27yearold antawn watson led officers on a high speed chase from pleasantville Atlantic City where he opened fire on officers. The video shows watson refusing to drop the weapon as the officers commanded. Instead he exchanged gunfire with seven Police Officers and an autopsy revealed watson suffered 45 gunshot wounds that he had pcp in his system at the time. The officers used the force found to be justified. None were charged. The Prosecutors Office released the video after new Jersey Supreme Court ruling this month that footage of Fatal Police Shootings should be released in most cases. Now an update on the investigation into a neighborhood dispute that resulted in the death of two people shot and killed last week in the citys frankford section. Tensions continue to run high as the admitted shooter has not been charged with any crime. And today the sons of the woman killed launched their own personal pursuit for justice. Action News Reporter sara Sarah Bloomquist is live in frankford
So after repeatedly declining our requests for on camera comment we caught up with the mayor outside his office. Come on. Chester mayor Thaddeus Kirk lapped responding to concerns from neighbors and Community Leaders all wanting to know why city officials have seemingly kept a low profile after an 11yearold boy was shot by a stray bullet while he sat inside his home over the weekend. The shooting comes as chester faces another round of gun violence. Its 20th homicide happened hours before the child was struck. We dont rush to the scene because theres some persons that like rushing to the scene and being seen and want to know where mayor and council are. Mayor and council, we have a Police Department and what we do we try to stay out of the way so that our Police Department can do their investigation. The mayor taking issue with Community Members like pastor Calvin Williams who told us people here have been upset their elected officials have not been publicl publicly addressine violent
It has cleared the philadelphia area and all the rest of pennsylvania, but some of this activity is still very strong, maybe even severe with lightning and hail and strong, gusty winds of the some of the heaviest rain just over dover, delaware and little creek. Heavy rain in new jersey, deerfield, pitts grow. It just passed Washington Township and other storms approaching brigantine. The green, the flood advisories. The flood advisory till midnight. Severe thunderstorm warnings until 11 30 for parts of the area. These storms will continue to move south, through the area and will be gone by morning. But thats not the end of the rain threat during the day tomorrow. Well talk more about when that is coming and big changes in the Temperature Department coming up in a few minutes. New at 11 00, nbc 10 was the only tv station there as this baby kidnapper was taken off to prison. Sharea moore could spend up to seven years behind bars for taking a child from the mall. Weve learned a lot of new
The water has been turned off. Theres still quite a bit of damage in the roadway. See here that needs to be fixed. Couple of homes that have floods damage in the basement because of this water main break. Happened a little before 1 00 this morning. Frankford avenue meets up with tompson. The Philadelphia Water Department says this is an eight inch main that broke. That kind of main is not too large. It is enough to cause some problems here when they do break. Were also told about a dozen Properties Around here do not have Water Service because of this. The bigger impact to this entire area will be the closures, the road closures. The Water Department says theyll be coming back here to make those repairs. As we take another live look, see the police cars out here. Frankford avenue is closed from girard to tompson. To tompson treat is closed. For how long, if Water Department says these rearies could continue most of the day. For now im live in fishtown. Matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Police
During the day. When youre more likely to see those showers when im back in ten minutes. First see how the traffic is moving. Jessica boyington with first alert traffic. To start. Starting on the roosevelt boulevard. Cameras around ninth street. Both directions north and southbound looking goodtoo. Little empty. Watching a crash in upper moreland. West county line road. Checking in with the bridges. On standby for an opening with the burlington bristol. Next 15 minutes or so. Around 5 45. See that open and close to drivers there. Walt whitman is nice and clear. Same goes for ben franklin. Vai, back to you. Breaking overnight. Water main break in philadelphia could impact your morning commute. Roads are closed instead fishtown. Crews work to fix the problem. Busted around 1 00 this morning around tompson and mshack mack reporter we know this whole thing got started when drivers spotted two people climbing up the ben franklin. They called 911. This is what happened next. Ty Police Office