Attorney William Petrillo who defended officer logiudice says a federal investigation of his client is unlikely because of kyle howells own admissions at trial. He knew the entire time that what he was doing would cause them to believe that he had a weapon or had reached for a weapon and concealed one and despite that, and despite continued commands to stop, continued in that conduct. Reporter he says a federal prosecution, even if it were mounted, would be unsuccessful. A spokesman for the u. S. Attorneys office for the Eastern District of new york which has jurisdiction here declined to comment tonight. Live in mineola, long island, n. J. News. Turning now to weather, showers are on the way as we normal temperatures. Meteorologist lee goldberg outside our studio on the Upper West Side with the timing of the rain and how much of it we can expect. Lee. Sade, october, the sequel, 60 degrees here, another warm night, not much wind out. It feels great. But i will need the umbrella in a co
I wasnt in the store 30 seconds and people started screaming and running out of the door of macys. A stampede came through. Reporter so,ing a lot of shoppers are upset tonight. The man shot, the mall employee, 67 years old, he is in serious but stable condition in the hospital right now. As for the way the suspect was apprehended, this is an interesting side note. Through the help of this guy, an off duty nypd Deputy Inspector named kenneth lair. He is from the Fugitive Enforcement division. He was out doing christmas shopping. Turns out he helped apprehend the suspect who is now in police custody. One of the busiest shopping days of the year. We are live outside roosevelt mall, stacey sager, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Stacey, thank you. We are hearing more from people terrified when they heard the gunshots, many of whom hid out in locked back panic. Long island Kristin Thorne with that angle. Reporter some shoppers were in those back rooms locked in supply rooms for up to an hour and
Assigned to the mall. The. Reporter once again, that protocol has been in place since the shootings in paris. We want to emphasize that on a busy night of shopping, this mall is now open to shoppers. As you mentioned, there was an off duty Deputy Inspector from the Fugitive Enforcement division from the nypd. He helped take down the suspect. He was just at the mall christmas shopping. Live in garden city, stacey sager, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Now to the weather and the potentially record breaking warmth. We could hit 70 or higher for Christmas Eve. Before we get there, all the warm weather could wreak havoc on a holiday get way in the form of fog and heavy rain as well. Meteorologist lee goldberg it is tracking it all. On the first full night of winter, dress spring. 20 degrees above average. Pretty shot of midtown. You can see the low cloudiness. It hasnt lowered to the point where visibilities are way that will happen tonight into tomorrow morning. We are in the low 60s
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And may not be fully restored for several days. I want to show you what the problem is because were right next to a set of tracks just outside the huntington train station. You can see, joe, what were looking at now with the camera is a set of switches. Those switches is snow covered. Im told that is one of the biggest problems that the railroad has had to deal with is snow covered and frozen switches. So you see what the problem is. In fact, the impact is more severe than first believed. The good news is that there are plenty of Parking Spaces at the lirr station. The bad news for commuters tonight is that there are no trains. Service on the nations largest Commuter Railroad was suspended more than 24 hours ago. The trains and the tracks they traveled on are buried in two feet of snow, with drifts that the storm suspect empty up and down sit empty up and down the line. Riders showing up for trains that didnt depart and wont depart for hours. It is confusing to get home. Reporter and i