now, new york's number one news. channel 7 eye witness news. >> it was quite the man hunt to find suspect. >> a man goes on a wild and deadly crime spree attacking three different people in queens. a neighborhood on lockdown as cops hunt him down. it all ended with a showdown with police. we have details on what went down. >> this man is in police custody. he was shot by officers late this evening. police believe he attacked two people with a knife killing one and setting another man on fire all in the span of four hours. >> he also went after two police officers throwing on them a chemical inside this beer bottle. we have two reports for you tonight. we'll begin with eye witness news reporter sefan kim at the >> reporter: sandra, it was a chaotic day here. inside that liquor store two men were attacked. one was fatally stabbed and one was lit on fire. it started when the suspect slashed the neighbor in the face and it ended when cops opened fire on him down the street. shots fired by the nypd in astoria, queens. with officers responding with weapons drawn. it was a dramatic end for a massive man hunt for 23-year-old james dillon. it started at 11:20 when dillon slashed his 39-year-old neighbor in the face and neck. then just after 3:00 p.m. dillon enters this liquor store and gets into an argument with a 61-year-old man inside. 55-year-old owner of the store tries to break it up and kicks him out. dillon comes back fatally then lights the man on the fire. >> he would defend someone. that's george. he's the type of guy. >> reporter: just after 5:00 p.m. cops got a call of a burglary on progress on 42nd street. it was dillon and he was fleeing. two officer confronted him at his home on 36th street. >> the officers demanded the suspect drop a knife and bottle of excel rant he was carrying. he refused. the suspect sprayed the two officers with the liquid burning their hands and face. >> reporter: this is the knife and the bottle that dillon wouldn't drop. seven shots were fired and police aren't saying where dillon was struck >> we believe it was a psychological problem with the individual. he'd been treated in the past and families indicated he has not been taking medication recently. >> reporter: now dillon is in critical condition. the two surviving victims are residents shaken. sefan kim, channel 7 eye witness news. >> in all five people were attack and had one of the stabbings victims died of his injuries. the other four remain in the hospital include twog police officers with burns. eye witness news reporter lucy yang is on the upper east side with new details on the injuries. >> reporter: two high ranking police officers and one 60-year-old male victim are being treated here at new york hospital after being injured. officials report the 61-year-old male victim was sprayed with an excel rent and then set on fire. he's listed in stable condition and inspector and lieutenant for the critical response team were canvassing on foot when they authorities told dillon to drop his knife and bottle. that's when he splashed the officers with the content of his bottle burning their hands and face. >> the officer discharged the weapons shooting the suspect. both the inspector and the lieutenant from the critical response command were transported to the hospital in stable condition. >> reporter: now the first victim in today's string of attacks, the female neighbor was taken to a hospital for her injuries. she's in stable condition as are the two officers and the 61-year-old man being treated here. live on the east side, lucy yang for channel 7 eye witness news. >> thank you, lucy. former first lady nancy reagan is being remembered as her husband's closest adviser and fiercest protecter. she died of congestive heart failure. reagan library to lie in state. there the public will be able to pay their last respects. the governor of california has ordered all flags to be lower today half staff. there's a growing memorial outside the library. >> reporter: sandra, tonight we're inside the air force 1 pavilion. the library will be closed all week as it prepares to have the former first lady lie in state. people hoping to spend the day at the ronald reagan presidential library were only able to leave flowers in memory of nancy reagan. the library is closed while plans are put in place for the former first lady's funeral. >> i was so blessed to have met mrs. reagan on a couple of occasions for a book signing and just the work she did for breast cancer. >> reporter: those who came to pay their respects remembered nancy reagan as a first lady devoted to fighting substance abuse and a devoted wife to her husband, ronald, of 52 years. >> the first president i was able to vote for was president ronald reagan. the great thing about nancy is she was the first lady but also a human being. she stood by her man's side through thick and thin. >> i can't help but think of ronnie and nancy's last years together with taking care of him with the alzheimers. >> reporter: charlie wind brought his son to the library to teach him about the president and nancy's legacy. >> she was the president's closest adviser, best adviser. i would give her credit for many of the great things that, in my opinion, the president contributed to the country. >> reporter: nancy said farewell to her husband in 2004. it was two years ago on the ten she laid a wreath at his grave. in the coming days nancy will be laid to rest by his side. >> they'll be an opportunity for those in the public that would like to pay their respects and walk by to see her coffin and then towards the very end of the week is when we'll have a funeral service and she'll be buried next to president reagan. >> reporter: a date hasn't been set for the funeral. it will be a big event. about one thousand people will be on the guest list, including former presidents, heads of state as well as other dignitaries. reporting live, melissa mcbride channel 7 eye witness news. >> nancy reagan's legacy goes far beyond her relationship with ronald reagan. she changed the lives of two young children. she brought the two home to the frances in nassau county and they received life saving open heart surgery. >> that's something this country represents, should represent. i think she represented that extraordinary well and she represented us as people extraordinary well in showing that kind of compassion and consideration and care for others. >> those two children were adopted by the same family in the u.s. mrs. reagan was reunited with the two on several occasions throughout the year. our coverage of the passing of the former first lady continues online at www.abc7ny.com. you can see a collection of photos chronicling her amazing life. >> nancy reagan remembered by both political parties tonight. in the democratic debate tonight in flint, michigan, it started with a tribute to her and a moment of silence. as the debate started word of a victory from today's primary. bernie sanders is the projected twice as many votes as hillary clinton. follow thing news the candidates shook hands before the gloves came off. instead of taking questions from the moderator sanders and clinton took questions from the audience as well. an exchange about bailing out wall street was a heated the. >> if you're talking about the wall street bailout where some of your friends destroyed this talking. the whole story. thing. the people responsible for the fired. on the republican side, a victory for marco rubio after a winless night on super saturday he won today's primary in puerto rico. why he should be the party nominee. >> in an open primary where anyone can vote, not just republicans, democrats and independents i got over 70% of the vote. i took our conservative principles to people. >> up next, more primaries. this tuesday republicans will go idaho. both parties vote in mississippi and michigan. in michigan, a new nbc news wall street journal poll says the leaders are hillary clinton and donald trump. each favored by nearly 20 points. remember stay with abc news and eye witness news for all of your primary and election coverage. you can always find the latest on the campaigns and results on the air and on our web site, www.abc7ny.com. the snow and cold out of here. we're in for a warm up this week and potentially record high temperatures. jeff smith here now with a first look at the accuweather forecast. >> it all begins tomorrow. warmer than today. as for the record highs later in the week if anything we've had to raise the temperatures in your accuweather forecast coming up. a tragedy in new jersey. teenagers run down by a car that jumped a curb. hear from their devastated family and the stranger who tried to save their lives. new at 11, the fdny called to bloomingdales in manhattan tonight. fire broke out shortly before 7:00 p.m. firefighters brought it under control a short time later. no word on what was on fire or what cause it had blaze. no injuries reported. a 7-year-old girl killed in a hit and run last monday has been laid to rest. family and friends gathered in jersey city to remember the young girl. she was walking to school with her month mother last week and she was hit by an suv. the driver took off and he faces charges now in the deadly crash. a quick thinking teenager saved her life when she was loved onto subway tracks on queens. she was at the roosevelt avenue last night when a man in his 20s suddenly came up behind her and pushed her. she landed on the tracks and was able to squeeze between the platform and the wheels of an she made it out with minor injuries. police are looking for her attacker. the family of a driver shot outside a queen's nightclub is pleading for the shooter to come forward. 37-year-old robert castillo was shot in the head and is fighting for his life at the hospital. picture. on friday castillo just dropped off passengers at club purlu when the gunfire broke out. >> he's a son. he's a brother. he's a cousin. he's a father. he's a friend. so just please give yourself up. >> castillo's sister says it's too early to tell what will happen to her brother. he's in critical condition. castillo is marry and had has two daughters. labor and management from new jersey transit are scheduled to meet again tomorrow. they're expected to sit across the table in newark. this follows meetings with the in washington, d.c. they have worked without a contract since 2011. workers and supporters demonstrated this weekend. repair work begins on the queens midtown tunnel. work is needed to fix damage from super storm sandy. the manhattan bound tube will be closed for the next 18 months. the tunnel will close monday through friday at 10:30 p.m. and reopen the next morning at 5:30. during the times the other two will become two way with just one lane in each direction. still to come, his work changed our lives. the loss of the man who invented e-mail. thieves break into a store and several guns. singer casha gets choked up as she speaks about legal trouble. are you ready for warmer alright guys. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it uses extended range electric technology. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. the prius actually belongs on the table. we are weeks away from the official start of spring but we're getting a taste this week. >> we're going to have late may type of temperatures by wednesday into thursday to put everything into perspective. it's chilly out there for the time being. we head outside and temperatures around 39 degrees in central park. the wind is calm and the high on the day up to 44 after a morning low of 32. that was pretty close to average for this time of the year. if anything a couple degrees below average for the afternoon high. got all the way down to 6 in 1872. 20s north and west of the city. even 25 well south of the city at tom's river. you head outside of the city in all directions. the colder you get and case in point montauk. a little patch of clouds moving across and the sky may go from clear to partly cloudy for a time over night. we're talking 10 to 15 degrees warmer than today. middle and afternoon. in the meantime lows tonight down to 36 or so in the park. just above freezing in bell mar. below freezing in islip. 57 in the city tomorrow and warmer as you head into interior new jersey. 58 in morris town and sussex and also down the shore towards tom's river. it will stay cooler during this it's along the south shore of long island. tomorrow 51 at islip and 47 at montauk and i think wednesday into thursday when we get temperatures in the 70s it'll probably stay in the 50s in these locations because of the wind from the south and west off the cooler waters of the atlantic. a big ridge of high pressure over the eastern third of the country means 60s and 70s for the majority of our area by wednesday into thursday. here's the accuweather forecast. mainly clear and down to 36. sunrising at 6:20 a.m. 38 degrees at that time. mostly sunny and warmer tomorrow afternoon. the high up to 57 and partly cloudy tomorrow night. back down in the middle 40s. it gets down to that for an overnight low. warmer on tuesday. 65. how about 70 degrees on wednesday. that's very close to a record. it would beat the record by a degree set back in 2000. earlier we thought this record was out of reach. now we're going for a high of 73. there could be a stray shower with a front moving through. otherwise it should be mainly dry. that will allow the temperatures to get so warm. we're a little cooler on friday behind the front. 58 for a high still and back in the low 60s next weekend and maybe showers returning by saturday afternoon into sunday. thursday's high of 73 is the typical high for may 24th. just to give you an example. >> okay. we'll enjoy it. thanks, jeff. >> pretty good forecast. pressure is on you. i'm feeling it. let the rumors and speculation officially come to an end. peyton manning is going out on his terms. let the retirement begin. we'll take a look back at his legendary career and see what others in the nfl are saying about him. lemme get a mcpick 2 listen up! there's a brand new mix on mcdonald's mcpick 2 menu. lemme get a mcpick 2. hurry in now and pick your 2 hot 'n' tasty mickey d's classics for just $5 dollars. mix n match. share n savor. 2 for $5. name your flavor choose your favorites a big mac made with 100% beef, a flaky filet-o-fish, seared quarter pounder with cheese or crispy 10-piece chicken mcnuggets for just $5 bucks. grab your crew for a great-tasting 2 for $5 deal today! actually came to the game. >> it's now officially the end of an era in the nfl. it couldn't have been a better scenario for peyton manning who will go out on top. manning is retiring. tomorrow. he found success with the colts and the broncos. he'll go down as one of the best qb's to ever play the game. he won a super bowl with two different teams. he helds the record for passing yards and touchdown and tied for quarterback wins. reaction has poured in. among them, tom brady posting congratulations on an incredible career. you changed the game from. it's been an honor. jj watt said it was an honor and a privilege peyton. colt's punter tweeting i'm happy the rangers were without henrik lundqvist tonight. he skated this morning but didn't play. they hosted the islanders and what a start for the isles. three goals. the rangers come back. they scored twice in 38 seconds. eric stall. he had 7 goals combine and had none until the 3rd. derek broussard. the clutch go ahead goal. 6-4 the islanders win. also this evening the devils hosting the penguins at the rock. more quick goals here. the first tally for the pens on the power play. they would score 38 seconds late later. scott wilson with the fifth of the year. it's the penguin's fifth of the game. remember that two game suspension handed down to chase that left rueben te ja da with a broken leg? that's been overturned. the mets meet the braves. the infield single allowing a run to score as the mets take the lead. the star of the day was a prospect. travis tyrone. the mets with the second win in a row. ta tanaka went 2 innings and struck out two and no runs. philly made its move after he left. andrew knapp the three run jack. 6-5 phillies with the win. much more ahead in sports. the warriors have been nearly unbeatable in what could be a record breaking season. even great teams have awful days. the warriors are eyeing the best regular season in history. that's how good they r.just five losses today and the lakers, they're having a miserable run. just 12 wins entering today. when the two clashed we knew wrong. golden state ice cold in this one. that included steph curry. the lakers did everything right. 112-95. l.a. wins and statistically the biggest upset in nba history. the ncaa tournament field will be set one week from today. uconn wrapped things up in their finale. just a four point game and huskies trying to pull away. 67-46 uconn 21-10 in the regular season. conference tournaments they're underway. [ audio difficulty ] one win away from an automatic bid. monmouth in the title game. winner of iona and siena today. they'll meet tomorrow for that mac title. in the colonial athletic association hofstra and william and mary playing. the layup for the lead and william and mary unable to get the final shot to go here. 70-57 and hofstra is heading to the title game. the red bulls were the best team in the regular season and today another shot at a title begins as the red bulls kicked off a new season this afternoon. the red bulls drop their opener and new york city football club in chicago. tournament time is already here in the ncaa. how exciting is that? >> i know. it's spring. >> spring has sprung. >> two teenagers killed and a third injured after a car jumped a curb in new jersey. hear from the man who rushed to help the teens and tried to save two lives. a man arrested for drunk driving on long island. police explain what he was doing with his phone. of the your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like stop & shop's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 800 items. [ audio difficulty ] the body of nancy ray gn is now at a funeral home in santa monica. the next few days she'll go to the reagan library and later be buried next to ronald reagan. she died today at her home in bel air at the age of 94. two teenagers in new jersey are dead tonight after they were hit by a car that jumped a curb. >> today dozens of their friends gathered at the scene for a vigil. they danced in tribute to their friends who were up and coming dancers. >> kimberly richardson talked tried to save the boys. she has the story. >> reporter: it's something no mother should ever have to see. the spot where her son was killed. sandra herrera was drawn to the same spot. the childhood friends died here just a few feet from each other. >> don't drink and don't do that no more. there's so many innocent people dying. little kids. >> reporter: this is the man hurt but alive. witnesses say he was behind the wheel of this car saturday night. he was traveling along kennedy boulevard after 9 when he lost control of the car. witnesses say he appeared to drunk. >> i could have been in the accident myself. he was coming pretty fast. >> reporter: he crossed over two lanes and hit the sidewalk and then the teenagers. david cordona tried to warn the boys. news. >> i told the kid that was he got hit right there. >> reporter: he didn't have time to get out of the way? >> it wasn't even a second. it was like a .5 of a second. he was gone. rest in peace, he's gone. >> reporter: noel went to cliff side and brian went to union city high school. right before the accident brian's mother face timed her son. he said look, i'm here with my friends. mommy i love you and i said i love all three of you. the third teenager manny sanchez broke his leg in all this and he's in the hospital. in terms of the driver, police have not yet released his name. we expect to learn much more tomorrow afternoon at 1 during a press conference. kimberly richardson, channel 7 eye witness news. some unexpected police on long island as they investigated a dwi case. 33-year-old almed of oyster bay is accused of driving drunk on ocean parkway in nassau county. multiple callers reported seeing erratic driving. some reported the driver was using the phone streaming app parascope. police used the feed to find and stop him. two people were arrested in connecticut after police seized drugs, ammunition and cash. police collected $43,000 in cash plus drugs, tv's and cars and ammunition inside the home. darius gamble and his girlfriend the couple's boy by girl was home at the time of the arrest. governor andrew cuomo continues his campaign to raise the minimum wage in the state of new york. >> i want to find ways to actually help make the situation better to reduce the anger and address people where they are. first is raising the minimum wage. >> cuomo spoke at the christian cultural center in brooklyn and two other churches. the governor's proposal would gradually increase the wage from $9 to $15 an hour. well, it's not the normal kind of match up you'd expect to find hulk hogan. tomorrow he's headed to court. opening statements are set to begin in his $100 million lawsuit against gawker. they published 41 seconds of one of his sex tapes. hogan say it was an invasion of privacy. newsworthy because he's a public singer. pop singer kesha speaks out. >> going through personal things that have been really intense and hard lately. i just want to say thank you for any support i've received. >> she spoke at a dinner in nashville where she was recognized for speaking out against bullying of lgbt youth. dr. luke sexually assaulted her. she filed a lawsuit to against out of her contract with him. good health news about former president jimmie carter. he no longer needs treatment for cancer. he shared that news during sunday school lessons he leads at his church. the 91-year-old will have scans to ensure the cancer hasn't returned. he revealed he had a melanoma spreading to his brain. an lgbt st. patrick's day celebration is still going new yorkers showed their irish pride at the st. pat's for all parade in queens today. in the past the parade was the only all inclusive st. patrick's day celebration. but starting this year gay groups will be allowed to march in the manhattan parade on 5th avenue. the founder of st. pat's for all says their parade will continue but it will focus on diversity in every form. in hoboken the pub crawl turned violent. a fight led to 15 arrests and more than two dozen people ended up in a hospital. in a separate fight two officers were injured when they tried to stop a man from fleeing. police arrested christopher small wood for running over the officers. both are expected to be okay. he changed our lives as we know it. remembering the man who invented caught on camera. guns stolen from a store. a live look outside on this sunday night. meteorologist jeff smith returns when does your body become a medical breakthrough? 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it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. this is the 2016 chevy volt. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. it's got every technology there is. all right. so we're all living for the week instead of the weekend. right? >> yeah, we're living for wednesday and thursday with temperatures well into the 70s, i think, by thursday. that could be a record within we head outside right now and a live look over towards midtown. the temperature at 39 degrees under clear skies. the sky might go partly cloudy by dawn as a little patch of clouds moves through. no weather worries really for the next few days. here's the next seven hours. in the meantime clear skies and temperatures gradually falling to 37 or so. by the time the sun comes up a wind coming in light. 44 was the high and a couple degrees below average. there's no day that's below average in your accuweather 7-day forecast to put everything into perspective. 27 in middle town and 22 at port gervis. definitely cooling off quickly in the outlying areas. 34 at belmar and 32 on the island and here's the patch of clouds i was talking about moving over western new york and you might wake up to high clouds tomorrow. here's the future cast. 7:00 in the morning and temperature around 38 in the city and it'll be below freezing readings and high and mid level clouds moving over and we break out into the sunshine. up to 57 by 4:00. one thing you'll notice, a lot cooler over long island and also into southwestern connecticut. that wind that will be warming up the rest of the region from the southwest keeps these areas cooler because it's coming in off the cooler waters of the atlantic. the same case on tuesday. we're a lot warmer in the city. up in the mid-60s. the only reason it wouldn't get to 70s on tuesday is because of clouds streaming to the west. it stayses in the upper 40s and lower 50s. with the ridge building in the east temperatures are in the 70s and well into the 70s by thursday. accuweather forecast mainly clear and 36. 38 when the sun comes up at 6:20 in the morning. mostly sunny and warmer tomorrow. we're 45 for tomorrow night under partly cloudy skies. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. mid-60s and very warm wednesday. 70 would beat the record for the day and we'd be approaching a record on thursday at 73. could be a spotty shower on thursday. cooler friday. cooler in this case is 58 and we're back in the low 60s by saturday and sunday. by then there could be showers late saturday into sunday. bill evans with the warm spring fever details tomorrow morning. >> thank you, jeff. finally as we remember former first lady nancy reagan one thing you'll hear about her is her devotion to her husband. the reagan's love story began long before the white house. >> in fact, it started when they were both just two actors in hollywood. then of course it lasted 52 years. >> reporter: they were both performers, of course, from the this part what they had between them, that was authentic. no one doubted it was as real as love can be and a bond that kept them together half a century. from a letter ronald wrote nancy during his time as california governor he would be lost and desolate without you. you should know this and know how essential you are in this man's life. >> nancy loved ronald reagan with her whole being. it was a romantic relationship. it worked on every level. >> reporter: so we saw the last kiss and we know what dream she held close. >> i just want you to tell me that when i go that ronnie will be there waiting for me. he said oh, yes. absolutely, nancy. are you sure? he says so. >> reporter: surely it seems of course we all glimpsed it. something that true is hard to hide. >> very nice tribute. >> nice devotion for sure. >> that's going to do it for us. thanks for staying up. i'm sandra bookman. >> i'm joe torres. thanks for watching. eye witness news returns tomorrow morning at 4:30. there are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people--psychopaths and mystery writers. i'm the kind that pays better. who am i? i'm rick castle. castle. castle. i really am ruggedly handsome, aren't i? every writer needs inspiration, and i've found mine. detective kate beckett. beckett. beckett. nikki heat? the character he's basing on you. and thanks to my friendship with the mayor, i get to be on her case. i would be happy to let you spank me. and together, we catch killers. we make a pretty good team, you know? like starsky and hutch, turner and hooch. you do remind me a little of hooch. 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