Its another tough night. A number of troopers have text meso say what a good guy he was. Take a look at this. You can see the state Police Vehicle in front of troop 2. The flag is at half staff. Im told when the trooper saw something unusual, he always checked it out and thats how he was killed. Absolutely. One of our guys. Its a devastating loss. Reporter Corporal Ballard was a good stap state trooper and you know what his colleagues did to honor him . They kept working. The good news for citizens is that steve had over 700 brothers and sisters to do exactly what he did yesterday. So the citizens of this state are in hands. Reporter he was raised in maryland and even in Civil Air Patrol there. A year and a half ago he was transferred up state to troop two. He was a dui enforcement specialist and about to take on a couple big projects. But family was job one. He lived with his wife and stepdaughter. He was very close to his family. He was the kind of guy that text her every day to make
Morning. Live look 270 at falls road, no issues northbound or southbound. Brand new crash in my ear 270 southbound well talk about that in a second. Right now lets talk about something nice like the weather. Great looking day to be outside today. Got a little fog here this morning. Suns up in 14 minutes. Have some fog around here early this morning. Not too thick in and around the metro area. Pockets of thicker fog. Advice biltd under a mile there. Visibility under a mile in la ray. Four things in four days. Tomorrow it will be warm and dry. Saturday, hot little hint of early summer humidity around. Maybe a stray shower or two on saturday afternoon or sunday, but no weekend washout is coming. For more on the good news about today, lets go to sheena. Good morning, chuck. We like todays finally the sun has returned and its going to be with us all day long. Once the fog clears up later on this morning, youll notice all the sun around. A little bit of a glare while youre driving. 7 00 a. M
Husband, father, a hero something not lost on his supervisor who broke down while talking about his dedication. The acts of stephen yesterday exemplified the dedication that he brought to the citizens of delaware. So tough. Tonight the man police say shot and killed Corporal Ballard then barricaded himself inside a home in middletown is dead. He died in shootout with police this morning outside that home that he had been inside of for nearly 20 hours. Repeatedly firing shots at police they say keeping a neighborhood on lock down that entire time. Right now neighbors are back in their homes in that middletown area. Investigators say the gunman killed Corporal Stephen bala at the bear wawa then took off hold up inside his familys home in middletown just past 9 00 a. M. This morning he came out of the house and got into a shootout where he died. Fox 29 twines jeff cole is live at delaware state trooper barracks in glasgow this eveni evening. Jeff . Reporter lucy theyre trying to figure ou
The party is still going on. Were waiting on the browns to make another first round pick but some of these eagles fans have left. Well move closer into the crowd. You can see some people sitting around, dancing. Kind of taking this whole experience in. Were going over to my left where you can see the stage. Some people sitting down. But again after Roger Goodell made that pick for the eagles, that announcement came in and a lot of these eagles left but we caught up with them to get their reaction to this first round pick. A mix of cheers, boos and silence for philadelphias newest eagle, defensive tackle, barnette. Reaction was mixed. I love it. Our defense needs rebuilding. I i think hes going to do great things for philadelphia. Still on the board. Thats who you wanted . We want weapons r, right . I came down from the mountain. We met with fans who took time to soak in the nfl draft experience which took over the parkway. I came down from new york city just for this. And its cool, rea
Philadelphia. It was a Beautiful Day yesterday. A warmer one today. It will be dry. These showers are quickly theyve already ended in delaware. Theyre quickly moving through new jersey right now. Bridgeton is drying out. They were getting showers when we went on the air at 4 30. Harvey creedars, Atlantic City, a few raindrops. No heavy downpours. Sunshine on the way. The clouds breaking over easton this morning. You see some breaks in the clouds already. Theyll thin out quickli. Sunshine and 64 at 8 00. By 11 00, 74 degrees. We are cleared for a warmup across the board into the 80s this afternoon. 84 degrees for philadelphia and the suburbs. New jersey, warming to 84 degrees except the shore. A beautiful, sunny day there. Up to 74. Low 80s for the Lehigh Valley and delaware. Ill break it down hour by hour to show you how quickly the last showers move out and the temperatures move up when im back in ten minutes. First, lets find out how the traffic is looking on a friday morning. Jessic