officer was struck by an early model pontiac, maybe a year 2000, a grand prix, red color possibly with a green trunk or green hood. this officer is a 12 year veteran of the police force and as detectives search for that hit and run driver, we are told again he is expected to be okay. he coincidentally works for the accidents investigation division of the police department. he is being held here at chester crozer just for observation. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. to another developing story now. also in chester, we have learned a deadly shooting inside a home was connected to a child porn investigation. fbi agents killed the man inside this morning. nbc 10 was on the scene at 6:00 a.m. nbc 10's lauren mayk has worked this story all day. she is joining us live tonight from chester with the latest. >> reporter: good evening. things have gotten a little busier out here just within the last hour and a half.

a team from fbi headquarters has arrived here and it will be their job to review what happened here because this is a shooting involving an agent. they also brought evidence boxes into that house today. the house where gunfire shook the neighborhood. >> i heard some people say get on the ground, get on the ground and i heard pop pop pop pop pop pop. >> reporter: she looked out her window. >> they was running up the house that they at, then they ran across the street. >> reporter: the commotion on highland avenue is focused on the yellow house here. it's where something went wrong and sources tell nbc 10 news agents were executing a search warrant connected with a child pornography investigation. shots were fired as agents entered. >> kind of scary. because i don't know what happened. >> reporter: neighbors tell us a family lived there for years. a mother and father with an adult son. >> they was real nice. >> reporter: she saw the mom and dad come out and shot this video. >> i heard the shots and seen

the flashes through the window. >> reporter: until all this unfolded, gunfire, a swarm of agents and a day-long search. neighbors say nothing here seemed out of the ordinary. >> you really don't know who lives next to you. you really don't know your neighbors. >> reporter: three people were taken into custody today and no word yet on any charges or on an identification for the person killed here today. i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. to our weather now. the rain's gone, at least for now, but you're still going to need your um blael this weekend. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz joining us with the first alert forecast. we haven't had any rain over a weekend since june? >> yeah. that is true. at the shore, it has been 22 straight weekend days without any rain. but things are going to change as we go into tomorrow. the streak had to end eventually.

it ended after labor day or it will be ending after labor day. much drier air already coming in behind the last storm but here it is. this is the next system that's already on its coattails in ohio. it's not going to be that long before it gets here. temperatures now in the upper 70s to low 80s. the humidity, not that bad. it's nice and comfortable. lot of sunshine out there at the moment. through the night tonight, the humidity's not going to go up too much. not going to be anything like yesterday. we are 81 now. got a lot of sunshine. we will have clear skies for much of the night tonight and then things change tomorrow. i'll have the timing of that rain with the seven-day in a few minutes. moments of silence across the country today marking 14 years since the september 11th terror attacks. there's a new tower at the world trade center but the same wounds are reopened this time every

year. nearly 3,000 people lost their lives from new york, pennsylvania and washington. president obama and the first lady held a moment of silence outside the white house at 8:46 this morning, the time the plane crashed into the pentagon. nbc 10's keith jones is joining us with a look at other local events. >> everyone remembers where they were that morning 14 years ago when the planes hit the twin towers. today all across our area, people paid their respects and stopped to reflect. dozens gathered near the crash site of united 93 near shanksville. 40 passengers and crew died when the plane crashed there. if you don't remember what happened on board that plane, passengers overtook the hijackers and stormed the cockpit. they likely saved thousands of lives in washington, d.c. nbc 10 in new castle county for the rotary club of brandywine

service. it was held among flags along route 202 that people sponsored in honor of friends and family in the military or first responders. the rotary had 120 flags sponsored this year. all the money they raised went to the delaware center for homeless veterans. different towns and departments came up with ways to remember their fallen heroes. this fire truck, for instance, was set up in milford, bucks county. 343 firefighters died on september 11th. happening right now in doylestown, there's a dedication happening for a 9/11 memorial sculpture which includes an i beam from the world trade center. keith jones, nbc 10 news. >> remembering the victims of september 11th, tonight a comprehensive look on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt after this broadcast. two weeks from tomorrow, pope francis arrives in philadelphia. the papal visit sure to have a ripple effect in other counties.

leaders have spent months planning his visit. nbc 10's deanna durante is live in conshohocken with what we learned today about extra security in the county. >> reporter: not just extra security but also other safety measures for all of the visitors that will be here. here along the schuykill river trail, emergency management officials here, many people may get on the trail and try to walk night the city. if it's hot that day they fear they won't have enough bottled water and urge people to bring flashlights should you decide to take this route to leave the city. those are just some of the things they discussed today. >> the county has taken a number of precautions to make sure we can treat a very large number of patients if need be. the center of that will be at the hospital. >> reporter: the doctor will not greet the pontiff but will be staffing an emergency medical response unit, one of many smaller vehicles used county-wide to get to people who need help.

>> gator type vehicles throughout the area with the long beds in the event we have some emergency care on the highways, that ambulances can't get to. >> reporter: the pope will stay in lower merion. the national guard s.w.a.t. teams and uniformed and plain clothes police will surround the area. roads will be closed but across the river the expressway closures will send traffic on secondary roads through the county. just because the pope is in town doesn't mean life will come to a halt. the police chief told the group other previously scheduled events are still taking place. >> we are estimating crowds of 20,000, 40,000. >> reporter: these aren't people who want to see the pope but fans of the hit tv show "the walking dead." the convention is the same weekend as the papal visit in oakes. >> it will be very difficult to get in and get out. we don't know what exactly the magnitude's going to be. >> reporter: planners from across the area are here talking about the what ifs. what if grid lock has people without food and water? what if people don't have medications? >> they drill, they plan, they prepare. we will be ready in montgomery county for the holy father.

>> reporter: where we are standing now for walking distance or runners or bikers is about seven miles to the philadelphia museum of art. emergency management officials say the national guard along with a number of police officers will be here to make sure if people take this route, they get home safely. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> here's something of a surprise. with two weeks to go, there are still thousands of hotel rooms available in philadelphia. this evening, the city is making it a point to let people know about it with a new rallying cry. >> one more time. will you be there? >> i'll be there! >> that's the new cry. this was the scene inside the radisson warrick thiss afternoo. there are concerns hotel rooms aren't selling. there are still about 3,000 available. the mayor says the hotels didn't know what to expect and neither did people coming to see the

pope. >> maybe some potential customers may not have necessarily thought that there would be hotel rooms available here in philadelphia. >> the mayor says some hotels are dropping prices now and offering incentives. activity has started to pick up. get all the latest information on the nbc 10 news app. other news now. the search for a missing pilot off the coast of atlantic city has been suspended. tonight the u.s. coast guard stopped its search after that small plane crashed yesterday seven miles off the coast. we have also learned today there was no radio communication from the plane for the final two hours of the flight. that flight left michigan bound for atlantic city and just a short time after the plane went down the coast guard spotted debris in the ocean. the chester county spca will take over wilmington's animal control for the next nine months. the first state animal center terminated its contract with wilmington and three other counties in the state last month. the state of delaware will take over all animal control functions next july.

a woman sound asleep inside her home when thieves take her purse and car in west kensington. check out this surveillance video released today of the suspects getting into that suv and driving off. the woman says she woke up wednesday morning around 7:00 and found her back door and window open and her suv is still missing. next on "nbc 10 news at 6:00" the manhunt for eric frein lasted weeks. the case generated national attention. this weekend marks one year since the murder of a state trooper. tonight his father talks only to nbc 10. plus it a's a sight you don want to see. glenn? we just had a brief break from the rain. we will get some wet weather this weekend. the first alert forecast is next.

tomorrow marks exactly a year since two pennsylvania state troopers were shot outside the barracks, leading to a man hunt that lasted almost two months before eric frein was captured. communities in the poconos are still trying to get back to normal. nbc 10's doug shimell has the story as we mark one year later. >> every night when i go to work, i say i love you, we miss you. >> reporter: it's a date on

their calendar they can't remove. >> i think we are holding our own but then now that it's getting closer to the day, we have our moments. >> reporter: the sniper style murder of state police corporal brian dickson and the wounding of trooper alex douglas. hundreds of police in a seven-week manhunt for eric frein that uncovered his detailed notes about the shooting. steve heddle was in the middle of it. >> with police officers being taken down at random, it's always fresh in your mind. it doesn't seem like it's been a year. >> reporter: the manhunt in towns like mountainhall canceled school and the halloween parade. it's taken a year to reassure the tourists. >> once the weather clears out and gets cooler, and the leaves start to turn, hopefully people will be back and we can start into a normal fall.

>> reporter: in barrett township where they once put out a law enforcement potty for officers on the manhunt, normal is back. >> we didn't have any hunting season last year for awhile. >> my favorite time of year i will be nice and quiet. i can come out of my house when i please. >> reporter: but there's still a murder trial next year. >> this is an important time for us to take a few moments to reflect on the life of corporal dickson and to continue to pray for the recovery of trooper douglas. >> there will be certainly wounds there probably forever that may not be ever fully healed. >> reporter: and a defense. >> going into eric's background, going into his family history, interviewing witnesses all over the country. >> reporter: and a father's question. >> what did you accomplish? besides making two young boys go without their father now? >> reporter: in the poconos, i'm doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> eric frein's court date is scheduled for december.

as for trooper douglas, we are told he's still recovering from his injuries. police say frein shot douglas and dickson at random. philadelphia's division of licenses and inspections is again reaching out the owner of a trouble property at south philly after scaffolding at the site blocked neighbors at their front door. the scaffolding and brickwork is only the latest chapter in the neighborhood's fight to get the property repaired at 17th and christian. residents say they have jumped through every bureaucratic hoop including dozens of calls to l & i and even an attempt to take control of the property in court. we counted 20 violations in 1700 christian street's history and still for neighbors, there has been no resolution. >> i'm ready to move. i'm ready to say good-bye to philadelphia. >> how long are you expecting to have this scaffolding up? >> as long as it takes these guys to complete the walls and the bricks. probably the next three weeks. >> that property owner insists he's hoping to turn the parcel into a community jewel but for

now, his only permit is for repairs, not renovations. l & i tells us it issued violations and fines. they even had the city solicitor take the owner to court. we're still getting heavy rain at this time yesterday. we got a bit of a break, not a very long one. dry start to the weekend but we have showers and storms in the forecast for at least part of the weekend, then a lot of next week if not all of next week, lot of sunshine. we have seen a lot of sunshine in the second half of the day today. 81 degrees now in philadelphia. only five miles an hour winds, six degrees warmer than it was yesterday when it was still raining. tomorrow, we are not going to get as much rain as what we had yesterday, but there still is a flood threat because of all the rain we did have yesterday. the lightning threat is higher than yesterday, as is the high wind threat. we will have to monitor these

conditions during the next 24 hours or so. the temperatures are in the upper 70s to low 80s for the most part. we are seeing more of a northeast wind. it was a northwest wind earlier. and we have seen a lot of dry weekends this summer. since the fourth of july, we have highlighted all the friday, saturdays and sundays. nine weekends in a row without any rain in philadelphia and ten weekends in a row at the jersey shore without rain. okay? so we can deal with this. it's after labor day, too. there are the clouds coming through most of new jersey this afternoon. from yesterday's storm that's moving offshore. and now here's the next one. not nearly as strong as what we saw yesterday. there are some showers in ohio. as we go through the night tonight, it's dry, we start to get a flow out of the south tomorrow and that will increase

the showers threat, even by noon tomorrow we could see some showers. this is 2:00 in the afternoon, some of this could be pretty heavy, again with localized flooding mostly because it's so wet yesterday. into the afternoon, you see yellow and red areas, possible showers and storms even into tomorrow evening. then we tend to dry out during the day on sunday, just a chance of a shower in the afternoon. so most if not all of sunday looks dry. now, how much rain is going to fall? future weather computer showing us an inch of rain or so in parts of the area and after four, five, six inches of rain in some spots yesterday, that could be enough to cause a little flooding. chance of a shower on sunday, nowhere near as wet as saturday. then we dry on monday, breezy and cool and look at the sunshine next week. every single day. then the temperature looks like it may go up every single day

but the humidity is still low. i'm amy fadool from comcast sports net. hear from eagles owner jeffrey lurie on his team's chances this season. and an update on game one of the phillies double header with the cubs.

i'm amy fadool from comcast sports net. serena williams took the court two wins away from achieving the first calendar grand slam since 1988. but unranked roberta vinci had other ideas. tied a set apiece when vinci comes up with a great drop shot.

channels her inner allen iverson, cups her ear and says yeah, pump it up for me, right? on to match point. coming up with another drop shot. this time for the victory. vinci with a stunning upset 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. afterwards, you might wonder if serena was feeling the pressure. >> i told you guys i don't feel pressure. i never feel pressure. i think i don't know, i never felt that pressure to win here. >> when you woke up this morning, what gave you the belief that this moment was possible? >> no. >> she's not kidding. she actually booked a flight back to italy tomorrow night. i'm sure she's happy to pay that change fee. to the eagles, we are a few days away from the season opener monday night in atlanta. vinnie logan apparently preparing for a career behind the camera.

the offseason change for the eagles, the team shook up its front office and traded lesean mccoy. today, jeffrey lurie was asked if this team can be great. >> i don't know. i have no idea. you know, i think what we have is a really great culture, really great hard-working team, very committed group, great chemistry. there's no correlation between preseason and regular season at all. but what the ingredients are looks great. >> while we're talking football, the premiere of nbc 10's eagles game day kickoff is sunday at 10:00 a.m. comcast sports net's john character is the host with exclusive interviews of running back demarco murray. that's sunday at 10:00 a.m. all around the baseball world, teams honoring the victims of the 9/11 attacks. flags at citizens bank park at half staff. phillies playing a double header with the cubs after last night's rainout. bottom second of the first game,

deep to left center and that one is gone. that's where we find ourselves, 1-0 in the fifth. the results of the game of the week voting, garnet valley versus bonner is the game of the week. complete high school highlights for the region this evening on "nbc 10 news at 11:00." that wraps it up for sports. we'll be right back.

have to get through showers before a really nice stretch next week. >> it will be decent next week but yes, we will finally get some rain over a weekend. it's been since june at the shore since we have had rain on a weekend. but there's going to be some, especially tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. just a chance of a shower sunday afternoon. that may very well stay dry. but notice the temperature going down. it will be kind of cool by monday. and breezy. temperature starts going back up next week but the sun stays

there. >> upper 50s there. for all of us here at nbc 10, i'm jim rosenfield. the news continues with "nbc nightly news." tonight, person of interest. police questioning a man in connection with the rash of random highway shootings after yet another car is struck by a bullet. without warning. scores of people killed when a giant crane comes crash down at the largest mosque in the world. body slammed. newly released video of the violent moment a new york city police officer mistakenly took down former tennis star james blake in a case reigniting the debate over excessive force. life saver. a major study out tonight on blood pressure. what you should start doing now to dramatically cut your risk of death. and stunning upset. serena williams in a jaw dropper, losing her quest for sports immortality. and who is this