Firing at them t. Neighborhood the on lockdown, people spent the night out of their homes in the area. That barricade is happening in middle town about 15 miles away from the wawa, where it all started around noon yesterday. 32yearold Steven Ballard died when the suspect opened fire on him in the parking lot. We have live team coverage, corporeal ballard would have reported to work t. Scene begins, just on new information, katie, what did you learn . Tracy the latest news from Delaware State Police is that the suspect recently fired shots at Police Outside his home again. This happened around 4 00 a. M. They followed up with explosive devices, at this time the suspect remained barricaded in his home. Can you see this road behind me is this police are not allowing traffic to get close to that neighborhood. Here is the suspects home investigators tracked him here after witnesses saw corporeal Steve Ballard found multiple times in a parking lot. Since police have surrounded the suspects h
Ballard yesterday around noon. He had been on the force for more than eight years. He was just 32 years old. We begin tim furlong, who is learning more about this fallen trooper. Ballard had years on the force. You see his hat is on the hood there. Im told this trooper when he saw something unusual, he checked it out to make sure things were okay. That was what he was doing yesterday when he was killed. Governor carney asking for prayers for another family and Law Enforcement agency now coping with a tragedy. The actions of steven yesterday exemplified the dedication that he brought to the citizens of delaware. We spoke with the commander here. Heavy a good cop who specialized in dui entorsment. In the year and a half since he was transferred here, he had a significant can impact and will be missed. His troopers wont let this tragedy from protecting the citizens they serve. We may be out of sorts for a little while, but well be there for them and thats whats important. Reporter ballard
Reporter good morning, everybody we have are a decent start, clouds are beginning to break up, there there is fog ins of the region. But in most cases were not seeing a lot of that right now. Temperatures are in the 60s, as we go into the afternoon looks like well warmup just in time for the first day of the nfl draft. There you see the fog, not a big deal, 5 Miles Per Hour, thank very much karen. In addition weve got 9 Miles Per Hour visibility in philadelphia, a little bit of a technical problem there, now were getting the train back on track. 62 in reading. 59 in wilmington, 60 in trenton. 54 in cape may. Again as we go through the day it gets warm. Noon, 71. Well get nice this afternoon, 78 degrees by 3 00 p. M. The high of 79 will clock in around 4 00 p. M. By 7 00 p. M. Tonight when the parkway is buzzing. 74 degrees, a nice evening to be in center city. Karen looks like it gets warmer over the next couple of days before a cool down the second half of the weekend. Reporter who lo
David murphy and karen rogers. Reporter well have mostly sunny skies, as for visibility we have fog in lancaster. This is developing toward millville, it doesnt look too bad right now. Temperatures are not too bad. 61 degrees in philadelphia. 62 right now in allentown. 60 in trenton. 59 in wilmington, 54 a little cooler in cape may. As we roll through the day, it gets nice, 57 degrees by 7 00. Noon, 71 we see a high of 79 degrees well wait until 4 00 p. M. This afternoon to get there, very close to that between 3 00 p. M. , 5 00 p. M. This evening, on the parkway, 74 degrees by 7 00 p. M. A great night for the nfl draft to kick so kick off. You have a blocked road. Reporter its for the nfl draft near Spring Garden and the Benjamin Franklin parkway. The Benjamin Franklin parkway way is closed outer drive and inner drive, as well. A few other closures youre dealing with for the nfl. Adding to that today. We have the start of the penn relays. The first event is at 9 00 a. M. Well see extr
Most not. By noon, 71 degrees, 3 00 p. M. , 78 degrees with the high of 79 degrees clocking in at 4 00 p. M. Im posting mostly sunny skies for the rest of the day, we may increase sunshine as we go later into the afternoon. Its going to be warm no matter what the sky cover looks like staying warm for the next couple of days just in time for the penn relays and the nfl draft. , the traffic will be tricky for all the above reasons. This is the schuylkill expressway approaching Spring Garden we have seen extra volume on the schuylkill expressway with each day. Now we pack on the penn relays expect major congestion on the schuylkill expressway. This is mlk drive off to the side. Im watching to see if theres any traffic getting by. Each morning they are allowing the traffic to get by mlk drive and Spring Garden. This morning they are blocking it off still. This morning well see if they let traffic get by for the morning commute. Heres the list of the nfl draft closures, the big one is the B