Wedding. Prince harry and his bride to be have announced their engagement. A very close call. A new Jersey Police officer narrowly avoids being hit by a car. But we begin this noon with breaking news. Philadelphia police have identified the father and grandmother charged after a threeyearold girl shot herself in the leg. Thats right. The incident happened yesterday here on the 1300 block of south wilton street in kingsessing. The girls father Terrance Williams is charged with endangering the welfare of a child the girlfriends grandmother faces the same charges plus tampering with evidence. Vernon odom will have more details coming up in our next half hour. We have new details now about a mans dramatic rescue from a garbage truck. He was trapped for two hours this morning before crews were able to save him. Canning coastal katherine scotts live at the scene in the juniata section of philadelphia. Katherine. Reporter sarah and authorities havent said who this man is or where he came from
Could cause further injury to your loved one. Reporter last night police say, the d. A. Recommended lodging charges against Terrance Williams but this afternoon the d. A. s Office Dropped charges against the girls father. The child remains in Childrens Hospital listed in stable condition. Doctors hoping they can save her leg. Grandmother mcgill has just made bail. Police say this is the third shooting of this type in two months. Last one was november 9th when a threeyearold boy ibnkareem lawson shot himself to death. Several adults continue to deny any knowledge of how the stolen gun got there. No charges filed so far. Ironically police in the 26th district at 615 east girard are passing out free gun locks today. The city gives that gun lock to the sheriffs office, the Police Department and you need to utilize that. Reporter again, the grandmother Barbara Mcgill aged 64 facing multiple charges tonight but out on bail. Her son is off the hook. The threeyearold child shot yesterday here
Victim carry the female over to the side of the road, and then he jumps in the truck and leaves. He rendered assistance does the right thing initially. Other than to drive away all together. Initially he does the right thing and then doesnt he leaves. Does he say anything . Not that i am aware of. All that remains is paint markings. We got a couple of tips on this already. And we are sending guys to check the tips and videos from the businesses farther away on the off chance he pulled over someplace and made a phone call and tried to capture this guy on video. And cathy and fred watched the female grow up and praying for her recovery and hopes the driver turns himself in. Hope the driver turns himself in and makes amends for you know hitting someone and just leaving them there really. Reporter well, the claytons say the young womans parents are asking for prayers for their daughter. As for that truck police say they believe they are dealing with a ford f 250 build between 1992 and 1997
That this is the only the beginning, we have finally reached a Tipping Point to see changes. Vernon odom is looking into the issue today. And has spoken into real experts. Vernon. Real experts jim, and the flood gates are starting to open up wide because women are overcoming their fears and exposing behavior of big shots. Probably 30 in the last few weeks. Is that right . Yes, sir. Deborah willis is a powerhouse attorney in philadelphia. And one specialty is the Sexual Harassment cases is he tells me since after is the Harvey Winestein scandal and roy moore, al franken and congressman john conyers and now matt lauer the calls have skyrocketed some 30 . Since Harvey Winestein became the first in the dominoes, i think every man that has engaged in this kind of improper, illegal and under ethical conduct should be shaking in his boots. Here is random public reaction in the wake of the highprofile scandals. I think there was a time that it corrected itself a little bit. You think its a goo
And have it on action news. 10 kilometers east of dover, delaware. And 5. 1 on the Richter Scale. That is relatively low. The higher the number the much bigger it is. 5. 1 pretty low but here in philadelphia we did feel it. So folks near dover probably felt it a lot more. You mentioned several fault lines under pennsylvania. Can you tell us more about is this historically a place that had fault lines but not active. We dont have a fault line like they have in california that typically active. Three years ago we had one and a lot of people felt it. Its not that unusual that we get the small earthquakes but dont typically get the big ones fort fatally that cause a lot of damage. Well share the messages through the evening. Thank you meteorologist, cecily tynan for that update. In other news a horrifying end to the life of a young girl that met a man online. We are learning more about a murder victim in west philadelphia. She was only 15 years old and she may not be her suspected killers