and that's where we find news center 5's rhondella richardson. rhondella: the victim is residents bob murphy, his relatives staring at the house, absolutely devastated. three people relentlessly banked on the -- banged on the door, trying to get the victim out. about 5 a.m., residents from the third of floor called 911, reporting the fire at 264 metal street. the house fully involved in flames. 54-year-old bob martin -- bob murphy, who lived alone on the first floor died. >> we tried to make entry. the heat of the fire pushed us back out. rhondella: this is bob murphy, survived by his wife cheryl and they have four children. the fire department says this is not suspicious, but they are working on a cause. this family has dealt with fire tragedy before. rob murphy owned a minimart in several years ago. robert murphy lived on the first floor for several decades. rhondella richardson, wcvb newscenter 5. emily: thank you. a new warning on the cape after a great white was cited. they confirmed the sighting of north beach in chatham. they witnessed the

rhondella richardson spoke to her. she is live in dorchester. rhondella: the woman tells me she is still recovering, the best friend of the deceased. she grew up here in dorchester, but lived in malden. the family is filled with grief and eager for more information. >> everybody loves her. she shares a photo, a smile, the last time she was seen alive. >> i want to know what happened, what really happened, with my baby. rhondella: she was just shy of her 27th birthday. passengers and friends said it was a lingerie party, and she was leaning on a window when it popped out, dropping her onto the route 1a. >> in the i don't know. rhondella: would it make sense that she was opening the window? >> no. rhondella: it was contrary to the statement that says one of the passengers kept trying to open that specific window for air. she worked as a security guard. the family says she would know the danger; she would know emergency window. >> yes. rhondella: the company has not contacted this family and that is a huge disappointment for them. that party bus is

let's get to rhondella richardson live in princeton. rhondella: the small town is desperate for information and answers investigators say they aren't sure yet if it's random. today we spoke to the family of the next-door neighbors. tips have provided us with a lot of good information. reid: the district attorney says there are hundreds of leads. the 27-year-old bu grad and nyc resident home visiting her mother in princeton went for a sunday 1:00 jog, disappeared and p.m. was found dead naked and burned in woods near her mom's house sunday night. family reported her missing when she missed her train out of town. that's why they called the police earlier, because she left to go jogging. >> i just met with family they are devastated. >> they are besides themselves -- how do you react to that? rhondella: the murder of marcotte a google account manager is princeton's first murder in about 30 years. marcotte, grew up in leominister and visited princeton often. the rural community is anxious because police have not make an arrest. the community

a let's get to rhondella richardson. she's live with the breaking details. rhondella: the d.a. is expected to arrive within the hour. investigators are still on the scene, it's still a very active scene. a group of children got hold of a gun inside an abington home. a child was hot and rushed away after suffering a nonlife-threatening injury. some of the video is a little disturbing. homes here on linwood street visibly distraught. cars started sfwlig the driveway of the green house here. people were hugging and screaming no, no, no. a young boy was rushed to south shore hospital with gunshot wound. he was -- to be taken to the hospital. neighbors upset and eager for more inforon asked where was the weapon? he said at this time he can't answer that question. >> rhondella richardson, newscenter 5. >> fatal crash in east boston found investigation. >> two people were held when a hotel shut they were riding in was struck bay car. it happened near logan airport. reporter: as you mentioned you team died. four others injured. they are looking to see if they were wearing seat belts. >

ron daley law richard -- rhondella richardson has more. reporter: police are still looking for the rosary beads, but the woman who lives at this convent was not the only six cell phones and a checkbook stolen from a man in weymouth. the victim is out of town, but mother olga says the young soon to be nun escaped the robbery without injury. thieves mistook the rosary pocket for a wallet and stole her rosary beads. >> she was a little shocked and upset. it was a tragic situation and -- they were walking down fifth street. >> there was a small struggle that ensued between the two. >> i have no money and that is when they took the rosary. reporter: they connected them to the house break. >> they came through a window? >> yes. >> and they took three phones. reporter: the victims say lookout. >> were you even there? >> no, i wasn't. i was 20 feet away. >> it is obvious what they describe to me that they were disturbed and not in good condition themselves. to carry a knife i was also worried about them. reporter: one woman was released a personal

rhondella richardson is there. what have you learned? rhondella: investigators are careful not to speculate on this one. they are still on the scene. what we know is a group of children got hold of a gun from a nonlife-threatening gunshot wound. the families of at least two homes here on linwood street were visibly upset. there was this loud scream coming from down the block. when we arrived around 3:30 p.m. and cars started flying into the driveway of the house, there was a lot of hugging and screaming. the words no, no, no. the fire chief the boy was rushed to the hospital with gunshot wound. he may be transferred to children's hospital. this is a rather tight-knit community so neighbors are very upset. the police chief says he doesn't know what happened but a young boy got his hand on a gun with a group of children. back to you. >> let's take a look at traffic. closing in at 5:00. that's the expressway by the gas and moving quite nicely in both directions. h.o.v., in-town, out of town. let's check the drive times and hit the update bu

i'm rhondella richardson. todd: i'm todd kazakiewich. police say the private bus hit two people on route 1-a early this morning. newscenter 5's nicole estaphan is live in boston with the investigation. todd, it was around 2:00 the morning -- 2:00 this morning the two women were hit. one distraught woman was carried away by police. two women hit around 2:00 on this very busy mcclellan highway. the company operating the bus entourage livery out of north , attleboro. again what those women were doing at the time they were hit remains unclear. a spokesperson for the bus company spoke with us briefly this afternoon. >> the main thing we want to offer is our condolences to the victims family, that is the most important thing. we're doing everything to assist in the investigation when the boston police department. last night, our driver went with the boston police department and was questioned and released immediately.

rhondella richardson is live at the scene. >> we were just told the victim is a 59-year-old man from westford and we're on virginia road, which is still closed to traffic as they remove the vehicle. until a minute ago you could see the bike smashed on the ground by the utility pole. man was on the bike. he was killed here in lincoln after a collision with a small suv. the biker was thrown into the street. this is a single lane, 25 mile per hour country road. the scene is right at the end in the road. the smashed up bike was still here just a minute ago. the crash scene is between -- near minuteman national park if you know the area. the driver did remain on the scene to speak to investigators who were still trying to figureu happened. residents of the minuteman condo complex right where the scene happened. they are allowed to walk along the road. the d.a. at this point handling the release of the victim's name pending notification of next-of-kin and we've not been told anything more about the driver or any pending charges. live in lincoln, rhondella richardson, wcvb, newscenter 5. >>

in dudley, rhondella richardson, wcvb newscenter 5. ben: a wedding in turkey interrupted by an explosion and it's all caught on camera. take a look. that explosion caused by a car bomb in a city in eastern turkey. you can see guests running for cover as smoke fills the room. the turkish government is blaming a kurdish separatist for maria: a texas man is struck by lighting and lives to tell his story. you can see the flash of lighting here, then the man falls to the ground. the family of four was unloading groceries from their car when the lightning struck. the lighting bounced of their car and onto the family. that's when the man's wife stepped in putting the kids in the house before dragging him to safety. the family suffered some burns and bruises, but will all recover. their car on the other hand is completely fried! she went right in. i mean, that is what you do. >> wow. amazing. all right. harv, 75 degrees and the question am abouts rain. night and monday morning. that's the west went dove opportunity. window of opportunity. it c

newscenter 5's rhondella richardson is live in princeton with more on her professional accomplishments, rhondella? reporter: she worked at wordstream and vistaprint two mass marketing companies before taking her career to google in vanessa marcotte graduated from boston university in 2011 with honors and a communications degree. while growing up in leominister she went to high school at the bancroft prep school in worcester, in princeton, just a few days to visit her mother, her murder has put the town on edge. >> was very disturbing. at mountainside market a princeton meeting place, residents try to support each other and think of marcotte's greiving family. it's a small town her family is our family marcotte lived in nyc where she worked as a google account manager for the healthcare division for the last year and a half. google said she had ubitquous smile and a passion for volunteering marcotte an avid runner ran the falmouth road race in 2012 and 2014 to raise was found murdered in a wooded area while out on a sunday afternoon jog has princeton residents changing habits like now c

live in princeton rhondella richardson. jc: now to the dangerous heat temperatures soaring into the 90's today. the humidity making it feel like it's over 100 degrees. harvey: there has been no relief compared to the heat of the day. boston is a 96 degrees. lawrence hit 99 degrees today. right now it feels like 105 in boston. struggle to get to 80 degrees. the heat advisory in effect until 7:00. and the same story, noon to seven all over again. in our area, a little shower. there is some action, strong storms moving toward we will talk about changes in the temperature in a little while. jc: boston is taking no chances with the extreme heat. a heat advisory has been declared. there is free admission to the city pool. check on elderly residents and stay hydrated. >> a lot can happen. we are asking people to check around you. you may not think it will affect your body but it is. jc: you will find a full list of the cooling centers open across the city on our app. >> the driver accused of raping a teenage girl collapses during

newscenter 5's rhondella richardson is live in princeton with the details. rhondella? rhondella: we were just briefed and told they are not releasing the cause of the manner of following, but they still can't say if this is random or targeted. >> adjustment with the family -- we just met with the family, and as you can understand, they are devastated. rhondella: the 27-year-old was murdered during her sunday job. the new york city resident was found near her family's princeton home, visiting her mother. sources say she was left naked and she worked as a google account executive. her family's because she didn't return from her run and this the plane ride. >> she had to be there in the morning. i had to get up at 4:30 that day so that is when i call the police,, because she left to go jogging quarter past 1:00. fearful. there will be a 7:00 p.m. vigil at the first congregational church of the princeton town commons. state police have an anonymous tip line for anyone who can help with the investigation. the family is not expected to attend. the crowd is expected to come o

newscenter 5's rhondella richardson is live outside the courthouse now. reporter: police say this was a triple stabbing. a 16-year-old and 22-year-old had non-life-threatening injuries. stabbed to death last night just a block from new bedford home. >> he was a quiet kid. once you got to know him he opened up and made you laugh a lot. reporter: distraught friends clinging to the corner where he was killed. a suspect rolled up and stormed out. one as young as 14 years old jumped out. stabbed. video helped police find an arrest to the 16-year-old in connection with the murder. the other males in the car are identified as members of the monte park again. >> i would not say it is again. it is a neighborhood. reporter: the friend wears the same t-shirt as e way to remember him. flex i don't understand how this could happen to him. no one deserves this. >> i don't know what he did. i don't know if he did anything. as far as i know he didn't do anything. >> the gang is known for drug and firearms trafficking. the 21-year-old arrested was arrested in the past for

our rhondella richardson is live in lincoln with what we've learned so far. was just towed away from the scene. the bike was smashed. the victim has been identified as a 69-year-old man, pronounced dead on the scene. his bicycle collided here just before 1:00 p.m.. this road. the driver did remain on the scene speak to investigators who have tried to reconstruct the crash. the name of the victim is being withheld at this point. >> we hear about bike accidents all of the time. are cars on the road. >> this is the suv, a highlander that hit the bicyclist. it was towed from the scene at 6:40 this evening. bikers came by in droves. police have not told them if the driver is facing charges at this wcvb. >> whitey bulger is asking the highest art in the land to get him a new trial. they are hoping to overturn his conviction. >> he is arguing he was granted immunity when he was an informant and says the judge in his trial should have allowed made to a u.s. court of appeals. the panel ruled his trial was fair. experts say the request is a long shot. >> anybody convic

new at 6:00 a struggling family tells rhondella richardson what they are up against. >> you want your kids to be happy and feel good where they are at. sheltered in a subsidized apartment. mom works and has about a thousand dollars to put aside for monthly rent. but housing is unaffordable. the median rent in boston proper is $2507. boston metro is slight drop. the national average is street. >> i am out on the streets and there -- i am walking up and down. >> they worry about going back to school. >> it was far from the house and there is a lot of noises in the night. i wanted my own house. >> they shelter families >> the governor today awarded 59 million dollars in housing subsidee funds for the development oren -- or renovation for working families. >> there are about 330 learning in these homes today. 5. >> harvey is tracking potentially severe weather for tomorrow. >> and a surprise birthday for an adorable superhero who is fighting a big battle. >>> look at this behind me. cars caught fire at a junkyard in gloucester. the flames were sparking during a cutting operation. no one w

newscenter 5's rhondella richardson is live outside the courthouse now. reporter: police say this was a triple stabbing. a 16-year-old and 22-year-old had non-life-threatening injuries. stabbed to death last night just a block from new bedford home. >> he was a quiet kid. once you got to know him he opened up and made you laugh a lot. reporter: distraught friends clinging to the corner where he was killed. a suspect rolled up and stormed out. one as young as 14 years old jumped out.

rhondella richardson has more on that. reporter: after marketing jobs in and around boston the 27-year-old internet savy career woman was off to new york. vanessa graduated from bros 10 university -- from boston university with honors in a degree of communications. bancroft prep school in worcester. in princeton just a few days to visit her mother, the murder put the town on edge. >> very disturbing. i heard what happened. they didn't just find her body, but it was burned or something like that. that's vicious. >> usually the kids play basketball down the street. i'm not going to let them play basketball down the street. they are not saying much so i don't know what is going on. is there a suspect? reporter: she lived in new york where she worked as a google account executive for the last year and a half. google said she had a ubiquitous smile and a passion for learning. she had run the thalmouth road race to raise money for dana farber to be found murder owed a sunday afternoon jog has residents changing habits like carry

live in lincoln, rhondella richardson, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused the death of a little girl. julie? >> they are releasing very little about the investigation. all that jane would say, any time a 2-year-old child dies there is some degree of suspicion. >> this is quiet new hampshire neighborhood filled with children is suddenly on edge as police investigate how a little 2-year-old girl died on monday. >> they rushed in. there was an in there for no more than a minute before they came out slowly. and had said that it was too late. >> neighbors say they know very little about the three adults and two young girls who live in the apartment in summers worth. >> we just learned their names recently. she expressed last night that her and her husband, they suffer from depression and, you know, anxiety. so they don't really socialize. >> the state medical examiner performed an autopsy on tuesday complete results could take time. those who share the building are praying for the family and desperate for some peace of mind. >> she seems loving, cari

live in princeton, rhondella richardson, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> once one of the most wanted fugitives in massachusetts is in trouble again. this time in new hampshire. local police say he led them on a lo londonarry. he stole nine cans of baby formula. >> at one point going over the solid yellow line to pass forcing oncoming traffic off the road and causing one vehicle to crash. >> several years ago, his nickname was billy the kid, he was on the most wanted list for armed robbery. and needs help. >> revelations in a probe the justice department releasing a blistering report following a year long investigation. sally kidd has details. >> the justice department says baltimore police have engaged in a pattern of practice of unconstitutional conduct. the report cites intentional discrimination against african-americans, including unconstitutional stops. searches and arrests, and >> officers resort to physical force when the person did not immediately respond to verbal commands. >> the investigation found officers disproportionately stop and search african-americans. make warrantless arres

i'm rhondella richardson. reid: i'm reid lamberty. a line of heavy rain is moving acrohe mike wankum is tracking all of it. mike? mike: not just one, but three areas. one to the north, one to the west. as they move eastward, they lose punch, but we have seen nice downpour so far. this one is winding up. it does look like it has been losing a little bit of its punch the last hour or so. this one has a little lightning and thunder associated with it this one here might just clip the cape and the islands with shower activity tonight. we need the rain. we are extremely drive. timeline on this -- just after midnight they start to close in on the city. the threat will be with us through the overnight hours and tomorrow morning fell commute. if you are an early riser, you may be running into rain showers out there. the timeline and arrival of showers and the arrival of babies and 90's back in the forecast in a few moments. reid? reid: right now, a state of emergency in maryland from devastating flooding. take a look at that. how would you li

newscenter 5's rhondella richardson spoke with the family and joins us live from dorchester. ro >> the grief is compounded and closure will not come anytime soon but she does have a special photo to hold onto. margarita garcia has had limited contact with the passengers on the party bus where her daughter fell from the window sunday and died. messenger did send mom her daughter photo from on board during the ride. this is tracy paniagua's smiling with my baby. >> she was just shy of her 27th birthday. she was leaning on the window when it dropped out dropping her to busy route eight. >> in the window like this and the window opened, i do not know. >> the families information contrary to the statement. one of the passengers said she kept trying to open paniagua worked as a security guard and the family said she would know the danger and know better. but she was a pretty trained person. she had training in her security background and everything. >> there is no reason why she would mistakenly london -- unlock a emergency window and and happiness she had in her life. her best fri

rhondella richardson has more on our victim. reporter: yes. vanessa was here to visit her mother and aunt. they live together in princeton. her employer at google said she shared her smile and her love of boston sports. the murder saddened everyone. 2011 graduate of boston university was known for running and volunteering. her murder was yesterday afternoon while jogging in princeton and has shook the town at its core. >> it is a small town and i feel like right now her family is our family. >> reporter: the specialty bakery shop has police in and out as they canvas for information as residents stop for more information. >> this is >> and now do you think twice about walks or where go? >> i am bringing my dog. >> it is horrifying because princeton is a lovely, quiet town. for this to happen we are all really shocked and disturbed. >> it is very disturbing. they didn't just find her body, but it was burned or something like that. that's vicious. reporter: she lived in new york city where she worked as an account manager for google for the last

rhondella richardson, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: a one-time pastor in new hampshire facing charges tonight accused of sexually assaulting a child. ste the 37-year-old is the former pastor at the dialogue church on pine street. according to court documents, he was leading the congregation at the time of the allegations. the alleged victim is under 16-years-old. he is out on bail. ben: new at 5:00. a man caught on camera wearing a zorro mask during a new hampshire house break-in is under arrest. police have identified the suspect as 61-year-old joseph hearn. he was arrested in brockton. the break-in happened earlier home, when hearn allegedly broke inside and stole a purse. a former employee of worcester polytechnic institute ordered to stay behind bars. 23-year-old heather lyons accused of telling her therapist she wanted to shoot up and bomb the campus. police say she had printed out bomb making instructions but had not purchased the materials necessary. she also expressed anger at a boss and admitted to fabricating sexual assau

rhondella richardson is live with the latest. reporter: the atmosphere here in princeton even more tense. residents want to necessity more about this crime but there aren't a lot of answers. at least not right now. troopers. john reportedly saw his daughter on saturday for dinner. the next day, she went for a jog near her mother's home in princeton and never returned. she may have been strangled and suffered trauma and burns. investigators are awaiting the results of a rape kit. residents are uneasy with each new detail. they are saying they have received plenty of tips and they are still asking the public for more help. >> new at 4:30, a popular salad chain forced to close one of its lotions. >> life on boylston street with the problems. >> you see that popular place behind me. it's been shut down. workers are sitting outside. restaurant managers met with inspectional services today to make a plan for how it can reopen but sweet gen had numerous warnings about code triallations but failed each of the same issues time and again.

rhondella richardson has more on that. reporter: after marketing jobs in and around boston the 27-year-old internet savy career woman was off to new york. vanessa graduated from bros 10 university -- from boston university with honors in a degree of communications.

i'm rhondella richardson. todd: i'm todd kazakiewich. we'll be watching for storms tonight. let's get to meteorologist mike wankum for the timing. mike: the record high, which is 101, but the thing is today we had humidity along with the heat. a very, very unstable air mass. we are not getting a triggering mass. this area down in connecticut, it was actually severe thunderstorms a few moments ago. that warning has been allowed to expire. if you look at it, there are scattered showers. and move into the central part of the state within the next hour or so and push and to boston around 8:00 tonight. at right now, i am not looking for anything severe. after that, not much going on tonight except another muggy night for us and not much relief for tomorrow even though there is a cold front coming through. temperatures in the 80's and 90's. the of us will get that cool tonight. we will talk more about the timeline of those thunderstorms and when the humidity will finally break in a few moments. rhondella: thank you, mike. stormy weather this morning likely sparked a house fire in

rhondella richardson is there this was random murder and that has folks uneasy. there is a vigil planned for 7:00 to remember the new york city google account manager. the victim, 27-year-old vanessa marcotte, grew up nearby, where her father still lives. her dad met with state troopers and an officer is keeping watch on the home to ensure privacy. marcotte reportedly saw his daughter saturday for dinner. the next day she went for a jog near her mom's home in princeton and never returne marcotte may have been strangled and her body found in the woods, suffered trauma and burns. we've learned investigators are also awaiting the results of a rape kit. investigators received a flood of anonymous tips. here's the tip line. 508-453-7589. police are still asking for the public's help. investigators are not expected to share any new developments in this case tonight and they haven't indicated if they have any suspects. richardson, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> seemingly casual comment from donald trump, second amendment loyalists had some repercussions. >> the secret service h

. >> rhondella richardson, wcvb, salem police are looking for several people linked to this explosive scene you see right there. some sort of device was intuit a rainbow times newspaper box. that's a lgbt publication. several people went up to the box before the blast you saw. this happened in salem square early yesterday morning. anyone with information should call salem police. >> a little boy found wandering alone in new hampshire before sunrise. jennifer crompton from our sister station wmur explains how drivers helped to get him home safely. >> a fremont police officer sunrise. jennifer spotted the 7 year old well before dawn. it took a while to coax him into the cruiser and when he did he told the officer husband headed to wal-mart to buy matchbox cars. >> the initial calls came in at about 4:00 a.m., when early commuters alerted police that a boy was walking in the breakdown by then he had already walked a mile of dark bad roads. his destination, another you few miles down the highway, and then he would have had to cross 125. he gave the officer his name and address and when th

newscenter five's rhondella richardson is live at her home in dorchester. reporter: that's right. the victim's family here in paniagua who died sunday, when she fell from the party bus. this is a picture of tracy's smiling face onboard the rather dark entourage livery bus. this is the last photo of her alive. her boyfriend says it was a lingerie party on the bus. tracy died shy of her 27th birthday we also learned the other surviving victim was tracy's best friend. tracy's mom believes her daughter dancing maybe accidentally bumped into the window. the family believes what ever -- >> in the window like this. and the window opened or fell, i don't know. my daughter found. i don't know. reporter: would it make any sense that she was trying to open the window? >> no. no. reporter: the family believes whatever went wrong was not tracy's fault. the bus company says a passenger on the bus had repeatedly been trying to open the window investigating and eager for more passengers to speak up. the family here in dorchester has had zero contact with the party bus company. they consider that

rhondella: i'm rhondella richardson. those storms fired up as we dealt with an extremely hot and humid day. let's get to meteorologist mike wankum. mike: unfortunately, that humidity will be with us the rest of the night here in it is really thick out there. this marched itsay way to the ocean. at one point, we were getting 10 lightning strikes every minute. it was really flashing up in the sky. depending on where we are at, we got some rain. what's left of it is way out over the ocean. we are done with that for tonight. we are left with partly cloudy skies but the air is thick out there. overnight hours, partly cloudy skies. we start the day with a bit of sunshine. for degrees in boston. and i, we will be lucky if we drop below 75 degrees. but i do have some cooler weather, lower humidity and another chance of rain in the or cast coming up in a few moments. rhondella: breaking news from new york city tonight, a huge -- also breaking tonight this fire on plum island. the flames broke out at a house on 59-th street around

our rhondella richardson is live in lincoln with what we've learned so far.

i'm rhondella richardson. todd: i'm todd kazakiewich. we'll be watching for storms tonight. let's get to meteorologist mike wankum for the timing. mike: the record high, which is 101, but the thing is today we had humidity along with the heat. a very, very unstable air mass. we are not getting a triggering mass. this area down in connecticut, it was actually severe thunderstorms a few moments ago. that warning has been allowed to expire. if you look at it, there are scattered showers.

with it so hard to find an expensive home the number of kids without one is going way richardson explains. rhondella: yojannie worries about going back to,school while still homeless and in a shelter. >> sometimes my friends think it is a joke and they laugh. i do not tell them anything. >> stigma only part of the probelm, sky high rent puts housing out of reach for her mother. she works at the burden is overwhelming. >> you want your kids to be happy wherever they are at. it is hard. according to zillow, rent in boston is $2,507 in greater boston, a slight drop to $2,302 but the national average is, $1,409 a year ago this family was on the street. >> when you have kids it's so hard, i sent my daughter and son to family and i'm out on the like to see her cry. >> the situation may not be ideal but according to hud stats of more than 900 homeless young people 14% are preschool to 12 graders. they often live away from their family. day shelter programs like saint francis house help 400 adults daily but, homelessness among children on the rise. that's a call for even more resources. maria rob gronkowski