Detectives late area rested a man and woman nearby. Officers say they found more than 30,000 dollars would the of merchandise and gift cards inside their car. Hampshire investigating a hit and run over the weekend. They are looking for the driver who was in a ford truck like the one you see here. Accident happened saturday near the intersection of lafayette road and heritage avenue. Investigators believe the truck involved may have front headlight damage on the passenger side. Boston mayor marty walsh is being looking for promoters of the planned indy car race in boston to finalize their plan and on. The mayors coo recently sent an email saying indy car had two weeks to reach the necessary agreements it would need to hope the Labor Day Weekend race. The race is scheduled to be held in the seaport district. The former uconn student arrested after demanding macand cheese at a campus cafeteria will appear in court later this month. Thats luke gotti scheduled to be arraigned december 23. T
Family says the wrong person is behind bars. We get the latest tonight from nbc. Reporter shaking his head as the charges were listed. Four counts of endangerment Reporter Police say the suspect Leslie Allen Merritt jr. A 21yearold landscaper terrorized drivers along i10. He was arrested friday night at this walmart. All i have to say is that im the wrong guy. I tried telling the detectives that. My guns been in the pawn shop for the last two months. I havent even had access to a weapon. Reporter his bond set at 1 million. I could never afford that bond. I got two kids. Reporter police say merritts gun was linked to the first four of the highway shootings. And according to a court document, the gun was not in pawn status during the time of the shootings. The crime lab testfired the firearm pawned by what we believe to be mr. Merritt. The testfired bullets were matched to bullet fragments from four casings over the last weekend in august. Reporter investigators say merritt sold the gun
From nbc World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, tamron hall. Good evening, we begin tonight with yet another controversial comment from a gop candidate for president. And this time its not donald trump. Dr. Ben carson is now under fire for comments he made today to our own chuck todd on meet the press. Carson saying he does not believe a muslim should be president. His remarks now another distraction for the republican party. Nbcs Holly Jackson joins us with more. Good evening, tamron. Ben carsons campaign tells me he probably will reach out to members of the Muslim Community, as tonight theres new fallout from those comments, with one Group Calling on carson to drop out of this race altogether. From a typically softspoken candidate, a response making lots of noise today, after ben carson was asked on meet the press whether a president s faith should matter to voters . If it fits within the realm of america and consistent with the constitution, i h
News. It happened just one day before at rival of pope francis, and record crowds. Heres a live look. A fire apparently broke out in a substation near the rfk metro station and that continues to impact travel on several lines this afternoon. Delia goncalves has more on the chaotic rush hour. Reporter frustration at minnesota avenue metro. Hundreds of people waiting for shuttle buses after metro shut down the stadium armory station just after 7 30 machine morning. They say shuttle buses are waiting for us. We dont know where it go. Been here at least 30 minutes, waited another 45 minutes at other station. Reporter it was definitely slow to start but a half hour and buses started to stream . And get people to their final destination. Metro says it appears one of its sub stations at rfk began smoking. No one was hurt, but some riders say metros reputation took a hit, once again, with no answers or no direction. Herded out here like cattle. Reporter lets hope this doesnt happen when the po
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