Live from the cbs Broadcast Center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. This was a horrific night obviously he was hell bent on hurting a lot of people. We still arent absolutely clear as to why. Right now on Eyewitness News, rampage in west philadelphia. A man targeting Police Officers shoots a total of six people leaving two officers wounded and a 25yearold woman dead. Good evening, im Natasha Brown. Thanks for joining us. Investigators called the rampage one of the most violent act the city has seen in a very long time. Police say the gunman was a 25yearold philadelphia man named Nicholas Glen. The shooting spanned four different scenes from the corner of 52nd and sansom down to 48th street before the gunman was shot and killed by officers we begin our coverage with Eyewitness News reporter alexandria hoff live at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where the officers are currently being treated tonight. Alex. Reporter well, natasha, all evening weve seen fellow officers drop
The violence doesnt end there on sansom street. Several minutes of gunfire targeting innocent people in a bar, a car, even a university of pennsylvania officer. We got another officer down. A total of six people shot. What was the motive . Weve learned the shooter left a rambling note about his hatred of Law Enforcement. Tonight nbc 10 is digging into the suspects criminal past. Plus the one woman killed in the ambush. Good evening, im george spencer, we have learned three new details in just the past few hours about the shooting rampage in West Philadelphia. Tonight the Police Commissioner says it is a miracle that sergeant sylvia young is alive. And this is new video of the suspect, Nicholas Glenn. Thats his photo there. He has a significant criminal past and is well known to the police department. The letter he left behind had the title doomed. And police are still trying to get in touch with the family of the woman who was killed. We have Team Coverage of the shooting rampage. Nbc
Will hold off until later today. That is a good thing. The it is weekend. People have outdoor lance. We have time to get out. But you we need rain and we will get it. That is a good thing. The later tonight, tomorrow we are talking about that chance before steadier rain which is great across the Delaware Valley. Until then waking up, muggy this morning. That will increase throughout the Morning Hours in the afternoon. It will feel like middle of summer with high humidity levels and temperatures running well above average. The in the city right now partly cloudy skies. Right now no problems as far as any precipitation. 70 degrees currently. South breeze at 7 miles an hour that will pump in that humidity. All across the region temperatures mid 60s in the the coolest spot to the lower 07s. Seventyone in allentown and reading. Quakertown one of the coolest numbers here. Sixtytwo in mount holly. Big jump in the dew point temperatures. The yesterday they were in the 40s and 50s indicating a
Lifelong dream and succeeds where his hero could not. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york. This is nbc nightly news with jose diaz balart. Good evening. We begin with a terrifying moment what was supposed to be a military charity run in new jersey. A pipe bomb type device ploex edded on the smalltown in the jersey shore. Now federal agents are taking over the investigation searching for a suspect and motive. Amid the chaos, there is concern it could have been much worse. Tammy lig Tammy Lightner is in seaside park, new jersey. Reporter a massive response on the board walk of seaside park, new jersey. Its scary. So scary. Nowhere is safe anymore. Especially not a town like this. Reporter an explosion rocking the course of a ma roan corps. Charity race just as 5,000 people were getting ready to run. The race is cancelled for today. Reporter the blast going off inside a cash can trash can. Securities used robots to secure the scene and investiga
Time. We are learning much more tonight from authorities. We now know the identity of the shooter. Police say he is 25yearold Nicholas Glenn a career criminal with at least 16 priors. We are also learning that police say glenn shot at philadelphia sergeant sylvia young 18 times at close range spiking her eight times as she sat in her patrol car. He struck her Police Issued gun and she could not return fire. During the ensuing foot chase with police glenn shot four bystanders, killing one of them. He was shot dead in gun fight with police after wounding a university of pennsylvania officer. He had three empty magazine clips and 15 live rounds on him when he was killed showing that he was heavily armed and in his pocket was a note expressing hatred of police. Authorities searched his last of last known address so far that letter is the only clue to his motive. It does not appear according to police that glenn was radicalized in any way or that he had any accomplices. A short time we were