ferocious firefight. take a look behind us tonight. you can see the area, the crime scene remains sealed off right now with police officers, standing watch. neighbors tonight still rattled by what they heard and what they saw. gunfire filling the street. cell phone video captures the frantic scene where neighbors say it was like a scene out of a movie here on gladstone street in east boston late last night. we have shots fired. i need every officer available. boston police responding to by a man saying his roommate was threatening him with a knifed. officers entering the house are shot by 33-year-old kirk figueroa who is armed with an assault rifle and wearing a bulletproof vest. insane. you only see this on "cops," shows like that. you don't think this is going to happen in your gliebd richard 16u cintolo and matt morris dragged to safe bry by officers

a firefight with figueroa who was shot and killed by police. the critically wounded officers are rushed to mass general with multiple gunshots. obviously anyone who would

. rorch involved shootings. it is important know to stress my role here and that is to conduct and lead an independent investigation into the use of force. we do this in every single case. now we're told detectives with the district attorney's office are expected to execute a search warrant here at the crime scene to begin processing inside of that apartment where those bullets were flying and try to understand why fire on police in the first place. live in east boston, steve cooper, 7 news. officer richard cintolo a veteran of the boston police officer and matt morris has been and hopefully will continue the be for 12 years. senior officers in the boston police commissioner is crediting their fellow officers for saving their lives. >> says he and mayor walsh spoke with both of them at the

at the hospital. with the latest on their condition. john? good evening and good afternoon. it appears this easy men are going to being okay. it looked bad last night when ems got here to mass general it appears it was a grave situation, however, after surgery the men are recovering. the boston police commissioner has been here as has been mayor. and also for giving quick medical attention. as he walked the crime scene overnight in east suffolk county da saw the blood and the shell casings, signs of what he termed a ferocious firefight. >> there is no question that many of the officers involved hacked into -- acted heroically, put themselves in harm's way to confront the deadly gunman and also to protect two brother officers who had fallen. it is a miracle of modern medicine and emt services in our

got to kind of care that they needed at mass general. boston's top cops including superintendent and chief william grasse visited the two officers. when he visit twd the families he spoke to one of the doctors who treated his men. >> he said, you're very fortunate that the patron saint of st. michael was looking down on these two officers. >> identified as matt morris and richard cintolo. and morris suffered the serious wound. officer morris was hit in one of his main arteries in his leg. the officers were quick to put their hands as well as apply a tourniquet which doctors later say probably saved his life. >> in boston this is another example of our police officers doing the right thing and doing their job. >> at least one of the officers had a blood transfusion, which apparently helped save his life. boston police do say they're going to work with the

make sure the word gets out that we need blood for donations. we're live in boston, jonathan hall, 7 news. we're learning more about the gunman who opened fire on officers. we know he was a boston constable and a former member of a u.s. army reserve military police unit. he claims on a web site that he spent time as a bounty hunter in california and a former corrections officer. he also said he was trained in mixed martial arts. we also know that he made some troubling posts on social media. let's she's uncovered. >> 7 news has learned he had an alias on social media where he posted dozens of videos on facebook that investigators say are now looking closely at. this is kokoa xengo, the man they say opened fire on boston police officers wednesday night. 7 news learned figueroa uses the

accounts including videos. they carried away a cop on a stretcher. >> figueroa was a wanna-be police officer interested in guns and knives. recently posted 16 videos of police-involved shootings of black men. that look lose ache bad dude, too. they don't believe figueroa targeted the officers. detectives are looking at his social media presence which they say at this . doesn't indicate he was radicalized or part of any movement. >> ion an issue where the officers were drawn to the scene with the sole purpose of attacking the officers. no, i think it was -- what it always is, a domestic call that is always unpredictable. >> adding to the confusion and mixed with photo and video on figueroa's facebook page, kim kardashian, qanye west, elvis presley and hail satan's

office is investigating. >> in the newsroom. >> so if this shooter was approved by the city to serve as a constable in boston sometimes referred to as a peace officer. dan hausle is digging deeper into the man's background gee we found out figueroa lied on his background and despite a background check by boston pd, he did have legal trouble out of when kirk figueroa's car was taken from the crime scene you can see it plastered with elite policing.org. the on-line connection leading you to the code blue protection company, listed as the company founder offering services from bail running to armored car training. records at city hall show a few months ago, figueroa was sworn in as a boston city constable, able to serve legal papers, wear a constables badge and in some

appointment by the mayor and city council after police did a background check. beston's police commissioner never knew what we found out that he was arrested in georgia in 2009 for impersonating a private investigator and arson for possibly setting fire a car. sentenced to a year behind bars and released on time served. commissioner evans says the out of state record wouldn't have been considered for a constable application. >> nothing that would have prohibit us from issuing constable license here. and again, we didn't have the legal right to check on the constable license because again, that only serves civil process, he did have a record, but from what i understand, nothing in massachusetts. figueroa's bioand protection service web site shows he worked as a private investigator in florida and a prison guard in west virginia have. we verified he was a prison guard but only a week before quitting for another job.

to have big holes. we found his application to become a private investigator in florida was denied and application to run a security agency there also denied. records show figueroa did have gun licenses in florida at various times but they expired in 2009 and more recently in february of this year. late this afternoon i got word from the pentagon that figueroa inflated his military service as well. that web site, figueroa says he was in the the pentagon says he enlisted in 2003 but never got around to basic training and granted a hardship discharge months later. >> police swarm the east boston neighborhood after shots were fired. people living there ordered to sheltner place and this is what they heard outside. [ gunfire ] the firefight echoed through homes. now we're hearing from those who live in the neighborhood who experience this.

by ron? neighbors here in gladstone street say it was an absolutely terrifying scene, some of them ducking for cover in their own homes. you can see the street still cord owned off here right now. some neighbors say they seen the suspect around here for a couple of years, but never imagining he could be capable of something like this. home video from a neighbor as police swarm to the scene where two boston shot and critically wounded. it says which i am praying for you and matt. just hope everything is okay. that is the text he sent to the two officers, she says both our friends who frequently come into his restaurant. richie is just one of the easiest going guys on the planet. skit a shame what happened to him. you know, and hopefully everything is okay with both of them. smawt a very nice guy. today as police continue to process the scene and canvas the

figueroa the boston constable shot and killed after police say he shot the two officers. >> he pet the dog a couple times walking by, that's about it. seemed like a nice guy to be honest with you. and couldn't help but notice his car. wanna-be cop. it had constable written all over it. >> it was an older car and had something written on the back or side. >> neighbors say they can't believe a city constable >> he's working almost like an officer of the state, so, shooting at other officers seems kind of ridiculous, you know. >> we talked to one neighbor who says she saw figueroa frequently. she didn't want to go on cameraing but she described him as a "wanna-be police officer. and she said that he was a mean

by ron barnett, 7 news. much more still ahead on the officers shot. coming up at 6, life-saving training. boston police talking about the tourniquet training they had just last week and made the difference between life and death last night. be sure to stay with 7 news on this story, when we're not on the air get updates from our mobile and tablet apps as well as. we want to get you updated oon other stories of the day involving house speaker salvador that macy. and then we'll have the latest from the campaign, donald trump defending himself against claims he groped women as the first lady defends more leaked e-mails. >> ahead at 5:30, taking on terrorists. i sit down with the man who led the boston marathon investigation, to learn how their strategy in fighting terror has changed. and then in just one hour,

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charges of attempted murder of police. he was easterned from his hospital bed. the afghan-born u.s. citizen has been hospitalized with gunshot wounds since a police shoot-out led to his arrest last month. charged with shooting and trying to kill officers. and accused of setting off bombs in new york and new jersey on september 17th injuring 31 people. he's being held on more than $5 million bail. the united states navy has launched missile strik yemen. officials say the u.s. destroyed three sites after two failed attacks this week on a u.s. navy destroyer. american military officials say the sites were in remote areas were there is little rick of casualties. as we continue at 5:00, jeremy will be updating the forecast. >> that is correct. we are tracking a few sprinkles and isolated showers across

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ahead of the front, temperatures upper 60sto 70t. a few days ago on spend we had a cool front that came through new england and walloped up with one to three inches of rain. this front coming through can't do that. if you look over here on if right hand of your screen that is hurricane nicole that battered bermuda but too far away from this front to reach out and grab some of the moisture and pull it off into that is why this front is behaving like so many others this year where it comes through very little fanfare. temps in the upper 60. the city at 69. it will live up to its reputation in terms of being a cool front on the other side of the front the numbers all afternoon in the mid and upper 50s. toronto at 55 and a gusty northwest wind. a few sprinkles and clearing skies and that wind will pick up

tomorrow we'll start the day with winds. again a bit of a wind chill, when i caution to use that term. we'll have that northwesterly breeze around 20 miles per hour making it feel cooler than it is. the wind will fade away with temps tomorrow afternoon with lots of sunshine. upper 50sto around 60. a little bit below normal. metro boston near 60. southern new hampshire, the numbers into the 50s. 15burg down the cape and island lots of sun. high pressure moves closer to us tomorrow night. that will shut down the wind and set the table for a cold saturday morning. lots of sunshine both weekend days. here is our next weather system a cool front. early next week. there is the weekend forecast, senate the upper 50s. sunday mild with numbers in the upper 60s. and continuing to work south.

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now. ing a. two boston police officers gunned down. the shooter now dead. those officers in critical condition as we learn new details about the shooter. tonight we're hearing a frantic calls for backup. >> we have an officer down. even news with the the latest on two officers shot in east boston. can first here at 5:30 we're learning more about two officers shot. police were called to the scene for a domestic dispute between roommates. shots were fired and two it happened in east boston. when police arrived they found 33-year-old kirk figueroa armed with with an assault rifle and things escalated quickly. gunshots rang out. >> that man was shot and killed by police. we have team 7 coverage starting live where everything played out overnight. kim, while this has left residents rattled, you look behind so many hours later and you can see the crime scene