New year. Good evening. Im keith jones. Tonight we found shoppers frustrated to pay the tax as they stocked up for new years eve parties. Nbc10s drew smith has the story. Reporter its a sticker shock we were told to prepare for. It started going up to a ridiculous price. Reporter but its the date that has people upset. Philadelphias 1. 5 cent per ounce sugary drink tax becomes law on the 1st of next year. I was looking at the price tag, and i was like, oh, my god, it went from 2. 99 to 5. 49. Reporter the tax is expected to bring in 90 million to fund Early Education and improve recreation centers, and its assessed on beverage distributors. Stores can choose to pass it on to you, and it appears acme got an early start. We checked to make sure this wasnt just a chainwide soda price increase, and we managed to find a twoliter bottle of cola for less than a buck inside this Montgomery County acme. But here inside the city limits, that same brand and size costs more than double. Its almost
Most of us 5 to 10 miles per hour, allentown, philadelphia. I suspect winds pick up this afternoon, putting us in breezy to low end windy category. Gusts 25 to 30 miles per hour. Yesterday gusts closer to 40 miles per hour. Not as strong as yesterday. You will notice those winds. Heres radar and satellite. Not a lot going on. We have thin clouds trying to move through. Scattered clouds in place across the board. Looking at more clouds building in as we get to the later part of your day, which doesnt mean it ruins fireworks. You are going to notice clouds as we go through the evening. We are looking at your new years eve forecast, coming up about temperatures moving into tonight and details on mummers day parade. All of that coming up in a few minutes. See you shortly. A large manhunt in pennsylvania for the killer of a state trooper. Ja Jason Robison is wanted for shooting and killing the officer. Trooper landon weaver was answering a call for domestic incident in a rural area of Hunti
These are clouds spread across the board in the last hour or so really. Now we have more cloudy skies as we step out. Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions possible even into the evening. Good news, shouldnt effect fireworks too much. We are not talking lowhanging clouds, just clouds rolling by the area. Notice no rain headed our direction. A pretty dry forecast for new years eve. Things change on the ten day forecast. Coming up, a closer look at weekend details and beyond. See you shortly. Thanks for that. New years eve wouldnt be complete without fireworks. This year nbc10 is giving you a front row seat to not one but two Fireworks Shows happening this evening. Nbc10s Monique Braxton is live on penns landing where organizers and crews are getting everything ready for the festivities. Monique . Reporter hey there, rosemary. Being billed as two of the most spectacular Fireworks Shows ever. Take a look down on penns landing. You can see it is all ready for the thousands that will be jam pa
He was shot three times in the chest and torso. He died around 9 37 this evening. There was a semiautomatic handgun, and they found shell casings on the ground. Now, Police Believe the suspects are two men. They wore dark colored beanie. We spoke to a neighbor. I was down in the basement. I heard pop, pop, pop. I wasnt expecting to see a young kid laying down like that. The victim is 14 years of age. He will be 15 next month, in the month of december. So he was shot and killed just weeks before his 15th birthday. Reporter coming back live now, you can see officers over on one side of a car. There is a shell casing marker on the ground over there. They are again working to collect evidence. Now, we did find out that this 14yearold was not from this immediate area but did have an address connected to a home in this area. This is a residential, quiet area, so you can imagine the shock felt by some of these neighbors. Well continue to work on this story and work to get an identity of this
The 14yearold who was shot and killed earlier this week. Im jim rosenfield. The teens mom spoke to nbc10s Brandon Hudson at tonights vigil. Hes joining us live at Philadelphia Police headquarters with the latest on this shooting. Reporter jim, we came here to headquarters to get the latest on this homicide. So far police have no arrests at this time. The 14yearolds mother says she knows who killed her son and is urging them to turn themselves in. He was very tight with me. Reporter days after ian was shot and killed, the pain is still raw for his mother, kelly. Surrounded by family and friends, kelly spoke to nbc10 before a vigil for her son in mayfair. A tragic loss weeks before christmas. Kelly says her 14yearold son was a popular student at northeast high school. He smiled a lot. Very well liked, played a lot of football and sports. Loved rap music. Reporter Philadelphia Police say on monday night, someone shot and killed ian while trying to rob him. It happened on brous avenue. You