Lori stokes. We have a brandnew air mass in place. 74. 74 to start out right now. Drops down maybe another degree or to but 60 at hopatcong, blairstown, up to poe and kingston. 80 by noontime. Beautiful weather. Heather, i have great news in the weather department. I have okay news in the traffic department. My maps arent working at this time. That is bad news in the traffic department. Not good news for me. Lets go to a webcam. We will show you how things are looking traveling on the Staten Island expressway. You can see the construction is set up. That is right around richmond avenue. Now, this advertise the eastbound side of the Staten Island expressway. They did cancel a lot of that construction during the overnight. Thats because of what was going on with the truck accident yesterday on the new jersey turnpike which has completely been cleared away. Now, we are looking at the b. Q. E. Up the northbound side. This is your delay coming up to the Brooklyn Bridge. We do have our stree
The phone that he was giving up. There was a threeminute incounter i would say. They said they loved each other and at that point mr. Tyree said he was going to surrender, his words, to come out. Reporter but just before noon six hours after the standoff began, he came out shooting. It appears given the way the man chose to die that what happened here may have been a matter of death by cop. Steve langford, cbs 2 news. Garland tyree has a long criminal history. According to investigators, he has 18 prior arrests and had been in and out of prison. He had been on probation since last summer. A newspaper clip he posted on instagram shows he was arrested in the 1990s for the shooting death of a neighborhood rival but was convicted on a lesser charge. And that firefighter injured in the shooting is recovering at Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island. Thats where cbs 2s Christine Sloan joins us live. Christine. Reporter thats right. The lieutenant firefighter is here at this hos
Soon as today. This morning we are told he is in stable condition, after getting shot twice during the tense standoff. You can hear the chaos from friday morning when the six hour standoff and gunfire landed lieutenant jim hayes in 391year veteran with the fdny and father of two is expected to make a full recovery. The neighbors anxious for him to return home. A great family man. Taking care of his kids. Taking care of the house. Says hello. Very friendly. They showed up at the apartment of garland tyree to serve him for a probation arrest and they called the Fire Department for help with the smoke and lieutenant hayes went in and got struck twice. Once through the left buttock and then the calf muscle. And he opened fire at surrenders when he refused to surrender. We spoke to his mother after the suspect came to his defense. I dont think he wanted to hurt nobody. Sources say sources had been recently investigating the gunman in connection with many shootings in the city. And 18 prior
While the other waited outside for advanced life support to arrive. His partner goes outside, closes the door, as soon as that man closed the door, he pulls my then he takes he pulls my blouse up and then he takes his right hand and put his hand down in my panties and stuck his finger in my private area. As soon as she got to kings brooke hospital she told her mother. Soon after an fdny supervisor arrived to interview her about the sexual assault. Two days ago she met with investigators of the nypd special victims unit. She asked that we not identify her but she felt compelled, she says, to tell her story, for fear that silence would lead to more victims. Anyone that does that to people, theres something wrong with them. You think its likely hes done this before. Yes, im quite sure he has. We have confirmed that the emmit in question and his partner have been placed on restricted duty having no contact with patients, while the fdny, police and department of investigation look into the
Reporter the new york closed. Its very, very difficult to get through that area. This summer friday has been aggravated by a dreadful accident 15 miles north. This morning, this is suffern new york this morning. A box truck carrying mattresses jumped the Center Divider and hit a tractor of exit 15b. The two occupants of the northbound box truck are dead. The driver of the southbound tractortrailer is hospitalized. Serious but stable condition. And traffic as a result all afternoon has been really slammed on the thruway, i87, route 17, route 202, the local roads in Rockland County and its just been really a mess. Its just starting to loosen up a little bit but its still very difficult. The monitors say its difficult in the immediate area. Police are questioning two other vehicles involved in the crash. Another truck headed northbound and a private vehicle. They are trying to find out what happened before the box truck jumped the median. But two people were killed. The tractortrailer dri