Still here, then you owe it to ariel who lost her precious life because of your choices to make a difference and use this tragedy to save lives. Are you hearing what im saying to you . I have heard the russo family in the way their pain will never be healed. Im deeply sorry for the pain and suffering i have caused. I will carry this tragic accident ft. Or the rest of my life knowing i took the life of an innocent child. Reporter the judge in this case says he couldnt charge Franklin Reyes as a youthful defender because he had another incident after killing russo in which he hit and dragged a police officer. The correctional facility will end up deciding where he will serve that sentence. News4 new york. Thank you. Right now, police hope new man behind two knife attacks in manhattan. The assaults happened within 24 hours of each other. Katherine craig is in greenwich villain. Reporter here is an image of the suspect that is all around this neighborhood everywhere you look. There are Pol
We seen the knife. Reporter police say the other suspect also had a knife and both men slashed a 26yearold mother of two, once in the stomach and once in the ear. Even more alarming, police say it was a random attack. They just pulled up on us. Reporter the slashing was even more brazen given that this stretch of the street is lined with security cameras. We put our faith in the police. Reporter its little comfort to residents. We looking around and making sure its not them. Reporter if you can believe it, no one else was injured in that slashing. And friends say that 26yearold victim also suffered a broken ankle just trying to outrun her attackers. Weve seen a lot of Police Activity in this stretch today alone. Police tell us over the phone two suspects still on the run. News4 new york. Thank you. Moving now to a deadly accident in central park. Police say a construction worker was killed when he was run over by his own van. It happened on east drive, not too far from the central park
Right now, sustained in the teens through much of the area. And of course tonight when those gusts roll in between 4 00 and 10 00, 11 00 tonight, thats when the weather is going to be at its worst. Showers continue to increase. Fastmoving rain and wind bands. A rough evening commute and of course possible damaging wind gusts. Your full forecast ahead and well go area by area to tell you what to expect. Just a nasty couple of days. In the south, many are racing for more potentially devastating storms after a string of deadly and destructive tornados. The damage yesterday goes from louisiana to florida. At least three people died when a group of mobile homes was completely lifted off the ground and thrown. Rescuers are worried that the death toll will rise. You can track this storm system will your news4 new york app. Radar and any alerts that you need to know. Now to breaking news in new jersey. A manhole explosion. That blast happened on the 800 block of elizabeth avenue. News4s Brian
Trying to figure out who gunned down a teenager in an otherwise quiet neighborhood. News 4 was there with new information lori just learned about the victim. Reporter weve learned that victim is 19 years old. He was shot and killed right here on this sidewalk in front of this home here in this very quiet neighborhood. Neighbors here telling us they heard several gunshots after 6 00 this morning. Emergency responders arrived a short time ago but that teenager did not survive. Were told by a neighbor that he did not live here at this home, that he was walking by when he was shot. Some people who appeared to be relatives and friends of the teenager showed up here a little bit earlier visibly upset. They were waiting to find out the identity of the victim. We spoke with one neighbor who tells us he was outside when the sound of gunshots startled him. I heard two gunshots and i i was a little nervous, when you hear shots youre supposed to get down. And i came out and after that and saw they
As the water touched the scalding hot steam pipe, that sent visual steam up into the air. Now, theyve shut af steam in three buildings on that block again between 6th avenue and 7th avenue. The new york city d. E. P. Os planning to dig up the entire street later to check on the infrastructure. Meanwhile, people we spoke with describe what they saw and heard. It was scary. Then there were people standing right next to it taking picks. Just a quick like a little rumble. My understanding is that the water leak is what caused a steam issue, obvioagly, water affects the steam pipes in the ground and then you have steam coming up through the ground. The initial concern or problem was the water leak. Reporter and we asked the fire chief specifically about whether there was an explosion that accounted for the sound. He specifically referred to the 2007 steam pipe explosion near Grand Central which you may recall injured dozens of people and killed a woman. This incident much less severe, no on