Our area these are far northern and western suburbs, berks county, Lehigh Valley a and poconos in effect from this evening to tomorrow morning. Worst of it will be in the northern Lehigh Valley and poconos, this will start as some sleet and then temperatures at or below freezing will change this to ice and freezing rain could be a glaze or Ice Accumulation on road and sidewalks. Dangerous travel in that area tonight. South of allentown toward the coast this is just rain but it will be ref i for a time. Im break down how much rain will fall and ice and sleet we will sianni what happens when the the system gets out of here. Taste of winter temperature wise in the forecast by first week ebb of the new year. For now, back to you. Some in our region are preparing for possibility of the wintry mix tonight. Eyewitness News Reporter diana rocco is in allentown with more on that, diana . Reporter it is starting to feel like winter in allentown. Rain has been coming down for last few minutes, it
Officers you can expect an army responding, and a lot of firepower. Thats how he describes the person who was shooting at police. It started in the Early Morning hours after the new years eve celebrations. Someone firing shots in the air on first lane near orange avenue in south San Francisco. Thats when neighbors began calling police. We called it in. The cops drove by. And they kept driving by. Then we heard more shots. So they called again. And they drove by again around 2 30. And the cops just waited until they found something. Reporter according to the police report, two officers searching on foot were then fired upon by this man, 23yearold dejesus gomez, firing upon them. The suspect ran. A small army of officers responded including the s. W. A. T. Teams reps using improvised explosive devices. Police would not say why they brought in this armored personnel carrier. Neighbors were told to stay in their homes. We didnt go out of the house. My daughter couldnt go to work. And just
Driveway here. Reporting live in lower moreland township. Kenneth moton channel 6 action news. Thank you. Now to a developer story in montgomery county, an exfirefighter is under arrest after he took his old coworkers hostage. The man was just laid off yesterday and came back today with a gun. Chopper 6 hd was overhead as he surrendered to s. W. A. T. Teams. Lets get started with vernon odom, the good news here is that all of this ended peacefully here today. Reporter we are thanking the lord for that here the lamott section of elkins park is quiet and peaceful once again after there was a serious confrontation and the firehouse was ground zero for the confrontation. A volunteer fireman just fired last night came in with a handgun and took four members hostages. The police came and started negotiations by telephone and he did fire one shot into the basement wall. One male was holding four males in the basement with a handgun and threatening to shoot the same. Before our arrival before
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Ly normally this time of year we have several inches of rain and have green grass that wouldnt be able to burn. Reporter arson investigators are looking at whether the fire began in this abandoned car. Sheriffs deputies confirm it was stolen and have been investigating cases of stolen cars dumped here off mt. Hamilton road. Neighbors say its a big problem. Honda civics, accords. Theyll crash them all over the place coming up the mountain purposely, doing tricks and doughnuts and everything. By the time theyre finished with them, they break the windshields and usually dump them off the edge of the clip. Reporter for now a small team of firefighters plan to ring in new year out here to make sure there are no flareups. Sheriffs deputies say when they contacted the owners of two vehicles that they found near the fire, the owners had not even realized yet their vehicles were missing. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Air quality in the south bay has been poor fo