the shooting. brendan? >> reporter: rosemary, we expect to hear from police sometime in the next hour. we can ask about the shooter and three other people that were taken into custody. this all started when officer christopher dorman saw people smoking drugs behind an apartment building. >> i'm shot, i'm shot! >> reporter: a scary moment for folcroft officer dorman saying he was shot in the face over the radio. >> i'm shot! >> reporter: a call for help as gunshots ring in the background. police say dorman was shot several times con prompting a group of people believed to be doing drugs at the station apartments. >> i was told by the doctors that thank god he had a vest on. >> reporter: most of the bullets hit the protective vest. moments later, swat, armed and with guns drawn, moved into get the shooter, forcing anybodies out of their homes. we spoke to one not identified.

>> i just saw a cup running, a bloody face, and six gunshots by the side of the house. >> reporter: a team of police shut down baltimore pike after the shooting. the officer rushed to the hospital where his family could be by his side. >> they are upset, but feel relieved now that he's stable. at least stable according to the doctors. >> that was brandon hudson reporting. we were there as the officer was taken from a life flight helicopter into the hospital on a stretcher where he remains at this hour. >> reporter: nbc 10 continues our team coverage now from the hospital in west philadelphia, so fill us in on how he's doing right now. >> well, as you saw in the video, the officer was air lifted by the medical choppers from a hospital in delaware county. the police chief says the family is with him, and they are relieved that the suspected shooter has been caught. >> he was talking to the detective who brought him down here.

the detective or the first hospital and able to speak, conscious, and he was able to give a description of the actors. >> reporter: the 25-year-old officer dorman had two surgeries today. the rookie cop hit multiple times, one gunshot hitting the badge and knocking it off the uniform according to sources at the scene. he was hit in the cheek, shoulder, and leg. >> i was told by the doctors that thank god he has had a vest on. apparently, there may have been several shots into his vest. i don't know front, back, or both, i'm not sure. he sustained injuries where the vest did not cover. >> he was on the station for less than a year, and people praise his action. >> he's a resident here, a fireman, and he then became a police officer over a year ago. he's serving his community. >> reporter: and the community, tonight, wishes him and the family well. again, the police chief says he's been through two surgeries and expected to have extensive

treatment here as he has three gunshot wounds treepted to at this hour here at penn presbyterian hospital. live in west philadelphia, nbc 10 news. >> still with this story, shooting and man hunt caused several amtrak trains to stop on the tracks. it happened blocks from the shooting, and they shut down lines as officers combed the area for the gunmen. service is now back to normal at this hour. the people who live near the shooting were evacuated from the homes for more than two hours. >> hearing gunshots and realized something was wrong right away. tim furlong talked about what they went through, tim? >> this is nuts if you think about what happened here. this is a quiet street, the building there where the scene happened, all the houses here. it's a neighborhood. they were evacuated. dozens of family, in fact, stuck here in this building, hiding in the buildings for hours. in fact, my partner and i went up and watched with the families

up in one of the top apartments as this unfolded outside their door. >> i heard six gunshots in the morning around 9:30. >> reporter: hard not to hear the shots and chaos that followed. >> pop, pop, pop, and it went on, and then all the cop cars and helicopters and the swat team. live with machine guns. >> reporter: folcroft is like any other town, but this was not normal. armored vehicles, officers with machine guns, neighbors forced from their homes while the man hunt was underway, and just a few floors up, you saw across the street, frightened residents running out one by one, hands where swat could see them. no, not normal, in fact, it was scary. >> time for me to get out of here. i can't stay around here knowing this is going on. >> i think my family has a lot of respect for cops, and i think right now, they hope that the cop that got shot is okay. >> reporter: the family let us watch it undpold from their

apartment. it was a neat place to watch it from. it was scary. life is getting back to normal here on elmwood and people hope the officer is going to be okay. live in folcroft, nbc 10 news. >> updates on our app throughout the day, download the app now so you, too, are in the loop on breaking news and weather as it happens. speaking of breaking news, skyforce10 is live over breaking news in burlington county right now. crews on the scene of an accident involving a street sweeper that caught on fire. looks like the flames are out on int interstate, and the driver made it out okay, but there is traffic backup right now. only one northbound lane of 295 gets by near exit 46. as we pan back, you see the backup there. it's going to be awhile traveling in the area. 295 near exit 46. we'll watch this and keep you

posted. now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. >> as for the weather, parts of the area hit with thunderstorms this afternoon. you can see them there on the first alert radar. i want to take a live look now from cape may, one of the areas seeing some rough weather there today. a few people still on the beach despite that, but the threat is not over yet. >> yeah, glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the storms. >> the people on the beach in cape may better get off the beach because there's thunderstorms pretty close by. there's a few showers in southeast pennsylvania, but most of the action is in delaware and extreme south jersey during the afternoon. you can see the storms go by dover, and in south jersey, now into cape may county, just south of sea isle city is the heaviest. cape may courthouse, wildwood on the bottom of the screen, just north of wildwood, but there's lightning with that so stay away even if it's not raining. not much in the philadelphia area.

these showers in chester county are moving down towards baltimore. there is a flash flood warning in arts of cumberland county until 5:30. inches of rain falling there this afternoon, and the areas in dark green are "flood advisories," localized advisories, until 6:30 tonight and more in delaware and other parts of south jersey. we'll let you know when it moves out and what's ahead for the weekend in a few minutes. >> glenn, we'll check back. breaking news now in the past few minutes. the new york stock exchange closed, and it was not a good day. live picture of the big board. you can see the dow jones dropped more than 600 points there. 611 points, the worst single day loss in five years. why? it's all because of the so-called brexit backlash, reverbuating today and hurting your 401k.

it's complex. let's explain it. what happened? a much anticipated election held in britain yesterday and early this morning. we learned, in fact, people voted to leave the european union. now, it could take two years before that exit actually officially happens, but the election outcome is up ending leadership in the u.k. already. shortly after the results came in, the prime minister announced he would resign this fall. he was leading the fight to stay in the european union. here's a closer look at what it means to be part of the european union. basically, a group of 28 countries, 500 million people that are independent, but the union operates one economic market. member nations can trade goods, services, and capitals between themselves, but that membership comes with a host of rules and regulations. the eu was established in 1993, but it has roots to an agreement between germany and france after world war ii. we are live now to explain more

about how this is all going to impact us. >> reporter: well, we talked to financial planners today as well as people investing in 401ks and financial planners say the best advice is not to panic or overreact. those who check portfolios every day are the most disapointed. check it once a month? not so much. moneys even a, they ask us and you to take a look at both sides of the coin. if you woke up to a slight dip in the 401k? >> you say to prepare for it, but it was news that none of us really expected. >> thank the brits. >> this means the u.k. voted to leave the european union. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: britain's exit from the stock market sent stocks here at home on the downturn. dow and nasdaq opened down respectively. they plan to check theirs tonight. >> upset. no one's getting younger.

this is what you plan for is retirement. >> reporter: father and daughter team of wells fargo advisers thought they might work a half day on a friday in the summer. not so. >> i want you to hear my voice before you listen to too much chatter on cnbc. >> reporter: they are proactively reaching out to concerned clients. >> if you have a portfolio, bonds in the portfolio, they will do well today. if you have a hedge of gold in there, you may do well today. treasuries are doing well today. we have a diversified approach to help you in times like this. >> reporter: those planning a summer vacation to london? your dollar will go further. >> as far as travel? go ahead. take a look. because the united states dollar, people going to buy currencies, everybody's flocking to the dollar. >> reporter: now, we also spoke with aaa and say it's too soon to know exactly how this impacts tourism. still, the value of the pound is down.

aaa does ceylon don remains the second most popular international travel destination for this summer. nbc 10 news. hey, if you saw someone get their purse stolen, what would you do? step in? new video of a bus driver who did just that. charles opened the door to pick up a woman at 29th street, and before she got on the bus, a man grabbed her purse. as you see, he ran after the suspect and tackled him. he said it was the right thing to do. >> i couldn't look myself at the mirror to see somebody who needs help and you are able to help them, you know, not do it, i just couldn't -- i was not raised that way. >> police arrived at that scene on monday, arrested the suspect, 56-year-old norman jennings charged with robbery and assault. new information on a 4-year-old girl who was shot and killed in her north philadelphia

home. police say it appears she may have shot herself. that's according to the initial investigation. shooting happened yesterday afternoon at a home on north 20th street. the girl's 3-year-old sister and mother were home at the time, and they will continue to invest gait, but no charges have been filed. philadelphia police investigate the discovery of charred human remains found in an empty lot this morning. crews responded to the lot in north philly for a report of a fire. skyforce10 over the scene when firefighters arrived to put out the flames, they found the body. authorities are working to identify the person and how that person died. youngest victim of the orlando shooting rampage laid to rest today in philadelphia. she was 18 and graduated from west catholic prep in early june. friends and family remembered murray today in the funeral service at monumental baptist

church in west philly. those in attendance was carter, wounded by gunfire inside that pulse nightclub in orlando, with her and another friend in florida. the attack at the nightclub left a total of 49 people dead. police later shot and killed the gunman. now to decision 2016. bernie sanders isn't officially endorsing hillary clinton for president just yet, but he says he will vote for her. sanders made the comments today on msnbc's "morning joe". the vermont senator sees the numbers and his job is to fight for the strongest possible platform. >> i'm got at arrhythmia tick, and i know hillary clinton has more delegates than i do and a lot more super delegates. >> he says he'll do everything he can to defeat donald trump. more controversy involving the record hillary clinton kept while secretary of instigate. a review by the "associated

press" finds 75 meetings with donors, supporters, and contributors not listed in the official calendar. missing entries raises questions about how she handled government records documenting her state department tenure. donald trump in scotland, his first international trip since becoming the republican nominee. he landed in scotland hours after the u.k. voted to leave the european union of the he called the vote a great thing. >> it's a great thing. it's going to be great. it's a fantastic thing. >> trump compared the vote in the u.k. to his campaign saying people just want to take their country back. now to a look at flooding taking a deadly toll in west virginia today. 14 people have been killed in flood waters that have just devastates parts of that state. look at these images.

storms packing heavy rain in west virginia early thursday and rain continued throughout the day, leaving thousands of people without power. roads impassable from high water, and 500 people were trapped in a shopping plaza after a bridge collapsed in the high waters. in the last 30 minutes, two people killed in this forest fire in central california. it burns three hours north of l.a., destroyed more than 80 homes, and the flames are threatening about a thousand other homes right now. they already torched about 12 miles of land. back here in our area in delaware, swimmers are being warned about high levels of bacteria in the water in rehoboth beach. they found elevated levels in samples taken wednesday. swimming is not ban, but warning are posted. this is the first weekend of the summer that city pools are open throughout philadelphia. skyforce10 was over north philly today as crews got the pool

ready. the city has more than 70 indoor and outdoor pools that are open from 11:00 in the morning to 7:00 at night during the week and 12:00 to 5:00 on the weekends. the sixers newest superstar arrived in philadelphia. the team introduced ben simmons to the media along with the team's second pick in the draft a short time ago. sixers picked simmons with the first pick in the nba draft last night, just one season at lsu, and he says he's under a lot of pressure playing, but he's ready for it. >> i got a lot of pressure, but, you know, i'm used to it. looking forward to getting to work, as long as i work hard, that's all i ask of myself. >> ben simmons from ausz trail ya, you hear the accent there. a short 10,000 mile trip from philadelphia. now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. well, parts of the area

through the day without a drop of rain, and other places getting slammed. there's a few small showers in pennsylvania, but heavier stuff down in delaware, central delaware, southern delaware, and right now, towards the jersey shore, so we go to the south. that's where most of the action's occurred. delaware is pretty much ended. southern delaware, that's moving out, the south jersey area hit hard now has shifted towards the shore, and you're getting heavy, heavy rain here, but at least the lightning strikes are diminishing, so this cell is weakening, but stone harbor, sea isle city, up to avalon, they are getting sma inting smashed rain. cape may courthouse with heavy rain as well, but that will be moving out. it's not going to rain all night. southern delaware starting to get heavier rain down near

frankfurt, louis seeing rain clearing. there's a flash flood warning leftover from the rain in new jersey, 3 inches of rain fell, and other dark green areas are flood advisories for localized flooding. remember, you don't want to drive through flooded waters. you saw the folks in west virginia. that can be devastating. southern storms, though, are going to be ending very quickly as we go into this evening, the futurecast shows everything pretty much moving out, and that's it. so we wake up tomorrow with sunshine, lower humidity, and that sets us up for a picture-perfect weekend, and it is another great weekend out there. no doubt about it. all across the area, the temperature's nice, humidity's down, not much wind, but we have

a sea breeze. there is an east wind, on the cool side right at the beaches all weekend long. you have to keep that in mind. the neighborhoods tomorrow just incredible. beautiful weather, chestnut hill at 84 degrees, allentown at 86. a lot of sunshine during the day. you can see that the jersey shore, 76 for atlantic city, 77, avalon, but you're not getting thunderstorms like you got earlier. now, we're going to be seeing these temperatures. here's wildwood, for example, that's what the sky's going to look like. 76 degrees both days, tomorrow and sunday. in the poconos, we're going to be seeing a similar story, lots of sunshine, temperatures in the 70s, low humidity. for example, manayunk arts festival in the 80s saturday and

sunday. keep saying the same thing. beautiful sunny skies and low humidity, but when we get to the ten-day forecast later, you'll see changes for next week. >> okay, glenn. preparing for the worst, done best in realistic situations? >> what was going on today in the lehigh valley. look at this video. this is not a real flame fire, but it's teaching first responders a very important lesson. that story's next. plus this -- >> reporter: a jersey shore family turns their front yard into a makeshift beach to protect turtles from danger. >> it's important for them to have a space. >> reporter: ted greenberg with how far they're going to save the turtles. first, a look at the closing bell on wall street. we showed you the dow was down, looks like the nasdaq and s&p followed suit today after britain voted to leave the european union.

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see is a drill, but we want to see this to you that took place today at the international airport in lehigh valley. the plane on fire is a training simulator on loan from the fire training academy, but gives the airports their firefighters there a chance to practice for what it would be like if an actual plane were to catch fire here. >>. looking at what it is what we do, how to fight a fire, an aircraft engine and fire into another fire. they are very much different than what the normal departments on the outside do. >> the plane will be at the valley international through tomorrow. new warning for people who get cabs to get where they need to go. >> we're two of them, right? >> harry heirston next explains how travelers get duped, and our breaking news coverage on the officer shooting in delaware county comets. next, hear from friends of chris dorman, praying for recovery while shot on the job this

morning. i'm tracking the weather threat for some parts of the area on friday night, but obviously not for everyone. who could get hit with a thunderstorm thanks to the first alert forecast.

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nbc 10 was there as swat teams rushed into arrest a suspect wanted for today's shooting of a delaware county police officer. that officer, 25-year-old chris dorman, shot multiple times in the head, neck, and shoulder, just outside an apartment complex in folcroft. he's in the hospital now in critical, but stable condition. the police chief says dorman's bullet proof vest likely saved

his life. the shooting forced neighbors out of their homes. >> pop, pop, pop, pop, it just went on, then the cop cars and helicopters, and the swat team was live with machine guns. >> a three-hour man hunt through people's front and backyards, police took four people in custo custody. meantime, we're hearing from friends of dorman. telemundo 62 has that part of the story. >> reporter: shock and disbelief is reaction from people that know kris dorman. he says he's a good guy, and he loved what he did. i spoke to one of his friends who told me he's known him for 14 years. they studied together at academy park high school. he said dorman is a funny guy and someone who took his job very seriously. >> shocked.

a friend my age, a year younger than me is now shot because of a piece of [ bleep ]. >> and his friends say dorman worked for the sheriff's department before he became a police officer. today, friends, family members, and colleagues praying for him to recover. nbc 10 news. >> count on nbc 10 to bring new developments in the case as we get them, our team of reporters spread out working to uncover new details and expect to learn more about the suspect in this case in a news conference ske scheduled for 5:00. we'll bring that to you live when it happens. now nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. >> take a live look at the first alert radar. we are tracking thunderstorms in parts of our area this afternoon. first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz has more on the storms right now, glenn? >> yeah. one of the storms is down the shore, and, fortunately, it's

been weakening. this is just three hours of a time lapse, and you see the lightning strikes in the white and less and less of them just in the last few images. good thing. it's right between sea isle city and cape may. it's gradually moving offshore. the core of the storm, as you can see, is offsure, just went through cape may courthouse, grazing wildwood, north of cape may itself. so that is good news. there's between wildwood and avalon with the heavier rain. we had a heavy storm in southern delaware. lightning from that one. it's dispating. we have a flash flood warning in cumberland county until 5:30 from rain that already fell from the afternoon and several areas in the dark green of localized flooding. fm

fortunately, storms are moving or dying out, and that's what we need to see. the futurecast showing this moving out. we have some other showers, perhaps in parts of pennsylvania over the next couple of hours, but by later on this evening, it's going to be a really nice evening across most of the area. don't give up your plans yet if you've been drenched at the shore, don't give up the outdoor plans either. suburbs, as you can see, drying out by tomorrow morning, it is sunny, the humaniidity's down a starting a beautiful weekend. we'll see how long it lasts with the ten day forecast in just a bit. now to nbc 10 responds, our consumer investigative center designed to help you with your consumer needs. >> each day, we show you how the team works to get viewers the help they deserve. now harry hairston is here to answer consumer questions. first one is from mark. he asks, do people with handicap

parking pla cards get an extra hour? >> he contacted us via social immediate why and got ten parking tickets after the meter expired with the handicap sticker on the window. we research his complaint. the answer is, if you have a handicap parking displayed in your car, you do get a full extra hour grace period after your meter expires. so, if your meter expires around 3:00 or so, they cannot give you a ticket until 4:00, and, mark, we told him all about his deal to the center of philadelphia, how to fight it, and mark, you're getting your money back, okay? >> awesome, thanks. >> another thing i want to tell you guys before we take off here, a travel scheme warning for the pennsylvania bureau of consumer protection about a taxi scheme. listen to this. they call it, quote, where's's

my bag, involving a cab driver who insists on unloading your bags at the airport. he says he's in a hurry, slams the trunk, speeds away, and later you notice one of your bags is missing. now, the consumer protection people tell us this is going on quite in our area. here's how to protect yourself. take note of the driver's name, the cab number, and the company so if you get that information, if you become a victim to the scheme, you have something to show the police, and they can hepfully catch the guy and get the suspect. >> that's a fast one. >> come to philly for a nice weekend or wherever, and that's what you faced with. >> yeah. i got to go, i got to go, see ya. boom. >> all right, harry. >> okay. >> if you have a consumer problem harry can solve, go to nbc10.com or tap the nbc 10 app. coming up, a popular attraction returning to the jersey shore. >> next, the family-friendly fun coming back to the atlantic city

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not on my bucket list, but on some people's. thrill seekers in los angeles will be able to try this week. it's call the sky slide. here's the deal. it's a glass tube about a thousand feet up on the outside of a skyscraperment take 45 foot plunge down it. it opens to the public tomorrow. >> no thank you. from our jersey shore bureau, popular attraction returns to atlantic city, the board walk 3d light and sound show making a comeback.

it debuted in 2012 with lights and music, and you can expect to see it back by the hate of the summer season. a lovely show there. delaware farmersme menwants see the fruits and vegetables of their labor. the urban agricultural microgrant, 11 organizations can launch or expand community garden projects, getting up to a thousand dollars each with the goal to provide more nutritious locally grown foods. >> speaking of foods, genetically modified food could be easier to spot. a bipartisan deal would require labels to be placed on with gmos. companies would be allowed to use a symbol or electronic label accessed by smart phone. a more aggressive labeling law in vermont goes in effect next week. that law requires items to be labeled with the words "produced with genetic engineering."

healthier snacks coming to cvs, devoting shelf space to foods better for you. this summer, about 25% of front checkout space is devoted to healthier items rather than traditional candy. glen "hurricane" schwartz is tracking storms. >> fortunately, most of that activity is weakening right now, but some places are still getting heavy rain. i'll leapt you know when it's going to move out and what's in store for the weekend coming up next in my first alert forecast. plus, we continue to follow breaking news in delaware county where a police officer was shot in the line of duty this morning. awaiting a police news ko conference to start 20 minutes from now. we expect to learn more about the suspect. count on us to bring it to you live when that happens.

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strikes that we did just an hour ago, so things are really improving there, and we're going to be seeing these showers continue to move offshore. there's one in northeast maryland, light showers elsewhere, including southeastern pennsylvania, some just west of allentown, but they continue to move away and the futurecast continues to show that delaware and south jersey, perhaps a few more showers in southeastern pennsylvania, just for a couple hours, but by later this evening, it's all gone. we have a flash flood warning for parts of cumberland county at 5:30 and other advisories across south jersey for rain that's already fallen. of course, you don't want to drive through flooded roadways. now, as we go into tomorrow, we're going to be seeing an east wind and temperatures are going to be moderated because of that.

86 degrees in devon, 88 in reading, and 87 in easton, but talk about low humidity across the area. no showers anywhere in the area. atlantic city 76, and avalon 77 with the sea breeze. that east wind is going to keep places like briantine comfortable for some and too cool for others if you're sitting on the beach and the wind comes in from the cooler ocean. in the pocono mountains, we have a lot of sunshine. we have low humidity across the entire area. and, of course, you can see your own seven-day forecast right at the bottom of the screen at any time. here's the forecast for this weekend. with all that sunshine, the only place that's really going to be cool is right at the jersey shore because the ocean temperature's in the low zi60s,o

the wind comes off the ocean so no one's going to be overheating into the weekend. tomorrow, sunday, pretty much picture-perfect. monday, clouds start to increase, we could see some showers in western sections, tuesday's the best chance of showers and thunderstorms over the next several days. and then we dry out a little bit on wednesday and thursday. things do start changing. next weekend is 4th of july weekend. we have the showers tuesday. we have a break. it looks like we have another system coming in. perhaps friday into saturday, at least a chance of some showers. i don't expect any extreme heat, but there it is, and day ten in the ten-day forecast, and, of course, we'll keep you updated on that. >> okay, glenn. a unique effort to save turtles along the jersey shore. >> the hope is to keep them off the road away from danch. next, how one turtle lover is

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probably seen these guys at the jersey shore. diamondbacks, and there are efforts to keep turtles from becoming road kill. >> a family on long beach island takes a unique step to protect the creatures, and as ted greenberg shows us, it seems to be working. >> reporter: some have wondered if it's a new place to play. >> they'll be like, oh, is that

your sand box? >> reporter: the makeshift beach in her front yard is actually a nesting ground for diamondback turtles, considered a species of special concern in new jersey. >> i care a lot. i think it's just important, you know, to help out in some way with the turtles. >> reporter: the family dumped the sand on the lawn this year to give the turtles emerging from salt marshes a safe habitat to lay eggs under wire cages, at least 15 nests are buried. >> they are looking for beaches, so this is a natural nesting site. >> reporter: a site far more conducive to the turtles than the stone land scaping outside most homes on long beach island, undisturbed beaches along the bay are a thing of the past. kathy laci is director and founder of the locally based nesting project. >> we're going back to what it's supposed to be. >> reporter: besides marking the nests, the cages have another

purpose, to keep predators like foxes and raccoons away from the eggs. >> i thought, boy, this is different. >> reporter: the new nesting place gets attention from people passing by. she believes that's helping to save the road crossing turtles from another threat, car tires. >> it's their mind set that, be careful, slow down. there's probably turtles here. >> reporter: the eggs in this spot will not hatch for a couple more months. >> they need to have a base. >> reporter: and she says it's more turtles that the sand will remain. nbc 10 news. >> clever. >> yeah. you see the turtles all the time crossing the road down the shore. now somebody's doing something about it. >> awesome. up next at 5:00, we continue to follow that breaking news of an officer shot in delaware county. we'll get reaction from neighbors who got thrown into the swat's search and police are

going to throw a press conference any minute now. we'll bring it to you live next. well, we've had storms passing through this afternoon, and ahead of a picture-perfect weekend. details in the first alert neighborhood forecast is next. a bus driver is a hero of sorts when someone targets his passenger. that's next at 5:00.

right now, breaking news of a young police officer shot in delaware county. swat teams invaded the small town of folcroft looking for the gunman after the officer radioed cries for help. >> i'm shot! i'm shot! i'm shot! >> the alleged gunman did not make it far. he was led into police head quarters ending the swat search that terrifieied neighbors. >> we are expecting a news conference with police any minute now. we'll get an update on the investigation and on the officer as soon as the news conference starts. >> in the meantime, the 25-year-old officer, chris dorman, was shot in his face, neck, and shoulder. he's in critical condition. he was shot this morning a short distance from the police station. >> nbc 10 continues our live

team coverage now. we begin with nbc 10 ease brandon hudson with details on how the suspect and officer came into contact with each other. brendon? >> reporter: rosemary and keith, we'll be spoken to any moment, get answers on the suspect and moments that led up to the shooting. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: hours after police broadcasted the shooter's description, we saw swat at folcroft station apartments. officer dorman shot there this morning, calling for help in a middle of a gunfight. >> i'm shot, i'm shot, i'm shot! >> reporter: hit more than once, including a bullet to the face, but police say he was able to talk. we spoke to neighbors. >> it's a bb gun or something like that going on, and then my dad told us to rush in, it was a serious thing, and it got loud. >> reporter: families waited as swat captured the suspects.