for dead g evening, i m iain page. i m lucy noland. those men are still on the loose tonight. fox 29 s dave schratwieser is live at police headquarters. how is that father doing tonight, dave? reporter: lucy, he is in stable condition after being pistol whipped and shot one time in the neck. tonight detectives are trying to figure out why he was targeted or if the thieves and carjackers were actually targeting his brand new high end dodge ram pickup truck. i m just hoping everything comes out okay cause he s a good guy. i love him like my son. reporter: for the family of 35-year-old metro, some scary moments tuesday evening when two suspects carjacked the father of three right out of his new 2016 dodge ram pickup truck in west kensington. he comes here every afternoon to pick up my grandson. reporter: police say he had just pulled up to relative s home the on the 2,000 block of bodine street to pick up his 13-year-old son when two men carjacked him seconds before
kensington. he comes here every afternoon to pick up my grandson. reporter: police say he had just pulled up to relative s home the on the 2,000 block of bodine street to pick up his 13-year-old son when two men carjacked him seconds before his son came out of the house. the two perpetrator as proved him, drug him from the car, forcefully and struck him in the head, shot him. and then fled with the vehicle. the neighbors were saying black car was following him. reporter: police respond to go scene found victim lying in the street bleeding from his head. they rushed him to episcopal hospital. he was then transferred to temple university hospital in stable condition. suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck. they got the kids. he s a good worker. definitely hi-end expensive vehicle. reporter: police found his dodge ram 1500 hem me moments later in the 2,000 block of randolph street. we did find what appears to be some fresh fingerprints on the driver door.
lone wolf attacks. reporter: when the morning talk shows got around to security for the pope s visit to new york, philadelphia and d.c. there was a recent worry mentioned. we re monitoring very closely threats against the pope as he comes into the united states. we have disrupted one particular case. in particular. reporter: but he gave no detail and local officials wanted to know was the case they allegedly disrupted in philadelphia. just last friday, jefferson hospital was evacuated after an empty silver pressure cooker was left on a bench outside. and police say a suspicious brown bag left near episcopal hospital was filled with paper. the texas congressman says homeland security is very aware of what hosting a people s pope will mean. he s a very passionate man. he likes to get out with the people and with that comes a large security risk. reporter: well, as for what the congressman mccall is referring to. a source tells nbc in washington that a man was apparent
through mississippi valley and mid south, tornado watch for florida and into mississippi, alabama and georgia. heading to the north in our area winter weather advisory that starts this evening for our far north and western suburbs, it continues into here tuesday morning and includes berks county, lehigh valley and poconos. to me it looks like poconos will get worst of the winter weather with sleet changing over to ice, freezing rain and then just plane old rain in the overnight hours. precipitation types it the depend on where you are, it does look like sleet and ice could occur. not seeing a whole lot of snow tonight. we could see a few snow flakes but this is a sleet to freezing rain and rain event and then just plane rain from the lehigh valley down toward the shore and portions of delaware where we re talk rain for us here in philadelphia coming up i ll tell you about how much rain will fall and how much sleet and ice could occur in the northern most suburbs. for now, bac
healthy since coming over here in a trade from saint louis for nick foles and a draft pick. bradford will make his first start in 23 months. he s missed 25 starts over the last two years because of two torn acl s in his left knee. he s complained not once in training camp during the preseason. the last time he played for the philadelphia eagles in that green bay third preseason game bradford a perfect 10 for 10. we ll see how he does tonight. in the eagles opener tonight down here in atlanta bradford said he would be a little bit nervous. we ll see how he does with the philadelphia eagles tonight. we re live in atlanta, jeff skversky, channel6 action news. back to you guys in philadelphia. all right, jeff, thank you. now let s head out to action news reporter chad pradelli who is live in dillworth park tonight. hey, chad. reporter: hey, rick. chance are certainly excited about this season. a lot of changes like jeff mentioned but fans are confident this team can go