To go home from the hospital today. It was a very close call and he was clearly happy to be going home to his family. Feeling good. Reporter the eight year veteran of the force was shot in the up are right arm last night by a suspected drug dealer. The officer was given a Police Escort as he left the hospital and returned home to his wife and two young sons. His Commanding Officer was clearly relieved and proud of the officer he calls one of his best. Hes a hard charger, one of my bikes officers engaging in the community and addressing crime issues every night. He works at one of the toughest shifts we have 8 00 to 4 00 and hasnt taken a day off in over two years. Reporter the officer was on bike patrol last night when he and his partners approached a suspicious van in west philadelphia. When they go to stop them question the male he puts it in reverse and makes a uturn and just drives away. Reporter the officer later found the van on the 5100 block of kershaw street and saw the suspect walking down the street. He confronted the man. Male turns to him says something to the effect of, you know, i dont want to have to do this and then he fires multiple times at the officer. Reporter the officer was shot but managed to get off shots of his only he hit the suspect who was found sitting on the ground a short distance away with his gun at his feet. Sources say the gun had jammed or he would have gotten off more shots at the officer. The suspect has a lengthy arrest record, 13 priors in philadelphia and bucks and montgomery counties. Were withholding his name until he is formally charged. Police say this guy should have been behind bars instead of out on the streets armed with a gun. Im all about Second Chances but as commissioner ramsey says when youre talking about multiple chances then you got to question what you can really do with an individual. Reporter the officer is now home with his family. The suspect is in the hospital in stable condition and of course a very much relieved police force an grateful city here tonight. Live at police headquarters, david henry, channel6 action news shirleen. All right, thank you david. Philadelphia Police Officer police are searching for a suspect after a Chinese Restaurant worker was shot while making a a delivery. The 49yearold o was shot in the shoulder in the citys crescentville section. Police say he tried to drive away but crashed and rolled down an embankment a short time later. Chad pradelli has been following this story all day long. Hell have more on action news at 5 00. A mother who allegedly abandoned her quadriplegic son in the woods is now back in philadelphia and was officially charged today with attempted murder. This is the latest mug shot of nyia parler after she was extradited to philadelphia. She was arrested in maryland. Police say she was there visiting her boyfriend. After she left her son who is unable to talk or walk to fend for himself in a wooded area of cobbs creek park. She is now jailed on 2. 5 million bail. Police want your help tracking down a television thief who targeted a philadelphia walmart. It happened wednesday morning in port richmond. Surveillance video released today shows a man taking two 32inch tvs right from the shelf. The man then escaped through the fire exit doors in the back of the store and into a waiting car. Anyone with information is asked to call police. It is time now for a first check of the very chilly accuweather forecast. Yeah, live look outside right now, the action cam at Franklin Field in University City where the penn relays are under way today. Cold day to be outside but always a good day for a good old run. Meteorologist adam joseph life on city avenue with the latest numbers for those runners and everyone else, adam. Reporter good temperatures for the runners. Keeps their bodies a little cooler and also we have a strong wind so hopefully its a tail wind foreign them helping them push right along that track. As we look at the nuns its 55 in philadelphia, thats a good 12 degrees or so below normal. 54 in the lehigh valley, 43 in the poconos. And at the shore only 52 degrees. Those winds still very gusty out of the westnorthwest 30 miles an hour in philadelphia, clocking in at 32 in wilmington, 32 as well in the poconos and at the shore around 28 miles an hour wind gusts. High pressure is coming in from the west so those winds will ease overnight and that high bringing a Crystal Clear sky but that high is going to do its damage as it passes by overnight. It will somewhat relax the winds and with the clear sky we have freeze warnings in effect for basically the entire viewing area. All the areas in the light blue and a frost advisory for philadelphia county, Delaware County, the entire state of delaware and also Cape May County in new jersey. You want to protect the plants because this freeze that will happen between 2 oclock in the morning and 8 oclock in the morning could really do a lot of damage to those early season plants. Brian when i come back well talk about a slow warmup and what the weekend has in store in that full accuweather forecast. A lot of deceiving day. Lots of sunshine but chilly. Thanks very much. Get the latest on the ever changing weather situation this weekend at 6abc. Com weather. Youll find constantly updated radar scans from Storm Tracker six an live look outside on our number of sky 6hd cameras. Developing news in new york city. Officials now say a bomb threat prompted an evacuation of the statue of liberty t original reports said a suspicious package was found in the past 45 minutes officials said thats not the case. People at the statue were forced out onto liberty island. Ferries approaching the island were forced to stall creating large crowds and backups around the popular tourist attraction. We are monitoring the situation. Updates on action news and 6abc. Com. Here at the big board with the latest from italy where Police Arrest educed terrorists who may have plotted an attack on the vatican. Italian Officials Say back in 2010 they uncovered their plot to kill not necessarily the pope but people visiting an unspecified crowded area in rome which they believe may have been the vatican. They say the plot was called off once the militants learned they were being investigated. Officials have not explained why it took five years to come forward with this but vatican officials today saying that there is no reason for concern. Along with the nine people who have already been arrested Officials Say that warrants are out for at least nine other men. Coming up tonight on action news at 6 00 vernon odom talks to local officials about security plans ahead of popes visit to philadelphia in september. Brian. All right, alicia thank you. A Camden County couple was arrested after they were caught having sex just feet from a Little League baseball field. Now their public romp has a community up in arms. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic live at oaklyn with the full story today. Hi nora. Reporter hi brian. Oaklyn is a quiet town under a mile square and people here are having a hard time believing this actually happened but it did. And the suspects were arrested after two eagle eyed cops who were coaching here at this park threw a curve ball to the couple engaged in public lewdness. In broad daylight at a baseball gamism victoria cant leave what happened. Thats when two off duty cops coaching tee ball had a hard time focusing on balls and strikes because they noticed a football field away from more than 100 little kids was a couple that appeared to be engaging in sexual activity. Nobody should be seeing that. Behind closed today, its not legal and its not a good thing but behind closed doors would be a better place perhaps to do Something Like that in general. Reporter while one of the off duty cops confronted the another called for an on duty officer to respond. Charles reynolds of mantua took off leaving 24yearold Dana Silverman of oaklyn behind. She was arrested and he later turned himself in. Both have been charged with prostitution lewdness Disorderly Conduct and trespassing. It shouldnt be. I mean, im frightened for the kids. Reporter Caroline Morgan that was backyard is near where the couple was arrested. No, i dont need this. Nobody needs this to go on in their backyard. Reporter this couples deck overlooks the park and ball fields. I dont like it at all. Thank god my kids are grown you know. I have grand kids. I would be horrified if that happened. Doesnt belong here. Doesnt belong in the town. Doesnt belong anywhere. Not right behind a school. You know not during tee ball. You know, if you have to do it at all. Reporter go someplace else. Absolutely. Reporter now, police did not want to talk about this on camera today. They say an incident like this is very unusual here in town. They did tell me, though, that the tee ballers did not see and dont know what was going on over in the woods there and for that theyre thankful. Live in oaklyn, im Nora Muchanic, channel6 action news. All right, thank you nora. The Atlantic CityPolice Department introduced a list of new initiatives to improve the quality of policing in the city. In a press conference city officials and officers shared statistics that claim the department has had fewer cases of cops using force. Their goal is to better serve the people of the city. One of the things that were doing, were moving internal affairs into city hall. As the mayor said the peoples house. We want to make it more convenient and accessible for anyone that may have a complaint against our officers ton make it as convenient as possible for them to report their complaints. Reporter officers also demonstrated how body cameras worked. They say the cameras give them a better look at an incident. Federal Officials Say theyve given nearly 7 billion to the state of new jersey since Superstorm Sandy struck. According to fema more than half of that money went to Flood Insurance claims for damage or destroyed houses. Hundreds of millions have been paid out to sandy survivors. The money has also gone to towns for clearing debris, restoring works and rebuilding critical facilities. A busy south jersey bridge has been shut down indefinitely. Chopper 6hd was over the centerton road bridge in Burlington County today. Officials closed the bridge after an inspection uncovered a possible safety risk. The bridge spans the Rancocas Creek between centerton road in mount laurel and Bridge Street in westampton and willingboro. They say use i295 between exchanges 43 and 45 as an alternate route. From our delaware news room a road in hockessin delaware just reopened hours after a chain of events caused a small fire to shut it down. Police say a box truck veered off the road and hit a utility pole. The action cam was on the scene along mill creek road. The crash caused wires to fall onto the roadway and that caused a small fire. The driver was not injured. You said that roadway is now back opened again which is good news. Yeah. Lets hope that continues in the action news traffic report. Lets check it out. Matt pelman with an update for us. I have sort of a copycat situation unfortunately where a vehicle ran into a pole with downed wires here in Chester County brian and shirleen. That pole is leaning maybe youll be able to see it over there. The accident right there. Its all unfolding on the northbound side of 202 between dillworthtown road and greentree drive. Crews are out here trying to make repairs but theyve got a lane blocked in both directions. So, just one direction of travel getting by either way here on 202 south of west chester which means especially if youre coming northbound from Painters Crossing youre going to hit a solid parking lot headed up toward west chester this afternoon. Several suburban accidents otherwise. One in Montgomery Township at dekalb pike. Cheltenham along west church road at washington lane. On the big picture a vehicle broke down on the southbound side of 95 at the work zone at girard. Thats gone but still looking at speeds in the teens as you travel towards that scene and center city. Not much better. Even a little worse over on the schuylkill expressway. Just 9 Miles Per Hour westbound. Heres the jam eastbound that were sitting in by montgomery drive traveling towards s both ways youre looking at about 20 minute delays this afternoon on the schuylkill expressway. Lets grab the ipad do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. Happy friday. Were so happy and then we look at these speeds and maybe were not so happy. 6 Miles Per Hour, 3 Miles Per Hour, six on the vine street expressway, five on north broad street. Its very slow across the city this afternoon but well be checking it again alicia coming up in the next half hour. Matt thank you. Well, this was the absolutely terrifying moment an Indiana High School collapse was caught on camera. A stage filled with students buckling during the grand finale of a musical performance. The stage just giving way completely beneath their feet sending all of them into the orchestra pit below. Well, the good news is school Officials Say no one was seriously hurt. It happened during the final moments of this american pie performance. More than a dozen cast members joint the lead singer on stage and that stage completely gave out. I actually didnt speak or move until i was forcibly moved. Like the microphone wasnt out of my hand until half an hour later because i just was in shock. Reporter incredibly shocking moments. 12 of the 13 students being treated at local hospitals have already been released and today authorities are investigating whether a design flaw or just too much weight is what caused that stage to collapse. And again, the moment that of course sent many people to the hospital and sent seven ambulance to that school to help those people out. Brian. All right alicia thanks very much. Over here at the big board former olympic champion and athletic icon bruce jenner has been the subject of tabloid headlines for years and tonight hes going to break his silence. Diane sawyer sitting down with jenner for an interview you will only see right here on 6abc tonight and for more on this, so many people wondering about it, we turn to abcs brandy hip live in los angeles. Brandy what are we looking for tonight . Reporter hi brian a lot of people are anticipating this. Theyve been waiting for this interview as you said for a long time and diane sawyer spent several days with bruce jenner who did reveal that hes excited about his future but thats it really. They arent revealing much more about this exclusive sawyer saying to the public out there you have to watch tonight for jenners big announcement. Its going to be an emotional rollercoaster but somehow im going to get through at this time. Reporter its the moment millions have been waiting for Bruce Jenners revelation in an exclusive interview with abcs diane sawyer. I hope im going to be okay. I feel like im going to be okay. 2015 is going to be quite a ride. Quite a ride. Please welcome diane sawyer. Reporter but as sawyer hit the morning talk shows she wouldnt divulge exactly what the olympic hero is going to announce in tonights two hour special. He knows this is a big interview, he knows this is a big day for him. I want him to speak directly to all of you for the first time but i will say its an incredible moment in his life. Reporter jenner earned the title of worlds greatest athlete nearly 40 years ago with his olympic gold medal in the decathlon. After decades of fame his large family is is also now in the spotlight on es keeping up with the kardashians. I should probably be on the golf course. Reporter the father of six and stepfather of four says its his family he worries about most. Those are the only ones im concerned with. I cant let myself hurt them. Reporter but also adds his whole life has been getting him ready for this. I want the know how this story ends. You know, how does my story end . Reporter now as we wait for jenners announcement diane sawyer is calling this a far reaching interview and this morning she says we do learn a lot about family love. Reporting live in los angeles brandy hip channel6 action news. Brian. Brandy thanks. Well be watching. Of course this reminder Diane Sawyers two our 20 20 special airs tonight at 9 oclock. Again thats only right here on 6abc shirleen. Really looking forward to that one. Me, too. Thanks brian. Tonight on action news at 11 00 is reading on Digital Screens causing eye strain . Will it cause vision problems in the future is another one im looking forward to. Ali gorman has preview. Reporter our eyes are spending more time on Digital Screens. Its really all day every day. Reporter staring at screens can cause eye strain in the short term but can it affect your vision in the future . Well look at the research. I talked to an expert and ill have what you need to know to protect your eyes tonight on action news at 11 00. To business this afternoon. Philadelphia based comcast made it official today. It has now dropped its 45 billion bid to buy time warner cable. That deal would have combined the two biggest Cable Companies in the united states. Both companies faced heavy regulatory pushback over concerns of a cable mon know low. Consumer advocates highly criticized that deal saying would it lead to higher prices and fewer choices for cable customers. Again, that deal is dead today. It is time now for your accuweather f