the gravity of the charges seem to be too much for kevin mendoza who made them fear for their safety during a traffic stop. >> he made several references to police officers being shot allover the country. he continued to be err he put his hands on the hood of the car. reporter: they were using an apt to monitor police scanner traffic. they stopped their car when it went a wrong way down a wrong way street. they are facing serious charges but they never made a direct being held for a little boy who died while taking part in a south boston day camp. the family of 7-year-old kyzr willis gathering near the l-street bath house just a short time ago. the wake and funeral for the little boy will be held later this week. maria: stormteam 5 tracking a powerful tropical storm tonight, earl bringing the threat of flooding and damaging winds. a.j. is here with me now. anchor: belize and the yucatan peninsula, upwards of 15, 16 inches of rain. this is a big problem for the area as the storm comes out. you will get a lot of rain down the last time, we didn't have any activity. we have a time of en

his name is kevin mendoza, the police found a rifle with a loaded 30-round magazine and a loaded handgun in the car. police say the driver was aggressive and tried to reach under the seat where that handgun was sitting, multiple times. they were pulled over after going the wrong way down a one way street. and police suspect they may have been dealing drugs. police say they were also monitoring police scanner traffic using an app on their phone. tonight, they are facing drug court today about a murder in salem. heather: the suspect is accused of killing his estranged wife overnight. newscenter 5's reid lamberty is live in salem, reid? reid: after allegedly strangling his estranged wife in her salem apartment, prosecutors say douglas steeves, jr. covered her with a bed sheet, and walked into the salem police help him, mr. steeves responded i just killed my wife the officer said what, mr. steeves repeated that he had just killed his wife. reid: prosecutors painted a picture of a long and contentious marriage between steeves and the victim, carmela saunders, she filed a restraining order aga

his name is kevin mendoza, the police found a rifle with a loaded 30-round magazine and a loaded handgun in the car. police say the driver was aggressive and tried to reach under the seat where that handgun was sitting, multiple times. they were pulled over after going the wrong way down a one way street. and police suspect they may have been dealing drugs. police say they were also monitoring police scanner traffic using an app on their phone. tonight, they are facing drug

early this morning, salem police officers pulled over kevin mendoza and emmanuel rodriguez shonyo, they were driving erratically, driving the wrong way down the one way street on harrison avenue and police have been doing surveillance in that area. police think that they were trying to do a drug deal, when they were pulled over, mendoza became erratic. during the traffic stop, mendoza made reference to getting discharged from the military and mendoza allegedly made reference to officers being shot all over the country. now, officers said that they were listening to police scanners on an app, now it was his tone that threw police officers off. at one point, mendoza was trying to get back into the car, and he was looking specifically under the driver's seat. salem police say mendoza wasn't listening to their commands and that's when police officers arrested the two men in the car. now, back out here live, the two men made absolutely no specific threats to there was also no plot, so again, to be clear, no specific threats. now, the two men right now are being held without bail. they are fa