His building were told with no regard for residents or cops he fired off about a dozen shots and at one point while skyforce 10 hovered over the scene police tell us that he told them he was going to blow our chopper out of the sky and thats when they moved in. So we lobbed three canisters of tear gas into the rear end of where he was firing shots from. And then the s. W. A. T. Team forced entry inside the apartment itself. And he was in a second bedroom with the handgun. Reporter as you saw there smith was taken into custody. You saw them put him on a stretcher. Were told he was rushed to the hospital for evaluation. So far officers here on the scene tell us that when they moved into his apartment, they had found a. 22 rifle, a handgun and rounds of ammunition. We can tell you that hes lived here at this apartment complex for ten years. Were told that he recently lost his wife. As for why he did this, that is still under investigation. Were live in upper darby tonight, nefertiti jaque
Themselves. Now you talk. Reporter governor christie did the same at a bigger table. There are opportunities here. Reporter steps away from the quiet breakfast spot surrounded by city and state leaders, he says they cant win without a state casino competition. With a tremendous loss in its tax base which declined in tandem with casino revenues. Reporter among the recommendings to fix the fiscal crisis, appointing an emergency manager. Marvin williams lost two casino jobs after investing 30 years here. It opens up in other states. I never dreamed these casinos would shut down. Reporter still the time line to bring the jobs and the casino back is on the horizon. The fact is the first thing you need to do is stop the bleeding. Reporter now, governor christie did not comment on stocktons interest to buy the showboat casino. He said what will happen next will be careful review and consideration of both recommendations, possible school, tax and Pension Reforms that could happen by means of e
Good afternoon in the news a woman is killed while crossing a busy highway in buck county. The new details about the 51yearold victim. And a begger with a luxury car. And a drastic change in the forecast is the big story. We started the day with dense fog that made for a slow morning is commute and now we are looking ahead to a long stretch of plunging temperatures, a cold front is moving in in fact all across the country. Lets head to the big board and david murphy. Its cooling but not quite yet, you have a few hours to enjoy above average temperatures. Breaks to the clouds from the north and west. And in philadelphia we managed to squeeze in sunshine, here is what stormtracker 6 live double scan looked like when we were tracking the fog earlier this morning. This is a snapshot from 9 00, and even in through philadelphia and suburbs north of philadelphia, buck county and Montgomery County and down through south jersey, large areas with a half mile visibility and a quarter mile, we had
Together exactly what occurred and trying to get some witnesses who might have seen something. R alex ba lived in a ground floor apartmt here in gaithersburg. Divided up his condo into four bedrooms, and rented them out. Coming up at 6 00, well hear from one of his roommates. Live in gaithersburg, pat collins. Tur to an attack on a synagogue in israel and the impact at home. A gro of worshippers dead in one of the most Violent Attacks in the city of jerusalem. Pat lawson muse is live at the news desk with details. Reporter jim, we just learned in the past ten minutes a fifth person has died after that attack. We know the first four men killed were rabbis and three were americans with dual israeli citizenship. They were praying when two palestinian men armed with a meat cleaver and gun burst into the synagogue. Police shot and killed the attackers. Israels Prime Minister said the country would respond with force. Police have already raided the mens homes and arrested some family members
That sky scraper after one of the cables malfunctions. Two were clinging to life on the side of the 104 to you youer for more than an hour, before new york Fire Fighters were able to cut through a window and pull them to safety cables did not break. Slack developed on the west side of the scaffolding. It caused it to go to that position. Wind was blowing as well, so it must been scary. I wouldnt want to be them. One world trade center, of course, tower that rose from the ashes of the twin towers. It opened, for business, just last week. Deadly and suspicious, authorities investigate a house fire in Atlantic County, the bodies of a woman and a child found inside. The story is unfolding on the 200 block of washington avenue in Egg Harbor City. That is where Eyewitness News new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live with the very latest, cleve. Reporter jessica, the police have not said yet whether they believe that the two victims here died before or during the fire. The block here on washi