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into developing right now at 11:00 a philadelphia police officers is shot sin the lining of duty. this is alive look at the scene on the corner of 59th and market street in west philadelphia. good evening everyone i'm natasha brown thank you so much for joining us. this shooting happened about two hours ago the officer is hospitalled at penn presbyterian. craig argos has been following the details all night for us, greg. >> reporter: natasha grandparent evening we just heard from commissioner, he tells us the injured officer is a two year veteran of the philadelphia police department. he was shot in the left leg currently in stable condition here at penn presbyterian hospital. this all happened around nine o'clock tonight at the intersection of market and 59th street that's when the officer 24 year old james mccullough was approached by a woman who said two men were trying to steal her

karma cul la and his partner went up when the that's when one of the suspects opened fire. shot in the left leg like i mentioned once again he is currently in stable condition. take a listen to how police commissioner ross explained what happened and how mccullough may have safed his own life. >> as they approached the two males exited the vehicle they started to run officer mccullough tackled one of the males almost instantly he was shot in his left leg. the male got up and started running northbound on so you farred street. officer mccullough pursued him and fired three times. that mail continued knobbed where he escaped very briefly. at this time, officer mccullough is in stable condition with a gunshot wound to his left thigh. it is important to pont out that he applied a tourniquet himself

because he was bleeding profusely. >> he's very strong had a strong conversation. its a dangerous city sun a lot of guns out there. get the guns off the street and make sure that our officer are safe s our students are safe. >> reporter: back here live at penn presbyterian hospital you can see a very large pleases presence. we're told that the officer's fiance and his mother at the emergency room at well. haze ablate fire his weapon three times at both of those suspect. both of those men are in police custody. no word on if either of them were shot by mccullough. he is a member of the 18th district that is the same district where jesse hartnett was shot back earn january. live here university city craig argos cbs3 eyewitness news. >> thank you very much. stay with eyewitness news for complete coverage of this developing story. we will have the latest for you on our website.

cbsphilly.com and tomorrow morning beginning at 4:30 am. police have identified the manning accused of shooting and killing a four year old in kensington at maurice phillips. he shot the little girl yesterday in a home. he told investigators that the girl's five year old sibling was playing with a gun when it went off. he later admitted he was the one holding the weapon and said it was an accident. he now faces charges including third degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. 82 john more tragedy in he kensington today after a triple shooting a 46 year old man shot four people killing three of them before barricade ding himself. it all started around 3:45 am. when police received a phone call. east westmoreland street. a short time later another call came about a shooting a block away. that's where police found two men and a woman shot in the head. neighbors say they are still

shaken up. >> i'm shaken i'm scared. like this neighborhood is getting out of control. >> he was taken into custody shortly after our arrival by members of the philadelphia police swat unit. >> police say one of the victims killed is suspected's brother and the woman was td brother 's girlfriend. td other man killed hasn't been identified just yet. and there is no word yet on motive. medical marijuana meantime it is now legal in pennsylvania with signature from governor tom wolf, pennsylvania is the 24th state now to legalize the drug for medicinal purpose. anita oh tells us the restrictions surrounding this bill and when patiences can expect the new treatment to become available. >> it's law. >> reporter: stroke of his pen pennsylvania governor tom wolf signs senate bill three realizing medical marijuana in the state. its been years in the making

especially for families like the ely's whose five year old son who suffered from uncontrollable seizures. >> this is huge, this could potentially save his life and the lives of so many children. >> reporter: the law covers 17 conditions that can be used including seizures, als, cancer and chronic pain. >> this bill will ease the pain of many many more people. >> reporter: lawmakers expect it will take up to two years to implement a medical marijuana program in state. safe haven provision kicks in 30 days, parents using medical cannabis from prosecution. >> there was no big money, no big lobby, people fighting for their lice. >> are you excited about the bill passing. >> yeah. >> reporter: more than a dozen anti seizure medications failed to help her 12 year old son. >> losing balance, processing slowed down.

allergic to three of the medications. >> reporter: now legally have another option. better sweet she says at the moment many hoped would come sooner. >> one of o our advocates posted she lost her son. our hearts are very heavy knowing we didn't get here in time. >> reporter: pennsylvania is now the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana although it is still illegal under federal law. it can not be taken across state line. still many supporter say this day is a big victory. reporting from the state capital anita oh cbs3 eyewitness news. >> well as anita mentioned pennsylvania joins a host of others state that have also legalized medical wasn't the list skin clued new jersey and delaware. he weather tongue now to the weather, it was feeling a lot more like late may than mid april today and philadelphia. will these warm temperatures continue. lauren casey is out there with the answer hopefully it's

pleasant. it's so nice out here. don't need a jacketed this late in td evening feeling so comfort to tonight won't be as chilly as the last civil nights. this morning you need attempted the jacket. 44 dryness philly. 34 in the lehigh valley near freezing in atlantic city. and some freezing in mt. pocono with descry air in place and a ton of sunshine temperatures went sore ring into the afternoon up into the upper 70s in the lehigh valley topped at 74, mt. pocono 73 in philly and temperatures in the middle 60s down the shore. as we head into the day tomorrow gradual warming trend we've been on will peek with temperatures nearing 80 degrees. we are going to get cooler not necessarily cool by midweek. and then rain returns to forecast. i'll let you know when you need to break out td umbrella. >> all right a, lauren. thank you so much. death toll from ecuador's powerful earthquake continues to rise 246 people confirmed dead t25 hundred are injured.

now the 7.8 quake. boswell tells us this was the strongest quake who hit the country in decades. >> reporter: video from inside a store captured the moment a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit. the capital of ecuador. shoppers screamed as items were thrown to the grounds. officials say more than 230 people killed and the death toll to rise. rescue crews are struck link to reach people under piles of disagree. a glimmer of hope applause rapt ted when a boy was pulled from the rubble a live. it was the strongest to hit ecuador in decades. neighborhoods made from brick and concrete leveled. buildings crumbled on top of carpets overpassing the country's largest see buckled

hampering rescue efforts. causing people to panic. people slept in the street s many towns remain in the dark. and there's concern balloting. ecuadorian government deployed nearly 15 thousand armed forces and emergency workers to keep the peace and search for survivors. craig boswell store cbs3 eyewitness news. >> and in japan the search continues for those still missing following two big earthquakes there. you can see survivors being rescued inning this video from the southern part of the country the earths quake killed more than 40 people and injured 15 hundreders. runners in boston resting up a bit tonight for the big marathon tomorrow. this morning organizers we putting on the finishing touch cheers. runners are competing.

1250th anniversary. its been three years since the boston marathon bombing. campbell field in camden will be mostly empty this season after the minor league team the camden river sharks folded after 15 long years. river sharks stopped playing after last season when the team couldn't reach a deal at the water front field. attempts to bring another team have been unsuccessful at this point. county officials say they are still working though to bring in a minor league team. stay with us everyone. still to come a scare in the air. what might have struck a commercial airliner during a routine flight. find out how many illegal atv's and dirt bikes the philadelphia police department seized today. how you can help get more of them off the street. also a busy day on the campaign trail as the candidates canvas new york for last minute votes. what a new pole says about the

democratic primary in the empire state. they were roughed up a bit pin washington the flyers are coming home. nothing like home, right? >> hear from the team about what they need to do now to get back in this series against the capitals. stay with us, back in a

i've always taken on the status quo. in harrisburg, they didn't like it when i stopped their perks and pushed for reform. as head of pennsylvania's third-largest county, i cut out wall street middlemen to protect pensions, stood up for marriage equality and protected our environment. now i'm fighting for criminal justice reform. i'm proud to be backed by president obama and people who care about our families.

i'm josh shapiro. i'll be an attorney general who always fights for you. >> we're awaitting the identities of the two men involved in a shooting of a philadelphia police officer. police officer james mccullough was shot in the leg while trying to stop a vehicle break in in west philadelphia. one of the thieves allegedly shot mccullough while trying to make an escape. both suspect are now in custody. police say mccullough is 24 year old. and a two year veteran of the force. he is expected to recover, we will be continuing to follow this story throughout the night. bring bring you the very latest sorting tomorrow morning at 4:30. a suspected robber is killed in vineland cumberland county. 31 year old richard barred junior exchanged gunfire with police before he was fatally

shot. he and another suspect robbed a math near 7th and cherry street. police chased the suspect and found them. police are searching for the other suspect. also, philadelphia police made a huge seize today. they seized dozens of illegal vehicles and dirt bikes all around the city. authorities confiscated about 68 a tv a they also made three arrests with charges including markets violations and alluding police. officer say these illegal riders are tear ring up baseball fields, ruining parks and also injuring themselves and others. >> we want to get it out there. and send a message that these actions on atv's, definitely an issue as a police department we feel when we stop them or confiscate them that we are saving lives. >> 79 two months police say they have seized about 200 atv's and

dirt bikes if you see anyone riding them around the city police contact police right away. all around the world they are expressing concern about the increasing number of drones and the safety risk a associated with that. police in london says a british airways flighted hit an object believed to be a drone while approaching evening throw airport. the plain the plane did land. no arrests made at this time. police are still investigating this incident. we do have reassuring news about the zika rye rust there hads no reason for women in the us to worry about getting pregnant as long as they stay away from countries that have out wreaths doctor of the national institutes of health say there have been no transmission cases inning the us. he address the i vows needs to be monitored very closesly during the summer mow sixty three to season. turning to campaign 2016 news hillary clinton and sanders battling it out for votes for

the primary in new york. trump. we're going to win this thing without depending on wall street. >> sanders, may be trailing hillary clinton by 10 points in the new york primary. that's the gap in the latest cbs news poll. he received rock star treatment at a massive brooklyn rally. >> i think he's the people's president of today's. >> two candidates chris crossed new york city five bureaus. hillary clinton danced a at a block party and campaigned instat ton island. >> i am sick and tired of people running for president who view our country through a negative lens. >> to you's primary is considered crucial not only to the two democratic campaign but also the republican front

runner. >> we have to win by big numbers. we zoo have a system that is absolutely rigged. polls show trump holding a lead over crews and john say kick a big win on tuesday will give him the bulk of delegates and put him on a narrow path to the what he needs to clench republican nomination. five more eastern states connecticut, delaware, maryland, pennsylvania hold contests on april 26. stay with eyewitness news we will have the latest on campaign both on air and online. cbsphilly.com. thousands rallied at our nations capital day demanding change in elect store rail process, asking for voting rights, big money doners who pump millions of dollars into supermarket packs. lauren casey is along with happy

news. when you say warmer temperatures. i'm loving this weather everyone in the weather department everyone loves us, we've new best friends. weather pattern has been beautiful has given us this beautiful stretch of weather over the last four and five days. tomorrow is going to be no exception. warmer temperatures ener in store 55 degrees right now still very mild getting a live look at center city philadelphia. clear skies. winds eight miles per hour. temperatures mild. 60 degrees in allentown. inning the 50s in the poconos. cooler down the shore. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. were not the only ones enjoying the warm temperatures head up to the midwest, temperatures still in the 70s, due to the weather pattern short ends goes to parts of the planes temperatures

frigid forefinger down in the 30s and 40s. for us tonight, 51 degrees. clear sky conditions. for our day tomorrow t another round of sunshine and even warmer high temperature chars. middle 60 tomorrow sore ring up into the upper 70s topping at 78 degrees in philly. temperatures you probably won't need as many layers, it was chilly this morning. not so tomorrow morning, five to 10 degrees warmer. waking up to 52 degrees in allentown, mild start to the taken the poconos in the mail 50s. by lunch hour just beautiful condition to get out of the office. take a stroll. 74 degrees at lunch time. in philadelphia, temperatures will top eventually 70 degrees down the shore. sea breeze pushing temperatures down in the middle 60. we'll sore into the upper 70s along the i95 corridor still mild for tomorrow evening by the nine o'clock hour. many temperatures above 60 degree mark.

storm can scree nothing to see, no rainfall, no cloud cover. check this out, even to find a cloud you have to go all the way west of the mississippi because of the block pattern that that is going to start to loosen up as we head into the week. we do need some rainfall. we're now in the rainfall deficit, satisfies average rainfall in fill physical we're down two and a half inches. we're down about three quarters of an? a. we need to get everything greened up. we do needed rain its a real nice day. 72 degrees as we head into the afternoon. 78 eventually for our high temperatures with a ton of sunshine in store. few more clouds on tuesday. week cold front drop in tomorrow night. 70 degrees above average for us. bit of a breeze tuesday as well. temperatures closer to average wednesday 64 degree. jump back up to 70 on thursday t rain chance on friday to end off the workweek rounds of showers and thunderstorms, stay tuned to that. how much rainfall to expect and how many storms to expect as

well as we head into the next several days. >> institute a what a lovely day to be off. thanks, lauren. >> you're welcome. >> love you. >> let's get write to you and flyers you coming home, right. >> hopefully we'll have some good news for you tomorrow. game against washington shifts home what do they need to do to win. not only was it the fan nat ticks birthday phillies showed fans a fun finish. we'll have that.

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>> back in philadelphia tomorrow for the first time in two years the flyers have their work cut out for them against the caps. washington hold two to one lead. flyers managed one goal. part of the problem creating quality scoring chances the team says that needs to change. >> them want to score me in the corner, try to pin you not give

off whole lot. once you get that puck up, a better job. take the right path you know so far it hasn't been easy. they are a goody fen shiv pocket team. >> south philadelphia the fills looking to avoid the sweep by the nationals. picking up an extra inning. drives one off the wall. andre score on this one phillies win three to two mets come to town tomorrow. coming up inquire tells us house the flyers could turn things around. also talking phillies. >> phanatic is 38. he doesn't look a day over 25. we got to find out his secret.

he has a regimen. thanks leslie when we come right back runners, its all for a gr

>> women come back everyone. thousands of runners took to the streets of philadelphia today t it was all for a great cause. eyewitness news at the donor-where participants took off from the art museum. the events raises awareness

about the need to organ and tissue doners and thousands of people waiting for transplant this is the 21st year. stay with us. i've always taken on the status quo. in harrisburg, they didn't like it when i stopped their perks and pushed for reform. as head of pennsylvania's third-largest county, i cut out wall street middlemen to protect pensions, stood up for marriage equality and protected our environment. now i'm fighting for criminal justice reform. i'm proud to be backed by president obama and people who care about our families. i'm josh shapiro. i'll be an attorney general who always fights for you.

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be in one store st. joseph missouri. it is going to be open in july. >> it might be worth a trip. >> it's a dangerous thoughts. good thoughts of the weather. >> sunny streak continues tomorrow 78 degrees. a bit cooler tuesday, 70. a few more clouds wednesday looks good, thursday not too bad friday watching out for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast and we haven't had rain in quite awhile we does need some rain we're down in the deficits. look for that friday. >> thank lauren. thank you for watching us tonight. now we go to leslie and the sports zone. have a good night, everyone.

flyers are coming home in a two nothing hold. trying to get back against the cavs. bryce harper is on a tear against the phillies. could they avoid the sweep. welcome leslie van arsdall we have a full show ahead. we're going to start with stanley cup playoffs. they say home is where the heart is the flyers are hoping that is the case they try to climb back. orange and black struggled in the nations capital. the