And left a small memorial to a brave officer and friend. Its just, its a shame. I just feel sorry sad thats all cause, you know, he got little kids. Reporter wilson died protecting the people inside the game stop on 22nd and lehigh thursday engaged in a fierce gun battle. He redefined what a hero is all about. One, he stepped away from the counter. There were civilians there where i countered four behind the counter. He was taking rounds. He was actually being hit during the exchange of gunfire but he continued to fight continued to shoot. Reporter more than 50 rounds were fired. The fight caught on store surveillance video. Officer wilson, a 30yearold father of two was in line buying a gift for his eightyearold son just after 4 30 when police say brothers, 29yearold carleton hipps and 24yearold Ramon Williams walked in with semi automatic weapons and announced a robbery. The officer was a warrior. He fought to the very end firing at both of them. Reporter the eight year veteran was sh
Counter. There were civilians there where i countered four behind the counter. He was taking rounds. He was actually being hit during the exchange of gunfire but he continued to fight continued to shoot. Reporter more than 50 rounds were fired. The fight caught on store surveillance video. Officer wilson, a 30yearold father of two was in line buying a gift for his eightyearold son just after 4 30 when police say brothers, 29yearold carleton hipps and 24yearold Ramon Williams walked in with semi automatic weapons and announced a robbery. The officer was a warrior. He fought to the very end firing at both of them. Reporter the eight year veteran was shot in the head, his partner engaged the suspect shooting hipps in the leg. He was one of our very, very best no, question about it and were all in shock and were all going to suffer this loss for a very, very long period of time. Reporter and officer wilsons son turns nine on monday. He was at the game stop buying him a video game because h
Ground, and just about every single location. We move on and what do we find . Well we are going to be dealing with not much today. Now, the poconos might find couple of flurries, and you can see theyve little activity going on up there right now. Otherwise, the rest of us looking for sunshine, maybe couple of clouds out there too, but much better day than weve seen over the last month or so. 14 degrees our temperature in philadelphia yes, it is cold out there, nine in trenton seven wilmington, seven millville. Expect to find icy spots driving around, careful of that because we did get melting yesterday. And so, where it was frozen yesterday, might not be frozen today, but it is frozen in a whole new spot. Our windchill right now, feels like 5 degrees outside. And in philadelphia and minus nine in allentown cold, cold start to the day. But, we do moderate. Our temperatures this afternoon, will be getting some 10 degrees below where we should be this time of the year still above freezin
Taking any chances and still much work to be done. Eyes on scene as soon as possible. Take a look there up at the roofment the second floor of that home is what was engulfed when fee fighters arrived. Since continued dumping water on the top there. Spreading through the top of the walls, then again shooting up through the roof. Thats where fire fight verse had to concentrate their effort this morning. That means that all that water trickles down throughout the structure lands on the gown, and there is concern about how much ice there is this morning. Firebreak out becomes two hours ago fire in the walls the roof. They had to quickly evacuate because of how quickly the flames did spread. Defensive posturing as they continue to knock out those flames and turn that just to really smoke operation luckily, the property was unoccupied. It was being renovated. So nobody inside. But again firefighters making sure they took a defensive posturing take nothing chance with the fires part of the op
Is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Memorial gross near the site where Philadelphia Police officer, Robert Wilson iii lost his life in the line of duty and tonight at 11 00 a Community Honors his service and his sacrifice. Good evening everyone, im Natasha Brown thank you so much for joining us, one of the men arrested in officer wilsons murderer face a judge this morning. Eyewitness News Reporter mat river has more. Reporter the memorial is simple homemade signs stuffed animal or two and thank you card written by some children. It was quiet there saturday afternoon, so different from the vine lens that occurred just feet away on thursday afternoon. Around 4 30 officer Robert Wilson shot multiple times inside this game stop, he was buying a video game for his son, a nine year old whose good grades earned him a gift. Two suspect came into the store to rob it, and officer wilson stepped in, and was shot and killed, as a result. Saturday came the first charges in the case suspect ramon, a second sus