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His own house while his mother cooked dinner. I think im shot. I see blood. I couldnt find no hole or nothing. And little mark said no, im shot. And i turned him around, and he had a hole in his chest. That boy was shot late last night in chester in the one place his mother says she thought he would be safe. Nbc10s tim furlong spoke to his family in the hospital today. Saying the boy is lucky to be alive, a bullet missed his vital organs by millimeters. Tonight, hes scared, but you can see from this exclusive video inside his hospital room, he looks like hes going to be okay. Listen to the cell phone video as mark gives his family an update on his condition. Feeling better, guys. Last night, the 5yearold was shot through the window of his home. He and his family were in the kitchen making a snack. Thats when the madness broke out behind their home in this Public Housing complex. Everyone heard the shooting. Good pow, pow, pow, whole lot of that. Marks family hit the floor, mom yanked him down hard, dad got on top of him. I thought i was shot, he said, no, dad, im shot. I said, no, youre not. I opened my arms and he had a hole in his chest. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital. Mom yanked him down at just the right time. The bullet went into his shoulder instead of his heart or spine. Hes going to be okay physically, but hes now terrified of his own neighborhood. Hes a good kid, and hes strong. Hes not letting it get him down. Hes in high spirits, he just doesnt want to go back in the house. Chester police arent saying much about the investigation. Mom and dad have been lobbying to move out since they car was shot a while back. Its gotten that dangerous. In chester, im tim furlong, nbc10 news. Decision 2016 where the garden state is up for grabs in the ranks for president. Voters in new jersey are casting ballots. Will Bernie Sanders back down now that Hillary Clinton is the presumptive nominee . Even though clinton has won the delegate numbers game, Bernie Sanders isnt quite ready to go. New jersey is one of six states getting their say today. Cydney long is talking to supporters from both sides today. Well, voters sentiment, as you might imagine today, runs the gamut. Hillary clinton supporters are elated. Bernie sanders fans, meantime, feel as though the rug has been pulled out from under there. Sanders fans, theyre not throwing in the towel, and neither should voters. On the phone volunteering with the Bernie Sanders campaign. And on the ground. Do you know where to vote today . Yes, i do. We found both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Campaign Volunteers crisscrossing camden county. On wen street, dueling door to door messages designed to get out the vote. I wasnt excited because i feel like my vote really doesnt count because its pretty much decided and i voted for sanders. She exercised her civic right and duty. We found a steady stream of voters, including lou cupela. Im happy its the case hillary will be the candidate. Now its time for democrats to rally behind her. The timing of the announcement was not good because it potentially could discourage people from voting today because they might think its all over. Its not over. It could affect voter turnout in the state. Coletta didnt reveal her vote entirely. What does it mean for voters like you in south jersey . Showing that women are making steps to go forward in a big way, so thats history in itself. That like to say shes won already. And she hasnt. With news of clinton clinching the necessary number of delegates nationwide to become her partys, quote, presumptive nominee, it was disheartening to sanders supporters, but they say they wont back down until the convention. Well work harder and harder to make sure that isnt the case, that she doesnt win. A good bit of competitiveness in the air on primary day as people get wrapped from work and school, the voter lines could start to wrap out the door. Were checking in with Election Officials in trenton on voter turnout today. Well have more on that and how a superdelegate could flip the coin all together. Thats coming up at 5 00. For now, were in cherry hill. Cydney long, nbc10 news. And Bernie Sanders says he will return to vermont once the primary results are in to assess his campaign and what to do next. However, at a rally last night, a fiery sanders told supporters he intends to win todays california primary. Meanwhile, Hillary Clintons campaign is preparing for a big night in brooklyn. She hasnt commentied on reachig the delegate number and is expected to take a historic victory lap at a rally tonight. On the republican side in the president ial race, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie cast his ballot this morning. The governor and his son are delegates for donald trump. He cast christie to head his Transition Team should he win in november. Christie endorsed trump this year after ending his own bid for the white house. Another big race in our area. The democratic ticket for new jerseys first congression aal district. Norcross is defending his seat against alex law. Norcross voted this morning. The winner of the democratic race will face republican Bob Patterson who is running unopposed in november. For complete coverage and for up to the minute primary results tonight, just tap the nbc10 app and count on nbc10 news at 11 00 for a wrap of all the local races. Meanwhile, a pizza Delivery Drivers recovering after he was ambushed, kidnapped, and shot in the head by robbers. Today, nbc10 is hearing from the victims family. I wish you good luck and please take care of my family. That mans brother survived last nights attack. The police say it happened over just 60 and a cell phone. Nbc10s Randy Gyllenhaal has more on the victim and the search for his attackers. The victims family calls it a miracle. He was shot in the head but still survived. Meantime, police are now looking for the two suspects who called in a fake order and then kidnapped the driver. When the pizza order came in last night, this man checked the address and headed out the door. Like anybody, you take the delivery. But his coworkers say this routine delivery turned into a setup, the two suspects ordered him back into the car at gunpoint. Surveillance cameras capture them speeding away with the innocent Delivery Driver kidnapped in his own car. One guy in the back, one guy in the passenger seat. They made him drive off. And one says give me all you have. We are here to rob you. The victims brother tells nbc10 the suspects eventually pulled over and demanded crash. He gave them everything he had. Everything, everything, and they say the money you have is too small for me to let you leave. We have to kill you. But the 60 wasnt enough, so the suspects ordered him on the ground. Lay him he laid down. He is now in surgery. His family praying he survives. He recently came to this country from ghana, delivering pizzas to support his wife and young daughter. Make some money to feed our family, to get a better life. The only thing we are here, to live. Police spent the night looking for those two male suspects, both in their mid20s. They abandoned the drivers car and remain on the run. The pizza shop here tells me this does not happen often, but they call it a dangerous job. Theyre working with detectives toified those two men. In southwest philly, Randy Gyllenhaal, nbc10 news. New information into nbc10, an arrest has been made in the murder of a 78yearold handyman found dead in his home last week. Police say quintus clark turned himself into Police Headquarters before 10 00 last night. Hes accused of strangling and murdering joseph daley in his home last tuesday. Police linked clark to the murder after the 19yearold made off with daleys work fan. Clark is facing several charges including murder, robbery, and other related offenses. From our jersey shore bureau, a huge turnout by those hoping to land a job at Atlantic Citys soon to reopen showboat. More than 1,000 people lined up outside the building before a job fair. New owners are set to reopen with more than 850 hotel rooms early next month. It will not have a casino this time around. And the rush is on now to quickly fill about 210 positions. Figured i would come, see what its about. Got my resmy, well dressed. Hopefully i walk out with a job. Still time to apply in person. The runs until 7 00 tonight. Coming up in the next half hour, more help wanted signs at the shore. Why one beach town is struggling to find lifeguards, and what it might mean for swimmers safety. Sky force 10 over a school bus crashed on i78 and easton. The bus collided with a fedex tractor trailer and a tanker truck. Students were on their way to allentown. Five students, a school employee, and the bus driver were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. This is what is left of an rv that went up in flames near route 896. Remarkably, no one was injured. Crews managed to bring it quickly under control. All lanes are back open. No word on what caused the fire. From our Delaware Bureau, the drive home might be slow on the delaware memorial bridge. Two westbound lanes right now are shut down until about 8 00 tonight. Crews are replacing the wire that connects the bridge deck with the suspension cable. This is part of the emergency repairs that forced the bridge to partially shut down for three days back in april. Now to the latest on the corruption trial of chaka fattah. Today, his former chief of staff in washington, d. C. Was back on the stand. She said it looked back that the fattahs allegedly kept a poers in their garage two years after it was sold to a codefendant in the case. The codefendant is accused of bribing the congressman to get an appointment. They testified that the mans daughter was a paid fund rrais for his campaign and she received a 10,000 bonus for her role. A group of philadelphia lawmakers want to make sure the water in philadelphia is safe to drink. Today in city hall, a half dozen Council Members unveiled three new bills. The first mandates testing for lead in the water of city schools. The others boost regulations to keep lead out of Child Care Centers and water lines supplying philadelphia houses. The nbc10 investigators spent months researching lead in our area and their special report, living with lead, to watch their reports, its very easy, just tap the nbc10 app. Buy beer and wine in pennsylvania could soon get easier. A bill allowing wine sales in supermarkets, delis, bars, and restaurants is now on governor wolfs desk for approval. State lawmakers voted to expand sales. It also makes it official for sales in convenience stores. As always, you can only buy hard liquor in Pennsylvania State stores. Tropical storm colin continues to speed away from the southeast. Making a landfall in florida early this morning, the storm seems to be bypassing south carolina, and forecasters expect the high winds and rains to be ending soon on north carolinas outer bac er banks. Florida is expected to receive 3 more inches of rain. Fans of mixed marshal artsd have lost one of their stars. Kimbo slice died near his home in florida. He became famous after a series of street fights on youtube before joining mma professionally. So far, theres no official cause of death. The city of louisville, kentucky, is preparing to welcome the world when muhammad ali is laid to rest thursday. His casket will lie at the museum Funeral Prayer Service at freedom hall. Organizers want to insure that all muslims are able to attend the event so theyre prepared to use overflow rooms if the arena reaches capacity. Alis body will be laid to rest following Funeral Services and a final trip through the streets of louisville. The champ affected everybody. Didnt matter what walk of life they were from, and this week, obviously, were seeing a lot of these folks come and pay their respects. An interfaith public memorial will be held on friday. President bill clinton, actor Billy Crystal and Bryant Gumbel are among those who will eulogize ali. O. J. Simpson continues to serve time behind bars. Today, were getting our first look at him in three years. The Nevada Department of corrections released an updated mugshot of simpson, who is now 68 years old. Hes serving up to 33 years for kidnapping, assault, and robbery. The last time we saw simpson was in another mugshot in 2013. He could be paroled as early as next year after completing a mandatory minimum nine years of his sentence. Imagine this. A leopard on the loose. Zoo visitors in Salt Lake City got quite a scare today. They had to stay indoors until workers could spot the big cat after it escaped from its enclosure. It was found on zoo grounds and safely sedated. Cincinnati zoos gorilla exhibit opens this morning for the First Time Since a young boy fell into the enclosure. The exhibit now has a higher renoforced barrier. The zoo said it raised it to 42 inches in addition to adding wood beams and rope netting. The zoo says the exhibit now goes above and beyond standard safety requirements. A Response Team shot the gorille after the boy fell in. Prosecutors announced yesterday the mother will not be charged. You may notice security lines at airports are moving faster and the tsa says theres a reason for that. The tsa administrator told Congress Today its because the government hired more people and they switched management. During the busy memorial day weekend, nearly all passengers waited less than 30 minutes in standard security lines. He said the agency is also using more canines and improving communications between airports and airlines to cut down on those lengthy lines. And there may be brief dela s s at the airport due to these showers and storms moving through now, but theyre moving through quickly. Theres not a whole lot back to the west. And so as we go through the next couple of hours, were going to see a lot of improvement. Theres the one cell thats moved through philadelphia right now, at least most of it, and the heaviest of the rain now has come across the river, even just east of cherry hill. The heaviest of all of this, as you can see, cherry hill still getting some heavy rain, but haddonfield, youre really getting slammed with this thing now. Where is it going to be going . Over the next several hours . It will be in bridgeston about 4 20, galloway at 5 20, and a little later, 5 30, at the jersey shore. That one particular area. There are more showers back to the west. Theyre going to weaken as the sun goes down and build back up tomorrow morning, so we have a threat tomorrow as well. Look at the temperature drop here. 65 in delaware. 68, p. A. Suburbs, while its well into theiates in area that have not seen the rain yet. Look at the contrast across delaware. Its just amazing. 64 degrees in greenville. 67, harmony hills. 84 in odessa. 75 in middletown. 84 in lewis. 86 in reading, and 85 in georgetown. 70 degrees at dewey beach. These tremendous differences, thats why we have neighborhood weather. You have your neighborhood sevenday forecast scrolling at the bottom of the screen all the time. We have more showers coming in during the day tomorrow. Everything dies down tonight. And then upper air disturbance we have been talking about, very cold air high up in the atmosphere, comes in. Watch what happens as we go through wednesday morning. Not so much during the morning rush as lets say late morning, and were talking about potential thunderstorms moving through the area. Thats 10 30 in the morning, and there we are. It races through. Again, its not going to last that long, but we do expect to see some showers and thunderstorms tomorrow and a lot of wind, and a lot of cooler weather. It is definitely going to be cooling down. Were in the 80s today before the shower came. High of only 72 tomorrow. 76 degrees on thursday. So that is a cool change. And the wind, sustained wind of 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour during the day tomorrow. So, heres the neighborhood forecast. Now, its not going to be raining and thunderstorming all day. But a lot of you are going to see thunderstorms. The temperatures much, much lower. Devon only getting up to 69 degrees. Reading, 68. Allentown, 68. Those are the High Temperatures during the day tomorrow. Farther to the south, dover, rehoboth beach, may not get anywhere of those showers. Thats what you see on the  neighborhood weather. Those kind of differences. Theres the philadelphia forecast for tomorrow. 72, with that thunderstorm late morning, most likely. Then were dry thursday and friday. Some more stories in the p. A. Suburbs. You notice nothing around 80 degrees. Lehigh valley, only 68 degrees for the High Temperature tomorrow. Jersey shore, 73. Well be getting thunderstorms too, but it will be more like midday type of thing. And northern delaware has a better chance of seeing storms tomorrow than southern delaware. Well get into the weekend with the rest of the forecast a little later. Meanwhile, our leader is alive and well. That is the message from one Sports Organization today. Next, the hack that sparked a big rumor in the twitterverse. Plus, the threat of the zika virus is keeping one of nbcs famous faces away from the rio olympics this summer. Still ahead, the surprise announcement keeping one of our own at home. And up next, a beacon of hope. What saved dozens of teenagers and their cliff adventure took a dangerous turn. First, heres a look at the closing bell on wall street. A mixed close for the day. The stocks, you see, dow jones up, the nasdaq down, s p 500 also up. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell is alive, despite erroneous tweets he had passed away earlier today. It started after the nfls official twitter account was hacked with this tweet. nfl, we regret to inform our fans that our commissioner Roger Goodell has passed away. He was 57. Rip. The nfl later confirmed the hack and tweeted goodell was, quote, alive and well. The original tweet about goodells death was retweeted over 2,000 times within minutes of it being posted. Nice update. Dozens of teenagers from london trapped on a dangerous cliff may have survived because of their cell phones. Thats right. Video shows the moment they were found. The group of more than 32 teenagers and adults used their phones as beacons to guide First Responders to them. A uk coast guard spokesperson said theyre lucky to be alive. We told you last week ubd the third grader who was banned from wearing his make America Great again hat to school. Well, it appears his dogs dont approve of the hat either. While logan was swimming over the weekend, his stepmothers dogs decided to use the hat as a chew toy. Trump heard about the destroyed hat and his staff called logans st stepmom to let him know theyll be sending a new one. A nice addendum to that story. Yes. Very interesting story. A Health Insurance dispute can seem like a david versus goliath battle, especially if youre fighting alone. One woman called nbc10 responds when she couldnt get the refund she was owed. See how Harry Hairston helped and what you can do to protect your account. Plus, tax trouble. The crime that could put dozens of peoples identities at risk the Old Fashioned way. And im tracking storms moving through the area right now. Theres one just past philadelphia, and the sun is already coming out. Ill show you where the rain is falling now and where its headed next in the first alert neighborhood forecast. Right now at 4 30, tracking showers and thunderstorms that are racing across the area this afternoon. This is what it looks like right now on the first alert radar, and we have the Weather Technology to track the rain right to your neighborhood. Glenn hurricane schwartz is here to show us where those showers are headed. Glenn. Well, one of the showers is headed right through philadelphia, and its already passed and were already seeing some sunshine in parts of the area. Everything is moving very quickly west to east. Wilmington is halfway to the shore already. And we continue to see some pretty heavy rain, but it is, again, has moved across the delaware river. Now its even east of 295. Its moved past norristown, right into tabernacle and pemberton now. Youre going to get hive rain, but its not going to last long. We have one shower move through allentown, and now its headed right into richland, right over coopers brg right now. Its a small one, but theyre all fast moving. So its not going to last long. The showers knocking the temperature down. 65 degrees, northern delaware. 68 in some of the p. A. Suburbs. Still 86 in south jersey, 88 at the shore where it hasnt rained yet. Of course, the temperature will drop as the rain does start. Knock down to 74, philly international. 72, pennsport. We were at least ten degrees above that just a couple of hours ago. Well talk more about the next round of showers in just a few minutes. Now to nbc10 responds. A north wales woman changed Health Care Providers to save money, but an unexpected problem popped up. Thats when she reached out to our nbc10 responds reporter, Harry Hairston, and hes here now with her story. She was frustrated. Very much frustrated. When youre on a fixed income, every penny counts. So when a retired woman found out she was being hit with an extra Health Insurance payment, she wasnt having it. Alexandra and her brother ben. Andrea is a mother of three and a grandmother to two boys. She says her life couldnt be much better. Were blessed that we can have family barbecues and play with the kids and we can baby sit with the kids. But her refund from her Health Insurance company is giving her grief. Im stressed constantly, and i just dont want them to get away with it. She tells us for years she allowed United Health care to automat clack debit her account to pay her premium. She said she cancelled her coverage with the company in march and switched to a new provider, but in april, they continued to charge her account, taking out 246. It might not be a lot of money to a lot of people, but its a lot of money to me. For weeks, she called the company for a refund, but tells us each time the Customer Service rep repeated what she already heard. So sorry. I apologize. But i will put you in for a refund. I said, wait, wait. I have been put in for a refund three times. She said thats when she decided to call nbc10 responds. I wanted to get my money back, if you can. We contacted United Health care. A spokesperson told us privacy issues prevent him from talking about customers accounts, but after we got involved, they sent her a full refund. Block sent us this nbc10 responds cam message. Thank you, Harry Hairston. I actually got my money back today. Truly incredible. After that, she said she was so happy about getting the money back. Listen, United Health care also tells us its committed to creating a positive consumer experience, and works to resolve all issues to customer satisfaction. The company also recommends an Electronic Fund transfer should be canceled before the next scheduled premium withdrawal. Were going to take that and add that 246 refund to our nbc10 responds recovery counter. That brings our total to 34,701. And we hope to keep going and keep people happy. In, what, a month . Not even a month and a half. About five weeks. Incredible. Nbc10 responds gets involved, you guys get answers. You need us, well respond. Ill keep that in mind. If you have a consumer complaint, send it to nbc10 responds. Or call 6106687077. Coming up tomorrow, a simple trip to her dentist turned into something more serious, and an insurance problem lasted more than a year. See what happened when nbc10 responds steps in. Thats tomorrow at 4 00. Heres some of the stories making headlines at 4 00. 5yearold is recovering tonight after he was shot in chester, delaware county. He was inside his home when a shooting broke out outside his complex. The child mfs mother shields him as bullets flew all around him. Hes in stable condition tonight. Police are trying to find two robbers who ambushed, kidnapped and shot a pizza Delivery Driver in the head. They say the men called in a fake order last night in southwest philly. The suspects forced him into a car and drove off, robbed him, then shot him. The victims family says its a miracle hes alive. Right now, voters in new jersey are casting their ballots for the states primary. The big question is, will Bernie Sanders back down now that Hillary Clinton is the Presumptive Democratic nominee for president . Sanders says he will return to vermont once todays results are in to assess his campaign. The identities of dozens of local taxpayers at risk after a burglary in a north philadelphia tax office. Surveillance video shows a man breaking into the tax service. He used a mounted head lamp to snoop through the office. Files containing personal Tax Information and 100 from the desk. Hate to say this, the price of air travel is about to take off. I hate it when i hear that. Next, when you should book your next flight before air fare jumps. Plus, growing up on the move. New research shois the impact that starting over in a new place haso on young children. Take a live look at Philadelphia International airport where its not just the planes taking off. So is the cost of flying. Beginning on friday, air travelers can expect air fares to soar. The websites fare compare says travelers can expect to pay more through midaugust. For cheaper tickets, try taking a flight at dawn, overnight, or check for lastminute sales on flights that arent fully booked. Believe it or not, less than two months to go to the summer olympics. Olympic officials tried to reassure athletes and fans that the risk of catching the zika virus will be much lower in august. The mosquitoborne virus is responsible for a spike in severe birth defects in brazil, but Officials Say they expect the risk to be lower by the time the games start because then it will be winter in rio. Still, some people arent taking any chances including the today shows savannah guthrie. She announced shes skipping the games because shes pregnant with her second child. We would like to wish her a congratulations, sincere congratulations from nbc10. Medical news, obesity rates have gotten person. Its no longer just a battle of the bulge. Now its the battle of the sexes. Federal health Officials Say the number of obese women has shot up while the number of dangerously overweight men has stayed steady. 4 in 10 american women are now considered obese. The largest number ever. The obesity rate for men remains 35 . A new study says moving multiple times during childhood could negatively affect physical and Mental Health later in life. Danish researchers tracked more than 1 Million People from their 15th birthday until their early 40s. Those who moved frequently during early adlesn . Nsance had highest rates of substance abuse, suicide, and others. Well tell you about the new spot to kick back coming soon. Im tracking fastmoving storms across the area this afternoon. Whos going to see the rain next . Thats ahead in my first alert forecast. To our Delaware Bureau where a new beer garden will open up on the wilmington waterfront. Youre looking at artist renderings of the 20,000 square foot outdoor beer garden set to open up opthe river walk. It could open between juneth and the 22nd. Plenty of room to enjoy aitation of craft beers, frozen cocktails and summer barbecue. Not a good one today. Local mothers and their children got much needed help from the home ferning Companies Ikea today. A newlyivated kitchen courtesy of ikea in roxborough. The new kitchen will be used by new mothers and their children who live there. They provide Child Welfare services to families throughout the philadelphia area. Help us help the people making a difference in our communities. Nbc10 and nbcuniversal are giving away grants to local nonprofits. We call it 21st century solutions. The goal is to support organizations that are implementing new and innovative programs. The application is on our website, nbc10. Com, the deadline to apply is august 26th. Less than an hour ago, it was pouring in philadelphia. Now what do we see . Sunshine. Thats how fast these things are moving, and thats the way it is across the entire area. Theyre moving east at about 40. We can see the heavy stuff from philadelphia into new jersey. But theres not a whole lot back to the west. Theres some showers, but theyre going to be weakening as we go into the evening hours. Theres philadelphia, you see clearing out. We have some heavy showers now in through vineland, and theyre going to continue moving to the east. And the track will take it to Atlantic City, close to 5 30, as we were mentioning earlier. 5 10 in egg harbor. 5 07 in galloway. Once again, theyre not going to be lasting all that long. And were going to be seeing more showers developing tomorrow. Now, the futurecast shows us tonight, look how quickly everything falls apart. The phillies playing, no problem. Makes it comfortable, actually. Here we go, by 11 00, nothing around. Tomorrow morning, we start to see some of these showers in central pennsylvania and they start to get closer by 9 00 a. M. Allentowns in it, berks countys in it. Here we are, 10 00 to 00 a. M. , right in the philadelphia area, maybe even some thunderstorms, and possibly even a little hail with those. And then they race offshore as we go into the afternoon. And theres 3 00 tomorrow, theres nothing because we have wind and we have colder air. We have colder air now because of all the rain. Delaware, 67 degrees. P. A. Suburbs at 68. Still warm before the rain. Lets go into south jersey now. Places where its rained like woodstown, 64 degrees. Cinnaminson, 67. Where it hasnt rained yet, vineland is 82. Millville is 85. Oswego lake, 85 degrees. Thats what the neighborhood weather can show you. 65 degrees, 65 degrees. It was in the 80s just a couple hours ago. Tomorrow, were going to see another round of thunderstorms. Its not going to last all day. Its a morning thing. Its going to be windy and its going to be cold compared to the last couple days. Win field, only 69 for the high tomorrow. Newtown, 69 with a morning thunderstorm. Easton, 67 degrees. And glassboro, 69. But the farther south we go, the lower the chances for any of those showers and storms, dover, rehoboth beach, dont have it at all. You can see the sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen at any time, not just for philadelphia, and you dont to wait until the end. Theres the thunderstorms tomorrow. Again, it could be very brief. Then thursday is dry, cool. 50s in philadelphia. 40s in some of the suburbs. Friday, gorgeous day. Saturday, most of the day looks dry. Then we get late day or nighttime thunderstorms. They may move through quickly too, and then its really windy on sunday and monday. Sunday is kind of warm and then it cools back down just for a day before we warm back up next tuesday and wednesday. All right, glenn. How about this . Get paid to spend your summer in the sun with your toes in the sand. Thats the help wanted and posted at the jersey shore. Theyre struggling to find life guards and what it means for swimmer safety. One American Park is larger than yellowstone, yosemite, grand canyon and Glacier National parks combined. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your Summer Vacation at iloveny. Com if you hit the beach in Atlantic City these days, you might notice fewer lifeguards. The resort is dealing with a li lifeguard shortage, Staffing Levels the lowest they have been in more than 70 years. Ted greenberg is live in a. C. With what the beach patrol is doing to bring in new blood. For josephine, a job of watching the water in Atlantic City is a family tradition. Dad was a lifeguard here, so i want to try out and continue the legacy. She is training for a tryout test this weekend that she hopes will land her a spot on a. C. s understaffed beach patrol. Were looking to replenish the ranks. Ranks down by about 30 lifeguards since last year due to retirement and some even choosing not to return because of concerns about Atlantic Citys financial crisis. Thats left the beach patrol with its lowest staffing level since the 1940s. And at times, fewer eyes on the surf. What we do is stretch out where we used to have two guards, will be one and we have a lot more communication. It will be just as safe as normal. The hiring test sunday will be the resorts first in three years. The pay starts at about 100 a day. Former beach haven life guard matt is hoping to snag one of the open spots in Atlantic City. One of the oldest patrols on the east coast. See if i can have it. Im 35 years old, so see if i can still do it. If you can swim and run and love the beach, we would love to have you. That was Ted Greenberg reporting. Speaking of which, this is what you have to do for the tryout test. A timed 500meter ocean swim, a 1,000foot life boat row and a simulated rescue dash into the surf. I was a lifeguard back in the day, maybe i should help out. You should. They will be working on the beach by 4th of july. Interesting. Apply if you think you can do it. Next on nbc10 news at 5 00, a husband and new father ambushed on the job. He was just trying to provide for his family, and tonight, family members tell us about the pizza Delivery Driver who was shot in the head and how he managed to survive. Plus, the First Alert Weather Team is tracking storms. See whats popping up in your neighborhood tonight and tomorrow morning. Plus, a scare on the highway. How a case of road rage turned violent and a driver is still on the loose. Next at 5 00. man wow. male offscreen announcer whats it feel like to win 100,000 home makeover, with top prizes of a hundred grand . man whoa. Its amazing. Yes male offscreen announcer with instant games from the pennsylvania lottery, the instant you play could be the instant you win. Keep on scratchin. Right now at 5 00, how did he survive . A pita Delivery Driver ambushed and shot in the head. And hes still managed to call for help. I wish you good luck and please take care of my family. Friends andally tell us he was just trying to support his wife and baby. Now he is in the hospital. And the two men who nearly took his life are still on the loose. Randy gyllenhaal spoke with the victims friends and family, and they described quite a horrible ordeal. Yeah, the family says its a miracle hes even alive. He was shot in the head, execution style. Meantime, police now looking for the two guys who called in a fake pizza order. Sad. Dont deserve that. Coworkers at chillin pizza are still in shock that such a routine delivery could turn into a near deadly setup. You know, like anybody, you call for a delivery and you take the delivery. Last night, the driver was on a run when two suspects ordered him back into the car at gunpoint. Surveillance cameras capture them speeding away with the innocent Delivery Driver kidnapped in his own car. And one said give me all you have. We are here to rob you. The victims brother tells nbc10 the suspects eventually pulled over and demanded cash. He gave them everything he had. Everything, everything, and they say the money you have is too small for me to let you leave. We have to kill you. But the 60 wasnt enough, so the suspects ordered him on the ground. After he kneeled down, they shot him. Hes now in surgery, his family praying he survives. He recently came to this country from ghana, delivering pizzas to support his wife and young daughter. Money to feed our family to get a better life. Thats the only thing were here, to make sure police spent the night looking for those two male suspects, both in their mid20s. They abandoned the drivers car and remain on the run. And i did just get an update from the staff at the p

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