Through to 911. Call an ambulance call an Ambulance Ambulance is already en route. Reporter but paramedics couldnt save the 33yearold iraqi war veteran who had been a Memphis Police officer for less than five years. An intense manhunt continues now for the suspect. Tremaine will bourne, a 29yearold convicted bank robber identified by a man who was in the car just before the fatal shots were fired. He had been hanging out earlier in the day on saturday. Smoking marijuana. The shooter asked my client if he could ride. My client said yes. And then all hell broke loose as we now know. Reporter as Police Search for the murder suspect, theyre also searching for answers here. We lost not only an officer, but a great man. A dedicated servant to our community. And a family member. Reporter a family and community in mourning right now. Jay gray, news 4, new york. Still ahead, were going to tell you what a major Baseball Group is doing after the sad death of a 9yearold bat boy. And janice is here
Highcrime neighborhoods. That mass shooting outside of brooklyn house party has some people calling for police to do more in the 75th precinct. The iteam took a look at the numbers and found that cops are actually taking far fewer guns off the street than they used to, and that is renewing the debate over stop and frisk. The iteams Chris Glorioso is in brooklyn with the details. Reporter sibilia, two years ago, a federal judge said the nypds stop and Frisk Program was unconstitutional, and under commissioner bratton, stops have fallen off a cliff. But after the bloodshed this weekend here in East New York, some neighbors are calling for more stops, not fewer. Stop and frisk. I mean, theres more shootings, theres more killing. Reporter East New Yorks Francisca Hillman has become a reluctant supporter of stop and frisk. She says shes noticed as officers stopped fewer people, violence has gone up around the pink houses where she works with senior citizens. Do you think that they ought to
Lori stokes. We have a brandnew air mass in place. 74. 74 to start out right now. Drops down maybe another degree or to but 60 at hopatcong, blairstown, up to poe and kingston. 80 by noontime. Beautiful weather. Heather, i have great news in the weather department. I have okay news in the traffic department. My maps arent working at this time. That is bad news in the traffic department. Not good news for me. Lets go to a webcam. We will show you how things are looking traveling on the Staten Island expressway. You can see the construction is set up. That is right around richmond avenue. Now, this advertise the eastbound side of the Staten Island expressway. They did cancel a lot of that construction during the overnight. Thats because of what was going on with the truck accident yesterday on the new jersey turnpike which has completely been cleared away. Now, we are looking at the b. Q. E. Up the northbound side. This is your delay coming up to the Brooklyn Bridge. We do have our stree
61 down the jersey shore. 64 wrightstown. Sunshine, 84 by noontime. 87 this afternoon. A great day, especially for august. We should be in the midst of the dog days where its sticky, steamy and sultry. Its not. We will talk about the weekend next in your accuweather seven day forecast and it looks better than when we were talking about it this time yesterday, heather. That is a good thing. Lets go to the maps. Not a good thing is on the leigh. Looks like we still have an accident, l. I. E. Eastbound near exit 19. This accident blocks three lanes. Then as you head through brooklyn, dont forget about the sinkhole. Its 5th avenue at 64th street. Then we are looking at minor delays lincoln. Off the George Washington bridge on to 95 southbound local lanes near exit 71, we have an accident in the process of being cleared away. Mass transit is running on or close to schedule. Shirleen, ken, over to you. Okay, thank you. House sands of homes on long island are still without electricity this mo
The urgent search right now. Good morning, america. It is a busy wednesday morning and a lot to get to. So much of the country still being hit hard by severe weather. That is the most powerful storm on the planet right now churning in the pacific and ravaged a u. S. Island. We begin with that news just breaking this morning. The man who helped that minnesota dentist kill cecil the lion speaking out for the first time this morning after appearing in court. He faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly having that illegal hunt. The dentist is still in hiding. His home vandalized and abcs david wright has been following the story and starts us off this morning. Reporter professional hunter wore dark glasses to court. He lost his hunting license and now faces criminal charges for allegedly luring cecil the lion out of the safety of Hwange National park by dragging a dead animal from his car as bait. Speaking to reporters bronkhorst scoffed at the charges. I think its frivolous and wrong.