wounded two boston police officers, our i-10 obtained his application to be a constable, and in it, curt figueroa writes my goal is to be active in community policing and assist boston police departments as needed. application also asks if he had ever been arrested. we've learned he faced an arson charge and that his ex-wife took out a restraining order against him. police killed figueroa after he shot officers richard cintolo and matt morris who were responding to a domestic violence call. officer cintolo was released from hospital wednesday, the other officer is still at mass general. >>> down to the massive cyber attack which brought websites like twitter, tf millions feeling like they were trying to get onto the internet with a broken dial-up modem. the hackers targeted a new hampshire company and that's how they started. the company whose server was hacked is centered in manchester and fortunately experts say the hackers did not target personal passwords. >>> just as a lawrence man was facing rape and kidnapping charges in an attack on a 13- forward claiming that he also sexually assaulted h

this after curt figueroa opened fire on police officers last week. the mayor is concerned that counselors were not informed of figueroa's criminal history outside of the commonwealth of massachusetts before approving his application. >> as this case unfolds, clearly there seems to be an issues there. the background checks to my understanding can only be a massachusetts background checks and clearly if we had a we would have seen some things. >> constables oversee evictions, make sure court papers are delivered and in some cases take people into custody. >> a blow in the fight against isis. the u.s. milt says an american soldier has died in a bombing in northern iraq. central command saying his death was caused by an i improvised more than 100 u.s. soldiers are embedded with iraqi forces and hundreds more are playing a supportive role in staging base. >> and troops are gaining ground today. iraq kurdish leaders say they have participated in the offensive to retake the isis strong hold of mosul. >> the pentagon announced today that an american soldier

conditions are still critical and bring to platform and text alert and identified as 33-year-old curt figueroa and figueroa is active constable in the city of boston and claims to be an army reservist who works for security firm a lot more story will continue to hunt down the information for you and if anything develops bring to you on the fox25 news app >> shiri: breaks of sunshine in the afternoon and be a little positive about. we got temperatures today upper 60s, lower 70s. i'm going to go with on and off clouds, best bet for showers in boston will be this evening between about five and 7:00 p.m. we clear out tonight. it turns breezy by tomorrow. high temperatures only in the cooldown and feeling like late summer today and feeling like paul and freeze watches posted for the suburbs and chilly start and this afternoon get close to 60 and a little what's for dinner tonight? wegmans ez meals. or you. like this favorite. scallops with garlic pesto sauce made fresh every day. it's ready to cook. just pop it in the oven put it on your plate. no prep. no cleanup. delicious, fresh, easy. wegmans e

at that time the suspect who has been identified as curt figueroa, 33 years, desplaed what we believed to be a tactical shotgun at that time and began firing at the officers. >> there were over 30 gun shots. >> reporter: with the two officers down, others rushed to their rescue and also shot figueroa. >> he chose to use deadly force and when someone uses deadly force, we're going to respond appropriately. >> reporter: they don't know why a self-described security was doing this. officers are both alive today because of the quick action of their fellow officers. nbc news. >>> more movement tonight in the middle east, just hours after a u.s. missile strike on yemen, iran says it's deploying two war ships to the region. they're describing it as a regular antipiracy patrol. after the u.s. military launched missiles in yemen earlier today. the strikes followed two incidents this week in which missiles were fired from the rebel-controlled area of yemen and for over a year, the u.s. has been back saudi arabia and their war with rebels in yemen. >>> thailand is mourning the loss of their king.

the suspect 33-year-old curt figueroa suddenly opened fire and fellow officers grabbed their two fallen colleagues and dragged them out of the line of fire. one officer was shot in a major artery and one officer plugged the wound with their hand likely saving their life. >> there will be more on the shooting of the two police officers in boston and more on the presidential campaign trail. watch it tonight at 6:30 after "action news" at 6:00. >>> now to a major break in a missing persons case in the lehigh valley. police believe that holly grim was murdered by someone she knew and that man is now behind bars. john rawlins with the story. >> reporter: for almost three years holly grim was listed address a missing person but police say that grim was kidnapped and killed. a co-worker, michael horvath was arrested long a person of interest. >> we talked to hundreds of people and kept coming back to mr. horvath. and other people were ruled out and we were never able to do that with mr. horvath. >> blood belonging to horvath was said to be found at the victim's home. they located human remains

. >> the suspect has been identified as 33-year-old curt figueroa. he was killed in the gun bat well police after midnight. >>> later today, the man accused of kill twog palm springs -- killing two palm springs police officers will appear in court. the officers had been called by felix' father who said his son was acting crazy. the police say he was wearing body armor and opened fire from a screen door wearing body armor a memorial for the slain officers will be held next tuesday. >>> today the united nations selected its next leader. the 193 countries that make up the u.n. approve portugal's former prime minister as secretary general. he was selected by unanimous vote. and when the results were announced, the diplomats broke into applause. he served as the high commissioner on refugees between 2005 and last year. he will begin his five-year term on january 1. >>> 21 nigerian schoolgirl whose were kidnapped by boko haram are free. more than 200 were kidnapped in the middle of the night in april of 2014. the mass kidnapping triggered the global bring

say both officers are out of surgery and suspect gained information on him, now identified as curt figueroa, former army reservist and private investigator apprentice and we will bring can and also learning nine other officers ended up at tufts hospital last night as well. they are being treated this morning for minor injuries and stress from the situation overall and creds some of the officers with saving the officers that were shot. 169 officers at engaged in firefight with the suspect and hour agoit spoke with dan linsky, former superintendent in chief of the boston police department and asked the impact >> investigation team to see where the officers are justified and extremely and worrisome and causes a lot of stress and take a life. >> blair: we have just learn two wounded officers are now out will recover. >> sara: officers were able to chase down and arrest grant without harming him. towingenger spent three days recovering in the hospital. in march of 2015 officer john moynihan was shot in the face during a traffic stop in roxbury. west. moynihan survived the shooting and this past