morning. police say those four men were beaten to death in a fifth badly injured. jackie has been following this story all day she s live now in our new york city newsroom with the latest. hi, jackie. l hi eric. we re now learning that the man suspected in the killings have been accused of violent crimes in times before, for half dozen arrest in last two years three of those times for assault. randy rodriguez santos is 24 years old and police say responsible for beating four homeless men to death. and leaving a fifth in critical condition in a murder rampage overnight. police found him wandering neuroone of the three crime scene with a long metal pipe believe to be murder weapon. someone called 9-1-1 around 2 a.m. to report a man being assaulted on a treat corner. when police got there they found one man had pun conscience his head beaten in, and another badly injured. that man was a toibl describe his and police found santos nearby after they took him into custody they discovered th
just absolutely impossible to recognize right now. and so this is the community where the other problem we re having you live and work and you play here, and you don t really know where you are when you re driving around right now, is that what you re saying? oh, absolutely not, absolutely not. you just cannot tell a treat corner as you normally would. last night, we were looking for some grandparents of my daughter-in-law, and walking down the street, it was impossible to recognize even some large buildings, something like the olympic fitness center, a bank that was just completely knocked down. one of the things that we re having problems with now of course is trying to do some repairing or adjustment as you can see, the rain and the wind is blowing, we have also had lightning, can t get up on a ladder if you re trying to do something outside, so it s impossible to make any kind of
race against the odds tonight, hoping to find survivors in the rubble. and there s this, a forecast warning of more tornadoes and severe weather across the midwest tomorrow and joplin is again in the danger zone. jackqui jeras is in joplin and gives us the very latest on this stunning stunning tornado. reporter: people are in search and rescue mode and the best news we have heard today is that seven people have been found alive, so seven survivors in joplin, missouri and that search and rescue is the big focus, and they say it s going to be a number of days that they re going to continue to go out there, and one of the biggest problems we have been dealing with has been the weather, more weather has been coming in here, nonstop throughout the day, we have had these waves of showers and thunderstorms, producing lightning, producing hail and torrential downpours so it s making it very difficult for workers to get where they need to be to try and help some of these people and