Finally he drove to his place of work and opened fire indiscriminately. Tonight he iston kansas is a safe place once again. Police and the fbi have secured the area, but earlier this evening it was the scene of a bloody mass shooting centered around the excel industries plant. We just took off running and everybody was coming outside and as soon as we got outside there was gunshots. People were screaming. People were crying. We just didnt know what to do. They started off saying fire and then we heard the gunshots and it wasnt a fire. More people running and all of a sudden pow, pow, pow and im going i started running too. Police say multiple employees were shot at excel, a lawn care company. The gunman was also an employee there. But he started his deadly rampage in other areas in other counties. Reports of gunshot victims came in one after the other until he finally made his way to his Law Enforcement confronted the shooter, gun fire was exchanged between Law Enforcement and the shooter. Reporter police say they killed the manman but not before he terrorized everyone in the surrounding area. All these people were just running in our yard and then i just hear gunshots, pow, pow, pow, so i went in, told the kids, you know, stay inside, stay away from the windows. My daughter worked second shift along with her boyfriend and my niece, they all work here immediately we grabbed everything that we had just to hurry up and get here and i called the rest of my family and theyre here just waiting, wondering what if everybodys okay. Again, police are now confirming for us tonight that four people have been killed including the gunman. An additional 14 were shot. Five of them are in Critical Condition. Investigators are in the process of trying to enter the gunmans a person there who will not let them in. The situation in kansas still developing at this hour. That is the latest live from the news room, news 4 new york. Thank you. And we may gather a lot more about the shooting in the coming hours. Wake up with today in new york for overnight developments. And breaking news here at home. Exclusive information just learned by news 4. Former Suffolk County police chief james burke is expected to plead guilty in Court Tomorrow to federal criminal charges. Chief investigator reporter is here now to break the story for us. Reporter were told james burke the former police chief expected to plead guilty to two counts tomorrow in federal court. Those counts, were told, a civil Rights Violations and obstruction of justice. All this relates to his arrest by fbi agents in connection with his alleged beating of a thief who was accused of breaking into stealing a duffel bag. A duffel bag that had sex toys, pornography and cigars inside and later while that suspect was in custody he was allegedly beaten and abused by the chief. The 51yearold former chief, again, apparently agreeing to a deal according to sources. Its a deal that could carry anywhere from 41 to 51 months behind bars. Thats about four years in prison. We are told as part of this deal he is not cooperating in the investigation against any possible other targets. Again, the nvestigators do want to know about burkes ties with several other officers inside the Suffolk County Police Department as well as any possible ties in the inside the d. A. s office. That investigation, we are told, ongoing, but so far no one else has been charged. A spokesman for the u. S. Attorneys office, the fbi, as well as burkes lawyer all declined to comment this evening. Again, several sources stress no deal is final until it again, expect it tomorrow, james burke, the former Suffolk County police chief expected to plead guilty to two federal criminal counts, civil Rights Violations and obstruction and that is expected to happen in federal Court Tomorrow. All right. Thank you. And more breaking news, this time in new jersey where a sink hole in midland park trapped a truck. The office of Emergency Management says a crew was checking on a sewer line break on wood side avenue when the road collapsed. The crew got out of the truck safely. The sink hole is 20 feet long by 30 feet wide. Sewage is now pouring into the street. Luckily though, its a dead end road so traffic is not affected. Crews are working to stop the leak and repair the hole. And new tonight a parking garage brawl in harlem ended in gun fire. Several men were arguing inside the garage. One man was shot in the leg, another grazed if the head. They were both taken to the neither are cooperating with the investigation. And a man is fighting for his life after being shot in his neck. He is in Critical Condition at brookdale hospital. Were trying to find out what led up to that shooting. Police are investigating. And the cleanup continues after severe line of storms swept through our area knocking out power to thousands of customers. Right now nearly 4,000 customers are still in the dark across long island. Crews are working to restore power to about 550 customers in westchester and in connecticut 17 now homes and businesses are still in the dark. Reporter after the storm hit, a woman came outside to check on her car and what she found was this. This giant tree came down right on top of it and 24 hours later, its still right here. Weve seen this as weve been driving throughout the area. A long night repairing storm damage. In new rochelle workers cleared portions of this giant tree from the road after it toppled over and crushed a car. Crews also had to put out car fires ignited by live wires. Everyones working really hard to get everything fixed but its crazy how much the wind could cause the damage. Reporter the scars left by wednesdays storm are still visible across the tristate. From elm hurst, a sign fell off the building raining down on to cars below. To long island where they had to clear tree after tree after tree on the roads. Some of those roads still closed due to danger of downed power lines. It felt like a hurricane. Reporter one tree ended up smashing through someones roof and downed power lines sparked this fire, completely gutting susan koz groves car. It sounded like thunder and i guess tf the tree coming down and we heard Something Like skittering across the roof and all of a sudden there was an orange glow out the front of the reporter the gusts were powerful enough to snap this telephone pole. Everything in the house was popping. Reporter and as you can see, still a lot of cleanup left. Now, in connecticut, because of the continued power outages, the governor has declared a limited state of emergency. Canadian utility workers have been brought in to help with the repairs. Were live in new rochelle, news 4 new york. It happened off rockaway beach. The response boat capsized in waves that swelled up to 12 feet. All the crew members swam safely to shore and the coast guard rescued everybody on the fishing vessel one by one. The coast guard says its now looking into what went wrong here and how they can help this from happening again. The sexting scandal facing executive edmangano. Exchanged sexually explicit Text Messages with a p. Rvrmt consul stand consultant. He sought fbi assistance in an effort to ensure transparency. And now to decision 2016. Gop president ial candidates faced off in their final debate before supertuesday and the final five did their best to tear each other apart. Marco rubio threw the first punch challenging donald trump on the opening topic of immigration. Youre the only one that lifted this into the campaign that you acknowledge for example youre the only person on this stage thats ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. Ted cruz came out swinging at trump as well. I find it amazing that d ald believes hes the one that the two men closest to the polls, challenging the front runner in the last face to face showdown. You havent hired one person in your life. He had to pay a Million Dollars or so in a judgment. And trump fired back. You say crazy zealous, are you talking about you . Give me a break. Ben carson stay out of the picture. Let me finish because i dont get to talk that much. Hot button topics and health care, and the new Supreme Court justice, but the primary focus seeched to be each other. I watched he did it himself five times. I saw yourself do it five seconds ago. The fire intensity boiling over in the arena and perhaps an indication with what to expect with joust four days left now from here the candidates continue a whirlwind tour of the supertuesday states ahead of the vote that could ultimately go a long way in determining the republican nominee. Jay gray, nbc news, houston. Meantime hillary clinton, crisscrossed South Carolina today. Two days ahead of that states president ial primary while Bernie Sanders campaigned in the midwest. Despite their geographical differences both candidates appealed for support from african americans. We still need the Voting Rights act to be enforced but too many people are being deprived of their right to vote in this country. To hear what is happening to the children in this community is so horrific. Sanders visited flint, michigan and spoke with residents about the contaminated water crisis there. While clinton campaigned down south. Sanders says that he is not writing off South Carolina but clinton continues to run well coming up on news 4 new y . Rk, patients at risk. The new jersey hospital warning hundreds of people that they may have been exposed to hiv and hepatitis. Then super lice spreading across the country. What every parent should know if the outbreak makes it here. And Airline Passengers are offered a free trip in an in flight social experiment but there was one important catch. The new caramel macchiato from dunkin donuts. Uplift your mood with handcr ted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl. Dd perks members, indulge in a medium hot or iced latte or macchiato for 1. 99. In new jersey tonight three people remain in Critical Condition following a rush hour collision in south brunswick. A commuter bus slammed into nearly a dozen cars this morning, a total of 7 people were injured. The bus driver told police he was distracted but said he was not on his cell phone. No word of any charges yet, but and new tonight, two young men in the bronx are charged with beating a panhandler and throwing scalding hot water in his face. Police arrested two men, a third attacker still on the loose. Authorities say they ambushed and beat that 50yearold victim as he walked along west kings bridge road sunday night. The man suffered Second Degree burns. Police are hoping Surveillance Video can help lead to an arrest in a twoyearold high profile shooting case. Take a look. Police say that you can see the owner of the well known castle in huntington on the right side of your screen w king to his car. Then on the left side of the screen you can see the suspect as he gets out of the parked suv, runs up to him, shoots him point blank and runs away. He survived. Police say that they are holding the rest of the Surveillance Video as evidence in the unsolved case. More than 200 patients have gotten letters in the mail exposed to hiv or hepatitis. Those at risk visited Shore Medical Center between and received morphine or hydromorphone. One hospital worker is charged with tampering with those drugs. Authorities say he took morphine out of the vials and replaced it with saline solution. Somehow it may have exposed the patients to his blood and diseases in the hospital. In a short statement the hospital said we take patient care very seriously. The super lice insect has apparently spread to half the country and new york could be next. Its important not to panic. Lice are not a health hazard. They dont transmit disease. Now, if your child has superlice first try combing them out, then use over the counter before asking your doctor for prescription. Also watch clothing and linens in 103 degree temperatures. Transit strike. The union that represents transit employees says the raise included in the latest Contract Offer would be entirely offset by increases in health and insurance premiums. They cannot afford to meet the unions demands. All right. Are we good now . Well, were good in terms of thunderstorms and that kind of weather like we had last night. Even though still a little bit blustery outside and its colder too. A little bit of a warmup in store. Well get to that in the 7day forecast. The lights are dancing a bit tonight. So its a beautiful view from here, but its cold out this evening. Temperatures in the upper 30s right now and most of the windchills in the teens and 20s across the area and even though that we saw yesterday, were still dealing with residual flooding along some rivers and streams in parts of the Hudson Valley and into connecticut. A Flood Warning in effect. Minor flooding along the Rockaway River and you have some minor f oding and things should be better by tomorrow. Temperatures across the area, mid 30s in the city. Astoria at 38. Across long island, same deal. Mid to upper 30s to right around 40 right now. Dan bury at 36. 38 degrees in East Brunswick and to the north and west, a little bit colder. High point and hunter, but of course we have wind to deal with out there. Its a strong west wind. We are drying out. A steady wind between 15 and 20 miles per hour. Were seeing gusts above 20 though in a lot of spots like springs the feels like temperatures down to the teens and 20s. Thats what well deal with now and in the morning. Seeing a few flurries scattered about here and there and even some reports of ice pellets or sleet around Newark Airport right now, but this is minor and will be drifting through the area the rest of tonight. As we track those feels like temperatures bundle up in the morning. Feeling like the teens in the city and its cold all day long tomorrow. The saving grace is that well have the sunshine throughout the day, but it stays cold even into friday night. Things do get better though going into the weekend so its a gusty day tomorrow with plenty of sunshine though. Should be beautiful to look at. Just make sure youve got plenty of layers. Less wind though on saturday, up to 41. Then the mid50s on sunday. So well start feeling a little bit more like springtime. Next week going to keep those 50s around on the forecast. Not only sunday but into monday and tuesday as well. A chance for a couple of showers again on wednesday, not looking at Severe Weather at this time, but forecast overall looks pretty nice. No arctic air either, but it feels like it out there tonight. Okay. All right. It looks nice ahead. It sure does. Straight ahead with the yankees and Alex Rodriguez in tampa. Arod says hes in a good place. You be the judge. Coming up in sports, the yankees designated hitter goes from em battled slugger to embraced star. Well hear from the lightning rod. And the blue shirts battle the blues in st. Louis and came away feeling anything but blue. Rangers highlights are just ahead. All right. And heres what Jimmie Fallon has coming up tonight. Hey, guys. Gerard butler is here. Music from the 1975 and its a great show. If only decisions in washington could be made so easily. Jet blue offered 100 passengers a free round trip anywhere. But the deal had one catch. They had to unanimously agree to the destination by the end of the flight. After some back and forth heres what happened. No hands in the air. That must mean only one thing. 150 random strangers have chosen, unanimously to go to costa ree ka. Yeah. Maybe we can all learn something. 150 strangers. Nice. Well be right back with bruce beck live from spring welcome to the world nadav. You are the first of 42,000 babies well welcome into Northwell Health this year. Which means youll have 21 hospitals, over 450 community and research facilities, and 61,000 people, keeping you healthy your whole life. Sleep tight little one. Northwell health. Theres always one day at spring training where Alex Rodriguez steals the show. Today was the day. Hey, when a yankees life and career are complex and controversial, theres no way around it. Look, ive made some big mistakes and thats never going to go away. A year older and another year removed from his yearlong suspension arod took center stage today. As usual, the media and fans was a far cry from the three ring circus that awaited his arrival a year ago. I feel so much better coming into this year. Its liberating to come into the season not carrying all this luggage around me all offseason. So im at ease. Im in a good place. Ive worked hard and my body feels good so im going to do exactly what i did last year. When its arod were talking about were rarely talking about baseball. However, today it was all baseball. But with his mvp days long behind him can the 40yearold slugger still be an asset for the bronx bombers. I never think about numbers. I think about how can i help the team win and be available both on the field and in the clubhouse to make some positive contributions. I know 2015 was a cinderella season and i dont take it for granted. To be able to wear a uniform at the age of 40, its pretty cool. Reporter on the ice, the the best in the west. The st. Louis blues. With the game tied at 1 early in the third, lundqvist stoned Scottie Upshaw on the breakaway and just 11 seconds later Chris Kreider tallies the game winner. How many times have we seen that . 21 the final. The devils were in columbus and a hat trick for the last placed blue jackets who land new jersey a crushing loss, 61. In calgary midway through the third the islanders, Thomas Hickie scored his goal and its 11 in the third period. Earlier in the day they waved guard joe johnson. On the college hardwood, red hot ceton hall hosted providence first half. White head buries the trifek that at the buzzer. They win their 20th game of the year, 7052. St. Johns lost at depall tonight. And finally, with 35yearold saying hed like to play five more years, how many more years might arod play . I do love the game. Im madly in love with the game of baseball, thats for sure, but i wont be playing five more years. Reporter remember, hes 40 now and even crazy love cant conquer father time. Chuck and sibila, thats the story tonight from tampa, florida. Back to you. All right. Words of wisdom. It would be nice to retire at 45 too. Yeah. He doesnt think he will, but he might. Thats it for news 4 at 11 00. Well see you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the
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