If you want to take a listen after police got a call of shots fired. You can see there police on scene, you can hear them actually calling out to the homeowner asking him to come outside and telling him that they do not want anyone to get hurt. Now again this began late this morning after police got a call of shots fired in this neighborhood. Neighbors report hearing loud, deep booms and then nothing. Now police have been trying to communicate with the home owners over a megaphone for hours telling him to surrenderer and they do not want him or anyone to get hurt because it is christmas of now this is a very jarring situation for many people in this neighborhood. Instead of children coming outside to play in the street on this warm weather they have been kept inside and behind crime scene tape as this dramatic and intense scene plays out for this entire neighborhood. Now back out here live on summer street in everett you can see Police Officers right there with riles. You can see swat team members a very intense situation. Were not showing a lot of footage because this again is unfolding well bring in the very latest as it develops. Reporting live in everett, kelly ohara, 7 news. Anchor 7 news now turning to the weather and were still feeling the heat this holiday. It sure didnt feel like Christmas Day here in new england with temperatures soar soaring, the sun shining. Really a Beautiful Day out there today. Another dose of those warm wishes after record setting temperatures, also yesterday where we do stand today . Reporter not for boston and these numbers are a touch low. They will update as we get through the evening hours, but boston. Record tire for us in worcester i should say, record that was tied but here we go. Christmas day, 62, didnt quite make it up to that record of 65. Worcester at 60 tied the record from 1964. But he is this. Only three times in Record Keeping history has boston of 60 plus and the most recent time, 1964 so today was number four going down on the record books. Normal high, 39. So this is very abnormal for this time of year, but im sure you know if you got outside at all today. If you havent yet, i highly recommend it. Get outside and enjoy this. 57 still in the city of boston. 58 in worcester. 59 in bedford. 62 in norwood. Take the dog for a walk or maybe taking that new bike out for a spin, not a bad idea for this evening. We do have some high clouds that are sort of filtering the sunshine but i even caught a sun dog over the common earlier today. A beautiful site posted the picture on my facebook page. You can see showers that are try trying to work in from the southwest but there are more head to the south of us. The bulk of that precipitation staying to the south tonight where we might get a few sprinkles most likely south of the mass pike and it still only looks like about a 20 chance. Temperatures staying fairly mild especially for this time of year year. 38 to 46 overnight tonight and then tomorrow the warmth is gone it will be cooler but it is upper 40s close to 50 degrees. Now this is the cooler of the two days for the weekend. So that means another boost in temperatures for sunday, but we also have snow in the extended forecast and i will have those details in just a few minutes. Anchor police say last nights report of a baby getting thrown into the Merrimack River in haverhill was all a hoax. The two women who reported the incident are now facing charges for Misleading Police and filing a false police report. Officers spent more than two hours searching the river after the woman told them they saw a man throw a baby over the bridge after interviewing the woman police determined they lied and called off that search. Police in shirley are looking for the person who fired a shot near a prison yesterday. The shot led police to lock down m. C. I. Shirley all inmates have been accounted for. State police secured the scene and continued to patrol the area looking for any suspects. And an accident on 495 in raynham overnight. You can see here this rv on the side of the road, the vehicle the immediatian before ending up on the northbound side near exit 9. According to reports, one person was taken to the hospital, one lane of 495 was closed for a short time while crews cleared that scene. More news today. Fed ex working over time to deliver some left over packages. Customers took to social media to express their frustrations about late christmas deliveries. A fed ex spokesperson says the delays are because of last minute shipments and Severe Weather in parts of the country. Fed ex is still making some deliveries today and has some express locations open for in store pickup. The deadline is coming up to get a refund if you use sprint or verizon for your Wireless Phone carrier of have you until december 31 to fill a request for a refund. The two carriers allowed Third Party Companies to charge customers extra for premium tent messages without prior consent. The refund allies to people who paid for those unauthorized text since july 2010. Anchor on this christmas many continue to clean up from wild weather that hit the south least 14 peel are dead across three states after this weeks storms and this christmas many others are counting themselves lucky for having avoided the same fate. This toony building may have been what saved tony goodwins life when the tornado hit perry county, tennessee southwest of nashville. When i saw it i was like oh crap, were this trouble. Anchor a tornado knocked its house off the foundation but he and six others survived by bying into his storm shelter. I have my grandson in my arm, under my arm. And everybody got in except for my sister in raw and im yelling at her come on. Anchor he said she shut the door an put down the bar not far from his home and antonio had no such scheller of the couple that just celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary died in the storm. They are two among more than a dozen people in tennessee, mississippi and arkansas killed by this weeks storms. Its amazing to see the images this one, the family of three inside suffered only minor consider ease. Anchor this is a miracle. There is no way that three individuals were in this house at this time and they were able to walk away. Anchor waking up on Christmas Day with this mess left to clean up another strain for families who are nonetheless thankful that they still have each other. She is still upset. She said mom, what will we do for christmas . I said well still be okay. Were here. Thats a Christmas Gift enough in itself. Things can be replaced but you cant replace people. Anchor well, first are still combing through the rubble there at this moment. They say 14 people are confirmed dead from those storms so far. Anchor a shopping scare to North Carolina mall took a dead deadly turn christmas eve. Shots rang out sending last minute shoppers running for their lives. Now Charlotte Police say it was not a random act of violence. Anchor a group of subwould i have ahistory of shooting back and forth. Anchor a crowded shopping shots rang out. I dont have any indication its gang related but were getting information there is a ongoing report. Two parties were beefing back an for the. Reporter although Police Showed new force, police chief assured us this wasnt an active shooter situation. An active shooter by definition is somebody randomly taking shots at the public in general. That was not the case this time. Reporter officer Thomas Ferguson working offduty heard the shorts he responded to the location of shots. When he got to that location, he encountered an arm subject. He confronted the armed subject who according to witnesses an information were getting point pointed a gun in the direction of the officer. Our officer fired his service weapon. The gunman was pronounced dead at the scene and multiple weapons were found. The chief wouldnt say if they are looking for anyone else. No, maam. Im telling you, iive gave you all the facts i have. Right now were still thank you. Anchor police vet the incident. Anchor officials in Washington State say at least three former inmates who were mistakenly released earlier committed crimes when they should have been in prison. Officials say the inmates are among 27 prisoners who were released early because of a computer coding glitch. A Corrections Department official could not comment on whether the three former prisoners had been rearrested. Its a fundamental question we need to answer is why was this delay, Computer Pick delayed for so long and how was that possible when it certainly had an impact for public safety. Anchor Officials Say five people have been brought back into custody with convictions ranging from assault to robbery. Anchor also on 7, american troops posted overseas are taking the time to mark the Christmas Holiday today. Remembering family members and home. Anchor we take a look at some of those celebrations. It was a somber Christmas Day in afghanistan where they honored six Fallen Soldiers killed in a motorcycle bomb attack earlier this week. This was especially important here where we got the opportunity to remember those who we are also lost. Anchor more than 200,000 members of the military are spending this holiday far from home in 100 countries on every count next from the korean east. 3,000 are in turkey, another 5 5,000 just arrived in the arabian sea and 4,000 in the african country of jabooti. I where they celebrate wad festive fell ease navidad. At military bases around the world they will be served up a holiday feast today with all the trimmings. We have about 500 pounds of weve got five to six00 dead pounds of ham. Anchor a lucky few will get the best present of all like specialist William Marlow and his mom, mary. There is nothing else i want in this world. I have everything i need right here. Anchor a surprise christmas at home with family nbc insurance, london. Anchor ahead on 7 news, getting in the Christmas Spirit in boston as hundreds gather to celebrate with Cardinal Sean omalley. Anchor plus, a warning before you open those new gadgets under the tree, why they could be in danger of getting hacked. Anchor at 4 30, giving the gift of life. How one postal worker helped a woman through a very difficult time. Anchor on 7 news at 5 00, the accept for a suspect is on in a florida neighborhood after a thief is caught on camera stealing thousands of dollars worth of items right before christmas. Anchor were following breaking news where police and swat teams were called to a home there for reports of shots fired fired. Police attempting to coax a man he barricaded himself inside. Were continuing to follow the story and will bring you the very latest just as soon as we anchor if you open up gifts and find a hot, new gadget you may want to stop before you take it to play. Eggs pets are warning these electronics could be hit by hack hackers. Explains there are ways you can keep that are from happening. Cyber criminals might be following santa down the chimney this holiday season. Smart and fitness trackers mate intel securitys list of most hackable gifts, many wearables use blue tooth to sync with downloaded apps. They can often jump outside of the app and be aware of Everything Else that might be on that device. Anchor smart phones and tablets are also susceptible. Oftentimes cyber criminals can impersonate a blue tooth device or connection to gain access to all of the information that you might have. Anchor some tips, make sure to turn off blue tooth when you are not using it. Avoid connecting to unsecured wi Wifi Networks and protect your home network. Drones and camera enabled devices are another target for hackers. Make sure you maintain all of the materials that came with that particular product. They are going to outline for. It can be easy to overlook kids toys but many modern toys are made with hightech features. Any kids toys that are in indeed connected to the internet could be vulnerable to Cyber Security threats and hacks. Anchor its not just child childs play. Parent should be sure to change the default password and manage settings to restrict what it broadcasts to the internet. Internet. Unwrapping your gadget gifts while keeping data covered up. Experts say you should also make sure your Security Software is up to date on your computer and mobile devicesment fancy chen, 7 news. Anchor coming up, td 12 Getting Company this christmas. The qb hanging out with the big man himself and wait until you hear who some people think is under that beard. Reporter good thing he had cookies eddie. If its feeling too testy to maybe toast to christmas weather dont worry. Not all hope is lost for winter. We do have snow on the way. The forecast is next. Anchor then at 4 30 a of shots fired send Police Searching to air suspect of well have the latest on that investigation. Anchor ahe at 5 00 a hit and run accident causing problems for people christmas morning. Why hundreds were left in the why let someone else have all the fun . The sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing why let someone else have all the fun . Thats no fun. Unleash the power of dough. In take a look at this. Tom brady getting in on the Christmas Spirit ing on the couch with the man in red himself, santa claus. The pats qb posted this picture on facebook. Now we dont know whose dressed up as santa, but many believe it might be his wife, giselle, which makes absolutely no sense to me by looking at that picture because the person there looks much larger than tom brady, which giselle of course is not. Anchor if that is her, there has to be some massive padding going on in there or something, right . To make it look big. Reporter i would say so. Im trying to squint and look at it better. Maybe it is. I dont know. Bri . You saw that. Reporter the feet are huge huge. Maybe gronk . Maybe someone else on the team . I dont know. Maybe it is the big guy himself. Maybe its the real santa . Who knows . Well, he had a busy night last night. Showing new short sleeves and maybe even some shorts and flipflops for us. Weve had a warm month so far. This is kind of the new norm it feels like. Were running almost 11 degrees above average tacking on those records that we made yesterday. Still on track for the warmest december on record and cold and snow on the way looks to be so, dont get too used to these temperature. The high today 62 for boston, this hasnt updated just yet but this does give you an idea of again those warm wishes that were all as cross the board setting a new record for providence tying one in worcester. We were into the 60s for most spots. Now if you remember last year, maybe this is becoming a tradition for you and your Christmas Day. We did make it up to 59 on for this time of year where we should be is 39. But we were more than 20 degrees above that today. Current temperatures still in the mid to upper 50s for boston bedford, worcester, 62 for norwood right now. So if you havent made it outside i highly recommend it. And the other good thing here is that the air is much dryer now than it was last fight so where we have dewpoints in the 60s last night, they are in the 40s now, this is much more manageable that friz factor not even going to include it in the forecast today. We have some high clouds working through and there is a possibility for some sprinkles overnight tonight but you can see this swath of rain thats moving along the eastern seaboard right now. The bulk of that stays to the south of us overnight tonight but we still could work in a touch of wet weather just a sprinkle or some drizzle here an there. So moving through the time line even the forecast model a little over done but you can see those little pops of rain or showers that could move through as were sleeping overnight tonight and then we dry out again for tomorrow. Saturday looks to be the colder of the two weekend days with another boost in temperatures on the way. 38 to 46 overnight and then tomorrow those highs still well above average but cooler than today. 47 to 51. Here is a look at though highs. 48 for boston, worcester as well 5 for norwood tomorrow and winds will remain light so we dont have to worry about a chill in the breeze. Temperature trend look at this dropoff from sunday near 60 to into monday. The system for us and i have to be honest, it might hurt a little bit. We do have an event of rain to work through as we make it into the overnight hours saturday into sunday but you saw there rain, the cold air to the north what we really have to talk about though is this elephant in the room. Weve been teasing this for the last few days. Here is the setup for the event monday night into tuesday. Cold air thats pooling in from the north thanks to this High Pressure and then the system works in with enough moisture that those two things collide. The cold air and the wet weather and that could make for snow turning to sort of a rain sleet afternoon. Again, tuesday is the day to watch. So that will make Holiday Travel a bit tricky as we get into that day. So well watch it very closely. Well keep you posted. Well iron out doe tail. Keep it here with 7 news. Anchor Cardinal Sean omalley is spreading some christmas cheer to more than 350 people today. Bostons cardinal serving lunch and holding a special Prayer Service to those in need. Anchor Jennifer Egan was there and has more on festivities. Christmas morning, Cardinal Sean omalley bestowed blessings on volunteers and staff in Saint Francis house in boston. He thanked those who served the homeless that stay here. Were very grateful to all of people here. Its at Saint Francis house that carry on that same love of god and love of neighbor that we see renexted in this wonderful institution. Anchor a message very much in keeping with the Christmas Season the its also election season and the car national was asked about a message that is not so inclusive. Donald j trump is calling down of muslims entering the united states. I would say Merry Christmas and ask him to reflect on what the christmas message is. Anchor Cardinal Omalley came here to the cathedral of the holy cross the south end to celebrate a special christmas mass. Christmas is about joy. So often people dont know the difference between happiness and having fun. Anchor we live in a culture that is so addicted to entertainment and having fun and yet sometimes its very hollow. Anchor instead, Cardinal Omalley asked those at the mass to focus on their community and love now and all year. Christmas if you look at the manger its not the commercialism and the gifts, its just love that the only cause for the happiness is that love and connectedness and thats what we want people to re rediscover at christmastime. Anchor next on 7 news, race to the rescue. Been a whole lot worse if not for some quick thinking Police Officers. Anchor and a reunion to remember as a man and his longtime lost dog are finally back together once again. Anchor ahead at 5 00, anyone can dial the wrong null, but its rarely done from space. Thats apparently just what happened on the International Space station. Anchor plus, busted the arrest police in one Massachusetts Community made and what he was found guilty of doing. Anchor first at 4 30, we continue to follow this breaking news. Police and swat teams have surrounded a home, this all happening in everett after responding to reports of shots fired there. Just this afternoon. Police still on that scene this. Anchor kelly ohara is at that scene with all of the break breaking do days. Kelly, what you can tell us . Reporter very intense and dramatic scene this afternoon. The swat team has been firing tear gas in a hole on summer street for the past few minutes. Can take a look and see the swat team truck out there, you can see crime scene tape. You can see Police Officers with rifles perched and ailing at this home. Now this has been a very intense
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