a boston police officer shot in the leg while working in dorchester. that is live look at boston medical center where we are waiting to hear from boston police commissioner william evans. this all happened this morning around 10:30. that officer was taken to thehospital and is expected to leg. officers say a suspect is in custody so far no details on that suspect. >> we are following-- >>> we are also following more breaking news. the man accused of ambushing a police officer in philadelphia now says that it was in the name of islam. police say they are now investigating the attack as terrorism and the suspect is in police custody and apparently admitted to attempting to execute the officer. police say 33-year-old jesse was patrolling the neighborhood when the suspect walked up to harnett was shot 13 times to point blank range and he is expected to make a full recovery. no word on the suspect's condition. >>> and more breaking news for you right now out of braintree. police have arrested a driver in a violent case of road rage. >> officers say one driv

here in dorchester. police were called out to washington street at dunbar avenue because of gunshots. police say when they arrived, they found a man who had been shot in the head. he was pronounced dead. the medical examiner was called out to the scene as were homicide detectives. that the suspect may have run on foot, so police are continuing their investigation, canvassing the neighborhood. they did clear the actual crime scene a short time ago, so washington street will be open to traffic during rush hour as it gets started this morning, but police this morning are asking if you have heard anything or know anything that could help them in their hear from you. live in dorchester, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: new this morning, two city councilors in boston calling for a public hearing after a recent change sparked concern at northeastern youth. so the university recently decided to outfit 20 of its officers with tactical rifles. the city councilors say the residents in the

>> now at 11 a deadly drive in dorchester. a man hit and killed by a plow. police searching for answers. >> anchor: many of us doing a lot of shoveling today. and by the middle of this week melting in store. how mild the temperatures will get. >> anchor: then caught on camera a theif making off with a safe. that might not have been his only target. target.. >> win cow ski to make it 20 to 18. >> anchor: the patriots keeping things interesting in denver. tv 12 and crank opening up after a tough loss. tonight on 7 a mile high let down. >> the denver defense gets the ball back for the broncos. >> fooled tom brady. he reversed field. looked inside. interception. >> it's the end of the road for the pats in the play offs. ; the patriots recovering from a tough loss out in denver. >> anchor: tom brady keeping interesting until the final minute of the game. all the team needed was a 2 upon point conversion to tie it up. hearing from brady and gronkowski. live in denver with what the team had to say. >> reporter: patriots done in by a great defense. tom brady never g

or close to the scene in dorchester. in that neighborhood. good afternoon, jon. >> reporter: good afternoon: boston police investigating a shooting of one of their own. an officer shot in v in the leg about 10:30 this morning. a very active crime scene, as you the see. boston police have fanned out throughout the neighborhood, trying to find the suspect who shot the officer and they succeeded. the shooting happened about 10:30 this morning. on mount bowdoin terrace. right near bowdoin avenue. adjacent to bowdoin avenue. and not too far from geneva avenue where the suspect was arrested a short time after the shooting. sky 7 has been high over the scene. we have been kept away from the street where this shooting happened. however, police have been going through an s.u.v. there. prance the police officers... the police officer's undercover vehicle. we are not sure yet. he is demuring to the commissioner. we are waiting for official information from him. i did ask the superintendent about his feelings about his fellow officer who was shot. >> you

he' s live in dorchester, jorge? reporter: the street was shut down while police process to the suspect was caught, the preschool program was immediately shut down. frightened parents by the dozen rushing back to the abcd they dropped off their kids. did you get a call? >> no, i came myself. a call. >> they said it was ok. tell you you >> no, they did not. reporter: back in the hands of his loving mom and dad. >> i did not know what was going on. priority to me. reporter: these shooting a world apart from mean streets known for gang activity. he has lived on bowdoin avenue four years. >> it is a nice area. it seems like we are surrounded by areas that have a lot of crime. reporter: the residents say the character of streets changes block to block. >> this is a working community. at there are people in this community that are law-abiding jorge: folks who live around here say events like this it gave the entire community of bad rap. they are thinking the boston police for their artwork and are praying for the officer w

keep in mind that we have two scenes that we're talking about dorchester. the crime tape, where we see what appears to be one unmarked plir, and edpolice car, and in this neighborhood. and then two streets from a there, more police activity where the arrest was made at mount bowdoin terrace. and this was not a fatal shooting. >> we're going to john hall, live on the scene, or as close as he can get to the scene. eldon street. and this is the area where the whole crime scene. we're just a very short distance away from the area where the police officer was shot at about 10:30 this morning in the leg. to some of the neighbors, and they're firledding filtering out of their homes in the area, two families, really shocked them. this is not a bad neighborhood as far as they're concerned. one man told me that he heard pops, and didn't know if it was firecrackers or gunshots, and he was shaken and he was reluctant to say what he saw after that. so gunshots ring out in the neighborhood. and we have a police officer, thankfully with non life-threatening injuries, and

that is the latest from dorchester now. the chief of the department -- erika: we are expecting to hear from bill evans any moment now. emily: the entire team is working to undercover -- uncover new details. she has learned. karen: commissioner is here along with the officer for a wife. you can see in this video , the officer was alert afterwards, able to speak, expected to be ok. we have learned new information i am told by two sources the officer was involved in a drug investigation, had observed a known suspect. they had seen him last week. they knew he did not have a license or they saw him driving. we are told the suspect got out shooting when they went to pull him over. that is when officers were able to take him into custody and recover the weapon. we are waiting to hear from the police commissioner and the mayor, who will be speaking here in a short time. again, relief at boston medical center that this officer is expected to be ok. erika: thank you for that. we want to turn to antoinette antonio. emily: the area is

this is a mount bowden terrace in dorchester. it's an active scene, and this news just broke a few minutes ago, and right now, these are live pictures of boston medical center, and you see the ambulance, which we assume the officer is inside of, backing into boston medical center. >> let's go to one of our reporters, dan hausle, one of several working it, and we're looking at boston medical center, and where are you and what can you tell us? >> i'm 50 feet off of the nose of that ambulance, and i just saw the officer taken out of the ambulance on a gurney. he appeared to be somewhat sitting up. and i couldn't see how much he was engaging with the people around him. fully prone, and they were not urgently working on him as they brought him in. that appears to be good news, but its limited information. i can tell you that one man was brought in on the ambulance that was brought in urgently. traffic blocked in the whole city, and he was taken in there surrounded by a few others, the police here, and there was not a high-level of urg

live in dorchester, juli mcdonald. reid: right now, a whitman man influence and firing shots at a plow truck driver. plymouth police tell us 60-year-old bruce o' brien took aim at the plow driver on rocky hill road. that driver was not hurt and it does not appear the bullets damaged anything. o' brien is expected to be arraigned tomorrow. police are still investigating what sparked it. a man is under arrest for this wrong-way crash involving nine cars on a busy street. brockton police are chasing after the stolen suv right before this wreck. we' re told the driver veered into oncoming traffic at the intersection of pleasant street and route 27. he ran off but was quickly caught. that suspect and two other people went to the hospital with minor injuries. police in methuen want help tracking down a man accused of breaking into a pizza shop. the suspect was caught on surveillance video just before 6:00 yesterday morning inside romano' s pizza on merrimack street. police say he broke the front door and stole a safe from in

this officer shot in the streets of dorchester. police say by an exconwho had just done five years behind bars and was released as recently as last april. shots out on the dorchester street in boston police officer lies bleeding . >>> it's crazy, man it. blows my mind. i feel bad for the on who got shot. it's terrible . >> reporter: police say officers with a drug unit pulled over a known excondrug suspect and he came out firing . >>> as soon as he got out he started to shoot before the chase was even on so unprovoked again with our officers not even having their weapons out, from . down the others gave chase. finally, tackling the suspect a few blocks away. police say he is 27-year-old grant just paroled last year. meanwhile, the injured officer was rush insisted to boston medical center with a gown shot wound to the leg. police say he is lucky the officers now carry turn kits that helped the injured officer when he needed it most . >>> he tried to do his nilly because all of our officers did it. but a fellow uniformed officer who

live in dorchester, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> reporter: lots of concern and really just a terrifying as one of their own went down. and tonight we're hearing the officers call for help. for that let's go to tim caputo. caputo.. this officer sounded incredibly calm and collected despite just being shot. he said where he was and that he needed help. >>> i am at 33 mount bowdoin terrace shot . >> reporter: an officer with a bullet in his leg calling for help in dorchester. >>> the suspect took off after shooting the lane clothes officer in the calf. one other officer who was there ran after the suspect while letting the dispatcher know they needed to send an ambulance . >>> officer shot. >>> officer down . >> reporter: the suspect ran through several yards in dorchester. police weren't far behind, but >>> we have a suspect running toward, plainclothes officers out there . >> reporter: at the same time an ambulance was on its way to get the officer who was shot in the leg. this all happening in a matter of minutes . >>> can we work on getting the street shut down? >> reporter: within fiv

fox 25's jim morelli live in dorchester with the story. >> reporter: mark, a dorchester couple spent the day going through their belongings trying to figure out what was missing after their apartment was burglarized while they were away. one thing they were pretty sure about is a lot more might have been missing had >> reporter: half husky and half german shepherd and fighter. that's roxy a 35 pound pup from dorchester who it seemed foiled a capper. biscuits. >> reporter: it all started when roxy's owner took her out for the morning walk. he spoke with fox 55 by phone. >> she ran and started barking her aggressive something is not right tone. >> reporter: this is what got roxy so worked up. a young male cowering on top of a car. >> i asked the gentleman property? >> his response was he was visiting his grandmother. >> reporter: just one problem with that story, nobody of grandmotherly age lives in the house. so he called 9-1-1 and said. >> i have a kid trespassing on my the property i need someone here immediately. at that time the kid did jump off the car run away from me. >> report

sarah is live in dorchester with the breaking details. sarah? >> j.c., police have not released the name of the suspect but she's a 34-year-old woman from dorchester charged now with motor vehicle homicide. she's accused of hitting a man here on washington street and then driving off. surveillance video shows a vhs transportation van quickly driving away clipping the curb as it makes a right turn. it was around 8:00 this morning a man believed to be a construction worker was killed just outside a work site. >> somebody came to work early this morning just to die like this. >> soon after a similar van was street with a cracked windshield and front end damage. police have not confirmed the van was involved but the owner of the surveillance video that shows the vehicle speeding off says investigators dubbed it -- >> the people have to be careful when they are crossing. >> the crash happened near the busy four corners of washington and bodden. one business owner says she was hit five years ago while walking in the crosswalk with her young son. >> ju

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the suspect -- sexually assaulted in dorchester. the suspect telling her he was armed. >>> new tonight we're hearing some people who live in that area. fox 25's john monahan is live in dorchester with more on what we've learned about the the suspect. >> reporter: that's right, blair, police tell fox 25 that a young man who may have been armed and news of a sexual assault here upset people who are seriously -- fiercely protective of this dorchester neighborhood. >> anything like that is not you don't -- >> he didn't know about the assault across from his dorchester home and he's character for this neighborhood on columbia road. >> it is not in this area. it is a pretty safe neighborhood. >> reporter: at 6:45, friday morning, boston police responded after a woman was attacked near 653 columbia road next to the fire station on the corner of anibal street. the 29-year-old woman told police a man grabbed her from behind, said he had a weapon and then sexually sauled her. >> that's not right. that's not -- right. nobody deserves that. >>

fox 25's malini basu live in dorchester after speaking to a neighbor who heard it all >> vanessa and mark, still at this hour people have still looking for the shooter. the victim in this case stumbling right here down this block stumbling for a block. shot all over arc pag spot. >> reporter: around 2:30 a man just parked his toyota camry in dorchester when he was shot. >> the guy was on the floor laying on the floor. >> reporter: police confirmed for fox 25 it was all over the shoveled parking spot. >> obviously, the individual who did the shooter wasn't happy that he was in his spot. >> reporter: witnesses say there was a fight between the two men. the 27-year-old suspect pulled out the gun and shot the victim in the stomach. it was only one. >> the 34-year-old victim for all we know he not there. ran into another house up the block. police searched this woman's house kimberly shared this video with fox 25 she was terrified as her two young children were home. they had guns drawn. there were people down in back who had the shield. all i can tell you is that that individual that the

they pulled over suspect grant dorchester. he has a long criminal record that includes convictions for gun and drug charges. grant headley got out of the car and opened fire unprovoked. it is reported the gun may have stokinger's life. stokinger is hoping to get back to work soon. however, he tells the crews, that's not as simple as it may seem. >> going through something like that, both physically and mentally he has to heal up. >> jessica: and police say headily should not have been driving in the first place because he does not have a valid driver's license and will face a judge for the very first time for his arraignment. i'm jessica reyes in dorchester, fox25 news. death of two-year-old girl in boston will be in court. prosecutors say michael mccarthy killed bella bond and dumped her body in boston harbor. she was known as "baby doe" for months and her mother, rachelle bond, also facing criminal charges. >> sara: deadly hit-and-run suspect in court. rity was made yesterday and as of now the district attorney has not relea

a community in shock after shots ring out in dorchester. a police officer hit and rushed to a local hospital. also, tonight we're hearing the call by the officer who was shot and the latest on his condition. plus, investigators blasting the chemical that caused a serious explosion in north andover yesterday. we're right there with the latest on the state of the people injured. four of them in all. we have those stories and much more ahead at 6:00. hope you join us then. then.. >> reporter: ahead for us what we learned about the man caught on camera as he allegedly ambush insisted a police officer. he said in the name of islam. is there an isis connection? we'll have details on today's capture of el chapo. what happens to him now? and a bill clinton conversation. now revealed, what he once told britain's tonny blair about george w. bush and saddam tonight. dear fellow citizen, i know what it' s like to buy a house. i know how it feels to be stressed about money. "retirement" is, and i can help. m not just a fellow dad, fellow mom, fellow sav

that's the story live from dorchester this morning. i'm byron barnett, 7news "today in new england." >> nancy: the patriots' playoff run is over after the broncos walked away with the win in denver. tom brady and the team coming up just short. >> sarah: this morning as they look at what went wrong, players are coming to the defense of one of their own who is taking the loss particularly hard. 7's trey daerr has more now from denver. lead. we never could play on our term, so it was an uphill battle all day. >> trey: denver's defense top-ranked unit in football and left the paste inches short of a second consecutive super bowl. >> obviously to advance to the next game is... that's why we all play and work so hard. so it's disappointing not to have the opportunity to do that. >> you lose this game, it stinks. you think about it all off season. so it will be a long off season, but, you know, we'll have to move forward. >> trey: a pair of phenomenal catches by rob gronkowski granting the shots a chance at overtime. >> my thoughts at that mo

.>>> the driver police say was behind the deadly hit- and-run in dorchester now going before a judge. nicole jacobs is live in boston where the court appearance wrapped up. good afternoon nicole. >> reporter: good afternoon to you chris. melissa benedict went before a judge moments ago in connection with that deadly hit-and-run yesterday in dorchester. she is charged with vehicular homicide and i want to get you to video inside court the 34 interrered with a hood over herhead covering her face new from court the defense says that two witnesses reported moments before and after the crash one witness saying benedict cut her off in the vehicle at an intersection and sped off. told police they saw something flying in the air and realized that it was a body. we will get you to video from the scene yesterday. it was around 8:00 yesterday morning on washington street in dorchester benedict was found about 20 minutes later. scene. she reportedly told police she was adjusting the adviser of the vehicle as well -- vicar of the vehicle and the -- visor of the vehicle and the heat and heard a boo

we start in dorchester. a man was found shot to death. >> let's get to susie steimle who is live on the scene. police say this is a active investigation. >> reporter: it is kathryn. you can see now the scene is clear but this is where police have been canvassing the neighborhood since 1:40 this morning where we know a man was street near the intersection of washington and dunbar. you saw a big truck go by because the road is opened now. but we have video for you of the scene that's been going on since around 1:40. they did close down the street here as they were investigatingmedical examiner was -- the medical examiner was on the scene. we caught up with homicide detectives and they were able to tell us a man was shot in the street outside on washington street overnight and it's an open and ongoing investigation. they will release more information later this morning. live in dorchester susie steimle wbz this morning. >> thank you for the update. >>> new details on breaking news in norwood as well. a police o

. >>> we have breaking news at 5:30a fight over a parking spot leads to shotting -- shooting in dorchester. the victim is in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach and police are searching for the gunman. >> and a small explosion at the water treatment plant in quincy sent five people to the hospital with smoke inhalation. that is plant that treats the sewage for 40% of the eastern massachusetts. >>> boostan latin wearing black in solidarity saying -- bostonlatin wearing black in >> the governor will -- the mayor will meet with the students who insist there's a problem. >> reporter: black shirts in a show of solidarity at boston latten high school. >> i feel like a lot of people in my school are wearing black. >> reporter: a black sued entergroup put out a social media call for people to post when they experience racism at the elite exam school. >> we refuse to be silent and are not afraid to speak ep. >> as longing a everybody sticks together it. >> racism is a huge issue everywhere. >> reporter: mayor walsh now plans to sit down with the group. >> we have to make sure this does

a man hit and killed while crossing the street in dorchester. police tried to piece together exactly what happened. investigators say the driver left the scene. >> reporter: right. the accident scene here on washington street in dorchester still sealed off at this hour with crime scene investigators, you can see firefighters still on the scene as well. they have been carefully trying to piece this whole thing together for the past several hours. boston police telling us moments ago that the driver who took off from the scene is now being questioned at police i'm just nervous. i'm scared. >> reporter: shock from people who live and work here on washington street in dorchester following a fatal morning. i didn't know exactly what happened. a police officer said that somebody was kill. >> reporter: the victim was an three miles away from the accident scene in mattapan, shattered front windshield. investigators, we are told,st are interviewing the operator of a vehicle involved in the fatal crash. beyond that, police won't say much right now. any re

live in dorchester, jonathan hall, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: jon, thank you. new this morning the governor of maine is staying put for now. the house of representatives in the state voted to indefinitely postpone a proposal to possibly impeach governor paul lepage. this comes after he made what some are calling racist comments while talking about the state's drug problem. those who support the palm beach county fire impeachment will hope the governor change his ways. >> nancy: a senior services officer after the job after an alleged stunt to get publicity. at press conference, the director introduced a program where students shovel snow for seniors, but take a look, this elderly woman standing by the mic turned out to actually be a man dressed up. the director resigned. >> christa: happening today, vice president joe biden beginning his mission to find a cure for cancer. biden who you see during the president's stoonon address will take part in a round table discussion with cancer experts at the university pennsylvania school of medicine. at tuesday night's st

a sing shot rings out on this dorchester street. police say one man was shot in >> i was watching tv.

then they shut off columbia road to dorchester avenue. they wanted to make sure the ambulance could get to boston medical center without any major issues. they first got that call around 10:25. work to get the injured officer to the hospital. and that ambulance has been there for the past five, seven minutes. so they did a very good job of clearing out those roads, making sure that nothing was going to slow them down and they could get the injured officer to the hospital. we haven't confirmed the extent of the officer's injuries, we are working to get that information for you. but countless police responding to this scene. we've also heard that they're working on that suspect. and we're waiting to confirm as to where that suspect is exactly, what condition he or she may be in. we'll continue to bring you the latest all of this unfolding over the past 25 minutes or so. >> yeah, it all happened very quickly as there was a lot of scanners. and a lot of concern, obviously, from officers involved. and what we're trying to piece happened. the o

the woman arrested for a deadly hit-and-run in dorchester facing a judge. police say video shows her van speeding around the corner moments before a man was hit and killed. 's steve cooper is at the courthouse and joins us live. >> reporter: right so. melissa benedict was in court. she is a mother of two of a nine-year-old fns and a four-year-old. she was in handcuffs. and she was also wearing a hoodie over her face. today to the charges. covering her face with a hoodie, 34-year-old melissa benedict of dorchester pleads not guilty to charges of motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. . >> she stopped about 20 minutes after the accident. >> reporter: surveillance video shows her driving away in a minivan she was operating for vhs transportation. wednesday morning along washington street in dorchester that claimed the life of a 43-year-old man. prosecutors say the construction worker was crossing the street when he was struck and killed. benedict's smashed-up minivan was located four miles away in mattapan. benedict's attorney says her cl

they why going after a dangerous drug felon and had him cornered in a car in his dorchester neighborhood. when police say 27-year-old fired. >> unprovoked again with our officers not having their weapons out, from what i understand he was shot. >> reporter: shot with a highly decorated 9 year veteran of the force and member of the drug unit. forces say at the least 6 shots were fired from a high velocity handgun. >> and in our minds he's hero he is out there doing god's work. >> reporter: a serious injury to the left leg he tried to use his tourniquet to stop the bleeding on the potentially life threatening injury. >> he tried to do it because fellow officer tied it off>> reporter: police say they had their high on headley for a heeling drugs. >> we are -- selling drugs. that's wrong. >> reporter: the commissioner and boston mayor at his bedside he was thinking what have went down. >> i think he is gratified that his officers were able to apprehend you know you never lose the cop in you. he is happy we got the guy and the person responsible. >> reporter: officers were able to tackle the

steve cooper live in dorchester tonight with word of an arrest. steve. here in washington the area was shut down for several hours. but the 34-year-old woman from dorchester, she was behind the wheel of that minivan, according to police, that never stopped and tonight she's behind bars >> a deadly hit and run claims the life of a man just after 8:00 this morning after the driver never stopped but late this afternoon, boston police announced that the 34-year-old female driver was under arrest. >> what about the fact that the driver took off from the scene? that's not surprising to me at all. like i said, every day life living in dorchester. >> reporter: surveillance video requested by police from a local store owner shows a minivan leaving the scene. investigators later located this heavily damaged vhs transportation van parked four miles away on morton street in matapan with a shattered windshield and heavy front damage. the owner of the transportation company telling us by phone one of his drivers who operates the van but wasn't working at the time was

reporting live in dorchester, todd kazakiewich. antoinette: republicans took the stage in their sixth presidential debate and the gloves were off. >> not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. antoinette: most of the sparring between ted cruz and donald trump. cruz hitting trump for his for less conservative policies. about cruz' s citizenship saying he might not be eligible to be president because he was born in canada. there was also talk about the economy, syrian refugees, and gun control. next up the democrats this sunday in south carolina. emily: a teacher is off the job this morning. that is because of an investigation into improper don' t have a lot of details. school officials calling it an active police investigation. the teacher has been removed from the school. randy: a methuen school is shut down this morning, because of a nasty stomach virus outbreak. more than 200 students and staff at the timony grammar school calling out sick yesterday. classes were cancelled today so that the school can be scrubbed down over

. >> reporter: first an update on the shooting in dorchester. the victim has been rushed to be all right. police say this started when a man parked his car in a cleared out spot on nightengale street. that's when another guy got angry, telling the driver he shovelled that spot out for his own car. when the thriver didn't leave the spot quickly enough, police say the other man shot him in the stomach. investigators have identified the gunman but are looking for him at this hour. out to quincy. an explosion at a water treatment plant sent five people to the hospital. they're ought maintenance workers for the massachusetts officials say this explosion happened three floors below ground when something went wrong with a piece of equipment. firefighters immediately evacuated the building. all five victims suffered minor injuries. officials are emphasizing this has nothing to do with drinking water. we will be staying on top of both of these breaking stories. in the news ram, i'm adam williams, 7news. >> we're following more breaking news. a former pat

a police officer shot in dorchester then rush insisted to boston medical center. right now we do know a suspect is in custody . >> anchor: that officer is expect insisted to be okay at least least is till in the hospital. let's get it over to kim khazei in the newsroom with the very latest . >> anchor: police say all of this started when the officer with a drug unit pulled over a known suspect this morning. the police commissioner says firing his gun right away, shooting one of the officers in the leg. other police officers ran after the man and they managed to tackle him a few blocks away. that injured officer as you said was rush insisted to boston medical center. he has a gunshot wound to the leg. police say that he is lucky that officers now carry turn debts. the department's protocol would help the injured officer when he needed it the most. >>> he tried to do his philly because all of our officers have it but then a fellow uniform officer who is nearby heard the call and he tied it off and helped him and that was north natural. it could have saved his life a

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he was shot in the leg while trying to pull over 27-year-old grant headley in dorchester on friday. police say headley is a well- known drug deal erin driving with a suspend license. >>> the man accused of murdering the little girl known michael mccarthy has entered aplea of not guilty. he is the boyfriend of the little girl's mother. bella bond's body washed on deer island last june. mckathy allegedly told police the 2-year-old was a demon --mccarthy allegedly told the police the 2-year-old was a demon and it was her time to die. >>> the boston women's ice hockey team tubing the ice for the the first time since a teammate was hurt. >> full recovery to denna and her family. >> reporter: heads bowed and silence in the rink. a moment to honor denna laing before taking the ice the first time boston pride played since the 24 suffered a serious spinal cord injury during a game at gillette stadium on new year's day. her parents revealing she has limited movement of her arms and no feeling in the legs. >> i can't imagine what it would be like to be a player and teammate of hers right now.

it all happened with a traffic in dorchester. officers pulled grant headley over, because he didn't have a that's when police say he got out of the car and started he hit the officer in the leg. and then ran. police tackling him moments later. when we looked into headley's past, we learn that he had been released from jail just about nine months ago. and we found that he's he had been arrested six other times. most of those arrests were for illegal weapons and drug charges. the most recent arrest in 2009, when police charged him with four counts of carrying a firearm without a license. to speak with headley's father after his son's arrest. take a listen. >> message for the boston police department today? >> yes, my sympathy goes out to the officer. i don't condone that kind of behavior. if he did it, you know, he'sing wrote. >> reporter: do you think if he did do this, that he's lucky to be alive. >> yes, i think so. yeah, he is. he is lucky. >> reporter: and, good en, as for the officer that was shot in the leg, remains in inten

this was in dorchester. police obviously on the scene, an active scene this morning. one man hit and killed in the situation. we will bring you more details as soon as we get it. moving on to more breaking news, french else. five others severely wounded, according to abc news. there is a rescue operation under way and we will bring in soon as it comes in. we are learning more about a medical emergency for defensive lineman chandler jones. the eye' s antoinette antonio is live in foxborough with the scare just days before a big game. antoinette: all this happening just before the patriots first before. when chandler jones walked into the foxborough police station, it is still a mystery. >> not sure of the situation. antoinette: the situation is a medical emergency involving patriots player chandler jones. the defensive and went into the police station around 7:45 sunday morning, where he was evaluated by ems staff. transported to norwood hospital t. -- by ambulance. it is still unclear what caused condition was. home a few blocks away to secure the property. >> able to

it happened dorchester. here's what we know right now the officer was rushed to boston medical center with a

shooting in dorchester. officesay someone opened fire offer a paring police. boston police say they've shut down the street. >> and they're trying to figure out who pulled the trigger. dan hausle has the unfolding details for us on the scene. >> reporter: behind me on nightengale street you see the scene of the shootings and carved out spaces with space savers there, and a gray vehicle up front with investigators around it. that is the vehicle owned by the man who was shot. let's show when police began their investigation. officers tell me that the man who owned that gray car parked in the spot that someone else said they had carved out. that person, in a black bmw, got into an argument. the man was going to move his car, but according to police, did not move fast enough. the man pulled out a gun and shot him in the gut. i talked to a neighbor who heard >> i was watching tv. >> reporter: what did you hear? >> something go pop. i looked out the window and see somebody laying in the ground, laying on the ground. you don't know what to think now days. just let th

two people from dorchester all face charges for working with morales. since the arrest people have recovered a number of the weapons. >> sara: long-time girlfriend of james "whitey" bulger will plead guilty next month to criminal contempt. catherine greig refuses to tell investigators anything about people who may have helped her and bulger while they were on the run for more than 15 years. greig is currently serving 15 year sentence for helping whitey escape. bulger is serving life in murder for series of murders. >>> sara: wayne chapman is admitted child predator and spent decades in prison and also the suspect in the 1976 disappearance of a lawrence boy who has never been found. talked about playing santa claus if he had gotten out of prison before christmas. a jury will ultimately decide chapman's fate. >> gene: police say dominick donovan and local man were breeding aggressive fighting dogs. they say the dogs called donovan pinschers and sold them for $1,000 each. they were cropping the puppyies ears with duct tape and scissors and causing one of t

we are live in dorchester with the latest in the investigation. reporter: neighbors were shocked to hear about this attack that happened right outside of their doors here yesterday morning and said this is an extremely well-lit neighborhood and isn't secluded. there is a bus stop and a fire station on this corner. police were called to this section on columbia road at 6:45 for a woman down on the ground. the 29-year-old told police she was walking here and a man threatened her with a weapon and sexually assaulted her. he is a black man in his height-wise between 5' 7 and 5 if the 11." she has only felt safe in this neighborhood and still does. >> someone who doesn't live in this area, if they did, they wouldn't have planned that attack so close to the fire department. reporter: after the attack the suspect ran from the area. the victim didn't see which direction. if you saw anyone who fits that description, call boston police. live in dor -- dorchester. bob: one of the officers being attacked on new year's day. camera captured the scene and a man

live in dorchester, todd kazakiewich, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: right now the man charged with killing the little girl getting ready to head back to court. michael mccarthy will be arraigned on a murder charge in the death of bella bond. mccarthy is the boyfriend of bella's mother, rachelle; she is charged as an accessory. the body of the toddler was found in a plastic bag on deer island back in june. right now worcester police are investigating another hit-and-run that hurt two it happened last night on southbridge street. it's not clear how badly the victims were injured. webster police were investigating a car found in that town, but it's not clear if that ended up being connected to the crash. randy: six minutes after 6:00. today donald trump is headed back to new hampshire. donald trump still holds a strong lead here in new hampshire. but a new poll show he's trailing rival ted cruz in iowa by four points. >> i don't intend to send jack boots to knock on your door and every door in america. randy: on sunday cruz knocked trump's signatu

. >>> a veteran police officer recovering after being shot in dorchester. the suspect opening fire at police when he was pulled over this morning during a traffic stop. the officer with the drug unit was shot in the leg and the suspect was quickly tackled by police and ared a. our coverage begins tonight with fox 25's john monahan live in dovt. john? -- dorchester. john? >> reporter: good evening, vanessa. police well aware of who this suspect is. they say he was in jail for say he's a well-known drug dealer. a source also telling fox 25 tonight that he's a member of a local gang. police saw him today they pulled him over right here and as he got out of his car he started shooting. this black car possibly the shooter's being towed away from the scene of a wild shoot-out in the middle of the morning. >> all of a sudden we hear, possible pop, pop, pop then we heard pop, pop, pop returning. >> police say 27-year-old grant hedley of dorchester out on probation shot a nine year veteran of the boston police who had pulled him over. >> and began to fire unprovoked

police going door to door searching for suspect on nighing gail street in dorchester. shooting hand 2:30 yesterday afternoon and victim expected to recover and now know who the shooter is but so far have not released his name. we will go to the scene live in about 30 minutes. >>> daniel: whitman man has to hand over his gun after road rage incident in plymouth. prosecutors say he shot his gun near a snowplow. the man's attorney says the plow was veering into the jeep so he will be due in court next month. >> julie: car crashed into a auto parts store. two passengers in the rhode island public transit authority bus were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. police say bus hit a telephone pole and four lanes of traffic before slamming into the building and three people inside the bus were trapped for about an hour before firefighters could get to them and one man driving by says man nearly hit his truck. >> estimate probably 40 to 50 miles per hour and definitely moving. >> julie: two people were inside the auto parts store during the crash but weren't roof and ro

that suspect will be in court here in dorchester in just a couple of hours. and new this morning, the globe is reporting that the gun he used on friday may have jammed, which may have saved that officer's life. now today, suspect brit henry will be from court and allegedly shot at boston police officer several times during a he is a known drug dealer in dorchester and does not have a driver's license. the officer has since been released from the hospital and his boss commissioner bill evan said he is talking about coming back to work. headily was not hurt in the shooting and is facing several charges, and we are hearing from commissioner bill evans right now. take a listen. >> he is home. you know, he is with his family. and he is doing well. he is a strong kid. obviously he is a hero in our mind. and, you know, he's doing great and, you know, he's doing great. >> reporter: and we will have you know he was not hurt in the shooting and he is facing several charges. he will face the judge for the first time in dorchester late other continue morning and in just

. >> reporter: plus on alert in dorchester. police searching for man who grabbed a woman and then sexually assaulted her. >> reporter: and putting their lives on the line to save a child. a little boy pulled from the freezing waters in acton by several strangers. >> news at 11:00 starts now. >> adam: first at 11:00, winter is coming. flurries falling earlier today at gillette stadium. and once we get through the weekend, we'll be hit with a really cold blast. >> elizabeth: but first, will we be seeing the sun for the end of the holiday vacation? let's check your forecast with meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> jeremy: i think we're back into the sunshine. flurries around the metro earlier this evening. quiet now. one more batch berkshire county, but i don't think this will make the trek through the connecticut river valley. to carry the lake-effect snow showers into new england. usually they don't make the trek over the greens or the berkshires, but they were able to do that this afternoon. they have now since faded away. the city

the owner -- melissa ben detective of dorchester. -- benedict of dorchester. she was on her way to work and she had no passengers at the time. >> we did call in and offer the police. the authorities have my driver. they are talking with her. >> reporter: we spoke to another driver who work with benedict stunned with what happened. >> i see her every day in the line waiting to get our pay line waiting to get our paycheck. >> reporter: this stretch is notorious. one woman told us she was hit in this very same area crossing the street with her 4-year-old son. >> i don't know what's wrong. i don't know. it shouldn't have happened. that's for sure. >> reporter: now when we asked the owner of the van company about benedict's driving record did give us some information about the people she is trusted with driving around every single day in that very same van. and we will have more on that coming up in the next hour. for now, live in dorchester, jessica reyes, fox25 news. >>> foxborough police chief tell fox25 he has been told to keep quiet about the medical emergency

karen anderson is live at dorchester district court. karen: sources tell 5 investigates grant headley is a known gang member, with a police record that goes back decades -- a decade. he had just gotten out of prison on gun charges. 27-year-old grant headley has had 40 criminal arraignments in his lengthy record dates back to 2005 when he was just 16 years old. he was caught illegally carrying a gun. he pleaded guilty and served one year behind bars. four years later, another weapons charge. he had a gun, ammunition, and a large capacity magazine. also that year, he was twice charged with possession and intent to distribute. he was also charged with a motor vehicle violation and he had several ebt cards belonging to other people. he told officers he bought the cards on the street. live in dorchester, karen anderson, 5 investigates. jc: new at six ago, the head of the boston police union says this is a reminder of what . and it should be a reminder that. >> it is far too common to take shots at police officers. the public has to step up.

live here in dorchester. jessica reyes, station news. >>> this morning, the suspect in a deadly hit-and-run is due in court. an arrest was made yesterday. and as of now, the district attorney is not released person's name or the charges. 71-year-old chen was hit two days after christmas right outside of a pleasant street apartment building. chen's neighbors tell fox25 they are just relieved that their friend will have some justice. >> thank god. really deserve to be off the street. >> oh, yes, what a relief. i am glad. >> reporter: the suspects will be arraigned later this morning and, of course, we will be there. >>> a man who reportedly confesses to a deadly hit-and-run in palmer. gary leblanc was killed crossing main street. the investigation led to christopher lemmick jr.'s house on bethany road. they found the truck buried in the back yard. they heard strange noises coming from the yard just days after the crash. >> we were in here. and i was cooking. and then all of sudden we heard this big bang. >> gen