Weve got more breaking news. Another tree down, seriously a man getting into a van in connecticut. This happened in old greenwich, the man was pinned and firefighters had to rescue him. Nearby vehicles were damaged but no one else is is hurt. Eye witness news aj ross is gathering new information right now. Were going to check in with her in just a few minutes. Now to a wild shootout involving npd in brooklyn and tonight we know that police fired approximately 70 shots and the suspect fired those. All of this happened and eye witness News Reporter [inaudible]. Suspected in an earlier shooting. Police say you could hear it. Listen to this surveillance video. It felt like fireworks and louder than fireworks you know . Something loud. Police say they tried to arrest 27 year old who by the way has 12 prior arrests. He fired at them, but missed. They returned fire and missed and a chase began and 70 shots were fired and the suspect emptied 11 rounds and was eventually struck. It was one afte
And then until the fire engines came and the ambulance came. Reporter these photos show one of the victims in a neck brace. Three went to hospitals for x rays and other treatments. City parks officials told us its too soon to know the cause. I came to the park to relax and then this happened. Reporter every splinter is swept up as far as we can see. And we are told were moments way from this tape being taken down this bryant park getting back to normal. Dave carlin, cbs 2 news. No tree fell today seriously injuring a plumber. In old greenwich, connecticut the tree fell a man walking to his truck. Firefighters cut away parts of the tree to get the man to the hospital. Several vehicles including the plumbing truck were damaged by the falling tree. A Big Development tonight in the football hazing scandal at Susan Wagner High School on staten island. The City Department of education has agreed to lift the suspensions of football activities. Cbs 2s tony aiello live near the courthouse in st
Away from baywatch i feeorerday. Temporary repairs are in place to fix signal problems that stranded thousands of commuters. But the agency warns the repairs could go down at any moment. Lauren will be tracking problems for us all morning. The company sleeping partners is recalling moses baskets for infants. The baskets are sold at major retailers like babiesrus and bye bye baby. Cpsc. Gov for recall information. The kentucky county clerk who refuse toss issue marriage licenses heads to court today. Kim davis is ignoring on order from the u. S. Supreme court. She refuses to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples or to anyone and says shes doing it under gods authority. Right now, you can apply for the lottery for tickets to see pope francis in central park. Procession through the park will take place on september 25th. Head to our website, nbcnewyork. Com for information. He said this time around, they werent able to get the bigger, bigger venue like have a mass in central park as
Trains whisk people on board and roll across the tracks . Those are the questions well get answers to this morning. Remember, the track problem was actually detected in early july near the smithsonian station, but nothing was done about it. Then the derailment happened in early august. Metro conducted an investigat n investigation, found out that an employee mistakenly deleted the information that identified the track problem. Two people so far have resigned because of this, but theres still a whole lot of safety concerns. Trains are rolling slowly in numerous locations because of safety issues that were identified after this derailment. Problems that metro says it has to fix immediately. Metro has to answer to safety oversight officials about this. Were expected to hear more about it as the metro board meets at 10 00 this morning. Adam tuss, thank you. Developing this morning, a new report from the Justice Department says the Police Response in ferguson, missouri, should be a lesson i
A Montgomery County Police Cruiser is one of the cars involved in a crash. It happened just after 9 00 on Gateway Center drive on string road. You can see the cruiser had damage to the front end. It appears a landscaping truck and trailer may have also been involved. No word on any injuries. Right now at the live desk. What metro is doing to prevent another derailment. As we get new details from inside the transit agencies first Public Meeting about it from transportation reporter, adam tuss, who is live tweeting. Metro says it appears the employee who deleted critical track Safety Information may have done so before he even read it. We have also learned the Transit Agency has hired a contractor to doublecheck its conclusions after the derailment near the smithsonian station last month. Metro says it is determined to find out whats causing accelerated wear and tear in curbed sections of track. We are staying on top of this developing story throughout the day. We will hear from adam in