Talked about assassinating president obama and bombing coney island. He faces up to 15 years in prison. New here at 5 30, were making calls to get details about a Death Investigation in shelton, connecticut. Somebody called 911 from a home on howe avenue today. When police arrived, they found a man dead and the person who called for help. Shelton police have called in the state Police Major Crimes squad to investigate. Were going to bring more details as we get them. Tonight police are examining this Surveillance Video obtained exclusively by news 4. It shows the moment a gunman opened fire in brownsville, brooklyn, killing one man and wounding two others. As news 4s tracy strayhan explains, investigators believe the shooting was gangrelated. Reporter these Three Friends are seen on security video hanging out as they usually do in front of this building on saratoga avenue. Suddenly, one of them stands up and all three are seen running inside this apartment building. Watch as a man police say was wearing a mask chases right behind them before quickly fleeing. You just heard the shots, powe, powe, powe. Reporter crystal carl not only heard what police are calling a driveby shooting but saw the victims right at her doorstep. When i opened the door, you had one guy standing up, hes holding his wrist. The next young man was down the stairs from me. He was a big guy. And the other one on his stomach. That was the saddest part. Reporter as crime scene detectives scoured the scene for evidence, all three were rushed to brookdale hospital. 21yearold ice sayah as i say row died from multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. When they turned him over, they got him back, he was in shock. Fighting for his life. He was fighting. Reporter 22yearold tariq smith and 19yearold miles sydney, known as froggy, were both shot in the arm. Authorities say all three are no stranger to law enforcement, and are known gang members. Riley mitchel is the super of this building. Today hes repairing bullet holes and cleaning up blood from the attack. Sorry to hear about what happened, you know. I knew the youths that got shot. We speak every day. Reporter n ypd shot spotter sensors on top of this building detected that gunfire and immediately dispatched police right to the scene. So far, authorities dont have any leads or description of the gunman. In brownsville, brooklyn, tracy strayhan, news 4 new york. Traffic is moving again along route 80 in new jersey after a messy crash left a dump truck dangling over train tracks. Chopper 4 over the scene in roxbury this morning. The impact sent the trucks trailer flying on to support beams over new jersey transits morris and essex line. Look at that. Amazing. Railroad service in the area suspended while crews removed debris from the tracks a long with the truck itself. Normal service has since resumed. New jersey is letourneau leblond lending a helping hand for the wildfires out west. The state fire service sent out three fire trucks and tomorrow 32 firefighters with experience fighting volatile forest fires will head out to montana, idaho and oregon. Theyll stay there for about two weeks and assist in all firefighting efforts. The u. S. Forest service will reimburse new jersey for the costs. Two young boys go to the store for candy and soda, but come backpacking heat. Theyre trying to get the guns off the street and selling them to 9yearolds . Its ridiculous. Coming up, who police say sold these rifles to a 9yearold and his friend. And then help us clear the janice . And ive got some more kitties for you to meet. This is tofer and sari up for adoption here at new yorks manhattan location here in east harlem, 110th street, part of our clear the Shelters Campaign initiative to get pets adopted this weekend, and thats tomorrow. This is just one of 40 shelters. Were going to tell you all the details about how you can adopt these little cute kittens or a dog or maybe even a rabbit. Thats next. Looking for one of these . Yoplait. Smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. A couple 9yearold boys who went to the store to buy candy ended up coming home with two guns. They say a homeless man sold the guns to them for just 8. The boys were in the parking lot of a 7eleven store in bristol. This is just outside of philadelphia. When police say they were approached by 59yearold reginald cisco, who had a rifle and an air gun. This guy offered me two guns for 8, because he asked me, do you like to go hunting . And i said yeah. Ive lived here all my life ive never, ever, ever had anything like this happen. This is the case. The boys took the guns home, hid them but one of their cousins eventually alerted the adults. Police later arrested cisco and discovered one of the rifles was stolen from a nearby auto shop. Powdered alcohol will not be making its way to store shelves in new york. Governor cuomo signed a statewide ban into law today. Federal regulators approved the product known as palcahol in march, but cuomo believes it could pose a serious threat to underage drinkers. New york joins 21 other states that have already banned sales. Two months after that dramatic prison break upstate, were learning just how much the big manhunt cost taxpayers. Well have that Staggering Number coming up. Plus this. Its aen unlikely target for thieves, but one man was busted stealing hundreds of pounds of used cooking oil. Im Sheldon Dutes in Suffolk County with more on why he may have done it. Sounds interesting. And a quick programming note here. Tonight on nbc 4, the giants take on the bengals in cincinnati. So americas got talent and dateline air on cozitv instead. Nbcnewyork. Com. Comtog up on news 4 at 6 00, his Administration Says that homeless ss is on the decline, but 311 complaints about the homeless have risen nearly 60 under mayor de blasio. So what gives . Plus, back to work. One of the businesses blown out by the east Village Building explosion celebrates a second chance. Those stories and much more all new tonight when rob and i see you at 6 00. Shiba . Sibilia, thank you. We are now getting a look at the cost of that huge manhunt for two escaped killers in upstate. Payroll records suggest about 1 million a day in overtime was paid to state troopers and correction officers. More than 1100 officers led the 23day manhunt f richard matt and david swea t the men escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in dannemora on june 6th. New tonight, the oldest active commissioned warship has a new commander, and hes a local. Commander robert nginee owesa of new rochelle took the helms during a special ceremony today in boston. Hes now the 74th commander of the ship. Hes supported nato operations duging the kosovo campan nd provided radar coverage to washington, d. C. , and new york city during the 9 11 attacks. The ship was commissioned way back in 1797, and now sits in a dry dock for restoration, but does remain open to the public. How cool is that . Just saw it in the springtime. It is a beauty. Tomorrow you can help us clear the shelters. Nbc 4 is teaming up with local Animal Shelters to find loving homes for as many pets as possible. Yeah, and our own janice huff is at Animal Care Centers of nyc in east harlem, having fun with those cats, janice. Theyre everywhere. Cats all over the place. And there are dogs here and and rabbits. I had no idea you could adopt a rabbit. Were here in east harlem, the Animal Care Centers manhattan location. But this is reesa winestock, exec ive directo0 of all the locations throughout the boroughs. How many l fiocatiokid. O you have . We have five locations, three locations that are fullservice Animal Care Centers where you can adopt. And that will be participating in the clear the shelters day tomorrow. Thats in manhattan, bro lyn and statelaisland. Wonderful. Thanks for being a part ofit. We are thrilled. We are thrilled. As you can see. We have lots of animals for adoption. I couldnt believe the static you told me how many animals you ke in alone. How many . Wedrake in over 35,000 animals every year. Ohi me goodness. Animal care centers of new york city is the only Animal Shelter in new york city that takes any animal. We never close our doors. Were open 24 7. Were open for adoptions at specific hours, but we will always take in an injured, homeless, abandoned animal. The police come in, we help people all over new york city with their animal issues and try to keep them in homes and also try to find them great homes if the animal winds up at our shelters. And the whole idea is to find these animals great homes. The cats, dogs, and you mentioned rabbits. I doct realize i guess people if they want to adopt a rabbit, can do that too. Tomorrow, anyused of the week. We have available now over 400 animals for adoption, and were looking for loving h mes for all of them. P. Rt of the clear the shelters is tomorrow. Thats the event tomorrog that 40 shelters throughout the tristate area are participating in. Including yourself. Whats going to happen when someone comes here and wants to adopt one of those 400 . So when someone comes to adopt, theyll sign in. We expect a lot of people. And we encourage people to go on to our website, nycacc. Org and look at the animals we have available for adoption online and do some homework. You can also download our app so you can see who is available, and you can t an idea of the kind of animals we have he and you can also download the application and fill it out ahead of time. So you come here, you take a number, youre going to meet with an adoption counselor, and youre going to go through the process. Were going to find out what your needs are, who would be the best fit. We want to make this a forever home for these pets so they have a lifet me of happiness with you. Oand f s will be waived, is that gh all fees waived. And its really a terrific, terrific deal. Because every animal will be spayed or neutereded, have vaccinations, a microchip, a free visit to a local vet and weppll also give a free little i. D. Tag so you c always identify your pet. That is fantastic. And if you dont get to come to this shelter, then you c goito our website, nbcnewyork. Com and 5figuae out which helt is niar you. Be juse there are 40ythroughout the tristate area participating, and were happy you are. Thank you so much. Good uck tomorrow. Thank you so much. Were thrilled to be participating with nbc. Thank you. Were thrilled too. Venda forecast real quickly. We want to show the heat building for the tristate area. Its going to get hot for the rest the wjukend into early next wee, dog days o if summer with highs in the 90s. Well be back at 6 00, more from the Animal Care Centers new york locati s with more weather and pets. Back to you. Feisty, feisty cats there. Loves the glasses. Janice, thank you. Again, a reminder tomorrow is the oneday event upon us when many participating shelters ad ptions and you an get more formation at nbcnewyork. Com nbcnewyork. Com cleartheshelters. E. I likg that. 500 worth of freebies. Among the offers up for grabs tonight on freebie friday. News 4 consumer reporter Lynda Baquero shows us surprise freebies from victorias secret enter the disney baby capture the moment sweep akes before august 30th and youll be au to tically eitered to win one of four portrait packages orth up to 500 each. This summer, the minions took over mcdonalds. Ifno you want to get in on the fast food fun, there is an app r that. Of. 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To chefs, the grease is good for deep frying chinken or onion rings, but to crooks, its as good as gold. Sheldon dutes explains why. Reporter the same oil thats used to cook our favorite fried foods was the target of a thief in huntington. I can only imagine that its somebody using it for personal ve hicles. Its an expensive commodity for each pound that they recycle, they get 24 cents per pound. So when you add that up in bulk, youre talking about some serious money. Reporter Sergeant Michael ore says to officers busted a man for stealing used cooking oil early this morning. 6 00 a. M. , the officers spotted henry behind these two restaurants on new york avenue. The subject used a gaspowered sludge pump to remove the oil, and put it in tanks that were set up in the van he was driving. Reporter alex dumps the oil from new york pizza in this container, which he shares with the new China Restaurant next door. It is a lot of ney. People pay a month, 300, 350. Depending how many others are in the contair. Ereporter henry is facing petty larceny charges, and right now police are trying to debytermine if hes possibly linked to other similar cases in Suffolk County. Darling international operates this container here in hunting ton. I reache out to their Corporate Office this afternoon about the theft but have not heard back from them. In huntington, Sheldon Dutes, news 4 new york. Quite the operation for cooking oil. We wupt it to thank you so much for watching. Stay right here. The news continues at 6 00. Live from studio 3c in rockefeller center. This is news 4 new york. Now at 6 00, a violent standoff with a gang member, a firefighter shot and a furious gun fight on Staten Island. Tonight, new details about the suspect. Plus, mayor de blasio has been defending his homeless policy lately, but now 311 hotline records show a dramatic increase in complaints about the homeless. And the east Village Building explosion destroyed it, but today one of those blownout businesses celebrates a second chance. Good evening, everyone. Im sibilia vargas. Im rob schmidt. Chuck is off tonight. A highranking member of the bloods street gang is dead after a sishour standoff, and a sh tout with police. Very dramatic new york city fighter proved he is among the bravest as he rushed into harms way to check out a smoke condition, only to get shot for his efforts. We have more on his condition, and on a gang member who caused it all from news 4s brynn gingras, live in Staten Island where it all went down. Brynn . Reporter sibilia and rob, let me get out of the way for you. Right behind me, you can see the scene is still very active around the home of 38yearold garland tyree, who police say is a gang member and a career criminal. And today he held police and even firefighters, as you guys mentioned, in a tense standoff with the promise of a peaceful end that was anything but. Gunshots and wales echoed late this morning when police say they were forced to shoot garland tyree as the 38yearold alleged gang member ran out of hices home, firing at police, with this ak47. It was on full automatic when he exited and began shooting. Reporter the sixhour standoff ended. Tyree was dead. He allegedly shot and seriously injured an fdny lieutenant, who tried to save him from a smoke bomb he allegedly set. Authorities say they had worked tirelessly for a different outcome, trying to get tyree to surrender. Negotiating teams allowed him to talk to family members, even flew in his mother from delaware, with a promise that he would give up. Very cooperative, up to the point when his mom came, and very sweet with the mom. Anbed mom was very sweet with him. Said, coming out now, mama. Reporter but social media shows its possible tyree had no such intentions. One of his last posts read, today i die. Very dangerous. Reporter police say in addition to this ak47, tyree had stashed in his home a smoke grenade, three handguns and two fully loaded magazine clips. The 38yearold career criminal was convicted of murder when he was 18, and allegedly a member of the bloods. He has some writings describing his life in the blood gang. And thats where we are with that right now. I spoke to members of the gang division, they knew who he was. Reporter lets backtrack to this morning. Federal authorities came to tyrees home to serve a probation warrant, and thats when all of this started. And we do know from authorities that tyree does have a history of mental illness. Police are still investigating that as this investigation inues into the evening. And the good news here, guys, not a Single Police officer was injured. Im live here on Staten Island, brynn gingras, news 4 new york. Tonight the veteran firefighter shot in that standoff with garland tyree is recovering. Lieutenant james hayes was shot in the hip and ankle while trying to help tyree. Fire commissioner daniel nigro and the mayor visited hayes in the hospital. Nigro says hayes even made contact with the gunman before the shooting began. Lieutenant hayes was speaking with the occupant of the apartment, and speaking quite calmly, and then suddenly he stopped. This could have certainly been a tragic day for the new York City Fire department. Were told hayes wife and children are with him at the hospital tonight. He is expected to make a full recovery. And out to that breaking news in manhattan. Traffic tieups on the west side, you can see right here chopper 4 over the scene in Hells Kitchen where a manhole explosion is causing delays up