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WTXF Fox Morning News At 4A March 14, 2016

Hour win out there. Relative humidity at 80 percent with that rain. Very damp at olde city. Sunrise 7 13 this morning. Here it is lots of green on radar this morning. Plus orange and yellow where we see those colors, that is where we will see heavier downpours. It looks like we have heavy downpours right now in Chester County and eastern part of the Lancaster County, northeastern maryland heavy rain moving through around kent county and delaware and light to steady rain here in the city. Grab the umbrella before you leave this morning are the we have 49 degrees as we said in the city, 39 in mount pocono. Fortysix in wrightstown and trenton. Upper 40s in wildwood. We do not expect these temperatures to move very much at all throughout the day to day. We will stay around 49, 50 degrees, for a High Temperature. Our wind are mostly out of the northeast bringing in moisture off the ocean so we have breezy conditions, wind driven rain just what you want on a monday morning especially the monday morning after the time change. So at least we are getting you ready for it, rainy start, rain continues, we could possibly see a a peak of sunshine at some point this afternoon but again, temperatures not moving very much at all with a high of around 50 degrees. That is your planner for monday, and as we recover from the parade yesterday, and the breeze blowing through his kilt, heres bob kelly. Good morning, everybody. Thankfully the wind were calm yesterday, out there with my kilt, good morning everybody. I hope you enjoyed the st. Patricks day parade we are back at it, we will show you highlights throughout the morning. The getting up and getting out it will be ayuky start to a morning rush hour. Sue mentioned anywhere from light to steady to heavy rain working your way out the front door. Watch for pond ing as puddles every where like here on the schuylkill expressway, we have wipers working, that spray off the cars and trucks in front, be careful in all of the work zones like here on i95 between cottman down to girard because we can get heavy rains, all that water trying to make it in the drain. Drain is what you are driving through. The drains are located in that travel lane, like one on the vine expressway here in center city. Otherwise in problems on the majors. Lets go in the neighborhoods. Mill road at easton road. 611 just off willow grove interchange of the turnpike an accident being work on there. Construction over in cherry hill on route 70 at i295, the two haines taken out until about 6 00 oclock. Also a new traffic pattern here on the the 42 freeway between the 25 and route 544, and up here in Chester County Yellow Springs road they took down the bridge over the turnpike there at the 252 so some local detours. In fact, mass transit a off to a good start. Chris, back over to you. Lets turn to to this at the 4 04. New jersey state troop are struck and killed will be laid to rest. Steve keeley joins us from cinnaminson for the final farewell to office are sean cullen. Steve good morning. Reporter that accident week ago tonight i was here for the viewing yesterday and probably the sadest thing i heard was from all of the friend and family they were all planning to get together just to a month for now for wedding of sean cullen and his fiance and now they are getting together for his funeral. How sad is that. This will be pack. They will close, bob kelly, be forewarned they will close lanes on 130 police tells us in addition to closing road locally in cinnaminson for outpouring of the honor and respect and so many police throughout the country showing up here for the funeral there were hundreds here for yesterday for first viewing the at 2 00. They lined up an hour and a half before and they were line up, behind in the just the church but behind the school wrapping around the entire school to pay their respects. Once he started his Police Trainee knew he would do that and he found his niche. I was shock. I could not believe it. Stuff like this happens, but it is a a real shame that Something Like this could happen when he is trying to do something good. The fact that he was on duty, and going to help someone else, it is even more important because sometimes, people do not view our officers as helpers but in fact it is 99 percent of what they do. Reporter state Police Uniform here in new jersey is blue and in honor of the man gave his life wearing that blue uniform, blue ribbons hanging on every Street Corner on every pole, on every house, on every light, every where you look throughout cinnaminson and coming back to our live picture how fitting is this, sean cullen born in dublin, ireland. We had st. Patricks parade in philadelphia yesterday. Through see irish flag and American Flag side by side, at half staff at Saint Charles borromeo church. Funeral at noon. Another viewing starting in four hours. Little nine monthold does not have a daddy. Steve, thank you, so sad. We have learn that one of the new jerseys best known basketball players was involved in the car crash that led to the death of trooper cullen. Dejaw wagner played in the nba before injuries derailed his career. He was driving southbound when his car was rear ended by another vehicle driven by a 27 year old paulsboro man. The paulsboro mans car hit a guardrail that caught fire. Wagner was treated at the hospital for minor injuries. A Police Officer serving, in Prince George county, minister land died last night after getting in the the shootout with a suspect outside a Police Station. This morning we know that he was from a local town. Dave kinchen is live in boothwyn to explain this one for us, dave, good morning. Reporter chris, good morning. The news that has been spreading all throughout social media here in Delaware County, where we are right now, hearts are very heavy after many people here in boothwyn have learned of the death of an officer with ties to Delaware County. Now heres what we can tell you Prince Georges county police say a four year veteran officer jacie colson was killed right outside the Police Station yesterday. He was just, days, shy of his 29th birthday. Very, very tragic. Now investigators say officers were going about their business sun take afternoon when a gunman opened fire on the first officer he saw outside of that Police Station in maryland, sparking a gun battle to that left the under cover narcotics officer colson mortally wounded, shocked collogues shared their thoughts. Jacie had an infectious smile. Lit up a room. He was a tremendous personality that made everybody smile and wanted to be everything to everybody. He was a Police Officer, who was a real cops cop. He didnt shy a away from any calls. He never not did his job. Reporter police told resident to shelter in place. That shelter in place order was eventually lifted. Investigators say the shoot are was wounded and taken in custody another man and we are checking on the names of the suspects just trying to confirm, authorities have been working before they release it. It is still very tragic with these local connections, back to you. Absolutely, dave kinchen live in boothwyn, thank you. At 4 08. We have breaking news in elmwood section of philadelphia, one person has been injured after being hit the by a car overnight. This happened 2 15 on grace avenue in south 63rd straight. The victim was taken to the hospital no word on his or her condition. Fox 29 has learned that the driver did stay at that scene. Right now, Philadelphia Police are investigating two separate stabbings, at popular tourists destinations, a 24 yearold bucks county man was killed early yesterday morning when he was stab on rittenhouse square, he was with friend, around 3 00 in the morning when word were exchanged with an unknown man whom police say stab him with the chest and then ran off. Fox 29 has just learned a person of interest is in custody right now, we should know more this morning, if that person in fact will be charged, we will let you know. In an unrelated incident two men were stabbed across the street from a Pennsylvania Convention center last night. Recovery. The suspect was arrested. Serious crimes at popular locations have neighborhoods and shoppers really nervous this morning. As you can see, it is lovely and i walk here a at 11 00 oclock a at night, without any fear but, you have to be on guard, at night, it gets scary and we will have to step up the police force. You shouldnt feel threatened to feel out at night especially on a holiday weekend. We will keep an eye on those two very separate incident that have neighbors in that area nervous. At 4 09. A chester Police Officer is in stable condition after getting shot saturday. Mayor of chester pleaded for peace after chaos ensued following events that left that officer injury, and then one suspect dead. 4 10 is the time. Authorities say a man shot captain alan davis in the arm and back after he and other officers tried to pull over suspect stolen car, near parker and union streets. Police say three people inside the car did in the cooperate during the stop, instead, shooting at police after it was all over, residents clashed with police during that and throwing rocks at them. Mayor kirklandis asking resident to please stay calm. It does not help to have persons instigate or infuriate persons within the community when they dont have all of the information. It does not help to real up a crowd of persons are already hurting. Mayor kirkland stressed to this investigation is ongoing, another man, caught also shot is in critical condition, a third man is in jail. City officials are doing something about a big problem in the city, were talking about dirt bikes, atv as and how officials are getting these items off the streets and why do they want them off the street. A bathroom break end in an arrest at the the a airport, we will explain, straight ahead. It is yucky out there this morning, so it is sort of mixed with the fact that it is monday and then you add some monday after the time change and we have got the perfect storm here, so it is a front will alzawahiri system coming through and you will see heavy downpours at times, and it really is, just that kind of a morning and for right the now we will see probably the heaviest of the rain over next couple of hours. You see as we zoom in here heaviest rain is right here in Chester County around honey brook right there and along the turnpike as you head into Lancaster County as well, but where we see dark green is where we have pretty steady rain as well. You can see pocket here and there in kent county, delaware, raining at the shore, everybody is getting their share, this morning, and future cast shows us as we go hour by hour that in the 6 00 oclock hour you still can see heavy downpours popping in. Now by nine or 10 00 oclock it eases up but the rain is still around and be prepared because this rain will hang in there with us, the rest of the the day, for the evening rush hour it may not be as heavy, but it is still, lingering, as the system slowly pull as way, in fact, were still going, with this rain, into tomorrow morning, and you can see very last gasp for that wrap around moisture coming through by noon time and then this particular system, which started yesterday, with us, should be out of here. And then wednesday it looks like it will be dry and we will have quite the warm up on wednesday. So there is a look in department the at your fox future cast, right now, we have 49 degrees in philadelphia a, 39 in mount pocono. Fortyeight in wilmington and dover. And wind that are coming out of the northwest and they are picking up a bit. We have 14 miles an hour breezes, sustained wind of 21 miles an hour in dover, delaware. Wind gusts higher. 30 miles an her wind gustness wildwood. We have got wind driven rain on top of it. As we look at the weekend, we will look back, we had our mid week warm up last week i think we are getting ready for another one maybe not the in the 80s again but we had 61 d sunday and we will get close to 70 by wednesday but we have got the rain today, the cloud tomorrow, st. Patricks day itself is on thursday and we had the parade yesterday, the the precelebration, so might have a shower or two in the morning and then for first day of spring on sunday it looks like we could get, spring showers, just in time. So that is a look at the seven day forecast, word on the way but we got temperatures and picture up there bob kelly, this early in the morning, so that is all you can handle. That is it, first two sips of coffee we will work on it. 4 16. Good morning on a monday, so far so good on the major roadways but a couple of situations in the neighborhood, mill road right at easton road 611 at willow grove interchange of the turnpike, watch out for an accident. Local detours there. Burlington bristol bridge in the middle of an opening right now so traffic is stopped briefly on both side of the river. In the sure whether that freighter is heading south we will get a handle on that and see if that impacts the tacony palmyra. Watch for a lot of extra volume and local detours, Police Presence around the funeral here today for the trooper, Saint Charles borromeo in cinnaminson, new jersey. It is right off of route 130. Route 130 in that area, we will see a lot of extra volume as well. Otherwise, 202, 422 coming from the burbs, slower than normal, take your time, this morning. It will take longer to get there and watch out for puddles out there on the roadway depending upon where you get that light rain or heavy rain things could be messy a and we will see weather delays at philly international. Chris, back over to you. At 4 17 Philadelphia Police running a major weekend crackdown on atvs and dirt bikes in the city. Take a look at this hall, police say they took 53 bikes off the streets and made three arrests. They want to remind you that these are illegal to ride throughout the entire city, only section if you are on private property with permission from the owner, of course, police say it is a big problem all across philadelphia. We have a lot of complaints from the community. It is complete lawlessness, these individuals run up and down on the sidewalks, people are afraid to let their Children Play in areas that the dirt bikes are riding, they rip up recreational areas, they rip up the parks that they are in. They have no regard for safety of anyone. Police say there are more planned crackdowns throughout the coming months. Two family dogs killed in the late night house fire in gloucester county, flames broke out around 11 00 saturday night at this home on the 500 block of kings highway in East Greenwich township. Now one fire fighter was taken to the hospital have after he fell through a floor, he is expect to be okay, it took crews several hours to get the fire under control. Coming up, two people injured when this car crash in the front of a 7eleven in north philadelphia, saturday night this happened just after 11 00 on the 2,000 block of north broad street, you can see the damage. A pedestrian went to the the hospital, in stable condition, no word on what caused this crash. Police have not identified the janitor accused of taking a federal flight officers gun at a Philadelphia International the airport. Saturday the officer used a rest room at the a airport and mistakenly left behind a small bagging that contained his government issued handgun. When he went back for it, it was gone, he immediately alerted police and they say a quick search found the bag and gun hidden inside a janitors closet. Surveillance video shows the janitor was the the only person to enter that rest room. To your National Headlines on this monday morning, six people hurt including kid after an accident in florida at a shooting range, all hurt by just one shot. So sheriffs deputies say a man was loading an antique shotgun saturday night, at this range near gainsville when it accidentally fired in the ground. The shotgun ammunition hit the concrete and ricocheted up hitting four kid age ten, 14, 15, plus their dad inn grandfather. All went to the hospital. Thankfully they will all be okay. The investigators say the gun owner was doing everything right. This was an accident, but always point a weapon in a safe direction in this incident it was to the ground and we had concrete that caused a a ricochet but weapons are something we need to be very responsible with and treat with the utmost respect of all times when handling them. Especially antique ones. Deputies the say because it was an accident, prosecutors will not file any charges. 4 20. This police chase, ended before it even got started, police near ross well, new mexico, posted this on their facebook page. They say an officer tried to pull over this motorcyclist when they noticed the bike did not have the right tags. Instead of stopping the biker hit the gas and tried to get off the interstate but you can see it didnt work out so well. Ouch. No word on any charges yet. Breaking news amtrak train derails in southwest texas. There were reports of the multiple people injured this happened 20 miles west of dodge city just after midnight local time. Amtrak says there were 128 passengers and 14 crew members on board this train which was heading to chicago from los angeles. They will continue to keep you updated as more information becomes a available we will pass ate long. Coming up a at 4 22, it that is time of the the year to pull out brackets, get ready, all right, the big ncaa tournament has been set, right, we have a big sunday selection last night, twitter doesnt want to be left out. How social media will play a big part in this years games. Heres your winning lottery numbers. You have a Winning Ticket if you go to see the who tonight the at the wells fargo center. Manny wish i could go. Good morning, im sean bell. It is time for march madness. Villanova had all going into the big east tournament but they let it slip through their fingers. Heres nova accepting that notice that they will be a

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