Broke yesterday so i got a new one. Thats the good news. Once you get out of this neighborhood theres gas and stuff. Reporter getting out is not easy. North shore roads in Suffolk County are littered with massive trees. Wrapped around lines pulling down poles. Traffic jams are miles long. If there was an emergency it would be big trouble. Reporter the storm cut a 50mile s. W. A. T. From smithtown to southold. My kids thought it was the end of the world. Reporter the town supervisor called pse g to the carpet late yesterday complaining response was slow of the now he sees thousands of crew members on the job. In its defense pse g said it had 87,000 out at the storms heighted. 82 restored this morning. We stayed at a local hotel. Reporter the mann family of setauket counting their blessings. Uprooted trees buried in the deck sticking to their skylights. I hope we get our power back soon. I dont know, i have my doubts. Reporter above us you clearly see the sheared treetops from the danger
One officer spotted the shooter and opened fire. Reporter Vincente Montano had been arrested once before. The individual had an arrest in 2004 for assault and resisting arrest. Reporter the 29yearold had a history of significant psychiatric issue. His mother says he was a diagnosed schizophrenic. He showed up here armed with a pellet gun and a hatchet. Me also had on a surgical mask, possibly to protect himself from the pupper spray. He was shot and killed by the s. W. A. T. Team. Authorities later detonated one of the backpacks he was carrying. There were items in there we think were made to resemble a hoax device, however, after detonating it, it turned tout be pardon meful. Reporter this man thanked police for the quick response. It gives me faith in humanity again. Reporter police do not have a motive for the attack. Police looked in his second bag and said nothing harmful was found inside. Time for traffic and weather on the2s. First up is john elliott this morning. Reporter good
Reporter the plan unveiled today is part of a Larger Program to deal with the mentally ill. Arrival date sometimes in the fall. At city hall, im marcia kramer, cbs 2 news. Many new yorkers think the quality of life in the city is not good. They feel its getting worse. And more on that quinnipiac poll. 53 of voters say they are seeing more Homeless People on the streets than they did a few years ago. 49 say they have encountered panhandlers asking for money. And 48 of voters think the quality of life in new york is going down. Our reporting on k2 is leading to a heartbreaking discovery for one family. After seeing our story a viewer reached out because he recognized his son in the video. The once smiling happy brother now strung out on synthetic marijuana living on the streets. Well have that at 6 00. New at 5 00 Queens Police are looking for men who viciously beat a man with a bat just to steal his cell phone. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez spoke with the victim. Reporter 20 stitches on his head
This morning inside this Apartment Building in richmond hill. Police say a threeweekold boy discovered dead in a courtyard here. Neighbors aghast. Oh, my god, thats horrible. Thats terrible. Reporter police say it happened around 4 a. M. Here on 115th street and myrtle avenue. The infant who lived with his family on the fourth floor of the building. There was blood everywhere. Reporter she heard a noise outside her window this morning, went to the courtyard and made the discovery. Shaken, she called 911. They told me to go back in and do cpr. I cant, im sorry. Reporter cops are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. Police sources tell us that the infant was thrown from his fourth floor apartment window. I was just shocked. Reporter sources say the infants father mohammed ahmed, his mother and two other adults and children were in the apartment when it happened. All were taken here to the 102 precinct for questioning. Sent a chill up my spine,its awful. Reporter the inf
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