj resist rare row hit a fly ball, harper races over and makes a nice sliding catch in south territory to leave the bases loaded. hartford for our play of the day. and the red sox releasing their 2017 schedule today they'll open at home for the first time in six years with a three-game inner league series against the pirates.

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