The city but also Delaware County. We can tell you this officer is 25 years old. He was shot three times and he was taken by Police Vehicle initially for treatment. Sources tell us that military units have been called into multiple units have been called into the area. K9 assistance has been pulled in. This was a call on a Drug Enforcement case and theyre assisting. A number of police units are sending hem to folcroft and a number of officers are responding here to penn Presbyterian Hospital. There is no word on his condition. Weve been told he is a Folcroft Police officer, the town is confirming that and the Fire Department confirming that Police Officers put him in a vehicle to get him to the hospital. We are awaiting Additional Information on his condition but again, we can tell you that he was shot at least three times and is now getting medical treatment. As the search continues for the suspects behind this, multiple Police Departments in Delaware County responding to that scene i
Appears that a 26yearold Police Officer with one year on the force was responding to drug activity and ambushed. Shot multiple times. We spoke with a resident she picks up from there. Heard the shot, pop pop pop. I said oh my gosh someone is shooting. Then tons of cops came and they shot a cop. There is constant drug activity going on on the third floor. The Sheriffs Office was just there this week getting people out of there. Over the past couple of days there was concern with drug activity in that Apartment Building and the officer was responding to a report of drug activity. This is very much an active Police Situation and the police have not said a lot publically, we thought we would have a briefing a short time ago, that is suspended at this point in time. And a number of officers are involved from a number of different departments as well address the federal government and the atf is here. And the officer shot, 26yearold, some critical but stable condition. We spoke with one witn
The night before that theres all this drug activity constantly going on. Reporter the badly wounded officer was rushed to a hospital. Residents of the apartment house were evacuated. S. W. A. T. Officers surrounded the building. A state Police Helicopter flew overhead as a loud flash bang was fired. The hope it would startle and distract the attackers. S. W. A. T. Officers moved quickly. Several women and a plan were taken into custody. The man described as the suspect in the shooting was put inside this Sharon Hill Police car and driven from the scene. As the operation wound down and officers departed, grateful folcroft residents applauded. If you got a heart to shoot the cops that are protecting us you would hurt any innocent one. Thats what im looking at. Yeah, children. We got children, we got innocent citizens live around here and if you got the ought to shoot at a cop what would you have done to us. Reporter we heard that from a number of residents and neighbors today. If someone
Neighbors tell us has seen increasing drug activity. About 10 00 oclock this morning our officers were dispatched for some subjects smoking people thought they were smoking narcotics in the rear of a 1528 address on elmwood avenue. This is an apartment complex. Reporter witness tells fox 29, the first officer on the scene identified as 25yearold Christopher Dorman former folcroft firefighter, a Police Officer for just the past year or so, confronted a man she said was smoking weed. If he was smoking weed the cop know how to deal with it. You know what im saying . All of a sudden it went from him saying something to him to pow pow pow pow pow. Guns being shot. And my brother and myself we was like oh, my god, he shot the cop. Reporter dorman was race to do mercy fitzgerald hospital then on to penn press we attorney with gunshot wounds to his face, allegation and. He was conscious and his vest may have been saved his life. Plenty of neighbors heard the incident play out. I heard what sou
Reporter sorry we do not have that story right now. But you can catch it online. Actually we do have that now. Heres the story. Folcroft resident. Ron from folcroft got this fed ex confirmation saying his 2i phones were delivered to his home tuesday morning. But he was disappointed to find his doorstep empty. After checking his Surveillance System he found the boxes were in fact delivered by fed ex. But instead of dropping off those boxes, the driver scanned the delivery but took the boxes back to the truck with him. Ron who didnt want to reveal his last name sent the video to fed ex security and then to the Folcroft Police department who are now investigating. Fed ex tells fox 29 what the driver appeareed to is against company policy. In a statement they say fed he can take the security of our customers shipments very seriously. We are investigating think matter and will take appropriate act. This is going on. Everybody doesnt have surveillance at their house. Guess what . This guy ju