they called their counterparts in londonderry, new hampshire, ninety miles away. sergeant nick pinardi is with the police department there. >> we were working a midnight shift. it was me and a couple other officers. >> reporter: saco police wanted him to go break the news to gregg in person. >> so i simply went over and told him, "your wife was shot in -- in maine." at that point mr. owens said he thought he was having a heart attack. so the officers helped him to the ground, sat him down. >> reporter: it turned out it wasn't a heart attack, he'd apparently gone into shock. gregg was eager to go see his wife. but first he went down to the police station, full of questions about her condition. >> status of my wife. >> yeah. she's at the hospital right now. >> she's alive? >> she's alive. >> prognosis? >> we're not sure right now. she's still in surgery. but she is, you know, still alive right now. >> any idea what happened? >> we're tr -- we're -- maine's trying to get some background information. they're investigating it on their side. >> reporter: gregg explained

leave gang life, chief superintendant john sutherland from the met police and in our studio in londonderryg on? well, knife crime right now, it‘s always been around, but now it is at an all time high and it is becoming ridiculous why these young people are dying. my brother lost his life just over a year ago. he was not in a gang. he was a young guy coming to the transition of what he wanted to do with his life a trainee electrician and he lost his life. the way he lost his life was, it was very grim, it was in the afternoon, in broad daylight, not far from a school and you know not far from where the london mayor, siddique khan was living, he lost his life there and even until today we are trying to find answers, why is this thing happening in the way it is. we have a picture of your brother there. you told us a bit about him. tell us a bit more. lewis, he was a normal child, his dad passed away, his mum was a hard—working, she worked for the borough and he grew up in a nice home, he loved animals, he wanted to do something with his life and he got caught up in this knife crime, because h

and our next centenarian, a world traveler from londonderry new hampshire. good guy. >> freebie fridays and it's also national doughnut day. >> nice. >> you kids have a great weekend. >> yes. >> we are starting it right now. >> run that down a little bit? >> in the countdown. >> all right, guys. much more ahead on a friday morning. fi >>> good morning. i'm vai sikahema. about 9:00 and we were laughing because it is chilly in the u studio but warm outside. we go to erica martin with the accurate forecast. erica. >> yes, you mentioned it is hot outside and that saul that counts. temperatures topping out in the high 70s and low 80s. you will see sunshine saturday and sunday into monday and isolated thunderstorms for the second half of sunday to monday. and keep the umbrellasan follow tha thank, you, vai. >> and now let's can check in with jessica boyington. >> yes, everything is moving through center ter city and a delay on the eastbound side moving towards 95. for the most part the majors are okay. mass transit not the same story. regional rails are dealing wi

and our next centenarian, a world traveler from londonderry new hampshire.t's also national doughnut day. >> nice. >> you kids have a great weekend. >> yes. >> we are starting it right now. >> run that down a little bit? >> in the countdown. >> all right, guys. much more ahead on a friday morning. fi i )m ... ==topvo== . >>> a good friday morning. 8:56. i'm sam brock. breaking news we continue to follow out of san francisco where police there are investigating a homicide at a hotel right along the popular van ness corridor. in the last hour we learned from police that this all started as a verbal altercation that escalated into violence on the street there and don't know exactly how the person died, but it all happened this morning at the da vinci villa hotel on van ness. police are saying the victim in this case was an adult male tourist. so far no word on whether police have made any arrests or someone specifically who they're looking for. >>> happening right now, pete suratos is talking with investigators and he will have the latest in a live report durin