mtd dmt t officer as rived and joined officer karpalski in the gun battle. they shot and killed the suspect, and the other officers rushed to help officer karpalski to get into a car and to the hospital. >> they are scooping him, they are taking him. another officer road in the back of his comrade. i am in the back of the car, the officer is okay right now. officer karpalski was treated for his head wound and sent home this morning. an extremely close call. >> another fraction of an inch, he has a serious graze wound to the side of his head, probably would have caught him in the eye or head, it would have been more severe if not fatal. >> the suspect was scene in bars and dropped his gun in one of them. police have surveillance video that could help with the investigation. they say that ellis is on probation, and has a violent history. >> robbery, assault, and violation of the firearms act and narcotics. >> he was clearly a danger to the community and it's a blessing that officer karpalski's 3-week-old durwill grow up with her father in her life. >> david he

police spotted 29-year-old david ellis because he matched the description of the suspect, officer karpalski was grazed in the head during that exchange and was treated and released late this morning. >>> the archbishop of st. louis, says a mass for peace and justice will offer prayers for ferguson, missouri, after more protests overnight in the shooting of teenager, michael brown, at least two people were shot and 31 arrested last night. attorney general, eric holder will head there tomorrow. lets head live to ferguson and hear the latest from marcy gonzales. >> the national guard is still standing guard watching over this police command center, we are waiting to hear if the curfew will be reinstated tonight. >> today relative quiet on the streets of ferguson after yet another night of violent clashes between demonstrators and police. >> shots fired at officers who responded with tear gas. >> there is a dangerous dynamic in the night, it allows a small number of agitated to create chaos. >> of the 31 people arrested only four were from ferguson, more than a dozen others came from out of sta

was joined by two other officers that were engaged in a gun battle with the suspect, and officer karpalski was hit and he haze 3-week-old child. commissioner ramsey said it was a close call. >> he is released from the hospital, and received a graze wound to the head, another fraction of an inch and we would be having a different discussion. >> police are not releasing the name of the suspect that was killed out there this morning. they have surveillance video that could help in their ongoing investigation. starting on "action news," we'll have more of those dramatic police radio transmissions during the gun battle. david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> david, thank you. >> we have breaking news now, from penn's landing, where a septa bus caught fire just a few minutes ago. firefighters are on the scene now and you can see they extinguished the fire, it was burning at the back of the bus here. that was parked at front and chestnut street, it's a route 33 bus, it caught fire before the noon hour. no injuries reporting and septa tells "action news" there were no passengers on the bus at th