>> jadiann, police have just arrested a man and charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. they say he's responsible for te recent violence out there. >> this is a picture of juan lopez delgado. >> he went in last night for surgery. they thought they could remove the but, but they can't remove the but. it's actually stuck in there. >> juan he's mother takes us to the third floor bedroom. she begins to try as she talks about the incident through a translator. >> as a mother it's obvious that i am going to get all emotional and i fear for me and my son. >> it all happened wednesday night when police say a group of young people gathered at nearby boston park. gunfire erupted and two bullets hit the chelsea home one making its way through the house. >> he got off the bed and startd running into my mom's room and sat down. he sat down on the floor and he

it hurt. >> as family tended to juan, police say two suspects in dark hooded sweatshirts left the scee in an suv. a day later after reviewing vido and talking to witnesses a 19-year-old man is arrested. still that doesn't make this random violence any easier for the victim or his family to deal with. >> he told her, mom, i cannot even be safe in my own home. i don't want to go back. >> and the victim's family says the victim has severe pain, cannot move his arm and will ned physical this evening. reporting live from chelsea, kimberly bookman, 7news. >> also on 7. >> i will totally accept the results if i win. donald trump doubling down on a debate declaration. he refused to commit to acceptig the election results. >> and as you just heard he said he would, if he wins. tonight democrats are calling this a dangerous strategy.

in the news room with more. brandon? >> donald trump says he reserves the right to contest the result. the team backing him up and saying the votes are certified. >> i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election f he i win. >> donald trump on the campaign trail refusing to take back what he said in last night's debate. >> do you make the same commitment that yoil absolutely -- sir, that you will absolutely accept the result of this election? >> i will look at it at the tim. i'm not looking at anything now. i'll look at it at the time. i'll keep you in suspense. >> trump at a campaign rally in battleground state ohio explaind further what he meant last nigh. >> that was sort of an unpress doesn't question. if al gore or george bush had agreed to concede the results ad waive their right to a legal challenge or a recount, then

supreme court case. vice president joe biden fired p today saying trump is playing into our enemies hands. >> and then he says as a major party candidate, for the world o hear, playing into the hands of putin that our country has no idea. can you fathom any presidential candidate ever, ever h that or would they say that. >> president obama campaigning for hillary clinton in miami an hour ago made a swipe at trump's make america great again slogan. >> i know there are some folks who are talking about how terrible america is. but you know what i've been to all 50 states as your president and i see how great america is right now. >> trump heads to delaware tomorrow. clinton is going to cleveland,

7news. >> you'll want to stay with sues as we move toward election day. it's not that far away. you can get the latest always on whdh.com and our phone and tablt apps. >> the news station turns to the forecast and some changes. a noticeable difference in our temperatures. sort of back to normal after a couple of summer like days. let's check current conditions with our chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> compared to yesterday the temperature about 15 t jaffrey, 56. nashua, 57. you move out of new england and yesterday squashed down through the mid atlantic states. on the other side of this warm front. the front is going to try to moe up into new england tomorrow and bring the 80s back into new england but it will not happen. although humidity will be on the rise overnight tonight and tomorrow. so tomorrow the summertime humidity returns, but so does te

we'll have that shower timeline and your weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> sounds good, jeremy. new at 6:00, governor charlie baker signing off on a new initiative to prevent another tragedy like the deadly back bay brown stone fire in 2014. 7's steve cooper is live in boston to tell us more. steve? >> adam, that fire claimed the lives of two boston firefighters and now here at the statehouse today the governor wants to make sure that what happened then never happens >> a signing ceremony with governor baker that he hopes wil avert another tragedy like the one in the back bay in 2014 that claimed the lives of two boston firefighters. >> what you really want is to learn from the experience and do anything you possibly can to mae sure it doesn't happen again. >> lieutenant ed walsh of the 43 and firefighter michael kennedy who was 33 were both killed in a

street. a fast moving blaze that was believed to have been started by a welder working on a nearby railing. >> if we can save one life we've done our job. >> the governor joined by lawmakers and fire officials creating a special commission to take a closer look at welding ad cutting and other hot work projects currently regulated by the state fire code. >> i think we should do everything we can to to make sue that we do that they are safe. >> lawmakers want to make sure the proper permits are being pulled and someone is always in place to oversee that work. and on top of that, the commission is looking to jack up penalties for those who try to skirt the law. >> we want to make sure that awareness is high and that we're protecting firefighters and the public. >> governor wants all this work done on a fast track. he's asking that special commission to report back to

live at the statehouse tonight, steve cooper, 7news. >> mbta union workers protesting at the statehouse today. they are protesting the private station of the t. they voted to out source work. to close the t's $100 million budget gap. they gave them three years to prioritize. labor union ladders say bad management should be blamed and public vealing should be kept steps to save the famous citgo sign. the landmark may be protected from future development. the city's landmark commission s drawing up a draft report that would restrict a developer from making any drastic changes to te sign. the sign is a boston icon. the citgo sign is a landmark in our city. it's associated with the red so, it's associated with kenmore square.

makes us -- some of the historical landmarks we have we need to keep them. >> the famous sign sits on a building that bu is selling to a development firm. >> state officials making a demolition decision this afternoon. the massachusetts public health council voted to approve a controversial plan to expand boston children's hospital and that means a beloved garden nees to do. the nearly 60-year-old garden will be replaced with a new building. advocates saying the garden is n essential healing space at the ho even scattered there. the president of the hospital says four new gardens will be created as part of the plan and that they will carry on the spirit. >> all of us know that the loss of this garden will profoundly impact children's hospital's environment. >> the garden is a loss to all f us. but the needs of the children, the needs of the families, needs

foremost. >> a lawyer represents advocates of the garden says they are considering appealing today's decision. >> coming up at 6:00, a fitting fare well for a happen who servd his country. see the emotional tribute for a rockland veteran stretching through three states. >> plus the bruins happy to be home and happy to have patrice bergeron. >> a lawrence man allegedly kidnapping a a teenager walking to school in the neighborhood. a 13-year-old struck by a stray bullet in his bedroom. we'll have much more on these breaking stories coming up for

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>> a touching tribute spanning from maine down to massachusetts all to honor a fallen veteran. friends and family lining up to pay respects to staff sergeant sean christopher o'connell. >> he served in iraq and afghanistan. we're live in weymouth with more of this emotional story. john? it was and good evening to you. this man served several tours with the 379th engineer company on national guard unit out of borne. he did see combat. he is at rest now here at this funeral home in weymouth.

red, white and blue send off. over 180 miles of pavement in honor of army sergeant sean o'connell. this kid had a heart of gold. one of a kind. you can't find people like this. he would bring everybody up. >> the trip from central maine o the south shore in honor of o'connell who served three tours of duty in iraq and afghanist they honored the highways to pay tribute. >> the majority of the fire department and other companies across the state are military personnel. to honor that we have to show that respect. >> his family appreciating the effort. >> just that he spent so many years in the army dedicated to his country and everybody wants to pay their respects for that. >> this soldier did not die in

o'connell's father told me he died on a trip to maine bear hunting. it appears he died of natural causes. >> he went to sleep and never woke up in the morning. >> after putting his life on the line time and time again. >> devastating. i'm absolutely torn. >> o'connell's friend john tells me they became boyhood friends n 1990 after he moved to rockland from dorchester. there was a nice tribute there from the electrical workers. >> and o'connell's wake and funeral will come early nextwe jonathan hall, 7news. >> right now the temperature is about 58 degrees. i think that's taken out near logan airport, so perhaps a little warmer inland. but jeremy, it's changed overnight literally. >> it sure has. 80 yesterday. upper 50s today. near 70 tomorrow. back and forth we go.

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>> we're taking a live look outside and it is beautiful. i love the city at this hour. it looks like it's twinkling to me. although it is pretty dark for 6:17. it's that time of year. and a couple days ago you would have thought it was late spring or early summer. >> not the case. back to life, back to reality, jeremy. >> yes, exactly and we're going back in the other direction tomorrow with summertime humidiy back into new england tomorrow.

but the numbers will be up near 70 degrees, so it will be anothr day that's certainly warmer than normal and more humid than norml as well. a lot of clouds right now. nothing out of those clouds. most of the rain has been westen and northern new england, but this is a drawn out weather system with the top end of it up through southern canada and then you follow that ribbon of clouds and rain all the way down throuh the ohio river valley. there's the storm system itself, popping off camera there. that low pressure heads for new england. during the day tomorrow and so that red l gets closer to us, so will the showers. i think eventually the humidity shows up as well. temperatures again are going to try and warm, but not quite as warm as what they had today in dcf or what we had yesterday. dewpoint temperatures low 50s now but humidity on the rise tonight. clouds out there, not much in te way of rain. a couple sprinkles possible. temps this even upper 50s and actually they will warm overnight. so by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, the temps will

maybe a spot shower or sprinkle. so good idea for the rain gear. you won't need it all day. certainly in the morning hours. just a slight chance of a showe. sprinkles if anything. then as we advance our timeline. here come the showers and even some downpours and they become more numerous and widespread across southern new england so the evening commute looks like it's going to be loaded with ran and some downpours and that continues through the evening hours itself. as that low pressure is moving across southern new england it looks like it allds early saturday morning. so how much rain is on the way? i think for most of us we're talking at least a half an inch of rain in some locations. if you get two or three downpous in one spot you may end up with an inch of beneficial rain which of course you know we're still n the extreme drought. here's the drought monitor updated. little to no change, but again you have to chip away at is it somehow and this area of low pressure will do its part. moving across new england tomorrow night and then up into southern canada tomorrow morning and then it will park itself

won't move much. that storm will generate a lot f weekend here in southern new england. gusts over 30 miles per hour eah day and that becomes an increasingly chilly wind. saturday morning the temps will be in the low 60s. it will be humid saturday mornig and then as the wind begins to crank saturday afternoon, the temperatures will settle into te 50s after lunchtime, after noon. the dewpoints will fade away and sunday offers a mix of sun and clouds cy in the mid 50s. see you at 7:00. >> and now time for 7 sports wih joe amorosino. >> we are coming to you live frm the garden where the bruins are set to drop the puck on their nw season here tonight hosting the new jersey delves and trying to improve poignant last season whn they finished a game below 500 n their home ice here at the garden. that was a major reason why they failed to make the playoffs fora second straight year. they come home riding pretty hih

to start this thing up and for the first time this season we'll have patrice bergeron in the lineup tonight. the bruins best all around playr returning to action after missig the first three games due to a lower bodily injury. it will make an immediate boost for this time on and off the ic. >> he's one of the best players in the league and he's also goig to help our team a lot and give us a lot of depth so it's great to have him back. >> when you go three games without him and you see him coming back, it's a players, teammates, organizatio, coaching staff. you name it. hopefully the fans as well. >> celtics open up their regular season next wednesday here at te garden, but they will likely be without marcus smart. smart suffered a sprained left ankle last night in the team's final preseason game against the knicks when he rolled over justn holiday's foot. he's expected to be out a couple weeks minimum. >> off to a bit of a slow start with the patriots.

injury. the absence of tom brady, you combine all that, he had one catch in the team's first four games of the year, but now as 7s trey daerr reports, gronk is bak to his all pro form. >> it's been a week or two, so i can't really recall the date, bt i've just been building up every single week. >> rob groncowski back up to speed, finally off the injury report and his pairing with tom brady looks better than ever. >> it just doesn't happen overnight eitr. that tom can put the ball in any position any time on the field. >> groncowski burst on to the scene in pittsburgh back in 201, a setting known to be one of the loudest on the nfl. >> we work on those things prety hard. we're going to need to really utilize this week because it's such a tough environment. >> i'm not going to say it doesn't get to you sometimes. sometimes they're roaring, but e prepare for those situations.

patriots will have to deal with. another bit of the unknown. no ben -- they line them up and he's not a one trick pony. they do a good job of getting te ball with the screens. we have to do a good job of knowing where he's at all times. >> he's not even the steelers tp threat, not with antonio brown n pace for a fourth executive 100 catch sean. trey daerr, 7 sports. >> there will be a very cool moment before tonight's game hee at the garden to commemorate the 50th and 80th anniversaries. reporting live at the garden. joe amorosino, 7 sports. >> thank you. >> 7news at 6:00 will be right

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