New jersey tonight. A little boy playing with a gun shoots his fouryearold brother in the head at their home in east orange. Now police want to know how that small child got his hand on a gun. News4s Michael George joins us live just down the block from where this happened. Michael . Reporter rob, as we speak, that fouryearold is in emergency surgery. Investigators believe the gun belonged to his mother, and she was at home at the time, but somehow the gun ended up in the hands of her sixyearold son. Authorities say a sixyearold playing with a gun accidentally shot his fouryearold brother. Thats very tragic because its a child. He hasnt begun to live. He doesnt even know what life is all about. Reporter neighbors told us they saw a Large Police Presence here around 11 00 in the morning. The fouryearold was rushed to the hospital and is in very serious condition. Many neighbors now have questions about what was going on inside this home. Perhaps its an accidental why was the gun in the house at all . Reporter People Living in the home declined to speak with us. No one has been charged with a crime but police are still investigating. Im sorry for that family because they should have control over the gun. Reporter and again, the latest were hearing, that fouryearold is in emergency surgery as we speak. His condition is very serious. Again, no criminal charges at this time. Were live in new jersey. Michael george,ew agreement is in the works which cancels the threat of a new Jersey Transit strike. Its not clear when the two remaining rail unions, which represent conductors and engineers, will vote on this. The unions were part of an 11member coalition that reached deals with the agency in march. The other unions ratified that agreement. New Jersey Transit is the nations Third Largest commuter railroad. New at 6 00, a hit and run driver left a big mess in was speeding down dewitt in East New York and collided with a taxi. The driver kept going and hit three more parked cars before slamming into that red suv and going right underneath it. A man and woman ran from that bmw. They ever not been found. A man, woman and child were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. This one killed a young man in police are still searching for the driver. Ray villeda has new information about the 21yearold victim. Reporter in a narrow, carpacked street in hoboken, a deadly hit and run. We had to park about three blocks back and walk in. The cops were waving us down. Reporter Police Believe a hit and run driver killed a man off. The driver was identified as ramsey from new jersey. You have children, grandchildren. We dont even know who it is yet. Reporter Police Revealed these snapshots of the suv. You can see one of the pictures show it driving past the other parked cars. Its not clear if the pedestrian was in the crosswalk at the time. A lot of pedestrians, a lot of people walking around, a lot of people going through stop signs. People need to slow down and stop caring about where they need to go, where they need to be. Some kid died last night. Thats brutal, man. Reporter police are now looking at Surveillance Video trying to catch up with that driver. Theyre looking for large suvs, escalades, tahoes. If you know anything, give police a call. Two men, one from brooklyn, lost their lives on garden state parkway. 27yearold Darrell Thomas was driving a Nissan Maxima when he lost control and crashed right through a guardrail. The car rolled over several times. It landed in a marsh. 22yearold zachary pierce from queens was also killed. Two other men from queens did survive the crash. Its still not clear why thomas lost control. Also in new jersey, investigators are working to determine what caused an overnight fire in a van this is the aftermath, that twostory home simply gutted. The fire broke out at 11 00 last night along 56th street. About 10 squatters had to be evacuated from this home as the blaze tore through. Its not clear exactly what sparked the fire. June is pride month, and there is a lot going on in the city this weekend. In harlem the seventh annual pride Celebration Day was held at Jackie Robinson park. Yearround Program Sponsored by harlem pride. It gives them a chance to educate about their services. Its a Family Affair for the Lgbt Community. Today for the first time, a symbol of support for the Lgbt Community is flying over clifton, new jersey. The citys mayor was the tiebreaking council vote in favor of raising that flag over the municipal building. One of those in attendance at todays clemente. He was a student who committed suicide after being bullied for being gay. A symbol to raise the flag and to show everyone, no matter what their difference or what their reason to be isolated and feel different, is, that you are welcome here in this community, in this town of clifton. Well, the councilmembers who opposed that flag going up said they didnt believe any organizations flag should be stonewall was designated as a National Monument, the milestone is being celebrated in times square. A new video billboard was unveiled today featuring president obamas historic announcement. The Stonewall Inn became the site of an uprising in 1969 after a police raid which sparked the modern lgbt civil rights movement. The National Monument status covers more than seven acres, a big chunk of including a bar and a parka cross the street. Storm Team Meteorologist erica grow is here, and were hoping for some good weather. I think the weather will be great for that parade. A little on the warm side, but thats typical for late june, right . You can see on satellite and radar, theres nothing heading our way any time soon. You can see this Upper Peninsula of michigan, into canada. Weather, though. It got up to 84 degrees in central park, 89 in sussex. A little cooler on long island. It was 80 degrees today in iceland. Lets check out that pride parade forecast. 82 degrees as its kicking off at noon. Youll want the sunscreen with all that sunshine, sunglasses and drink plenty of nonalcoholic beverages in order to stay hydrated. Well talk more about your forecast coming up in a few minutes. Rob, back to you. It could be tough getting around the cit it does block off a lot of streets. Weve got a complete list of road closures. Thats at nbcnewyork. Com. Today there was an emergency scene at la guardia airport, but this was just a drill. This is a look at the disaster exercise involving an airplane at la guardia this morning. The Port Authority and a number of different agencies took part. The drill involved an aircraft and vehicle collision on the runway complete with simulated casualties. Ill take the protection of comes through the airports, as a sacred responsibility. Thats why we do these drills. Drills like these are common. Outside evaluate ors will review the response so crews can decide what needs to be done differently in case of a real emergency. There was an issue today at la guardia. No one was hurt, just frustrated passengers. A power outage at a tsa checkpoint caused a big backlog at security. A. M. Some flights had to be delayed because people couldnt get to their gates. Power has since been restored. Still ahead on news4, what is coming to orlando to honor the victims of the pulse nightclub shooting. Also, water rescues continue in West Virginia as the death toll grows. A new look at the destruction left behind from an incredible amount of rain in a short period of time. A cop tries to fight off a murder suspect who tries to steal his gun. A murder suspect being questioned by police tries to steal an officers gun and its caught on video. Look at that. Ohio. Police say the murder suspect grabbed the gun and shouted kill me several times. Police wont say if this was an attempted suicide by cop. Were not sure yet. The suspect was charged with murdering a 17yearold. Now hes also charged with attempting to take an officers gun and assaulting an officer. 10 Illinois Police officers are suing a chicago suburb claiming the body cameras that theyre required to wear never turned off and recorded them during private a Round Lake Park officer said he discovered the problem while reviewing his own camera. They said thousands of voyeuristic tapings happened, showing officers using the restroom and changing. The chief believes the officers have rushed to judgment in filing this lawsuit. 32 people are now dead, thousands without power, and at least three counties have been floodwaters swept away cars, even homes, as almost a foot of rain fell in just 24 hours. Nbcs Chris Pallone has the latest. Reporter the rain has ended for now, but the effects of whats being called a once in a thousand years flood are just being realized in parts of West Virginia. More than 20 People Killed, one victim just four years old. Thousands still without power if they even have homes left at all. Its a miracle. I dont know how. Reporter in white sulph himself one of the lucky ones. His wife belinda is in the hospital with severe burns, but shes still alive. During the flood, the scotts home exploded. Neighbors and friends rescued her. Im telling everybody, you need to pray. I prayed and prayed. And cars. Ive seen water before, but not this bad. The National Guard built a temporary road which has allowed some people to leave a Shopping Center in elkview. More than 500 were trapped there for more than a day when floodwaters surrounded it. Stores and restaurants opened their doors and their refrigerators, feeding the stranded and giving them a place to sleep. A special bond between everybody. Its just something about this area. A small tow longer have a home to return to. Others started down a long road toward making their lives and homes normal again. Chris pallone, nbc news. Coming up next here on news4, from brexit to regrexit. Why millions are signing an online petition for another vote following britains big eu decision. Also, erica is coming back with your 10day forecast on . . And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. . . Discover something one of a kind in new york. . . New york. Its all here. Its only here. An online petition seeking a second referendum on a british exit from the European Union has more than 1. 6 million names on it. It is amazing. Its hosted by the house of commons website which crashed yesterday because of so much traffic. This is a very big deal. The petition calls on the government to implement a rule that if either side won less than 60 of the vote with less than a 75 turnout that there sh a lot of people regretting that one. The city of orlando planning to create a permanent memorial to the victims of the pulse nightclub shooting. City officials will consult victims families and the community on the memorial and its location. Also the Regional History Center will gather and preserve letters, notes, signs and other items left at memorials for the victims all around the city. 49 People Killed at that nightclub. It was the worst mass shooting in u. S. History. Thomas roberts joins us now nbc nightly news. Hey, thomas. Good to see you. Coming up this evening, at least 23 people are dead in West Virginia where a state of emergency remains in effect in much of that state after devastating flooding. Our correspondents are on the ground. Plus we have new analysis after britains decision to leave the eu. The impact on the u. S. And what donald trump is saying about it today. Also our jailhouse interview with a sheriffs reserve deputy when he took his instead of a taser at a suspect. And problems using google. Thats what we see on nbc nightly news. Back to you for now, rob. A Beautiful Day. 77. It was a perfect day outside. It was a Beautiful Day and beal get to enjoy this again tomorrow. No break in the gray weather as we head into the second half of the weekend. But starting the work week with a bit of an increase in humidity. The storms will hold off until we do have a few chances of storms throughout the work week. We have an air quality report downstate and also the five boroughs for tomorrow. Thats 11 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. Sunday. We could have increased ozone levels for air quality alerts to be triggered. Right now it is very pleasant in high point at 83 degrees. Its 87 in belvedere. Its 75 in long branch and farmingdale with a little o keep things on the cooler side. On the satellite and radar, we are keeping things clear. Thats the way it will stay again tomorrow. High pressure continues to be in control. We will continue to see a little bit of that sea breeze, so not quite as warm down the shore for both your long island and new jersey locations. But were going to reach in the mid80s in the immediate metro area. Looking ahead, though, especially as we get toward tuesday and wednesday, temperatures slide down a little bit, and we will have that chance for showers and thunderstorms plus the increase in humidity that i mentioned skies, 66 degrees for your low in midtown, 61 in andover and new pulse, 61 in poughkeepsie and 64 in bridgeport. Tons of sunshine tomorrow, just a Beautiful Day, but be mindful it will feel a little bit warmer than that 85 degrees at times because that strong sunshine is going to make it feel very warm. Youll want the sunscreen. Bring the shades if youre heading to the yankees game as theyre taking on the twins for that 1 05 first pitch tomorrow. Heres a look at the m it will stay warm on monday, just a touch more humid, but the chance for storms doesnt arrive until tuesday. We could see a lingering shower or thunderstorm on wednesday, then it dries out for the end of the work week. And just an isolated storm next weekend. When we say isolated, that means most of the day, and most of us will stay dry, but i cant rule out a thunderstorm next weekend. It looks good for the pride parade tomorrow. Going with john to check sports. Lots of baseball coming up, they are over. 500 again. Plus, the mets will look gust just a bit different in the coming week. A major leap of hope for jose reyes. I guess the former met is a met fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mrs. Wagners car to arrive for the airport, she can use fios to download the movie up in the air to watch while shes. Up in the air. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and downloads speeds, only fios can. The mets want to revive their offense. Jose reyes wants a Second Chance and the two reunite today. The former mets star signing a deal. He returns tomorrow, playing third for the brooklyn cyclones. He was on suspension for his Domestic Violence arrest last october. He said he deeply regrets what happened and the mets weighed before bringing reyes back to where he started his career. Here was a Conference Call this afternoon. Jose understands the mistake he made, has taken responsibility for it, but at the same time, you know,ostraci. I do believe he is a a mistake, and a good person who deserves a Second Chance with conditions. We felt he deserved a Second Chance and that that Second Chance was most appropriate with us, a place where he spent a lot of his formative years. The mets understand they will draw criticism for this move from some. Reyes will continue counseling and therapy. The mets are in a hurry to get his bat into the lineup. Got a call with Michael Conforto going to las vegas. He struck out with just 216 atbats. Conforto stuck around to talk to reporters before heading to las vegas. The hope is for him its a short trip to Michael Panetta turned in his best start of the season. Six innings, just two hits allowed and eight strikeouts, including former mvp joe mauer three times. Still, panetta left the game tied at 1. Eric hits it in. They allowed just one base runner over the three innings. Chapman blows away dozier. 21 the final and they are now a game over. 500. He went 0 for 3 with a walk and a strikeout. Ncfc is in the Pacific Northwest taking on the sounders and he gets the visitors on the board, redirecting it here season. How about that, ncfc leads early in the second half. Day two of the draft picking up ray holtz, a defenseman from a College Student asked a simple question on twitter. It went like this. Yo, does anyone know who can make fake ids . A few hours later, Winnipeg Police responded and said, pretty sure we know a couple of detectives who would be interested in that, too. Hes of legal age but hes in school in texas. Weve all been there, young man. More years. We just didnt have twitter. Nbc nightly news is coming up next. Well see you here at 11 00. On this saturday night, flooding disaster. At least 23 people are dead, tens of thousands without power and homes swept away in West Virginia. So many deals with the devastation of one of the worst floods in memory. Fire fight. The destruction in california. More than in a deadly wildfire still out of control after burning through almost 60 square miles. The great divide. Britain in turmoil after the vote to leave the European Union and the impact on the president ial campaign as donald trump lays out his course. Paying the price. Our exclusive prison interview with the volunteer sheriffs deputy convicted of killing a suspect in oklahoma claiming he
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