Who to loot the homes of we have Team Coverage this morning. Lets start with bob redell. Bob, what do you know . Rcement ter well, scott and loot one problem that we are like inside the fire line is crime. Law enforcement tells us that st re are people trying to loot residen residents homes, homes of people not allowed back in their community yet places like middletown still inside the fire line. 911 is receiving several calls a day of looting or suspicious activity. This has been happening ever since people started to evacuate the fire zone. Now, the Lake County Sheriffs Office announced they did already arrest one man, royce sterling moore, a 26yearold man. Deputies arrested him yesterday morning after finding him inside his car allegedly with burglary tools and a pipe used for smoking meth. Thats why in addition to firefighters and pg e crews repairing downed power lines, we are also seeing more Law Enforcement on patrol throughout the local towns that have been evacuated. Not just
Firearms revealed that the shooter 26yearold chris harper f rcer brought six guns with him ts ang his rampage yesterday at gunsua Community College. He wore a flank jacket with thosl plates and had an extra five magazines of ammunition. Mercer lso found another seven of hit his home. All of those firearms, all 13 of them, were purchased legally facording to the atf within the mest three years by mercer poutedf or by members of his family. This morning weve also learned that mercer left a multipage e. Te at the scene of the shooting in which he spouted what Law Enforcement describes as a philosophy of hate. According to one person who was shot at the scene, mercer asked his victims about their religion. Christians were shot in the head. Those who stated another religion or did not answer were shot in the leg. Ent minutes after the first 911 call Police Killed mercer in a shootout. Use the guns to come under attack yourself for being a strong Second Amendment advocate. How do you feel ab
What is the story. Reporter yeah, a very active investigation. And some people are refusing to evacuate. Im here at jefferson court, you can see its reduced to rubble and ash. Theres activity here tonight. Sheriffs deputies are patrolling the streets, looking for looters and plenty of utility crews are working 24 7 to restore electricity, internet and phone service, theres two stores open in middle town, a gas station and a hardware Grocery Store and they are being powered by generators because theres no electricity to the town on. As for the latest on the wild fire, it has burned 67,000 acres in the counties. 9,000 structures are still threatened and one confirmed death. A 71yearold retired teacher. The focus is on the town of cobb, near the intersection of high valley and bottle rock road. We have Team Coverage tonight and we begin with terry mcsweeny, he is live in the town of cobb with the latest on the investigation. Terry . Reporter yeah, here in cobb is where the fire started, m
Tracker6 live double scan showing we have some light showers in a few spots this morning, especially north and west of the city right now. So, nearly a town, reading and lancaster so watching for these light showers that are really going to dissipate. On Satellite Six we have lots of clouds and some of those showers out to the west. For the rest of us well see a chance for a sprinkle. Its mostly dry but lots of clouds and kind of cool today. 55 degrees in quakertown, 58 in pottstown, saint davids, 65 in center city. Were looking at 61 in browns mills, 62 in buena and 62 good morning in dover, delaware. As youre heading outside, lots of clouds, a sprinkle in a few spots but especially those light showers out to the north and west. Theyll be dissipating within the next couple hours. 76 degrees for your high today, so certainly feeling a bit cool similar to yesterday but we are going to many what up at least a little bit come tomorrow. Details on that in the sevenday forecast in just a mi
The jury. His own defense attorney was surprised he got off since the jury was told he was already a convicted murderer for killing another man connected to this case. Usually that kind of evidence is extremely damming to someone on trial. But the jury saw through it. Thats the credit to them. Today in court jones shouted out a thanks directly to the jury while beaus family sobbed. At the murder scene, prosecutors tried to calm beaus family his sister and his mother simply too heart broken to speak about the verdict on camera. His dad is angry. Ultimately theres another judge and hell have to pay the price then. Reporter so jones was found not guilty. Got off but hes not free. In fact hes never going to get out of jail because he was convicted in that other case for murder right now hes already serving a life sentence. Lucy . Thank you very much, karen. One man is dead after an accident at a concrete plant in Camden County. Winslow Township Police arrived at bow cello pre cast concrete