Center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. He is six. Police say a child may have pulled the trigger in north philadelphia shooting his threeyearold brother in the head good evening, im natasha brown. Thanks for joining us. Right now police are trying to figure out exactly how these young boys had access to the gun. Alycia nieves is live at Temple University hospital on the latest on the victims condition. Alycia. Reporter natasha, that threeyearold little boy is here at temple hospital in critical condition. Authorities are still trying to understand exactly what happened earlier this afternoon but for right now, they do believe that this threeyearold boy was shot by his sixyearold brother. Philadelphia Police Called to this home along north 18th street at 3 00 in the afternoon. When they arrived they found a threeyearold shot in the head. Police rushed the young boy to temple hospital. Authorities believe the threeyearold, his sixyearold brother along with their 12yearold
Second floor in the bedroom, the gun went off. Authorities say the sixyearold may have been the one who pulled the trigger. People in this community arent just praying for the threeyearold shot but for his sixyearold brother, too. A sixyearold who has shot the little threeyearold he dont know no better. He probably thought it was a toy. Hes six. Reporter this shooting saddens those here in the tioga section of the city but it also frustrates some. They shouldnt have had access, no way. If they when they left, they should have took it with them. No, its unbelievable and its unacceptable. Reporter and again, the threeyearold little boy is here at temple hospital. He is in critical condition. He is fighting for his life. We are told by police that they have been talking to his two brothers and they have gotten in contact with the parents. Authorities are still talking to the parents. Anyone with information on what happened here, you are asked to contact police. For now reporting live out
State police. First, what we are tracking this Stormy Weather on this sunday. Good morning. Im rosemary connors. This is a live look at first alert radar. Neighborhoods could see some popup downpours and this will turn into a steady rain. This is a live look. A flood watch is in effect for much of the area. First alert meteorologist steve sosna joins us with the first alert neighborhood forecast. Steve . Rosemary, rain extending from pennsylvania all the way down to the bahamas. When you have that, you know theres a tropical connection to the rain. With that we could seeing downpours. Weve issued that first alert today through tonight. Where . For the entire viewing area. The reason why we will see the heavy duty downpours develop through the day today. Dry in many spots but that rain will fill in quickly and along with the rain isolated storms and some strong, gusty winds. Areas of new jersey expanded overnight. Now philadelphia and the reason why were inspecting that heavier rain to
This is in marlboro township at upper ridge road at miller road. Theres a crash at that intersection. Ill let you know as soon as it and there is a disabled vehicle in the area of routeu5wr 309 an highland avenue. When i see you in a bit, well take a look at how your speeds are on the pennsylvania turnpike and well go into new jersey and delaware and see how the roads are there. Vai . All right, thank you, katy. New from overnight, police are investigating what they are calling an5zub executionstyle, deadly shooting in philadelphias frankford section. Officers found a man laying on adams avenue with several gunshot woundsain just after 1 this morning. Authorities say evidence shows the gunman fired 28 shots at the victim, some from just inches away. So far, no arrests. 6 02. Police are also trying to figure out what led to a deadly crash in philadelphias cobbs creek neighborhood. A driver slammed into another vehicle, then hit a tree on cobbs creek parkway early this morning. The drive
The jersey shore. For this evening, of course, nowhere near that warm but as we go through the night tonight, we start to see the clouds increase that will prevent the temperature from dropping into the 30s. Getting more into the weekend and see if that continues into next weekend in a few minutes, see you soon. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with philadelphias deadliest road claiming two more lives. Two women killed when their suv slammed into the side of a semitruck this morning. Nbc 10 along the boulevard. Reporter andre, what do police tell you about the victim . Reporter the victims of 25 and 40 years old and live in philadelphia. As for the driver of that suv, he was taken to the hospital and at last check in stable condition. Closeup you see just how how risk the impact was. First responders cut open the suv to remove the three inside. Two women were dead. The driver was taken to the hospital. I had like head and manuel didnt hear tires screeching as it crashed into the tr