Of my bikes officers engaged in the community and addressing crime issues every night. Here he was at 52nd and master streets last night tracking down a man police connected to drug activity. Investigators say the man told caustic, quote, i dont want to have to do this before shooting his weapon prompting the officer to return fire. I can only surmise that he didnt want to be caught. Police say their suspect has a long criminal history, mostly with drug crime. Investigators plan to charge him soon as doctors continue to treat his gun shot injuries. Back at his hospital room the mayor stopped by to wish him well. And the entire Police Department says its been overwhelmed by the kind and encouraging words following another example of the risks officers take to protect this city. They just want to say thanks for everybodys support, all the well wishes, the prayers. And his bosses here at the 19th district dont expect him to be off the job for too long. When describing the work ethic, they said he worked the past two years without taking a single day off. Live in West Philadelphia, nbc 10 news. Sky force 10 over a Police Shooting in south philadelphia. Started on south 25th street when officers were called about a report of a man with a gun. When they arrived, they spotted the guy. One officer drew her gun and thats when police and a suspect reached for his gun. And that is where the officer fired her gun. No one was hit. The bullet did go to a u. P. S. Truck parked across the street. A second suspect ran away through wilson park and still on the loose. The manhunt is on for the gunman. Nbc 10 was on the scene of a late night shooting. Someone fired 12 shots as he was delivering chinese food. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante has been following this story all day. Shes live this afternoon at police headquarters. Youve been talking to investigators who have been trying to piece together what happened . They are. Theyre trying to figure out, was it one suspect or more than one . 12 casings were recovered at the scene. They say the victim was shot once. Now tonight, theyre hoping that someone that knows about this case will come forward. New China Restaurant has been closed since the shooting. Those who work in the neighborhood at 5800 rising sun avenue say they would often see zing in his car smoking a cigarette or at times inside helping the cooks. In the 500 block of Hill Creek Park when police say he was shot in the shoulder. It appears to be a robbery at this point. But, again, investigators arent excludeing anything. Theyre going to continue to investigate. But just based on what we have right now, it appears to be a robbery. So, again, theyre going to continue to look to make sure thats exactly what it is. So far, police say no witnesses have come forward or anyone who saw the shooting. Police say at some point, he got back in his car and didnt get far. He went to the 500 block of adams avenue before he crashed into a fence. Were not sure if he had already made the delivery or he was you know returning from making the delivery back to his vehicle. Reporter tonight police are searching the car looking for video and evidence in the case and hoping someone who knows what happened will call police reminding those in the know there is cash to be had for information. Theres somebody that probably saw this incident unfold. Its just whether or not theyre willing to come forward and provide us information. Hopefully if its not their conscience, maybe the 20,000 will. Again, that 20,000 available for anyone who has information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case were told that investigators are back out at the scene tonight looking for more evidence. Reporting live at police headquarters, nbc 10 news. Thank you, deanna. Developing now, the spca is developing the death of two dogs. They were found in a home. The owner was cited for a lack of food. The owner also surrendered two dogs that are alive. Its not clear yet how the other two animals died. A cool spring day. Athletes and spectators. Our live Sky Cam Network shows the scene at University City this friday afternoon. Expect some shivering in the stands tonight. First pitch at Citizens Bank park at 7 05. And the temperatures will dip further overnight. Glenn hurricane schwartz is here with word of a freeze watch. Its supposed to be spraying. Yeah its now been upgraded to a freeze warning for a good bit of the area. The clear skies, thats one factor, the other factor will be the wind diminishing. Its still windy out there now. You can see a lot of the blue in the sky. That will allow the temperature to go down p even more. Last night, we had temperatures that were in the 30s we have wind gusts of over 20 miles an hour tonight with the wind going down that will allow for the freeze warnings. Well show you just what areas are there and exactly how cold its going to get where you live with the rest of the 7day in a few minutes. Thank you, glenn. New this afternoon at 4 30 the cold and local crop concerns its creating. Nbc 10 talks to local growers about the impact of the weather on the farms and what it can mean for you, the consumer. Its all new this afternoon at 4 30. A murder mystery in the city of redding. Police found a man shot to death behind the wheel of an suv late last night. Now theyre trying to figure out who did it. They also havent identified the victim but say he was in his 20s. Philadelphia police hope new video will help them catch the person behind an assault in bella vista. Cameras captured the get away back on april 15th. Witnesses say the suspect knocked the victim unconscious on south 8th street. If you recognize this man, you are asked to call police. Take a look at this guy walking into a wawa. Police say hes about to sneak into the back of the store and steal workers wallets and purses. Officers say the theft happened late tuesday night, call Philadelphia Police with any tips. Check out this video showing a septa bus on fire in south philadelphia. The bus was on broad street near the Wells Fargo Center when it caught fire early this morning. One of our colleagues at Comcast Sportsnet shot this video. There were no passengers onboard the bus. Investigators looking into what sparked that fire. The former head of an elite delaware prep school is going to prison for dealing child porn. 55yearold Christopher Wheeler was convicted in december. He was sentenced today to 50 years in prison. Wheeler was the headmaster at tower hills school in wilmington. It was founded by the dupont family. Its graduates include senator chris coontz and dr. Oz. Continuing now with a scare in the suburbs. A gas station clerk comes face to face with a crime duo. One of them armed with a gun. A man and a woman burst into the gas station and then took the cash. Yeah, but thats not all. The crime happened in Washington Township. And as nbc 10 south jersey reporter cydney long tells us they escaped. But almost wasnt a clean get away. Reporter watch this store clerk jump to his feet. A handgun pointed in his face as a man wearing a bandanna and gloves and a woman order him to empty the register. Thats scary. It is really, really scary. I mean youre working because you have to feed your family. And police are asking the public to take note of the mans clothing. He had a sweatshirt that has three large letters, csi on them pretty distinctive. The stores 16 camera Surveillance System caught the duo running to their car. Watch as the man speeds off. His female accomplice gets caught in the rear drivers side door and dragged across the parking lot. She breaks loose and stumbles to gather stolen cigarettes and lottery tickets before the pair drive away. Police say the female is likely badly scraped up. Its about 600. The stores owner tells me he changed the 24hour store to an 11 00 p. M. Closing, his clerk too shaken up to work overnight. I was scared to come back. Usually in the morning, though. My morning commute. But i know its really scary, though. But ive been living here for nine years and never heard about anything like that happening here. Police say if the pair tries to cash in on the scratchoffs it could blow their cover. They have identifying marks on them. Reporter they hope someone recognizes them first. Our hope is between the still shots and the video released someone will be able to identify them. From Washington Township cydney long nbc 10 news. Police say a pair of drug dealers put a 2yearold child in harms way. Pennsauken Police Arrested two. A 2yearold boy was living in the home. Now the pair faces child endangerment, drug and weapons charges. Today, a philadelphia mother shares her heartbreak with nbc 10 just days after a hitandrun driver took the life of her toddler. Nbc 10s jacqueline london is live in the Digital Operations Center this afternoon. And jacqueline we caught up with the mom as the Community Came together to celebrate the life of little david. Yes, renee, and david was 2 years old when he was hit and killed. It happened nearly two weeks ago now. His mother Josephine Rivera was also struck by the driver who then left the scene. Today, about a dozen kids from the lighthouse preschool program helped plant a tree in memory of david. Riveras sister is enrolled in the preschool and part of that group today. Davids family has been part of the lighthouse for many years. The school wanted to honor davids memory with something that would live on. The 2yearold died after being hit by a car on april 13th at lehigh avenue and masher street. Police say the up can lcouple that owns the car turned it over to investigators one week ago but say they were not the ones driving. They say they loaned the car to a 19yearold relative. She wants the driver responsible for her sons death to take responsibility. I want to hurry up and catch him. Hes out here somewhere, you know. He might be passing through my house sometimes trying to look at my face or something. Or, you know hes out here, trust me. He is. Tonight, the family will be handing out flyers at the scene of the accident hoping to spark someones memory of what happened and maybe help police catch the killer. In the Digital Operations Center, jacqueline london, nbc 10 news. And Funeral Services will be held tomorrow for a much loved st. Josephs prep school student. Ryan gillyard collapsed last saturday morning. Students at joes prep were able to attend services next to campus today to remember their friend. The wake was not open to the public. But the funeral will be held tomorrow in havertown. Friends say he will be remembered for his love of life sports performing in the school play and helping cook for patients at the Ronald Mcdonald house. The lawyer for a reputed former philly mob boss is celebrating the legal victory that freed his client. Hes out of a florida prison and no longer under any supervisor. He has been behind bars since january. Prosecutors argued he violated parole by secretly meeting with other mobsters. The attorney says, quote, maybe now federal Law Enforcement will stop following him to cigar bars and restaurants and spend that same time investigating terrorist organizations. All right. How about this next story . A bomb thats been around since world war ii is now history. The 500pound bomb found in yesterday. Explosive experts detonated it because it was deemed to be too dangerous to keep around. Happening now. You may hear more booms coming from the joint base. Artillery training is now going on until 11 00 p. M. And then again tomorrow from 7 00 a. M. Till 11 00 p. M. The marines are doing Field Training over the next two days. Therell be cannon fire, dont be surprised if you feel the ground shake if youre near that area. Well the deal is officially dead. As we first told you yesterday, comcast will no longer try to buy time warner cable. Comcast confirmed today it called off plans to buy the rival company because of opposition from federal regulators. The 45 billion merger wouldve combined the two largest cable providers in the country. It would have also put more than half of all highspeed internet customers under one company. The fcc have raised concerns that the deal would give comcast too much power. Comcast chairman and ceo Brian Roberts says its time to move on. We thought we could get the deal approved and make our case. The Justice Department called the decision a victory. Eric holder says quote, the companys decision to abandon this deal is the best outcome for american consumers. Comcast is the Parent Company of nbc 10. Throwing his support behind Hillary Clinton for president. I think Hillary Clinton is prepared for to not only be commander in chief, but a great president. She spent a lifetime not just in Public Service itself but a lifetime in Public Service to help everyday americans. Now, last time around casey endorsed barack obama over clinton in that hardfought 2008 democratic president ial primary. Clinton facing more scrutiny over a series of controversy she will testify in public next month about private emails regarding the benghazi attack, and then, theres this new book clinton cash that charges the clintons with conflicts of interest. There are claims her foundation was given large sums of money in exchange for favorable actions by the state department. The Clinton Campaign says theres no evidence that ever happened. There are three declared republican candidates in the race for president. Senators paul cruz rand paul and marco rubio have thrown their hat into the ring. Authorities are revealing details about a plot to attack the vatican five years ago. They say the attack was planned but never carried out by islamic extremists. Pope francis is, quote, very calm about the revellations. The new information comes as Police Announce arrests in a decades long investigation into a Terror Network in italy. Police arrested nine suspects and theyre looking for nine more. Three of them are still believed to be in italy. Authorities say this is a group that was planning the attack at a vatican in 2010. Theyre also suspected in a bomb attack in pakistan that killed more than 100 people. Prosecution has wrapped up its case in the penalty phase of Boston Marathon bomber tsarnaev. The same jury has to decide if he has to be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison. The defense begins presenting its case next week. It says tsarnaevs life should be spared because his older brother was the master mind of the attack. Terrifying moments at a high school as a stage collapses during a student play in westfield, indiana. Take a look the a this again. Everyone plummets out of sight and into the orchestra pit below. Cameras capture the collapse. At least 12 people hurt in last nights accident. One of them critically. Westfields mayor visited the injured students. The girls that i visited. They were of great spirits. And we talked about their performances. And they were they were couple of them said im going to be right back on stage. Investigators at the school today trying to figure out what caused the collapse. Well the American Flag was sure flapping in Delaware City today. Sun made it easier to tolerate the wind. In fact, there were some people out in shorts today, not many. I certainly wouldnt be there. Id be wearing gloves, too. I get teased about that sometimes. But it is cold out there. And its going to be even colder tonight, of course. Weve got cold winds, again, during the day today. We have the freeze watch being upgraded to the warning. And were tracking rain coming across, at least southern portions of the area. Its 55 degrees right now. Look at the wind. 23 gusting to 30 miles an hour. And the humidity is very, very low. Now, the temperature of course will be dropping its going to be going down into the mid 40s by midnight this is in philadelphia itself and then down to about 34 by daybreak. In some of the suburbs, of course, the temperature will probably be at least five six degrees colder on windy nights, the temperatures are fairly uniform. But tonight will not be a windy night. Its windy now, and so the temperatures are uniform. Pretty much in the mid50s. Northwest wind continues and the average winds is over 20 miles an hour in some spots. Wilmington, 25, gusting over 30 miles an hour. And so the freeze warning from 2 00 a. M. Until 8 00 a. M. Covers most of the area. So the actual air temperature at 32 or below, so youve got to protect the plants and flowers or anything thats sensitive outside. Now, freeze warning, advisory for 2 00 a. M. Until 8 00 a. M. , that is for all of delaware. Delaware county philadelphia, Cape May County the actual temperature at the instrument level may be a little bit above freezing but it could be below freezing right at the ground. So were going to have patchy frost tonight as the wind dies down. Here are the predicted lows. 28 in allentown and redding, 29 quakertown and doylestown. 30 degrees in norristown, 32 in west chester, and vineland, 28 degrees. If it goes calm even lower than that. 34 degrees in dover. Theres more sunshine today that helped a little bit with the temperature. But this moisture, thats coming in at least to southern parts of the area. High pressure goes to the south thats going to allow the moisture to come in. Now, this low is going to track south of the area. Were going to be on the edge of this rainfall. That means delaware and extreme south jersey have the best chance to seeing some of that rain. Saturday night and into sunday morning. For tonight, weve got mostly clear skies. Weve got the freeze and frost in the suburbs. 34 degrees in philadelphia, 28 north and west. And then during