Actions on the part of Police Officers over the years very proud to be part of this profession. Ive not seen any that rose above what i saw on that video. Reporter police say carleton hipps and Ramon Williams entered the game stop at 21st and lehigh and announced a robbery just before 5 00 p. M. They were unaware officer wilson was inside. Officer wilson drew his Service Weapon and became engaged in a fierce and violent gun battle with both armed suspects. He was take rounds. He was actually being hit during the exchange of gunfire but he continued to fight continued to shoot until the fatal wound was fired and it brought him down imcommissioner Charles Ramsey says store surveillance of the gun battle shows wilson moved moved weigh from patrons so they wouldnt be hit. The two suspects fled the store. Wilsons partner Damien Stevenson was outside. He engaged in another gun battle hitting hipps in the leg. The second suspect who has been identified as Ramon Williams ran back into the stor
Humidity and thats the trouble that we have right now. Lets look at the current temperatures. 79 degrees in philadelphia already. Were already at 80 in trenton. Even along the coastline, temperatures in the upper 70s. 79 degrees in wildwood. And the trouble today with High Pressure giving more of a westerly flow today, i think youre even going have a hard time getting relief at the shore today with that sea breeze not really able to do any affect. Satellite 6 and action radar slowing some showers that tried to pull through. Were left over with clouds right now. Were starting with early cloud cover and you can see the building, the showers and thunderstorms out to our west. Weve got a chance for a shower or a thunderstorm later today, any one of them could be strong. The best chance would be for late tonight. By 9 00 a. M. , 84, by noon 91, 3 00 p. M. , 94 coming down from your high of 96 at 6 00 p. M. 93 degrees so hot and humid day today. Details on that seven day forecast. Well find
Whats going on with your traffic with karen rogers. Good morning to both of you. Good morning, everybody. And what was the well start out with the cloud cover on satellite thats fairly prominent. Down to the south you may get early sun in places like southern delaware and Cape May County but obviously a lot of cloud cover out there and were looking at fog in the northern and western suburbs in particular that could be a bit on the thick side this morning so be careful of that. Thats still in the process of developing. 66 degrees in philadelphia right now, 65 wilmington, 63 in trenton, 64 degrees in allentown. And 67 in reading. Same thing down through south jersey. Obviously a very mild start this morning and as we head out to get the bus, well, maybe a jacket required as were still in the 60s but mid 60s 6 00 a. M. Through 8 00 a. M. , partly cloudy and some areas producing some fog this morning. As we roll into the afternoon, though, its going to get back to summertime feel out there
Are mixing that sun with clouds especially down the shore. Sprinkles getting close to clearing the coast. Well keep our eyes out to the west for more thunderstorms to pop up later today. 73 is the current temperature in philadelphia. Not too bad. Actually still in the 60s in allentown and reading and trenton even out in lancaster. 73 in sea isle city. And as we roll through the day it is going to be a warm one. 76 by 9 oclock, 85 by noon and your high is that 89degree mark that will probably be sitting on or about 3 oclock. And through the afternoon there is that chance of a popup spotty thunderstorm where they happen to hit they could be strong and gusty. Not everybody sees them this afternoon, though. We are getting enough sun in play where once again weve got that sunburn alert up. If youre headed to the pool, the beach or just working outside u. V. Index will be running high at times so lather up with that sun unscreen. When i go inside well show you the storms on future tracker 6
Under control but not the case at 2 30 this morning. See fireballs going into the air. The fire started around 2 30 here at american and york streets in kensington. It quickly grew to four alarms, with the flames engulfing the building. Some of this building has been flattens, all the way to the ground, because of the intense flames. Were told this is vacant warehouse, still one person again taken to the hospital. Again, he is a 25 year old man, burns over the majority every his body, taken to Temple University hospital conscious anal letter. No word on any additional injuries this morning. We are expecting an update from the fire commissioner very soon. He is obviously been very busy this morning, but we will keep you uptodate back out here live on scene, in kensington, again, you can see, number of firefighters here on the grounds with number of hose point at the fire. No this is the front side of the building at american and york, but on the other side we saw all of the flames. Fire