Death inside of an abandoned hospital on Staten Island. And we understand that this is a place, a hangout that attracts many teenagers. Eyewitness News Reporter Kristin Thorne joins us live from new brighton with more on this story. Kristin. Michelle. Police have identify the victim as 16yearold Marcus Castillo. They say he was inside this abandoned hospital complex yesterday afternoon suffered serious head trauma after a sevenstory fall. This happened around 4 30 yesterday. Police say castillo was inside this complex, hanging out with friends when he apparently, shaft. Inspectors were back on the scene today. Thats some of the video were they arrived back here this morning at this abandoned complex on castleton avenue. Investigators say ca stillo was playing inside with his friends shaft. Suffered severe head trauma. The 17acre property used to be Staten Island hospital but has been abandoned for decades. People who live nearby say its a popular hangout for kids. Every single day in t
This morning is three suspects on the run after the violent robbery of a woman in the bronx. Alana gold is live in is live with the story. Reporter the three men targeted the woman as she left the subway stop on prospect avenue. They used so muchs so much force that the woman broke her wrist. You can see them dispersed and then the attack happened. The 60yearold woman was walking home when two of the men approached her. She was put into a chokehold and they tried grabbing her purse. After a brief struggle, the woman was able to break free. One suspect chased her n chert in the leg repeatedly and kicked her in the leg repeatedly. When she fell, she broke her wrist. People in the neighborhood are alarmed. You are in this area and you what is your reaction . It is scary. I dont care how late a person is out, nobody has the right to be abusive to one another. Nobody house the right nobody has the right to attack. I am so sorry to hear this. Reporter a disturbing incident. Police say that t
Tragedy . Because of avontes law, most city schools are supposed to get door alarm s s by september. We did digging to find out how many schools actually had the alarms installed. Last week i went down to the School Reporter time has done little to dull vanessas anger at the way her son died. Avonte oquendo wandered away from his classroom and ran out of an unmonitored door that had been left open. Months later, the boys remains were found in the water 11 miles away. Very angry still. Very angry. But hopeful. Reporter fonteyn remembers her son through pictures and by looking at the security video that captured her sons last moments. Thats my last glimpse of my child, my last look. Its hurtful. Avontes legacy . The system learned from his mistakes. They have to put in force some happens again. Reporter they have been cries for change. City Council Passed avontes law which mandated door alarms like this at more than 1,400 schools. The department of education would only tell news 4 that w
And an amazing performance helps the mets secure their first win in the postseason. Nice. Oh yeah. Its saturday, the 10th of october. Im pat battle. I know there are a lot of newly minted mets fan in the city. Brisk temperatures as you head out the door. Yeah. I bet there are some fans of autumn out there this morning too, a beautiful morning after what was a rough night, folks. We are seeing temperatures in the low 50s to upper 40s depending on where you are. 51 in massapequa and in basking ridge. Widen out the picture. The real cool stuff in monticello, poughkeepsie. All the rain gone out of here. Dry conditions. The live radar sweep picks up no moisture. The next several days of this Holiday Weekend, look at it. Just gorgeous. 71 today. Full forecast coming up. We begin this morning with a suspected drunk driver caught on camera crashing into a familys car. You can see the video showing the driver hitting that family not once, but twice. It happened on north ocean avenue in long isl
For years, he didnt speak. And then his father, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist ron suskind, made a remarkable discovery he could communicate with his son by acting out scenes from disney films. Owen, when did you and i become such good friends . And he said, when i watched aladdin, you made me laugh. And then we talked. Owen and iago, for a minute, a minute and a half. It is the first conversation we have ever had. Amy owen and ron suskind join us today at the Sundance Film Festival along with the Academy Awardwinning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams who directed a new film about owens life titled, life, animated. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In oregon, rightwing militia leaders ammon and ryan bundy have been arrested and Group Spokesperson Lavoy Finicum has reportedly been killed following a traffic stop along highway 395. The stop took place near the National Wildlife refuge, where the bundys