The Blooming Grove barracks, where seven weeks ago shot s rag out. A small contingent of wellwishers is here to cheer on police as they come and go. There were very few people in this community and with Law Enforcement who thought this manhunt would end this way. Fellow troopers of slain Corporal Bryon Dickson lifted a wobbly eric frein from a patrol car. He was walked into the same Blooming Grovetown ship barracks where he allegedly pulled the trigger september 12th. He was handcuffed wearing corp. R ral dicksons handcuffs. Sources close to the investigation say the fbi and u. S. Marshal searchers surned an abandoned hangar late thursday afternoon. Someone had reported sighing a man going in and out. Sources say eric matthew frein was taken into custody as he tried to get back inside the hangar. The man who had been on the run for almost seven weeks surrendered without incident. One source saying frein was, quote, depleted and had no fight left in him. Sources tell nbc10 he was found with a knife and the. 308 caliber rifle believed to have been used in the ambush. As freins motorcade pulled into the Blooming Grove barracks a large sign had been quickly drawn up saying simply, way to go Pennsylvania State police. And at the Blooming GrovePolice Barracks, tight security where eric matthew frein is in custody. Now, the prosecutor, the District Attorney here in pike county says they are still working out the details of his arraignment. That will be something that will be a fluid process but they want to decide how public a process to make the arraignment of eric matthew frein. Doug, youve been out there for weeks watching the exhausting toll this has taken on officers. Its hard to imagine their emotions tonight. Well, this has been a process that went from sheer adrenaline in those early hours and days to sort of a marathon. And there was outpouring of public support but you could start to see it fray as the fear factor of the eric matthew frein manhunt started devastating the economy. Not just in the search area in the poconos but throughout the entire region. And there was a lot of feelings that a lot of displeasure and impatiens in the community might have bubbled to the surface and become critical of the Police Search efforts if this search had dragged on another few weeks. A long month and a half plus, doug. Thank you. The fbi put frein on the ten most wanted list and tonight you can see the word captured is added in red under his picture now on their website. The governor and Pennsylvania State police are just now beginning to hold a News Conference on the capture of eric frein. Were monitoring the news con freens. Were going to bring you an update in a few minutes. Look at this. An aerial photo of bir birchwoodpocono air park. It was added in the 60s and closed in 1998. There is still a lot of Police Activity outside the hangar. Nbc10 Lehigh ValleyBureau Reporter reports now from monroe county. Police have blocked off the road leading into this abandoned hangar. We have seen Law Enforcement moving in and out of this roadblock all night. Now, a quarter mile down the street is that hangar where u. S. Marshals captured the fugitive eric frein. We cannot get any closer because according to Law Enforcement sources theyre checking that hangar to see if theres anything they may have left behind. Eric frein whisked away from his hiding spot in the back of a police cruiser, captured here at an old airfield built in the 60s and long forgotten. At a bar down the street, a sigh of relief. Dont know how long he was there but, yeah, it was a little scary he was that close. Reporter in the coming hours you can expect the airfield to be searched for evidence. Its unclear how long frein was here but this place has been abandoned for years. Theres usually not much traffic coming in and out of here. Were outside the birchwoodpocono airfield. As weve been reporting the extensive manhunt for frein impacted the lives for thousands in the search area. Schools have closed. People have been told not to leave their homes. Tonight, a celebration. Nbc10s George Spencer joins us live. George . Jacqueline, after 48 days, residents told us tonight this search had impacted their lives in ways both big and small. Just within the past hour we tried to get a response from the suspects family and we confirmed that one sign of regular life here, tomorrow nights trick or treating is now back on, thanks to the capture. When i got the phone call this afternoon from my chief of police, i was like, thank god. Thank god this is over. Barrett township supervisor said life here had essentially been on pause. Everyone waiting as Law Enforcement hunted pennsylvanias most wanted. But tonight, that mood changed. What went through your mind . I thought it was wonderful. Reporter as the sixweek search moved through this area, schools were closed down on multiple occasions and at times residents couldnt even access their own streets because of the search. My wife was at choir rehearsal one night and could not get back home because they wouldnt let her into our neighborhood so she had to sleep on somebodys couch. Somebody on the family be a spokesperson . No. Goodbye. Off the property. Reporter late tonight the man who answered the door at freins parents home refused to speak. The suspect was found 14 miles south of here and as soon as tomorrow some basic rituals that frein turned upsidedown will return to normal. You have good news for kids tomorrow night. Yes. Trick or treating is on in barrett township, 6 00 to 8 00 tomorrow night we will have trick or treating. Reporter there had been a lot of disappointment when those festivities were canceled because of the manhunt. The reversal here came in a late night meeting among township leaders as really a lot of residents here breathe a collective sigh of relief. Live tonight in barrett township, im George Spencer, nbc10 news. Police say frein left a trail of evidence before his capture from explosives to a rifle and ammunition. Search crews found serbian cigarettes. There was a journal found police described as cold blooded and chilling with frein allegedly writing about how he ambushed the troopers and escaped. Over the last seven weeks searchers used dogs and even balloons this week to try to spot him. Its important to remember the state trooper killed, that started this manhunt. Corporal Bryon Dickson was a husband and a father. He used to work in the belmont baracks in philadelphia. Nbc10 joins us live from there tonight. Jacqueline, that trooper used to work at this barracks here behind me. So he came here to try to get some reaction tonight. No one inside wanted to talk but they tell me off camera that they feel a sense of relief now that frein has been captured. Its been 48 days since Corporal Bryon Dickson was killed by a snipers bullet if married father was in full uniform when he walked out of the Police Barracks and shot to death on september 12th. Within 90 seconds of the ambush his accused killer, eric frein, managed to slip away. This is his wife and two young sons were forced to bury their father and husband. Dicksons fellow troopers and others in the Law Enforcement community then had the difficult task of trying to find the man who killed their brother. Then tonight Law Enforcement officials confirmed frein was captured by u. S. Marshals in an abandoned airplane hangar. It was news that brought relief to a community on edge and closure to a family. As to the troopers inside they say the best news wasment that he was caught but, rather, that when they caught him, he was cuffed with dicksons handcuffs. That is the latest from belmont tonight. All right. We continue to monitor this News Conference on the capture of eric frein. Officials there thanking authorities who had been involved in the search. We are going to monitor this News Conference and bring you that was from it coming up. Stay with nbc10 and nbc10. Com for continuing coverage of freins capture poop were going to have a crew in the poconos all night and have updates starting at 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow though is decision day. We will septa strike . They will be back at noon trying to prevent a strike from happening. Transport Workers Union and septa could not reach an agreement today. Workers could walk off the job sunday. Nbc10 also talked to the Vice President of the Union Representing bus and rail operators that Service Delaware and parts of montgomery county. He said theyre also negotiating with septa and his members also authorized a strike, so its possible they could also walk out if negotiations breakdown. If there is a strike, head to nbc10. Com for your survival guide, see which lines would be shut down and which would still run. We also have alternate travel routes to help you get where you need to go. Check it out now on nbc10. Com. Well, will it be a cool friday as kids go trick or treati treating . Our meteorologist looks ahead to halloween. The temperatures are going to be dropping off for the Morning Hours of halloween, especially. Even as the kids go trick or treating but take a look at the numbers already. Were in the 30s in pottstown. 37. 38 in allentown. 49, philadelphia. 42 degrees in millville and atlanta city. So as you wake up tomorrow morning, if youre around the philadelphia area, 43 degrees to start off your halloween. Well see more clouds through the day. So by the afternoon hours, temperatures will top out in about the mid to upper 50s. But by the time the kids go trick or treating we are talking about cooler temperatures. Many of you will probably want a jacket through the evening. Jacqueline . All right, gina. Creating a sense of calm on this eve before halloween. They bond wed the community tonight to make sure what is known as mischief night goes without a hitch. Nbc10s keith jones reports. Reporter armed with philly pretzels, glow sticks and tshirts. I think we see a lot of positive interaction happening between our children and our officers. Reporter mayor on hand. County police force and countless volunteers in tow. Swearing in balloon knights, a Crime Watch Committee ready to head off would be criminals. We mean business. Were not going to tolerate it. Reporter walking the streets from Cooper University hospital, the i676, celebrating community, not mischief night. Were all here and standing up and sticking up for our community. Reporter long time resident adopted eight children. She vows they will not relive these scenes of mischief night 23 years ago. It was when we had the riots where they had a fire and everything. Reporter more than 70 fires that night, a record intentionally set in 1991. Cars were stoned, windows smashed. Today if you dont stand up, no one else will. I was walking with the community, policing and everything and showing them a positive side, not a negative side of the police. Reporter and the presence of Camden County police appears to be paying off. The crime rate, according to the force, this is for a city once deemed most dangerous in america, is down 21 since 2012. Digital operation center, keith jones, nbc10 news. Still breaking now, the captured of accused cop killer eric frein. Were asking authorities more about the capture and how they caught him 48 days later. This state takes the fall for spending Campaign Dollars on her birthday party. But next, how shes avoiding prison and cashing her pension check, a week in coastal storms heading our way and temperatures will plummet. Im tracking which part of your time off the wind, rain, and cold will impact. We continue the follow breaking news. Suspected trooper killer eric frein now in custody. The Pennsylvania State police is holding a News Conference night now. Doug . Reporter well, of course, we mentioned eric frein in custody here at the Blooming Grove barracks. He is under very, very tight security. Theyve got the compound with Pennsylvania State police. And of course, what is grown across the street from all of this is a contingent of wellwishers cheering on officers as they come and go from the barracks. Just a short while ago several of the investigators involved in this marathon manhunt talked about the sequence of events leading up to surrounding eric frein in that abandoned aircraft hangar. When they approached it they saw an individual that they thought was eric frein, and they ordered him to surrender, to get doup on his knees and raise his hands, which is what he did. Once they approached him he admitted his identity and he was taken into custody. He was turned over to the Pennsylvania State police. As the governor said, corporal dicksons handcuffs were placed on him and he was put in corporal dicksons car. Reporter there were all sorts of scenarios about how this manhunt would end. Some in a hail of bullets, some thought it would be eric freins suicide by police. Very few thought it would end peacefully as one source told me tonight, eric frein just seemed to be depleted, he seemed to have nothing left. Back to you. Doug. This began at september 12th at the state Police Barracks. Three days later, freins suv was found submergedsq in a swa near the shooting scene. By the 22nd, the manhunt involved 1,000 officers. To october on the 16th, trooper alex doug sdpl Alex Doug Douglas left the hospital and discharged to a rehab facilities. Schools were closed after a possible sighting of frein on the night of the 17th. Tonight, the 30th, eric frein is captured, ending that 48damon hunt. Our coverage of eric freins capture continues online at nbc10. Com. Nbc10s jesse gary will be live on scene and will be here at 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow. A state senator is expected to step down tomorrow after admitting to misusing her office. A tearful state senator Leanna Washington cried after taking a plea deal that will put her on house arrest for three months. She will serve 57 months probation but keep her pension. Washington admitted to using her senate staff and equipment for outside campaign fundraising. She had a message after taking the deal. Apologize to those who have been negatively impacted or affected. The Attorney Generals Office said washington is cooperating against others but would not give details. A collective sigh of relief tonight in north wilmington where this exotic cat has been found. Goo escaped from his owners home nearly two weeks ago. Authorities were warning people to stay away from the han mall but tonight the spca tells us boo has been found. Now, youre nbc10 first alert weather. Well, a cooler day today. As we go through the overnight hours tonight, its going to be colder tomorrow morning. Making for a pretty chilly halloween, kind of like today. Once the trickortreaters go out at night, a lot of them might want a jacket. As we start off the weekend, starting with saturday, some showers start to move in. Both saturday and sunday though it will be pretty windy. Saturday will be the windy, cold, rainy of the two. Right now areas north and west are in the 30s. 37 in pottstown. Mid 30s in the poconos where we do expect temperatures to get freezing there. 46 in bensalem. 49 in philadelphia. 45, wilmington andover. Low 40s through much of our south jersey suburbs. It will be colder than this as we go into tomorrow morning. For the bus stop in the morning, its going to be a cold one. Areas north and west, mid 30s around philadelphia, low 40s. And in the suburbs, about the mid 30s still. So temperatures will be colder than they were this morning as we go into the weekend. We still expect some cold afternoon temperatures. Overnight lows for the rest of the area, 37 for reading. Quakertown, 35. For the morning low in allentown and trenton, morning low temperatures will be in the upper 30s. Doylestown, 40 degrees. Mt. Holly, closer to the shore tomorrow morning, mid 40s. 36 possibly. 41 nor wilmington. About the upper 30s and areas surrounding philadelphia. Now, we are watching two other systems though as we go into the weekend. In the meantime, we will be staying dry as we go into friday. Off to our northwest and also off in the atlantic off the southeast coast, an area is forming that will be giving us some rain as we go into saturday. Future weather keeps us dry for tonight. Rain will be here for halloween. Good news as we go into friday erping, both weather systems will be closer, in between the two so you notice the rain offshore and rain off to our west. Then comes saturday. Some of this rain from offshore starts to move in. Cold air from the other system starts to get here, too. Lit be it will be a cold, windy, rainy day. One day seeing rain. Tonight, chilly, temperatures, 43 for the low in philadelphia. Mid 30s areas north and west. Tomorrow, we will stay dry. Mix of sunshine moving over to more clouds. Temperature is about the mid to upper 50s. Then as we go into your friday for hall lien, it looks good for the trickortreaters through the afternoon hours. Temperatures topping out in the upper 50s a as we go through the evening hours for the trickortreaters it will be chilly, by 7 00 p. M. , 52. By 9 00 tomorrow night, temperatures around 50 degrees. Then you see the rain as we go int saturday and sunday. You notice the clock. We set our clocks back one hour as we go into sunday morning. Next week we warm up into about the mid to upper 60s. 70 degrees on wednesday.