Other barricaded himself in middletown. We have live team three coverage. Natasha brown is in glasgow where a News Conference will be held. Lets go to joe where hes live in middletown where the standoff has just come to an end. Joe. Reporter rahel, jim, good afternoon. All of this getting off the ground exactly 24 hours ago and after a dramatic series of events. It is over. The suspect is dead. And police and a very large spectrum of Law Enforcement standing down as residents begin to come back to their homes, some with tears in their eyes other shaken about a very long night. Some family members even separated as this standoff continued hour after hour. First we want to go ahead and show you the mug shot of bergen steely. Hes the intern Eyewitness News sources say took the life of Corporal Ballard after an encounter at that wawa in bear. He then allegedly took off from the scene to his Brick Mills Development where he lives in middletown. I want you top to to listen what some some hom
Serving his community and his country ever since he was a teenager. He joined the Civil Air Patrol, which is a nonprofit organization, chartered by congress, which offers young people a chance to work with the air force. His mentor of more than 15 years says ballard stood out from the beginning. He was a big loveable teddy bear, i guess you could say. Everyone enjoyed being around him. He was always the one that everyone liked to talk to. Reporter at just 18 years old, Stephen Ballard was a leader. His mentor says this is a picture of stephen when he was prom poeted to cadet commander in the Civil Air Patrol in 2005. He was tasked with overseeing more than a hundred cadets in his squadron. Then he went to college at delaware state university. After graduating he became a delaware state trooper. He always had a passion to do something in that realm, s i think thats how he saw being a state trooper. Reporter paul is still coming to terms with the fact that ballard is gone. But he finds c
From washington. Reporter President Trump says he will not immediately pull out of the north American Free trade agreement. He tweeted this morning that he spoke with the leaders of mexico and canada and agreed to renegotiate the deal. He often criticized. But he added if they cant reach an agreement, he nay still terminate it. On wednesday, the president unveiled his tax reform blueprint. Details wont be revealed until the summer. But the plan would slash the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . Cut rates for individuals andly few the tax code by reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to three. The American Economy has been held back and this is about unleashing economic growth. Reporter but critics including senator minority leader Chuck Schumer called it a giveaway to the wealthy. While emydable class americans and those struggling to get there need help just staying afloat. Reporter a cbs news poll Shows Americans remain sharply divided on their views of the mm a majority of
Noises at the scene of a drug operation. Well take a look at sky6 live hd across penns landing temperatures are climbing as we head into a summerlike weekend. Well have more on the draft, but first up lets hear from david murphy with accuweather and karen rogers with the morning commute. Reporter it is a nice day for the draft and relays around the region. We have showers in south jersey a little bit of action going on here. We had thunderstorms but they are off to the north and east. As we take a wide view you see the cloud cover out to the west breaking up a little bit. Overall well transition to a mix of sun and clouds today. Well call it sunny, but generally speaking its going to be a good one. 60 in allentown. 66 in reading. 59 in cape may. Dover youre up to 70 even at this early hour. The winds are light to come across the region. A lot of zeros. That means calm winds. Noon, 78 and spending most of the afternoon in the 80s today. Well go for a high of 83 around 3 00 p. M. Probabl