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julie long check is live with the latest in brockton. julie. >> reporter: i just spoke to the teenager's grandmother. she was upset. she said her grandson is in tough shape but stable. condition. praying. bullet monday night. and innocent victim caught in the middle of a hail of gunfire. >> approximately 18 shell casings, two different weapons and four homes were struck, three weeks. >> i heard the shots. i said, no, that is bullets. >> reporter: george panthos discovered his truck was hit. >> saw glass shattered, bullet in the back seat. >> reporter: early tuesday, more bullets were fired between two cars at the same complex. >> brockton. getting crazy. i have been here 17 years. >> reporter: seidliner is a student at brockton high. it's tragic this would happen to kids who should be able to feel safe in their home. brockton police are trying to figure out whether the two shooting incidents are connected. there has not been any arrests. >> julie, thank you. >>> new insight into the relationship between president obama and vice president

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newscenter 5' s juli mcdonald is live in brockton with the details. juli: the director of crash happened this morning before school on the way there. she said two students were on board and were being picked up and driven to brockton high. another source says these were homeless students which is why they were being driven by a different town. it was a minor crash and nobody was hurt. when police responded to the crash, they arrested the driver for being under the influence. the school has a contract with the school and it was immediately terminated. we asked questions to the police and they are not releasing any more information about the crash. the driver' s name or whether he or she will face any additional charges. i' m julie mcdonnell, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: breaking news on wall street -- the dow ending the week down almost 400 points. plummet. at one point today, the dow fell more than 500 points. both, the dow and s&p 500 have and the nasdaq is off more than 10%. all red arrows today. >> at this point, there is no case. ed: only on 5, foxborou

reporter: day and night, with no end in sight, brockton firefighters responding. the results, more tragic if it weren't for the treatments carried by all drivers. >> they know we carry it, the police carry it. reporter: scenes like this. another overdose makes it 40 in just 48 hours. no neighborhood or place immune. >> yesterday afternoon, when we had two overdoses on an mbta train as it pulled into one of our stations here. reporter: nobody knows better how destructive heroin has been to this community than the mayor. >> i've lived it firsthand for i think it's given me different perspective probably than most mayors. >> it's reaching all classes. you walk up, scom of some of them, you the this. reporter: the city offering treatment to any addict asking for help. many addict don't see firefighters as threatening as police. >> we've got to be more effective at connecting people to treatment and services right at that one moment in time when they're willing to seek them. reporter: the new plan here based on the safe haven program will also offer special services fo

christine. >> reporter: this brockton house is charred inside and out. you can see behind me the heaviest damage is to the second and third floor. the third floor just simply being a shell. take a look at this picture snapped last night as the flames engulfing this house on speaker prize street around 9:00. the fire so strong that it required another crew to be called in. and fire officials actually saying that the intensity of the flames and the danger of a possible roof collapse made them for people inside. the good news is once they did enter, they found no one inside as this house is vacant and has been for several years. >> there's the extent of -- heavy fire damage on floors two and three. the roof has collapsed into floor number two. as of right now, just hitting hot spots throughout the building. >> reporter: now, state police in brockton, investigators were investigating all night, trying to figure out a cause of the fire. also, while we were on scene, they were trying to locate an owner of this building. last night, we don't yet know who that o

. >> first a flood of trouble in one brockton neighborhood. a water main break forces popular businesses to shut down. >> coming upton at 6, does this look like julian edelman? we will introduce you to the look-alikes to see who will hmm hmm hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm-hmm let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] i've got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike they've all come to look for america [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come i'm bernie sanders, >>> now at 5 a major water main break floods brocka brockton neighborhood and one restaurant is out of business for a second time. bill shields has the story all new at 5. finished up repairs on water main, paul stewart sat at bar of his restaurant and wondered about the future. >> you can't take the shut downs and this is another one i mean, and we are dealing with the same problem out there. that's just -- i never would have thought this would happen again. >> reporter: t

they tell me that in fact that brockton hospital to a boston area hospital. no update on his condition. we're live in brockton tonight, christine mccarthy, fox 25 news. >>> new at 10:00 tonight, drain cleaner fumes sparking a hazmat situation in watertown tonight. crews were called to warren street around 6:00 after someone noticed a mysterious odor. the incident was determined as an tent and we're told that no one was hurt. >>> a man hit and killed in his body left in the street for hours before someone called for had help. fox 25's erika rishi with what we've learned about the victim. >> that's where you saw the police commissioner? >> yeah. right there. >> reporter: from mike's front door he couldn't tell what worcester police officers were huddled around. they say by looks of it, it had to be bad , and it was. on the ground unconscious after presumably being hit by a car. >> he literally was in my driveway almost. >> reporter: that driveway, above busy west boylston street on worcester it was sometime after midnight the collision occurred though police sa

jonathan hall spoke to the teenage's family in brockton. >>reporter: 17-year-old zack seen here with his little brother is in the icu at a boston hospital after being shot in his own home last night. all of boston is praying for your son. >> thank you. >>reporter: do you think he's going to pull through? >> yes. >>reporter: zack's mom says he was in his kitchen when shots rang out at 8:00 p.m. and his life suddenly changed. >> he's a good kid. >>reporter: just at the wrong place at the wrong time? >> in his own house? no. >>reporter: are you ready to move? >> i would love to. >>reporter: 18 shell casings were found outside the home. one bullet traveling more than 150 yards hitting zack in the back. the right shoulder blade and the projectile exited through the front of his body. >>reporter: just after midnight another wild shoot-out that involved two vehicles crashing into each other. a 27-year-old brockton man was hit in the leg possessing heroin. others ranch this is four hours after zack was hit and four miles away. do you have a feeling

in brockton, juli mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: boston firefighters want to know what caused a three alarm fire in jamaica plain. the flames broke out at an apartment complex for the elderly on centre street. everyone inside was ordered to evacuate the four-story building. several streets in the area were also closed. one resident was taken to the hospital for evaluation. more than a dozen people have been displaced by the fire. doug: new this morning. an injured boston police officer work. that's according to "the herald." it's reporting officer kurt stokinger is feeling better after being shot in the leg on friday in dorchester. the suspect, grant headley, will face charges tomorrow. police say he is a suspected drug dealer and was driving without a license when he was pulled over. that's when they say he got out and fired at stokinger. antoinette: the suspect in the ambush of a philadelphia police officer is now charged with attempted murder. edward archer is also charged with aggravated assault and is being held wit

people nearby ran to help him in the water in brockton. julie mcdonald has more or the quick moves to get help for the kids. >> everybody was calling the fire department and call the politics. he was still under. >> reporter: he described the terrifying moments waiting for the second of two bill boy -- two little boys to be pulled. it all started as a dare. >> one of them went on top of the ice. the other one said if you go i'll go. the 9-year-old fell in first and the 12-year-old fell in. that's when my brother and cousin went to look for help. >> reporter: one of the the woman called 911. the man jumped into the icy water after the kids. >> the first individual who was like nine came out. he was fine. little bit shaken and blue in the face. he was fine. >> reporter: the neighbors said it wasn't until brockton firefighters arrived that the orlando of the -- older of the two was rescued. he was under water for five minutes. >> it was too cold. they had to come out. >> reporter: there is a fire on creston street. when the firefighters arriv

two young boys fall through thin ice in brockton. a 12-year-old boy fighting for life at a boston hospital while his nine-year-old friend suffered only minor injuries . >>> i started running over and i jump insisted the fence an went over there . >> reporter: this good samaritan rush insisted over to the ice. he says he was notified by some kids that they needed help. these three boys were playing football nearby and could have been out there too . >>> they called us to go play on the ice with them, but we said no, because we wanted to play football . they stopped passing cars and knocked on doors. at first two men in their 20's went in the water to help. >>> they hopped over the fence and dived into the water and started breaking the ice. >> reporter: one of the passersby action i 25-year-old named oz benoit handed him to this neighborhood, randy, who had come to help as well . >>> once i carried him out, he was kind of blue in the face, a little unresponsive then he kind of came to and was crying saying will he get in trouble? will

it happened just before 8:30 pine grove estates apartments at here in brockton. investigators say again that it was random. the teen was not targeted. also some time after ward not more than 150 yards away police a shooter or shooters fired 17 shots outside another apartment. investigators with brockton police and atf say shell casing match a 9 millimeter and a 40 caliber handgun. residents are of course upset a friend of family of 17-year-old hit by at stray bullet said a few words. >>> what did you think? >> i just, i just heard them. we didn't know until afterwards what happened. >> how are you feeling? it's my neighbor's son. he did like like family. so they are >> do you know how he's doing? no, not yet. he's going to okay >> he 17. we don't know yet. do you no what he was doing at the time >> i don't know he was in his house. >> was he in kitchen >> yeah i think so doing his homework probably. >>> right now police are still looking for the shooter or shooters. the 17-year-old boy was only one that was hit by a bullet. again we're told he's in critical condi

that's the latest from brockton. live in brockton, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: right now president obama is ready to deliver his final state of the union address already giving a preview of what to expect tonight. anticipate more of a legacy speech, the president highlighting his achievements, the economic recovery, the affordable care act, and legalization of same-sex marriage. frame the choice facing americans in deciding on his successor. this address comes just a week after the president announced his executive action on gun control. one chair in the first lady's box will be left empty in honor of victims of gun violence. a nine-year-old syrian refugee who lost his arms in a bombing will be congressman seth moulton's special guest at the state of the union. ahmad and his father have been staying in massachusetts for medical care with help from the group nuday syria. the blast that injured the boy also killed three of his siblings. ahmad also sent the president a letter last year asking him to help syrian refugees, especially children. you can watch th

a 17-year-old from brockton not safe from gunfiref, even inside his own home. police say the teen was an innocent victim, hit in the shot through the wall of his ... apartment. >> good kid. you know, it is always the wrong kids that get shot. >> reporter: last night, two cars started shooting at each other at the pine grove estate apartments. >> i heard them. we didn't know until after wards what happened. >> reporter: officers marked 18 shell casings and say the shots were fired from more than 500 feet away. spraying the complex with bullets. four hit cars. three hit buildings. two made it into homes. including this shot that injured the teen who was sitting down in his kitchen at the time. >> it is a tragedy. you know, it just seems like some of these people have no respect for human life. we had another shooting incident later in the evening, about 12:06 a.m. another 15 rounds were fired. we recovered three firearms at that location. again, two vehicles shooting at each other. >> reporter: the teen rushed injuries. >> you know, it is always the bad kids alwa

night team brandon gunnoe is in brockton with the story tonight. brandon. >>> adam and kim, matty has a wicked good shot tonight he got to show it off special needs student scored goal in front teammates over last four years have become family. >>> that's matty being clobbered by his teammates after score a goal for canton high school hockey team he waited four years for this moment. tonight's is all about what high school sports is about making years matty was diagnosed with one m million rare genetic disorder he plays hockey for special needs team he has helping out canton high school program past four years from water boy to team ceo he sits on sidelines and, just good to have to be able for that one shift to saw some. >> but tonight coach gave him the moment of a lifetime. putting him on the ice to play a shift where he scored a goal for the team. >> felt good. it means a lot for me. i like playing with them. and working with them. i like scoring a lot of goals out there. yeah. it was a lot of fun. >> got me choked up kids will be choked up on

a person shot in brockton overnight. right now police are investigating whether it is connected to a possible carjacking. and they've recovered two handguns but have not made any arrest yet. in the mean time a teenager in brockton is in the hospital with serious injury after somebody opened fire outside of his apartment building and the bullet hit him in his kitchen at the time. here's nicole oliverio with the latest. >> a 17-year-old from brockton not safe from gunfire even in his own home. the teen in the wrong place at the wrong time. hit in the back by a stray bullet while standing in his kitchen. it's my neighbor's sun. police say after 8:00 last night there was an exchange of gunfire outside the pine grove estate apartments. investigator say they found 18 shell casing matching.9 millimeter and 40-caliber handgun. the bullet hit other apartments in the complex. the teen was the only person hit. >>> i just heard him. we didn't know until afterwards. the bullet wept nt through the first floor window. the teen is an in

. >> reporter: teens father tells me the family is trying senior at brockton high school has bleeding around his lungs only immediate family have been able to visit him. and so far the only words he spoke in have been to ask for a drink of water. continue to look for suspects tonight. is caring his loving. is an honor student and member of the drama club at brockton high but tonight 17-year-old side linker is conscious but critical condition. unsuspecting victim of gun violence. we spoke over the phone with his father remains by sex side of boston medical center. drainage. >> sex father tells us zach wanted a snack around 8 o'clock last night went to the kitchen of his apartment in the complex when he was shot by a stray bullet. brockton police tell us suspects and two cars outside tax apartment were shooting at one another when one bullet went through the wall. striking zach. >> were hanging in there the >> brockton high announcement was made to students today. brockton high principal tells fox 25 tonight quote it's tragic that this would happen to anyone seems like this caused traum

apparently a person or persons unloaded a hail of gunfire into complex here in brockton. bullets went into cars and at least one apartment where one bullet struck a 17-year-old boy standing in his own kitchen. the bullet hit him below his right shoulder blade. he was taken to boston medical. that's where he is at this time. some terrifying moments for him and neighbors. we spoke to one man, his wife said she heard what sounded like ongoing fireworks in the parking lot. the husband said that's gunfire. he goes out to find the passenger window of his truck shot out. a bullet casing in the backseat of his truck and the back tire of his wife's car shot out as well. >> i heard the shots and my wife thought it was fireworks. i said no, that's bullets. i heard maybe seven or eight. there was glass all in the ground. tomorrow, i have to get the window fixed. my wife has a bullet in her rear passenger i have to go fix that. >> reporter: that man tells us he has lived here in this apartment complex for the past 17 years and been in brockton for even longer. he says he has watched t

. >> julie: brockton teenager recovering after rips through the home. jessica reyes live at brockton neighborhood where police say this is one of at least three jessica? >> jessica: couple minutes saw a brockton police cruiser leave the apartment complex here where this happened last night. police tell us they got several reports of shots fired in this apartment complex last night and showed up to find more than a ground. now, police say that teenager his own business in his kitchen when he was shot in the back. police in brockton comb through an apartment complex and 17-year-old standing in his kitchen last night. >> just heard him and i didn't know until afterward what happened. >> jessica: victim is close family friend of hers. >> not good. it is my neighbor's son. like family. >> jessica: collecting more than dozen shell casings from the scene on pine grove last night and one of at least three shootings at the pines apartments yesterday and telling us gun fire had been erupting three hours when the teenager was shot. fortunately he is expected to su

this morning police in brockton are looking for a gunman who fox25's jessica reyes live in brockton updating a story we first brought you as it was breaking last night at 10:00. jess, how uchl is that 17-year-old doing this morning? >> reporter: well, sara, we understand he is in the hospital this morning, but he is expected to survive. he lives in this apartment complex you see just across the street here in brockton. and police say he was just standing in his kitchen minding his own business last night when a bullet flew throughout window and hit him in the back. now out crews were here on scene as this was just breaking last night. police say this is one of at least three shootings at this apartment complex yesterday. several police officers were here combing for evidence last night and tell us they collected more than a dozen shell casings from the area. the victim we know is just 17 years old. one woman tells us she was just horrified to learn that her family friend was the one who has been shot here. >> reporter: what did you hear, ma'am? >> six gunshots. >> reporter: what did you any.

joe brockton, 7 news. >> and it is going to this and maximum security 6 months ago. they say the meeting with sean penn helped capture guzman. they reported the news moments ago featuring an article written by sean himself and the video of el chopo answering questions. guzman reached out to film a the contact with the producers and actors helped lead them to guzman. penn met with guzman during his 6- month hide out in mexico reportedly discussing the wide range of topics from drug trafficking to middle east politics. >> the night team now turning to your forecast. get your umbrellas out because we are expecting a sunday soaker. some of the wet weather is already over massachusetts and some areas are up to 2 inches of rain and bri eggers with the time line of the storm. >> reporter: it comes with really feisty wind. i don' t even recommend the umbrella. hopefully a hat you can tie on real tight. the clouds and patchy dense fog. reducing visibility in worcester county and also in bedford right now and upon through the miramac valley. something to keep your eye out for

our partners at "the brockton enterprise" report c.j. thompson was taken to intensive care at tufts medical center. he was submerged several minutes longer than a nine-year-old boy, who is recovering at home. emily: new details in the hockey player injured at the women's winter classic at denna laing, able to speak for the first time since her devastating injury. >> hello. >> i'm back. emily: what a smile. the marblehead woman shared the she went head first into the boards during the new year's eve game, now unable to ve her arms or legs. her long-term recovery is still unclear. seriously injured in a new hampshire car crash, is now married. garrett fitzgerald married fiance joan on saturday at mass general where he is recovering from a spinal cord injury. fitzgerald was part of hillary clinton's detail when the car he was in was hit by an unlicensed driver in december. the wedding was planned for march, but the couple decided to move the ceremony up. 4:42. the mbta's green line could get a new look entirely. randy: the costly makeover p

police have not released the >> anchor: crews making a chilling rescue in brockton when two boys fall through thin ice underneath. the boys were rush insisted to the hospital. one of them is still in critical condition. the my team's john cuoco live with what schools in brockton will be doing tomorrow to help out fellow students. >> anchor: the school district isic in aing sure that students get the support they need after two of their classmates fell through the ice that was on this pond here yesterday. just one day after two boys fell through the ice at this pond only to be pulled out by a couple of brave people in the fire department brockton public schools say they are bringing in counselors and support staff to help students following the dramatic rescue of their classmates saturday evening. the fire department says a 12 12-year-old and a nine-year-old were playing on the ice before it cracked and gave way . >> anchor: they went too far in the middle and they fell in . >> anchor: these three boys were all there. friends of the kids that fell in in. they jump insisted into action.

reporter: brockton students told weymouth police that they were begging their driver to pull over as he swerved through streets on their way to school. he finally hit another car, just before 7:00 this morning. a source told newscenter 5 that 53-year-old william drummy was transporting homeless students from weymouth to brockton high. that's when he crashed. when police responded, they described him as disoriented and unsteady on his fit. the police report taits that when officer -- states that when officers asked drummy if he'd taken anything, he responded that he'd taken several diazepam pills. he was almost falling asleep while standing up. officers also found a half empty bottle of whiskey in the van and drummy was arrested and he faces eight charges, including drugs, open container and children. the director of communications for brockton schools told newscenter 5 that they have a contract with this transportation company was immediately terminated. students on board were hurt. >> more breaking news, a judge has denied the boston marathon bomber's request for a new trial. the ju

the pines apartments in brockton. and police tell us he was just standing in his kitchen minding his. this brockton combed through an apartment complex hours after a stray bullet hit a 17-year-old standing in his kitchen last night. >> six gunshots. i just heard him and he didn't know until afterwards what happened. >> reporter: this woman who lives in the complex didn't wanted to give her name, but tell us that the victim is a close family friend of hers. >> not good. it's my neighbor's son. they are like family. >> reporter: officers searched the area with a k-9 and collected more than a dozen shell casings on scene at pine grove drive last night. police say this was one at least three shootings at the pines apartment telling us that gun fire was erupting for three hours after the teenager was shot. fortunately he is expected to survive but this morning the search continues for a suspect. and this morning, the actually called here earlier in the day for report on shots fired at the basketball court, and when police

. >>> to breaking news right now in brockton where there are reports of several shots being fired near pine grove drive. fox 25's christine mccarthy just got to the scene she has the latest information. christine? >> reporter: well, the very latest is that brockton police have just peeled out of the parking lot right near i'm standing saying they were heading over to the another scene where about 17 gunshots had been heard. now as for the situation right here where i'm standing you can see behind me this very apartment behind me is where a teenager was struck by a bullet is now at the hospital. you can see where that bullet entered the side and we did speak with a neighbor who tells us she inside her apartment next door when she heard gunfire erupt. of course very scared to be here right now but she does says she's worried about her 17-year-old neighbor who was apparently hit by that stray bullet just while standing innocently in his kitchen. didn't know until afterwards what happened. >> how on are you feeling? >> not good. it's my neighbor's son. he's like family. >> do you know how

one person shot in brockton. police are investigating whether it's connected to a possible carjacking around the same time. firearms. yet. this was a white car with the air bags deployed at the scene. and the shooting victim was taken to the hospital we understand in stable condition. ism developing right now, a teenager in brockton is hospitalized with serious barrage of bullets outside his apartment building, one of them striking the teen while he was in his kitchen. 7's nicole oliverio is live. nicole, we're hearing that shooter still on the run this morning. >> nicole: that's right, sarah. no arrests so far, but police tell us that teenager's injury is serious but it's not considered life-threatening. safe from gunfire even in his own home. the teen in the wrong place at the wrong time. hit in the back by a stray bullet while standing in his kitchen. >> not good. it's my neighbor's son. they're like family. >> nicole: police say just an exchange of gunfire outside the pine grove estate apartment. investigator

he' s live in brockton. reporter: the mother of five lives here in brockton. tonight, she' s counting our blessings after her suv got riddled by stray bullets while she was driving through dorchester. driving home from boston, a wrong turn nearly costing amber castaneda and her son their lives. jackson, six years old, was sitting in the middle backseat of her suv. >> if he was about two inches taller, he would have got in the way of the bullet. reporter: it happened tuesday afternoon around 6:00 on geneva avenue, around the corner from friday. ember' s boyfriend, also a passenger. >> i opened my eyes and there was a bullet hole. reporter: a parked car was hit as well and her suv shot three times. >> that' s the one that came through the window, over his head, past my ear, and went into the windshield. reporter: jackson, the youngest of her five kids. >> i wasn' t lucky enough to win the powerball, but i' m lucky enough to be alive and breathing. reporter: deeply religious, the mother' s faith. >> i know the big man above had everything to do with it. you can c

brockton schools had counsellors on hand. the 9 and 12-year-olds were cutting across the pond to play football at the park when they fell through the ice. several good samaritans jumped into the pond on to try and. he firefighters had to save c.p.r. >>> millions of dollars worth of drugs off the the two were in court today to face charges. the district attorney says investigators found 30 kilograms of fentanyl in the home of the two suspects. fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is even more potent than heroin. million bail. >>> scott harsh burger has sex allegations. more than 40 former students have claimed that they were molested or raped at st. george's school mostly in the 1970s and 80s. school investigation last month found only 26 students had been abused. after pressure from victims the school agreed to an independent investigation and hired harshbarg barger. >>> fox 25 stephanie is at a dedham convenience store and reports that the state says this jackpot doesn't own benefits everybody. >> reporter: part of t

a brockton teen is shot standing in his own kitchen. fox25 is working to get an update on the 17-year-old's condition. he was shot in the back last night at an apartment complex on pine grove drive. fox25 cameras captured police combing the area looking for evidence. police tell us they had already been at the same complex earlier in the day for reports of shots fired. we were on the scene as this neighbors tell us the whole thing has them on edge. >> reporter: what did you hear? >> six gunshots. >> reporter: what did you think >> reporter: what did you think? >> we just heard them and we didn't know until afterwards what happened. >> reporter: how are you feeling? >> not good. my neighbor's son. it is like family. >> reporter: the brockton enterprise reports that the teenager's injuries are not life-threatening. police found a gun hidden in the bushes earlier in the day. >>> this morning, police in fall liver searching for a man involved in a wild knife attack on a convenience store clerk. take a look at this surveillance video which s

erika: a brockton teenager recovering after getting hit by a stray bullet at home. newscenter 5' s sera congi is live in brockton. sera -- police say he was not the intended target? sera: he was just in his kitchen when he was struck by a bullet on his back under his shoulder blade. gunfight between two cars. a bullet hole in the wall of a brockton apartment complex. >> three vehicles and one . partners, police say he was an innocent victim of a stray bullet. >> it went through the wall and struck him in the kitchen. reporter: was he a target? >> no. sera: the police say they hail of gunfire came from suspects in two vehicle shooting at each other. investigators recovered 18 showcasing' s. residents in the complex are shaken by the outbreak of violence. -- 18 shell casings . residents in the complex are shaken by the outbreak of violence. >> went in, straight in, broke, straight through the window. >> went into the backseat of my truck. sera: police are still looking for the shooters. erika: new this noon -- fall river police have arrested the robber they say attack

fox25's jessica reyes is live in brockton this morning where the gunman. jess? >> and julie, police say this teen was just a completely innocent victim. they said he was standing in his kitchen inside his apartment complex you see across the street when a bullet flew through a window and hit him in the back. now out crews were here on scene as this was just breaking last night. police say this was at least one shooting on pine grove drive yesterday. several police officers were here coming through evidence and collected more than a dozen shell case information the area shell case information the area. the victim was 17 years old and one woman tells us she was horrified to learn her family friend had been shot here. >> reporter: what did you hear, ma'am? >> six gunshots. >> reporter: what did you think >> reporter: what did you think? >> i just heard them and we didn't know until afterwards what happened. >> reporter: so how are you feeling? >> not good. it is my neighbor's son. he was like family. >> reporter: that teenager was rushed to the hospital, but he is

120 third graders in brockton the gators the teachers were holding the signs, fantastic to visit with you guys yesterday i had so much fun, hope you had a great day. traffic and weather together. >>> we've had a bunch of accidents the worst 128 in burlington let's take a live view from sky 4 over the scene, 128 northbound before route 3 in burlington, 3 lanes are closed only break down lane is getting by this afternoon over state police say was caused by wrong way driver. let's switch to a ground shot where you see the impact on the traffic usually takes a long time for the state police to deal with this kind of thing the stop and go backup is route 4 to 225, if you can avoid route 128 northbound into the burlington area you are advisedded to do so a lot of people will be stuck in that mess for quite some time now. chris? >>> thanks for keeping an eye on that, it is 6:18. a warning for people using dating apes in worcester two men attacked when they were meeting up with a woman both went to the lobby of the apartment complex instead of meeting a woman they were attacked by a man one o

an hour ago, it was sitting over brockton. now we are left with the few sprinkles, stretching down through marshfield. some heavier showers on the outer cape. these will be ended shortly as they zip off to the east at 50 miles per hour. this is that last band of rain. i put a storm tracker on this one pretty see what happens. it is moving so quickly. gardner and 32 minutes. christian and 39 minutes. the winds come through. look for one last burst of rain speaking of precip, a lot of the ski places put down a lot of snow because it was cold. this rain is not helping a lot. but i' ve got cold temperatures coming on again this weekend. they will be making snow was again. skiers, i know it is little bit of a break today but they will get some nice weather coming and as we had to this week. right now are looking at temperatures cooling down by 9:00 tonight. in the 40' s and 50' s. you do not have to worry about ice. as we get 4:00 in the morning, notice how these damages are starting to drop below the freezing mark. we are although

a brockton school van driver accused of driving under the influence crashing with students on board. juli mcdonald broke the story and she is live in weymouth where the crash happened. juli? juli: they were afraid for their lives during the out-of-control drive to school this morning. a source did confirm to wcvb newscenter 5, these students are homeless which is why they were being driven from weymouth mouth i was before 7:00 this morning when a red suv carrying students slammed into another car, right here on route 18 in weymouth, a fright being end to a wild ride. 57-year-old of quincy was the taxi driver responsible for bringing the students to brockton high and the school. the young passenger told the police they repeatedly asked him to pull over as he swerved en stead before crashing. the e told police, he slipped on ice but when they asked if he had taken anything. he admitted he took several diazapam pills less than an hour before. when officers questioned drop my about the crash, he appeared disoriented and bewildered and closing his eyes and almost falling asleep standing u

we live brockton tonight. fox 25 news. >> temperature outside definitely cold enough to freeze of any those ponds. in fact we have been seeing number of warmer than average days recently we want turn fox 25 storm tracker weather meterologist you are staying to could get even warmer here. it is going to get warmer. you know, definitely do not go on any pounds out there. but grounds is not cold enough we have seen, two days below average this months. last months, you know, it was record warm deeds for boston. even today, 41 in boston we have cloud out through. some drizzle some showers. and it was still above average usually we should mid0s. fourth day in row of 40 degrees temperature or higher. will notice is temperature actually going to rides winds. out east. 39 will go with and that's we have right now. four down across southeast. mid 30s to north and west. temperature may drop a couple of degrees before they jump. as got some wain that's going heading our way all things this is system. that's going better o

a new photo tonight of a brockton student on the road to recovery after being shot earlier this week. the photo was taken hours after his friends at brockton high took part in a unique show of support, all of them wearing he was hit by a stray bullet inside his apartment monday night. he is expected to be okay. >> beauties fly right into a mother's car narrowly missing her and her young son. >> a camera documented the new york tragedy but jim morelle went to brockton to get the entire story. hard to imagine what was happening inside the car at the time, jim. >> they really didn't even know until they stopped and saw that there were actually bullets hitting the car. the family was trying to get to a kfc in dorchester after visiting a family member in south boston. they took a turn on to geneva avenue and suddenly found themselves at the intersection of gunfire and good fortune. >> i think it was the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: call that a massive understatement opinion on tuesday, amber of brockton got lost while driving in dorchester and wound up literally in the line

we are joined -- in brockton where took a group effort to save these kids. julie: yes. we came back here today with one of the good samaritans from yesterday who jumped out of his car, ran over to the frozen pond and was breaking up ice, trying to get to those kids. he told us it' s upsetting that just a day later, this accident as you can make a behind the in the dark, this pond completely melted with the rain. >> i honestly cannot stop thinking about it. julie: he cannot believe this was upon he jumped in yesterday evening trying to reach two boys who had fallen in. ryan sullivan when they noticed something. hands. they were crying. she turned her car round. julie: their friend had walked onto the felt in. >> i hop over the fence. i started breaking the ice trying to make a path to the kids. julie: he panicked when he realized there was someone else. the was one head bobbing out of the water. benoit and another pulled the nine-year-old from the water. he appeared to be ok. but it was not until firefighters arrived that the older boy was rescued. he was trapped underne

. >> anchor: right now two young boys recoring after a freezing fall in brockton. these boys went right through some thin ice. people nearby did their best to try to save these kids. one of the boys doing fine but a condition. jonathan hall live it brook jon? >> anchor: hey, kim, good evening. there is no ice on this little pond adjacent to the by's school was just enough to cause a problem. this is it such a tough lesson but unfortunately one that has to be learned over and over again in two young boys fall through thin ice in brockton i'm 12-year-old boy fighting for life that boston hospital while his nine-year-old friend suffered only minor injuries. >>> i started running open over . >> anchor: this good samaritan rush insisted over to the ice. he says he was notified by some kids that they needed help. . >> anchor: these three boys were playing football nearby and . >>> they called called us to go play on the ice with them but we . >> reporter: the boys saw tear friends this trouble after break breaking through the ice, they stopped passing cars and knocked on

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. >>> there have been 30 drug overdoses in just three days in brockton. as fox 25's jim morelli reports tonight the city is rolling out a new plan to stop the overdoses and help addicts. >> before you know it you're shooting it and before you know it you're a full-blown addiction. >> reporter: the city of champions is a city with drug addiction problems. stephanie knows firsthand about that. >> i was a functioning addict and i worked two jobs and i supported my addiction and nobody knew for a long time until it started to all fall apart. >> reporter: to stephanie and others it feels like brockton where in the past week dozens of people have overdosed. >> fwroo in -- 42 in four days. >> the mayor announced a new plan calling it the champion plan to channel addicts to places where they can get effective short-term help then longer term help. >> an individual will be able to walk into the police station or any 81 of our six fire stations so several different locations in the city that will be safe havens. >> reporter: this will help relieve the strain on cit

jim morelle is live in brockton with the story of their close call. jim. >> mark, you might call this story 2-inches to tragedy. that's how close the stray bullet came to hitting this 6-year-old boy. tonight that boy and family, they're shaken but grateful to be alive. >>> i think it was just the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: call that a massive understatement. on tuesday, amber of brockton got lost while driving in dorchester and wound up literally in the line of fire. >> for a split second i was like, is that fire crack centers. >> it was gunshots, three beauties piercing amber's vehicle, one busted through the back window and hitting the windshield. sitting in the backseat at the time, her 6-year-old son jackson. >> he said if he was 2-inches taller it would have took him right out, would have got him right in the back of his head. >> reporter: jackson is fine physically, but emotionally the >> this is the car and then this is jackson. >> reporter: his 8-year-old sister layla even made a drawing of the incident. that's god in back of

our julie mcdonald is live in brockton with breaking information. julie. julie: we have been speaking to neighbors in the area. this pond is right behind a school. they describe a terrifying few moments waiting for those boys to be called from the pond. water. the rescue took place starting to freeze back over. there are some items frozen in the water and it is still very thin, the ice. a young girl told us her cousins brother were out here playing football and they climbed over the fence that surrounds the pond and they got the idea to go on the ice. >> one of them went on top of the ice. the other one said if you go, i will go. the nine-year-old fell in first. my brother and cousin went to look for help. julie: two adults were the first to jump in before first responders arrived. the younger of the boys was in good condition. the neighbor you heard from told us the older boy was in the water for about 5-10 minutes longer than the other boy. we are awaiting an update on his condition. julie macdonald, wcvb newscenter 5. reid: we also have breaking news fr

all night... . >>> the city of brockton is dealing with a public health crisis. last week, there were 42 drug overdoses in just four days. local emergency rooms are becoming overwhelmed. the sudden spike is forcing cityly leaders to take action. brockton's mayor says addicts who need help can go to any police or fire station in the city. >> there will be seven different locations in the city that will be safe havens for a person with a substance abuse disorderer to walk in and ask for help. >> daniel: the goal is to steer addicts toward recovery programs and keep those not in immediate medical danger out of emergency rooms. >>> new this morning, gloucester police are using facebook to encourage drug addicts to seek help. chief camponello made a lengthest post after they saved four lives over a number hours. the department is there to support addicts write we go don't want to lose you, when you are ready, we will be here. process when it comes to opiate use bills and writing thank you for working fast and do more faster and a harsh mess raj to pharmacy pharmacies