Here today we did get a good look at the timeline and what has led us to this point. The head of delawares Correctional Officers unions said Sergeant Floyd may have saved his fellow officers lives. He was in a closet when the lieutenants came in the door. He told the lieutenants to leave the building, after what happened then, we have no idea. Reporter after the inmates took over the hostage standoff dragged on for hours, over time two officers were released. Were told negotiators became increasingly concerned about Sergeant Floyds well being. Hey, hows floyd doing . Reporter a large portion of the back and forth was broadcasted online. They demanded more Educational Opportunities and insisting they get to talk to the governor. Let us talk to floyd and that will be one plus if you. Reporter around 5 00 this Morning Police decided it was time to move in. Tactical teams got the female counselor to safety but they found floyd unresponsive. Its not clear when he had been killed or how. Officials say some inmates had sharp instruments. At this time, we would consider all 120 suspects in this investigation. Reporter the union says after an inmate raped an employee in 2004, they came up with a whole bunch of changes that needed to be made. But the Union President says the former governor didnt implement any changes. I have reached out to the former governor, at this point i have not yet heard back. Well keep you posted. Were leave in newark. Meantime, the governor has ordered flags across the state to be flown as halfstaff in honor of Sergeant Floyd. He vowed to leave no stone unturned in the investigation. Sergeant floyd was a 16 year veteran of the Delaware Department of corrections. The union tells us this is the first death in its history. Sergeant floyd also leaves behind three children. Lets go now to nbc 10s randy gyllenhaal. You spoke with people in this Community Today and theyre shaken up by this . Obviously, they were hoping for a different outcome, wishing that those inmates who were holed up inside building c would have just surrendered sometime last night. This deadly outcome, they say, comes amid a lot of growing tensions inside those prison walls. Sergeant steven floyds body was taken by motorcade from the prison where he died. Very sad for the family. Reporter as strangers in the small town lined the street to pay respects. We have friends that work here too, you know. Just been hearing family members, its a shock. Reporter in smyrna nearly everyone knows somebody who worked at vaughan correctional at the smyrna diner, locals followed every update during the standoff. Heart broken it ended in violence. It is surprising, you know. That is went this far, you know. Reporter during the siege, the inmates complained about abusive treatment. Official and even locals here acknowledge growing tensions inside the prison walls. That c building, its a pretty tough building to work. Reporter Robert Watson is a retired prison guard who spent 28 years inside the cell blocks. You would hear off and on, you know, different stuff. I think its been something waiting to happen. Reporter he says the inmates had other options, instead of a hostile takeover, to voice their complaints to prison staff. They usually take a group of inmates and talk to them, try to find out try to resolve the problem, treat them fair. And firm. But just dont let them take advantage of you. Reporter i also had the chance to talk with the towns mayor today, she tells me, of course the residents are devastated. So many people know or have loved ones who work here. She tells me the town is organizing a candle light vigil tomorrow at 6 00 at the municipal park. Randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Randy will speak live with the mayor coming up at 5 30. Tim furlong mentioned earlier the Union President had harsh words for the previous governor. Flanked by Correctional Officers who worked with Sergeant Floyd, the Union President said floyds death was a direct result of staffing issues not addressed by the past governor. Overtime costs state wide has reached 20 million. Lack of adequately strained staff. You have an overworked staff. The amount of overtime thats needed to be worked in that facility is unsustainable. The Union President says he has the utmost faith they can Work Together with delawares new governor, john carney, to fix the staffing issues. In the meantime were still asking questions about what happened inside the prison, who was behind it and how it led to certainty floyds death. Coming up at 5 30 ill be talking to the mayor of smyrna about how this is affecting the community as a whole and how they plan to move forward. Ill send it back to keith and erin in philly. We will see you at 5 30. On our website, you can listen to the phone call that inmates made from inside the prison. Plus, the radio calls as authorities negotiated with the hostage takers. Thats right now on nbc10. Com. New tonight, chilling video of a woman running for her life after shooting a robbery suspect. A man tried to rob a laundry mat on West Chester Park in upper darky yesterday morning. She made a split second decision and went for his gun. She manage today shoot him in the arm and run away. He was arrested and in the hospital. Hear from that woman about her bravery in 20 minutes. New at 5 00. The naacp is calling for a new trial for one of two men serving time for their roles in the deadly Market Street collapse. The group, along with contractor Griffin Campbell white talked about the results of a civil trial. Several people and agencies were found liableab for the collapse. The jury said campbell was 1 liable for the collapse. He is serving a 1530 year prison sentence. The group is pushing to get him back in front of a judge. He had some experience, but he was ultimately depending on the help on the architects. And, you know he was the one with the least authority in this project. He had no authority to speed the project up. He had no authority to shut it down. We asked philadelphias District Attorney for a statement, an Office Spokesperson said quote, if and when a request for a new trial is made, they will review the request and make a decision. Not a bad day if you had to be out in center city. A lot of people wearing hats and boots at 13th and filbert this afternoon. This weekend youll want the gloves and the scarves too. Temperatures will dip this weekend. Midweek next week, wait for it, springlike weather returns. Got to love it. Up and down, were calling it roller coaster weather. Erika martin has your neighborhood forecast. I love your positive outlike there. Because we do have the cold blast. Get ready to bundle up for this weekend. Yesterdays High Temperature was 50 degrees. Today we topped out at 48. Look at this by tomorrow and saturday. Well be trending below average of 41 degrees. 36 on friday and 34 on saturday. But the good news is we bump up just a bit by sunday and yes, we were up by next week. Otherwise, philadelphia right now, we are seeing mostly cloudy skies, current temperature 44. Winds at 17 Miles Per Hour and gusts up to 24 Miles Per Hour. Anytime were talking about those stronger winds and gusts, weve got to talk about the feels like temperatures. Starting at 5 00 p. M. , even though temperatures are in the 40s in philly, were seeing 35 as those feels like temperatures, so we get this going and pause this at 10 00 p. M. It will feel like a cold 19 degrees in allentown. 20 in doylestown and west chester and 23 in philly. We do have a very cold night in the forecast and a cold start to our friday. More details coming up in the full forecast. Thank you. Pleaolice say the man in th sketch poised as an officer and pulled over a woman driving in South Whitehall township last saturday. He was driving a black unmarked car with tinted windows and red and blue lights on the dash board. Take a look at this, that right there is 3 million worth of haeroin. Three people were arrested in different parts of the city, one of them had an infant with her when she was arrested. All three face 60 years in prison. New at 5 00, get your resumes ready if youre looking for job. Lowes plans to hire more than 1,300 employees in the philadelphia area. The spring is the busiest time of the year for Home Improvement projects. The job is usually for march through september. An economic Progress Report tonight for the city of philadelphia. The mayor delivered his Second Annual speech to the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of commerce. The mayor says his administration delivered in all the objectives he laid out last year. Our crime rate is at a 40 year low. Millenial and immigrant growth are on the rise and were on the top of the list for travel destinations and restaurant hot spots. The mayor also said the city is doing a better job, but theres plenty of work that needs to be done in solving the poverty rate. Philadelphia has the highest poverty rate of any large city in the country. Some people are asking what should it cost to save a life . One drug company is charging 4,000 a dose. Making money on peoples bad luck. Coming up all new at 5 00, local Police Departments say one drug company is putting profits over people. And coming up, all new at 5 00. From asbestos to medical waste, pennsylvania is americas dumping ground. Is the cash worth the cost . If waste is being imported for profit, we need to ask the question who is it really profiting . The nbc 10 investigators follow the trail of trash. Whats more heartpounding than playing cupids cash. With top prizes of 50 thousand dollars . How about winning. On the spot. We won play cupids cash, the new game from the pennsylvania lottery. And you could win. On the spot. Keep on scratchin from asbestos to medical waste, pennsylvania is americas dumping ground. Nbc 10 Investigative Reporter mitch blocker is on the trail of trash. Reporter its a familiar sou sound. Tracking the trail of trash isnt hard in his part of bucks county. You can hear, see and sometimes smell it. The fumes from the trucks sometimes reeks into your living room. Reporter since 2010 Pennsylvania Companies have imported more garbage than any other state. More than 46 million tons. It comes from as close as new jersey, new york and maryland. And from as far as canada, california, and puerto rico. 15 million tons wound up here in the states newest landfill in bucks county. We cover the waste every night. Reporter Waste Management works this site. What would this look like if you didnt import waste . It would be a much smaller operation. But you would have many more landfills around the country. Reporter to give you a better idea of the size of the land fill well take you up into sky force 10. You can see all 194 acres a football field to give you a size comparison is one acre. One third of the trash youre looking at comes from out of state. In just 13 years this entire land fill will be full. If you were to do this on a smaller scale, your costs would go up and it would be more expensive for all of us. Reporter since 1996 the state has added a new land fill every two years. An option is for them not to come here. Reporter tom smith has watched the land fill grow since he was a kid. He believes its all about the money. If waste is being imported for profit, we need to ask the question, who is it really profiting . Reporter in the last five years, the state has made more than 289 billion. Does that influence in any way what you let in . No. Reporter he regulates where and how trash is dumped in the state. He says it needs to go somewhere. Theres going to be space required, you know, for land fills. Reporter even if the state wanted to, it couldnt stop the imported waste. The u. S. Supreme court has ruled that waste is interstate commerce and cannot be stopped by states. If the economics drive it to another state, maybe our waste will start going to another state. Reporter for now, waste from 36 states goes by orlandos house. The trail of trash to pennsylvania, including ash and asbestos, medical leftovers and Construction Materials continues to grow. Theyre running out of space over there. And somehow they always find a way to gobble up more land. Reporter for the investigators im mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. Unbelievable stuff there. We spoke with the officials from the Waste Industry who told us they dispose of trash in environmentally ways. The governor plans to introduce a bill to limit it. Not everyone living near a land fill has problems with the garbage. Tomorrow the investigators tell us how the trash becomes cash. Im first alert meteorologist erika martin. Our headlines include increasing winds tonight as temperatures start to nosedive. Get the heavier coats out because you will need them for the next couple of days. Heads up right away. Also tracking below average High Temperatures on friday, and teens to 20s overnight friday into saturday. The weekend brings us lots of sunshine on saturday. But certainly a Cold Saturday in the forecast. And temperatures start to climb on sunday. Current wind right now, 17 Miles Per Hour for philadelphia. Northwesterlies for you, allentown, 16 Miles Per Hour. Wilmington, 18. And Dover Air Force base, 16 mile per hour wind speeds. Very important, of course, because those temperatures feel a lot colder than the actual temperatures because of those stronger north westerly winds. Current temperature for trenton, 40. Mount holly, 43 for you. Vineland 44. Coatesville 36. And allentown, 38 degrees. The normal high for philadelphia today, 41 degrees. Todays high 48. Sunrise 7 08 a. M. And sunset 5 21 p. M. Yes, a little more day light for today. And today right now, 44 current temperature in philadelphia. Neighborhoods in and around philadelphia seeing lots of 40s. Upper 30s for park side. Andorra 38. Fox chase 41. Port richmond 42. Along with society hill, your current temperature 43. Satellite and radar image picking up on light returns. We did have some reports of light snow moving through parts of reading, allentown right now it looks like youre getting light returns here. Not making it to the ground. For the most part were seeing mostly cloudy skies. For the lehigh valley, your current temperatures are mainly in the 30s. Fleetwood 35 degrees. So conditions right now are just above the freezing mark. Bethlehem 37. And easton current temperature, 36. Heres your story across the lehigh valley. Allentown, you are getting colder, especially those overnight lows. Overnight thursday into friday. Were seeing 18 degrees. And then friday into saturday, that expected overnight low, 14. Thats the actual expected overnight low. Never mind the stronger north westerly winds. Your weekend forecast, expected High Temperature, 32 degrees for the pa suburbs. Thats on average. Upper 20s for the lehigh valley. Plenty of sunshine, thats not the issue. Its simply just going to be cold. Sunday we increase into the upper 30s for the pa suburbs. Mid40s for jersey. Jersey shore and delaware seeing mid to upper 40s for you. So certainly seeing an improvement there. Your ten day forecast brings us colder temperatures on friday and saturday. Then we climb into the 40s by sunday. Good news is by monday and tuesday were seeing upper 40s. Temperatures above normal. Im also tracking the potential for moderate to heavy showers tuesday into wednesday. It will be windy wednesday into thursday. 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