The tristate set to get a messy mix of rain, sleet and snow. But first ufr gent. Mayday. Firefighters in a life or death scramble to save their own when a building in flames collapses. Good evening. Im chuck scarborough. And im sibila vargas. That fire was fanned by winds off the ocean. Part of the building came crashing down. Firefighters were inside. Michael george is live in key port, new jersey, with the frantic moments and what may have ignited that inferno. Reporter chuck, three buildings filled with businesses and apartments now turned to nothing but a pile of rubble. Theyve had to demolish whats left to keep the fire from sparking up again. Tonight we can show you new video demonstrating the moment when one of the buildings collapse and we spoke to a man who says he may know what started this fire. Weve got guys down. Urgent. Mayday. Reporter a worstcase this building when suddenly it collapses. Mayday, mayday pretty intense. Flames were pretty high. All units clear the area. R
Union Identification Cards to help people avoid traffic and parking tickets. The potential violations under investigation include violations of nypd rules and policies, the city conflicts of interest rules, and federal criminal laws. Reporter bratton took away the guns and badges of Deputy Inspector james grant, Commanding Officer of the 19 inn precinct and deputy chief michael harrington, executive officer of citywide housing. Duty. Also taken out of active command were deputy chief Eric Rodriguez executive officer of the brooklyn south command, and deputy chief david colon Commanding Officer of brooklyn housing. As always well have to go where we believe the truth as we know it takes us. And at this point in time we have enough information that we believe supports the decisions that i made today. Reporter well, as a result of the probe, bratton ordered the Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs to add additional training on ethics and conflicts of interest for captain and above. Banks
Those stories in a moment. Lets begin with the weather. Were in for some drastic changes. A big temperature drop you probably already noticed and possible april snow showers. But its the winds were worried about the most here. It was about 80 degrees yesterday. Erra ica grow is here as the temperatures continue to plummet. Were tracking rain and snow showers on the approach. The first approach from the morning is moving out to sea. Here comes our next weathermaker. This one is really going to stir up those winds along with bringing those rain and snow showers. 55 degrees in new york. That is pretty typical for this time of the year in early april. Compare to yesterday in the 70s, even 80s in a couple of spots, and that feels chilly. 36 in chicago. 34 in detroit. This is the air heading our way and along with that drop in temperature were going to have some really, really strong winds. This is the first time in years that i have seen a high wind warning for the tristate. Per hour are po
Them. We expect to get more information from the orange fire chief. It is still a very busy, active scene for firefighters as theyre trying to get some of the hot spots out and of course, at this point we dont know the cause of the fire. We hope to speak to the fire chief later who can give us more information about the cause. Were live here in orange, new jersey, toni yates, channel 7, Eyewitness News, back to you. Also in new jersey were following a developing story, a wild shooting on the streets of jersey city. Injuries. Michelle charlesworth is in jersey city with the story. Reporter this young woman, david, was chase and shot and killed in a car where she was trying to find safety early this morning around 7 30 here on monitor street in jersey city. The police are still looking for a gunman. This happened next to a six johnson and monitor. The victim had been sitting in a white hyundai with the gunman. There was an apparent argument. She ran, he ran after her and she tried to see
These heroindealers when those shots were fired. One suspect this morning still at large. Reporter a sweeping man hunt from the air as k9s led heavily armed offices on the ground. And the third suspect still at large after a chaotic night with a detective shot. This showing the 11 year veteran on the ground after he was hit. I hear gunshots like what is that noise. It began in wilson avenue in bushwick. When the detective and under cover sergeant from the brooklyn north narcotics were about to bust a sale. They were in this minivan when the officers approached identifying themselves as police. This man who asked not to be identified saw what happened next. The detectives was stopping the car and they reversed to try to get away. Sergeant who was standing on the drivers side of the vehicle and the detective where he was, they fired their weapons so the detective was hit in the shoulder apparently by the shot that claim from his colleague. The driver crashed into another car, the cell ph