custody this hour after leading officers on a chase through the streets spraying dozens of bullets along the way. mike tobin has more. mike? bryan, we re standing by to get the update from philadelphia police. they have declined to identify the gunman. the philadelphia inquirer has no idea what sent the man on the killing spree. he was wearing a bulletproof vest. he had an a.r.-style rifle and a sidearm and a scanner to listen to police ray. four fatalities were found on the street. a fifth fatality appears to be a man that tried to run from the gun fire in to the house. family went inside. found the son laying on the living room floor unresponsive. went outside where he saw the police officer. notified that officer. the officer notified medics. they pronounced the 31-year-old victim dead on the scene. another mass shooting on the west side of fort worth, texas. three people did, eight recovering from injuries. a holiday gathering around midnight. gun fire created panic
philadelphia do prepare to give an update any moment now. we ll go straight to that. also this hour, extreme weather in reeking havoc on picnics and parades as blistering heat and thunderstorms leave millions under a severe weather watch. we ll have the latest weather forecast of what you can expect today and on this busy holiday, about 15,000 hotel workers in southern california walked off their jobs further complicating travel plans. we ll explain why they re hitting the picket line. we ll start with the mass shootings that left two u.s. cities reeling with eight people killed. fort worth texas, three are dead and more than a dozen injured while in philadelphia, five were killed and two injured after a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on a street. any moment, we re expecting an update from philadelphia s mayor. this is the live picture at the microphone. we re watching that. when it does happen and the police commissioner joins the mayor, we ll take you there
we re confident we have the individual in custody. we ask for your continued patience and cooperation as i mentioned before as we meticulously piece together the events leading up to this heinous act. the philadelphia police department is committed to ensuring the safety of our communities. we will exhaust all efforts in pursuit of justice for the families and the neighborhood. in closing, i want to thank the public and the media during this challenging time. your cooperation is essential to uncover the facts and provide some semblance of closure to this devastating event. please continue to keep everyone i involved in this and affected by this uplifted in prayer. i d like to invite staff inspector earnest ransom to
semblance of closure to this devastating event. please continue to keep everyone involved in this and affected by this uplifted in prayer. now i d like to invite staff inspector earnest ransom, the commanding officer of our homicide unit, to provide the case details as we currently know them. staff inspector. thank you, commissioner. good afternoon. so yesterday evening approximately 8:28 p.m., officers from the 12th responded to a radio call person with a gun shooting at 1600 south 56th street. officers then located multiple shooting victims at several locations suffering multiple gun shots to the body. six shooting victims were transported to penn where four were pronounced dead. two are in stable. two juveniles are treated in the