Police presence. Things have quieted, but investigators are still in the neighborhood, still focused on the home where the suspect lived and barricaded himself with weapons. [ inaudible ] armed with weapons according to police, he was shot dead. In the light, you can get a good idea of how intense the standoff was. The Tactical Team used explosive devices on all sides of the home trying to get sealy to surrender. Early on they learned from his family that he shot and killed state Police CorporalSteven Ballard at a wawa parking lot wednesday. The reason why is still being investigated. Corporal Steven Ballard spent more than eight years with dwash state police. He was married delaware state police. He was married and leaves behind a wife and 5yearold stepdaughter. Colleagues said he loved his job, but he adored his family. Steve first and foremost is fame guy. He was very close to louise and abigail. Steve was the kind of guy that texted louise every day when she got to work, to make sure she got to work every morning. First and foremost was always his family. Reporter at a News Conference yesterday, we were touched at how many colleagues and state troopers were emotional just giving the details of Corporal Steven ballard, the case, and just the kind of person he was. Weve learned that the community is emotional, as well. Coming up, how he touched the lives of Elementary School students and what theyre doing special today. For now, reporting live in middletown, delaware, nbc10 news. Thank you. The story touched a lot of people. People were thinking about corporal ballards death during a memorial 5k in wimbledon. It was in honor of another lieutenant killed in the line of duty, joseph zerbea. He was stabbed to death by a suspect in 2011. Money raised during the event goes to a Scholarship Fund in his honor. Good evening, and welcome to the nfl draft. [ cheers ] come on, philly, come on [ wild cheers ] there you go. You want some of that . Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell got what you might call a philadelphia welcome when he opened the draft in front of the art museum last night. You heard the boos. He heard the boos. Like, come on all right. Im in philly. Come on, bring it. Thats great. Heres a live look at the parkway where its a little bit more calm this hour than it was yesterday last night at 8 00. The nfl draft experience resumes today at noon. The draft picks up at 7 00 with rounds two and three. The eagles have one pick in each of the rounds. With the 14th pick in the 2017 nfl draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select Derek Barnett, defensive end, tennessee. Thats awesome. The eagles took an edge rusher in the reggie white tradition as their firstround pick. Eagles fans along the parkway went wild when the commissioner announced Derek Barnett of the university of tennessee. Heres his first reaction in becoming an eagle in front of his new hometown fans. I heard the fans are very passionate. And i know im going to an organization with a lot of great players. Like i said, i cant wait. Im ready to get to work. Both points true. He broke reggie whites sack record at tennessee. He went on to become a legend and hall of famer. And temples Haason Reddick went to the cardinals with the 13th pick. One pick before the eagles. Reddicks from camden, he was a walkon who made all conference last season. He will join the former temple coach now head coach in arizona. Man, this the place with a fellow temple guy. Thats special. Thats special. How many people, you know, coming from this job are going to say that theyre going to play for a fellow alum . Its going to be really special. Nice. Is that a gucci jacket . What you do you think . I dont know. They were all well dressed. Expensive, i know that. Count on nbc10 to bring complete coverage of day two of the nfl draft in philadelphia. Well have updates all morning on whats happening later today. Nbc10s pam osborne is on the parkway now. Well check in with her at 5 00. Heres some of the stories were following in the day ahead we begin with the Seth Williams corruption case. Philadelphias District Attorney is facing a deadline of today from a federal judge. This is the last day that williams can ask for a delay of his trial which is right now set to begin on may 31st. Prosecutors asked for more time to prepare, but they didnt get it. A grand jury indicted williams on bribery and fraud charges. Williams pleaded not guilty. Yesterday he put his home in overbrook up for sale for 450,000. Williams recently said hes having financial troubles. The house includes a new 45,000 roof that prosecutors say is just one of the gifts williams illegally accepted in exchange for favors. Happening today in trenton, new jersey lawmakers will hold a hearing on the commuter crisis facing amtrak and new Jersey Transit. The heads of the organizations will testify on recent breakdowns and how to move commuters during repairs at penn station this summer. Today is day two of the penn relays at franklin field. Throa athletes are competing in the 123rd annual meet. It includes twotime champion English Gardner from voorheis. Relays run through tomorrow. Convicted cop killer eric frein is official oh death row. Well tell you what happened in court and hear a message from the state trooper who survived freins ambush. Bike ride blame. What Police Charged in connection with this scene on the vine street expressway. Classroom surprise. Well show where this creature popped up and startled a group of third graders. Whoa. A few rain showers this morning. Theyve already passed boathouse row. A nice view, all lit up. 66 degrees at 4 37. Thats going to be a warm one, but theres even warmer weather ahead. The neighborhood forecast coming up. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington with you with a quick check on the roads. In clayton, new jersey, were watching for a road closure. Route 47, there are poles down from a crash around academy street. Both directions are closed. They are detouring traffic for now around the scene. You should be fine to follow any of those detours for now, especially considering its so early. Were not seeing tons of traffic now. Heres route 73. Also in new jersey. This is around 295. Cameras look good. Both directions, no jams. No problems. No accidents either. In pottstown, theres one on Wilson Street right around north adams street. If youre taking 95 and moving through delaware, youll be good for the most part. Checking in with drive times here. 11 minutes on the northbound side from 295 to 495 with speeds into the high 50s there. 20 minutes before 5 00. Another warm start. And dry in philadelphia. See something showers in south jersey and delaware, but theyve already exited philadelphia. It will stay dry for rest. 66 now. 67 at 8 00. Look at the warmup. From the 60s through the 70s, by lunchtime, well be near 80 degrees. Then into the 80s this afternoon. Some perfect weather for the penn relays. Plenty of sunshine today. Look at those temperatures. When it hits close when it hits 80 degrees, just after noon, we stay into the 80s right on into the evening hours. The suburbs, a few scattered clouds. Youll see sunshine. Clouds left over from the showers overnight. 73 degrees at 10 00. Look at the sunshine. Right on through this afternoon. 80 degrees by 4 00. The lehigh valley, a little bit of light fog to start with. There will be some foggy spots this morning as theres plenty of moisture around. Temperatures are starting to warm up already. 77 at noon. Any fog disappears quickly. 80s this afternoon for the lehigh valley. New jersey seeing showers, they wont last. Theyll be exiting the area. Like the rest of the area, into the upper 70s at noon. At the shore, 66. 60s to start with. A Beautiful Day at the shore, 70s, winds out of the southwest. At 2 00 this afternoon to ten Miles Per Hour. A few raindrops now. But theyll be done first thing this morning. By 10 00, nice and sunny. Look at those afternoon temperatures. Cant beat it. It gets even warmer tomorrow. Got your weekend forecast when i come back with the ten day on 10 in ten minutes. Thanks for that. A philadelphia teacher is using the nfl draft to get a message across. Well show how the highflying swipe at city hall went off. Commuter excuse. The new service for new Jersey Transit that could help get you out of trouble if you are late for work. Our countybycounty coverage begins in pike county. The story of eric frein has ended. The judge formally sentenced him to death for the murder of a trooper in 2014. A trooper who was injured had a message for people who target police. These cowards that are out there cant get away with murdering or causing severe injury to any Law Enforcement officer. This goes as an example to show that theyre not going to get away with it. It could be many years before frein could be put to death. His Attorney Says the sentence will be automatically appealed to the state supreme court. Theres currently a moratorium on the Death Penalty in pennsylvania. To camden. The jury in the d. J. Creato murder trial visited the creek yesterday where the body of 3yearold Brendan Creato was found. Prosecutors say the father killed his son to please plays teenage girlfriend who to please his teenage girlfriend who didnt like kids. The defense claims the child may have wandered from his fathers apartment in the middle of the night. The trial resumes tuesday. Police in princeton searching for a peeping tom that this is a sketch. He followed a woman into a restroom at triumph bureau sunday night brewery sunday night and peeked through a crack in the stall. If you recognize him, call princeton police. The fate of this iconic skin in Burlington County will be decided next month. Olgas will soon be torn down. Sites developers have offered to salvage the sign after requests from people in the community who say it has nostalgic value. Township leaders say the next step to check the condition to see if the sign can be moved to another spot. In atlantic county, Spirit Airlines is back serving Atlantic City national airport. They resumed seasonal flights from boston and atlanta. Spirit also added an additional roundtrip between Atlantic City and orlando. The service runs through the summer. Flights to and from atlanta will continue into the fall. And today, Governor Tom Wolf and penndot officials will celebrate the start of Major Construction on route 322 in delaware county. Crews will widen a nearly sevenmile stretch of the highway from route 1 to just east of route 452. Route 322 will go from two lanes to four in that area. A grass median will be added. A Montgomery County bridge is now shut down due to safety concerns. The fedders mill road bridge spans lower moreland and bryn athyn. It was originally built in 1883. Penndot officials are looking for a shortterm fix. Until they come up with something, traffic will be diverted around the bridge. If you ever wished you could get an excuse note for running late to work, new Jersey Transit is now on track with it. This is crazy. The railroad says it will now offer riders excuse letters if a late train delayed their arrival to work or another obligation. N. J. Transit came up with the policy after a sears of derailments series of derailments, breakdowns, and delays. You can ask for a note on the website or pick one up at one of its Customer Service offices. Heres a better idea be on time. I want a stack of notes. I dont take the train. Want a stack of notes to have them handy in case. I dont take the train k. They give me a few . Exactly. I help them out all the time. Not just for work. Anything you ever go that youre late. Sorry. Exactly. New Jersey Transit was late yesterday afternoon on the train. 78, well start there. Nobodys late here yet. If they do, its your fault. No problems or delays so far. Everythings moving along. Moving through the lehigh valley. A crash in springfield. Fairway road around t road. Its been there since earlier. And pottstown, another crash. Slippery in spots causing probably some of the problems. On Wilson Street around north adams and the p. A. Turnpike looks good so far. You can see the roads are green. 23 minutes on that westbound side. Route 1 to valley forge with average speeds into the 60s. Ill check in with more of the problem spots in the area and new jersey roads when i come back. Thank you. About 12 minutes before 5 00 a. M. Another hohum warm day. Really . I think yeah. Way warmer than its supposed to be, right, bill . A hohumidity d day. That sounds boring to me. If you like warm temperatures for the weekend humming a tune. There are clouds and a breeze out of the southwest. Thats really going to fuel our warmup today. Right now, the winds are light. Out of the southwest this afternoon to eight Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. Nine in wimbledon. Nine in wilmington. Starting off warmer this morning. 60 in the lehigh valley. The suburbs, 57. A few showers in delaware and south jersey, into the 60s. In philadelphia, 66 at philadelphia international. Just summerton is cooler at 59 right now. The bus stop, a warm one. And it will be dry. The clouds will be thinning out in Atlantic City, 59 degrees. Lots of sunshine for reading, exton, quakertown, allentown, clouds. Philadelphia, 8 00, 68 degrees. Trenton also at 68 at 8 00. Right now, if youre leaving the house, this is what youll see in delaware and south jersey. Showers. Light showers. No storms here. There were thunderstorms off to the north. Theyre done for us for today. Vineland, just line rain. Its going to get just light rain. Its going to get steadier but wont last. Moving through gloucester, camden, and burlington counties. Dry for the rest of the day. See how nice and clear it is . Thats our day today. And clear this evening, too. But this wet weather that is to the west, thats going to be moving in overnight tonight. And may be with us first thing tomorrow. This is noontime today. Look at that. Clear for filled. You see scattered clouds to the west. Those are the clouds that will be building this evening to the west. Were still nice and clear at 9 00 this evening. Beautiful day. And then the clouds finally start to increase early tomorrow morning. And to start the day, well get rain tomorrow morning. Thats 4 30 in the morning. You see showers that are moving through, and a possibility of thunderstorms tomorrow morning. It doesnt last. Well be clearing out and seeing lots of sunshine during the day. Its going to be a warm weekend. These showers and thunderstorms, thats in the morning first thing. Then it will clear in the afternoon. The temperatures soar close to the record high in philadelphia of 90 degrees. 80s for the rest of the area. Then cooler as a cold front comes through. That will drop temperatures on sunday. Theres a chance of a shower on sunday, but it doesnt look like a big threat. Next week after the warmup for today and tomorrow, a warmup after the cooldown on sunday. Monday, showers and thunderstorms. Back to sunshine and 70s for tuesday and wednesday. More wet weather for thursday, friday, and into next saturday. Looks like its going to be a sunny sunday. Next sunday well be near 70 degrees. All right. Heres a warning, bill hes calling your forecast hohum, but i said something during the commercial, and he tweeted everything i said. Thats what i do. New details on an unusual sight in philadelphia. Remember this we showed the video earlier this week. A large group of bicyclists taking to the vine street expressway. This was last weekend. Cell phone video went viral. Police say the teen who organized the ride is facing charges. We dont know if anyone else will be charged. Bikes are not permitted on freeways in pennsylvania without penndots permission. At the jersey shore, a deal to convert the old Atlantic Club casino in Atlantic City into a family water park is once again off the table. The Property Owner said developers failed to meet a deadline to secure financing. Its the second time in two years that a deal to sell the old casino has fallen through. The owners said there are six possible bidders to the property. And hes confident a new deal can be finalized soon. The atlanta club closed in 2014. Its not the only casino having trouble finding new life. The trump plaza says the owner is trying to sell it. The new owner of the revel casino announced opening dates but keeps running into red tape with the city and state. Other casinos had better luck. The showboat reopened last summer as a hotel. The hard rock announced its buying the trump taj mahal. President trump will visit central pennsylvania tomorrow to mark his 100th day in office with a rally at the Pennsylvania Farm Show kblcomplex in harrisb. A key place for the win in trumps election. An update on the rare copy of the declaration of independence found in the uk last week. Experts are trying to find out how it got there among other things. The handwritten document was stored in a county Record Office in southern england for more than 60 years. Harvard researchers say the manuscript dates back to the 1780s and was likely written in philadelphia or new york. British scientists will be doing tests on the ink and parchment and trying to figure out who owns it. An archivist says the find is still a mystery. When was it made . Where was it made . Why was it made . And who was it made for . And then how did it get here . Officials valued and insured the parchment for an undisclosed