His grandmother, who raised him, and a son, to win two nba titles with the lakers. He hasnt played in two years, his divorce headlines. We dont want people to recognize him as things hes going through. We know the good things hes about. And the Sheriffs Office is expected to hold a press conference in two hours with more information on this investigation. Also this afternoon Magic Johnson tweeting that lamar odom is a better person than he is player. Reporting live in South Ozone Park queens, darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Darla, thank you. Mean while among those reacting to odoms critical head coach of the knicks, derek odoms with the l. A. Lakers. He was always willing to sacrifice his own opportunities, his own minutes, shots, and at times sacrificing other things in life to do for everyone else. Coach fisher also saying, quickly adding hes not judging odom for his lifestyle choices. Officials in holding an update at 7 00 our investigation. Well alert you you can see that N
Did you see this coming . No, not at all. Odom grew up in South Ozone Park queens playing basketball right here in lincoln park. He was telling me he just practiced he was just naturally gifted. It is that gift that led him to win two nba championships with the l. A. Lakers with former teammate and now knicks head coach derrick fisher. Odom is one of the greatest people ive ever known, and so thats the way i see him through the choices hes made through the heart and soul, the person that he really is. Now the county Sheriffs Office in nevada sought to get a search warrant for odoms blood today. They will be holding a press conference in a few hours to give an update on their investigation. Well have more on this story coming up on Eyewitness News at 5. Reporting live in South Ozone Park queens darla miles the owner of the brothel says that odom was found face down by a staff member. Management came in, called 9 11. 911 said put him on his left side, and they did, started throwing up. H
Pull the dog off but couldnt. Enables called 911 and also neighbors called 911 and also unstoppable. One officer went thus to get to the house through the house to get to the yard. When she stepped outside the dog was standing over the victim and then charged towards the officer who was forced to shoot and kill the animal. Two other officers were then able to hop the fence and rush to the little girl who at that point was in bad shape. I ran up there and then the neighbor was on the phone, crying. That theres a dog in the back attacked a little girl. I said are you guys trying to get the dog off . She said no, she cant do anything, but dog was too big, attacking she it was attacking her and she was cared. They had to put the dog down in order to get to the girl and save her life and that was the paramount thing they had to do was take care of the little girl and get her to the hospital. Reporter police say this man right there is the owner of the car, his name is carlisle arnold, he wa
Building and shook the apartments next door. I grabbed my family and we all got out. Firefighters arrived minutes later and found the body of 64yearold ligia puello in the stairwell. Her daughter is i believe in the Dominican Republic and on the way back and i feel bad. Crews are sifting through the debris to find 47yearold franchesca firaroa. She was in the process of moving out. Her car was in the vicinity and her phone pinged a power near here and its since gone dead. Investigators believe this was a gas explosion possibly caused by someone who disconnected a kitchen stove. They said theyre not ruling out criminal activity. The blast so strong that flying debris struck two men and the adults, both managers at a near by market. All are expected to make a full recovery. Were going to miss them and we hope as soon as possible they will be back. Time now 4 31. Time for weather and traffic on the 2s. Chris, good morning. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for starting yo you ing your day
Hiker somehow lost his footing and tumbled down the mountain face before he was wedged in against a tree. But the scene was so precarious, that it took rescuers three hours to secure the hiker. Place him into a stretcher. And bring him safely down the mountain. Where he was treated for shock and hypothermia. Before he was rushed to the emergency room. Hook mountain is the second highest peak in the pallisades. Rising 728 feet, above the hudson river. How the hiker managed to fall, and whether he was on an established trail when he fell, were not known. And it happened around 2 30 this afternoon. And became a race against time, for paramedics and high angle rescue teams. With darkness closing in, on the shortest day of the year. All right, guys, try and stay away from directly underneath. Here. But the hikers injuries were not believed to be life threatening. And medics say he never lost consciousness. The hikers identity could the extent of his injuries still being evaluated. Mountain.