Big story on action news tonight is a pedestrians lethal response to an attempted robbery. Action News Reporter, kenneth met enis live at Delaware County Memorial Hospital kenneth, what is the the latest here. Reporter jim, action news has confirmed the name of that suspect robber, it is 18 yearold Tyler Williams have of West Philadelphia. That last check that 67 yearold man was still being treated for chest pains after this shooting, but police say that he is expect to survive after a fight for his life. Tonight upper darby residents across from Cobbs Creek Park are praising the 67 yearold man who for the back after a would be robber tried to make him a victim. You know, you have to protect yourself, you know it is a sad situation. Reporter police say around 2 30 near 6700 block of church lane man was out for a walk and a on a path when a robber ran up and demanded cash. Heres somebody running behind him, as he turns out, he sees a masked man with a gunpointed at him saying give it up
May have brought crack cocaine to school today. His mother just spoke to us youll hear from her in a moment hopefully and said he was not involved at all. This is what the story is all about tonight. Police spent thursday night at the apartment where a 13yearold student lives after he allegedly brought packets of crack cocaine to school thursday. An incident that sent four students to the hospital. After they came in contact with the crack. Somebody could have died from them drugs. I seen the cops and stuff out here. First thing i did pull over to come get my child. Reporter the search of the teenagers apartment came after students were rushed to childrens hospital. He shows one of his friends he tells him smell it. He puts it up to his nose. Were not sure if he ingested because were in the sure if the bag was open. Reporter the 13yearold brought the drugs to the Mitchell Elementary school and handled them off to an ityearold who was supposed to deliver the drugs back to him at a corne
Right before the disaster. Lets go over to david murphy and karen rogers. Reporter we have a light snow shower digging into the lehigh valley. The question is how far these can make it toward i95 before they fall apart. I think theres a good chance in philadelphia and wilmington, all we sue is flurries out of this. If youre in aerials to the north of the city theres a period during the rush hour we might encounter snowshowers. Well have a light accumulation, but slippery conditions possible. 36 in the city. 34 in wilmington. On or below freezing in the northern suburbs. The thing is that the temperatures that you see here are not going to last all that long. Well see them start to dip. In fact when i looked at the temperature or wind array only a halfhour ago the winds are from the south. Were starting to see them turn from the west and the north and the northwest that will drop the temperatures and today will be a day that features buildings wind and temperatures on the way down. Here
To a fourth grader to hold bags of crack cocaine in his book bag until the end of the school day. Eventualeventually those baggies filled with crack were being passed around to classmates as young as eight years old. He shows one of his friends. He tells him smell it. He puts it up to his nose. Were not sure if he ingested it. Were not sure if the bag was open. Reporter were told a student saw what was going on and notified an administrator by the end of the day we were the ones telling parents what happened. Little kids, kindergarteners one of them pick it up i mean, theyll think its candy and might want to eat it. Man, how a 13yearold, yall going to bleep it out get bleep drugs. Thats what you do with that sir. Police think one of the kids ingested the drug but four students were taken to the hospital as a precaution. The question police have, where did the 13yearold get the drugs in the first place . This kid got it from somewhere and him asking an eightyearold to hold it for him ob
Weather and traffic with dave and karen good morning,. Reporter good morning, guys we have snow showers pushing down from Lehigh Valley and into bucks and berks county. Its not a lot but enough to put down a coating on roads, if you get caught in one of these deals, slow it down. Well see if it makes to it philadelphia. They may fall apart before they make it to i95. Even if one sneaks farther south theres light accumulation and slippery conditions developing on roads so slow it down. 37 in wilmington, 38 in trenton. 29 in allentown as colder air rushes in from the northwest. The reason for that, the change in windy direction out in allen up to were picking up a northwest flow. That will turn across the entire region as we go through the day. They will send the temperatures down. There is a chance of snow shower after 10 00 a. M. , that chance diminishes. 30 by noon, 26 by 3 00 p. M. 22 by 6 00 p. M. At the same time the winds will pick up. Guys, as we go into the dinner hour, the temp