Do it. And as if to say dont pull that gun out. Reporter and thats when will commission eros says a scuffle ensued. It was a very violent encounter initially. This individual then pulls this 9millimeter out which was fully loadeddism. Reporter and the officer shot his weapon. Its the third shot that police are investigating to see if it was justified. This happened very quickly, of course, but the one video Vantage Point is actually showing or depicting the officer firing and the guy is running away. Reporter ross says the department its policy allows police to shoot a fleeing suspect. He warns the video may not show if the male was threatening to fire while he was running away. Its no question that from the witness standpoint the officer had every right to shoot. The question is is whether the other round should have been fired and i dont know. Reporter commissioner ross says they are now reviewing this incident as well as their policies. The male was shot twice, once in the back and
Couple of weeks, people were getting upset with that. This is your spot, if you want relief from the heat head to the jersey shore, a nice sea breeze kicks in each day over the weekend and monday and tuesday, as well, that will knock the temperatures down. Mid 90s in the city, around 80 for the jersey shore. Lets look at the numbers this morning, 65 in philadelphia. Allentown, 62. Poconos, 61 in millville. Cape may, 66. Brigantine, 66. Satellite and radar were starting out with Clear Conditions you can see theres not much going on over new jersey and southeastern pennsylvania, if you look a little farther to the west, right in the center of the screen we have clouds and showers thats a small disturbance pushing through the northern portions of pennsylvania this morning. A couple of showers near kutztown and leesport, all this moving due east encountering dry air over top of us right now. A lot of this will fizzle out. Well see clouds and maybe a shower or two for the Lehigh Valley and
We have new video of an arson suspect that targeted vehicles owned by the city of philadelphia. And protesters bring down a confederate statue in response to a white supremacist rally in virginia. And the big story on action news at noon is an Apartment Fire that sent dozens of people scrambling for safety and residents were sleeping when the flames broke out. We are live at the scene with the very latest. Reporter one firefighter was injured and two residents were seriously injured and rushed to the hop here at the scene. Its unusually quiet and many residents have gone to stay with relatives or friends, most of them are at least temporarily without a home. Heard screeching noise, i guess that was the alarm. And came out side and saw flames coming out of my neighbors apartment. It was 12 30 in the morning when the fire alarms when off at the Canterbury Apartments on more elavenue. This video shows what firefighters were met with upon arrival. Dead sleep and fire alarm and woke up buil
Closure and for us to be able to put this behind us and for them to be able to you know, find some closure in this case i think is important. Reporter the lawyer who handled the lawsuit for the geer family says the provide some relief after an 18month battle for justice. The nightmare will never completely be over. I think theyll sleep a little better tonight. Reporter the lawyer says the 3 million will also help fulfill one of john geers greatest dreams, that his daughters have a fully paid for college education. While nothing will ever replace john and theres no hint that that money could ever do that one of his dreams at least will be fulfilled through this settlement. Reporter john geers father was not available to speak on camera but told me over the phone its a step up the ladder on getting to the top and getting to final closure. We still have a ways to go. The other step is whether criminal charges we filed against the officer who shot geer. The u. S. Justice department and the
Heavy rain moving east toward the shore and some storms, round two between 8 00 p. M. And midnight the scattered showers to the west and weakened thunderstorms. After midnight gradual liz clearing from west to east. After that we will be talking with a weekend winner, and chasing 90 degrees in the seven day, looking forward to that as long as there are no storms. For now back to you. Thanks, so much, kathy. If it is safe to take a picture during the the storm wed like to see it. Send your picks to us on, twitter and use hash tag cbs3 storms. We are no less than six hours away from the possible strike on septas Regional Rail line. Governor corbetts office is offering to get involved. Eyewitness News Reporter walt hunter is live in center city tonight with the latest developments, walt. The decision on whether or not your Regional Rails train will be running 12 01 a. M. Tomorrow may well be made right behind me, closed doors of the law office, on the 32nd floor of two liberty place, sept