The phone that he was giving up. There was a threeminute incounter i would say. They said they loved each other and at that point mr. Tyree said he was going to surrender, his words, to come out. Reporter but just before noon six hours after the standoff began, he came out shooting. It appears given the way the man chose to die that what happened here may have been a matter of death by cop. Steve langford, cbs 2 news. Garland tyree has a long criminal history. According to investigators, he has 18 prior arrests and had been in and out of prison. He had been on probation since last summer. A newspaper clip he posted on instagram shows he was arrested in the 1990s for the shooting death of a neighborhood rival but was convicted on a lesser charge. And that firefighter injured in the shooting is recovering at Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island. Thats where cbs 2s Christine Sloan joins us live. Christine. Reporter thats right. The lieutenant firefighter is here at this hos
Store . The weekend is looking good but hot. For the entirety of the weekend. In fact saying hey, we have another chance for the first heat wave of 2015. Over the next few days. That gives you a sense of where temperatures will be. In the low 90s over the next few days and that of course, that trend begins today. Lets go ahead and take a look at where we are starting off. Very comfortable out there, 74 in the the city and cooler north and west. That is now 61. And 62 in sparta and greenwich starting your day at 70, for the hamptons 65 and 66 in the area. On the vortex satellite radar picture. Some clouds. But not a cloudy day per se. More clouds well to the north of the city. For today, we are looking at a very sunny start to the weekend. There is an air quality alert in effect today from 11 00 until 11 00. Mainly for portions of new jersey. Because we do expect increasing humidity through the weekend, and hot temperatures. So here is the breakdown of your day. 78 at 9 00. Feels like 7
Called before 8 00 p. M. Police say the shots came from a block away at the hands of the man on 24th and diamond street. Six years old, he was with his father and brother, he got shot, felt the pain and ran into his house, family members tended to him. The only description right now that we have of our shooter is male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt or darkcolored clothing. Reporter police are also combing through several Surveillance Systems located oh and on the block to see if they can get a better look at this guy. Reporting live from police headquarters, alexandria hoff cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Now to the latest on the crisis in puerto rico following Hurricane Maria. A navy ship is on its way to puerto rico, the comfort is carrying 522 medical personnel and loaded with medical supplies. There are signs of progress. Phone service is back for about 30 of the island and nearly half of all supermarkets reopened. However, there are still long lines for basic in the intersectio
Good evening, im jessica dean im Ukee Washington. The shooting happened at 24th and norris in north philadelphia. Alexandria hoff is at Police Headquarters with more on how this happened. Alex . Reporter ukee, jessica, those officers rushed this child to Temple University hospital where he was in Critical Condition but thankfully at this hour, hes now in stable condition and recovering at st. Christophers hospital, so he is expected to be ok. According to police, the child was shot in the shoulder as he was standing with his father and brother on the corner of 24th and norris street, police were called before 8 00 p. M. Police say the shots came from a block away at the hands of the man on 24th and diamond street. Six years old, he was with his father and brother, he got shot, felt the pain and ran into his house, family members tended to him. The only description right now that we have of our shooter is male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt or darkcolored clothing. Reporter police are
Pulling a big 180 we are back down to the below average and it will be like that all after noon. Outside right now we have a clear start to the day and we are going to see sunshine early on as we look at our Wonderful Sky line here on this saturday morning, but even though we will start the day out relatively quiet we will watch for a stray shower later this afternoon and then again the sun filled skies early in the day will give way to cloud cover, from time to time later this afternoon. 57 degrees here early on this saturday morning with winds out of the west at 8 miles an hour. That will pick up throughout the afternoon we had a cold front that came through last night and on the back side of that we will get breezy. Watch for this to turn and be more northerly wind this afternoon maybe gusting as high as 20 to 25, maybe a few spots close to 30 miles an hour. So a breezy day, nonetheless here. On storm scan three were quiet right now. Could see that in the beginning of the three hour