in that terrifying robbery and rape of a woman in a building stairwell inbrooklyn. 31-year-old raji wilson is under arrest. police say he raped a woman in a stairwell sunday night. police say wilson is the man seen in this video shortly after the attack. he is also wanted for robbing another woman less than an hour after the rape. >>> dramatic calls for a safety crackdown on a dangerous intersection in queens. another death there, this time a hit-and-run. this time the victim was a kid. a 17-year-old on his way home from a funeral. the driver on the loose, the community on the rise. eyewitness news reporter a.j. ross at the scene. nature there has been an outpouring here with family, friends, even strangers paying their respects to the 17-year- old. there are some candles, handwritten notes, even pictures. it's been just over 24 hours since his life was tragically taken by a hit-and-run driver. his loved ones are praying the person responsible will step forward. >> someone who destroyed a family like this, it's sad. >> it's crazy because like he just wept away like that. >> reporter: loved

he's identified as 31 years raji wilson. this photo was from a prior arrest. police say he followed his 20-year-old victim into her coney island apartment building sunday, pulled her into a stairwell, robbed and raped her at gunpoint. wilson also wanted for another nearby robbery as well. >>> many of you may work as freelancers and wait a long time to get paid. council is doing something about that. a bill was introduced monday. all agreements would have to be in writing. it's difficult when you're trying to get paid and waiting for this money. you don't know when it's going to come and you need it. >> a lot of freelancers write off a certain portion of the money they make because they know they're not going to get it. >> it's a shame. >>> well, migrating whales are putting on a show for boaters and fishermen on the jersey shore. >> several humpback whales have been seen close to the beach. the whales were spotted less than a mile from the beach in stone harbor this week. experts say it's the bait fish drawing mammals from the coastline. >>> 4:50 right now. st

police arrested 31-year-old raji wilson. investigators say he is the man in t s surveillance video who raped a woman at gunpoint. the incident allegedly happened in the stairwell of her building sunday night. another nearby robbery. >>> and a tractor trailer carrying chemicals caught fire and exploded on an interstate north of birmingham, alabama. zmat teams worded through the night to clean the scene. all homes within a half mile were evacuated as a precaution. authorities say the driver had stopped the truck just before the blast and called 911 to report an unusual odor. fortunately, no one was hurt. >>> 4:51 now. in new jersey, the bear hunt totals after three days is already more than last year'so week-long combined numbers. division of fish and wildlife say hunters have now killed 366 bears since the hunt kicked off monday compared to just 272 bears through the entire week last year. th tis year's hunt is scheduled to last six days. officials say, though, they may extend it. >>> bu:51 right now. coming up, a studyhat co

the suspect is identified as 31-year-old raji wilson. this photo is from a prior arrest. police say he followed his 20-year-old victim into her coney apartment building sunday. he allegedly robbed and raped her at gunpoint. wilson is also wanted for another nearby robbery. >>> and this morning, police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that started with a traffic stop and ended with one suspect dead. starting in the bronx at 242nd street and broadway, police trying to pull over a silver nissan there. the driver of that vehicle took off. the nypd chased it on to the saw mill parkway in yonkers. that's where the nissan made a u-turn, went against traffic, and crashed. one person was arrested. the other was shot by an officer. >> the investigation is too preliminary at this point to give you too many details. the officers are hospitalized. they haven't been spoken to yet. and there are no direct >> the investigation shut down the saw mill parkway well into the night. no word as to what led to that officer to firing his weapon. >>> officials have closed a section

detectives say 31-year-old raji wilson is the man who raped a woman in an apartment building stairwell in coney island sunday night. wilson is the man seen in this video shortly after the attack. he's also wanted for robbing another woman less than an hour after the rape. >>> new this morning, life expectancy in the u.s. seems to be stuck at about 79 for the third straight year. more precisely a child born in the past year can expect to make it to 78 years, nine and a half months. since world war ii and the life expectancy of americans has usually inched up year by year. the last time it was stuck for three years was in the mid- 1980s. some researchers have wondered if the nation's obesity problems and other factors may slow down our progress. >>> there's a lot of extra water for a water fall outside seattle washington. heavy rain and snow runoff have led to flood warnings near the emerald city. banks tomorrow. roads and farmland in the surrounding area are expected to be so he could over the next 24 hours. >>> time to get a check on your accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist bill eva

police say 31-year-old raji wilson followed the victim into an elevator in a building in coney island on sunday night. they say wilson pulled out a the stairwell where he raped her and then stole her money and keys. he is also accused of robbing another woman less than an hour later. >>> traffic is flowing again on route 9 in new jersey tonight after a big security scare during the morning commute. new jersey transit bus was stopped when passengers reported a suspicious device on board. this happened about 8:30 this morning. investigators say passengers thought a man holding an alarm clock was behaving strangely. the bus was evacuated. police talked to the man and they determined there was no threat. >>> well, the family of a teenager struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in queens is pleading tonight for traffic safety improvements. new york state senator and relatives of -- gathered at northern and junctions in corona today. they say mayor de blasio needs to use resources from his vision zero initiative on this dangerous intersection. >> we need to increase the streets in order

detectives say 31-year-old raji wilson is the man who raped a woman in an apartment building sunday night. he's also wanted for robbing another woman less than an hour after the rape. >>> today the defense lays out its closing arguments in the corruption trial of former new york state senate majority leader dean skelos. the long island republican is accused of strong arming businesses into pitching his son adam $300,000 in fees. the prosecution gave its closing arguments yesterday. skelos' side has argued the politician was only looking out for his son. >>> 5:08's the time. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive midweek accuweather forecast. >> here we go. we take a look from our camera at 4 times south. we can see 1 world trade all the way down to lower manhattan. you can see all the way to verrazano narrows bridge, all this looking good with a few clouds over us this morning. a look down the beach looks good, down the boardwalk looking good, down the jersey shore, a temperature of 42 northerly wind. a nice comfortable

. >> police arrested 31-year-old raji wilson. investigators say he's the man seen in this surveillance video who raped a woman at gunpoint. police also charged wilson in another nearby robbery. >>> and happening today, the new jersey man who admitted to the scout leader will be sentenced. 49-year-old clark fredrick is expected to receive a sentence of five to ten years in prison. in june, he pleaded guilty to one count of passionate provocation manslaughter in the stabbing death of 68-year-old dennis pague. >>> in new jersey, a children's toy now being blamed for a scare that led to the evacuation of a federal building. chopper 4 rushed to the scene after an object was found on the roof of a building at federal plaza in paterson. first responders quickly helped everyone exit the building. paterson's mayor says the object turned out to be a remote control toy drone. >>> we're coming up on 5:34 right now. time for a check of weather and traffic on the 4s. it's interesting, chris. we know it's got to change at some point. >> eventual

detectives say 31-year-old raji wilson is the man who raped a woman in an building stairwell on coney island sunday night. wilson is the man seen in the video shortly after the attack. another woman less than an hour >>> let's check in with heather o'rourke with your morning commute. >> let's go to a webcam and show that delay we have on route 78 as you go on to the eastbound side. you have really heavy delays, and this is taking you into the route 78 new jersey turnpike tolls. let's go right over to our maps. i'll tell you what is going on there. we have 78 eastbound getting into the newark by a bridge. that is an accident in the process of being cleared away. two lanes are blocked off. subway service is running on or close to schedule. all over mass transit is doing okay. alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. >>> thanks so much. meteorologist jeff smith is in with your accuweather forecast. >> and lori that warmup will begin today. we have some clouds out there right now but that will give way to sunshine during the course of the afternoon. 43 in the park, 30s in man