time here on freida lane in lowell. you can see what appears to have been a gathering tonight, you can see behind the house, there's some sort of bounce house, there are also balloons at the front of the house and many adults now gathered outside in front of the home with police. police do tell me that this call initially came in at 8:20 this evening for a child unresponsive having been pulled from a it turned out that two children have been in the pool, those children were pulled out, cpr was performed here at the scene, but right now police say they were taken right over to lowell general hospital and at this moment, are in the process of being taken to boston area hospitals, we're awaiting more information from lowell police at this time but again, they say they were taken critical from this home here on frida lane and we're hoping, of course, to hear the best about these two children. still awaiting information on boys or girls. >> we certainly hope they'll be okay. we'll check in with you throughout the newscast. t

and we continue to follow breaking news out of lowell. two children are in critical 10 minutes ago we learned those children are now on their way to boston area hospitals. >> new at 10, the family of the 15 month old boy found unresponsive with his babysitter will donate his organs. the family tells us the donation could save five lives. meanwhile the department of children and families has taken custody of three children as the investigation into this baby's >> 1-year-old noah died thursday after he was found unresponsive in his baby sister's care. tonight fox 25 has learned his sister is now in the custody of dcf, along with two other children and the state and middlesex county district attorney investigate what landed the twins at boston children's hospital. it started with a medical call from these apartments where noah and emmy were in the care of a babysi about what happened to the baby? >> we have no comment about what happened in the home displ. the babysitter said nothing on friday. we aren't identifying her since she faces no cr

spots like lowell going backed to. temperatures in the 50s and a bunch of the burbs. boston mild at 56 degrees but lawrence, bedford, norwood all in the 50s. fitchburg at 56. 57 in nashua and ports smith,

television and baseball collide in lowell today. fox 25's vanessa welch tonight at the lowell spinners game. introduced at minor league pat, high school football in massachusetts is back there's a new push this year they can stay safe on the field. >> i think it's going to help over time prevent president amount of head injuries that we see. >> i add -- ahead in the next 15 minutes the changes the parents can expect to ? amazing sleep stays with you all day and all night. sleep number beds with sleepiq technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. the time is now for the biggest sale of the year, where all beds are on sale! >>> an aspen man is behind bars after police say they caught him breaking into a home on someone noticed a suspicious man in the driveway that's where they found where they found murdoch hatfield. that 37-year-old is being held on $5,000 bail. car ran a stop sign hitting another car head on in east providence. police tell fox 25 the driver of the first car didn't see the stop line and drove

>>> and we start with breaking news from lowel. we just got off the phone with police. two kids around preschool age were found unresponsive about 8:30 tonight. you can se still floating from outside that house. again, 8:30, an unresponsive child in the school. we're told both children affected are preschool age, a boy and girl. they were flown to boston area hospitals. if we get any update during this newscast, we will bring it to you. >>> we also have breaking news out of west roxbury, where a brush fire is now up to 4 and the smoke from 128. now firefighters tell us, those flames are just a few feet ray way from the street, and they tell us, they need more manpower to find it. >> extremely difficult to get to, because, of course we have no roads, and no hydrants iny the fire is. so right now, we have 4 alarms with the fire apparatus here. basically, a 4 alarm fire, and it's for manpower. the firefighters have the hose, hundreds of feet, up feet, through the brush, it's just very labor intensive. >> firefighters say the fire is contained, and right now, no homes are t

lena chong from lowell high school, [inaudible] university. linda len from lowell high school heading to uc berkeley! there it is! mr. mayor, you need it know about linda is she was part of the sales force summer program, so sales force partnered with us and brings in a lot of kids over the summer. linda headed up part of that program. congratulations linda. [inaudible] from cac galileo high school going to university of california dave davis [inaudible] melody lee from cac from balboa high school heading off to ucla! this is [inaudible] on her behalf. nia [inaudible] college track, lowell high school, san francisco state university! [inaudible] from san francisco alliance of black school educators, george washington high school. eagles! bailor university! regina graceen, fillphillip and [inaudible] going cal state university los angeles! alright. richard [inaudible] couldn't be here tonight but he is from abraham lincoln high school-you are here. san diego state university! richard! richard participated with several other young people here to

wbz nicole jake oobs is live in lowell with details -- jacobs is live in lowel will the detales. >> reporter: -- lowell wi >> reporter: she said she didn't know what happens but initially thought it was fireworks which she hears all the time she was not afraid even when police said it was a bullet. here in lowell who was asleep when she heard the soundsand again she initially thought it was fireworks monday mornin cal and they arrived and determined a bullet went woman's bedroom window. it was just feet from where she was sleeping. >> i was very lucky but i am not shake and i just think it was some nut that just wanted to fire a shot off. >> reporter: so the since monday morning, they have had three similar instance of bullets hitting home throughout the city. we are live in lowell nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> thanks so much. >>> the jogger murdered near her mother's princeton home has been laid to rest. hundreds of mourners packed a leominster church to have say bye to 27-year-old viewnessa marcotte who was killed august 7 her body found in the woods of tips but there's been no arrest

the victim was a 20-year-old kid from lowell. a lowell city baseball aspirations of playing professionally. everyone with whom we spoke today had nothing but glowing reviews about this kid and his family saying they dedicated their lives to helping the baseball community throughout lowell, and baseball was in fact their lives. the only thing brighter than his smile is the manner in which he lived his life. there u will meet than calvin riley. reporter: a 20-year-old star who was murdered over the weekend in san francisco. eric knows the riley family and spoke with the family. >> he lost his best friend. it is tough for everybody in the community. cal was a great kid. reporter: the college sophomore was with friends over the weekend near fisherman's wharf, a popular tourist spot in san francisco playing pokemon go and for reasons unknown he was shot. >> people dying from illness, lived a long and successful life, but this time of senseless violence is always difficult to accept. reporter: a sister at the school he spent three year

challenge a state rep maine's controversial governor is not backing down from his statement that lowell and lawrence are fueling his state's opioid crisis. late tonight fox 25's verbal attack directed towards his city. >> reporter: his remarks making links to maine's opioid controversy. at governor's new england governor conference governor paul lepage didn't back down even dragging mass into the drama. meth lab arrests are white the heroin fentanyl arrests are not white people they're hispanic and black and from lowell and lawrence, massachusetts, and waterbury, brooklyn. >> governor lepage is a thoughtful and active participant in all the conversations that we've had here. >> reporter: lepage ducked out of the following news conference leaving questions for charlie baker who wouldn't comment specifically about the inflammatory comments. >> this issue knows no neighborhood. it knows no race, it knows no class, it's as pervasive as anything i've ever seen in my 30 years of lepage is ill informed and lawrence and lowell are simply scapegoats for a nationwide drug problem. >> the openoid

lowell police still investigating these cases. live in lowell i'm michael henrich, fox25 news. >> gene: effort police officer on unpaid leave after investigators say he assaulted his wife who was seven months claimed he hit her in the face and then kicked her in the stomach on sunday. morey who has been in the porch for three years facing several charges including assault and battery on pregnant woman and being held without bail until the next court appearance. >>> gene: sharon wouldn't leave a commuter rail train without a fight. conductor told transit police emma bloom refused to pay her fare so he told her to get off him. she even threatened to stab him. bloom has since been charged with assault and battery. >> sara: today boston police will tell 100 officers they have been chosen to take part in the city's body camera pilot program. the city and the union struck a deal earlier this summer, but no officers on volunteered for the pilot program, so officials have decided to randomly assign them. the mayor told us he wants to have

we're live in lowell tonight, christine mccarthy, fox 25 news. we eagerly await more information about those children. if you want to turn now to sports bad news out of foxborough tonight where two keene, new england, patriots will miss a lot of time and sports director tom leyden these injuries are big ones as they impact the offense. you don't want to lose the tackle or lose one of your most expensive offensive we will start with the dionne lewis. who needs a second surgery on his knee. he tore his a.c.l. last year since washington. you can only the boston mail reporting it's an eight to 10 week setback that puts us into mid-october maybe even after tom brady is scheduled to return. meanwhile sebastian on the injured reserve list. that's what's going to keep him off the field this season. he really has been bitten by the injury bug a lot. the loss of fulmer certainly will not help here. a bad day in foxborough for sure. this team felt the injuries and so we're going to get into this much more ahead on "sportswrap". i hope you can join us at 11:

live in lowell. randy: a man is getting ready to face a judge as he faces scrutiny in the death of his teenage daughter. walter da silva was arrested as a fugitive from justice. the u.s. marshal's office said he's a person of interest in shooting of his 19-year-old daughter in new bedford. sabrina da silva was her father has not been charged in that crime and will face an extradition hearing. crews are getting ready to resume their search for a man believed to have drowned in a new hampshire river. police say the man jumped in the water after a small dog on this river in new hampton on sunday, the dog and the man's wife were not hurt but he never resurfaced. the couple were camping nearby. emily: investigators are billed as the world's largest water slide. the safety of that ride being called into question this morning and erika tarantal is talking about it. erika: the slide will be closed today as the investigation gets underway and is unclear exactly how 10-year-old caleb schwab died and riders mus

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baseball if lowell. >>> calvin's father, coached little league here in lowell and the riley became a fixture in the community before they left for the west coast about 5 years ago. brock tells me, sean riley landed a dream coaching job. calvin would have been a sophomore this fall at sanitizer joaquin college where he became a closing pitcher at a c draft picks since 2010. >> that's something i'll always remember about him, how much he brought to me -- how much joy he brought to me and my friends in the baseball world. >> the reporter: calvin was studying kinesiology. his cousin set up a gofundme page for funeral expenses and raised over $40,000. police cruiser in cambridge this morning. sky fox with a view of that cruiser where it was found across town in the parking lot of a skate rink. the cruiser is a backup vehicle and stolen from a maintenance facility. no guns or weapons were inside when it was stolen. >> bob: a man was killed in an early morning fire in westbridge water. you can see the burned shell of the home on matt field street. tonight, we know 54-year-old robert murphy

we're live in lowell with much more. kelly? >> reporter: friends and family are very, very upset understandably. the young man grad grated from middle school here and relowed to california where they say he was thriving a long with his family in a new life until saturday night when this tragedy occurred. sister priscilla fondly remembers her former student as she proudly shows us the lowell native's old yearbook where you can see a smiling then eighth grader of a young man who would grow up to a well like and respected college baseball star. >>> he was fun loving, he was very, very outgoing boy, friendly kind of guy, guy you would like to have as a friend. >> reporter: the sister said she was in shock to learn her former student that relowed to california with his family spot in san francisco the now 20-year-old college pitcher gunned down while playing pokemon go with a friend of the investigators mystified by murder saying reilly was shot in the chest saturday evening. that shootings here are unusual. back in lowell, she says

pee have live report from lowell in our next half hour. meanwhile, new hampshire three they knewly drone. teens were swimming saturday when wave came by push them into deeper water away from boat. off duty police officer and firefighter helped rescue them. all three were taken to the hospital to be checked out. ateacher remains in jail. math new cassidy accused second picture of hipself to 17 year old and then asking her to send naked photos back to him. the history te at his home in ai early friday morning. atot court records obtained by the gardener news. cassidy was originally being investigated for arrays fraud. and that case, the 33 year old is accused of lying to former student who he was dating telling he had cancer when she tried end to their relationship mr. were investigating because students did fundraiser for calling dewhen they lorneed about the photos. other students tell fox 25 they it is kinds of suprise. you wouldn't expect it from him of all people. school working on support plan pore students and staff. when school begin

it happened around 7:00 on bran street in lowell. fox 25's erica richie is live at the scene where crews have just reopened that road. erica? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, branch street here in lowell is quiet right now but that wasn't the case for much of the evening when after around 7:00 sources that were here at the scene tells it was potentially solar glare that caused vehicle and the couple a husband and wife crossing the street. there are colleagues who shot this video as the scene was unfolding. you can see the woman being treated by paramedics immediately following that collision. her husband was not seriously hurt though you can see him walking around. he's talking with police he's the one wearing the green shorts and the white tank top. the woman his wife, however we're told does have a serious head injury and was take a good look at the black bmw you can understand why she's so badly hurt. the bottom left side of the windshield is severely shattered. the vehicle was on scene until late tonight just about 9:40 that's wh

they did so much for baseball in lowell. >> the reporter: calvin's father coached little league in lowell and the rileys became a fixture in the community before they left for the west coast about five years ago. brock tells me sean riley landed a dream coaching job. calvin would have been a sophomore in fall at college, a college that produced 20 major league players in 2010. calvin was studying can i niecology and the oldest of three siblings. his cousin set up a gofundme page that raised over $40,000 for his funeral expenses. reporting in lowell, crystal haynes, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: a father has been officially charged in the murder of his own daughter in new bedford last month. 19-year-old sabrina desilva was her father, 45-year-old walter desilva was arrested in connecticut on friday on a probation violation. he waived extradition back to massachusetts today. in 2002, desilva was convicted of attempted murder for trying to kill sabrina's mother. >> blair: a level two sex offender, facing charges, accused of taking pictures up a woman's skirt when he was on an mbta bus. police fou

a 3-year-old boy pulled from a backyard swimming pool in lowell earlier in the month has passed away. police are still investigating. >>> isis says commanders has been killed in northern syria. he was reportedly in charge of propaganda for isis. and this year he is the one who called for attacks during ramadan just before the rampage in orlando and the attack in east france. no word on how he was killed. to re-sign. >>> a lot of people have called for his resignation. most recently he blamed blacks and hispanics for his state's heroin problem. >> the heroin fentanyl arrests are not white people. they're hispanic and black and from lowell and lawrence, massachusetts. >> speaking at aee boston, he was asked about the opioid crisis in maine. he pointed the finger at black and hispanics living in areas like lawrence and lowell. >> i think it shows that the governor is ill informed and doesn't have a good understanding. >> the comment didn't sit well with lawrence's mayor. together. not trying to point fingers. >> reporter: he came under fire for an object seen voice mail. he apologized an

lowell police say three other homes were hit saturday morning incidents. police say that it is unclear if they are connected. sera congi, on and -- newscente. >> republican donald trump is revamping his campaign again, bringing on breitbart steve bannon as ceo, and promoting kelly ann conaway as manager. trump lags behind hillary clinton in recent polls. >> boston police are getting department will notify 100 police officers that they have been selected to participate in a pilot program. no one volunteered as the police commissioner and mayor had asked them to do. the commissioner bill everybodies tells wgbh, a consultant selected officers of all ages and races from five sections of the city, the union promised a fight saying participation can only be investigation in west roxbury, a 44-year-old man was killed when the truck he was driving crashed into a tree in the stoney brook reservation. his passenger suffered serious injuries. >> and a brockton teenager is recovering. the 17-year-old was targeted on monday night while sitting with friends on a bench a

live in lowell, michael morning news now at 6:47. it is humidity throughout and an understatement and relief >> fingers crossed. super excited about that news. check in with jason brewer to see when the humidity will die down. >> really dealing with it this morning. tough on the air. feeling oppressive and breezy too the last of the showers falling apart. the dew point high. the heat index 84 degrees so feels about 4 degrees warmer than the actual temperature. you still have that stuffy humid around. scituate. provincetown you upper 70s. marshfield. 81 this morning and i can't find any cool readings westward into the worcester hills. all the middle 70s this morning, but there is some hope. see these numbers here. the dew points in the 60s. as you get well to the west. so this air is going to start coming in throughout the day. and help us to get rid of some of the oppressive humidity dew point still goes back to the sticky zone for most of us today m however, some will get into the comfort zone by late this afternoon. still on the op

kids in lowell going through that program. this is certainly a devastating loss for everyone who knew calvin, his father and their entire family. >> he was just always so much better than everybody, he was such a good player. it was just incredible. >> reporter: he was devastated to hear of his incredible talented friend and former baseball teammate was shot and killed in san francisco's aquatic park around 10:00 saturday night. investigators say 20 calvin reilly, no relation, was playing pok?mon go when he was randomed shot. brock says coal's friends described what happened to them. >> it was random, there were no words exchanged, no reason for the killing, innocently hanging out and everything and someone for absolutely no reason pulled out a gun and just shot someone. >> >> calvin would've been a sophomore this fall in stockton california, but he grew right here in lowell, where he baseball and hoped to go to major leagues. told me the family moved to the west coast because he got an opportunity to coach full time in califo

live in lowell this morning, doug meehan, newscenter 5. >> thank you. right now a man is getting ready to face a judge as he faces scrutiny in the death of his teenage daughter. he was arrested on friday in connecticut. he was charged with being a fugitive from justice. the marshall's office says he's also a person of interest in the daughter. sabrina dasilva was killed outside her apartment last month. her father has not been charged in that crime. he will face extradition hearing today. >> investigates are looking for clues after this boy is killed on a ride billed as the largest water slide, and the safety is being called into question this morning. erika tarantal is following the developments in this tragedy. >> that slide is 168 feet tall and it's closed today as the investigation gets underway. it's unclear how 10-year-old caleb schwab died. riders must be 54 inches tall to ride it. they wear a velcro strap across the lap and shoulders. a spokesperson for the kansas city park is promising answers. >> right now our focus is on that family. i unders

sera: the clues lowell police are following after several close calls. emily: and history made on the track. plus the star struck encounter that had an olympic gymnastic star just swooning. on the eye. >> you are watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is news center fives eyeopener. randy: 5:30 wednesday morning as we look across downtown boston. good morning, i'm randy price. emily: and i'm emily with cindy we have got humidity, serious humidity. cindy: we are not in florida. at least i don't think so. it is unusual for this time of mourning, considering the average high is 80 degrees, and we are currently sitting at 81. you can see beverly is at 81, south of b start. but the skies are clearing out and it is very sticky. gusty southwesterly wind, you will feel it and it will kind of drop-off in the humidity as a funnel boundary presses in. activity is diminishing. temperatures hold around 80 this morning, low 80's this afternoon, a westerly wind and all the way out to the beaches, it is mostly in the mid-80's. another dry day ahead. rig

a lowell native is shot and killed while playing pokemon go in san francisco the run. newscenter 5's reid lamberty is live in lowell where family and friends are mourning his loss. police remain puzzled. >> the only thing brighter than his smile,is the manner in which he lived his life. there's no better a kid that you'll meet in your lifetime than calvin riley. there are few words than over the weekend in san francisco, erik gitschier knows the riley family,spoke with calvin's father this morning, >> he lost his best friend. i think it's tough for everybody in the community cal is a great kid. the college sophomore was with friends over the weekend near fisherman's wharf,a very popular tourist spot,playing pokemon go,when for reasons not yet known,he was fatally shot. dying from illness you can deal with people who have lived a long life but because this type of senseless violence is hard to accept. sister prescille malo,principal at lowell's st jean d'arc catholic grade school,where riley spent three years before graduating. calvin was very fun loving, he was very fr

. >> reporter: calvin riley was a lowell native known as baseball star who dreamt of making it family members say he was pursuing the dream in california but on saturday night, he was senselessly shot to death. family and friends of 20-year- old calvin riley are mourning the loss of the lowell native shot and killed at aquatic park in san francisco. riley's family moved to california from massachusetts. he was known as a star baseball player in high school and went onto pitch for san joaquin delta college. >> it's unusual i would say every few years maybe every happens. there's a shooting but really what we see is more tourist crimes breaking into cars. >> reporter: riley's family says was playing the smart phone game pokemon go at the time he was killed. national park service spokesman says it's rare for them to see this kind of violence in the popular tourist area. police say the gunman didn't try to rob riley and didn't take any of his belongings. and it's unclear if the attack had anything to do with the pokemon go game in which players visit real landmarks in cartoon characters.

bullets hit four homes in lowell in the last few days. one of them came within feet of a 81-year-old grandmother. right now police are investigating to see if those shootings are connected. station's michael henrich is live at the lowell police department. and michael, a real close call nor that grandma. >> just a few feet away and that's why this 81-year-old woman who lives over on hilldreth street wants to make sure that person was caught so nobody does end up getting trying to make sure that happens. at 81 years old, this homeowner on hilldreth street in lowell is experiencing something new and frightening. >> it was very loud. that's why i thought it was fireworks. i thought it was just going off at the window. they threw it up to the window. >> reporter: a bullet came through her window screen, grazed the s irk ll and for a hole in the wall a few feet monday morning. she asked us to hide her name and face for protection. two days earlier on saturday morning. bullets struck three homes including this one on fort hill avenue. the 18-ye

a baseball star from lowell shot and killed in california. cot game pokemon go be to blim. >> danger out west fire forcing evacuations in california. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >> good morning it's k4r-67b 30. thanks for joining us. i am chris mckin canon. >> i am cathen hauser. thanks forbeing here with us on this---- for being here with us on this monday. good morning. here's what's going on. we have 50s in many of the outlying suburban locations in the low spots and some of the urban senters a little warmer than that. but what a refreshing morning. crystal clear for the most partin most places. sunshine is bright and a bit of high cloudiness come through overnight but that's receded and gone away. there's front to the north which may produce patches of clouds and a brief shower in the northern mountains especially central and northern mayne but around here we have and by noon -- maine but around here we have got sunshine. along the coast it will cool back a tad as a little bit of a sea breeze rolls in

a 20 year old with strong ties to lowell shot and killed while california. >> reporter: more sunshine for tomorrow. showers and thunderstorms middle of the week. >> anchor: president obama hitting the links with the nba's mvp. checking in on the president's >> anchor: a deadly shoot nothing california hitting home pokemon go when he was shot and killed. >> anchor: we learn from police that calvin riley grew up in lowell. kelly o'hara with more. >> that's calvin right there in his eighth grade graduation picture. >> reporter: as she proudly shows us the lowell native's year book. a young man who would grow up to a well liked and reec very outgoing boy. friendly kind of guy. guy you'd like to have as a friend. >> reporter: center mailo was shocked to learn her former student had been murdered in a popular spot in san francisco over the weekend. gunned down in giraffe deli square while playing pokemon go with a friend. riley was shot in the chest shootings here are unusual. >> you expect the students to grow old gracefully. you don't like to hear that they've been shot violently. you can

his family says he grew up in lowell. investigators are piecing together what happened, but they say riley was shot some time saturday night just before 10:00 near a san francisco park. the shooter has not been caught. >> i police will be paying closer attention to this area. they do patrol it regularly. this is an unusual occurrence. we'll do everything we can to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> jennifer: riley's family says he was playing pok?mon go when he was shot at random, something investigators would not confirm. police across the country have issued warnings to pok?mon go players, reminding them to be aware of their surroundings while they play the popular and family friend reportedly says that riley was with a friend at the time of the shooting but had gotten a few steps ahead and was out of sight. investigationers from san francisco are checking surveillance video. live in lowell, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: also happening today, officials in fairhaven will be talking about a

the city of lowell not that guy named lowell that is watching right now. sunshine 8:00 by 9:00 it's 69 degrees with sunshine as well. beautiful shot from the seaside cemetery with the sunrise. wareham same deal. look that the beautiful shot sent in from mount washington of the sunset this evening. but this here is our fox 25 it's beautiful shot it was chosen thanks to that hashtag you knew that blue sky didn't look the same as. that still a gorgeous shot you use that hashtag get on instagram perhaps your picture will be chosen for the picture of the day and another day. nothing happening over southern new england. we are just clear as a bell. but that's going to change. there are clouds to our west there are also some showers in here, too, that will try to make their way toward new england. good luck. we can't seem to buy a raindrop here or there. a couple sprinkles were all when this front arrives it can produce some showers and we're hopeful for that. but more importantly is going to interact with those tropical systems that we've been tracking and reall

two people are hurt and one seriously after a crash in lowell. the woman was flown to the boston hospital. they ran out into the street without looking. washington is under arrest for helping isis. he gave advice on joining the islamic terror group to an fbi informant. he is accused of sending gift cards for mobile messaging accounts. he traveled to libya twice in 2011. he is the first american law enforcement officer charged under the anti-terrorism law. antoinette: alarming numbers on an average of 20 veterans a day committed suicide in 2014. that is up 32%. more than half were among that's. non-veteran suicides increased by 23%. emily: inmates get committed citizens -- commuted sentences from president obama. convicted on low-level drug offenses. the longest is a man sends to 40 years for dealing math. antoinette: a transgendered teenager can be banned from using the boys bathroom at his high school. i divided supreme court made the decision yesterday. this puts on hold a lower court ruling that allowed him to use the bathroom matching his gen

it happened on frito lane in lowell. nicole is there with all the details tonight. nicole? >> you that police just left the scene here, bt absolutely horrifying for the dozens of party guests who were here for an apparent birthday party. a neighbor ran over. she said she was a nurse, and they began cpr is in this period survived. >>> and night of celebration ends with a tragedy. lowell police say two preschool-aged children were pulled from his aboveground pool unresponsive. invest gators say that was a party at the home on frito lane. children were cast at the birthday party. one woman said she and another man were both nurses ran over after hearing calls for help. the witness tells us that the man managed to revive the little girl, and they could hear her crying, but the young boy was still unresponsive, as emergency crews arrived. both children were methylated to boston hospital, in critical unclear is what happened leading up to the near drowning. officer spent the night talking to people barricaded the area around the pool, and the inflatable house in the backyard. thi

police are investigating after a string of homes in lowell are hit with bullets. sunday morning on hilldred street. a 81-year-old woman was sleeping when someone fired a gun to her home. it passed through an open window and for through a wall close to her bed. she didn't want her face shown but happened around 4:00 in the morning. >> it was very loud. i thought it was fireworks. just going up at the window. they threw it up at the window. >> i think she wasn't getting up to -- i thank god she wasn't getting up to go to the bathroom thirsty. anything could have happened a that the moment. >> daniel: day four homes have been hit by bullets in lowell. unclear if connected. >>> a woman is the first person in the state year. officials tell us she is in her 70s and remains in the hospital while they try to figure out where she was exposed to the infected mosquitoes. the state public health department athe key time in conditions are producing large batches of mosquitos that can spread west nile. >>> a shake-up at the olympics. carrie walsh jennings and carrie ross fall t

michael henrich is live in lowell and this 81-year-old is not letting this close call get to her. >> reporter: she wants whoever did this, fired those shots on helga street to get caught so nobody else gets hurt. they are working on just that. a pretty wide investigation into those handful of incidents. at the same time that she is showing som also asked us, of course, to hide her name and face for her own protection. they says the bullet came through her window korean, grazed the sill, and for a hole in the wall a few feet away from her bed around 4:00 monday morning. that bullet woke her up. two days earlier on saturday morning, bullets struck three other homes including one on fort hill avenue. the 81-year-old woman had this >> i didn't want to get her again. i am sure it won't if the crazy people stay home. >> reporter: the 81-year-old woman does not feel she was targeted in any way, and lowell police have not saidur is are connected as that investigation continues this morning. live in lowell, i am michael henrich, fox25 news. >>> we are now learning more about the moments befor

a college student from lowell shot and killed in san francisco. a family friend says he was pl according to his cousin 20-year- old calvin riley moved to california to pursue a dream of playing professional baseball. he was shot during a pop har tourist area. he was not robbed and none of his belongings were missing. the family set up a gofundme page to help with funeral costs. >>> police are searching to are a man who tried to lure three young girls into his van by asking them to play pokemon go. they were walking on lady approached them. they managed to run away but anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> a north redding woman accused of vandalizing a donald trump sign in andover will face a judge on tuesday. police say curl sayance video -- surveillance video caught susan bryant prey painting a donald trump sign and when he tried to confront her she nearly hit him with her car. >>> officials think a fire was no accident. the fire began on the saturday night and spread upstairs. they are calling the cause of the fire suspicious. 19

the lowell homeowner agreed to speak with us as long as we didn't show her face or use her name. it was around 4:00 in the morning. she was sleeping in the bedroom of her home when a loud bang woke her and her dog. >> it was very loud. what she thought was fireworks turned out to be a bullet. it went through a window green, and to through a wall just feet from the bed. >> i said, this is a bullet? and he says, yes, it was. >> reporter: laurel mccardo lives right across the street. >> i thank god she wasn't getting up to go to the bathroom, that she wasn't ge anything could have happened at this moment. >> two days prior in the early hours of saturday morning, three homes were struck with bullets including this one on fort hill avenue. >> after i looked out the window i seen a small car go down the street here. >> lowell police have not said if the shootings are connected. back on hilledder street, there is genuine now, i'm sure it won't if the crazy people stay home. >> and the homeowner you just heard from doesn't believe she was targeted. police did van cass -- canvas her neigh

for now live in lowell, michael >> catherine: drivers loses control in roxbury. one of the victims is ten years old. blue hill avenue where the crash happened. jess? >> jessica: catherine, three people were trying to cross this stretch of blue hill avenue when the drive who was apparently making illegal u-turn at the time lost control. victims we have learned this morning includes a ten-year-old girl, 40-year-old father and 22-year-old friend who was in a wheelchair. this morning the herald does young girl out of the way just seconds before the car hit her. now, witnesses do tell us the father appeared to have most series injuries withp)"? his head and to his face. were o local hospitals and we did just talk to boston police a short time ago. tell us that all three of them are expected to survive. now, that driver did stop but witnesses on scene did tell us that he was pretty shaken up as he was talking to police, and driver at that point not facing any charges but again, the investigation continued here. live in roxbury, i'm jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> catheri

in lowell julie loncich wbz. >>> a criminal with a violent history is due in course accused of taking police -- in court accused of taking police on a chase. he crashed and ran into the woods. police caught up with him on hour later. he is facing multiple charges. police say he was also wanted on a probation violation in worcester for an armed robbery. >>> breaking overnight, an out on to grow in southern california. more than 80,000 people have been evacuated from this. homes and buildings destroyed. it's threatening more property this morning. erica knockland has the latest. >> reporter: raging flames tore through parts of san bernardino county scorching acres of land and reducing structures to rubble. fire crews worked into the night to keep it from reaching more homes ordering residents >> this fire is aggressive and we are seeing erratic fire behavior. get out so we can work on the fire instead of rescuing residents. >> reporter: it bloke out -- breck out and it expanded in size and intensity in hours. as night fell the his stork summit inn a popular diner was among structures th

randy: a close call for several people in lowell. the search for a shooter firing into homes. for the white house. the campaign shake up overnight. and the new attacks on the trail. randy: good morning, cindy. already very warm. cindy: definitely all last night. still 80 degrees in boston, and look at that dewpoint temperature. 75 degrees, tropical outside. the wind is gusting 25 miles per hour, bringing in oppressive humidity. but if you look out to the west, you are drier. will work in gradually over the course of the day. right now we are running in the lower 80's. even after worcester county, upper 70's. as they come in, they kind of fell apart. patchy cloud cover, and this front off to the west, as it continues to shift in, brings drier air. i think the storm threat has passed, in the clouds are breaking apart as temperatures holding your 80 as we get into the afternoon, the wind shifts to the west and brings in less humid air. as we go through the day, skies are brightening, mostly sunny, gusty breezes. turns out to be a pretty nice day. right now let's get you out to th

newscenter 5's diane cho is live in lowell with the investigation. diane? diane: neighbors say the family was having a birthday party yesterday at the home where it took place, when it ended with a 911 call. above ground pool here of freda lane in lowell and one child was unresponsive when pulled from the water. police were called out to the home just before 8:30 last night. we spoke to one of the neighbors who did not want to be identified who tells us he is a nurse and started performing cpr on the little girl and by the time ems arrived, she was breathing. he says he called out for additional help and his girlfriend who is also a nurse tried to help the other child, a -- and he says by the time she did ems arrived at the scene. and heard a commotion. i went over to see what i could do. i checked the airway. get a few compressions, got a poll. -- got a pulse. diane: police say the children were airlifted to a local hospital last night in critical condition, but they tell us they do not have an update on their condition. diane cho, wcvb newscenter 5. todd:

police are searching for was pects while a lowell native was killed and others played pokemon go. randy: we have more on what we knew. >> calvin riley grew up here and went to emaccurate conception school before his people on both coasts are shocked. he was a freshman at san joaquin delta college where he played for the school's basketball team but on saturday he was playing that popular pokemon go game in san francisco's gir auldy square when police say he was shot in the back. he was there with a friend on a crowded night in that popular tourist spot. the family friend said the killing came out of nowhere. >> from what we know there was no confrontation or nothing said and it was senseless and shot in the back for nothing. >> police say riley wasn't robbed and his friends say they noticed someone watching them from nearby but since so many people were playing "pokemon" go in the park they didn't think anything of it. police are hoping witnesses come forward to provide more clues why he died. riley spent most of his time teaching kids basketball like his dad did here many years.

lowell, gets to you about 11:21. and tewksbury, as well. this is pushing towards southern worcester county and on its way to franklin, will places like blackstone. we just saw that video of the flooded streets and bellingham and into franklin. by about 11:21 this evening. then there's this line of showers and storms and we'll be tracking this to our sticky air mass, as well. the storm threat continues into the early-morning hours i'll tell you when it gets on out of here, straight ahead. >>> a bullet rips through the house of an 81-year-old woman. >> ted daniel went to lowell to see the damage for himself. ted, the bullet ended up just feet from that woman's bed. vanessa and mark. the elderly woman and her little dog were sleeping when the bullet hit a call just four feet from them. this shooting, one of four to happen recently in this city. >> reporter: she has seen a lot in her 81 years but this is a first. the lowell homeowner agreed to speak with us as long as we didn't show her face or use her name. it was around 4:00 in the morning sl

julie is in lowell with what we know. reporter: diana and ben, there is still a police presence here at this freda lane home in lowell. neighbors tell three was some sort of party at this house this afternoon and this evening, with family and friends. pa party ending with a 911 call. emergency responders rushed to this home for two children who a neighbor who is a registered nurse ran from his yard and began performing c.p.r. on the little girl after she was pulled from the water. he says there was also a young boy who needed urgent attention. police did confirm to newscenter 5 that these two children are both preschool aged and they were flown by medical helicopter to boston hospitals. one child was unresponsive when pulled from the pool, and police were still waiting for an update on that second can see, investigators have still been coming and going from this property. there is yellow police tape in the back yard around the pool, and also a bounce house that's in the back yard. we've been watching investigators take ph

dangerously close call for a woman in lowell. stray bullets flew in to her home and smashing through the wall and missing her by a couple of only victim. we have her story. shaun: lowell police are investigating three separate shootings from over the weekend, hers on monday would make the fourth. >> i heard for five pops. shaun: a string of gunshots flew across lowell and gunshots looked out and i seen a small white vehicle whizzing by. after the shots. >> another random bullet meant through this window as this 81-year-old was sleeping inches away. >> it took part of the side of the window, it took and made a whole in my curtain and it went right through there. shaun: gunfire left many worried but it is not scaring and. >> i think it was just some nut that goes around doing that. shaun: police say no one was injured in any of the shootings. its unclear if any are connected. ed the young runner found : murdered in princeton has been laid to rest. her killer still on the loose. family and friends said goodbye to vanessa marcotte at