Benning in wissinoming around 11 30 last night. Once he was freed from the burning call he was able to tell officers was abducted by three men driving a black did you do dee with tinted windows. At which time he was approached by three males who point of gun abducted him put him in the back of his car zip tied him drove him around for the next several hoursism they ended up in olney where the suspects doused the victim with gasoline and lit his vehicle on fire. During all that time they were driving around, police say the suspects were using the victims phone calling and texting repeatedly to demand ransom from his family. We did learn that a Family Member did begin toe messages from our victims phone from the people that abducted him demanding 10,00 now, this went on for at least five hours until at 5 42 police were called to west ford road. Reporter Police Emphasize they dont think this was random although they were unable to say this afternoon why at this point they think this victi
And i was kind of scared. Reporter firefighters and paramedics rescued the man his burnt clothing lay strewn across the sidewalk. Investigators spent much of the morning on the scene looking for clues including Surveillance Video from homes along the block. I believe they have cameras down here so i hopefully they caught everything. Reporter the victim was taken to Temple University hospital with second and third degree burns over about 50 percent of his body. Police are expected to provide some new information and just about a half an hour we will be there and we will have a live report coming up on action news at 6 oclock. Live at the special victims units in hunting park im Sarah Bloomquist channel6 action news. Back to you. Sarah thank you. A camden firefighter injured on the job was released from the hospital today. The action cam was there at his home as captain Robert Eckert was greeted by the mayor and fellow firefighters. He spent much of the last two weeks at cooper Universit
Fever reducing medication. Dr. Karyl rattay urged sick people to call their doctor rather than show up an emergency room antiviral drugs can be prescribed over the phone without the risk of affecting others and like pennsylvania, new jersey and other states, delaware is seeing a higher share of b strain cases than normal for this year. So, even if youve been sick once, get a flu shot if you havent gotten one already because it is possible to get sick again. And while School Absentee rates are higher than normal theres no reason for any of the schools to close because of this. And there are also other viruses going around this time of year. As for the flu we expect high levels of the virus to stick around for several more weeks so you want to make sure that youre washing your hands with soap and water frequently, wipe down common surfaces with a disinfectant and of course cover all coughs and sneezes with your elbow or with a tissue. You want to do what you can to protect yourself. Rick
Eagles continue their victory tour. Also there is more fallout after two white house Staff Members are accused of domestic abuse. The big story on action news is the discovery of a man trapped inside a burning car. We learned the victim was abducted an robbed before he was left in the vehicle with his hands bound. Jeanette reyes is following the investigation, she joins us live from the scene in the olney section of philadelphia. Jennette. Well, sarah, minutes before the newscast we got additional disturbing details from the police. At the intersection of benefiter and harbison, the victim was held at gunpoint and abducted four miles away. He was brought to west bird road where he was doused with gasoline and put in the car bound and set on fire. Looked out the window, a heard a woman scream and then i saw a car on fire. Around 5 30 a. M. , neighbors along 5400 block of we say west ford road in olney heard the screams of a woman. I heard a woman was assaulted, i went to get my phone an
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