nbc's michelle franzen is in greenland, new hampshire tonight. good evening. >> good evening, brian. the small town is in shock tonight. many residents coming here to the police and fire center to pay tribute to michael maloney. he was set to step down as police chief one week from today to start his new life. last night changed everything. flowers line the walkway of the town center where greenland new hampshire police chief michael maloney, headed the force for 12 years. the 48-year-old was gunned down thursday night in the town he was sworn to protect. trying to serve a search warrant during a drug raid. four other officers were wounded. >> everybody was stunned and they felt that they just couldn't believe this was happening. in our little state. >> across the country in modesto, california, sheriff's deputy robert paris was shot and killed serving an eviction notice at an apartment complex that was later set ablaze. the suspected shooter refused to come out. experts say the killing of these police officers are part of a worrying trend. 72 of

a drug raid left a police chief dead and four officers injured in the small town of greenland. in the past hour we've learned that police found the bodies of a man and a woman who barricaded themselves inside the home. the state attorney general says a police robot went inside the house and found the bodies around 2:00 this morning. they both died from gunshot wounds. the 48-year-old police chief was set to retire in less than two weeks. the greenland police department is made up of six officers and the chief. >>> seven minutes after the hour. the heart-pounding ending to an overtime game for the caps in the playoffs. >>> a news4 exclusive. the only survivor of this fiery crash in chevy chase talks about what happened that night. >>> the must-see video of the morning. the show of force from one of the world's most active volcanos. >>> and storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein will let y >>> mother nature at work. mt. etna in italy erupted for the sixth time this year. that volcano spewed lava and ash into the air. italian police didn't issue any warnings because of this. the airpor

it happened in greenland, a suspect open fire last night when police approached his house during a drug bust. the town's police chief was killed and four other officers wounded. the gunman and woman are still inside the home in a standoff with police. residents say the officer killed chief michael maloney had been on the job 12 years and was about to step down. >> he was a -- he's a wonderful chief. he's eight days away from retirement. it's just not fair because he's a working chief. he didn't shirk back and let anybody else do the work he wouldn't do himself. >> greenland, new hampshire, has only six other police officers. >>> another siege under way in modesto, california, after a sheriff deputy and a civilian were killed. police were serving an eviction notice yesterday when gunfire broke out. then a few hours later the apartment building where the suspect is hiding burst into flames. officials say the suspect may have military training. >>> in florida, george zimmerman remains in jail after his first day in court. he's charged with murdering 17-year-old trayvon martin. manuel galle

the greenland police department is made up of six officers. >>> new this morning, newark, new jersey, mayor cory booker out of the hospital after rescuing a neighbor from a fire. a spokesperson for the mayor said booker got home, saw the house next door on fire. he and two of his security officers ran in to save his neighbors. he tweeted last night, "just suffering smoke inhalation. we got the woman out of the house. we are both off to the hospital. i will be okay." >>> now to a developing story on north korea's failed robl eed r launch. the u.s., japan, and britain are calling it a violation of restrictions. the security council will meet to discuss the matter. north korea insists the launch was a peaceful mission to put a communications satellite into orbit. u.s. officials say the rocket never posed any threat. it fell into the yellow sea before fully launching. >>> 4:34. today president obama heads to colombia for the summit of the americas. several security measures already in place in the coastal city where the meeting of 33 leaders will take place. tonight the president will eat

sources tell our nbc affiliate in boston that the chief of greenland's police department was killed.e was ten days from retirement. two of the other officers that were shot are said to be in critical condition. sources say a drug task force may have been trying to serve a warrant when all that shooting began. >>> and we're covering breaking news closer to home in green belt. that's where a huge search of a national park took place tonight after somebody spotted a gunman. jackie bensen is live on the ground there. jackie? >> reporter: dorene, the 911 call came from a motorist who spotted a man in camouflage right here where the park borders good luck road. now, at that point it caused a fast response by u.s. park police. they were assisted by maryland state police officers armed with semi-automatic rifles. they set up a perimeter around the park, and they also brought in helicopters with nightvision capabilities. we can tell you it caused quite a stir at the church just across the street here. >> somebody say they have a rifle, they've got a rifle. when the police come they run out. w

thek expected them to go into greenland and could have made it from there. i don't know if they expected them to build aircraft carriers. roosevelt actually said, prepare to be bombed and the sort of thing one does in wartime to steam receipt soph saying you're not unreachable. they can reach you, too. everybody had better get after this war thing and make us win it. we can't afford to let down our guard. yeah? >> i think modern echoes reason oaks in what you've just said. that we all recall from past week, but i just have a question about the san fernando valley. are you saying, then, they're attempting to signal that there is industry in the empty san fernando valley so that that would be the target for the -- >> let me make my clear. the question is why send up smoke in the san fernando valley? this smoke would cover a two square mile area and obscure anything from enemy bombers. >> war production in the san fernando valley? >> the lockheed martin airplane, l.a.x., a huge air ternal for stuff going to the pacific and several other parts and things involve

it happened in greenlandic 30 minutes ago. investigators say they found the bodies of the suspects and a woman inside the house where they were holed up overnight. the officer killed was michael maloney and he was a week away from retirement. >> two coast guard members dead after a communique since -- communications deal in alaska. they were the victims of double homicide. no word on the suspects or a motive. d.c. police are looking at whomever shot a man overnight in southeast washington. this happened after midnight along the 2700 block of stanton wrote. no word on the suspect, motive or the condition of the victim. >> we are following a developing story from north korea. that is after an attempt to launch a rocket. the rocket was in the air just over one minute before it disintegrated. north korea claims it was launching a weather satellite in order to mark the 100th birthday of the country's founder. the u.s. another country said it was a cover for a missile attack -- test. >> they could sell them. they could sell the tech

a drug investigation turned deadly in greenland, new hampshire. the police chief who was killed just days from retirement. a live report from the scene straight ahead. >> all right. and also coming up we'll be talking about this fury sparked by a democratic strategist who took a swipe at mitt romney's wife, saying as a stay at home mom she never worked a day in her life. those words have struck a chord and a nerve with women all across this country and now she's apologizing, but it's definitely not put this debate to rest. we're going to hear from her coming up this morning. >> that's right. then as parents i think we've taught our kids to avoid strangers. right? at least we think we have. natalie certainly did. but she was stunned, even brought to tears when she put her son and his friends to the test using hidden cameras and an actor pretending to be an ice cream truck driver. she will show us what happened. >> i think it's important reporting for all parents to take a look at. and also, talking about this ad campaign that has a lot of people ta

and he joins us, now, from greenland, new hampshire, right now. good morning to you, alex. >> reporter: josh, good morning to you. you know, this is the nightmare that every police officer's family has every night. it appears after killing the police chief and injuring four other officers, the suspect killed himself. >> police officers and chief maloney attempted to gain entry into that residence. gunshots were fired. and the officers were struck. >> reporter: police chief michael maloney was just eight days. eight days from retirement. the deadly standoff began around 6:00 p.m. last night. police officers were serving a search warrant at the home of 20-year-old collin untre, who has previous arrests for drugs and firearms. but as they entered, the officers were attacked. in the sense hours that followed, he holed up in the home with a female acquaintance. about 2:00 p.m., officers who had been trying to negotiate with him, hear more gunfire. investigators then send in a robot. >> both of them had sustained gunshot wounds, either as a double-suici

you see the big dive in the jet and it arcs over the atlantic toward greenland.t will bring in different weather. we think more cloud cover. hit and miss fast moving rain showers. much warmer air poised tout our west to move in -- out to our west to move. some of the warm air will mix with the front. places like atlanta up to 80. we'll get above 0 tomorrow similar to charlotte today. timing wise when might you see rain tomorrow? it's much needed rain even with what we had sunday. i think toward early afternoon we're picking up on a couple of hit and miss showers with the warm front. then some light scattered off and on rain. friday looks like we dry things out noisily once again. as we go into saturday, late saturday into sunday, another chance for showers. back and forth we'll go. increased clouds, a chance for showers, 70 degrees but cloudier and more humid. tomorrow night down to 45 with a few showers as we get breezy. the outlook into the weekend, you see changing weather will be the story. the best chance of rain late saturday into early sunday. i've got one

. >> was the global warming when they were (inaudible) greenland and a cathedral there and i believe the maya moved from the lowlands to the highlands and the anastazi came down to the salt river. >> yeah, a lot of the movement was based on climate. the anastazi were always moving. the whole thing about the disappearing anastazi, you go to where they are living and they disappear all of a sudden. but you follow them and find, oh, 10 years later they are over here and 70 years later they are over here. they are often being driven by these climate changes which on the colorado plateau, very small changes make you go. if you lose one inch of precipitation in one year, you got to get up to the mesas where there's a little more rain and then when the frost comes in too early, you got to get down to the desert. around 1276 or so the water was running out, the seasons were no good, and i think they just looked at their trade routes and said let's follow these and go south. they were always getting pushed around by the environment. . >> okay, thank you, craig, so much. thank you for coming.

. >>> an armed standoff happening right now in greenland, new hampshire.here facing down a suspect they say killed one police officer and wounded four others in a shootout. police first arrived at the home as part of a drug investigation. authorities say the alleged gunman is now barricaded inside with an unidentified woman. the town's police department has only ten members. >>> democratic strategist hilary rosen has now apologized for saying ann romney never worked a day in her life. her remark about the stay-at-home mother of five set off a political sonic boom yesterday with the white house trying to get as far away from it as possible. president obama even weighing in, saying that doesn't reflect what he believes at all, using his wife and mother as examples. >> there is no tougher job than being a mom. and when i think about what michelle's had to do, when i think about my own mom, a single mother raising me and my sister, that's work. >> president obama making a historic trip to colombia as well. his weekend visit said to be the longest time a u.s. p

it happened in greenland, a small town of just 3,500 with a police force of just seven.loney served as greenland's chief for a dozen years. he was a married father. a new hampshire attorney general says the community is in mourning. maloney and officers were part of a drug task force that suddenly came under officer. four other officers were wounded, two are in intensive care. all were trying to arrest collin mutree. general attorney michael delaney now. >> they attempted to gain entry into the residence when they arrived. as they attempted the to gain entry into that residence, gunshots were fired, and the officers were struck. following the accident, tactical teams arrived, and attempted to begin negotiations with the individuals inside the residence. the tactical team was able to initially gain brief contact with mr. mutree and had some brief conversation with him. that conversation ended shortly thereafter, and for a long period of the evening there was no contact with the individuals inside the residence. >> and that led to a standoff. it lasted hours. early this mo

. >> the greenland, 3500 people, are devastated. a neighbor who lives a half mile down the road from the scene, said a surprise party for the chief's retirement had already been planned. >>> a northeast ohio man shot and killed his wife and a daughter in the crowded restaurant. it happened at a cracker barrel restaurant in brooklyn, ohio, outside of cleveland. authorities say kevin allen's wife, called 911 from the restaurant saying allen was upset because she said she was leaving him. when police arrived, he was shot dead by officers. another daughter survived the shooting. >>> a judge is once again refusing to throw out the child sex abuse charges against jerry sandusky. the judge are allow attorneys to ask for the charges to be dismissed again after evidence is turned over by prosecutors. he is accused of sexually abusing 10 boys over the course of 15 years. sandusky who denied the allegations is under house arrest until the trial gets underway june 5th. >>> general motors is recalling about 50,000 crossover suvs to fix a problem

it happened in the small town of greenland. the officers were serving a warrant when they were shot. the police chief was just days away from retiring. four other officers were also shot. >>> a door to door salesman saves three children from a house fire. chris owen was giving a sales pitch down the street when he noticed the smoke and saw the flames. he helped the three children inside escape. >>> a busy day for firefighters, they also had to battle this brush fire along the beltway. it's the same problem we've seen all week as dry and windy weather creates dangerous conditions for fires. firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading. >>> police argents and lieutenants have a message for john liepold, resign. now they're sending the message into the air waves. mike has the show down. >> reporter: police unions have been outspoken critics of john liepold calling for him and the police chief to go among accusations he was mistreating his security detail and ordering them to dig up dirt on his enemies while the chief i

. >> it was built to fly over the ice fields of greenland to map the ice. >> it is among a new breed of unmanned aircraft in the u.s. that could be sharing the skies with traditional aircraft by 2015. the faa is in the process of selecting six sides across the country to test the safety of flying drones in the same airspace as manned aircraft. >> it looks like a model airplane. the difference is the computer. >> the industry envisions many different uses for the aircraft, as a tool for law enforcement and emergency responders for example. >> it allows the men and women in extra tool to do their job better, save lives, and save money. >> it will fly for about an hour. >> some are small enough to fit inside a briefcase. the integration of drums international airspace has privacy advocates concerned. >> they can. into a window. they can fly so high that people do not know they are above them watching every step the tape. several groups have petitioned the faa to address privacy concerns. >> we would love for them to put down hard rules in that area. with the faa said it welcomes public

it happened in greenland thursday night. a man remained held up in a house with a woman and then police went in and found them both dead inside the home. two of the officers are in intensive care. the other were treated and released. the police chief that died was days away from retirement. >>> a deadly shooting at the cracker barrel restaurant in ohio. a woman called police yesterday after saying her husband was upset because she told him she was leaving him. officers say they heard gunshots. when they arrived a woman and young girl were found dead and another woman was taken to the hospital. police shot and killed the husband after he refused to surrender. police have not confirmed if it was his wife and daughter who were shot. >>> the man who said he shot trayvon martin, his attorney is trying to get him out of jail. there's a bail hearing next friday. zimmerman appeared before a judge yesterday as prosecutors outlined their case. o'mara said he's learned about the evidence but he's hoping for one thing. >> i truly want t

and all of the friends and family of the greenland new hampshire police department. and the new hampshire law enforcement community. >> the 48-year-old police chief was set to retire in less than two weeks. >>> prince george's county police want people to use a popular, who use a popular trail in maryland to be on alert after three women are attacked there. police say the women were abducted then sexually assaulted along the northwest branch hiker trail, that's near the west hyattsville metro station. news4's tracee wilkins has more on these attacks. >> reporter: police say that since january, they have had reports for at least three incidents of rape, sexual assault or attempted assault happening on this trail here near the west hyattsville metro station. now they're asking the public to help them catch the man they believe to be responsible. police say a woman was taken by knife-point and raped here on the northwest branch hiker/biker trail behind the west hyattsville metro. they say it happened on tuesday march 27th, just before 10:00 p.m. police say it's the thir

a drug raid left a police chief dead and four officers injured in the small town of greenland. right now a man and woman remain holed up inside a home there, they're keeping officers at bay. this incident started last night around 6:00 and has been going on since then. overnight we did learn the 48-year-old police chief was set to retire in less than two weeks. the greenland police department is only made up of six officers and the chief. >>> new york mayor cory booker is out of the hospital after rescuing a neighbor in a fire. the spokesperson for the mayor said booker came home and saw the house next door on fire. booker and two security officers ran in to save his neighbors. booker tweeted last night, "just suffering smoke inhalation. we got the woman out of the house. we are both off to the hospital. i will be okay." >>> 5:16. the florida mother found not guilty in her daughter's death will stand trial in a related case next year. a judge says a defamation lawsuit filed against casey anthony can go forward. zenaida fernandez gonzalez is suing for defamation of character. in

in new hampshire a standoff ended this morning in the town of greenland after the police chief was shot and killed during a drug raid. four other officers were wounded in last night's shooting. to remain hospitalized. the police chief was planning on retiring in less than two weeks. >> a fire broke out at the chronicle phillips oil refinery in rodeo just after 1:00 this morning. the fire could potentially put hazardous materials in the year. crews reported no chemicals after doing tests. searchers will be under water again today looking for clues in the disappearance of sierra lamar. yesterday they searched the muddy waters of chess for zero reservoir and nextel will look at the loss resin or 7 mi. away. lately the search has been focused on five objects out found with sonar. the diving team is not being specific about what it found. yesterday they've ruled out one object that turned out to be a large tree trunk. sierras mother is grateful the search has not let up >> they're not finding anything in the lake is giving me hope but it is difficult knowing they're doing that. >> so far the

they are blaming dreamland for our weather today -- they are blaming greenland for our weather today. they say it's a sharp, icey blast. overnight, we expect temperatures to go down again. yes, we're hoping the good weather will return by next week. the >> thank you very much. they are in central scotland. somewhere between edinburg and glasgow. keep warm. thank you very much. before we go, let's remind you of our top story on gmt. the head of the international red cross is meeting top syrian officials in damascus and is trying to persuade them to allow humanitarian aid to injured civilians. in a separate development, advanced team from the u.n. is due in damascus in the next 24 hours to discuss the deployment of international observers to monitor a cease-fire in syria. that's all for the moment. stay with us on "bbc world news." i am zeinab badawi. goodbye. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, union bank, and shell. >> this is kim, about to fee

. >>> a stand off in the small town of greenland, new hampshire is over.uthorities say they found the bodies of a suspected gunman and a woman in the home where the two had holed up. both dead from gunshot wounds. the stand off started after police tried to search the house for drugs last night. investigators say the man opened fire inning 4 and killing the town's police chief, who was set to retire in eight days. >>> in egypt shows are rallying in cairo to denounce the presidential candidacies of mubarak officials including his spy chief. supports of the muslim group have packed the square. others have boycotted today's rally. >>> still to come on eyewitness news at noon looking ahead to the weekend. find out what is in store weather-wise, the complete first warning weather forecast now just two and a half minutes away but first a look at today's midday stocks followed by last night's multimatch numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> all right, welcome back to eyewitness news at noon. this is lulu right here, now lulu is a rottweiler mix and not unlike some of

and all of the friends and family of the greenland, new hampshire police department and new hampshire enforcement. >> nbc's michelle franzen joins me now from greenland, new hampshire with more on all this. michelle, explain to us about the search warrant, why police were originally going after muttry. >> reporter: he was certainly a suspect that police had been watching over the last few years and they were executing this search warrant that the attorney general in new hampshire says was part of a drug task force that was compiled of officers from five different communities and also that chief michael maloney was aiding those officers at that time when they tried to execute that warrant. when they entered the home. that is when authorities say that the suspect opened fire on them, of course killing the chief and also wounding four other officers. two of them were treated at the hospital, and two others remain there and awaiting surgery or have already gone through surgery. so they were executing that warrant, working together as they often do in these situations when that tragedy unf

nbc's michelle franzen is in greenland, new hampshire, with details on that. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. residents in this small town are leaning on one another and also coming together to remember police chief michael maloney who was just days away from retiring when he was shot and killed. experts say his death is part of a disturbing trend around the country with officers' shooting deaths on the rise. flowers line the walkway at the town center where greenland, new hampshire, police chief, michael maloney headed the force for 12 years. the 48-year-old was gunned down thursday night in the town he was sworn to protect, trying to serve a search warrant during a drug raid. four other officers were wounded. >> everybody was stunned, and they felt that they just couldn't believe this was happening in our little state. >> reporter: across the country in modesto, california, sheriff's deputy robert paris was shot and killed, serving an eviction notice at an apartment complex that was later set abla ablaze. the suspected shooter refused

among the officers was greenland police chief michael maloney. they believe some type of drug deal was taking place. shots were fired within the home. chief maloney was killed. according to one report he was shot in the head. four officers from other departments were wounded. a s.w.a.t. team arrived on the scene including a armored vehicle. those in the home barricaded themselves inside. authorities briefly communicated with mutry then things went eerily silent. listen. >> negotiators at that time were attempting to make contact with him inside the residence but were unsuccessful to do so, were unable to do so. at approximately 2:00 a.m. a decision was made to place a robot and to breach the door to get inside the residence. >> reporter: when authorities finally did enter the residence they found him inside dead. a female companion was also dead. what happened here was either a murder suicide or double suicide. we know for certainty hour the beloved police chief of that community was killed. heather? heather: the chief as we mentioned was just da

. >>> a memorial service is happening today for the police chief killed during a drug raid in greenland, new hampshire last week. chief michael maloney was just weeks away from retirement. the service begins at noon at an area high school. >>> and today marks the 17th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing. that blast killed 168 people and 19 of them were children. the man convicted of the bombing was executed in 2001. a ceremony is being held later morning. >>> her parents say they have tried everything but their little girl just doesn't seem to get the message. >> the discipline and decision they've made right now and the school officials led to them calling police. >> also ahead this morning, washing dishes, cooking and even guarding. how it can help low you are the chances of -- loiter chances of alsoize -- lower the chances of alzheimer's. >> couldtizeers be on -- advertisers be on game jerseys? >> the heavy rain has yet to arrive. those details coming glum and even with the light rain a little bit slippery out there and some patchy fog for your thursday morning drive. a look at

michael maloney, the police chief in greenland, new hampshire, was killed in a drug raid. he was eight days from retirement. in modesto, california, ten di robert paris was shot and killed while serving an eviction notice. look at this. last sunday four new york city police officers were wound bid a gunman. two days before that a police officer in austin, texas was shot and killed responding to a shoop lifting. and in melbourne, florida, last month the sheriff's deputy was killed during a traffic stop. in all of last year, 72 police officers were killed. so far this year 35 have died and it's only april. john miller is joining us now. john, with violent crime dropping across the country why are more police officers being killed? >> i asked that question to police chiefs today and chuck ramsay, the police chief in philadelphia came up with what i think was as close to a logical answer that we're going to hear which is police are not just responding to 911 calls after the fact and saying who done it and which way did they go? in predictive policing, they're putting cops on t

but for greenland, new hampshire, it is devastating. this morning, police in this small coastal town had the suspect surrounded. the gunman wanted for shooting five police officers during a drug raid, injuring four of them, and killing the local police chief. >> they entered the home at that time. and they encountered an armed subject. >> reporter: the shooter opened fire on the officers as they entered the house during a drug bust. a woman also remained in the home early this morning. chief michael maloney was killed leading his men in the raid. he was set to retire later this month. as one town leader put it, it's an unbelievable situation. state leaders have rushed to the hospital, where the injured officers are being treated. >> i do want to extend my thoughts and prayers to the family and relatives and loved ones of the police officer that has been killed and the four police officers that have been injured. >> reporter: an unthinkable tragedy for this police department that only has seven members. two of the injured officers have b

authorities in the town of greenland say officers conducting a drug investigation were confronted and fired upon. the wounded officers are now being treated at a local hospital. a police helicopter searching for a group of gas workers kidnapped by shining path rebels in southern peru has come under attack. the co-pilot was killed. three other crew members were injured when gunmen opened fire from the ground. peru has september 1,500 troops to the area in an attempt to free the 40 hostages who were abducted near the country's main gas field in the amazon jungle on monday. soldiers have taken control of large parts of bissau, the capital of the west african state of guinea-bissau. there are reports of heavy gunfire in the city, and state television is now off the air. witnesses have said that troops had attacked the residents of the former prime minister, carlos gomez jr. he won the first round of presidential elections last month. now, we've been focusing on north korea's failed launch of a rocket, but they have successfully unveiled two statues, huge statues as they are, in fact, in p

a man shot and killed the sheriff of the tiny town of greenland, new hampshire last night as he tried to serve a search warrant. four other officers are in the hospital. the shooter is still inside the home. hundreds of police officers are surrounding the house. the sheriff who was killed had just two weeks -- or was just two week away from retiring. >>> lawyers in the john edwards campaign finance trial are trying to pick a jury. former democratic vice presidential candidate is facing six criminal counts in north carolina for trying to hide secret payments. jury selection continues on monday. >>> a war of words between the two women about women continues to dominate the presidential campaign discussion. democratic strategist hilary rosen is now apologizing for her comments about ann romney's decision to be a stay at home mom. rosen said mrs. romney couldn't relate to most women's economic challenges because she has never worked a day in her life. now, everyone from the president to the first lady to ann romney herself chiming in on the controversy. >> we need to respect choices that

a police chief is dead and four other officers are injured after a shooting in a small town of greenland, new hampshire. police and federal agents attempted to search a home for drugs when a gunman inside started firing. officers are now in a standoff with that suspect who is still inside the home at this point. >>> two coast guard members shot and killed on an island off the alaskan coast appear to be victims of a double homicide. another coast guard member found the two yesterday. the commanding officer of the base says the shootings took place soon after the two arrived for work and now federal investigators are on the island searching for clues and a possible suspect in the shootings. >>> a pennsylvania judge has refused to throw out charges against jerry sandusky. a lawyer for the former penn state assistant coach had argued the statute of limitations might have run out for eight of the ten alleged victims. but the judge rejected that argument. he also rejected another argument that the child sex abuse charges were not specific enough. sandusky faces more than 50 counts of abusing t