trying to make sense of the events in two states that led to the death of his son, 28-year-old leroy brownior. police received a call that he was involved in an altercation. unknown to the officers, there were four kids in the backseat. brown put the van in reverse floored it, hitting and dragging one of the officers who shoots and wounds him, but brown speedy from police. he wasn't the best kid on the block but trying to get away, they discharged theirany one ofe been shot. >> brown then wrecks the van anf lind burring he four kids hop ir left nearby. two police got word that brown was hanging out at the woman's coachman manor>> fid gunshots. brown tried to flee in a car an. he was shot and taken to he lat. >> he was already shot by the philadelphia altercation could e have had with the delaware police? i need to know if he was shot now the matter is being investigated by delaware and philadelphia police. the officer struck by brown's fleeing minivan suffered bumps and bruises, but i'm told he will be okay. the two officers involved in the shooting are on administrative duty pending the o

trying to make sense of the events in two states that led to the death of his son, 28-year-old leroy brown junior. police received a call that he was involved in an altercation. unknown to the officers, there were four kids in the backseat. brown put the van in reverse floored it, hitting and dragging one of the officers who shoots and wounds him, but brown speeds off. >> he was trying to get away from police. he wasn't the best kid on the block but trying to get away, they discharged their gun. any one of those kids could have been shot. >> brown then wrecks the van and ditches it on the 7600 block of lind burring he and the woman and four kids hop into a car left nearby. two hours later police got word that brown was hanging out at the woman's coachman manor apartments. >> five minutes later we heard gunshots. brown tried to flee in a car and rammed the police cruiser. he was shot and taken to the hospital where he later died. >> he was already shot by the philadelphia police. how much altercation could he have had with the delaware police? i need to know if he was shot standing up. now

police say leroy brown jr. ran down ab officer with his car last night. he got away until he ran new castle county police. >> reporter: it started with a domestic dispute. he came down here to new castle across the road here and ended over here on this bench that's covered with evidence paint. the 28-year-old, police were called to 56 in southwest philly last night for a call that he had been in a domestic dispute and dragging a woman. >> by that time, the male had entered the van and proceeded at a high rate of speed in reverse striking one of the officers and dragging the officer several feet. >> hit brown, but was able to get out of his van. he and the woman and the four kids stole someone else's car and took off for his girlfriend's home. new castle police went there to find him and after a struggle an officer shot the suspect again. e he took off in a car ask hit a county police cruiser ask went into a park. two kids were still in the car a as this happened. become in philly. leroy brown is working to c console his family including his grand kids. >>

earlier there was an incident involving leroy brown jr. and there was a second confrontation at a nearby park and shooting and brown was transported to the hospital where he later died. it's believed he was involved in a confrontation in philadelphia with police. when people responded to reports of a man with a gun trying to abduct a woman. and the police officer shot at the driver. brown's family believes he may have been hit and wounded in the incident in philadelphia. the how and why he ends up here in newcastle county. it's believe he was trying to get to a girlfriend's house here but the details remain sketchy at this point in time. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. lets switch live now to "action news" reporter jeanette reyes in southwest philadelphia where the chaos all started last night. >> reporter: well rick, the family is also asking a lot of questions this afternoon. they spoke exclusively to "action news" the mother saying it began with a nightmare from his son saying he was going to be killed after alleged

i don't know. >> in philadelphia a mother and father grieve for a son, 28-year-old leroy brown, 5:39 last night a call to police at 56th, a man with a gun and officers confront brown in a minivan with a young woman. unknown to them four children were in the back of the van, police try to stop brown and he reverses the van hitting an officer what shoots him. >> he was trying to get away from police and not the best kid on the block but in pursuit of trying to get away they discharged their gun and anyone of those kids could have been shot. >> police say that brown smashes the van and steals another car and heads south. >> the passenger he was with lives in delaware and they were on route back to delaware. >> two hours later newcastle police come looking for brown at this complex and begin knocking on doors. >> not even five minutes later we heard gunshots. >> the wounded brown jumps into a car and then a police car is then rammed and brown make its 200 yards to the park where he is shot in a final struggle with officers and transported in a local hospital where he later dies. >> brown,

a roof over my head in leroy brown, sr. a man with a broken heart and without the money to bury his son leroy brown, jr., the 28-year-old killed in a scuffle with police in new castle county, delaware. the second of two clashes he had with cops in two states last night. >> i think they trigger happy. >> coach man's manor apartments in new castle county a police cruiser was rammed by another car all part of a struggle between brown and the officer who shot and killed him. police tell us they went to check on brown after he was shot by an officer in southwest philly but investigators say brown ran into a car to break away. a fight took place before the officer shot brown who crashed the car. he was later pronounced dead. for neighbors there, chaos. >> i heard the gunfire and i thought it was like a car back firing or something. i just didn't kno know what it . >> crazy. very crazy. >> reporter: a couple hours before the delaware scene, philly cops say they drove up to 56th and whitby on a call of a man with a gun trying to pu

family members identified the suspect as 28-year-old leroy brown. philadelphia police first encountered him yesterday at 5:30, as they responded to a call with a person with a gun. when officers arrived at 56th after few brown apparently tried to drive away in a van with a woman and children under the age of 6 inside. leah apparently hit and dragged an officer when he drove away. now two hours later. newcastle police when to look for brown at the apartments and after an altercation an officer struck brown who later died. there are ongoing investigations at the newcastle county and philadelphia police departments. john rawlins has more of the timeline and that report is coming up at 5:00. >>> some activists want a laundry mat owner held to account for firing a gun, he chased the knife-wielding suspect on to north fifth street both the suspect and this innocent woman was shot. the naacp wants reckless endangerment charges again the laundry mat owner. >> he is chasing him down the street and around the corner and firing recklessly into the air and ende

don't know -- >> a grieving father trying to comprehend a cascade of events leading to his son leroy brown's death. police were called to south philadelphia a man with a gun and officers confronted the younger brown in a minivan way woman and unknown to the officers four children were in the backseats. police tried to stop brown and reverses the van and hits an officer and shoots him and brown flees. >> he was trying to get away from police. he wasn't the best kid on the block but in pursuit of trying to get away they discharged their gun and anyone of those kids could have been shot. >> two hours later newcastle county police learned he could be in this apartment complex and neighbors hear them knocking on doors. >> not even five minutes later we heard gunshots. >> police say that brown wounded by philadelphia police managed to flee. he made it to this nearby car where he was taken to the local hospital where he later died. >> he was already shot by the philadelphia police so how much altercation could he have had with the delaware police i need to know if he was shot standing up sitting do

philadelphia police first leroy brown at 56th street and whitby avenue on wednesday. he hit and dragged an officer as he tried to drive away in a minivan with a woman and four children inside. the officer is ok but managed to fire off several shots hitting brown as he drove off. >> she was trying to get away from the police. he wasn't the best kid on the block but any one of those kids could have been shot. >> new castle police caught up with him several hours later. they say he ran to a nearby park where he got into a struggle with a pol his gun and brown what you shot again. he died at the hospital. investigators say brown was already being sought for parole violations. >>> a delaware county district attorney is looking for more possibly victims of a serial rape repeat. they say lee started spree at 16. jack way land said he had a pattern and stalked would wait n to be walking alone. as he approached the women from. man handle them and take gun and put it their head. >>> lee is no strange to theampy of last year on a prior arrest. one of lee's curious recognized him

. >> reporter: leroy brown, sr. broken heart and without the non bury his son leroy brown, jr., the 28-year-old killed in a scuffle with police in new castle county, delaware. the second of two clashes he had with cops in two states last night. >> i think they trigger happy. >> reporter: coach man's apartment manor apartments in news castle county where a police cruiser was rammed by another car a struggle between brown and the officer who shot and killed him. police tell us they went to check on brown after he was shot by an officer in southwest philly, but investigators say brown ran into a car to break away. a fight took place before the officer shot brown who crashed the car. he was later pronounced dead. for neighbors there, chaos. >> i heard the gunfire and i thought it was like a car back firing or something. i just didn't know what it was. >> crazy. very crazy. >> reporter: a couple hours before the delaware scene philly cops say they drove up to 56 and whitby on call of a man with a gun trying to pull a wom

they shot and killed leroy brown on wednesday. they found him hiding after he fled a police scene in southwest philadelphia. accused of backing over a a min. the officer was not seriously injured but able to retur f wou brown, the first time he was shot, wrecktime later. a woman and four children were also in the vehicle and with my physically hurt. >>> a suspected serial rapist is behind bars because someone spotted him and called pot torn more to contact them. he's accused of attacking at the city of chester over past three years, a dna sample links him to the the white house is s clear of a new york times report refusing to confirm or deny fed intelligence report to devon nunez, a claim concern about nunez's impartiality and independence. blockbuster claim is fueling new concern about political interference and the investigation into russia's involve in the 2016 presidetith former national security advisor michael flynn offered testimony to the to senate intelligence committee and the fbi. but only in exchange for immunity. he

the family identified the man as 20-year-old leroy brown jr. and provided this photo of him and his parents spoke to "action news" a small time ago. >> he was trying to get away from police and was not the best kid on the block, in spite of the bad choices he made he was a good harted young man. >> the 40-year-old officer dragged in the philadelphia incidents is an eight year veteran of the department and he is expected to make a full recovery. >> the search continues this noon for a driver that took off following a police chase, it ended with a fiery collision on i-95 near philadelphia international airport at 1:00 this morning. it began when tinicum township police pulled the driver over for traffic violations and the driver took off with police in pursuit and the driver lost control and crashed near the enterprise rental car lot and he was last seen near the airport near the e and f parking garage area. >>> now they are searching for a judge that went missing s near his house. keysic just stopped hearing federal cases because of health issue

this is a look at that driver, leroy brown jr. he fled to new castle where family members say police shot and killed him. >>> cheers and gratitude for a corrections officer held hostage for two days in a delaware prison. [ applause ] governor carney recognized joshua wilkinson during his address to the state legislaturd -- wilkinson's second public appearan appearance since being taken hostage at the vaughn correctional center in smyrna. lieutenant steve floyd was killed. the gno independent investigation into what led to that standoff. >>> a delaware county family remains in anguish a year after the murder of a loved one. >> yest marqueea benson's family made an emotional plea to find her killer. the 36-year-old frommish darby died in -- from upper darby died from a vicious attack. her family and police can't believe someone would do such a thing to a woman with such a bright future. >> this is our life from now until eternity. this is what we have to live with. >> this incident has left an empty not in our detective division. >>

according to family members, police were locking for 28-year-old leroy brown jr. he ran over an officer in his van as he was fleeing from a a domestic dispute at 56th streets in southwest philadelphia. he managed to get away and steal another car. that's when investigator says u he made his way to the apartment complex in delaware where he was shot and killed by police. we spoke to brown's father a short while ago. >> it's tough. >> the officer who killed brown is on medicine straightive leave. more details on this coming up at 6:00. >>> we're following developing story along the turnpike. a state trooper was involved in a deadly shooting at a service area. it happened just before 3:00 this afternoon at the molly service area in kran berry township. sources say the officer was not hurt. it is still not clear what led to shooting. >>> a suspected serial rapist is under arrest in delaware county. authorities say the 19-year-old attacked nine wimp. they say the attacks took place over three years dating back to when lee was 16. all but one happened within the city of

. >> reporter: emotional leroy brown, sr. trying to fine money to bury his son 28-year-old low roy brown, jr., killed in a violent classes clash with new castle county, delaware, cops in just one of two runs in he had with police in two states. >> it's just horrible. it's just horrible. >> reporter: it happened at the coach man's manor apartments in news castle county a police cruiser was rammed by another car that crashed in a park. all in a struggle that officials say involved an officer shooting brown a father of three kids between eight and 12. >> police say they went to check on brown after he was shot by an officer in southwest philadelphia but brown ran to a car to get away. he was then shot by the new castle county officer after a fight and crashed the car. he was later pronounced dead. >> i heard a lot of shooting going on. really loud and everything and it kind of like scared me. >> they toll us to go back inside, um tox stay in our apartment and so we did pretty much for the entire night. >> reporter: two hours bef