A man pistol whipped and shot in philadelphia. The police say he operated an unlicensed cab. He picked up two men at 1 40 at 52nd and market. One in the back and one if the front. And when they asked the money for the ride he immediately started to strike the driver with the handgun and told the victim to give it up. They get in the ride and never announced to say where they were going and starts whacking them with the gun. The one in the backseat apparently fired the gun and struck him. He was able to drive to 52nd and chancellor and flagged down officers pour help. He was taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition and the victim was known in the area for driving an unlicensed cab. Its something that people do in parts of the city but sometimes driving a cab period can be a dangerous thing. And police are reviewing surveillance footage. Within the next hour well learn the details in the arrest and conviction of a serial child rapist. A Delaware County man that had at least 1
Move close to the substation. The officer of Emergency Management is monitoring the situation and urging drivers to avoid the area, as the substation continues to burn. Lets go to the chopper for the gridlock in philadelphia as well. As i said just bumper to bumper vehicles here. All the traffic lights in a large area are out and 20,000 people still without power. Firefighters have not moved toward the substation, they are not pouring water on that, but trying to deenergize the substation. People are worried. We spoke to one woman. We understand there is a safety issue but nobody is answering any of our questions, give us an idea. Will our services be rerouted. We have groceries and children and i have a sick husband at home. What is going on . Nobody wants to answer any questions. Looking back live in north philadelphia. That is the end of the fox street as this fire continues to burn, they are working to deenergize the area, the peco crews are, so firefighters can start to extinguish
Calls we have to shut it down. Lee serving customers at his restaurant two in one cafe, the longer the business is in the dark the longer the merchandise can spoil. Another two hours we have to throw the food in the trash, we cant use, we hope that its back on. For those trying to make it home they need to have the police out here directing the traffic before there is an accident. Police are on scene and peco trucks have arrived to 30th and allegheny avenue and henry avenue. Police are trying to direct traffic here and its unclear howl it will take to restore service in the area. Reporting live in northeast philadelphia, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Newcastle county police are intensifying their search for a would be kidnapper after yet another woman was targeted. The community is on edge and police are asking for your help tracking him down. All the incidents happened in the past month the first on february 13 and in north wilmington the second in pike creek and now an incidents
All throughout hunting park area and tie ups along the hunting park and allegheny intersection right there. Hazmat crews were called in to the scene to deal with all of this. Now its important to note we do not have any reports of injuries at this time but crews continue to work on this while peco is trying to reroute some of the power thats out there trying to reroute power to get it to people who still need it at this point but as we come back to the ground level here, we can tell that you this is still very active scene with police trying to keep everybody far from this and deal with Traffic Congestion as well. A very busy and hectic scene still since this started around 1 50 this afternoon. Back to you. All right, dave, thank you. Now on to developing story in delaware. A community is concerned after a woman is grabbed at gun point outside her apartment, police say its the same guy who has struck twice before. The attacks happening just miles apart from each other ton night investi
Hes clearly very good at getting in and out of places. Reporter just 24 hours after a womans terrifying confrontation with an armed robber at this apartment complex next to hers, Christine Rivera was out walking her dogs fiona and tessa worried about her own safety. I tell my neighbors when im coming out now. So i say, im going out. If i dont come back in 20 minutes come looking for me. Reporter these are scary times here police say armed robber on the loose targeting women and in two cases kidnapping and sexually assaulting them. The randomness of the cases it could very well be one of our family members, your family members that are the neck victim. Reporter monday night around 6 30 a woman out walking her dog here was approached boy a man dressed all in black with a gun. He announce add robbery and forced her back to her apartment. When a man inside came to the door, the suspect took off. He held a gun to her head and said im robbing you. Reporter monday nights frightening confronta