Thursday, Nov 12: Suspect's Name Released

WBSM presents the Tim Weisberg Show, streaming live on WBSM.com and the WBSM app. Call 508-996-0500. Send us app chat messages and open line voicemails using the WBSM app. The Tim Weisberg Show. Welcome back in. Hour number three of the program here on Thursday morning and 508-996-0500. So working on getting the updated story up for you. Too much happening all at once. Thank This show really is a pain in my butt sometimes. It gets in the way of actually doing the important stuff. But seriously, the information that we got here, you as I mentioned, the person involved in this shootout who died from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound has very been identified as 39-year-old Derek Rego of New Bedford. much. The police attempted to pull over his red Jeep. Last night, just after 7 p.m., it was a detective who attempted to pull him over. The Jeep did not stop. The Jeep fled from the police, eventually did come to a stop, and Rego allegedly fired at this detective, who then fired back. But then Rigo kept going until he got to the intersection of Blackmer Street and South 2nd Street. I'm sorry, that's where he fired. Got to, yes. It was Blackmer Street and South 2nd Street. He came to a stop and fled into his residence at 153 Blackmer Street, leaving a three-year-old boy unharmed in the Jeep. And Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn described the boy as a relative of Rego. So then police set up a perimeter around the building. They evacuated all the residents from the nearby area. And called in the some like SWAT team, state police, air wing showed up, they brought in all kinds of law enforcement assistance as they had this perimeter set up. And Rego allegedly then shot from an upper floor of the building at the authorities. And then according to New Bedford police, a Massachusetts state police trooper fired back. A short time later, they heard a gunshot wound come from, a gunshot rather, come from inside the building. And according to Quinn, they sent a well, they sent a drone in, some like team had a drone. So they sent that drone in. And according to Quinn, they found Rigo in the stairwell inside the building with a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had no other injuries and was found with a gun resting on his abdomen, which is why they're saying, you know, he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Because apparently when the state trooper fired at him from outside the building, he was not struck. And nor was he struck when the detective fired at him. So the official cause of death is pending an autopsy from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. And the investigation remains ongoing by New Bedford Police and Massachusetts State Police assigned to the District Attorney's Office. So that's what we've got for you at this time. We will try to get this story posted as quickly as we can. But I can only work on it during commercial breaks. If you want to react to it, 508-996-0500. App chat and open line voicemails on the WBSM app. We'll also say if you didn't get a chance to hear Chris McCarthy's broadcast yesterday from the Fort Tabor, Fort Rodman Military Museum, I highly recommend checking out the podcast. You can get that from the app or wherever you get your podcasts from, maybe YouTube, maybe Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, all these different places. But the show was great. So much information, not only about... some of the area veterans, but about all of the things that are housed in the New Bedford Military Museum and how they have gone about acquiring these items. The president, Bill Nedwich, was with Chris throughout much of the show talking about the different things you can find in there. And there are some real rarities in there, some really special things. Like where else can you go see a Congressional Medal of Honor on display? So it's well worth your time. And I will reiterate, it is free. It is 100% free. To visit the museum. Now, there's a box over near the exit and entrance where they collect donations. So please leave a few dollars in there. But it doesn't cost you anything to go in and explore and learn and study and pay respects and reflect on all of the items that are in there and the people that those items are attached to. And when you hear some of the stories, you'll say, I had no idea. Maybe it's somebody that you've known your whole life. You had no idea that they had done this. During their time of service, or maybe it was a family member that you never got to know because they gave the ultimate sacrifice, but you can learn more about their story there. So I can't recommend it enough. If you've never been, spend some time. And if you don't know where it is, just drive down to the South end, whether you take East Rodney French or West Rodney French, just keep driving. And eventually you're going to get there. You'll see the fort and the military museum. When you pull into the park, the Fort Tabor Park, when you pull into the Once you get past the entrance for the wastewater treatment facility, the museum is the little building on the water side on your left. Plenty of parking, wheelchair access, no excuse not to go check it out, but definitely give the podcast a listen and you can learn about some of those items in advance and decide what it is that you want to see, although you'll probably want to see everything. We were talking before too about the expected heating costs. We don't even know what to expect, but the fact that they'll be rising. And Barry has an article on the website and on the app about how the New England governors are all requesting more federal heating assistance. And when you think about the way that people heat, whether it's oil, whether it's gas, whether it's electric, all of those are going up. And so many people are already on this program. So many people are already receiving fuel assistance. And they're finding that the assistance that they're getting doesn't last them the entire winter. You might get a tank of oil out of it. You get enough in benefits to fill the tank one time, whereas opposed to in the past, you might have gotten two, two and a half tanks out of it. Now you're getting one fill up and then you're running out in February. And now what do you do? Do you have the hundreds and hundreds of dollars to fill that tank at that time? Or do you just try to get the bare minimum? Believe me, I've been there. I've been to the point where I've been calling around to different oil delivery companies And asking what their minimum was because I couldn't afford. the minimum at my regular supplier. So I'm trying to find the person that'll come and deliver just 100 gallons instead of 200 gallons or whatever it was. And the sad thing about it is, yeah, you can get that minimum delivered, but it's not going to last you very long. So it is a struggle. And so that's why they're requesting more of this funding because they know people are going to run out of what benefits they currently have available, or they're not going to be able to give it to everybody that needs it. And there was a time, there was a time during, I remember during the Obama administration, Where they were. Asking people to apply for it, even if they thought they didn't need it, because they just wanted to have the number of applicants to show, like, please release more federal funding. You know, as much as people like to say Obama gave money to all kinds of things, like, that was always a struggle for them to get those LIHEAP funds released. And they had to show that they had the people that needed it. You know, it's kind of like when you have a baby and the person comes to you at the hospital and says, can you fill out this application for WIC? And you say, well, we don't need it. We're fine. We can afford the formula. I know, but can you just fill it out anyway? Because the applications are what gets us the funding. And we don't have enough funding. So I think that that's something that the federal government is going to have to consider this year is if you are going to have this protracted war with Iran that's going to affect these housing, these heating prices, you may have to increase the relief that you're offering. To help people get through the winter. Because yeah, you could say, well, it's terrible that you have to choose between buying Christmas gifts or heating your home, but at least you can make that choice. It's going to be a different story when you're choosing between heating your home and buying medicine or heating your home and buying food. That's how it will get for some folks on a fixed income. And as I was talking about with Skeddy, I know some of you out there think, well, I've got money in the bank. I've got assets that I'm saving to leave to my descendants. And I don't want to have to dip into that, but I can't afford this heating. Your income is what they judge your ability for fuel assistance, your eligibility for fuel assistance on. Your income. They don't look at what you have in the bank. They don't look at what you own for property. They don't look at what kind of car you drive, what you might have invested in the stock market, how big your 401k is, except for whatever those disbursement payments are, because that would count as income. That's what they're looking at. They're looking at what you make. And if you fall in the threshold, you could be eligible for this assistance. So definitely, you know, in this area, reach out to Pace. If you're outside of the New Bedford area, reach out to your local representative for the LIHEAP program and at least find out. It does not hurt anything to apply. And if you find out that you're not eligible, okay, at least you know. But if you are eligible, it could make a difference. And I know folks who have tried to save their benefits instead of using them at the beginning of the season. They'll say, you know, especially people who are seasonal workers. They'll say, well, you know, I'm working right now because the winter hasn't set in yet. So I'm working now so I can afford to pay the heating bill. So I'm going to save my benefits till the end of the summer, till the end of the winter when I really need them. And I would just say that's a little bit of a risky proposition. I don't know if things have changed, but you know they can talk to you more about it at the office when you discuss it with them. But when I received those benefits, I was told to front load them. You know, if you can afford the heat now, use the benefits now and then save the money that you would have spent now for later. Because if you don't claim those funds, they might not be there. 508-996-0500. Let's get a break in here. Before I take that break though, one place where you can make sure you're getting the best quality for your dollar as things are costing more and more and you're going to the supermarket and spending more money for a steak or for some chicken breast or for some pork and you bring it home and you're like, it just wasn't that good. Well, if you're going to be paying more, you might as well get quality. And that's what you get at the butcher shop, 123 Dartmouth Street in New Bedford. They're closed until Sunday, well until Monday. They're closed through Sunday. But when they reopen, stop in and get yourself a nice, big, thick, juicy steak. And tell me that you're not going to go there every single time for one now. Or a celebrity pork chop. 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You can have a little patience, folks. I have to play the commercials. Without the commercials, there is no program. Without all of our fine sponsors, there is no WBSM. So make sure you visit them all. Make sure you're free with them. Make sure you tell them that you heard about it on WBSM and you appreciate the fact that they support local radio and keep it going. 508-996-0500, app chat and open line voicemails on the WBSM app. Got an app chat message here earlier from Participation Trophy Wife. Hold on one second. Let me just open this up just in case there's more to the message than what I'm seeing on the first screen. Uh, she says a bunch of those trailer parks on 28 and Wareham run on oil furnaces. They get a set amount from the LIHEAP program, but with these prices, it will not go far enough. Yeah. That's the real problem with oil is especially if your home isn't really weatherproofed, you know, if you're just letting heat out and you heat with oil, really anything, no matter what you heat with, if you're not weatherproofed, you're just throwing money out the door. But when you have these. Oil tanks that only hold so much. And then you get your benefits and you use that and it doesn't even fill up the tank, you're going to run out. And I've been there more than a few times. Let's take a phone call here. Good morning, you're on WBSN. How's it going, Tim? Good, how you doing? Okay. You know, very disappointed. You know, there's been a lot of situations happening down in Ward 6. And I haven't seen Ryan ever around or ever speak on any of these incidents. And also, where's Brian Gomes? When's the last time he had a meeting with his public safety? He's the public safety chair. The police haven't had a contract in, what, a couple years or more? I forget the number. It's up there. And where is he? Brian tends to be, he's a self-proclaimed grandstander. So why isn't he grandstanding on the police not having a contract? Look what's What's going on in the city streets of New Bedford? They had to send in multiple agencies because we didn't have enough men to cover the situation. Well, I mean, in a situation like that, you have to call in those teams anyway because they have resources that... The reason why the Semlec group exists is because none of the local police agencies have those kind of capabilities. So the Semlec team is a part... Well, no, the Semlec team is a partnership amongst all of these local law enforcement bodies to offer those services. So instead of every municipality having a SWAT team, they have one, you know what I mean? No, I do understand that, but it wasn't just, that wasn't the only assistant. There were many officers on the ground besides that tactical team or whatever. My point is, you know, Ryan is supporting Shane Burgo for mayor. He's running his campaign, soliciting campaign funds. And, uh... People are alleging that these individuals are the type that like to defund the police one way or another. I mean, they're slowly, you know, death by a thousand paper cuts, slowly defunding the police one way or another. They want to introduce encampments, safety zones so people can shoot up heroin, provide the material so they can shoot up the heroin safely. And, you know, and this is, you know, and he's the president. Where is he? You know, this is my opinion. I think he should be standing up for his ward, never mind his presidency for the entire city. I mean, where is he? He doesn't stand on anything. He doesn't speak up. No substance. Well, I think, I mean, in my opinion, just, you know, in, and in my view, I think when you have something like what happened last night, you know, that all of the news is coming from Providence and Boston down to something like that. You know, you should see the ward counselor. You should see the chair of public safety. They should be there. They should be the ones talking on camera to these police networks before, you know, the, the guy that lives down the street, that's telling you about what he heard while he's sitting there watching TV, nothing against the witness, but like, to me, that's, that's That's what I'm listening to hear as a citizen more than I'm looking to hear We hear what the guy down the street was talking about 100% and it was lacking not one official. The only person I saw down and I give him credit was the chief and his and I believe it's belong when they were down there and I give them credit and it was it was apparent there was no politician there was no Mayor Mitchell there was no President Ryan. There was no Brian Gomes, public chief, public chair. And this is a situation that happened, you know, hours upon hours. I bet you they're still down there now, you know, and not one representation from the city. It's a sad state of affairs and an eye opener to me that, you know, do these people actually care or are they just waiting for the next election or waiting to be able to sell the next piece of property for their family member for three million point whatever it was? You know, it's all about opportunities, and I understand everybody in this world is somewhat an opportunist, but you did beg for our votes. You did ask and promise us things, and I don't see fulfillment in those promises at all. So I appreciate your time, Tim. All right, you have a good day. And I'm going to take one more before I have to go to the news. Good morning, you're next on WBSN. Hey, good morning, Tim. How's it going? Good, how you doing? Hey, I have a real issue with that whole oil thing. And like kind of a little bit of what you said, a little bit of, you know, kind of touch on what the person that sent in the text message said, like about running out of oil. Like you had mentioned that it's on your income, basically, that you could have plenty of savings. You could be driving a Lamborghini and that if your income is a certain amount that you'd qualify for oil. You think that's okay? Well, yeah, because that's what it's based on. It's not based on what you have in assets. I mean, I think it's one thing if you're sitting on, you know, if you've got all kinds of money in the bank that you're just saying, I'm not going to utilize that. That's one thing. But when you are somebody who, you know, owns your home, owns a car, you know, maybe has a little bit of savings that you're hoping to pass on to the next generation, when you've got that. But your only income that you have coming in is your Social Security funding, then Social Security payments, then yeah, you should be able to qualify for this. No, I understand in that situation for sure. I don't think that in the reality of it, it works out that somebody that has an insane amount of stuff that they're not claiming would be able to get that because they do call you in, you do sit down with somebody, you do go over everything with them. But it's the- Income level is what they base your eligibility on. It doesn't mean that you get approved automatically, but it means that that's what makes you eligible to sit down and have that conversation. 100%. But the problem is that, and the real reason why people, why the oil runs out is people manipulate the system. I could use myself for an example. I'll qualify under the The income all day long. However, if we wanna talk about my savings, you wanna talk about assets and things like that, that's a completely different story. And that's why I built my life that way, because I knew that my income base and the type of work I do would not support me. And that's how but I can manipulate the system, too. And that's part of the problem. But they're not liquid assets. It's not like it's something that it's not like if your heating bill gets too high, you're going to sell, you know, properties that you own or a business that you own. You know what I mean? If I had to, I would, because that's what you have to do to survive. But this is designed to be assistance to help you through this heating year. It'd be one thing if it was something that was going to be an ongoing issue, but this is just to get you from November until February, or November to March. No, I completely agree. But again, I disagree with how they go about it. Because I know people who manipulate the system, as I'm sure you do as well. And that's not okay, that's why a lot of these, and again. I understand being on a tight budget, having a little bit of savings for the rainy day and all of that. One on board with that 1 million%. But the problem is that people do this purposely. People manipulate, people hide assets, put assets in other people's names. There's people out there, specifically an electrician I know, that makes over $200,000. And guess what? He gets pace assistance. And that's sad, and that happens every day. These things, when you really wanna think about the bigger picture, there needs to be stricter guidelines in order to get these people, find out who these people are that are manipulating the system and move forward. I mean, the previous caller just bought again, and I know it's coming because the cold weather's come in tent cities. And it's like the same thought process. And I know what people are saying about, people are struggling and they need a place to live, but that's not okay. Once you start tent cities, it becomes the norm. And that's the problem. It's not about people not having a place to live or it's about that becomes normal. We don't allow animals to sleep outside, never mind people. Let me just reiterate that, again, it's an application you can apply if you fit those income guidelines. It doesn't mean you're going to get it. And let me go back to my original point that the number of applications they get is what helps determine. What the federal government will release for funds. So of course they want everybody to apply and then they'll weed out the people that they think can't get it or but to them all that matters is those applicants because that's what determines the numbers. So maybe there isn't an appetite to dig any deeper than that. Yeah, no, no. And I get it. And I again, but again, there's a lot of manipulation that's going on. And again, just using myself as an example, if I wanted to be a dirtbag, I could be a dirtbag. Like, but that's not OK, because somebody is going to be cold because I'm a dirtbag. And that's not right. You know what I mean? So anyway, have a good day. You as well. Just going to hold you there because I'm going to try to sneak Doris in here before we got to take this news break. Good morning. You next on WBSN. Good morning, Tim. I agree with that man completely because I'm elderly, I got my own home, and I can't get help. I do get paid, but they don't give me that much. I know of people that get a lot of help. I can't get nothing because I get a little savings, very little, because I know how to manage my own. But I agree with him entirely because I know of a lot of people that hide their money and then go into housing because you can't go into housing if you get a bank account. But I know a lot of people that are doing it. I can't do it because I think that's very crooked. I know what he's saying because I go through the same thing and my oil is very high. I started already three weeks ago because I can't take the cold and it cost me $559 just for 100 gallons. I always order 100 at a time because, Tim, I got to watch my money, you know? And I can't get no help. I'm very ill and I can't get nobody because I'm not on mass help. That's what hurts. See, that's why I just want to agree with that man. Okay. All right. Thank you for the call. Yeah. Bye-bye. And I'm going to play the news here. We'll come back in a few moments. Stick around. The search continues following a New York building collapse. The Senate scheduling votes ahead of January and a pet emu on the loose in New Jersey. From the Cottage Street Motors WBSM Newsroom, this is WBSM News. Rescue efforts continue in Brooklyn following a deadly building collapse. A three-story building in Flatbush toppled into an open construction site around 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Then they started pulling out children from the building, those two children that was rushed into the ambulance. They were unconscious, haven't seen any blood or anything, but yeah, they were hurt. Officials say at least one person is dead and 12 people are injured, with six of those critical. Public advocate Jumaane Williams said some residents were raising concerns about construction for a new eight-story residential building in the plot next to the collapsed building. 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Cassidy previously criticized Overton's involvement in the Trump administration's efforts to roll back childhood vaccination, calling it, quote, almost disqualifying. Somebody's emu is running loose around New Jersey. State Park Police officers say the flightless bird has been popping up around Brendan Byrne State Forest, where a man tells NJ.com he spotted the emu while riding a bike Monday afternoon. New Jersey Environmental Protection officials say Park Police officers saw it, too, but were not able to catch her. And they know it's a her because the owner tells NJ.com she broke loose from his home's property near the park on Monday, and he's been out ever since searching for Sweet Pea, which is what he named her. Now, officers are cautioning people, though, Sweet Pea may not be so sweet if frightened or feeling chased, So telling everyone to just. Just call police if an emu runs by. I'm Levon Putney. Former NFL coach and ESPN analyst Rex Ryan facing multiple charges after allegedly running over the feet of two pedestrians in Nashville. Police there say Ryan was making a right turn in his pickup truck when he allegedly struck the two victims who later confronted him at a red light. The pedestrians told police Ryan drove away after an argument. BSM Sports. Celtics 98, Toronto 93. The Seas are off until Sunday. And the Bruins host the Canadiens tonight at 7 o'clock. And now, your WPRI 12 forecast. Brought to you by Family Heating and Cooling in Westport. We'll see increasing clouds with some showers developing by late afternoon around the south coast. High temperatures will be around 56 degrees today. Rainy, breezy tonight. Late night lows getting down to around 40 degrees. Some of that rain could be heavy overnight. Rainy, windy for tomorrow with high temperatures around 45 degrees. Winds from the northeast and north could be gusting to 30 miles an hour. 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The child that was left in the car was described as a three-year-old male relative of Rego. So I don't know if it's his child or a nephew or I guess even at 39 years old, it could be a grandchild. But they did say it's a male relative. And I've got to be honest with you. And I don't mean to turn this into a complaint about the district attorney's office and the media people over there, which I know I go on little rants about sometimes, but sometimes it's okay if you know that it's his son to say it's his son. Maybe they don't know, but sometimes it's okay to say. But anyway, it's like when you hear, they don't say somebody was a boyfriend and girlfriend. They say they were in a dating relationship. Like, oh, come on. Not everything has to be legal speak in a press release. But anyway, that's what we know right now. He fired at police twice. Police fired back at him twice, but according to the DA's press release, he was found suffering from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and no other injuries. So basically what they're saying is these other shots that were fired at him did not strike him and that he died as a result of his own hand. So I guess silver lining, if there is one on something like this, is that nobody else was hurt. I mean, you had a guy that stopped and shot at a cop, shot at a police detective and took fire back with a three-year-old child in the car. Thank God that kid was not hurt. And no one else was when the suspect fired from the building on Blackmore Street and the state police fired back. So it could have been a lot worse. Let's be thankful that it was not a lot worse. But to our previous point, when Carlos called in earlier, haven't seen any statements put out by Mayor Mitchell, the chair of the Public Safety Committee. I did reach out to Mayor Mitchell's office and ask for a statement, but normally the mayor just posts stuff on his Facebook page. I have not reached out to the councilors yet, just because I'm in the middle of hosting the show and doing a bunch of things at once. But if we get a statement from anybody, we will update it. All right, let me get this final break in. We'll come back and wrap things up and stick around because Chris McCarthy's back in the studio. And he's got South Coast Now coming your way in less than 10 minutes. But your key takeaway this morning. So a lot of people have been asking, especially with what happened last night on Blackmore Street. A lot of people have been asking, well, how do I get a police scanner? Because I want to keep up with all these things. And I got to tell you, you can go out and buy one from all of those places that have these vintage police scanners. They're not going to work. The ones with the old crystals are not going to work. The easiest thing to do is download the apps. And Broadcastify is one if you want to keep up with it. And that will give you an idea of all the things that are going on. Most of the people who are running these Facebook pages where they post these alerts, that's where they're getting information from. So that's just a little tip for you if you want to follow along with the stuff. But you'll drive yourself crazy listening to it all day long with stuff that turns out not to be. When it's reported. So just keep that in mind. That's your key takeaway brought to you by All Security USA. I'm sorry, All Security Co. in New Bedford. allsecurityusa.com is their website. Let's take a quick call here to end things. Good morning. You're next on WBSM. Hello. Hi, you're on the air. Hi. Any idea why the Coast Guard caught us in Clark's Cove for like two hours this morning? I have not heard anything about it, no. I left the house at 7.30 and I just came back home. I live on one of the side streets off of West Rodney French. And it's sitting right at the bottom of the street. It's clearly anchored because it hasn't moved. I wonder if maybe it wasn't there yesterday. Maybe they were participating in some of the Veterans Day stuff. Oh, the stuff because that was in the South End as well, right? Yeah, so I don't know if they were part of something that was going on. Okay, just curious. I've never seen one sit still this long. It's been two hours. And Clive's calling me and there's nowhere to go. Hello. Hello. Well, we'll see if anybody knows and they call in. All right, perfect. Thank you. Have a good day. Oh, sorry. 508-996-0500. Actually, I'm out of time. But Chris McCarthy's coming your way with South Coast now. He'll be able to take more of your calls. And I will have this story up in just a few moments with the follow-up information on the incident that happened on Blackmore Street last night. But yeah, as I was saying. You know, you'll drive yourself crazy if you listen to the scanner all day long, because so much of the stuff that comes across that turns out not to be true or turns out to be misinformation. That's why we always say we're not going to report things that come through on the scanner and why when people call in and try to report things that are on the scanner, I'll shut them down. Like, no, no. Reporting is only things that have been verified. And so often things that come over the scanner are not or turn out not to be the case. Because just think of it this way, right? Somebody calls in and says they heard gunshots and it turns out to be fireworks. What happens if you call in and say, there's gunshots happening on Maine?