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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 an ....
Fired in all only one hit him but it was a fatal shot. He was making food deliveries when he was gunned down. At some point in time hes approached by an individual or an individual or individuals we dont know at this point how many are involved but at some point in time theres a robbery or attempted robbery and hes shot one time in the arm. Reporter police scoured the scene for evidence so far investigators have no leads nor suspects. He worked for the new china takeout restaurant around the corner on the 5800 block of rising sun. The establishment was closed today but area residents were saddened by the senseless killing. Thats terrible. Thats terrible. The neighborhood will not be the same. Some places go with having few delivery drivers for this same reason. Whats one of the things where we try and direct delivery drivers to have as much caution as possible but it is a concern. Reporter and like all homicides here in the city there is a 20,000 reward for information leading to an ar ....
To the north well squeeze out more sunshine before we get more cloud cover. 48 degrees in philadelphia. The 43 in reading and wilmington. 46 in sea isle city. The winds are out of the northwest, but light to start out. As we head out the door to catch the bus well be up to 50 degrees by 8 00 a. M. Partly cloudy on the cool side. As we roll through the day, it will be a little below average. 58 degrees by noon, 3 00 p. M. 63 thats the high at 3 00 p. M. Well be back down to 60 by 6 00 p. M. Notice that there are a couple of spotty showers possible really anytime after lunch and straight into the evening, but they are going to be pretty widespread and pretty light for the most partly, the way things are looking now. Also matt, the pollen count is running high today. What about roads . Reporter roads are not too bad on monday morning, this is the way we like to start the week david. As we look live at the vine street expressway, light construction and light volume. Headlights are coming e ....
Day around 4 oclock 5 oclock before we slide back to 68 by 6 oclock. Little bit on the breezy side. We have an issue with an enhanced fire danger and this is because of breezes and low humidity so keep that in mind. No flicking the cigarettes out the car window and your pollen count still running a little bit high the next couple of days but we do expect that to drop off a bit on thursday and friday. Thats because cooler cloudier and perhaps a little damp weather returns to the region. Ill have details on that coming up in the exclusive accuweather 7day matt. Okeydoke david. Nothing too traumatic on the traffic front so far on this Tuesday Morning. Construction continues to block the southbound offramp to ridge avenue. Its because of the paving work going on along ridge avenue in east falls and those of us who are east falls residents are thankful that that paving work is finally going on. Instead of ridge maybe stick with kelly ....