Dari we appreciate that. Steve the mayor taking flak for his absence during the standoff. Dari particularly because he was working out at a gym in park slope, brooklyn. Dan bowens is live on Staten Island to tell us how the mayor has responded to all this criticism. Reporter this all unfolded on Destiny Court in Staten Island on the other side of that large black nypd vehicle. Officers out here still collecting evidence. You can see the yellow evidence markers, likely many of the shell casings that were fired during the shootout. While the shootout and standoff unfolded, mayor de blasio as you mentioned was at a gym working out according to his aides for 80 minutes, the mayor refusing to answer questions about this as he briefed the public on what happened here according to the nypd. The suspect set off a smoke bomb when police tried to enter his apartment earlier this morning. Thats when lieutenant james hayes entered the residence and was shot in the left calf and buttocks. The suspe
Youve got to get out. Its dangerous. Reporter the nypd going to Great Lengths to diffuse the situation, even flying in his mother from delaware. He would surrender when his mom came to the scene. Reporter lieutenant hayes, 53 years old, has been with the department for 33 years and was one of the First Responders on 9 11. Recovery. Everyone who helped get lieutenant hayes to safety put themselves in harms way in the process. And they all are to be commended. Commended. Reporter taking a live look out here, you can see crime scene investigators looking at the yellow evidence markers, likely shell casings. Lieutenant hayes is being treated at an area hop spital and is expected to make a full recovery. Kerry theres some controversy about where mayor de blasio was during the standoff. What is he saying . The mayor, as the standoff was unfolding, the mayor went to the gym and did a workout, was minutes. The press aides say that the mayor was in touch with the nypd and at 10 40, after 80 min
Fox 29 news in m. D. Brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome. Right now on fox 29 a really close call for customers and employees at a Camden County liquor store. A car comes crashing right through the wall. Good evening im chris oconne oconnell. Im dawn timmeney that crash happening this evening on the white horse pike in laurel springs, and thats where we find fox 29s brad sattin live with the latest. Brad . Reporter dawn theyre in the process of closing the store right now. Crews just left a few seconding a actually. After spending a few hours boarding up behind the boards here was the window. The car went straight through. This is a bit of a strange story, because theres really two stories here. The accident itself which was not a crime, but what happened afterward was. One moment youre ringing someone up, the next youre diving for cover when a car comes crashing through the store wall. I think thats pretty craze seem you know what i mean . Hope everybody was all right, tho
Boarding up behind the boards here was the window. The car went straight through. This is a bit of a strange story, because theres really two stories here. The accident itself which was not a crime, but what happened afterward was. One moment youre ringing someone up, the next youre diving for cover when a car comes crashing through the store wall. I think thats pretty craze seem you know what i mean . Hope everybody was all right, though. Reporter they seemed to happen at wine noland on the white horse pike where employees say this is the fourth time in recent years a car came barreling through. No one was hurt today, the man behind the counter went right back to work. Employees jumping over broken glass customers moving and even they pulled up saying, oh, no, not again. They had made drive through over here. This isnt the first time . This is not the first time. What is it with this place . They should have a driver through. After the last crash last year these concrete posts went up
Well, good morning, everybody. Humid, sticky, steamy, stuffy and thunderstorms around in these overnight hours. Here is the current temperature, 80 degrees. We will drop a bit as we get going today another degree or two. 71 kingston and poughkeepsie. 78 bridgeport, connecticut. 80 in the park. 78 around orange. Air quality alert. Bad air once again. That is really across northern Fairfield County but long island, coastal connecticut, you are not in that but the air quality wont be that good. A couple of thunderstorms around bridgewater. There is lightning in that one and around Suffolk County a storm, too to watch out for. That will run up to 80 and up the hudson river valley. Another steamy day. Highs in the low 90s. It will feel like 95 to 100. Heather is feeling better. She is back in action. I am here. We will talk about mass transit. Mass transit is there for you as well. Its doing okay as far as metro north goes. You have the Waterbury Branch. Long Island Railroad doing fine. 1,