Wants to appeal his sentence. But at this point we dont know when that appeal will come. So once its filed, thats when well know more about those details. All right, mitch blacher. And our coverage of todays sentencing continues at 4 30. Coming up in 30 minutes, well speak to a legal expert about the sentencing and any possible grounds for appeal. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with federal marshals shooting and killing a suspect while serving a warrant. Authority say the suspect grew his weapon first. This all unfolded shortly after 10 00 a. M. Behind a home on hellerman street near frontenac in the citys Oxford Circle neighborhood. We have more on what the agents were doing there, from nbc 10s tim furlong. Tim . Reporter agents were looking for this guy to came out of the house. They say they tried to bring him in calmly and peacefully. They took him across the street. He started running this way, thats when they say he turned around and pulled a gun on the agents. Thats when t
Bribery. Vernon odem is outside the courthouse with details. Reporter sarah, good afternoon, it was about a two hour hearing the mighty congressmans fall from grace is complete, a decade in prison for one of philadelphias most powerful politician. Chaka fattah left the court after receiving a sentence of ten years in prison. We respect the courts decision we do not have a comment on that, i do thank all the witnesses who stepped forward, i want to thank the over 200 people who wrote letters to the court on my behave. This is is a circumstance in which the court has made a determination of this phase of the process has come to a conclusion. Reporter this morning the judge heard multiple backers urge him to consider his good work over 37 years as a public official and show him mercy. Fattah was kicked in june of 18 criminal counts racketeering bribery Money Laundering and fraud. Prosecutors surged the judge to sentence him to urge the judge to sentence him to 2 the years in 22 years in p
Hand pointed at the officers or in that direction of them refusing their command to put the weapon down. At that. 1 of the u. S. Marshals discharged his weapon striking the male a couple times. Reporter investigators say robledos gun had an obliterated serial number warranted for the july shooting of a man on the 400 block of west huntington. Theres a individual sitting on the steps at that location. This male with two other individuals pull up in a vehicle. He exits the vehicle and begins firing at this individual. The name of the u. S. Marshall has not been released. Im live outside of Police Headquarters chad pradelli channel6 action news. Thank you chad. Former congressman chaka fattah is headed to prison for 10 years. Fattah sentence was handed down by a judge who said it was quote astonished at the long time congressmans actions. The democrat was convicted earlier this year. Prosecutors said fattah used government grants and charitable money to fund his personal and campaign expe