Were never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Here is bill evans with the accuweather forecast. March 10th we have warm weather again on tap. Yesterdays high was 77 degrees. Todays high, 78 degrees. A spring fling continues today. Now, you see on the sevenday forecast there, is rain for tonight. Well, that will be on the evening hours, today, really nice. Another record high will break the record of 74 set back in 2006 and then tonight with the rain coming in, cooler air from the northwest but it is 63 for friday, saturday, 62 on sunday. Those pers are over 15 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year. Well talk more about that in the weekend forecast coming up in a moment. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Heather has the day off. No problems to report at this point. E train is back or clez. Still have fast track work on the d and f. George, lincoln and holland overnight construction, it is just wrapping up and the roadway in jersey city,
We were seeking him for, was the september 1st shooting. The citys Police Commissioner was visibly angry. He described Tyrone Howard as a violent 30yearold career criminal who had no business on the streets of east harlem. He would have been the last person in new york city i would have wanted to see in the Diversion Program. He has shown no propensity with the number of arrests over a period of time of changing his ways. Detectives say howard was running from a shootout with bicycle. When he came facetoface with plain clothes officers along the fdr drive last night. When housing officer randolph holder and his partner tried to stop him, investigators say howard opened fire. When tyrone approaches them on the bicycle, when he approaches them on the bicycle, he puts the bike down. He pulls out his weapon, and he officer in the front of the head. The nypds response was immediate and massive. They sealed off the fdr and cornered Tyrone Howard, who had a gun shot wound in his leg. , and th
In front of the psa station house. In just a few minutes, starting at the scene where he died, a march will begin. Thats a few blocks away from here. A march that will end up right here at psa 5. As they memorialize an officer gone far too soon. Reporter barely a day later and the blurry haze of last nights chaos is coming in to chilling focus. As new yorks finest started to mourn for their fourth brother cop murdered in the line of duty in less than a year i do know someone like this shouldnt have been on the streets. Reporter the mayor expressed anger at the alleged cop killer investigators say caused such pain. Last night just after dark the mayhem started in moments. Hispanic male, black coat, firing. Reporter two Police Officers found themselves on a roof in the East River Houses at 102nd and 1st, watching a it involved at least three gunmen in what Police Called an ongoing gun war. 50 shots fired. Reporter by now an armada of police were responding and the gunmen had scattered. O
Developments tonight in the shooting. Tyrone howard arraigned a short time ago in criminal court. New yorkers lighting candles and laying a wreath at the site of the shooting. We have several reports tonight on the new information. We begin with Eyewitness News reporter josh einiger outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. Ive never seen night court so jam packed with people, much less Police Officers. Every square inch of that courtroom loaded with blue and with members of officer holders family. Lets show you video from inside Arraignment Court as the suspect had his first appearance in court. Tyrone howard facing a charge of first degree murder in the death of officer holder late last night in harlem, in upper manhattan. His lawyer told the judge because of injuries he had sustained, the gunshot of the pain, hes feeling chest pains. That led to snickering from the crowd of Police Officers and did not stop the judge from remanding the suspect, holding him without bail in this case.
They say could be the murder weapon. His fiancee tells cbs 2 about a special honor she wants for him. We have Team Coverage tonight starting with hazel sanchez. Reporter officer randolph holder had big plans to marry his High School Sweet heart, Mary Muhammed. Tonight she down with us to talk about their dreams to buy a home, have a family, all of those dreams taken away by a single bullet. Its the worst feeling ever. Reporter mary said she will never getting the pain she felt after learning her fiancee and love of her life and why pd officer randolph holder had been killed on the job. We think, okay, they leave, theyre going to come home, you know . But you know, sometimes just like tuesday, you know, he left, he said i love you, ill see you later and he never came back and hes never going to every day since holders death has been a heartbreaking struggle, but she has found comfort in the constant support of family and friends. She tries not to harbor anger over the circumstances of h