derosa's family blame morton hospital for sending him home without treating his mental illness.y say they extend their thoughts and prayers to the families of the victims but saying it can't disclose patient information. and this morning, the state of massachusetts says it will investigate that hospital's actions. the family claims they couldn't even get his name right. >> all right, gio, thank you. >>> now to that new warning about the zika virus. an article in the harvard public health review saying holding the 2016 games in rio could create a public health disaster and is now calling for them to move location or even be postponed. abc's dr. richard besser is here with more. so tell us a little more about this assessment. >> this is a piece by a canadian public health law area and gives five strong reasons why he thinks they should be moved. rio is in the heart of the outbreak. not in the periphery, the second, this strain of zika is worse than previous strains and causes those severe birth defects in babies. the increase in tourism is going to spread the virus. half a billion

police say it started with 28 year-old arthur derosa stabbing two women in the a nearby home. one died at a hospital, and then drove to the mall in taunton and crash his car through front of the macy's store. >> the car just dove right in. >> they had guns drawn out, k-9 aes were out. >> we all heard a loud noise and people were running and state police had us lock the kids in the store and locked down. >> there was four people inside a restaurant killing one before an off-duty officer fatally shot him. there is no word on what sparked the violence. >>> in other news, an attorney for 16 year-old howard high school student facing negligent homicide charges in the death of amy joyner francis says his client had no prior history of fighting or disruptive behavior. in a statement to the associated press attorney john decker says his client had no way of knowing that the bathroom altercation would result in the death of joyner francis. prosecutors planned to charge decker's client as an adult, two other teens are charged with misdemeanor conspiracy. joyner francis died of sudden ca

. >> reporter: another hero, jimmy creed, the off-duty deputy who shot and killed derosa, ending the stabbing spree. derosa told relatives he was suicidal, and even checked himself into a hospital monday and left yesterday. >> he was a loving father, a caring friend. everybody who knows him knows he was a great guy. >> reporter: officials say it appears his victims were chosen at random, that he did not know any of them. tonight three of the survivors are still in the hospital. joe fryer, nbc news, tauten, massachusetts. >>> federal grand jury has indicted a white ex-police officer on new charges in the killing of an unarmed african-american man. michael slager already faced a state murder charge for appearing on cell phone video to gun down walter scott in south carolina last year, as scott ran away. now slager has pleaded not guilty to the new federal charges, including violating scott's civil rights. he remains free on bail. >>> a new day, a new uproar in the race for president. tonight it's all about donald trump's taxes, not releasing them would be unprecedented in modern presid

he was bleeding pretty bad. >> an off duty officer shot and killed derosa.ee people including the suspect are dead. four more are injured. police are working to figure out just what sparked the deadly attacks. abby. >> what a horrificstory. >> middle america still reeling from this week's extreme weather. state of emergency in 15 counties hit by the deadly tornado outbreaks. twisters touched down across the great plains killing two people. 10 others were hurt as the storm system moves east overnight unleashing the wrath on the ohio river valley. >> taylor swift trying to shake off a scare outside her man hat tan apartment as security guards take down a man roaming around outside. >> a 25-year-old emotionally disturbed and at that taken to the hospital for psychiatric treatment. swift has a long list of stalkers including a man who claims they were married. she had a restraining order against him in 2014. >> prince's minneapolis estate looking for new clues in the singer's death. a local dr. michael shown burg saw prince twice in the month before his death in

. >> authorities just identified the suspect as arthur derosa seen here being loaded into an ambulance and abc's lauren lyster has breaking details for us. >> reporter: kendis and diane, it was a brutal stabbing rampage and by the end, two innocent people would be killed. the suspect would be shot and in all four victims in two separate locations would get stabbed by this man. >> all of a sudden people were hollering, there is a killer, there's a killer. >> reporter: a normal day at this mall quickly turning into a scene from a horror movie. >> a couple of noises. couldn't tell if it was a gunshot or couldn't tell. i saw people running, kids running, younger girls running. >> reporter: the noises were those of a man on a stabbing rampage. arthur derosa seen taken out on a gurney taken down by the end of his attacks but not before causing terrific mayhem starting in this neighborhood. according to authorities this car crash involved the suspect who then reportedly forces himself into this home stabbing a mother and daughter with a kitchen knife. the 80-year-old mom dying. >> it was kind

derosa's family says he was battling depression for years and was hospitalized as early as monday. >>> and firefighters were credited to getting people to safety during a fire. the perkasie officer was on patrol when he saw a fire. he alerted residents and helped to evacuate the building, the cause of the fire is under investigation, the red cross is helping eight families that were forced out by the damage. >>> delaware state police are trying to determine what led to a close call in elsmere, they say that a car slammed directly into a smoke shop on kirkwood highway just before 10:00 this morning. it's still unclear what caused the driver to lose control but fortunately nobody was injured. but the crash caused damage to the building. >>> it's warming up but the clouds are sticking around and going live outside checking out the jersey shore, a gloomy day in cape may but it's not keeping that guy off the beach. david murphy is tracking the latest conditions from the accuweather big board. >> reporter: it looks like mostly cloudy conditions through the afternoon. rain is so far behaving

an off-duty deputy sheriff fired one shot killing the suspect, arthur derosa, before he killed anyonelse. >> came out. she was holding her stomach, screaming and crying to save her baby. help her. >> reporter: derosa first rammed his car through the front of this macy's, and armed with a knife walked inside the mall and started his attack. >> tragedy certainly hit the city of taunton hard this evening. >> reporter: two people were stabbed in two separate locations. this couple spotted a young girl hiding in the bushes outside the mall. >> you could tell she was scared for her life. >> she saw a guy walk in and grabbed a chair. hurt one of waitresses. she saw him stab the waitress. >> reporter: police say the blo bloodshed started more than three miles away. derosa crashed his car into a truck before stabbing a mother and daughter in this home. >> one of the women has succu succumbed and died at the hospital. she was 80 years old. >> reporter: the death toll could have been worse if not for the off-duty sheriff who shot the suspect, ending the rampage. actions of the deputy sheriff, th

i was too scared. >> it all ended when an off-duty police officer shot derosa inside the mall. >>> todayhillary clinton will bring her campaign to our area. the democratic presidential candidate will speak at camden county college in blackwood. this afternoon's appearance comes less than a month before the new jersey primary, scheduled for june 7th. here is clinton at a rally last night in kentucky. she needs 17% of the delegates at stake in the remaining contest for the nomination. bill clinton will campaign for her on friday. we'll take a closer look at the rules from west virginia and nebraska. >>> city council is holding a public hearing this morning on next year's budget that includes the mayor's plan to add a 3 cent perç ounce tax on sugary drink. a city council vote on the tax could come as early as june. three council members have come out against the tax. the remaining 14 have not said which way they'll vote. >>> crews are working to clean up a spill at a creek in montgomery county while officials investigate where it came from. skyforce 10 was over the creek in glensidside yes

that man, 28 year old arthur derosa. after two people in taunton, crashed into the gal rhea, stabbed two other people, assaulted multiple other victim. he was shot and killed by off duty law enforcement officer. two of the victims haves died. the others are in the hospital. motive for the attacks reese mains un investigation. state police say they have no evidence connecting the crimes to terrorism. >>> 4:09. happening today. hill had i bridges her presidential campaign right to the garden state. >> clinton is trying to round up new jersey votes ahead of next month's primary. let's bring in dave kinchen from blackwood where she is scheduled to speak. >> good morning, chris, lauren. that's right the former secretary of state will be here at camden county community college, the blackwood campus, for an event rallying supporters at 1:00, clinton will bring in her campaign here ahead of the june 7th democratic primary where she leads a polls by double dick its, 142 delegates up for grabs, as well, clinton's campaign said she

investigators say george heath confronted the suspect, a man named arthur derosa, as he was stabbingtaurant. heath's widow says her husband grabbed derosa around the waist then the suspect stabbed him in the head. >> my husband grabbed him, i think he grabbed him around the waist area i think. trying to keep him so his arm wouldn't go up to stab anybody else because he was down really low. and the guy pulled his hand back and stabbed him in the temple. my husband couldn't breathe. he was just laying there and he couldn't even talk. that's what he gets. i lost a good man. i did. he's a great man. >> the waitress' sister says the woman is in serious condition at the hospital and her unborn baby is okay. police say they shot and killed the assailanassailant, the de a guy, inside that mall there. investigators say, and his relatives say he had some mental health problems and had checked himself into a hospital the day were the attack. investigators say the suspect there, derosa, also broke into a home and stabbed and killed an elderly woman before crashing his car into the mall in taunto

according to police arthur derosa killed two people and wounded several others after going on an attack at a house and then a mall. derosa was eventually shot and killed by joseph mcdonald, who was eating nearby. >>> new clues are coming to light in the investigation into the death of prince. according to court documents, a minnesota doctor had prescribed medication for the super star and even met with prince the day before his death. for more on all of this we turn to brandi hitt live in los angeles. >> reporter: hi rick, the new die tails are in a search warrants intended to be sealed but accidentally released. the doctor that met with prince several times in the weeks before he died. swarms of federal agents back at prince's minnesota home looking for clues in the singer's death. it shows that michael sullenburg saw him twice. telling the detectives that he prescribed medicine for the sin toward be filled at a walgreens, prince was spotted in this tmz wall gre video going into a walgreens. he died the next day. >> was it a legitimate prescription or the case around the country were t

derosa shot and killed by off duty law enforcement officer. two of the victims did die. the other are in the hospital, motive for the attack poor millions, but state police say they've found no evidence connecting the crimes to terrorism. >> melee erupt in the streets of nurled if the when cop tries to break it up, he get maced, no you looking for who ever did this. steve keeley liver at police headquarters with more on this investigation, good morning, steve. >> sometimes the referee gets the worse of it trying it break up fights and sports. one of the referees last night, a philly housing authority, officer, got the brunt of the big brawl here at 25th and diamond after 6:00. philly place came also, we had about 20 officers total. but the crowd was larger, there was crowd of about 75 people mainly females, but they were dispersed, and only one arrest was made, that's a female who is in custody, other than this 25 year old housing officer who was pepper sprayed, no other injuries to police or civilians. >> hopefully, the burning and the redness all went away with a good

derosa was in a car accident. witnesses say after the crash the 28-year-old began running around the neighborhood erratically trying to break into homes. >> it was kind of chaos. definitely not in the right frame of mind. >> forced his way inside this house killing an 80-year-old mother and severely wounding her daughter. the suspect stole the women's car and continued on to the maul. >> there's still a victim, female, macy's second level in a changing room. that is a stab victim to the head. >> reporter: the carnage coming to an end thanks to a quick-thinking off-duty officer who shot and killed derosa. >> it appears that but for the actions of the deputy sheriff, there may very well have been other victims. >> reporter: law enforcement still searching for motive but saying at this point, we are aware of no nexus to terrorism. and derosa's sister telling "the boston herald" her brother was manic and depressed. in fact, he was hospitalized for depression the day before the stabbings and he was sent home. george. >

an off duty police officer at that mall saw the mayhem unfolding and shot and killed derosa.p you updated on the status of the pregnant woman. >>> some extreme weather in the plains still reeling from this week's wicked storms. oklahoma declaring a state of emergency in 15 counties, devastated by the deadly tornado outbreak. reports of two dozen massive twisters touching down across the plains, blasting 100-mile-per-hour winds and killing two people, that storm system moved east overnight, unleashing its wrath on the ohio river valley. >>> it's not a hit-and-run if you leave a note. yo, i have leaving this note because i hit your car. the driver took it in stride. not even mad about the scratches. funniest thing that has ever happened to me. what a way to look at things. >> the car must have been a junker if he didn't care about the scratch. >> maybe. i don't know. >> put it into perspective. >>> thank you. >> straight ahead, donald trump heading to capitol hill tomorrow with a huddle with capital republicans. what do they want to hear? >> taylor swift shaken up this morning.

family members told authorities derosa checked himself into a hospital monday night then was releasedesterday morning. >> his sister has indicated that he was acting in a disturbed manner and making irrational statements earlier on monday. and she suggested to him that he needed to seek help. >> the people killed include an 80-year-old woman inside of her home and a 56-year-old man inside the silver city galleria. authorities say if not for the action of that off-duty deputy, the death toll could have been much higher. >>> let's turn your attention to the race for the white house. donald trump will be be in the capitol tomorrow for meetings with republican leadership. that will be an important meeting. and the two democratic candidates are vowing to continue their fight. here's abc 7 news reporter kenneth moaten. >> reporter: hillary clinton back on the campaign trail and shaking off another loss to bernie sanders, rallying in new jersey, the front-runner had her eyes on november saying she will not respond to personal attacks from republican donald trump. >> he can say whatever he wa

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police say arthur derosa crashed his car into the front of this town town mall, into a macy's store,there to the macy's store, taunton is a small fairly small town about 40 miles south of boston. so two people dead and the stab err, this arthur derosa, again, was shot just outside of the mall by an off-duty police officer who happened to be in the area. they think the whole thing just random people being stabbed by a mental patient. >> 8:06. more arrest toss come after big street fight involving 75 people in north philly. arrested in the area of 25th and diamond around 6:30 last night, police officer ended up getting maced in the face when he tried to get in there and break it up. one woman has been arrested so far. >> i'm still shock we don't have any footage. seventy-five mostly women, fighting, up in north philly. surveillance camera right there. >> not even that. people with cell phones. >> oh, ya. >> you would think stuff would be around social media, something. >> we will find it, 8:07. investigators set to return to prince's estate in minnesota today. with another search warra

arthur derosa broke into a house, stabbed an 80-year-old woman and her daughter, the mother died. he stole another car and crashed into a macy's got out and stabbed four people at a restaurant. one person died there. the deputy eventually killed the 28 carry old and his sister said he was hospitalized and hospitalized with depression a day before the rampage. >> drug agent are saying nothing about the search of the prince compound in minnesota. he saw a doctor the day before he died curing to the search warrant. the doctor had previously written prescriptions for print. >> relief for spiraling rent increases coming to san jose. this will be a new 5% cap on rent hikes that will happen in mid-union. some renters hoped it would be effective immediately much the cap covers 44,000 apartments around the city under rent control. >> the warriors will hold the coming shoot around before game five against the trail blazers and they can close out the series with poverty land and advance to the finals with a win. unanimous mvp steph curry is honored in appropriate of the home crowd at oracle

. >> after the crash, the individual, who has been identified as arthur derosa, 28, of tauton, exited his vehicle, and gained access to a home at 270 merrick street. once inside, he stabbed two women. >> reporter: one of the victims, age 80, died. a short time later, the suspect crashed a car into a store at a nearby shopping mall. >> we dove right in and after that, that's when my mom was like hurry up and we dodged the other way. it happened the fastest thing. so i'm like pop out and go. >> reporter: once inside the mall, he assaulted several people, one died. i was shopping. i didn't know what was going on, so everybody started running, including the macy's employee. so we started running. >> reporter: an off duty deputy sheriff shot the assailant, who was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. >> it appears but for the actions of the deputy sheriff that may have well have been other victims. >> reporter: police don't believe terrorism was the motive. the actual motive is under investigation. >>> to the president's race, bernie sanders captured the west virginia primary, taking 1

. >> after the crash, the individual who has been identified as arthur derosa, 28, of taunton, exited his vehicle and gained access to a home at 270 merrick street in taunton. once inside he stabbed two women. >> reporter: one of the victims aged 80 died. a short time later the suspect crashed a car into the store at a nearby shopping mall. >> we saw like the car just like dove right in and after that, my mom is like dive the other way. it honestly happened the fastest thing. >> reporter: once inside the mall he assaulted several people. one died. >> i was shopping, i didn't know what was going on. so everybody started running including the macy's employee. so we started running. >> reporter: an off duty sheriff shot the assailant who was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. >> but for the actions of the deputy sheriff in may have been other victims. >> reporter: police don't believe terrorism was the motive. the actual motive is under investigation. dan schenamen, nbc news. >>> to the latest in the investigation into the death of prince. authorities returned to his paisley park

the incident began when the suspect identified as 28-year-old arthur derosa crashed a vehicle into a home. once inside he reportedly stabbed two women. one of the victims an 80-year-old died. a short time later police say the suspect crashed into the macy's store at the nearby shopping mall and assaulted several people inside. one of them died. >> we saw like the car just dove right in. and after that is when my mom is like hurry up and we dived the other way. it honestly happened the fastest thing. hop out and just like go. >> according to authorities an off duty sheriff's deputy shot the assailant. he was taken to the hospital and he was pronounced dead. the suspect's motive is under investigation but police don't believe it was related to terrorism. >>> the nation's second largest subway system is at risk of being shut down if safety concerns aren't fixed soon. days after an explosion damaged the track in the d.c. metro, anthony fox is threatening to suspend the system if immediate changes aren't made. fox told reports yesterday, he quote would have no hesitation to shut down the

and derosa's sister telling "the boston herald" her brother was manic and depressed. in fact, he was hospitalized for depression the day before the stabbings and he was sent home. george. >> oh, what a tragedy that is. okay, gio, thanks very much. we move on to that severe weather blasting the south. tornadoes in kentucky overnight. leveling homes, injuring at least ten people. just the latest in a series of storms across the center of the country, more than 22 million in their path, abc's alex perez is on the scene in mayfield, kentucky. george. they're waking up to scenes like this one. take a look behind me. there is actually a home buried underneath all this rubble. that's steel wrapped around this tree and over here looks like a child's room toys scattered all over the place. those angry winds picking up everything in their path. >> holy mackerel, there it goes. >> reporter: twisters tearing through and into kentucky. debris flying through the air. >> the intensity, it was just unreal and i thought it came pretty fast. >> reporter: here in the town of mayfield te