We do know that Police Commissioner ramsey we are being told is on his way to this shooting scene. Obviously, like everywhere else across the region this afternoon, this area is blanketed by snow. So in addition to the heavy Police Presence out here we are looking at just snowcovered street but a large Police Presence again. As i was saying we are about a block away from where we believe the shooting actually occurred. They are holding the media back at 21st street and lehigh and the Police Presence as you would imagine in a situation like this out here is very significant, but other than police because it is such a snowy day in terms of pedestrians and other crowds thats relatively limited. We are just getting here and working to get some information and well bring that to you just as soon as we get it. George i know this is such a fluid situation and so much more that we have to learn. We have been told as you have echoed that two people have been taken into custody. Do we know if theyre looking for other people at this point, any suspects out there . Or do they have everyone who they were trying to apprehend . Jacqueline, that part is not totally clear. As you know, we know the number of people who have been arrested and one Police Officer has been shot. The Police Response is still evolving. Actually, im looking at 21st and lehigh and more Police Officers are still showing up here. You may hear in the background plowing the streets and this is how stuff happens to unfold sometimes, dealing with the snow and the heavy Police Presence out here. You cant make it up but certainly a significant response and the response by Philadelphia Police is still growing at this moment. We want to reiterate, the officer who was shot was taken to Temple University hospital. We are still ascertaining exactly how that officer is doing. Oftentimes when you get to a scene like that are police concentrating on a building or concentrating on the intersection that we see here on the screens . It appears we just lost George Spencer. He is there live on the scene at 22nd and lehigh where a Police Officer of the Philadelphia Police department has been shot. We do want to go to nbc 10 anchor Jeff Rosenfield to provide more information for us. I checked with our assignment desk and theyve been getting new information and i did not hear exactly what george just told you. The name of the Shopping Center where this took place we are told is hope plaza. Its across from Dobbins High School and school not in session. We are talking to someone at a nearby mcdonalds there was a bunch of police and there was a shootout in the parking lot at the hope plaza Shopping Center. Once again, this happening at 22nd and lehigh in north philadelphia. We do have a map to show you exactly where this is and it happened at 4 45 this afternoon and the officer shot and taken to temple hospital and we dont know his condition right now. Weve also been told that the Police Commissioner is on his way to the scene. We also expect he would obviously be checking on the officers condition at the hospital and well keep our ear out for that and bring you more information, and we dont know the circumstances that led to the shooting and apparently outside in the parking lot at the hope plaza Shopping Center across from the high school this afternoon in this snowy weather. Well continue to work the phones and continue to work our sources and continue to bring you this information on the Police Officer shot this afternoon and well update you as we get that information. For now, jim rosen fooeldzfield in the digital center. We conducted an interview and he is the cochair there at the National Task force and the goal there, of course was to improve the relationship with the community and now today, a few hours after our interview this happens. A Police Officer shot and sent to Temple University hospital. Well get to the bottom of this story and get you details as soon as possible. We have numerous crews headed to that scene and while we are getting more information on that we will continue with the other big story which is the weather and first alert weather has been put in place here at nbc 10. We know many areas have now seen their biggest snowstorm of the season. The snow is starting to taper off to the west but dont let your guard down just yet. No. Bitter cold weather will set in tonight. Everything thats on the ground right now will freeze making roads and sidewalks very dangerous. Nbc 10 First Alert Weather Team is spread across the region to bring you the latest information in your neighborhood. Lets begin with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. The snow may be ending but we need to be on alert because of the drop in temps. It really depends where you live because if youre in south jersey and delaware some of the snow has just started falling, but if youre in the Lehigh Valley this snow is ending pretty quickly. Heres a look at the radar now and the heaviest snow through parts of the jersey shore and southern delaware and then you see it breaking up areas north and west of philadelphia. Well zoom into philadelphia and bucks county and we see 5 to 8. 5 inches. Philadelphia area still seeing snow across the major interstates and 4. 5 to 6 inches so far and we could be seeing 1 to 3 inches more and thats where you also see the darker shade of purp ole thele on the radar. And ocean county salem and cumberland counties and this is more decent snowfall falling for sure and one to three inches so far and this continues to accumulate and 2 to 4 more inches in these areas especially as we get into southern delaware and into parts of northern delaware we see 2 to 4. 7 inches so far and this includes salem and Cumberland County too, and we could see 2 to 3 more inches into the evening hours and 2 to 3 more inches more than what weve already seen. Here is a look at the big picture and the storm is starting to make its way offshore and thats why its moving from west to east. We still have a while left until it does so. If you are in south jersey and delaware and lets walk through time here as we go through the next couple of hours and we still expect it to snow in south jersey and delaware. Well see more of an end to the snow and well see some clearing by 9 00 especially and everyone should be clearing out of the snow by 9 00 p. M. Tonight and then those temperatures keep dropping and right now we are well below freezing which will lead us to icy roads into tomorrow morning and well talk more about that and nearrecord lows and a decent week shaping up for us. It took a while to get there and the snow has definitely arrived on the jersey shore. Leads check in with new jersey shore reporter Ted Greenberg and it is still coming down steadily ted. Reporter it really is, jackie and keith. We still have heavy snow here. It also feels quite a bit colder than it was a couple of hours ago and i put the ruler in the snow and were now pretty close to five inches and it is continuing to come down. Take a look at the black horse pike right here. It is still very much snow covered. Obviously, not everyone is able to stay at home right now. So for those actually out on the roads tonight, the evening commute continues to get worse. Reporter a line of snowplows trying toen coup up withkeep up with the snow. Slippery and everything underneath the snow is turning into ice. Reporter snow began falling on Long Beach Island and areas to the south. Roads quickly became dangerous in barnigat township spilled more than 100 bottles of oxygen all over the road and no one was hurt. This suv slid off the black horse pike and hit a utility pole. No injuries there either. The last one for the year i hope e though. I think everybody is feeling the same way, though. Reporter i would say i agree with him on that. I just spoke with a woman not too long ago who was commuting home to Atlantic City from philadelphia. She said it was long. It was treacherous, but she is almost there. Live in Hamilton Township im Ted Greenberg, nbc 10 news. And weve been telling you about this breaking news of of a philadelphia Police Officer who was shot. We want to take you to George Spencer now. Thats right, george we finally have a picture now of the scene. 22nd and lehigh. What are you seeing . Reporter keith, i first want to tell you that weve confirmed that the Police Officer who was injured was from the 22nd district. Meanwhile, live pictures right now. We are at 21st and lehigh where we have been watching the Police Presence grow even in the 5 to 10 minutes that weve been on this scene. The basic information about what we know happened here behind the mcdonalds you see in front of you is that one Police Officer was shot. He was rushed to temple hospital. We know that two people have since been arrested and i can tell you in the minutes since weve been on scene we did see Police Officers walking at least one young man into a cruiser and take him away from the scene. I do not know if that is one of the two people they are considering connected to this case or if thats somebody thats just a person of interest, but obviously, the scene is still growing. As i mentioned when we were on the phone, we are expecting Police Commissioner ramsey in the next couple of minutes to update us on what he knows. Again, this is in the hope plaza Shopping Center which is directly across from Dobbins High School. The high school was empty today. No students there, but this is a Shopping Plaza that would have been relatively busy on any other day if it were not for this snow. As youre looking at these live pictures you can see aside from the significant Police Response the streets are very quiet and not a lot of people out, but we not that whatever happened happened in the parking lot of this Shopping Center and were working to get more information out here on the scene as this continues to unfold. George some new information that we got via email from our assignment desk a suspect, one of them, at least, two guys were arrested is being transported to einstein hospital with a gun shot wound of his own. A witness told our digital team that like you just said a shootout might have taken place inside that parking lot. Are there many people around that scene . Reporter keith, repeat that question, if you would for me . A witness told our digital team that there was some sort of shootout that took place in that parking lot there behind you. We see the officers walking through it right now. Do you see any residents out and about . I know the snow might keep people from coming out of the buildings. Reporter right, keith. The good news in this at least as a result of this snow appears to be that the immediate area was relatively quiet. I am learning out here on the scene as were piecing this together that the gamestop store which is kind of strds the back of this complex in the distance beyond the mcdonalds, i think we can see it through some snowcovered trees is apparently where this shooting originated where all of this action began, and we dont know if it actually occurred inside the gamestop building or perhaps right in the parking lot directly outside. Those are the pieces were still working to put together but it does seem the game stop store in this hope plaza Shopping Center is where the action originated with this policeinvolved shooting. Keith, they are just beginning to activate the scene. You can see the live pictures as they put up the police tape around this crime scene at this moment. I dont know, george if you heard the first part of what keith said before that a suspect is being transported, we are told, to einstein hospital with a gun shot wound. Have you heard any details . I know its getting louder there. Have you heard details about the shootout or the circumstances that may have led to this officer being shot . Reporter we dont know about that jacqueline as i mentioned and i hope i was clear at the top of the live shot this is an officer byof the 22nd district and we dont know if it was a steakout or if it occurred randomly in the process of the officers duty but like i say, it does seem increasingly clear that the gamestop store which is to the back of the Shopping Center and you can see in these live pictures crime scene units rolling up and proceeding into the crime scene here but as i was saying the game stop store at the back of this complex a meres to be where the center of the action was. And you can see Police Officers just arriving from multiple units as one of their own was shot today there in north philadelphia 22nd and lehigh. Well check back in with you, george. Two suspects are in custody. Thats what we know right now. We dont know the condition of the officer. We dont and well continue to bring you more information as we get it and continue to stay on this story when we come back from this break. Yeah, im married. Does it matter . Youd do that for me . Really . Yeah, id like that. Who are you talking to . Uh, its jake from state farm. Sounds like a really good deal. Jake from state farm at three in the morning. Who is this . Its jake from state farm. What are you wearing jake from state farm . [ jake ] uh. Khakis. She sounds hideous. Well shes a guy, so. [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. Get to a better state. We have breaking news in north philadelphia. We have confirmed a Police Officer has been shot. This is a live picture right now. It happened here in the intersection of 21st and lehigh. We dont know the officers condition. Thats whats most important right now just that he works in the 22nd district and was rushed to Temple University hospital. We do want to go to nbc 10 anchor jim rosenfield. We know this took place near Dobbins High School. Fortunately, that high school was not in session and were hearing about a game stop there as well. Keith and jacqueline if we can go back to the live picture from spencers crew. The mcdonalds in the Shopping Center and we are being asked to move. This is a fluid situation, but we did speak to a witness in a mcdonalds right there who told us there was a shootout in the parking lot. This scene seems to be centered around outside, perhaps, inside perhaps, or both the game stop store which is behind that mcdonalds in the hope plaza Shopping Center. Again, two people now in the hospital. One of them a philadelphia Police Officer. We dont know his condition and hes at temple hospital and nbc 10 nefertiti jaquez is on her way to the hospital to gather more information for us on the officers condition. The officer has been shot and we know two people are in custody and one of those two, a suspect has been taken to einstein hospital with a gun shot wound. Again, we dont know that suspects condition either but we have a crew on the way to einstein hospital as well. These live pictures that you see from the cameraman giving the thumbs up that theyve been able to establish here. You see the crime scene tape outside the game stop store and telling the digital team that there was a bunch of Police Officers outside, and there was a shootout at about 4 45 p. M. At 22nd and lehigh. We have also been told that the officer works out of the 22 rnd district. We are expecting to get an update from Police Commissioner ramsey at some point from the scene here and when he brings us that information we will of course, bring it to you, as well. We dont know the circumstances that led up to this shooting but im just being handed a note telling us that the officer is in extremely Critical Condition. Again, new information here. The officer who has been shot out of the 22nd district is at temple hospital in extremely Critical Condition and a dire situation with one of philadelphias own being shot this afternoon. As we get more information, of course well pass it along to you and for now im jim rosenfield. George spencer is live there, too. Well continue to go back and forth as he continues to gather. As you can imagine, so many Police Officers there arriving to support one of their own. Theyll move our cameras around and it will be a bit hectic and one philadelphia Police Officer is in extremely Critical Condition after being shot in north philly. When you see the businesses and hear discussion go game stop you wonder how many businesses were open and school was not in session