in the newsroom with the details. >>reporter: gronkowski will be out for the final five games of the regular season. the injury happened last week against the jets on a long incompletion on the first quarter. the injury forcing him to leave the game. he will undergo surgery in los angeles for a ruptured disc, the third of his career. it was suggested it was from this violent hit he took against the seahawks a couple weeks back, but we know otherwis having missed 21 games in his career, the number now rising to 26. he is expected to be out eight weeks, which would bring us to the championship game. it is known for the patriots to be careful with gronkowski, so we might not see him the rest of the year. >> and right we are joined by former patriots player live opt phone. steve, what is your reaction of hearing this news? >> well, it is terrible for

the guy himself. there are very few guys in the league that are as competitive as gronkowski is and nobody wants it more. it has to be so tough for a guy like that. >> who is ready to step up? are there other people behind bennett ready to go? >> well, there is nobody that is going to jump out at you. bennett the banged up a bit himself. he is a very tough kid. he came back last week after hurting his ankle a bit. but they are going to have to groups. josh mcdaniel, the offensive coordinator will have to be creative with those groups. maybe some young receivers like mitchell will step up. it won't be one person replacing gronkowski. that is not going to happen. it is going to have to be a group of people. >> gronkowski has had several injuries over the years. how do you think this will bring the team together?

gets hurt, regardless of who it is, guys on good teams tend to rally and coaches that have the experience put guys to be successful even without someone as good as gronkowski is. when you talk about a team, this is the coaching staff, this is the players, this is the leaders on the team. there is a lot of responsibilities that the patriots are great at spreading around. it is almost an unspoken thing with them. they understd >> can this team make it to the super bowl without gronkowski? >> they can. it will be a more difficult road, but i'm -- outside of oakland and maybe denver in the afc, i think they are -- they are one of the top three teams regardless of who is out there in the afc. they can make it there. it is just -- it just made the trip harder. >> thank you for taking the time to talk to us. we'll continue to follow the

on gronkowski's injury as we get it. when we are not on the air head to whdh.com or get updates on our 7 news mobile and tablet apps. police are searching for suspects after a man was brutally attacked inside his brockton home. police say three masked men tied up the man and used a stun gun on him. he was taken to the hospital. >> police are trying to track down the suspects. we are live in brockton with more on what happened. >>reporter: neighbors on this quiet street say they can't believe that the resident violent home invaders. police say they apparently didn't find what they were looking for. >> he don't have anybody. >> and they tied him up? >> from what i heard. >>reporter: it is a crime that leaves this quiet neighborhood in shock. >> that is, like, making me scared to death. >>reporter: brockton police say the 71-year-old man who lives here came home to find three masked men waiting to rob him. mike is a navy vet.

terrorized him with a taser, repeatedly demanding gold. >> i'm stunned. i don't know. look at the neighborhood. it isn't some place you'd come to rob as far as i can see. >>reporter: neighbors say mike hit garage sales and collected things. >> he doesn't have anything over there that is what i don't understand. unless somebody heard him talking, got the impression that he had stuff over there. he is a really nice guy. >>reporter: pic old silver coins leaving mike tied up for five hours before he could wriggle free and call for help. >> well, it is bad, you know. you feel bad about it. >>reporter: friends who see mike at the same doughnut shop everyday were glad to hear he is going to be okay. is he the kind of guy who will bounce back from this? >> yeah, i think so. yeah, he'll bounce back, but it will take him a while.

hospital. police expect him to be okay. investigators say they have a couple leads including a chase last night after a report of shots fired in which two suspects got away, but the third suspect was found in the car with a taser. we are in brockton. a carver town employee off the job and facing alarming charges. it started with a missing meal at a senior center. we have more from authorities were tipped off. >>reporter: it is easy to find out what is on the day's menu here, so when the chef wasn't serving up food he ordered, workers there became suspicious. >> the prime rib was kind of what started the investigation. the prime rib was ordered and never served and wasn't there. >>reporter: that wasn't all. >> buffalo chicken wings is something they don't normally serve. they haven't served. so it is an item that comes up as being ordered and then is not

because that is not what you serve to elderly clients. >> video captured the man using his key after hours, loading food from the council on ageing and town's food pantry into his car with help from his girlfriend and her daughter. at the suspect's home in plymouth. >> i have no comment. i don't know how you got this information. i can't talk about anything. >>reporter: the agency's mission is to serve the elderly. members surprised to hear about what pp he started working here and he was a nice, nice man. >> this is a big deal because it is a violation of public trust. if you drive in boston, get ready to slow down. the city council has given the final green light today to lower the speed limit from 30 to 25 miles per hour. the new speed limit will take effect january 9. it was proposed by the mayor who says it will cut down on traffic injuries and fatalities. two suspects on the run

a man and woman stole more than $1,000 in cash from two separate cashiers. they believe they would distract the cashiers and take money from the register. the suspects then drove off in this bmw. boston police searching for suspects after a group of people stole thousands of dollars worth of iphones from the apple store on boilston street friday night. four suspects took ten off. police believe it is similar to an apple store robbery that happened back in october. seven people were caught on come ra there taking $13,000 worth of iphones from the display cases. a mosque in rhode island hit with hate, receiving a very disturbing letter. it is very similar to a threatening letter that a mosque in california received earlier this week. the handwriting is the same and the stamp is even from california. a member of the mosque says the letter is addressed to the

what their future could look like. >> suggest that the new president-elect will do -- do what hitler did to the jews and this is really alarming. you are really concerned about your community members. you are concerned about your -- i mean, your kids, your family. >> the mosque has given the letter to the fbi to investigate. the ntsb plans to release the transcript of the noises picked up from the the sunkcargo ship that sunk in the bahamas during hurricane joaquin. also on 7, a case of vandalism caught on camera in philadelphia. two suspects spray painted anti-trump graffiti on the side of a grocery store.

suspects and is now under investigation for his actions. >> stupid. >>reporter: in a word, he reacted to the vandalism. >> stupid, it is juvenile. it is dumb. why would you do something like that? like, having a glass of wine will do that to you. >>reporter: video captured two men approaching the store friday morning. one suspect can be seen spray painting the building while the other appears to be taking >> wrong place to send his message. >> i think they are stupid. they look like young white boys with beers in their hand. >>reporter: one suspect has been identified as duncan lloyd, assistant city solicitor. >> not the type of activity we expect from our employees and not the type of activity we expect from our citizens. >>reporter: on wednesday the chair of the philadelphia republican party called for lloyd's firing. the statement that reads, "the taxpayers should be entrusting

>> his job is to up hold the law. he is breaking the law. he is held to a higher standard. >> absolutely. it is embarrassing. it is immature. >> i need to talk to his immediate supervisor first, find out what is being planned and go from there. >>reporter: the mayor went on to say this type of behavior won't be tolerated and the suspects will face consequences. more news today. kanye west has been released from ucla medical yesterday. he had been under observation for more than a week. the day before the rapper was admitted to the hospital he cancelled the remaining dates of his concert tour. former astronaut buzz aldron has been evacuated from the north pole. his health deteriorated while touring the area. he is awaiting transport to new zealand for care. he was the second person ever to walk on the moon.

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saw a red glow from underneath the firewall. >> everybody get away from the car. >> it was organized chaos where we all realized what was going on. >>reporter: despite that, the man is expected to be okay. he had only minor injuries. coming up on 7 news, good news for all the chocolate lovers out there. the new, healthy way one company is making their candy. >>reporter: sign me up for that story. we are talking tomorrow. weekend forecast up next. >> and ahead on 7 news at 5:00, trump on tour. the president-elect in the midwest thanking voters and touting what he calls his first

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fans reacting. >> he is the backbone of the team. he is there for us. it is not a good thing. we are going to be in trouble. we have team coverage of gronkowski's injury. >> back into the sunshine today. more sun for tomorrow. and there is more news today. an 18-year-old now charged with his mother's murder. the actions that sent court officers scrambling this morning. then, a wild ride comes to a crashing end. video that could lead to a father's desperate plea, be lead together outpouring of support. how people around the world are helping his son. we begin at 5:00 with breaking news. it is a major blow for the new england patriots. rob gronkowski set for back surgery. the pats star will likely be out for weeks an the surgery could sideline him for the rest of the season. >> he's dealt with back

but seems surgery is the only option for this injury. >>reporter: out of 21 times in gronkowski's career, he's missed a regular or post-season game. we can now pencil him in for 26 games. five games remaining this year. gronkowski definitely going to be out if the reports are true that he is set to undergo back surgery tomorrow no los angeles. nobody as much as gronkowski. >> gronkowski is a tough guy. no one thought he would be back last week. then he came through late in the week and i know he works hard at getting his treatment so he can be back out there. hopefully it is nothing serious. >>reporter: unfortunately for tom brady, rob gronkowski's injury is not only serious, but it may end his season. the all-protight end reportedly set to undergo surgery in los angeles tomorrow to repair a her