A state Police Helicopter was brought in as on eye in the sky and as it flew overhead a large flash bang was fired. S. W. A. T. Officers then moved quickly. Several women and a man were taken into custody. The man was described as the suspect in the shooting. He was put into this police car. As the officer stood down and departed residents who had been watching applauded the police. Explaining. We are applauding because they got somebody bad off the streets. If hes going to shoot at a cop hes definitely going to shoot at innocent bystanders and i live right there. That was a widely held sentiment here today in the borough, someone who is willing to shoot a Police Officer is someone you den need in your neighborhood in other words good riddance. Wife in folcroft jong rawlins channel6 action news. John, thank you. In the moments after the attack, a wounded and frantic officer dorman was able to make a radio call for help. Heres part of his recording. Im shot in the face. Im shot in the f
The night before that theres all this drug activity constantly going on. Reporter the badly wounded officer was rushed to a hospital. Residents of the apartment house were evacuated. S. W. A. T. Officers surrounded the building. A state Police Helicopter flew overhead as a loud flash bang was fired. The hope it would startle and distract the attackers. S. W. A. T. Officers moved quickly. Several women and a plan were taken into custody. The man described as the suspect in the shooting was put inside this Sharon Hill Police car and driven from the scene. As the operation wound down and officers departed, grateful folcroft residents applauded. If you got a heart to shoot the cops that are protecting us you would hurt any innocent one. Thats what im looking at. Yeah, children. We got children, we got innocent citizens live around here and if you got the ought to shoot at a cop what would you have done to us. Reporter we heard that from a number of residents and neighbors today. If someone
Gunfire rings out in philadelphia sending a man to the hospital with serious injuries. Plus, it is harry potter midnight mania, the wizard is back casting another spell. Well send it outside to chris sowers with a check of the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. You had to lose the coat out there, its hot and sticky. Reporter it feels like a swamp out here, very hot and sticky. Very floridalike, the tropical air is hanging on. Its dry on city avenue, the roads are wet, but its not raining. You have to go up a couple of miles to get into the heavy, drenching downpours. Most of the activity is shifted east into southern new jersey, although we have cells in lower montgomery and bucks county. You can see the heavy rain route 1 heading out of frankford into bensalem. This cell is dropping heavy rain. The National Weather service issued a flood advisory, lower montgomery and lower bucks county. Extreme western Burlington County and Philadelphia County up for another 15 or 20 minutes or
Steamy day with some strong storms, going through. The meteorologist Melissa Magee has the latest from the action news big board and melissa, a lot to keep track of tonight. Key to the humidity is fueling showers and storms across our region. Heres Storm Tracker six live double scan radar. You can see activity to the south of the Lancaster County and south of lancaster press nothing northern sections of delaware but what we are focused on is areas in philadelphia and also to the south and east there in south jersey. In fact, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for camden, atlantic, burlington counties, even ocean counties. This will stay up until 7 00 p. M. This evening. We are finding wind in association with this thunderstorm in excess of the 60 miles an hour and likelihood of quarter sized hail. You can see Storm Tracker six live double scan street level heavy rain from cherry hill into philadelphia at this hour. Moving down to the south and east to the south of the route
Apartment building. Suddenly the frantic officer radioed that he had been shot. Im shot in the face. Im shot in the face. [gunfire] shots fired, shots fired. Im shot, im shot. Reporter nearby resident reported hearing the shots. We heard shots, pop, pop, pop. I said hoe my god somebod said s shooting. To this of cops coming. They just slot a cop. Reporter an officer drove dorm plan to commerce fee see fitzgerald hospital dorm plan to mercy fitzgerald hospital. I was told by the doctor thank god he had his vest on. Reporter soon heavily armed officers descend on the apartment complex looking for the people involved. Nearby service on amtrak and septa was suspended during the intensive manhunt. Before long they arrested the gunman and three women. Nearby residents applauded. As it turns out dorman is the first folcroft officer to be shot in the line of duty. To have an officer injured like this never, i mean you know, its a wakeup call for these small towns. Fingerprinted and arraigned t