Standoff. We dont yet know the moat vague of the perpetrator. We dont know whether this is politically motivated although obviously there are some indications that it could be. Reporter police say the incident is isolated and involves only the one suspect and his hostages. It is not connected Officials Say to a suspicious package found earlier in the day at the famed sidney opera how fast the small cafe remains surrounded although police have not been in contact with the gunman. The officers that are there are welltrained unprofessional. They know what theyre doing. They have trained for this. And im sure that they will get through and this will be an out come that will be will be positive. I think think of almost nothing more distressing, more terrifying than to be caught up in such a situation and our hearts go out to those people. Reporter the cafe where this is all happening is in the same building that houses the u. S. Consulate. The white house tells reporters that the president
After a violent prisoner escapes custody and bolts on to the streets of southWest Philadelphia. Good evening im jessica dean. Im chris may. Lets get right out there. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt live at southwest detectives with developing information. David . Reporter chris i just spoke to police here at southwest detectives. They tell me this 16yearold is still on the run. Theyve been trying find him all night. He was on his way actually here to the building behind me to face charges when he escaped. Police say 16 year old had a seem singletary is on the run handcuffed in the front. Detectives say he committed thee armed robberies and two home inn vagues in pennsylvania earlier this year. Just before police tried to make an arrest, Authorities Say singletary plead he had flowed tennessee then to florida where authorities found him in a stolen car in jacksonville area. Police hired a private company to transport him to face the charges and Authorities Say singletary was in the
To the building behind me to face charges when he escaped. Police say 16 year old had a seem singletary is on the run handcuffed in the front. Detectives say he committed thee armed robberies and two home inn vagues in pennsylvania earlier this year. Just before police tried to make an arrest, Authorities Say singletary plead he had flowed tennessee then to florida where authorities found him in a stolen car in jacksonville area. Police hired a private company to transport him to face the charges and Authorities Say singletary was in the back seat of this white unmarked kia when he jumped out and ran. People know where hes at. Obviously hes back in his hometown. There are individuals who he hangs out like age and family members. Reporter neighbors spent several hours watching the essential. Its scary. Whos child is rung the streets. Age 16. No safety for our children. We have elderly people in our neighborhood on our block. We have small children. They cant even come out to play when t
Weather authority forecast. Unlikely friendship develops between house cats and a links. How these katz met, behind the glass. Coming up in the trend. A good friday eve, karen, to you. We like to call it a good friday eve. Our prefriday, whatever you want to call t at least it is thursday, and we made it, violent weather system moved through overnight, may not be out of the woods at least towards the middle of the day. All right, so, for weather on the one areas, lets talk to sue serio about that. Lightning show, notice how the grounds was so steamy because it had been so hot yesterday. Of course we got into the 90s yesterday, we did not ends up break that record by the way. , lets go with number for today, now that the strongest storms seem to be out of here, that is five today, pluses of today, cooler temperatures, showery, humid, on and off for the rest of the day. So, those are your pluses and minus, kind of half and half kind of day. Strongest storms have pulled off shore. Now wat