everything together. witnesses describing perrifying homes that least one person dead, two people seriously injure and a driver who took off. >> as i came out the door it all opened up and the police started to arrive there. >> reporter: witnesses describing the scene overnight in lawrence at the north andover line. that is where police say the operator of a motorcycle struck a man and had woman crossing the street in the crosswalk. the motorcyclist ended up on the roader that is when police say he was run over by a car that kept going. >> you would aseem they knew they struck someone. we are not sure. unfortunately they didn't stop. >> reporter: the motorcyclist, a 64-year-old man from methuen was pronounced dead at the scene. other victims were rushed to the hospital. david ran out after the crash. >> it was very chaotic. that it was. thought about it all night. shocking.

scene leaving flowers while declining to speak with us. even as police worked to locate the driver who never stopped. >> just four door, between 2,000, 2002 mercedes, color black described with those high intensity lights. >> reporter: people who live around here and work around here say the road can be tricky but their folk suss on the victims. >> it's sad. it's sad. it is because we don't know who it was. >> reporter: police aren't releasing the victim's names but trying to track down any possible video from any of the stores here in the area. they're also hoping that the driver of the dark colored mercedes that left the scene here turns himself in. live in lawrence, steve cooper, 7 news. >> jadiann: new at 4:30

injured dog. vets say she would have died if she wasn't found by the worker. >> this is my friend, charlie, she is a one year -- >> reporter: she maying small but charlie is a fighter. >> she was' hit by a train and had her leg amputated. >> reporter: she went up against a train between the roslindale and forest hill stop last week. she was' rushed to memorial center by a worker who found her on the tracks. >> the most important move is to get them to an emergency facility and shock can cause them to die. >> reporter: the mspca is not sure how charlie ended up on the tracks but believes she was someone's pet at one point. >> i do think she was probably owned by somebody. i'm not sure of the circumstances on how again she got to the tracks but her face was shaved.

has come forward to claim her those taking care of her gave charlie her name. >> the wonderful staff at angell animal medical center were taking care of her nick named her charlie. i would assume it was because of the charlie card. >> reporter: in the past week charlie steadily improved. >> she is doing really well with learning how to walk again. she is not stumbling. >> reporter: refusing to let anything held her back. >> every time i saw an animal go through something like this i'm just awed once again at how wonderf are and how stoic they are and how lucky i am to be able to be a part of that. >> reporter: oh, since no one has come forward to claim early charlie she will be put up for adoption after she recovered. the mspca is accepting donations to pay for the medical bills which total more than $6,000. for more information visit whdh.com. >> ryan: police investigating after a woman was hit by a duck boat in the back bay. cameras captured the woman

stepped in the street. >> reporter: she never saw it coming. a woman stepped on to boilstop and was almost immediately hit by a duck boat. a closer look at the video shows people walking in the crosswalk as a woman carrying a result ships into the street several feet in front of the crosswalk and right into the paths of a giant duck boat slowing to a stop. woman is knocked over but wasn't seriously hurt but duck boats have had much worse outcom. in april a woman riding a scooter windows killed when she was' struck by a duck boat. a few months later a woman was hit by a duck boat in the backs bay. she survived. some state lieders called for more safety measures like prohibiting drivers from also being narrators on the tour. boston duck tours released an incident to show the driver did nothing wrong and said they're committed to operating same.

tim caputo, 7 news. >> ryan: the university of massachusetts is set to reach a record enrollment this year. the president said that the enroll 789 is set to reach more clan-- than 75,000. 27% over the past decade. a deckion of 128 will be shut down for two weeks. parts of the highway will be closed as crews demolish the bridge in needham. it will start on november 4. >> jadiann: a man in kentucky gives flag waving a new meaning after the police department's flag was stolen. a stranger rode upon a motorcycle, it shows him

and then starts to raise it. the man walked back to his bike and rode away. the department has ordered nor flags. community members upset after this video surfaces, it shows a girl being pepper sprayed by police in the back of a police car. police say the teen was resisting arrest and after the ins accident dozens of people gathered to protest peacefully. at a protest for police accountability in maryland, contention -- >> you n everything that you do. >> reporter: was met with communication. >> come with me, i'll get your information. >> reporter: all of this because a 16-year-old girl was pepper sprayed by officers with the haggertown police department. victim's attorney said she was' also thrown against a wall by an officer. police say she resisted arrest. (screaming). >> she was 15 years old. you can't tell me that it's two ground men needed to use

do whatever to her. >> reporter: people said they were standing together in love chanting blacklists matter, blue lives matter and all lives matter. but also demandings answers from authorities. people on both sides of the issue spoke face to face and police protected their rights to peacefully protest. >> i'm proud this is a peaceful organized protest and we don't have those other issues we've seen around the rest of the country. >> reporter: they're asking for accountability from authorities. >> how abo community? >> jadiann: official says this is one of the largest protests for police accountability in the town in years. >> ryan: also on 7 a snake scare in pennsylvania. family finding this snake slithering around their driveway. the cobra was captured before anyone got hurt. capture was caught on camera. video shows the moment of freedom for one large pennsylvania snake. >> right here, -- >> reporter: beth and her

that dropped by their front yard. >> i thought that is a big one. >> reporter: it's afuls water copra native to south america. it's capable of inflicting a nasty but not lethal bite. with the snake on their front lawn they kept their distance. the girls of the local high school soccer team were on a bus coming home from their game when their driver slowed down to avoid the snake. >> everybody got up and looked out the window. it was crossing the street the. >> reporter: snake was crossing the street? y her uncle who wrangles snakes. >> i knew to call him right away because he would know what it was and know what to do with it. >> reporter: he got a trash can. had his stick, got 9 snake in the trash can. it didn't lung when he was trying to put it in so we did see the hood. you knew it was some form of a cobra. >> reporter: the snake belongs to an out of town neighbor. in pennsylvania it's not illegal to have a snake rike this for a pet. >> if we knew it was a pet

made me feel a lot better because i know that i don't have to go out and see a cobra in springfield. >> ryan: police say the snake is reunited with its rightful owner. >> jadiann: an orphaned baby gorilla is all smiles after finding a new mom. zoo keepers paired her up with a mother gorilla. >> she walked over to her and she scooped her up and held her and it was >> it was the most natural thing ever. >> i think it was cute. >> reporter: she is really cute. zoo officials say the dynamic duo needs more time to bond but they hope the pair will be part of a regular exhibit there by the end of the year. >> ryan: police in alaska found themselves in a hairy situation, look at that. four-legged furry suspect was not cooperating with officials. authorities were able to can'ture the bear and

wild. >> jadiann: don't know what he was hunting for. ahead on 7 news paying tribute to a fallen news. the generous gesture by football in louisiana. >> ryan: new details in a shocking hollywood split. brad pitt reportedly being vitted for child abuse. >> jadiann: a man hit and killed by an amtrak train in we're going to stay on top

pam griffin: our daughter courtney got caught in a web of opiate and heroin addiction. doug griffin: our insurance company indicated that courtney's problem wasn't a matter of life and death - so she wasn't eligible for treatment. pam griffin: she told me that she didn't want she begged... she begged for help, saying mom - please help me. doug griffin: our family's tragedy could happen to any family... pam griffin: we knew we had to save other families from losing their children. kelly reached out to us. doug griffin: she came to my family to learn more. pam griffin: she listened to what we had to say, who we were - she cared about us... she didn't know us. pam griffin: we talked about the ways to remove

comprehensive addiction and recovery act - this act will save kids' lives... ...and enable families to get the help they need. doug griffin: we don't want courtney to be remembered for her substance abuse, but rather for her struggle to achieve recovery. pam griffin: kelly believes recovery is possible.

>> jadiann: breaking news to bring you right now from tulsa oklahoma, finding out the prosecutor there announcing first degree manslaughter charge against the tulsa officer who fatally shot a man there, terrence crutcher. we saw dash cam video and aerial is video of the shooting.

away from the officer with his arms in the air. finding out prosecutors have now filed first degree manslaughter charges. a lot more information to come on the story as it continues to develop and we'll keep you posted. >> ryan: in other news, a football team in louisiana paying tribute after tragedies hit community. they're honorary captain lost his father in the deadly police ambush in baton rouge. >> adam williams has the story. ? team has a new captain leading them on to the field against their biggest rival. it wasn't even on the football team until now. when brad garoppolo junior's father was killed in the am bush on law enforcement in july husband friends at school didn't want to lose track of his pain. they wanted to do something big for him but that is about the time the rains came and kept on coming. some of the same friends lost most of what he owned in a historic flood.

for the kids to be as resilient as they are, they've showed up for practice. we started practice two weeks ago. >> reporter: they didn't forget about their friend brad and the first football game back seemed like the perfect time to let him know that. both teams held a wear the blue for the blue day at their schools raising $2,000 for brad's family. >> brad has been in my class for the last two years, he is a great kid. >> reporter: deputiesy brad garoppolo's son proudly carried the american f mother, siblings and grandparents as the honorary. >> it means to make everyone happier. >> it was phenomenal. ameen i feel nothing but good vibes all around it's must, you doesn't -- i know that i got teary eyed and i got a little emotion but, you know, behind all that i got comfort, too. >> i was very proud. i'm more than glad to be --

here. >> really good. we thank them very much is. >> proud. >> reporter: adam williams, 7 news. >> ryan: coming up here on 7 news a sweet surprise for a man in need. sprainingers raising thousands of dollars to he can buy his very first home. >> reporter: another warm day tomorrow then much cooler for the weekend. forecast coming up next. >> jadiann: at 5:00 jimmy g. is out.

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>> announcer: 7 weather with chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> reporter: we are warm again tomorrow. temperatures will reach the low to middle 80s, then a cool front will come blasting true here tomorrow evening with a lot of clouds and a few showers late tomorrow afternoon and into tomorrow evening. i don't think it's a repeat

it were with the drought. showers are tied to a cold front that will sweep into southern new england for the weekend and really into early next week as well. fall is here. head of the charles 29 day itself away, halloween is 38 days away and day light save time comes to an end in 44 days. the drought is still with with s in spite of the rain. but right here we had was telling meash burnham over 4 inches of rain. nothing, no response to that so that shows you how severe this drought is ands how it's going to take several events to work our way out of the drought. then when you look back over the last four years, back to 2012, we've been running a four-year deficit of about 28 inches below normal. before that in 2008 to 2011 we were' running about 25 inches above normal.

know, trends do reverse themselves. not only with precipitation but also temperatures. that will turn around, too. especially for the weekend. right now the city at 72. norwood 84. dew point temperatures in the low to mid 50s, not a lot of humidity but for those of you that have the jedish instincts you might pick up a little bit of mugginess. there will be a little more humidity tomorrow ahead of the cool front which is beginning to show up there at the top of the map with clouds and a few isolated showers. paio evening. warm conditions for tailgating. kickoff temperatures will be in the low 70's 53-63 tonight and tomorrow a mix of clouds and sunshine with a few late-day showers, more humid tomorrow 81-86. a couple of scattered showers marching across vermont as well as new hampshire. they'll clip cape ann mid afternoon. you notice the gray stripe of cloudiness that is sparking off a few showers

so tomorrow evening, boston south. the front right now is up here in this location. and it is the dividing line between summer and fall. sudbury, san da current temperature is 54. big trout lake, whoa, 48. so that cooler air is heading this way. saturday and sunday day time temperatures in the 60s with morning temperatures sunday and monday heading down to the 40s. monday morning i do think there will be patchy frost. metro west, merrimack valley, see >> matt fitzgerald has a check of the roads and oh, look at the shot. love that, thanks. >> reporter: beautiful shot of gillette. because there is no traffic to talk about around route 1. you fine heading by the stadium. parking lots are open however as you head over to the stadium, it's a 9 minute drive on 95 south from 128 to the route 1 off-ramp. much worse on 128 south from route 3 in burlington down to 95.

south this afternoon. elsewhere on some other highways around we'll check 93 north as you head out of the city. that is busy this afternoon. this is by assembly square. delays up to 128 in reading. see the southbound side is moving slow. delays begin and go down to the tunnel. on the pike west you will be on the brakes from the alton tolls out past newton corner then from after the pike is moving well as you head into the city. matt fitzgerald 7 news. >> ryan: a sweet surprise for a popsicle vendor in chicago, how the community really came together and

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are. >> jadiann: a picture is worth 1,000 words but this one ended up being worth over of an elderly popsicle vendor went viral. >> ryan: the result of the fund raiser made for a sweet surprise. ? >> reporter: he calls the area home and today they sing his praises as he

work. (speaking foreign language). >> reporter: this 89-year-old gives thanks to god for sending him the two men to his right. jose and joe, it began when one was driving through the neighborhood and the man pushed his cart down the street. he and his wife lost their only daughter who helped support them so he was working eight or more hours a day for $50-60 >> we're two grains of sand in this big, big beach that helped him. >> reporter: the two strangers made a plan to start a gofundme page. the initially fund was to raise $3,000. >> we did $p ,000 and in less than an hour we had over $4, 5,000. i went to woke. it was up to $35,000. >> reporter: the momentum

contributing. >> i've never dealt with anybody from germany, from israel, from india. i mean from chile, argentina, it just shows that every where in the world there is, that we're all the same. we're all the same people. >> reporter: he and his wife are getting help with financial planning and plan to buy a house for first time retire and maybe even take a little vacation. [applause] i love the story. i hope he enjoys the vacation. >> jadiann: makes me want a popsicle. more to come, i'm jadiann thompson rain. i'm ryan schulteis. 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: a hack attack, millions of yahoo! accounts affected. >> ryan: then after another night of violent protests the family of a black man shot and killed by charlotte police will see video of the incident. >> kim: changing his plea, a rhode island man admitting to his role in a plot to kill on behalf of isis.

things off for the weekend. >> ryan: new england patriots hosting texan tonight. >> kim: abuse allegations surfacing after a celebrity split. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: we break with breaking news at 5:00. the tulsa police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man on a city street will face charges. video from the shooting showed the man walking away from the officer with his arms in the air. >> reporter: the officer is being degree manslaughter. john cuoco has the latest. >> reporter: officer betty shelby is a five-year veteran of the tulsa, oklahoma police officer. now she is facing serious charges. officer shelby shot and killed tress crutcher last friday. the police department originally called the shooting justified. shelby was paid on paid administrative leave immediately after the shooting. footage showed crutcher walking away slowly with his hands in the air. her attorney says crutcher

into his s.u.v. window. police didn't find a weapon on him or in his vehicle. he was waiting for help when police responded to a call from a person driving by. his family has called for the officer to be charged. now the officer didn't activate her darb cam so there is no footage of what happened before other officers arrived. john cuoco 7 news. >> ryan: the family of a plaque man shot and killed by police in north carolina expected to see the videof fire. his death prompted two days of violence in the city of charlotte. >> kim: state of emergency there and the national guard called in. brandon gunnoe joins us with more. >> reporter: we just heard from the family's attorney. they've not seen the video yet but they want to as soon as possible. they're calling for peace and justice. police have video of the deadly shooting of