Our Team Coverage continues with lauren mayk live at the hospital where crews rushed that injured trooper to be treated. Whats the latest on his condition . Reporter good evening. Well, we are told that he is in Good Condition today. He does have a bullet in his shoulder that for now will not be removed, but he is expected to be okay. Awake, alert, talking. Reporter mayor Michael Nutter giving the good news about the wounded trooper. He asked me how i was doing. I said, well, thats really not the question right now. The question is, how are you doing. Reporter at the hospital, 31yearold trooper Patrick Casey reported to be in good spirits after being shot. Shoulder wound, he described it as his lat, his left shoulder. Reporter state Police Captain tells us trooper casey was the backup on a traffic stop. He followed the fleeing suspect, trying to box in the other vehicle and took fire. The suspect got out of his car, was firing continually at trooper casey, at which time he was returnin
Philadelphia and northeast philadelphia is at 33 degrees. Well see temperatures climb, thats in spite of mostly cloudy skies. By the time the sun is up, a few breaks at 9 00, 44 degrees, then increasing clouds as we go into the afternoon. Notice, too, that the wind is also increasing, southwesterly at 13 miles an hour, thats going to boost our temperatures so well still be climbing at the lunch time hour as far as temperatures are concerned. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back. Right now katy has your first alert traffic. Im following construction issues in Center City Philadelphia, the vine street expressway in both directions between 76 and the exit for broad street is closed because of a long term construction project that closes late at night until early in the morning around 5 00 a. M. Well let you know when that clears. Moving further south of that, 76 eastbound there was construction between the vine street expressway and the exit for south str
Some break in the clouds out there and overall were expecting partly sunny skies today, kind of going back and forth between the clouds and sun a bit. 37 degrees in philadelphia. Closer to the freezing mark in trenton and allentown and reading, below freezing in lancaster and only 29 degrees in millville. Were still sitting on 36 degrees in wilmington, though association a chilly start certainly and the farther west you go through the region right now the better chance you have of a little bit of an you shall whip visibility. Its very patchy but some patchy fog is possible especially out west. As we take a look at the bus stop, 34 degrees at 6 oclock, up to 36 by 8 oclock. So, pretty chilly to start out under those partly cloudy skies. And rolling through the day, as i mentioned a little bit milder later on became 8 oclock were at 36 but by noon up top 51 and your high today is going to be that 55degree reading at 3 oclock with those partly sunny skies in play. We are getting milder as