Who is raising sarahs little girl and struggling with what to tell her. Well have more at 6 00. N. J. Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. A four hour standoff in newark is over after police say a man stabbed his wife in front of her own grandson. All this starts around 11 30 this morning. The wife and grandson were able to get out of the house after inside. Eventually the 65yearold surrendered and was taken away on a stretcher. A woman was taken to the hospital where she is now undergoing surgery. No word yet about exactly what led to the initial stabbing. We are learning more about the first cases of zika apparently transmitted by mosquitoes on the u. S. Mainland. A woman and three men in florida likely contracted the virus through mosquito bites according to the states area. There have been 537 travel related cases of zika, 449 in new york, 50 in new jersey, and 38 in connecticut. Eyewitness News Reporter stacey sager is at La Guardia Airport with the new concerns tonight.
Tonight parents are scared to send their children out. This woman didnt return home from her 5 00 p. M. Run along an unpaved path in spring park. He asked her not to run that path not without him. So she if youre a runner, you understand that you run every night. Its apart of your routine. Hours later, police followed a ping on her pne worse. Right now theres evidence of strangulation, affixation. According to the police commissioner, an apparent sexual assault. The question now, was it random in an area which have seen no stanger rapes. Yet resident after resident expressing concerns about strangers they have seen wandering around here for no reason. When was the last time you saw someone here suspicious. Two days ago. A man sitting in a car and you know they dont live here or belong on the block. Once again, the big question on a lot of peoples minds tonight, was this a random attack or was it someone that kareen patrano new. Were going to have more on what else investigators have lo
Months. I think he is tough enough. I think he will be critical when needed. I think he will voice his concern. I think he will be the nice guy we all know him to be. Today bratton told us hes spent the last 31 months putting together a team to take over. That resignation official in about six weeks on september 16th. See you at 6 00, dave evans, channel 7 eyewitness news. A littleor now on james jimmy oneill, the nypds chief of department is a lifelong new yorker. He was born and raised in the East Flatbush section of brooklyn. He earned his bachelors degree at John J College in manhattan. He was promoted to chief of patrol in 2014. His biggest inspiration comes from his mother. Because of her, i learned we can change the world to what we much more about oneself. Its about all of us. Bureau chief Patrol Services carlos gomez will become the chief of department, replacing oneill. The reverend al sharpton and other Community Leaders reacting to the change in command. Kemberly richardson
Will have to comb through to see if there were any threats, anything said that was inappropriate. This is a girl that wound up unfortunately face down in a pit near her home which should have never happened ever. We know Karina Vetrano was texting a friend of hers as she went running last night. Police say it was routine stuff. But those texts suddenly stopped. Once again, this Investigation Continues vetranos family was too distraught to speak to anyone tonight. Shes a st. Johns university grad. She worked at a nearby bar and restaurant where an evening vigil will take place in her honor. Live in howard beach, stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. Police in new jersey are looking for the driver who crashed in to a home and took off. Surveillance video shows the moment the car slammed in to house. Not only was the house damaged in to the house. The homeowner says about five minutes after the crash the driver backed out of the home and drove off. By the time police arrived, the car w
Unfounded but not before the airport was shut down for three hours, and two terminals were, to put it politely, delayed. I had this kind of image in my mind of someone coming with guns. Reporter both the mayor and commissioner praised the response but admitted travelers and airport staff deserved better. We have to make sure we in situation like this. The response was satisfactory from our perspective but the confusion was around the fact that it need to be thankful for this, a false alarm that we can learn from. Reporter passengers told us the Communications Breakdown was inexcusable. Once it was known that it was a false alarm, they could have made an announcement about it to e are committed to improving communications capability, to provide appropriate and accurate guidance in these types of fast changing situations without endangering the public. End quote. There are lessons in all of this, said the governor. The Port Authority needs to learn them. Live tonight in Lower Manhattan,