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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 June 25, 2016

Thats ok bart, it is here. At td bank we do things differently, like having the longest hours of any bank. Dont just bank. Bank human. Happening right now, a local officer begins a long road to recovery after a man shot him seven times. Once we heard the shots i was like oh, my god, he just shot a cop. Tonight the man accused of of firing on that officer is behind bars. Folcroft Police Officer Christopher Dorman can thank his bullet proof vest for saving his life. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im chris oconnell. Officer dorman has spent much of this day in surgery but we are happy to report hes expected to recover. We have Team Coverage tonight. Sabina kuriakose is at penn presbyterian hospital. But we begin tonight with brad sattin in folcroft where the suspected shooter actually spoke to you outside the Police Station tonight. Brad . Reporter chris, did he. He didnt say much. Youll hear from him in a moment. We can tell you here at the scene investigators actually leaving just a short time ago after a long day here as you can see residents allowed back in. First indication of a problem was when the officer screamed into his radio that hed been shot in the face and tonight the man accused of says it wasnt him. Heres our first look at dante island who goes by abdul wahi accused of of shooting a folcroft Police Officer this morning and firing at a second officer. Are you sorry for what you did . I didnt do anything. Reporter police say officer Christopher Dorman first on the scene pulled up to this apartment complex half a block from the Police Station after neighbors reported someone smoking marijuana and drug dea dealing. There was a scuffle then all of a sudden pow pow pow pow pow. There were six gunshots. All of which were about like 40 feet away us from. Oh, my god, he just shot cop. Reporter dante island accused of of shooting officer dorman seven times. The doctor said that anyone of those rounds on his vest could have been fatal. He was shot both front and back of the vest with three wounds to his body, one in the face, one in his groin and one in his leg. So we just thank god he had his vest on. Reporter right behind him a second officer pulled up. The defendant at this point in time turned the gun and started to shoot at the second officer. Reporter that officer returned fire as officer dorman was somehow able to make his way down an alley where he was met by Sergeant William bear who got him into his patrol car. Just to get him to the hospital as quick as i could. Reporter the fbi swat and other agencies swarmed the block and by pinking island cell phone they were able to determine he was inside an adjacent Apartment Building where after several hours he was arrested without incident. He lived in the building where the shooting happened. Neighbors left stunned. He is quiet. Always on the back smoking his cigarettes. So i mean i dont think he would do Something Like that Something Like this. Da painted a different picture. The defendant is a career criminal. Reporter was only recently out of the federal prison after being sentence for 15 years. Now hes back in custody facing two counts of attempted murder against Police Officers. They were smoking grass. I mean, just hanging outside smoking grass 12 00 thirty six, 10 00 oclock in the morning. Somebody going to take your li life. Reporter island was scheduled to be processed and arraigned tonight. He is facing a variety of charges including two counts of attempted murder on those officers. Chris and lucy. Brad, thanks. Officer dorman is recovering from surgery tonight at penn presbyterian. Thats where fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose is right now. Sabina, how is officer dorman doing this evening . Reporter well, lucy, happy to report we have learned that the officer is going to make a full recovery. Now, this is after a bullet entered one cheek on his face and exited through the other. Even his badge was blown off. Great kid does whatever you want. Great cop. Reporter detective william bear speaking hours after he rushed to save that young cops life. Bear through his brother in blue fellow officer Christopher Dorman into the back of a Police Cruiser and rushed the bleeding patrolman to the hospital after dorman was shot seven times in his face, groin, chest and leg. All while responding to a routine call about a suspected drug dealer near these apartments in folcroft Delaware County friday morning. Hes just a good guy. Nothing bothers him. Great sense of humor. Something like this has to happen. Reporter the chief says dorman is in the process of becoming a septa Police Officer. The rookie cop joined folcrofts Department Last year and serves part time. The chief says dorman has been a volunteer firefighter in folcroft since he was 16. I was principal secretary at academy park and got to know chris when he came through Academy Park High school. This woman served on the local counsel with his dad. The 25yearold dreams of serving his community started as kid and never wavered. He always wanted to be a folcroft officer. Reporter the chief says this is the first time in the tiny departments memory that a folcroft officer has been shot and seriously wounded on duty. By many accounts officer dorman is lucky to be alive. Bullet wounds across his body, his badge blown off in the barrage of gunfire. I cried. I cried. And i was very upset. Im glad hes going to be okay. Reporter and tonight we are told officer dorman is going to be okay. He is expected to make a full recovery and the chief tells me that the officer is such a good cop they knows hes already eager to get back on the force as soon as hes able. Lucy . All right, thank you very much, sabina. Our prayers for him and his family. As officer dorman continues his recovery, stay with fox29. Com for updates on his condition. Youll also find links to all of our social media pages right on our home page. At least 20 people are dead in West Virginia and its feared that number could grow. Catastrophic flooding washed away roads, destroyed more than 100 homes and knock out power to tens of thousands. Foxs rick, is monitoring the latest developments. Reporter growing death toll in West Virginia. Flood waters there creating a deadly dangerous emergency situation throughout much of the mountain state. More than 100 homes have been seriously damaged or destroyed. Reporter powerful storm dumping 9inches of rain in some areas. Causing creeks to swell, washing away roads even homes. This is the worse ive ever seen and ive seen stuff floating down the river and we had a flood in 2003 and nothing like this. Reporter hardest hit areas of southeastern part of the state and among those who have lost their lives in the flooding an eightyearold boy and a fouryearold boy both swept away by flood waters in two different counties. This as many survivors are there without power and some remain stranded. Theyre bringing in swift water rescue. I cant get home. I live on riverside. Im stuck pretty well cant get in. Cant get out. Reporter West Virginia governor declaring a state of emergency in 44 of the states 55 counties. Hes also National Guard troops called in to assist. Currently 200 National Guard members are actively assisting in eight counties. Theyre assisting local responders with swift water rescues. Search and extraction efforts and welfare checks. Reporter one surviving victim had her house flood and then blow up and despite suffering burns on more than half of her body he was able to hold on for efforts and was rescued. Back here at home no such problems thank goodness as we take a live look at reading. Muggy start to the day but now you can probably open those windows enjoy nice fresh crisp air. Whats on the radar fort rest of the weekend meteorologist scott will jumps. Beautiful weather, lucy. In fact pretty comfortable this evening if youre stepping outdoors. Right now, 68 degrees in atlantic city. We have upper 60s in trenton. Low 70s still philadelphia. Pottstown 72. 75 right now in allentown. So beautiful in center city. No weather worries whatsoever. 72 degrees right now the high today was 82. Dew points right now a little sticky in the low 60s, but the humidity will be dropping overnight and during the day tomorrow. A leftover shower far to the west moving out of york and also lancaster county, but we are dry and we are in the clear after some very heavy rainfall earlier in the day and parts of south jersey. So for tomorrow, your saturday, beautiful weather. Warm conditions, 86 for the High Temperature. And also low humidity. Coming up well have that entire warm weekend forecast and the timing of some storms as early as next week. Back to you. All right, scott, thanks. Final farewell today to the youngest victim of the orlando nightclub massacre. Friends and family of akyra murray gathered at Monumental Baptist Church in west philadelphia. They remembered and honored the 18yearold. Murray was shot and killed after being shot in the arm during this months pulse nightclub shooting. She was a star basketball player at west catholic Lick High School and received a full scholarship to play in college. Mayor jim kenney and shooting survive patience carter were among those in attendance. Meanwhile in orlando, florida, a south jersey therapy dog has been bringing comfort to survivors of the shooting. Aladdin the finalist in the American Humane Association National Hero dog awards also met the owner of pulse nightclub an ambassador for titos vodka for dog people and titos just donated 25,000 to victims even held a couple of fundraisers. Moreys peers help sponsor aladdin trip to bring comfort to survivors of the massacre. United kingdom had choice to live in the European Union or get out. And they got out. The fallout from thursdays vote sent Global Markets plunging on a worldwide sell off. Us stocks were hammered. Suffering their worst loss in 10 months. Foxs kevin cork has reaction from the white house. While the uk is relationship with you will change, one thing that will not change, is the special relationship that exists between our two nations. Reporter more than 5,000 miles away from epicenter president obama today acknowledged a major size mick shift in global politic as the United Kingdom chose to leave the European Union. I do think that yesterdays vote speaks to the ongoing changes and challenges that are raised by globalization. Reporter in many case ways the out come was a stung rejection of the president himself who back in april added his voice to the chorus of those calling on voters to reject the socalled brexit because it could damage the uks ability to secure major trade deals. Our focus in negotiating with a big block of European Union to get a trade agreement done, and uk is going to be in the back of the queue. Reporter Global Markets buckled on the news. Bleeding red across the board. As all the major indices fell dramatically. The dow was down more than 600 points during the day. As investors worried what would follow. Even as analysts warned of continued and significant market volatility ahead until a better understanding of the consequences of brexit was gained lawmakers in washington were calling for calm. I believe the markets will eventually stabilize. Thats point number one. Point number two all the more reason for american to lead. American needs to lead. In a statement jacob lew says. Perhaps of little emotional consolation to those who saw their 401ks take a real hit today. But experts say dont panic. I want to walk people away from the 11 this is not something that they should be concerned about in fact i think in the long run it will be healthy for markets and healthy for economies because its going to mean that well move away from the kind of socialist model europe that now even the british voters say is a failure. Reporter white house says the president stands by his back of the queue comment. Were also told that he did reach out to british minister David Cameron this afternoon and told him that he was looking forward to seeing him in a couple of weeks at the nato summit in poland. Perhaps the next and best chance to find out exactly what brexit will mean for all of us. At the white house, kevin cork, fox news. If you get a call from someone claiming to be pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, you better not hang up. Why the governor, yes, the governor cant seem to get a call through. And heroic act by a septa bus driver when a man tried to snatch a woman purse. What that driver did to make sure that did not happen. A quick way to get from one floor to another or to get great view of the city. Where thrill seekers lining up to slide 70 stories high. Im in. I love it. A stuffed animal memorial growing outside a north philadelphia home. Prosecutors have charged a mom with third degree murder in the shooting death of her fouryearold girl in that home. Fox 29s Joanne Pileggi spoke to those who knew the family. She has the very latest from north philadelphia. Reporter there had been a lot of talk and speculation that the child was playing with a gun. Thats not true. Police now say the child was hit by gunfire. Police also now saying the childs mother has been charged in connection with this fatal shooting. She was just happy fouryearold, you know, a princess, everyone loved her, you know every time you seen her she had smile on her face. Reporter her name was sania. She was just four. Shes gone. Massive memorial stuffed animals flowers and candles sit outside of the home she shared with her mother and threeyearold sist sister. A vigil held for the family this evening. Its a time when we need to come together and to bring unity and love and support and comfort and counseling to our community. Reporter police now say there was a domestic incident between sanis mother and her boyfriend. There was a gun in a row home. It was fired. And the fouryearold was shot in the face yesterday. She died at the hospital. Her mother 25yearold is a care rah holmes charged in connection with the shooting. Sani was such like a pretty, happy, joyful little girl. This is so sad what happened. Like any time you sigh her she had smile on her face. Reporter police are still investigating but the childs mother was taken in for questioning and was formally charged tonight. Police are looking for her boyfriend who apparently took off after sani was fatally shot. It is our job as a pastor and as a chaplain of this community to wrap our arms around, upping, this community and give them the support they need and so theres no other bloodshed. What a pretty princess. Beautiful smile an beautiful heart. Reporter police of course continuing this investigation sources telling us cops have been called here on previous occasions for Domestic Violence disputes. In north philly im Joanne Pileggi, fox 29 news. The tributes they continue to pour in for the man who led the charge against animal cruelty in pennsylvania. Today george bengals family laid him to rest with full military honors. gunfire . The vietnam veteran served more than two decades in Philadelphia Police force then launched yet another career in humane Law Enforcement becoming the director of the pennsylvania spcas hle division. Today his officers carried his flag draped casket out of the church and into the hearse then accompanied it along with his brothers and sisters in blue to Sunset Memorial Park in northeast philadelphia. Bengal passe passed away saturd. He was very clear to the very end he had one last and greatest wish. We always knew how strong he was and courageous he was on the job, but even in facing his own death, um, courage courageous and generous. He wanted to make sure that his work continued and weve been dedicated to doing that ever since the news of his illness broke. Were losing an icon in philadelphia but were not losing his vision. Were not losing his message that message is to get harrisburg to fund the enforcement thats been going on for so long without state support. Do you think its actually going finally happen . George is the only other thing besides heroin and opiate that brought the house and senate and democrat that is and the governor together. List request literally only other thing we agree on in harrisburg and i think it will get done. Thats big. Governor wolf tells fox 29s george bengals live and wish has moved him and hes looking forward to work wig lawmakers to break open state fund fog beng bengals humane Law Enforcement division. Dont hang up on the govern governor. Thats the message thats been sent in an email to Government Agencies in pennsylvania. Heres the deal. It seems like Governor Tom Wolf likes to dial his own phone calls. But hes finding a lot of receptionist dont believe its itits him so they hang up. Email asked switchboard operators not to hang up clai claiming to be tom wolf. He called me. First time ever a governor called me and left a message on my phone. You didnt hang up. I didnt answer. 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