The night before that theres all this drug activity constantly going on. Reporter the badly wounded officer was rushed to a hospital. Residents of the apartment house were evacuated. S. W. A. T. Officers surrounded the building. A state Police Helicopter flew overhead as a loud flash bang was fired. The hope it would startle and distract the attackers. S. W. A. T. Officers moved quickly. Several women and a plan were taken into custody. The man described as the suspect in the shooting was put inside this Sharon Hill Police car and driven from the scene. As the operation wound down and officers departed, grateful folcroft residents applauded. If you got a heart to shoot the cops that are protecting us you would hurt any innocent one. Thats what im looking at. Yeah, children. We got children, we got innocent citizens live around here and if you got the ought to shoot at a cop what would you have done to us. Reporter we heard that from a number of residents and neighbors today. If someone is violent enough to shoot a Police Officer hes too violent to be in our community. Live in folcroft, john rawlins channel6 action news. Back to you all. All right, john, thank you. And after officer dorman was shot, his fellow officers took him in a patrol car vehicle to mercy fitzgerald hospital shortly after he arrived dorman was then transported to penn Presbyterian Hospital. And thats where hes recovering right now and thats where action News Reporter trish harder man continues our coverage tonigh tonight. Trish. Reporter rick, officer Christopher Dorman is in critical but stable condition tonight. He has undergone two surgeries so far earlier today. We heard from police here at the hospital who told us more about officer dorman and his injuries. The chief of Folcroft Police spoke glowingly about 25yearold Christopher Dorman who was shot multiple times this morning after only one year with the force and a history of community service. Hes a folcroft resident. Hes been a folcroft volunteer fireman and then became a Police Officer a little over a year ago. Hes done enough to serve his community constantly. Reporter officer dorm plan joined the Folcroft Police force in june of last year. This Morning Police say he was ambushed while responding to a report of drug activity behind an apartment complex on elmwood avenue. We have multiple officers on. He just happened to be the first officer on the scene. The second officer on the scene our detective put him in his car and took him to fitzgerald Mercy Hospital. Reporter officers photographed that vehicle before together it away. Dorman was quickly triages ported to penn presbyterian and according to the chief was awake and talking. Sources say dorman was shot seven times. The chief says doctors told him dorm plans bulletproof vest may have saved his life. He was talking to the detective that brought him down here, to the first hospital and he was able to speak, he was conscious. He was able to give a description of the actor so he did very well under the circumstances. Reporter the chief says dormans mother and father are here at the hospital. Weve also seen a number of officers here showing their support as well. The chief described dorman as an outstanding Police Officer. Again, officer dorman is in critical but stable condition here at penn presbyterian. Were live in West Philadelphia, Trish Hartman channel6 action news. Rick. Trish, thank you. Massive manhunt for officer dormans attacker caused were egg delays for passengers traveling along the northeast corridor. Both amtrak and septa suspended service during the search leaving hundreds stranded in delaware. Passengers told action news they had to improvise to pass the time. Were going pick through every fruit that they have available to eat and vegetable, see how long that will take and then well walk around, probably bothersome people around us and hope everybody stays patient with us, also. Both amtrak and septa trains are back to running a normal schedule tonight. Action news has been sending alerts about this story all day long through our 6abc news app. And well continue to follow the story into the evening. You can get updates on air, online at 6abc. Com and our and social media platforms. All right, rick at the big board now with the decision by british voters on the socalled brexit plan. The vote to leave the European Union caught investors around the world off guard sending markets into a tail spin. While the trading day ended on wall street just about an hour ago and stocks fell sharply acrosstheboard. Analysts say retailers took the biggest hits because of increased trade barriers that could lead to higher costs of operation. The dow jones dropped more than 600 points ending the day down nearly three and a half percent. The nasdaq fell more than 200 points. The s p 500 meantime dipped 75 points. Experts say Financial Investments in the u. S. Could take a big hit as well. Its definitely going to have implications and i think everyone is trying to understand what the landscape is going to be moving forward. Clearly this is something that we have not experienced before. And the mood is just as tense overseas. The vote to leave the eu barely passed with just 52 percent of people voting for the brexit here so to get out of the union. The vote did not just spook investors, it also caused britains Prime Minister to resign while leaders from around the world call for actions of unity and increased trade talks. Of course well have more on the political fallout from the brexit vote coming up at 5 30. Rick. All right, sharrie, thank you. The fbi says they have not turned up any credible evidence that the gunman in the orlando massacre was gay or pursuing gay relationships. Federal officials have been looking deep into the background of omar mateen after mateen opened fire inside of the pulse nightclub earlier this month. Some Media Outlets quoted men saying mateen had reached out to them on gay dating apps. The fbi now says after 500 interviews, that does not appear to be the case. Officials have said the gunman was radicalized at some point before the attack and they believe he was acting alone. 49 people were killed in the shooting including philadelphia teenager akyra murray. The budding basketball star was enjoying a night out with her cousin and her friend when she was caught in the gunfire. Today murrays friends and family said their final goodbyes. Action News ReporterKatherine Scott has the emotional story from West Philadelphia. Reporter today at Monumental Baptist Church in West Philadelphia a celebration of the life of 18yearold akyra murray. She ranked third in her graduating class at west catholic was a star basketball player, a 1,000point scorer. She had determination, warmth, joy, a young woman excited to start a new adventure at Mercyhurst University in the fall with a full athletic scholarship. Akyras life sure did shine. It shined everywhere she went. It shined in the classroom, it shined in the community and it shined on the basketball court. Reporter but earlier this month akyra lost her life when a gunman stormed pulse nightclub in orlando. Her friend patience carter seen here on crutches was also shot in the massacre. As was akyras cousin tiara parker. Many wore red akyras favorite color. Her teammates wore basketball jerseys. Mayor kenney was joined by elected officials from the city and state who wanted to pay their respects. We embrace west catholic friend and we love them all. Reporter through dance, through prayer, through song there was sorrow and grief but also joy for having known her. She will always be remembered. It is well with my soul reporter a lot of powerful tributes here today. They also read out the names of the 48 other victims who were killed in this mass shooting. In West Philadelphia, Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. A prayer vigil will be held tonight for the fouryearold girl who was slot and killed in her north philadelphia home. Threats lets go liv. Lets go live to the 1800 block of north 20th street. The vigil is set to get under way in less than 30 minutes and sources tell action news that authorities believe the fouryearold accidentally shot herself in the head yesterday afternoon. Actor 50s wants to highlight the importance of locking guns up at home. All right. Time now for a check of our action news traffic report friday night. All right. Lets go live to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center. Hey, matt. Hey, matt. You know friday evenings in the summer time are always a little crazy rick and sharrie. This one is especially. We have a whole bunch of problems and now septas Manayunk NorristownRegional Rail line is not running. All trains halted because of some downed wires. So some of you that normally use that line might be able to use the norristown high speedline but expect overcrowding there. Weve been way overcrowded on the schuylkill eastbound this afternoon. Then continues from the turnpike tolls through this points near gulph mills into the conshohocken curve. The bit of good news is the broken down truck there has finally been moved so both the eastbound lanes are reopened and our vehicle fire in Burlington County on 295 is gone. Recovering there. Weve seen extra heavy delays on southbound garden state parkway because of the weather and a crash on the shoulder, rick and sharrie. All right. Thank you, matt. We want to go live now to a News Conference held by Folcroft Police department and District Attorney jack whelan discussing the shooting of that Police Officer this morning. Lets listen in. Received a call of an individual, black male, about 6foot wearing dark clothing behind 1528 elmwood avenue in folcroft. He was alleged to be violating act 64, which is the drug act and it appeared from the person there called in there he was actually selling Illegal Drugs behind that apartment complex at 1528 elmwood avenue. Officer Christopher Dorman received that call and responded to that location. Officer dorman arrived, exited his police vehicle, encountered the defendant. A scuffle ensued and the defendant callously drew his weapon and fired at officer dorman striking him seven times. Once in the face, four times in the chest, once in the groin and once in the leg. At this point a second folcroft officer was dispatched, was en route, was on the street behind the apartment building, actually was able to see the struggle, exited his vehicle and the defendant at this point in time turned the gun and started to shoot at the second officer in a second attempt to kill another folcroft officer. He received a call over the radio he could hear officer dorman indicating that he was shot. Officer dorman was able to go through the apartment, through the alley between the two buildings and ended up on elmwood avenue where a third folcroft officer was able to attempt to render aid and place the injured officer dorman in his vehicle, rush him to fitzgerald Mercy Hospital whereupon he was treated and prepped to be transported by helicopter to a philadelphia hospital is where hes currently at today. We were able to locate the fact that he was the defendant was in the immediate area. We were able to receive help from atf as well as numerous departments here in Delaware County that came to aid as well as multiple s. W. A. T. Teams along with the fbi. We had the two apartment buildings surrounded and s. W. A. T. In Delaware County was activated. S. W. A. T. Had the building surrounded for a number of hours and finally was able to take control of the building, entered the apartment where the suspect was and took him into custody without incident. The suspect has been identified as dante Brooks Island also known as abdul wahid. Hes been right now right now hes in custody at the Folcroft Borough Police station. Were in the process of continuing this investigation. Were in the process of charging the defendant. The defendant will be charged with attempted murder, certainly two counts. Hell be charged with aggravated assault, two counts. Hell be charged with related offenses. We also learned that the defendant is a career criminal, is a drug dealer. He also has been convicted of firearms violations, various firearms violations, has been serving a sentence, a long sentence of approximately 15 years in a federal penitentiary and was only relatively recently released. Again, we want to ask you to keep this officer in your prayers as well as his family. I would ask at this point in time officer Cliff Rakowski from folcroft borough if he wants to add or say anything additional . Good afternoon everyone. Chance for your patience waiting for us. Just got word before we came down that hes still in surgery. They expected the surgery to last maybe about another hour. Theyre working on his face now. Everything else that they were operating on appears to be a success. So right now theyre working on the facial damage there he has. Ill answer any questions if anybody has any. Can you tell us where in the face he was shot. It was apparently through the cheeks. Through the cheeks. Yes. Nod. The plan that does the shooting, you said his last name is island, is that island. Yes. He shoots officer dorman seven times and then attempts to shoot at. A second officer. A seconds officer. Seven times thats unbelievable. Well, its unbelievable that hes alive and from im gathering through his family thats at the hospital his parents talked to the doctor. The doctor said that any one of those rounds on his vest could have been fatal. He was shot in both front and back of the vest with three wounds to his his body one in the face, one in his groin and one in his leg so we just thank god there he had his vest on. So whats the total number. Seven rounds. He was shot seven times. [inaudible] im not sure of that fact. The officer who was shot but the second officer who arrived on the scene exchanged gunfire with the defendant. Was the weapon recovered. I believe it was, yes. What was it . Im not sure of the caliber. I believe it was a. 40 caliber. Correct. Youre talking about the defendants weapon, correct. Yes, it was we believe we have the weapon that was used for the attempted murder. Where is the suspect now . Our headquarters. Folcroft. Yes. Are you identifying the officer who was shot at, the second officer. David dipietro. Dee prieto. [inaudible] island is his last name. Theres no way i can do the second one. Abdul. Wahid. I think its wali i believe, wahi. [inaudible] i believe theres a not a federal warrant. There was a warrant out for him but it wasnt a federal warrant. Do you have an age. Does anyone know. The address was elmwood avenue. The apartment. Yes. His age. I would have to look it up. I believe in his 30s. 30s. Were the women also taken into custody. No, not yet. There was other people involved but one person is under arrest. But there were on the video weve seen it there were at least three women who were in handcuffs at the time he was put in the police car. Well, okay, we have detained a number of individuals and right now the investigation is ongoing. We have not charged those three individuals at this point as we speak here right now. However, its still an ongoing investigation. He they were taken out. They were detained. They still are in detention being questioned and they were with the defendant at the time of his arrest. Was he living with someone else. Another apartment. Was he in the same building in which he resides. An adjacent building. [inaudible] he was a volunteer for this Fire Department were sitting in now. I think since he was 16. Hes 25. His dream was to be a folcroft officer. Were luck we were lucky fluff to hire him about a year and a half ago. I dont say that lightly. This is a if officer. Hes part time officer but in small communities we liar a lot of part timers because they leave for other jobs, for fulltime jobs and i dont want him to leave and he was in the process of leaving to get a fulltime job in septa, with septas Police Department from what i understand he was pretty close to getting that. So, he was going through they were going through their process of background checks and what not. But hes the kind of guy that i was telling District Attorney jack here that you dont wander to lose him cause thats how good he is. I mean, hes just a good guy. Nothing bothers him. Great sense of humor and then Something Like this has to happen. So, im just hoping for, you know, a full recovery, we get him back or septa gets him. Comes from a great family. I do personally know his mother and father and i actually worked with him. He was his father is a former councilman right here in folcroft borough, moved to delaware, just a great family. Its a shame that both the officer and this family have to go through this. You said he was dealing drugs. What kind of drugs was he dealing. We have reports of different types of drugs. We know that there was allegations of heroin, theres also allegations of marijuana. Neighbors said that there had been a considerable amount of Police Activity at that location in the last 24 to 48 hours. Is this in any way related