Schoolbus stop this morning. 15yearold joseph perez sat on the couch still in his hospital gown wednesday night. Nursing some vicious injuries after police say he was brutally attacked by two pitbulls. I thought i was are there to die. Reporter High School Sophomore was on his way to school just before 7 00 a. M. When he heard footsteps behind him and a dog attacked him. I tried jumping into the neighbors yard, and i was trying to close the gate. The other dog came up jumped up over the gate and grabbed my arm. Reporter joseph who suffered wounds to his arms, legs and face started screaming as the dogs refused to release him. Thats when police arrived. He jumps out and then he gets a good aim to the dog and he shoots and kills it. A lot of stuff goes through your mind. Is he okay . Is he dead . You know. Reporter Mildred Perez heard her son screams for help from her upstairs window. She came down in time to see police race him off to the hospital. I heard him screaming and everything. It scared me. Find out two pitt dogs, you know, attacked him. What you supposed to do. Reporter police say 51yearold woman and 46yearold man were also attacked by the dogs here. All three ended up in the hospital. Joseph and his mom want to know who owns the dogs. What if that was their child or somebody else they knew . They would want to come forward. Reporter Mildred Perez shed hick to publicly thank Camden Police officers who got those dogs off her son and raced him to the hospital. She would also like to know who owns those dogs. Joe is he may face additional surgery. Iain . Dave, thank you. Ugly turn to spirit week at a local high school. Students and parents incredibly offended after a group of students getting a lot of attention online after what they wore to school but not for good reason. They showed up in clothes with couldnt fred rat flags. Our dave kinchen joins us live in sewell, new jersey, with the story. Dave . Reporter well, iain, it was quite a shock to lot of students who were not expecting to see this. Especially as they were making their own demonstration. But the school says theyre taking action. She was like shocked to see it. Reporter reaction Arthur Taylors black daughter had when he says a group of white students showed up wearing Confederate Flags at Gloucester County institute of Technology Last week. To see Something Like this is alarming in this day and age. Reporter pictures of students wearing shirts showing the Confederate Flag circulated on social media and came up after parents say black students election to do wear all black to silently protest Racial Injustice during spirit week when students were encouraged to wear patriotic colors. The larger question for me why didnt anyone ask the africanamerican students why they wore all. Reporter instead white students wore the offensive flag and other students say they did worse in the hallways. The thing that really upset me the most was the banking on the lockers with the belts as if they were beating slaves or Something Like that. The comments that were also made tha goes along with it such as go back to of a forty three carbs you dont like then bleach your skin right. Reporter loretta wint Social Security president of the Gloucester County naacp and was called in to meet with the schools africanamerican culture club. They were very structured, um, each one spoke. Reporter she says district officials acknowledged the issue and pledged to resolve the racial tension through a series of meetings. I think that the district is handling it excellently. I couldnt ask for anything better. Reporter Arthur Taylor hopes those who brought the controversial historical symbols to campus learn some history as well. But when i look at that flag, the thing that comes to my mind is that for one man with or several people with a noose around their neck that may have been the last image they saw before they took their last breath. Reporter we did call School Administration for comment while we did not hear back, the School Administration sent a letter to parents saying that racism has no place at the school and they pledge to release more information about how they will tackle this issue in the coming days. Iain . Dave, thank you. A Pennsylvania State corporal if anything a long recovery tonight after yesterdays shooting during a routine traffic stop. And were now getting a clearer picture of how it all went down. Corporal seth kelly probably saved his own life. Investigators say he put a tourniquet to his leg before help got there. Keppley arrived as backup after another trooper pulled over 22yearold daniel clary. Investigate its say clary resisted arret and started a gun fight with the two troopers. Clary was hit and state police say he drove himself to the the hospital. Corporal kelly is in critical condition. Our trooper right now, hes battling it. Um, you know, hes certainly not out of the woods by any means but like i said yesterday he is a very strong individual and he displayed will yesterday that he wanted to live and get through this, and, um, you know, were all very proud of him. Clary is facing a number of charges including attempted murder. Meanwhile in Camden County, an officer shot on the job sees the alleged gunman face to face in court. 21yearold Patrick Ohanlon was there today as 19yearold dell ron mayhan was formall formal aa rain. He shot the officer after the two struggled during a routine stop last week. Ohanlon was released from the hospital over the weekend. May hasnt is facing numerous charges including attempted murder. Here it is. Meek mills mug shot as he begins his prison sentence. Tmz got the mug shot as the Pennsylvania Department of corrections was processing the rapper. Meek mill of course sentenced on monday to two to to four years in prison for violating pro probation from that 2008 gun drug case. Owner of sixers wrote a letter to the judge. Page sick got tv got a coach it. Ruben goes on for two pages crying to con vin the judge meek mill was good friend and father. Did it not work. He still went to jail. His attorney plans to appeal. We are learning new details about the plane crash that claimed the life of beloved phillies pitcher roy halladay. Witnesses tell investigators halladay was flying his tiny sport plane low over the gulf of mexico before it crashed into the water. This is video from tmz sports and it shows the plane go down. Yesterday afternoon off the coast of florida. Today the ntsb removed the wreckage. Investigators say it looks lying it was high Energy Impact and they found two data recorders. The airplane was located approximately 4 feet of water inserted on a southerly heading with all major components accounted for. The airplane has since been recovered and will be moved to a secure facility so we can have a more detailed examination. Preliminary report on the case could come out in the week the ntsb says the full investigation could take a year or two. Only on fox, heres something you dont see every day. A serval cat, a wildcat thats typically found in africa but this one is a long way from home. Chris oconnell went to birdsboro, berks county, where the cat was found. Reporter walk down any city street, and chances are you will find yourself a spray cat. But one cat roaming around the streets of reading was a long way from home. I thought it was going to kill me. People scene him and got scared and came over this way. Reporter when this group of teenagers walked down madison avenue friday, they knew what they saw was no ordinary stray cat. I saw the spots. Yo, thats an africa cat. I was like, dam, thats an africa cat. Reporter hes right spo spotted feline turns out to be a african big cat called is serval considered an he can on the tick animal and illegal to own without a permit. Neighbors corralled him in back ally. Id be scared to death. Reading police were called to madison avenue where they were able to rescue the 30pound female feel line on a dog leash. Here it is in its temporary home at the Animal Rescue league of berk county, where it spent the last five days. Shelter Officials Say the one to twoyearold serval has been well cared for and is most likely someones pet who is too nervous to come forward. They also say servals can sell on the blackmarket for up to 30 grand. I wanted. I toll the cop if i can take it. He said no to me. Reporter some neighbors are just glad the feel line from the african planes is now in much better hands. I mean its pretty but i dont think it belongs in the house. It belongs somewhere where it can be taken care of. Reporter state wildlife officials came here to transfer the serval cat to a big Cat Conservation facility where shell spend the rest of her life teaching others about conservation. So far the owner of the cat has yet to come forward. In reading, chris oconnell, fox 29 news. You know that book oh the places youll government what about the people you meet at wawa . Well, one comedian has got a few characters you just have to see. Kathy, a cold week already its not looking any warmer. Wow. Cold canadian air mass will descend on us and were talking about record cold coming our way. What a difference. Ill have the numbers coming up. All right, kathy, thanks. In Camden County honoring local vets with a ceremony tod today. Officials detailed programs they have in place to help the 30,000 vets that live in Camden County alone. 34 veterans for various branches of the military received medals at the 16th annual weve all been to wawa. Come on some of us are regular customers. We all have our wawa go to. So is that why we love it, the food, the coffee . A local comedian feelings about wawa are so strong he wrote book about it and its selling as fast as well the gobbler. Our Shawnette Wilson talked with the author and joins us live in center city tonight. Shawnette. Reporter iain, it is supposed to be funny but he says its not just about making fun of our popular store. He says the book is something we all can relate to. Im in what were like three times day. Reporter as a comedian nick is always looking for material and if youve ever been in a wawa you can probably understand why he thought his next stan up routine would be a hit were you the joke actually bombed. God, i would tell it all the time and people would look at me like this isnt funny. He decided to try out the idea in 40 page book called the five people you meet in wawa. Why dont i make it lie virgil guiding the reader through this weird wawa pergatoy. The book reveals character weve all scene on any given visit into the one stop Shop Convenience store. A woman in pajamas and then who yelled at me. [ laughter ] and then, you know, theres always Police Officers in there which is awesome and people coming in and out of work, construction workers, lawyers, and then after that you have resident weirdos and then finally the worst one someone paying with change. He says women wearing pjs other than the only fashion faux pas. A lot of guys that would qualify that wear like flyers like pants and eagles sweatshirt and like a sixers hat. He says the book isnt just about poking fun at people. In his words its also an exercise in empathy. Yeah man im going through a break up and walk in there in pajamas. Book is getting good reviews from readers but high to ask what about the store . Nothing from wawa, no, they have not contacted me. So the least you can do is name a sandwich another me. Reporter yeah g luck with that. So the e book is available now print copies im told will be out monday. If youre interested in in check it out go to fox29. Com. Iain . All right, shawnette, thank you. A warning night if you live in n about a phone scam. Fbi says scammers are pretending to be with the Us Marshalls Service county Sheriffs Department and other agencies and theyll accuse you of failing to appear for jury duty. The demand money of course. Fbi says trust your instincts and never give money to someone who you did not initiate contact with. Cold temperatures are taking a hold across our area. Just another sign that winter is coming. As fox 29 photojournalist bill rohrer shows us thanks to some local organizations kids will have warm winter coats. At a school in camden, new jersey, workers with operation warm are setting up for a big give away. These are brand new fresh out of the box coats. Provide warmth to children in need by handing out winter coats. They partnered with Horizon Services and camden firefighters to hand out 500 coats to every student in the school. I need the bigger coat. Im going sleep in this at the shelter or child who is clearly trying to take one thats too small you find out that the reason theyre doing is because they have a younger sibling at home who needs it more than them is astounding that in this country today in the year 2017 we have children who whos family cant cant afford to put coats on them. Kirsten make the children comfortably. Kids come and in are shy at first. As they make their way through the event they open up to the volunteer. Once they have that coat and its the right fit theyre beaming by the end of it. Richard sanford founded the nonprofit in 1998. Happened to drive a bus stop and saw a bunch of kids without coats and didnt understand how that was possible found out where they were, went to local retailer bought all of the children coats. Since then 2 million kids throughout the United States have been given brand new coats. Kind gesture greatly appreciate appreciated. This was definitely a big lift for some of our families because its getting cold outside. We woke up this morning it was 40 something degrees. It couldnt have been planned any better. In camden, bill rohrer fox 29 news. Check on your weather as we take live look over wilmington. You better bundle it. Its cold out there. Kathy it will be freezing pretty soon. Iain a cold front will be coming through tomorrow night and that is going to usher in the coldest air of the season. Look pretty out there right now it will be pretty if youre inside not so comfortable if youre outside. Heres a look at our temperatures. 25 in the poconos. 34 in allentown and pottstown. 47 in philadelphia and 45 in dover. Northeasterly wind component but that cold air that high in canada is going to really pull the cold air down friday night into saturday morning the coldest air will be saturday morning where we will be near record cold. The fall chill will get underway over the next couple of days. Normal is 59. Monday we were at 70. Yesterday 49. Today 52. Tomorrow 57. Fridays high 39. But that will be very deceiving with the wind. Were talking about wind chill for the first time this season. So as we go hour by how with your future wind chills, at 6am friday, not big deal. But as we go toward the noon hour in the afternoon were ta talking about feel like reading in the 20s, allentown the poconos and reading it feels like its in the teens if youre going out fly day night, the combination of the wind and the falling temperatures will make it feel like its in the teens pretty much everywhere including philadelphia. This is friday night at 10 00 p. M. So just be aware of will ming ming ton 18. Well the feels like reading or wind chill in reading. As we go into saturday morning, thats when the temperatures plunge. Because the wind is going to be dying down. So the coldest air yet moves in fridays high temperatures in the 30s. Bitterly cold wind chills through early thursday morning. Saturday morning. The low saturday morning in the 20s. So how cold will philadelphia saturday morning with sunshine will be 25 degrees. Thats the coldest in nine months. We had cold march and marc march 23rd we had morning low of 24. So its going to be cold. Overnight tonight low temperatures in the 40s and the 30s to the north and west. Even 28 in the poconos. During the day tomorrow, looking for highs to rebound into the 50s with the exception of reading and lancaster. 49, 48 degrees there in the poconos it will be 42. On your seven day forecast from the weather authority, blustery friday. Saturday we have the walk to end alzheimers bundle up for that. A morning freeze with temperatures in the 20s. Well warm it up with mentee of sun to 42. Sunday an afternoon chance of a shower that could linger into monday morning. Tuesday and wednesday look good, though, with high temperatures in the 50s. Look at those lows, 40s and 30s. I changed the clothe. The summer clothes are gone. Winter clothes are moving in. Thats a look at the seven day. All right, thank you kathy. Kristen whats coming up in sports . Its been curious case of Markelle Fultz lately and the latest incident well we have to stop it in its professional happening lease love to compete in their sports but sometimes they can do more harm than good. Chris tepp rodgers says one sixers player should stay off the court for a bit. Her commentary in 15 seconds. Iain page and i were having discussion about goal how its not about how much you play but instill techniques your swing to get better i saw this video of Markelle Fultz. Hes out indefinitely with shoulder soreness and in case you didnt know hes right handed. But hes out at practice trying to shoot with his left happened. This is not good. Fultz at this point has gone from a beautiful shooting motion in college to a warped one here in philly to allegedly help alleviate the pain in his shouter and now hes trying to shoot with the other hand . Uhuh. This is a no for me. At this point fultz is doing more harm than good. Hes engrain bad habits into his game and what hes finally healthy this could carry over and hurt his game. Markelle, i know you want to be out there on the court, but rest up. Take beat, practice doesnt make perfect. Practice makes permanent. This is not the shot