Mid Day Report: Sunday, October 12, 2025

Police arrested someone who they said made threats against the Topsfield Fair this morning. Several people are dead after a mass shooting at a bar in South Carolina this morning. A Boston cafe owner says she's received much love from the Roslindale community after the store's pride flag was yanked down last week. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Fifty
eight degrees with light rain in Boston at eleven o'clock.
Good morning, I'm Kyle Bray. Thank you for joining us,
and here's what's happening. Police arrested someone this morning who

(00:24):
they said made threats against the tops Field Fair. Once
the person was in Costady, they told police that they
had a bomb in their car. Bomb squad investigated and
determined that the car was actually safe. Topsfield Fair spokesperson
David Thompson tells wbz's Jay will Lent the fair was
able to open after the investigation.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
We were alerted early this morning by law enforcement that
there was a potential threat to the fairgrounds, so we
followed all of our standard protocols and the fair grounds
were swept completely and the fair was deemed safe, so
we're able to open as usual at nine point thirty.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
Route one was during the investigation, but has since reopened. Meantime,
several people are dead after a mass shooting at a
bar in South Carolina this morning. This happened on the
island of Saint Helena. Nearly two dozen people are hurt.
Some of those are hurt are in critical condition. Some
police are investigating meantime here in Boston, Boston police are

(01:21):
investigating a midday shooting yesterday in Mattapan that left three
people wounded. Sappened on Hiawatha Road at around one twenty
in the afternoon. CBS News Boston Samantha Cheney reports from
the scene.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
Police we're here blocking off the road where they say
three people, two men and one woman were shot. Now
we're told all of them they were taken to the
hospital for treatment. And we're told that those two men
they are okay, but that woman's injuries are serious. I
spoke with one neighbor who's left on edge after saying

(01:52):
that she was actually outside when those shots rang out.

Speaker 4 (01:56):
Just couldn't give too many HEARTITEE. It was so short,
so low, and so what it is, And I say,
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (02:03):
Those boys do something.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
No arrests have been reported as far as this morning.
Police are asking anyone with information to reach out to them.
A terrifying scene south of Los Angeles yesterday as a
helicopter falls from the sky near beach goers.

Speaker 5 (02:22):
An urgent investigation underway after a helicopter crashed along a
busy beach in southern California, leaving five people hospitalized. The
helicopter ab A Huntington Beach around two Saturday afternoon. Authorities
say two people were pulled from the wreckage and another
three on the ground were injured. All five rushed to

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nearby hospitals.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
That's ABC's Melissa don reporting. It's time now for a
chank of the four day WBZ Hacky weather forecast with
meteorologist John Feerick.

Speaker 6 (02:53):
A tropical wind and rainstorm moving northward toward our area
is going to cause rain to overspread the area from
south to north. Wind's going to pick up as well
throughout the day today. While the high near sixty, worst
conditions with this storm will be tonight and tomorrow. It
will be quite windy, some gusts up near fifty bus
per hour and on the coast could cause some localized damage,
and we're gonna have some street and highway flooding issues

(03:13):
with the rain much of the time tonight and tomorrow,
and also a concern for some coast of flooding during
times of high tide. The low tonight fifty four, temperatures
about steady tomorrow, storm pulls away on Tuesday, Lingering clouds
the high fifty nine and then we'll have some sun
Wednesday after sixty two. I'm ATKI Weather's John Fierick WBZ,
Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
Right now, most of that rain we're seeing from that
storm is focused over the islands and parts of the
southern parts of the Cape in the south coast, hitting
New Bedford now in parts of Rhode Island also seeing
some rain along the coast up here as well. Bronton, Bridgewater, Quincy, Boston, Salem,
and Gloucester are all seeing some pockets of light rain
right now. That'll be nothing compared to what we're going
to see later. Right now, in Boston, it is fifty

(03:53):
eight degrees with light rain. A Boston cafe owner says
she's received an outpouring of love from the Roslindale community
after the store's pride flag was yanked down last week. Saturday,
Mayrwoo and City Councilor Enrique Pepin showed their solidarity with
Russ and Mimi's, so he asked the News. Boston's Logan
Hall spoke with Pepin.

Speaker 6 (04:12):
These type of incidents really do get the community together
and show support for anyone that's impacted, and that's exactly
what has happened here.

Speaker 1 (04:22):
Kelly says that the response has been uplifted, reminding her
more and more that this is whole.

Speaker 4 (04:27):
The phrase is like silver lining, but it really you know,
when something happens and it makes you like question humanity
and people's you know, the hate that they have in
their heart, and then everybody just kind of surrounds you
with love and support. It just makes you be like,
you know what, like they got me. I'm in a
good place.

Speaker 6 (04:47):
She has plans to put up a new bride flag
as early as next week.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
Owner Kelly Wallash first thought the wind had blown the
flag now, but later realized the braket was broken and
found the flag in a nearby dumpster. You are now
in the loop news updates throughout the day. Listen to
WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Kyle Bray, WBZ,
Boston's news radio