Good afternoon. Im josh mcelvin. While the officers names havent been released we are learning more about the alleged shooter and what preceded the gunfire. Ray brewer is live in the studio with those details. Ray the two officers that were wounded are now out of surgery, and according to officials while the officers remain in Critical Condition the surgery is said to have gone well. It began just before eleven last night. The two officers responding to a domestic call in east boston, on gladstone street. Reports of two roommates having a fight. Once inside police say they found this man 33yearold kirk figueroa. Police say figueroa was armed with an Assault Rifle and wearing body armor. And began to open fire injuring the officers. Other officers responded and according to the Police Commissioner they dragged the officers out of the line of fire. Figueroa was subsequently killed in a shootout. I asked the public to pray for them. All the officers exhibited extreme courage. Ray again wh
With two residents, the silent thats the cause. We cover New Hampshire, now news 9 this morning. Amy im amy coveno here on this wonderful postChristmas Day. No snow this Holiday Weekend again this year, but other areas across the country cannot say the same. Flurries in vegas, christmas here though saw no such things. It felt summery and some celebrated with a stroll on the beach, in fact. Well get to our top story this morning. Its a developing investigation at a mall in concord. Heavy Police Presence overnight at the steeplegate shopping mall. State and police coming. Mike cronin has the details. Were focused on one entrance to the Bonton Department store. The bottom panel was smashed. Police are saying that they responded to an alarm at the Steeplegate Mall, but no danger here. More than a dozen state and local police cars were here for several hours. We saw officers walking in and out of the entrances and using their flashlights. And along with police, we also note that the malls O
No one covers New Hampshire like we do, now, wmur news 9 at 5 00. M adam sexton. stephanie and i m stephanie woods. We begin tonight in lincoln where police are investigating a fatal pedestrian accident. It happened on main street just before 6 00 saturday night. Adam the victim, a man from massachusetts, was struck from behind. He was taken to the hospital but wmur s Kristen Carosa spoke with investigators today. She joins us now with the details. Kristen the driver is also from massachusetts and now faces charges. State police are calling this a tragedy for both families. This portion of main street in lincoln has been marked. An investigation into a deadly pedestrian accident continues. No matter how you look at this, it is a tragedy. Kristen it happened saturday night around 5 45. Kristen police say the victim was hit from behind while walking with a group. He suffered severe injuries and later died. A tragedy can happen. Unfortunately, it did last night. Kristen color the driver n
Developing now at noon, an 81yearold nun is facing charges in connection with a hit and run in plaistow. On cam good afternoon, i m jamie staton. A detail the other driver wrote down at the scene led to her arrest. Here s wmur s ray brewer. Ray it was back on december 16, according to Police Captain when the 81yearold nun struck a kohl s and plaistow. Damage to the vehicles was woman driver of the other vehicle got out to exchange drove away. The woman was able to copy her license plate and the Police Tracked her down. However, the sister hat been involved and continued that denial. An arrest warrant for the nun sister dumont was released on bail. She is scheduled to be arraigned here on april 4. Jamie right now, traffic is down to one lane on bypass 28 in derry. Crews are fixing a broken telephone pole and wires after a van crashed into it early this morning. No one was hurt. And a child is expected to be ok after getting hit by a car in somersworth. The accident happened in the area
Fire. He slept in the back of ac transit bus. Court documents stated that he admitted that he said the man on fire. He was apparently wearing a kilt like skirts at the time and he does not identified as male or female. Outside of the arraignment the suspects family apologized and stated that he is a remorseful and is writing a letter of apology. They denied that he was a hateful person. What kind of boy is he . He despite the protest thomas, has been charged with a hate crime. He has also been charged with felony assault in bodily injury. Thomas, and did not enter a plea and that will likely come on tuesday. The family has been given the extra time to hire an attorney. Happening now. At least three people are dead, as what could be the strongest storm ever recorded moves across the philippines. Some 25Million People are in the path of the storm, and Andrew Spencer reports the level of devastation is expected to be immense. The closest comparison the west can make to super typhoon haiya