37 years after that daring crime. Nonetheless the verdict shocked the courtroom. Asaro thrust his fist in the air and said i cant believe it. He has not yet left the courthouse. We do expect to hear from him and his legal team. Much more on the developing story coming up on Eyewitness News 5 00 tonight. For now at 5 00 tonight. For now n. J. Burkett, Eyewitness News. A developing story on manhattans Lower East Side where police are investigating a Sexual Assault and robbery. Now were told that a 40year old woman was attacked inside the baruch houses, police say the suspect pushed his way into the womans apartment, sexually assaulted her and stole her cell phone. The woman was treated at mount sinai hospital. We have a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you any new information as soon as we get it. Well, were going to turn now to the latest on the deadly house explosion in new jersey. This afternoon we heard from the father of the young man who was killed in the blast. New jers
Bill ritter. Michael wright was a star in college and picked by the knicks in the nba draft. The university of arizona tweeting out the sad news tonight and now were learning disturbing information about the days leading up to his disappearance and his death. Eyewitness News Reporter aj ross in new jersey with new details. Right here at the Police Department is where Michael Wright was first reported missing just three days ago. Friends say basketball was his passion but it wasnt his life. A loving and devoted father whose kindness really touched everyone he came in contact with. His death, now being investigated as a homicide, has countless people heart broken. Reporter from the windy city to the big apple, Michael Wrights exceptional basketball talent took him all around the world. From his college days playing at the university of arizona to being draft today the New York Knicks in 2001 and later playing overseas. It basketball was his life but his greatest accomplishment he told me
Precinct this time police say he stole this greyhound bus, directly from the Port Authority terminal, and he high tailed it to brooklyn. Police say the bus arrived in new york from philadelphia at 11 00 a. M. It was slated to leave for another trip at 2 15 p. M. At 1 30 greyhound workers realized the bus was gone. Greyhound called their headquarters in texas, and it was quickly located in brooklyn. A spokesperson said because all the coaches are occupied with gps tracking mechanisms, the bus was recovered quickly. He was found driving the bus near 3rd avenue and union street. No passengers were on board. He has seemingly had a criminal fascination with all modes of transportation since he was a teen, racking up multiple arrests, and in 2004, for attempted theft for a Long Island Railroad train, in 2008 for impersonating a transit workerring and in 2010, he was arrested for stealing a trailsway bus from a depot in hoboken new jersey. Police say mccallum was wearing a fake badge when he
That in my whole life. This morning, u. S. Jets are supported by kurdish iraqi forces to retake a iraqi town held by isis forces. Donald trump under praise for portraying president eisenhowers plan. We would do it in a very humane way. In new york a news chopper blinded by a laser. We have lasers. They show an officer tasing a man over and over. A protest in missouri may be spreading. College students are calling on their president to resign in ithaca. Police confront a man with a rifle on top after building in San Francisco shooting him to death after he fired the weapon at the evasive hospital. Deadly explosion in new jersey. At least one person killed and firefighters killed 15 people from the rubble. All that. Morning from being attacked by an alligator. Oh, my god what is this . What im talking about. George w. Bush stopped by to surprise veterans visiting his president ial library. Got to know him well because we were both on 60 minutes. We were stable mates. Trump and putin did
Demanding they turnover cash from the register. As the suspects were threatening to shoot, they say a Newark Police officer who sometimes stops by the gas station happened to be in the area and another attendant flagged him down and told the officer what was going on and they say the officer ordered the suspect to drop the gun. When the suspect refused, they say thats when the cop fired one shot, injuring the suspect in the torso area. He was quickly taken into custody as was the second have a gun. Thankfully, all of the attendants here at the gas station are fine. Incident. Police have since cleared the scene but they are collecting evidence for much of the night. So far, charge are pending against those suspects. Janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. Thank you. And to another breaking story, an assault by iraqi fighterring. Video just in shows the battle in progress. They are trying to retake the strategic town in northern iraq. Isis overran the town last year which caused tens of thousands t