>> jim, southwest detectives say that maurice tavares was wreckless when he fired the shot in the recr. his attorney says he was an outsider defending against an angry mob. 26 year old maurice tavares walked into southwest detectives with his girlfriend and attorney saying his back was up against the wall firing in a rec center. >> anything regrets or anything you want to say to the kids? >> no. >> on the rec center teenagers on the court in the middle ever a basketball game. he got into it with spectators and another coach and he pulled his gun firing once. no one hit. >> 15 to 20 people were approaching him. some had hands inside of their hoodies gesturing as if they had a firearm. others calling his name and cursing at him telling him this would be it. >> unfortunately he doesn't abide by the rules recusing cop flikts and create it. >> and they are not buying self-defense saying he would have called 911 or got help from the fire directs, anything but fire the coach. >> and directly firing the coach with the person he is about arguing with and that is wrong behavior and wrong displa

the suspect maurice tavares turned himself in this afternoon. police are disputing claims that he fired that gun in self defense. doug shimell is joining us tonight with that part of the story. doug? >> reporter: 15 to 20 people were approaching him, threatening to pummel him. >> he says the crowd was threatening him at the christyrec center. >> he got mad and he shot the gun in the air and that's when i was scared. >> we just heard shots fire. >> police say when the home team coach came over to break up the verbal fight, maurice tavares fired one round, he says to defend himself. >> the gun was not pointed at anybody, it was not fired at anybody. >> detectives say the only hole they found was not in the ceiling, but near a window above the bleachers. >> there was an argument he pulled out the gun and fires a shot. >> his client got a gun and permit after being shot in the leg coaching another game. now the father of three with no prior record. >> you should avoid the confrontation and get back to the game and let the kids play. >> we tried gett

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. >> reporter: 26-year-old maurice tavares walked into southwest detectives with his girlfriend and hisy who says the youth basketball coach's back was against the wall when he opened fire on a crowded rec center saturday. anything you want to say to the kids at all. >> nope. >> reporter: 70 people were in christie recreation center on south 56th street. teens were on the court in the middle of a basketball game. investigators say tavares got into it with spectators and an opposing coach when things escalated and tavares pulled his gun firing once. no one was hit. >> 15 to 20 people were approaching him, some of them had their hands inside their hoodies, gesturing as if they had a firearm. others were calling his name cursing at him telling him that this is going to be it. >> unfortunately he doesn't abide by the rules he should as a coach in reducing conflict and creates a conflict. >> reporter: the detectives aren't buying self-defense. they say tavares could have called 911 or gotten help from the police district. >> what agitated him to that point is clearly wrong behavior an wrong

coach who fired a shot at a west philadelphia rec center has surrendered to police. 26-year-old maurice tavaresims his back was against the wall and he only acted in self-defense. it happened saturday during a basketball game at christie recreation center on south 56th street. investigators say tavares fired his gun once directing the shot at a coach he was arguing with. no one was hit. >> 15 to 20 people were approaching him, some of them had their hands inside their hoodies gesturing as if they had a firearm. others were calling his name, cursing at him. >> unfortunately he doesn't abide by the rules and creates a chronic. >> tavares has been charged with aggravated assault and other offenses. >> turning to accuweather. almost to 60 degrees but that's not the whole story for this morning. >> a little bit damp and cloudier today than yesterday. storm tracker six live double scan shows that you in some parts of the region and we hard have some rain. the big area is down by wilmington and salem and some of this pushing up into chester county although that stuff looks pretty broken and light. the

his name is maurice tavares, also gosz by robinson. a youth basketball coach, fired a shot at a youth center saturday. got into an argument with fans outside christy recreation center. when other coaches intervened tavares pulled out a gun and fired a shot at him. there were about 70 people in the gym at the time. luckily no one hit. >>> police in dover found the father of a little boy found wandering by himself this morning. the child was found near colony drive and dover by a neighbor. at first police didn't know who he was or who his parents or guardians were. again, police have learned who the child's father is. count on nbc 10 for new information in this developing story. >>> philadelphia detectives are investigating an apparent murder in the city's king sessing neighborhood. a woman found inside a row home on willows avenue. police are not telling us how the 36-year-old died. detectives say there were no signs of a struggle attachment a look at the damage to the store in philadelphia's frankford section. skyforce 10 over the scen

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maurice tavares was arraigned before a judge today. his bail was lowered from $500,000 to $150,000. police say he got into an argument with spectators and another coach at christie recreation center in west philadelphia. they say he then pulled a gun and fired a shot. no one was hurt. >>> the man accused of holding firefighters hostage at montgomery county fire house has now been officially charged. investigators say paul jordan was upset over being fired from the lamott volunteer fire company that he took four firefighters hostage before eventually turning himself in to police. paul jordan faces a number of charges including kidnapping and making terroristic threats. jordan is being held on $1.5 million bail. >>> supporters of abu jamal are protesting the medical treatment given to the convicted cop killer. they show these pictures show mistreatment. he suffered eczema which left his body covered in blisters and causing him to go into diabetic shock last week. >> united we'll never be defeated! >> some of abu jamal supporters gathered outside the philadelphia district attorney's of

coach who fired a shot at a west philadelphia rec center has surrendered to police. 26-year-old maurice tavares wall and he only actor in there self-defense. it happened saturday during a basketball game at christie recreation center on south 56th street. investigators say tavares fired his gun once directing the shot at a coach who he was arguing with. no one was hurt. >> 15 to 20 people were approaching him. some of them had their hands inside their hoodies gesturing as if they had a firearm. others were calling his name, cursing at him telling him that this is going to be it. >> unfortunately he doesn't abide by the rules he should as a coach in reducing conflict and he creates a conflict. >> tavares has been charged with aggravated assault and other offenses. >> turning now to accuweather seems like more and more folks are seeing rain right now. >> yeah, little bit wider spread on that. storm tracker six live double scan shows you there's a pretty big area of green across philadelphia and especially areas to the south. you can see how this is just clipping philadelphia, delaware county and

his name is maurice tavares. he also goes by maurice robinson. fternoon. police say tavares got into an argument with fans inside the recreation center and when the other team's coach intervened they say tavares pulled out a gun and fired a shot at him. there were about 70 people snield the inside the gym at the time. i'm chris cato. we'll have another update in 25 minutes. you can always get the latest on the nbc 10 news app. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello everybody. hoda hasn't slept in three days but we're going to get the party started. it's funday monday, april 6th. we've got a jack packed show. >> giuliana rancic is here from "fashion police." she's going to talk about a lot of things, the fashion police group, talk about joan and herself and her health and how she's doing and some of her personal and professional struggles. >> she has a new book out. we're going to dish about all of the celebrity headlines from the weekend including how beoncy and