Transcripts For WPVI Action News 20150306

Temple University Hospital to the medical Examiners Office in university citych the 30yearold officer and father of two children was gunned down and killed during a robbery late today. And tonight Wilsons Department and his city mourn his death. It is thursday night and the big story on action news tonight is a Police Officer felled by two Armed Bandits in north philadelphia. Action News Reporters Sharee Williams and ali gorman are covering the story tonight. We start with sharee live at the 2 Police District 17 and montgomery where Robert Wilson worked to help keep the city safe. Sharee. Reporter and jim, youre absolutely right. This is where officer wilson worked at the 22 district right through these doors. He walked in day in and day out doing his job. The captain here called wilson an outstanding officer who was a leader of his squad and always looking to help the younger officers and take a look, the American Flag here out front is flying at half staff tonight knowing one of their own will never walk through those doors again. Obviously the entire department is in shock. And is in mourning. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey bearing news no department wants to hear. One of their own Robert Wilson iii was killed if the line of duty. I knew him and he was one of the best Police Officers this city has to offer period. A very very brave heroic individual. He was on his shift in full uniform when he went inside this gamestop 21 and lehigh avenue when moments later everything changed while inside two individuals came in and announced a robbery. It it appears the suspects had no idea a Police Officer was inside the store. Officer wilson took action as he is trained to do. He immediately engaged suspects and it was exchange of gunfire on both sides. Wilsons partner heard the gunfire and rushed over and fired his Service Weapon as well. One of the spus inspects was shot. Another was suspects was shot and another apprehended. Officer wilson was struck several times at close range and pronounced dead 6 5. This is saturday for officers at command in 22 district and saturday for the Philadelphia Police department and its a saturday for the city of philadelphia. I ask that you keep officer will sop in our thoughts and prayers and his family and never forget him. Officer wilson leaves behind two children, a 9yearold and 1yearold. This 9yearold boy that now will grow up without a father because of what happened here today, a 1yearold will grow up without a dad because of what happened today. Who put his life on the line to make philadelphia a better city. And the commissioner made it very clear this city was better with wilson on its staff serving the city. As for the suspects and what we know about them, sources tell us the suspects are two brothers actually. We also know from police two weapons were recovered from the scene today and that is being processed as well. These brothers who are being questioned at this point both have priors. They are known to police. Of course, one is recovering at the hospital after being shot and we also know that video was recovered from inside that gamestop. That is also being reviewed. We also understand that there may be video from the officers themselves who may have been wearing body cameras. Were live in north philadelphia, Sharee Williams. Channel 6 action news. Jim. Thank you sharee. In fact officer Robert Wilson was one of 30 officers in the 22nd district testing out body cameras and it was december 11 when commissioner ramsey announced that the Pilot Program was taking effect and officer wilson attended the events with the department showing off the new equipment. The department tweeted out this picture that same day showing officer wilson who is on the left. It is not yet known if todays shooting was captureden a body camera. But, of course the department is investigating that. Action News Reporter ali gorman is live at the gamestop store. 1 and lehigh. Again the scene of the shooting. Alley, what do you have from there. Jim police spent most of the night here at the crime scene. They spent hours inside that crime stop store scourerring the store where one offuls finest was shot and killed. Crime scene investigators spent the night surveying the scene. Marking evidence where officer Robert Wilson iii was fatally shot inside this gamestop at north 23 street and west lehigh avenue. Thats crazy. People in the area were upset to hear what happened. But some say not surprised. No surprise. Both alleged gunmen are in custody one treated at Einstein Medical Center and meanwhile mayor nutter expects condolences and a call to stop the violence. Senseless level of violence from some people. Of course, completesly unacceptable in this great city. And this was not the first robbery at this gamestop it was also robbed this past september and also in april of 2012. That is the latest here. Were reporting live from north philadelphia al i gorman. This story continues to produce information offer a period of time. Well have updates on the air and online and well have complete cover ramming of the murder of officer wilson at 6abc. Com. A woman in her 60s was stabbed multiple times in West Philadelphia this evening. It happened in the 5500 block of wyloosing avenue 7 30 the victim was taken to Presbyterian Hospital in stable condition. There were no arrests. Now to Montgomery County police are looking to where a woman was found dead 200 sunny brook avenue cheltenham. Theyre looking for 51yearold stanley language. Heres considered armed and dangerous. If you know where he is you are urged to call police. Well the know storm is over but effects carry into the second day. Hundreds of schools are closed or delaying openings tomorrow. Philadelphia public and parochial schools will be closed tomorrow. All the closings and delays are now running at the bottom of your screen. From northern delaware to south jersey to the northern and western suburbs of pennsylvania we saw the seasons biggest storm with locations getting from 5 to 10. And across the tristate roads were often snow covered and the driving often treacherous and now we got plunging temperatures to worry about before we get the big melt over the weekend. And lets get the latest facts and figures from cecily tynan and accuweather. Cecily. Jim, kind of a one, two punch from Mother Nature. First we get the snow then record cold. Double scan live showing that the last batch of flurries is offer the coast. And accumulating snow moved off by about 7 00 and boy did it accumulate. We had a lot of moisture with the system and it shifted further north and west. That pulls the heavier snow with it allentown reporting 8. 2 of snow. Huffs church in berks county Higher Elevation 10. King of prussia 10349 media 10. 5 and chadds ford, reporting 10. Croydon 8. 8 officially at the airport 7. 5 making it biggest snowfall of the season. Pittman, until energy 8 and woodbine 5. 5 and wilmington 6. 7 and smyrna reporting 6. 7 of snow and touch to shovel as well because snow arriving on top of the slush from last night. So tonight, once the clouds clear out, temperatures will be nosediveing. Record cold levels. Philadelphia the record low for tomorrow setback in 1978. 10 degrees will likely tie that. Allentown likely to shatter the old record of 7 degrees down to 2 and reading down to 3. It will be brutally cold tomorrow. And this will cause more problems for the morning rush hour. And expect a lot of delays, a lot of roads covered in snow. And when you get temperatures below 15 degrees rock solt becomes ineffective. There will be icy patches and it stays cold through the day tomorrow. The good news im predicting a big warmup through the next 7 days ill have the details in the full accuweather forecast 7 day forecast. Lets go live to john rawlins who is in wayne tonight. John, most people did not like this but thats not the case with everybody. Well, supply and demapped, jim, up 10 of snow fell today. Earlier the wodz were a mess in western suburbs. Things getting better. You can see blacktop route 30 behind me and far from perfect. Many many people stayed home tonight. Not everyone. With temperatures dropping, salt becomes lessee infectstive and streets both small and large remain generally icy and covered tonight. Those who plow and scrape say this late season storm brought heaviest snowfall of winter. And thats not a bad thing. Lot of penny from heaven today. So its a good thing. Its wonderful thing. So Mother Nature saved best for last. Absolutely. I hope its last. Were all hoping its last one. Much was closed tonight from the Movie Theater from wayne to many restaurants all over the western suburbs. In downtown wayne eaterys that stayed open say they were rewarded. Like i said we probably only game in town. So we never closed. Like i said earlier were like the post office. Always running. And we have a lot of loyal customers. For sure. Getting a around with wheels could be problematic. Walking become became an option. Clark brought his little ones out. They walked. It was tough to push the stroller through piles of snow but we made it. Wayne is a walkable town and sro at theresas a better than formal thursday night. Why so many folks. Manager Matthew Graves has a theory. People are fed up with snow and you know. Cabin fever drove some of it. I would say so. Well, i dont think mr. Gray will get much of an argument there. People seem fed up with winter and hopefully this is last big storm. We dont have a replay of the blizzard of 1993. Thats when a foot of snow fell on philadelphia over the 13th and 1th of march. Live in wayne. John rawlins channel 6 action news. Bite your tongue. Thank you join in many parts of the area it is cleanup time at the jersey shore and spotted folks scrapingitis in their cars at the Ocean Heights center. Snowplows were out in force getting rid of bulk of snow before shoppers arrived here tomorrow. But some of the roads are still treacherous as you can see. Drivers are taking it very slow. Or at least they should be. In elsmere delaware we met a 5yearold boy his name angelo keeping grandfather company during the cleanup. Angelo was wisely keeping safe distance from that snowblow r blower. In wilmington snow shovelers were clearing swawbdz and further up Market Street all was quiet as most people headed advice to stay off the road. And it was a rough day and continues to be a rough night at Philadelphia International airport where many flights are still cancelled. Thousands of travelers trying to get in own out of the city have simply been stuck. Theyre waiting for conditions to clear. And weather may have played a role in roof collapse in the kensington section of philadelphia. One person was inside this industrial building when it caved in at 2 00. Bricks and debris spilled on to turner street off hancock. Investigators are trying to figure out if the weather or ongoing construction or both are to blame. Still to come on action news tonight actor Harrison Ford is rushed to the hospital after his plane crashes on to a golf course in california. Weve got his call for help. Plus philadelphia mayor nutter talks about his line in crease property taxes by 9. 3 . Cecily. Wind chills down to 10 degrees in philadelphia. It will be a lot colder for morning commute. Ill have details and then track a taste of spring next week in the accuweather 7day forecast. Eagles, phillies, sixers, its a trifecta with ducis rogers when action news woman ready for another game . woman oh, sorry man daydreaming again. man about going on a cruise . in unison yeah. woman around the hawaiian islands, for 2 weeks. in unison we were man with a helicopter tour. woman how did you know . Youve got the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. woman yeah, cash kapow. man top prize of 100,000. foreground woman the leis are a nice touch. male announcer want to see your dreams come to life . You could scratch your way to instant winning. The pennsylvania lottery. Bring your dreams to life. As expected philadelphia Michael Nutter proposed a big hike in property taxes today. Nutter presented budget for the next fiscal year to county council and called for property increase of 9. 3 generating 1. 3 million all of which would go to school district. Nutter said the money would wipe out the schools 80 million deficit and in combination with more money from governor wolfs proposed budget would restore lost programs. Nutter told council, if i have to make a point between raising revenue or educating children ill choose kids every time. It was a per are terrifying landing for passengers on board this flight from atlanta that kid skid id off the run way in la guardia new york and ended just a few feet from the water. They climbed on to the icy wing and into the snow. To people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries is. Officials say the pilot did everything he could to stop the aircraft. Actor Harrison Ford is in the hospital tonight after crashing his vintage twoseater plane. Engine failure immediate return. Ford had just taken off from santa monica whaerpt he experienced engine trouble. He crashed at a nearby golf course. A witness said ford had a head wound. His son tweeted tonight that his father is banged up but hell be okay. Harrison ford has been flying since the 1960s. Abc news learned from a Senior State Department official that Hillary Rodham clinton was in fact in violation of department rules when she used a personal email account to conduct business. And an official says private emails can be used for official business as long as entererd into government computers. Mrs. Clinton waited nearly 2 years before turnover 55,000 pages of emails thats only 90 of her emails as secretary of state. U. S. Ambassador to south korea mark lib erie mothered from surgey with stitches. Doctors closed the 4 gash he suffered yesterday at happened of knife wielding activist. Michael browns family is going after the city of furgeson and former officer darren wilson. The family plans to file a civil lawsuit. The unarmed teenager was killed last august. Wilson was cleared of any charges. A Justice Department review says theres a pattern of Excessive Force and bias in the furgeson department. Tonight catholics are mourning death of Cardinal Edward eagle serve as archbishop of new york from 2000 to 2009 and he suffered a cardiac arrest today and died this afternoon. He was 82. The ringling brothers circus is sendingel fanlts into retirement. They will be phased out of all shows between now and 0 18. The treatment of packaderms has come under scrutiny over the years and Animal Rights groups have even sued over the issue but theyre hailing the circuss decision tonight. The elephant acts will be a things of the past. It is going to get very cold tonight. The snow is out. The chill is here. Our focus shifting from falling snow to falling temperatures. I think its cold out there now. Fingers. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that the last of the flurries has now moved off the coast and yes, it was in fact a biggest snowstorm of the season for philadelphia. 7. 5 officially recorded at the airport and that brings our season totals to date, 23. 3 and thats 3. 5 above average and we have not seen a lot of big storms but we have had nearly 2 dozen minor Winter Weather events and that can really add up as you head through the season. Right now, temperatures really have not moved much from 6 00 tonight. Its 2 in philadelphia. 19 millville. Wilmington 21. Starting to cool off in allentown. Down to 16. And lancaster 13. Much cooler in west suburbs. This is where clouds are clearing out. Satellite 6 and action radar showing a sharp line of clouds and that will continue to press east and clouds really act like a atmospheric blanket they trap in any heat that earth absorbs from the sun during the day even with clouds they absorb heat from the sun. Once clouds clear out temperatures plummet. Well set record lows. Philadelphia the record low ten setback in 1978 and i think well tie that. Allentown record 7 setback in 1960. Allentown will shatter that record dropping down to 2. Trenton high and record wilmington likely record low of 10 and Atlantic City airport likely a record low of 8 degrees tomorrow. And add to that a breeze. Temperatures that low, it doesnt take much to create a wind chill factor at 7 00 in the morning wind chills around 0 across the viewing area. You want to put a few extra layers as you step outside tomorrow morning and then through the day despite loads of sunshine and arctic High Pressure right over us we wont each make it to freezing point. 26 degrees the high in philadelphia. Just brutal. Thats 23 below average. Good news this High Pressure is sticking around one day. Saturday it sinks down south. Winds shift southwest. That begins warming trend. Still khully saturday. 38. Mixture of clouds and sunshine not adds harsh adds tomorrow and tem turdz climb to 0s sunday and into the 50s next week. So the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast we have a full week of dry warm. Tomorrow sunny and cold. 26. We bump it up to 38 on saturday and for the Philadelphia Union homeopener and then we spring forward one hour early sunday morning as daylight savings time begins. Sunday high 43. Sunseting around 7. We bump up to 47 monday and tuesday. Wednesday, 53 degrees and thursday and eye little warmer up to 55. So snow will not be melting tomorrow. But it will be certainly melting by next week. Feel a little bit like spring by middle of next week. Thank you. Why not . Thank you cecily. On healthcheck tonight a new reason to make sure your teen 00 a. M. Er has a regular sleep schedule. It could affect their weight. Researchers looked at the snacking habits of 421 teenagers and they also fitted them with motion sensing bracelets to track sleeping habits. 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To baseball now its been a long time since pitcher cliff lee pitched in a game. July 31 of last season he experienced elbow discomfort in pitching arm and he shut it down for rest of season. Lee facing Houston Astros in kissamee. He does not walk a single batter. This is just one step in a long process for lee to get back to where he was. As a starting pitcher you have to go out and throw 100 some odd pitches and get deep in games to do your job effectively. Until i do that i have not proved that im able to do it yet. I dont think nip will know that im able to do that until i go out and show it. And as for rest of game, jim, working on that batting practice. He gives up backtoback home runs in fifth inning and phillies lose 63. Former eagles linebacker interpret cole cut yesterday met with tampa bay bucks earlier today. Bucks play eagles at the linc this season. Harlem globetrotters stop traffic in welcome to our sales event. [crowd] thanks jan. Youre the best jan. 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Temple leaps on senior guard wolf cumming s. Uconn reigning champs here saturday for the season finale. Harlem grob globetrotters are in town and they will not let snow dampen their fun. They call this guy handles. You can see why. Thank you ducis. News continues at 4 30 with tamala edwards, matt odonnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rogers with traffic. For cecily tynan, ducis rogers, the entire action news team, im jim gardner good night. Announcer from hollywood, its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight naomi watts, Basketball Hall of famer reggie miller, this week in unnecessary censorship, and music from carly rae jepsen. With cleto and the cletones. Ask now, heres jimmy kimmel [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ]