Suspect James Patrick dillon is shot by police and in elmhurst hospital in stable condition and not yet been charged in this rampage that killed one man and injured two others. Police say it was a six hour ordeal that ended with shots fired. The suspect James Patrick dillon reportedly off his psychiatric medication. Once cornered by Police Sunday evening the nypd says he put up a fight. Knife in one hand, beer bottle filled with an accelerant in the other. The suspect then sprayed the two officers with the liquid burning their hands and face. The officer then discharged suspect. It started at 11 20 sunday morning when investigators say dillon slashed his neighbor a 39 year old woman in her face astoria. Thats when the pursuit for dillon began. Four hours later two more victims, officers say 55 year this liquor store was slashed in the face by dillon and later died and then a 61 year old homeless man inside the store at the time was sprayed with a chemical and set on fire. Shortly after
Morning we all have traffic and weather on the 2s but first several families displaced after a raging fire sweeps a row of homes in brooklyn. And there have been injuries to report cbs 2 has more live from Cypress Hills, good morning. Reporter good morning, chris and mary. Yes minor injuries to report and all residents belongings have been destroyed. I want you to take a look at whats been left behind after this six alarm fire. There are piles of rubble and two buildings extremely damaged but one build in the middle of those two. Thats a home that is no longer standing almost completely leveled by this fire and residents we spoke to though they were shaken were grateful no one was seriously hurt. She watched with tears in her highs as her home on arlington avenue burned sunday night. She rushed over from work to find the flames. Dont know. Her multifamily home along with two others were destroyed by the six alarm fire believed to have started in a nearby garage, 250 firefighters battle
The fire is burning in mount vernon and cbs 2 joins us live from the scene. Janelle . Reporter good morning to you, mary. Its been burning for about three and a half hours now. You can see behind me still very much intense here on gremerton avenue. This started about 1 00 this morning and route now we see several residents and Business Owners watching obviously very upset to see this building burn down. It started inside of sals deli and this is is just across the street from hartley park. It traveled to apartments behind the deli and quickly spread and now to the cleaners which you can see right now consumed by the flames as firefighters work to try to get a handle on this this morning. We spoke with one man who was evacuated from his home by police. Here is what he had to say. The police came by and told us to come out of the house because its too much smoke. So they started knocking on your door . Yes. Your door what did you see . Just smoke. Came down to the corner to see it. And t
That officer fired at one of the suspects. Police say a 20 year old man and two others were trying to rob the undercover detective just before 7 00 sunday night pulling this weapon on the cop who fired back. The detective fired one round from his Service Weapon. The 20 year old seen here on Surveillance Video from a nearby Grocery Store being taken from the scene on monroe street. He was hit by the detectives bullets in the arm and torso. He was taken to kings county hospital in stable condition. I never thought it was a gun shot because it was too loud. It was too loud and i know about gun shot but it was like an explosion. It turn out the weapon the 20 year old pulled on the detective was actually a bb gun. Investigators are working to determine if the same suspects are the ones accused of robbing a woman earlier in the day who was responding to an online ad for an apartment. The additional robbery did it very early on in the invest it. We dont know if the males that were and prehend
The video of the slashing attack was so disturbing, police say it caught the attention of viewers including one man who recognized the suspect and called police leading to the arrest of Kari Bazemore wednesday night. She was bleeding a lot. She was crying and she walked in and she said somebody slashed her in the face. Amanda morris left with two visible gashes on her face after the investigators say the had 41yearold walked alongside and. It happened on west 23rd street in chelsea as morris was on her way to work. Morris who had to have stitches writes on facebook i was simply in the wrong plus at the wrong time and put in an unfortunate situation. It was about 12 hours later that that Good Samaritan spotted Kari Bazemore walking near st. Patricks cathedral and called police. Morris now urging others to learn from her experience adding i did have a bad feeling about this man as soon his walk was irregular and he appeared under the in plus by his body language and stance. Always always