Death of a fouryearold girl in philadelphia. Police have arrested and charged child mother. Authorities are still looking for a second person. But first, new video of the man accused of of shooting a Police Officer multiple times in folcroft, delaware county. Dante Brooks Island is now behind bars. The charges he faces plus an update on how that officer is doing tonight. Multiple prayer vigils held tonight for 25yearold officer Christopher Dorman who survived being shot seven times. Good evening, im jessica teen. Im ukee washington. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is outside penn Presbyterian Hospital where officer dorman underwent surgery. David . Reporter ukee and jess, good evening. Theres no question this Police Officer is one tough Police Officer. Hes been in and out of several surgeries today as you mentioned shot several times. He is expected to make a full recovery. Meanwhile, his alleged shooter is sitting behind bars right n now. Im shot, im shot, im shot folcroft Police
To cloud, fog in some spots but that will dissipate and we will see sunshine today. Sixtyfive is the current temperature at the airport. Northeast wind at 5 miles an hour. That wind direction will be huge in our forecast this weekend. It stays out of the east. Temperatures wont get too hot, still warm with the sun but pleasant with lower humidity. Sixtyfive again at the airport in wilmington and philadelphia, 50s still in the coolest suburbs to the north, 57 degrees in quakertown. Storm scan three is quiet rather than cloudiness this morning giving way to mostly sunny skies, in threat of rain, still muggy right now but as we head in the afternoon notice a big drop in humidity that will stay with us throughout the entire weekend. Temperatures where they should be for philadelphia this time of the year. 86 degrees. Nice breeze off the ocean at the shore, sunshine in the upper 70s, poconos in good shape also in the upper 70s. The dont get used to it because it is late june. We will bring
Multiple prayer vigils held tonight for 25yearold officer Christopher Dorman who survived being shot seven times. Good evening, im jessica teen. Im ukee washington. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is outside penn Presbyterian Hospital where officer dorman underwent surgery. David . Reporter ukee and jess, good evening. Theres no question this Police Officer is one tough Police Officer. Hes been in and out of several surgeries today as you mentioned shot several times. He is expected to make a full recovery. Meanwhile, his alleged shooter is sitting behind bars right n now. Im shot, im shot, im shot folcroft Police Officer Christopher Dorman 25yearold member of the force called 911 after being shot seven times. Once in the face. He was wearing a bullet proof vest. Im shot in the face im shot in the face this has the man police shot and almost killed one of their own. His name is dante brook island. Dante, do you have any comment isnt island was quiet as police whisked him away frid
Justin drabick what a wild week of weather. Things every calming down this week. This will be a great weekend. Full first weekend of the Summer Season. Humidity will drop. Nice way to set up summer. Yes, take advantage, not going to get too many weekend days like this over next few weeks as we head in the heart of the Summer Season this morning still muggy right now but temperatures not that bad. Were in the 50s and 60s. 66 degrees right the now in philadelphia you can see low cloud, maybe fog trying to develop but there is nothing too thick at this point. Northeast breeze coming in at 8 miles an hour. That fog or low clouds should dissipate over the next hour or so. We will see a lot of sunshine. Sixtyone in allentown. Fiftyone in mount pocono. That is a a sign of cooler air trying to move its way in the delaware valley. Mid 60s in south jersey and shore points. Quakertown chilling down at 57. Humidity running high right now, you can feel it muggy but it will tropical in the afternoon
Abdul wahi, this is a convicted drug offender who at one point was sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Police are not sure how much of that he did serve but we know that he also fired shots at a second officer. Grateful applause, once word of suspects apprehension spread. Dozens of police units from surrounding areas including the fbi arrived to elmwood avenue hours earlier to help search for the man accused of shooting folcroft officer Christopher Dorman and six times ride right across the street from the Folcroft Police station. Police say the 259 yearold was responding to a report of drug activity. Tameika daily and her daughter ran from the building after hearing gun shots. The man police were looking for is someone that daily says she has encountered. Just before 1 00 p. M. Police went inside folcroft station apartments and as seen in this video was table to take the shoot inner custody without further incident. Our First Impression was he had left the scene and we were able throug