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WFXT FOX 25 News At 4 August 16, 2016

Plenty of storms developing. Ill, be back in a few minutes with an update on this and other storms. Elizabeth as kevin just said, walpole was hit with rains john monahan is there right now. That were to has moved through that part of the area. Right, john . Reporter you know, elizabeth, ill take it whenever i can get it. It was supposed to be raining before i left, this was the target area, were in walpole right now. It was supposed to be here, we came down, 3 30, and it had dissipated quite a bit. We shot video a little bit ago of some of that rain. This is along route 1 south of dedham. Showers turned into very light showers in the afternoon didnt disrupt much at all here. But there was a chance for the storms to be significant here and this afternoon as they crossed the area. Something that pond up along quincy and those areas as well. Worcester county. We are in walpole right now. Were going to head in that direction to try to find some rain. For now im dry and well keep you posted as the wet weather is supposed to pop up in Worcester County and let you know where it is when its about to get there. For now live in walpole, fox 25 news. Elizabeth this is kind of all over the place, well keep track of these storms for you. You can track as it happens using the fox 25 weather app. Its a Free Download for your phone. Well be up dating these friends and family filled the church of virgin marys funeral this morning. Kathryn burcham is there, cathcrin vanessas friends say she was perfect . Reporter yeah, the sobbing cries of the friends and family filled the church this morning during the funeral mass. The friends and family of virgin over her sudden and tragic loss. Absolutely beautiful ceremony. The celebration of her life. Reporter a life taken so suddenly. Vanessa marcotte, honored today for her compassion, her loyalty, and her life. Inside the same church where she was baptized as a child, she was eulogized by her best friend, one saying she was so perfect at times she seemed like she was other worldly. Her coworkers fromoo an entire section. The google manager was visiting her mother last sunday when police say she never returned from a jog. Hours later, a k9 unit found abducted and murdered by a man police have not still identified. The awful ending to vanessas life was not remembered today. Instead, she was remembered for how much she gave others. She turned everything around with her personality and her reporter and the mayor of leominster also told us the funeral did not focus on the investigation into vanessas death. Although he did say, he has complete confidence in the investigators who continue to work around the clock here in princeton. Live in princeton, im kathryn burcham, fox 25 news. Jason and this is the number to call with any information. Hundreds of people have already called police with possible tips. All calls, they say are anonymous. Were live at 5 00 and stand in this case. Elizabeth new at 4 00, Aaron Hernandez is set to go on trial in february for the murders of two men in boston. He appeared in court for a hearing this afternoon where a judge set the date. Prosecutors say hernandez shot one of the men after one bumped into him and made him spill his drink in the south end. He pleaded not guilty. Hes already serving a life sentence in the murder of odin lloyd. Hes appealing the conviction in that case. Its a month Drinking Water at some of the boston schools tested positive for lead levels. This is the latest in the, inc. Dr. Ing problems here in city. Vanessa it really is, prompted Boston Public Schools to test Water Quality this summer. In the 37 schools they tested, six buildings had elevated lead levels. In each case, the lead levels above 15 parts per billion, which is federal activated action level. They are turned off and this while the School System works on a possible solution. Seven schools, lyndon school, lee academy, boston latin school, lend man wind ship as well. Burke high and dearborn sense academy. They say all of those buildings pass past tests in april and high lead levels do not reflect the typical water fountain usage they would see during the school year. Tito jackson reportedly called urging School Officials to turn off all water fountains in the citys schools. Eric. And theyre still waiting to learn how a young father drowned in the cape. They were by themselves at joshuas pond beach in ossterville and told police they couldnt find their dad. Rescue crews found the eventually 35yearolds body in the water but he couldnt be saved. A 15yearold fighting for his life after being shot three times in south boston. This was breaking on fox 2 have not made any arrests. As fox 25 Stephanie Coueignoux reports they are now turning to the public for help. Reporter police say the 15yearold victim is expected to survive after undergoing surgery at boston medical center. According to police, the teen was sitting in a car just before midnight when he was shot multiple times and then driven to the hospital in the very car he was shot in. He was shot three times. Survive here. But obviously hes still being treated as serious. Reporter this video taken by our fox 25 news crew shows at least nine evidence markers on the ground where that shooting happened. Those markers are often used to indicate bullet casings. The shooting happened on gavin way in south boston. A neighborhood just off of old colony drive. In this video, you can see a door to one of the house, units open. Part of the large crime scene. Hes a teenager. He his 16th birthday. Reporter by the time the police responded, the system or suspects had already taken off. And police werent able to get any information at the scene. Meantime, tensions were very high. Officers told our fox 25 news crew, they had to break e break up several fights after the shooting. With no arrests and questions about why the shooting occurred. Theyre turning to the public for help, asking for people to call with any useful information. In south boston, stephanie being shot in the eye and the foot. It happened on chatham west drive last night. That 17yearold is expected to be okay. Police are still shooting searching, rather, for the shooter. New at 4 00, a sharon woman charged tonight with attacking a train conductor on the commuter rail. They told police, emma bloom refused to pay her fare so he told her to get off the train. He claims she went after him, kicking, punching, even biting. He says she even threatened to stab t police say an allston man punched a driver after refusing to pay his fare. Elizabeth a huge mess on route 1 this afternoon. Where it connects to i94 in peabody. A trash truck flipped over on its side and spilled all of its contents all over the road there. Crews removed the mess an hour ago but only one lane open. Expect delays during the evening commute there. A prestige justice New Hampshire prep school is now denying it wants the name of the owen labrie was found guilty of assault last august of the victim in the indication is suing the school and is only known as jane doe in the court documents. St. Pauls now says reports that it wants her name revealed were misinterpreted in its court filing requesting transparency in that case. Investigators say it looks like a freak accident. A rhode island man killed when a tree branch fell on him while he was camping. It happened in morris new york. Ryan southless of cumberland was sleeping in large tree limb landed on him. He died in a nearby hospital the Sheriffs Office there is still investigates. Elizabeth new at 4 00, police are looking into two men who stole expensive drones from local stores. Look at the suspects. Neighbors think they were talking on each other on their phones as they stole drones from opposite sides of the store. The drones worth 2,000. Its a story nearly six years in the making. Later on at 4 00, how a war vet. Elizabeth a local hockey players equipment gone missing right before a competition. The problems theyve encountered even after they got it back. Kevin this storm has a little bit of a hook near the 395 sign right there, some rotation with this storm. Some of the towns in line bellingham and milford before 5 00 this evening. But douglas, youre first up in southern Worcester County. Im back after the break with eric the flooding in . . One day a rider made a decision. His motorcycle insurance to geico. Theres no shame in saving money. Ride on, ride proud. Geico motorcycle, kevin Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues here for northern connecticut into southern Worcester County for the cell in the center of your screen there. Ill track this one, moving northeast at 20 Miles Per Hour within that cone that you see in yellow. Here is the town douglas just minutes away from hitting you and then blackstone where earlier from a different storm. Bellingham, then to milford before 5 00 this evening before it holds together. The biggest concern with this storm, it has shown rotation, the velocity scans what youre seeing on the red, that is not showing any rotation at the current time. But it is showing some very strong wind possibilities with this. So were watching that very closely as well. We dont want you to get caught with any of the damaging winds that come on through your area. But something were watching very closely with activity with these cells as they come on by. Were watching this very closely as you move into douglas, if youre in the path of this storm, take cover. It has shown some rotation, northeastern connecticut, its not there now. Theres still a bit of a hook to this storm. I dont want you to be in the path of it outdoors and when it comes on by. Back in a few minutes with an update on Storm Tracker radar. Elizabeth kevin, thank you. 40,000 homes impacted by flooding in louisiana. Forecasters say more rain is on the way. The widespread flooding is being blamed for at least nine deaths and has psychologist mclean reports, u. S. Coast guard and other responders rescued nearly 30,000 people since friday. Its a mess. Reporter record rain fall and historic flooding has overwhelmed the Baton Rouge Louisiana area and storms expected throughout the week. This one came upon us and just started dumps mass amounts of water. With he go back books, 1983 record books. Throw those records out because theyve surpassed them. Devastated for the community. Reporter left his baton rouge home if a truck, he came back in a pot. Hes one of the lucky ones. The flood water stopped at his foundation. But hundreds of his neighbors were not as lucky. Theres areas that theyre not in a flood plain. Theyve never required Flood Insurance and never thought that Something Like this would happen because they were above elevation. Reporter tens of thousands them from their homes. President obama signed an emergency disaster declaration and though the flood water isnt gone yet, officials are already shifting their sights to the challenges that lie ahead. We have to go to every house now. Once the water reseed of these homes that are completely covered in water, we have to go to every single one of them and check for anybody who might be in those areas. Reporter as things dry out. Progress is being made. Flooding has closed this road for da managed to hold back the water and get cars going. Its very nice. Reporter a small step forward in a long road to recovery. In baton rouge, im scott mclean. Eric police now say the man who stabbed a couple to death in florida biting off of part of the mans face was likely on drugs. They found the man in the driveway on top of the husband biting and removing pieces of the mans face with his teeth. Couple. Investigators say the man was likely on a hallucinatic drug that was abnormally strong. Did not respond to stuns from a taser, three two, three, officers and a dog to get them off. Somebody with a lot more strength than you normally encounter right just incredible. Theyre still searching for 26yearold Woman Associated with the suspect who may also be a orlando nightclub shooting are now able to submit claims for aid. The one orlando fund released those today. The goal to impact those impacted by pain and suffering. The victims who were admitted to the hospital will get the largest payments on a scale. All claims must be submitted by september 12th. Payments expected to be issued satellite radar picture. We can go in more closely and finetune this a little bit using live radar. This cell coming through what is Windham County in knot eastern connecticut here. Up in the thompson north grover detail area. And woodstock as well and moving into southern Worcester County right into the town of douglas, i told you moments ago, you need to take cover until the storm passes you by. Miles per hour. Douglas, to ox bridge, bellingham, already had heavy rain come through. In back stone, i had video sent into us on my facebook page, can you look at that and see street flooding there from the rain earlier. We talked last night about the tropical nature of the moisture feeding into this system. Dew points spiking up into the 70s again as the front has come on by allowing for some heavy rain to come and cause that localized flooding. A bigger concern with this storm has had its tail on the back end times this afternoon. No reports of funnel clouds or tornados with this. You can get turning in the clouds up above without ever seeing a tornado come to the upper ground level. Just because we are seeing some of that turning, give us pause and make us think there is that possibility. What ive been doing is zooming into this area right here and find out if theres been any turning. What you look for is green pixels right to the bright red and you can start to see the rotation, clearly not much happening here. A little bit of green and this red creating winds Miles Per Hour. Thats and sometimes can gust even higher than that. So moves into that thompson area and moves toward southern Worcester County. Well be watching that. As more of the green shows up and tighten up, then we have more of a concern for a tornado. We talked last night and again this morning, jason warned you, there was a small chance for a tornado to form with any one of these storms, and unfortunately, its something we are still worried about this evening. Notice a break in the action, as the warm front pusheso of to the persisting on and off through the night as the cold front starts to come on by. We will not be by the dinner time, well still be wait forget the front to come on through. The threats remain, heavy rain, weve seen that already. Havent shown you every one of the storms heavy downpours near lowell and northern massachusetts, the heaviest and Severe Weather is in southern Worcester County. At least for right now. If any other severe storms pop you, for those of you getting heavy rain right now, ill be not i anothering be just focusing on the most severe right now. Thats in southern Worcester County, when the rain comes down so hard it can pull the winds down from aloft, thats where you get strong damaging winds to come on through. The thunderstorm threat persists in boston later on tonight before we start to clear not really clear it out but end the treat e threat any way. But temperatures in the muggy 70s all night long. 70s. Those dew points just spiking. The lace where were least likely to see Severe Weather, cape cod and the islands. Temperatures in the 70s for you as well. But most of the activity, so far, at least it looks like it will continue, north and west. A quieter day tomorrow. Slim chance of any showers in southern new england. And lots of sunshine. Your high temperatures in the 80s, a pretty nice looking day coming up for you. Back to the sevenday forecast. Spruce the chance for a shower again on thursday. With a weak disturbance swinging on by. Then we dry it out into the start of the weekend thats all well and again good. My biggest concern is that Severe Weather out there. Im tracking it closely. If i need to jump back sooner, ill let you know whats going on. Make sure to follow me on twitter. Need that fox 25 weather app to get the alerts as well. Eric check back in with you soon, kevin. Firefighters in california are getting control more of a raging wild fire. So far burned 4,000 acre and miles north of san francisco. Police arrested a man who they say started the fire on monday. Hillary clinton cant escape the email controversy. The new drama from the campaign trail is next at 4 00. But first heres Vanessa Welch with what were working on at fox 25 at 5 00. Vanessa all new at 5 00, fox 25 political reporter Sharman Sacchetti speaks with maura healey in her first sit down how healy is defending her position on assault rifles. We reported on the death of this eric did Hillary Clinton commit personalry when she talked to congress about her use of private email server during her time as secretary of state. Thats the q noticing differences between clintons testimony and fbi findings in july. Joe waldman reports from the campaign trail in washington. Reporter in a six page letter, the u. S. Attorney for the district of columbia House Oversight chairman jason chafe fuss and judicial chairman bob good lat roll out a plan for perjury against Hillary Clinton saying her testimony before congress is incompatible with the fbi findings when it comes server during her time heading the state department. There is zero chance the Obama Justice department obviously is going to pursue this. Reporter according to the letter, clinton insisted during the hearing there was only one server used during that time when the fbi concluded there were several servers used. Clinton also said there was nothing marked classified in her emails when the fbi found that there was. Additionally, clintons attorneys did not go through every single email before deciding wh

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