Interviewed by police. Sharrie, so far the Philadelphia Housing Authority is refusing to release the name of the officer involved in this. City police know this whole thing was indeed an accident. Whether any charges will be filed is unknown and up in the air at this point. Im vernon odom channel6 action news in spring garden. All right, vernon, thank you. Also breaking right now, a shooting investigation is under way in limerick Montgomery County. Chopper6 was overhead as police converged on the unit block of longmeadow road there. Crime scene tape is surrounding a home in the middle of that neighborhood. The shooting happened around 1 oclock this afternoon but we are still waiting on more details. Action News Reporter john rawlins is working to gather that information and well have a live report coming up at 5 oclock. Philadelphia police say the man responsible for a recent rash of child lurings also committed the same crime months ago. 35yearold marwan deeb turned himself in tuesday
Caught without a shot being fired, from the federal agents who captured him, and 37 year old ran de prince shot six people in two states, killing three, the other survivors critical. During foot chase, suspect did discard a. 308 firearm, also has been recovered, taken into custody with no incident, nobody hurt, no further civilians hurt and our Police Officers safe, as well. So this bridges somewhat closure and conclusion to a brief manhunt, but this couldnt have been done without a federal, state and local officers working together. So how did he know all of victims . He work with the people in maryland. Karen, the last victim here in delaware previously involved with each other in a criminal case, were told. Well that makes a lot of sense. So well learn a lot more today. Thank you, steve, well appreciate it. Clicking over to 4 02, the massive manhunt across the two states lasted ten hours of uncertainty finally coming to ends in a quiet neighborhood in newark. Right off the four seas
That see only the negative and theres a lot of positives going on here and i hope, i hope that that is seen and thought about. He still has work left undone so we need him to be table reply Enter Society as soon as possible so he can continue to pay it forward relative to the lives he has wrote touch. Reporter fat is a at as wife left Court Without comment. Federal prosecutors that had called for 17 to more than 20s years in prison for fattah. But the judge obviously chose to impose far less than that. Today chaka fattah was sentenced to 10 years in prison and thats a significant sentence. Reporter sharrie, in addition to 10 years behind bars, mr. Fattah will have to pay over 600,000 in restitution to the agencies he ripped off. He remains free on bail until january 26th. Then he must surrender to federal authorities t live at the federal courthouse in center city, im vernon odom channel6 action news. All right, the sentencing making national headlines. Vern, thank you. Meantime a man
And lancaster and down in millville. 34degree readings in wilmington, trenton really not much different there and 40 down in cape may. Winds not all that much of a factor this morning only running at about 7 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. And across most of the day and most of the region were probably staying in the Single Digits whip winds. So not a particularly windy day ahead. It will be chilly though. 33 degrees by 7 oclock. Some of you seeing some early sunshine. By noon, 40 been 3 oclock, thats your high, 43 degrees today. Right around average for this time of year but chilly certainly and then by 5 oclock 40 degrees been 7 oclock were back down into the upper 30s and dipping down close to freezing for an overnight low. Big story this week wednesday night into thursday matt when we are looking at an arctic snap coming in. Details on just how low the temps go coming up. Low temperatures and low speeds believe it or not already this morning david on the schuylkill expressway and t
It seems to me that all the evidence says he would do the second thing. Tim and i have argued on a lot of these issues. I am finding myself drawn into his perspective a bit. Attribute to your advocacy. I agree with the point that actually, surveillance law is developed more than other areas i mentioned. National security and counterterrorism law in checks and balances. And so, there is reason to think someone would blow the whistle if the Trump Administration tried to do something illegal and i fought hard for my 20 years in government, when i worked for National Security for increased information sharing, breaking down barriers within domestic agencies, and for the modernization of advisement so we could have a better approach to surveillance. But for my part, i would say as i fought for these changes, i did not bargain on a President Trump. That was beyond my ability to imagine as a leader of the country in thinking about how these policies would be implemented by the chief executive