i remember hearing a whole bunch of voices. leon: when a prank becomes a nightmare, only on 7 the victim speaks out about swatting. and a driver takes off, dragging a police officer in the car door. and grizzl allegations grizzly allegations in a cold case. now abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. leon: first,a 7 on your side exclusive, shot between the eyes and a mistaken police response, a new crime trend in our area. swatting is what is called when a stranger places a fake call to 911 and the police respond in full force to an innocent persons home. the fbi says it is happening to everyday people. crime investigator jennifer donelan has the story. a warning, some of the images are graphic. i still have nervous pain in my face. jennifer: here he is five months ago, shot between the eyes with a rubber bullet from a police officer s gun. i think it s a miracle he is not blind and still alive. jennifer: this is the first time we are during about a cold february afte
coming up on action news, fire strikes a nine-story apartment building in the spring garden section of philadelphia. and nasa celebrates remarkable pictures from pluto next. action news, delaware valley s leading news program with jim gardner. wednesday night, and the big story on action news tonight is developing news from the spring garden section of philadelphia. police and firefighters responded tonight to an apartment fire at broad and mount vernon. and live at the scene is dann cuellar. what is the story there? the residents have now been allowed to return to their apartments, after a little scare at 640 broad street a nine-story apartment building. an action news viewer sent us this footage showing flames and ambers coming from the roof. around 9:00 the smoke alarm and strobes went off after someone reported smoke from the air conditioning vents. and the firefighters responded to check out what was going on from the roof. more from residents. i was in
city on edge this morning. police on the hunt. is this big cat prowling the streets outside homes? it s a big hit on social media but not everyone is laughing. and we do say good morning, america. on this wednesday morning and we re following that breaking news. we have some live aerials of that massive warehouse fire. it s in new jersey but smoke could be seen for miles. even as far away as here in new york city. the fire broke out overnight and much more on that in a moment. that is coming up. we begin with the stunning dash cam video released last night. it shows the confrontation in texas between a trooper and sandra bland, the woman arrested found dead three days later in her cell, and it shows a relatively normal traffic stop that escalated so quickly answering some questions raising new ones. abc s ryan smith is tracking the case. good morning, ryan. reporter: the full story of why sandra bland was arrested after a routine traffic stop was a mystery until now. th
words honestly about this whole process. what we now know she told her jailers. her family reacts to that dash cam video and what they re learning in their own investigation, only on gma this morning. there is beauty in the world and beauty and the beast. the pageant contestant with the unusual hobby. what she s doing with these sharks that has some experts outraged. she has thousands of fans online but some are saying they need to protect the predators from her. and good morning, america. we want to get right to those wildfires burning right now in two popular summer vacation spots. look at the flames there in napa valley and glacier national park in montana. and those are just two of nearly two dozen fires that are burning right now and moving quickly, scorching thousands of acres, forcing people to evacuate, and abc s aditi roy starts us off in napa valley, california. good morning, aditi. reporter: good morning, amy. take a look at those flames blazing beh
is this big cat prowling the streets outside homes? it s a big hit on social media but not everyone is laughing. and we do say good morning, america. on this wednesday morning and we re following that breaking news. we have some live aerials of that massive warehouse fire. it s in new jersey but smoke could be seen for miles. even as far away as here in new york city. the fire broke out overnight and much more on that in a moment. that is coming up. we begin with the stunning dash cam video that shows the confrontation in texas between a trooper and sandra bland, the woman arrested found dead three days later in her cell and it shows a relatively normal traffic top that escalated so quickly answering some questions raising new ones. abc s ryan smith is tracking the case. good morning, ryan. reporter: the full story of why sandra bland was arrested after a routine traffic stop was a mystery until now. this new dash cam video shows a tense situation that escalated quickly