The fire commissioner told us when the firefighters arrived after 3 30 this twostory home was thoroughly engulfed, completely in flames. He said that relatives were here on the scene telling him that six people at one point were inside and at one point it appeared everyone had gotten out. But then they realized one of the children was missing so the mother went back inside to look for her son and she was found near the doorway of the second floor bedroom, holding her child. We can also tell you that the commissioner tells us that there were about five portable heaters inside this home and he said it is possible that the heaters ignited something flammable surrounding them and that is what caused the blaze. The commissioner also told us that there was no working Smoke Detector inside. So at this point a very sad scene here, relatives have gathered here and lets listen in to more what the commissioner just told us. Adult and a child they were found on the second floor. The mother of the child had the child in her hands. She was desperately trying to get out. She was also out but went back in to get her child. Went back in to get her child. But she couldnt make it because of the heavy fire and smoke condition. Reporter the commissioner also said that every family at this point should work on an escape plan. If everyone is out and you realize someone is missing its dangerous to go back inside and try to find that missing loved one. Were going to stay on the scene and have more on the investigation and also try to talk to relatives of the mother and child. Live from north philadelphia, Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. Now to the other breaking news story. This is a picture of officer Jesse Hartnett were about to show you, he was on duty last night when he was shot. The officer is recovering at pen presbyterian hot. Someone flagged him down in his patrol car and shot him 13 times. Officer heartnet was hit three times. The gunman was also shot before officers apprehended him. This morning we have Live Team Coverage. Katy is at the hospital. And matt delucia is live in West Philadelphia where the shooting happened. Well get to them. First, a quick check of weather and traffic. Were starting off with clouds and temperatures that are nowhere near as cold as it has been recently. Its 39 in philadelphia, above freezing in pottstown and doylestown. The temperatures will climb in spite of a cloudy day. 38 at 8 00, by 11 00, 41. We might see thinning to warm into the middle 40s. Dry during the day, but rain that will be moving in this efrpg. Hour by hour forecast when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington is watching your traffic. And bill, were watching an accident that popped up on the p. A. Turnpike eastbound between street road and delaware valley. You can see drive times on the turnpike okay those 22 minutes, out in eagles wood, the accident on the gordon state parkway in the clear, no problems or delays as you can see at 539. All lanes top. Thank you. Back to our breaking news were following this morning, Philadelphia Police officer flagged down and shot at point blank range inside his cruiser. Katy is at the hospital. First to matt delucia at the police station. Youre looking at how investigators are trying to understand. That is the question. The Police Commissioner says this was an unprovoked attempt to execute one of his officers. And the commissioner says he cannot believe that his officer was able to survive what happened. Heres why. Look at some sproo of that police car that this officer was driving. This happened last night. Jesse was in uniform on 60th street by spruce when a fan started firing a gun. He was able to get close enough that the guy was shooting his gun inside the police car tfrmt officer managed to hit the suspect as well. Enough for him to escape and get the suspect running away. That suspect did not get far. Officers caught the guy down the road. Commissioner ross not even a week into the job this was crazy, ridiculous and ambush. You look at the video we have some video we captured. One of the scariest things. This guy tried to execute the Police Officer. The Police Officer had no idea he was coming. Its amazing he is alive. You can see the suspects gun and clothing he dropped trying to get away. Until investigators talk to this guy and figure out the motive they are looking at every possibility. The scene was cleared a little more than an hour ago. There is video of this. You heard from the commissioner there that they are looking at. Were trying to get access to at least part of that video. Its a scary thing, these officers tell me little more than a year ago two were ambushed sitting in their cruiser. My colleague is live at Presbyterian Hospital. Reporter officer heartnet has been here undergoing srnlgry since soon after the shooting. Officer heartnet was alert. He had been shot at least three times. At the time of surgery he had at least one broken arm, his left arm, and significant nerve damage. We know he is 33, has a girlfriend, and he has been on the force for the last five years. His father rushed here to the hospital and was offered support by police and mayor kenney. We stood in the waiting room with his dad, dad was very upset and just very upset and concerned about his son, calling his family. Its amazing to watch what our officers and their families go through to protect us. Officer heartnetworked in West Philadelphia. In the last minutes i have spoken to some of his fellow officers who you see now are in front of the Emergency Department here at Presbyterian Hospital. They have shown up to the hospital also looking for an update since he underwent surgery. We are trying to get the newest information for you as well. Reporting live, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. Philadelphia mayor jim kenney was at the hospital aid long with the officers family. You can see what the mayor had to say about season crime in the city. And what needs to be done to stop the try lens. Well bring you updates, you can get the latest on our app or on nbc. Com anytime. Eight minutes after 6 00. The temperatures are running a good deal warmer. One of the reasons, its a cloudy morning. And its going to be a mostly cloudy day. Rain showers will hold off until this evening and this weekend too. Thats when well see some steadier rainfall. Right now its completely dry, in the pocono mountains they need the cold for snow making which is continuing. Just shy of 40 degrees in northeast philadelphia. 35, there is camelback t snow making continues. Skiing off to a great start. The clouds from the shore to the city with thicker clouds waiting in the wings, these are going to be moving in. That windchill factor give us a chance of rain. The rain is to the west. That first rainfall coming in during the evening hours, this is 11 00 tonight. The rain will be falling in philadelphia into new jersey and delaware and continue into the Early Morning hours of saturday. Its not going to be an all day rainfall on saturday but all day cloud cover. 35 this afternoon in the poconos, low 40s in allentown and reading. Along the coast, close to 50 degrees for atlantic city, cape may, rehobeth up to 49. Cloudy wilmington. 45 in swedesboro and philadelphia. Along with the rain comes warmer weather. Of at least for a couple days. Got the sevenday forecast when im back in 10 minutes. Time to get a look at those commuting in from south jersey. Somebody has that. Were doing okay so far. We had accidents, they cleared out of the way. You can see were in the green. Around the new jersey turnpike so this is the northbound side in there. You can see they are moving along nicely. Now, we do have some problems this morning and its involving septa. Were going to hit that in a second. Well start with the bridges. Heading to the walt whitman bridge, no problems. The mass tran stit, the up to 15 minute delays, a canceled train, so check before you go. Patco and dart are doing okay. Thanks. 11 past 6. We follow two braking news stories. A fire commissioner tells us there were at least five portable heaters inside that home and the family tried to put the fires out. Police say he was ambushed and the shooter trying to execute h. I. V. Well have more from new mayor jim kenney what he is saying about guns. Were following break news. A mother andch child died in a house fire. Officials tell us there were five portable heaters being used. Well have the latest on this investigation coming up. The guy literally walks up on top of him until hes got the gun inside the car and firing. I dont know how this officer survived. Philadelphia officer Jesse Hartnett is recovering after being shot three times last night. He had to undergo surgery and has at least a broken arm. Police say this was an attempted execution. Describing it the Police Commissioner did as the scariest thing hes ever seen. There is Surveillance Video from surveillance cameras nearby. Were working to get that for you. Police say the officer will be okay. The shooter was also shot, he was taken to the hospital. We dont know his condition yet. And philadelphia mayor jim kenney is speaking out about the shooting, he said this shooting demonstrates the need to keep guns out of the wrong hands. Its amazing the number of weapons that are available to people, people who are criminals, people who are mentally ill. Says more laws are needed at the state and National Level to keep guns away from dangerous people. And president obama continues to push for more gun reform in the u. S. The New York Times posted an oped written by the president to its website. The president calls gun violence an epidemic and national crisis. The president implores everyone to take personal responsibility and vows to continue what he calls common sense gun reform long after he leaves office. One froms, he wrote i will not campaign for vote for or support any candidate even in my own party who does not support common stens gun reform. Last night the president took his message to the American People headlining a cnn town hall meeting on guns. The president went over powerful lobby groups like the nra accusing them of using fear tactics to influence lawmakers. Not going to change until those who are concerned about violence, are not as focused and disciplined during election time as those who are. And im going to throw my shoulders behind folks who want to actually solve problems. White house spokesperson says representatives from the nra were invited to attend but declined to take part in that event. We have breaking traffic news, a street is closed because of this water main break. Over rockland and green streets, you can see water gushing into the streets, were told you can drive on green street right now and well let you know when the water has been turned off and the street has been reopened. Lets get more from jessica boyington. So you can see behind me pretty serious situation with this water main break. Right now its closed, rockland and green street for now. So as you can see this is video from sky force 10. Well let you know as soon as we are updated when these streets open or detours around the area. Watch for an accident scene. Emergency crews on the scene. As you can see, the p. A. Turnpike is moving nicely in the green from 22 minutes from route 1 to valley forge. P 18 minutes after 6 00. All night long clouds have stayed with us. There is a cloudy view the of center city. Thats keeping the temperatures warmer. 9 degrees warmer in philadelphia than yesterday at this time. 39 degrees the entire area is above freezing. The ice will be a good place to be. Well stay dry. We could see some rain moving in tonight. Thats penns landing at the blue cross river. You see the clouds are here, but look at the louk to our southwest. This is the thicker cloud cover thats going to bring us rain, the rain moving into ohio and west virginia. The steadier rain later this earning, early tomorrow morning, clouds for the daytime but this evening 8 00, the first raind p raindrops starting to move into pennsylvania, maryland and delaware. And then into the rest of the area, late this morning, this evening, and into early saturday morning. Scattered showers saturday morning. Most of the day looks dry but another round of rain is going to be moving in late saturday night. You can see it from the west that will be around on sunday. For today, cloudy skies, 40s this afternoon. A little bit warmer than yesterday. Tomorrow warmer, 55 degrees. The best chance of showers first thing in the morning but later in the evening then the steady rain for sunday. Look at the temperature steadily climbing. Cold is back monday. A little break on tuesday but cold enough wednesday we could see light snow showers first thing in the morning. We continue to follow this from north philadelphia, a mother and child are dead after a heater sparked a fire early this morning. Monique braxton is live on scene gathering new information. A Philadelphia Police officer recovering after being shot three times in his own cruiser. 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Around fox street north or southbound, no problem getting to the schuylkill expressway. We do have a lot of delays and problems with mass transit. Well highlight all of them when i come back in the next five minutes or so. Its a cold start in the pocono mountains, that is the cold spot. The rest of the area with clouds is running warmer. Its in the 20s in the mountains so they continue to make snow. 38 degrees here at nbc 10. We were at 40 degrees until an hour ago, and well be back in the 40s but its going to be a cloudy one today. As far as rain is concerned there is the rain on the way. Well go through the forecast to show you when to expect to use your umbrella. A Police Officer is in the hospital after he was shot on duty. One of the scariest things ive ever seen. This guy tried to execute the Police Officer. The Police Officer had no idea he was coming. You can count on nbc 10 to continue to follow the investigation in this police shooting. Were also live at Presbyterian Hospital where that officer is recovering from gunshot wounds, well update his condition as we continue our Live Team Coverage right after the break. We have breaking news, a mother runs backs in her burning home to save her child and both are found dead near the front door. Lets get to nbc 10 Monique Braxton. The fire commissioner broke this tragic news. Reporter he did. And he was trying to hold back his emotions himself. Its a difficult scene out here. Weve just spoken to family. We learned that mother is in her late 20s, the baby that she was cradling in her arms trying to protect him from the flames and the smoke was 2 years old. She was about 5 or 6 months pregnant. Im going to get out of the way and show you whats going on as we showed you what firefighters saw when they arrived after 3 30 this morning. A twostory structure, heavily engulfed, we spoke to people who tried to rescue members of the family including the children inside. Two adults and four children. The commissioner said when the mother realized her son had not escaped she went back inside. Firefighters found her dead, holding herston near the doorway of the front bedroom on the second floor. A relative was trying to fight the flames. We were told or informed that there were at least five portable heaters used in this home. Thats the number one issue. On monday i tweeted out that if youre going to use space heaters, space heaters need space. The second concern is one of the family members tried to fight this fire themselves. And because they were trying to fight this fire, it delayed everyone getting out. Reporter the commissioner also tells us there were no working Smoke Detectors inside this home. Neighbors detector was sounding off when the firefighters arrived. We have watched in the past half hour as l and i arrived and the fire marshal has continued to sift through the debris, combing through the rubble to confirm the exact cause of this blaze. For now we can tell you according to family, a mother, young mother in her late 20s, a 2yearold, her son and a baby she had not given birth to are all deceas