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>> anchor: now at 5:30 a woman is fighting for her life after weymouth police shoot her while responding to a 911 call. why she is now facing charges. >> anchor: desperate pleas for help from the bu community after a student disappears in new york city. >> anchor: colin kaepernick showing support for a high school football team after they join his national anthem protests. >> anchor: a student is suspended after posting this photo on-line. why the school says she broke the rules. >> anchor: weymouth police are searching for answers today after officers shoot a woman after they say she ignored their demands to drop a knife. police were responded to a 911 call for a suicidal person at the time. >> anchor: now that woman is facing charges. byron barnett live for us in weymouth with more on the story. byron? >> reporter: this woman is under arrest and she has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. now she hasn't been booked or arraigned yet because we're told she was still unconscious in the

she was shot right here in front of her apartment here in weymouth and her friends and neighbors say they don't understand why. she was like right here. right here. laying with her become toward me of i could see the exit wound. >> reporter: this woman who didn't want to show her face on camera said she doesn't understand why a weymouth police officer had to shoot her friend and neighbor who she says suffers from mental illness. she was a really confused girl but she th heart. she was really a good girl. she was a good person. >> reporter: weymouth police say on sunday they responded it a 911 call from a frantic mother who stated that her daughter was trying to kill herself with a knife. police say the officer was confronted at the door by hysterical 46-year-old female armed with a large knife. police say the officer was forced to back away toward the street and the suspect followed him, brandishing the knife while

once striking the suspect in the abdomen area. she is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. what do you think about that? i think that's ridiculous. she would never go after anyone. she would never go after a police officer or anybody. >> reporter: this woman said she heard the gunshot but did not see the shooting. she says she heard the woman talk about taking her life before. she was a tiny little woman who had mental issues but not dangerous. >> anchor: other neighbors in the large apartment complex also questioned i think they could have find a better way to dole with it instead of shot her. she is a nice person. she is sweet. i never see her violent with anybody. >> anchor: police say the shooting is still under investigation. in the meantime, the officer, a 20 veer year veteran of the weymouth police departments has been put on paid administrative leave. in weymouth, byron barnett, 7 news. >> anchor: a local college student missing. boston university student zachary was last seen in new

desperately looking for him. christa delcamp has the latest. he has been sick for three years and he needed our help a lot but even when he is sick i feel like when i need help he is like the first person there. a music student at boston university suffers from bipolar disorder and is lost in new york. he is very overwhelmed by large crowds of people which is worry some that he is in new york. i was sure he would show up that day and then i show up that night and i was going to get a phone call from the police coy go see him in a hospital somewhere. >> anchor: a week later that hasn't happened. the 25 yearly was last seen at the w hotel on the east side of manhattan last sunday around 5:00. he was in the city with a friend to pick up his instrument from fellow musician lizzie burns when he took off. he said he needed to get into the hotel room so he could go to the bathroom which it seems was just his way of getting away from the person who

social media with this flier and believe they have a lead. they think they saw somebody matching his description wearing glasses and same color shirt with the same complex sitting on one of these benches surrounding the lawn. this isn't confirmed because none of us actually saw him but it's really the only lead that we have gotten. his friends are now spearheading searcheffort as his family has been strapped with medical expense and can't make it to new york. >>t' we want to find him. >> reporter: friends say he has disappeared in the past but never for this long. police also say he didn't have his cell phone or his wallet. in the newsroom, christa delcamp 7 news. >> anchor: a dorchester man is under arrest after a pit pull problem on an mbta bus. police they got reports this man's bit pull was arriving aggressively and scaring passengers on the bus so when they showed up they say he refused to get off, started swearing at plus and asked his dog, do you want toy them referring to police. the 19-year-old faces several

suspects in connection with a sexual assault that happened in allston of the investigators say a woman was assaulted by a man while they were in a car on brighton avenue early saturday morning. police say she accidentally entered the wrong car thinking it was a ride that she had called for.. >> anchor: a tragic accident in grafton. a. family mourning the death of a five-year-old boy hit by a car right outside of their home. john cuoco has the latest on the story for us from grafton. it's heart breaking boil to get killed. my prayers are with the family i feel terrible. >> reporter: tragedy on sunday i'm five-year-old boy hit and killed by a car outside of his house on samuel drive. the superintendent of grafton schools says the young by was a kindergarten student and grove counselors are set up at all elementary schools. those counselors are providing support to staff, students and parents. they will be in place for as long as they are needed. police say the accident happened at around 4:00 on sunday afternoon. a money van was towed from the

the worcester conte d.a.'s office says state police are on the case but that this appears continue a term accident and not a crime. s when i came back to the neighborhood i knew it was unusual to see so many police and fire and another neighbor said a child was run over and that is really all i know but it's heart breaking for the family and everyone for a child to be lost like that. a catholic priest who visited the by's family members told us he prayed with them and best they can. he said they would like privacy. little kids will do what they do and it was an accident. as i assume so i do, my heart is broken for those people. >> reporter: in the graph ton superintendent says this is a sad day for the grafton school district and to the community as a whole. in graph ton, john cuoco, 7 news. >> anchor: and we're following more news today. jury selection has begun for the man accused of killing nine

south carolina church. 22-year-old dylan groove has been charged with dozens of federal offenses including hate crimes. he is also facing the death penalty his trial is expected to begin after thanksgiving and last june he shot and killed nine people during a bible study group the at an historically black church. witnesses say he even joined them in the bible stud ifor an hour before shooting. he was arrested after a woman spotted him driving and followed him for more than 30 miles. prosecutors say he spoke of starting a ends with a tree up in flames. billion eshow you the scene on saturday at auburn university where a man was caught on camera setting a tree on fire. students, this is what's clear. the they toilet paint the tree after a win over louisiana state university. police have a suspect in custody a 29-year-old man who officers say is if the a student there. fire fighters in san antonio help rescue a driver this morning after he was stranded in

favorite's ladder but eventually got up and walked up that ladder on a dry, safe land he told rescuers that he had just moved from san antonio from out-of-state and his gps led him straight into this flooded area. >> anchor: the miami marlins will take the field wearing jerseys with the number 16 honoring jose fernandez. the 24-year-old all-star and two other men died when their boat hit rocks at full speed and flipped over sunday morning. fernandez pitch the last game of s it the finest start in his career. his death sending shock waves through south florida. sorry i am getting goose bumps right now it's hitting home and it's horrible. it's a tragic loss not only for the family, for friends but for the marilyn community, the state of florida, major league baseball and anyone who met this gentleman. david ortiz bill emotional before sunday's game against the raise. ortiz who faced fernandez in the

ortiz wheated this: i don't have the words to describe the pain i feel for the loss of my friend, jose. good-bye, my friend. investigators say they do not believe drugs or alcohol played a role in that accident. >> anchor: another loss in the sports world legendary golf arnold palmer died yesterday at the age of 87. the king was one of governor's first superstars. his aggressive playing style helped popularize the game across the world. palmer won 7 majors including four masters turnments. he is a pga achievement award recipient and one of the original inductees into the world hall of fame. current pros posted their thoughts on twitter. tiger woods wrote thanks arnold for your friendship, counsel and a lot of laughs. your philanthropy and humility are part of your legend. it's hard to imagine golf without you or anyone more important to the game than the king. and rory mcelroy posted this picture saying remembering special times i spent with mr. palmer at bay hill.

forever remembered. bay hill is the course in florida that was owned by palmer. and president obama also paid tribute on-line writing this here to the king who was an extraordinary on the links as he was generous to others. thanks for the memories, arnold. >> anchor: high school football team getting support from san francisco 49ers quarterback during a pregame protest. kaepernick showed town their game after the team posted a picture to twitter protesting police brutality. >> anchor: kaeper s side lynn protest before nfl games and now it's continuing to spread across the country. this is the tweet that got colin kaepernick's attention. >> anchor: well, we'll give that you tweet and that story when we have it on-line but we can tell that you it was about a high school that players were following suit and he went to visit them and share his appreciation for what they are doing to support the cause that he sort of started and he plans to visit that school again when

continues. >> anchor: that's right. we're going to continue right now. up next on 7 news a picture is worth $1,000 words but this one almost comfort a student her high school career. >> anchor: new at 6:00 trump, clinton, face to face for the first time on the debate stage. we have you covered on this debate night coming up. >> anchor: more then a dozen cats rescued from one woman's house of squalor. it's not the first time authorities have gotten

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>> anchor: water woes a high school. a student posted this to social media. tuck a guess there. so she says instead of getting help, she was suspended. >> anchor: but the school says it wasn't because of what she captured on camera, rather where she took the picture. hazel said when she saw discolored water coming from the sink it upset her. i took a picture of it and fourth hour is my newspaper class and i talked about it with them. >> anchor: she also posted the picture on twitter. why? i always hope that like

somehow have someone who wants to help us with money because our school obviously doesn't have money. a short time later she got called down to office at john glenn high. she told me i was being suspended for three days for taking a picture. it's inappropriate use of electronic in the rest room and everyone in my school, every girl takes like selfies in the bathroom and makes it their profile picture on like twitter or face become or whatever and no one has gotten in trouble. dozens of students pro test pictures they took without getting in trouble. the school superintendent said she looked into it and said she found out high school administrators made mistake. they didn't report the water issue to maintenance. so she did. so i reached out to them. they sent a plumber out right away. we do have a piece of pipe that leads to the faucet that was corroding an needs to be replaced so that's under way right now. . >> reporter: the superintendent said the rule against very phones in the bathrooms aims to prevent inappropriate pictures of people

punishment is inappropriate. so the superintendent of school said the suspension will be removed from that student's record. >> anchor: cloudy skies for tomorrow morning and rape for the morning commute. forecast is up next. at 6:00 bruins fans get used to seeing the number 63 on the ice. brad marchand signing an extension contract with the b's. >> anchor: stepping up to the plate to fit a dangerous

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>> anchor: all right, coming in today it started to see the mums and the pumpkins and then the weather sort of fit that. >> anchor: also saw a lot of sunshine at least when i came in so one of those brought, crisp fall days officially fall days so let's check your forecast

fall like it. fall. it was good out there. that's the end that with showers on the way for later on tonight and tomorrow morning during the morning commute. i think we can move the rain out of here around lunch time tomorrow. although it's hickly to linger in the cape and south coast. but for everyone else a little bit of sunshine tomorrow afternoon but overall an unsettled week shaping up. recently jet stream has been looking like this. that's why it's been so dry but then as we work over the next couple of days would have this little area of low pressure break away stream which will remain across southern canada and it's been cut off. you are cut off. no more. what will happen is that this area of low pressure just kind of sits and meanders and wobbles. it can't go anywhere because again it's cut away from the main and so when have you an area of low pressure in this location here it's able to grab some of that atlantic moisture and produce a lot of clouds and do i think a scattering of some showers so we will have showers tomorrow morning. we're dry in the afternoon and then that slow moving area of low pressure just wobbles across

next several days so wednesday right through the weekend will feature mostly cloudy skies, not much rain wednesday and thursday. just a slight chance of a few isolated showers but between the isolated showers there will be pockets of drizzle and mist so not like these days are summer days where you are sunny and 20% chance of showers of cloudy skies even of these days then friday and saturday and into sunday this area of low pressure again takes the long way home if you will. it wobbles dunn through kentucky and then it begins to manufacture across new england as question work ro so this is what we need again this won't end the drought but you have to start ending it somehow and a pattern like this is a good start. so the first wave of rain that's on the move here it is right here. western new york, western pennsylvania and you see how skinny it is. again a narrow ribbon of rain so that's why i think we can at least salvage tomorrow afternoon. right now the numbers are in the 60's. the city at 62. not as chilly tonight with the clouds on increase and a few showers after midnight.

tomorrow morning showers then i think they will taper off around noon or 1:00 p.m. we'll see some sun develop tomorrow afternoon, boston west. so here is your time line again showers moving a cross new england during the morning commute so you will need the rain gear. but i don't think you need it all day long that. rain should begin to taper off midday and certainly early tomorrow afternoon and even some brakes in the overcast working into metrowest as well as worcester hills and merrimac valley. how much rain is on the way? i think about a quarter to in some location is a third of an inch of ra just an isolated shower on wednesday but much cooler. temperatures tomorrow in the low to mid 70's, temperature on wednesday only in the lower 60's and cooler yet for thursday and fridayment a lot of clouds. again those days are not featured all day rain but they do feature a lot of clouds. pockets of drizzle and mist with a few isolated showers. see you at 6:00. >> anchor: coming up next on 7 news at 5:30, baby on the way for the "today" show savannah guthrie but will it be a boy or a girl?

>> anchor: good evening, everyone i am kim khazei with a luck at some of what we're working on for 7 news at 6:00. political editor andy hiller will join us with what donald trump and hilary clinton need to do when they take that debate stage tonight. then a story you will see on just one station, a local vfw and its flag vandalized with anti-trump graffiti and you can see the person who did it. the people on camera. also we are following breaking news. boston latin school settling its racism case and details on the changes coming to that school to prevent disease crim nation plus you heard jr. we have wave after wave of rain coming this week so we'll get an update on the forecast.

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>> anchor: is it a boy or girl? that was the question for "today" show host savannah guthrie. today we got the answer. you guys know i didn't want to make a big deal of this or anything about what it was going to be, but oh my , what is that? it's a boy!! >> anchor: savannah already had aer. now it looks like she will have a son and baby brother.

so they can have play dates and do all of that stuff that mommies do together when they have the new babies. >> anchor: super cute of i like that idea a lot and i predict there will be other parents maybe trying to do that now. >> anchor: we'll see. good luck to both of them by the way of the getting close. we're getting close to 7 news at 6:00. it starts in just a few minutes i am adam williams. >> anchor: i'm jadiann thompson. 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> anchor: same stage. 7 news is live in new york with what to expect from donald trump and hillary clinton in the first debate on just one station a local vfw vandalized. anti-trump graffiti covering an american flag mural and it was all caught on camera. breaking news, boston latin settles its racism case and promises sweeping changes to prevent discrimination. tracking the first of

new license police unveiled to help fight a debilitating disease. >> anchor: counting down to the presidential debate. donald trump and hillary clinton going head to head in their first official faceoff of this presidential race. both candidates out of sight and preparing for most of this day. their campaign staffers have been setting the stage for the prime time show down. dan hausle university in hampstead, new york which is the sigh of tonight's debate. he has a preview for us, dan? well, anticipation is building here ahead of the debate of course. it would already be big but now with the polls being so close for each candidate, it's really true to say this could shape up to be a political super bowl. the election could be on the line for hillary clinton and

100 million viewers, many wondering say trump backers if clinton can prove she is health. this is going to be a grueling experience for both candidates and as someone who recently just got off her pneumonia bed this is a lot to ask. projecting honesty is her first goal. she recognizes she needs to earn the voters draft and tonight a great opportunity for her to do that. trump staffering say they are worried clinton will bait trump into turning off women voters he needs. >> him and confuse the people watching in such a way that he was somehow rude it a woman or somehow lied on the stage. >> reporter: a tight epping race adds to the drama. clinton up by five points until we in today's survey monkey poll but in battle ground state polls trump is surging ahead of clinton now in oh i he oh, iowa and north carolina, a tie in florida and colorado. hofstra hosted debates before. here it is extremely high here