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Plus, its going to be a cold weekend across the northeast and the midwest section of the country. Yep. And now they are dealing with flooding and freezing. It just looks miserable. You look at that and you think, there is absolutely nothing we can say negatively about our weather here. That like icy river flowing through the streets there just looks horrible. Bitter cold. So for more on what our weather looks like very thankful in the bay area. I mean, when you see the pictures. They have been dealing with an extended period of extreme cold temperatures up the eastern seaboard. We cant complain too much. We have been tracking some rain. Of course, it was relatively dry here in the bay area. Look at this scene out towards San Francisco bay. Yeah. Almost looks like a nice painting to frame, put on your wall. Thats what we have this saturday morning. Clouds in place. Fog in place. But the rainfall, for the most part, is scooting out of town. There is a chance of drizzle or a few sprinkles
And night. This all began around 8 00 last night. Calls coming in for shots fired. Were being staged at a High School Just nearby. Let me show you the active scene behind me. A lot of Police Resources at this crime scene. Were told that a suspect barricaded inside a home began shooting at police, even shooting at one of the Police Armored vehicles there. At this point were told police have not returned fire but they have taken fire over the past few hours. Neighbors describe a number of gunshots ending at midnight and this has been ongoing. About 18 people have been evacuated. The police chief says its a delicate situation right now. The rescue police vehicles, the information has been struck numerous times with officers inside taking fire. And the neighborhood is being urged to shelter in place. Right now this barricade situation continues. No word on who this suspect is or whether anybody else is in that home but police and swat teams from Camden County and gloucester township have t
Detours, more information. Here is what it looks like over that way. This is our camera right at route 30 just off route 73. So, again, the roads are wet. Were above freezing, so i dont think we have to worry about any that far black ice, but the slush thats caused from the water and the snow melting, that could be just as slippery this morning. And cherry hill, new jersey, accident investigation on route 38, closed right in front of the cherry hill mall. So watch for some local detours this morning, then water main break from last night, route 130 riverton road over in cinnaminson. Karen, thomas, back over to you. Thank you so much, there, bob. We want to get right to. This happening right now. Breaking news, out of gloucester township, people are being told to shelter in place. They have a person who is barricaded inside after home. Lets get right out to jennifer voice with what we are learning right now, jenny . Good morning, karen, we did talk to Gloucester Township Police chief ha
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