Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome awesome. Developing right now on fox 29, dud deadly gunfire outside of a West Philadelphia rec center. One span dead and another is injured and the masked gunman are on the loose tonight. Good evening im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. Tonights shooting sent children running for cover. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live at the scene tonight in over brook. Shawnette, what are investigator investigators telling you . Reporter well, as of tonight chris we know a 42yearold man was shot dead execution style. Were told a 38yearold man an innocent bystander was taken to the hospital, shot in the hand by stray bullet. This all happened just outside this rec center earlier tonight it was full of kids and young adults. Next thing we know we just hear gunshots, pop pop pop. Alex nash describes the heart racing shots we heard while his group was working out at the rec center at 60th columbia in west philly this morning. They scatter
Over brook. Shawnette, what are investigator investigators telling you . Reporter well, as of tonight chris we know a 42yearold man was shot dead execution style. Were told a 38yearold man an innocent bystander was taken to the hospital, shot in the hand by stray bullet. This all happened just outside this rec center earlier tonight it was full of kids and young adults. Next thing we know we just hear gunshots, pop pop pop. Alex nash describes the heart racing shots we heard while his group was working out at the rec center at 60th columbia in west philly this morning. They scattered all over. Kids running all over. Kids everywhere. Its a playground report roar Police Say Two masked gunmen a white infinity suv shots several shots at a man just outside the pool area of the rec center. It appeared that he was ambushed. He was shot multiple times and then the shooter came up on top of him and shot him in the head to make sure that he was dead. Reporter police say an innocent bystander ins
But warmer weather is on the way, plus im tracking a chance of showers throughout the weekend. Ill have the details in my first alert sevenday forecast. Right now authorities are in a wooded area of the pocono mountains hoping theyve cornered the man accuse of shooting two state troopers and killing one of them. Nbc10s matt delucia is live in the operations center. Tell us what happened over night and what were learning this morning. Rosemary, the manhunt continues this morning and police have been narrowing their focus to a neighborhood in canadensis, Monroe County now its entered day eight, people in that area are hope this will end very soon. Hundreds of state and local Police Last Night continue to follow leads in their search for eric frein. A search that intensified as gunfire was reported near canadensis. That is where freins parents live. A pennsylvania Law Enforcement source says that gunfire did not come from state police and was not related to the manhunt. Still, many homes
Throughout the region were seeing mostly cloudy skies in reading, 58 degrees. 59 in philadelphia. Mild start to the morning today. A little cooler, closer to the shore, at the Atlantic City airport, were only at 53 degrees. As we head into the rest of today. Average for this time of year, 77. Were heading above average today and tomorrow. Our high today, 79 degrees for the city. 84 degrees by tomorrow. Also tracking a chance of showers and cooler weather as we head into your First Official week of fall. Ill let you know the details in my first alert sevenday forecast. Its been just over a week since an ambush killed a Pennsylvania State trooper and wounded another. This morning authorities could be zeroing in on the suspected gunman. Nbc10s matt is tracking this mornings developments in our digital operations center. Matt, cgunshots were heard last night where that area where police have been investigating. Any source . A senior Pennsylvania State Law Enforcement source says while shot
Accepted an invitation to a classmates Birthday Party before christmas but forgot about a prior family commitment. The classmates mom billed the 5yearold a noshow fee of nearly 16 british pounds or 24. Alexs dad thought it was a joke but the mom is threatening to take the matter to Small Claims Court over 24 bucks. Theres a principle involved as well. She had to go through things and pay for his spot to be at the party. They cans canalled than lost the money come on man. It is a Birthday Party, you are not supposed to charge people for the Birthday Party. He got to go for free and he didnt show up. Sometimes parents show up and get a nice gift for them. Maybe there is a 25 waiting somewhere. We will follow up, folks. Coming up a Real Life Love story playing out on a video blog. Would you pop the question on you tube . Why not. Ahead from innovative tablets to great access reryes for your smartphone. The latest gadgets. The new England Patriots are under investigation for doing what . D