officials say officer mccollough applied his own tourniquet to stop the bleeding. he was bleeding profusely. mayor kenney was one of the first officials in the hospital to visit him by his bedside. here's what the mayor had to say about that meeting. >> i saw the officer before he went up to his room. he looks good. he is very strong. he had a strong handshake and a strong conversation. so it is a dangerous city. dangerous city and a lot of guns out there we have to get guns off the street and make sure our officers are safe, citizens are safe, we're in good shape. he is in good shape. hopefully everything will be okay. >> reporter: no doubt about that. sources are telling us that officer mccollough's leg wound is describe as a flesh wound that the bullet it did not peers the bone which is good news here. he is in stable condition and expect to be released to day. we just don't know what time. back to you. >> dave, live for us. thank you. >>> the last philadelphia officer shot in the line of duty was officer jesse hartnett. >> he was ambush sitting in his patrol ca

. >> the officer, james mccollough left the hospital last night.the man accused of shootingç h is in jail this morning as the district attorney is working on charges, nbc 10's katy zachry is live for us outside of police headquarters in center city. katy, the man accused of shooting is no stranger to police. >> he has a long criminal history, vai, that's right. we spoke with detectives who say the suspect who is being held here at police headquarters has been speaking with them. they expect to charge him with several serious crimes later this morning. 23-year-old scott griffin is accused of shooting philadelphia police officer james mccollough when the officer interrupted a carjacking that griffin and another man allegedly carried out sunday night. we learned from court documents that griffin has 14 prior arrests for drugs, weapons and theft. griffin had been in jail less than a week ago but he was let go after a judge cited lack of evidence, because several witnesses did not show up to testify. so that put him back on the street where police say

live outside the 18th district, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> officer mccollough was shot in the leg nbc 10's katy zachry is live in university city following his condition. what can you tell us? >> reporter: rosemary, the last update we got from police is that officer james mccollough is here at the hospital in stable condition. he is expected to be okay, to make a full recovery. philadelphia mayor jim kenney and police commissioner richard ross as well as other top brass spoke to us outside the hospital not long after seeing officer james mccollough here at penn presbyterian hospital. he has one gunshot wound to the left thigh. they are expecting him to be okay. the 24-year-old has been?xp philadelphia police officer for the last two years, assigned to west philadelphia. his mom and fiance met him here at the hospital last night. the outcome for officer mccollough might be very different this morning if he hadn't had the wherewithal to apply first aid to himself. >> it's important to point out that he applied a tourniquet himself because he was bleeding profusely. and his partner w

. >> officer james mccollough was shot in the leg while trying to make an arrest. he saw several suspects trying to break in the the car late last night in west philadelphia. >> two people in custody right the now while search continues for a third possible suspect. steve keeley joins us from police headquarters with the latest on the investigation, steve? >> reporter: philadelphia police are often the opposite of the general public getting back to a monday through friday grind because this capped an off weekend of may him. police here really happy to see monday morning live. from a four year-old shot and killed to three shot and killed in one house to almost the same thing happening to one of their fellow police officers chasing someone from what was just a relatively minor crime, a car break in. it is 8:52 last night, prime time, lady sees two guys in her car and she happens to see 24 user old policeman jim mccollough and his partner drive up to her car. >> as they approached the two males exited the vehicle, they started to run, officer mccollough tackled one of

and officer mccollough fired his gun at the man three times.s were caught a short time later. take a look at this video, this is on the septa platform at 68th and market streets. i've been talking with police this morning. i'm told investigators did find a hat and knife they believe belongs to one of the suspects. he tried to catch a train and wasn't able to. he ran back down the stairs before he was caught by police. this is blocks away from the spot where jesse hartnett was ambushed in january. commissioner richard ross said he doesn't believe this was an ambush. >> this starts with two guys trying to commit a crime unrelated to police. this is not about a police officer being targeted. >> and both the police commissioner and mayor are praising the quick thinking of officer mccollough and his partner. we'll be gathering more information throughout the day. i'm told both suspects were caught on surveillance video. investigators have that video this their hands. i'm told they've been looking at that throughout the night. live at southwest detec

the officers approached the men, they tried to run and then officer james mccollough tackled one of ofhe suspects. he was shot in the leg. both suspects were caught a short time later and here's the mayor and police commissioner talking about what happened. >> dangerous city and a lot of guns out there. have to get the guns off the street and make sure that our officers are safe, our citizens are safe. he's in good shape. hopefully he'll be okay. >> this was an instance when someone flagged them down. this is what they do. it's a dangerous job but they do it with pride and professionalism. we're very proud of them. >> there were people in the area, witnesses who watched this whole thing unfold. we'll hear from them coming up at 4:30. >> we'll see you shortly, matt. katy zachry is live at penn presbyterian medical center in university city where the officer is recovering. >> the last update we got is that james mccollough is in stable condition and it's most important to note he is expected to make a full recovery. now, philadelphia mayor jim kenney, police commissioner richard ross and

officer mccollough was not.top brass still drawing similarities to their bravery. >> back in january, three days into the administration, officer hartnett was shot. he's struggling but going back very well. and this officer is going to do the same thing. >> reporter: we learned officer james mccollough has been on the philadelphia police force for the last two years. he's assigned to the 18th district which means he patrols west philadelphia. he is engaged to be married and according to police we talked to here outside the hospital, both his fiance and mother met him here at the hospital. reporting live in university city, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> this morning, a man is under arrest following the shooting death of a little girl in philadelphia. maurice phillips is charged with third degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child. police say he's the boyfriend of the girl's mother. it was first believed the 4-year-old girl was shot inside her kensington home by a 5-year-old si

he then ran off and officer mccollough fired his gun three times.both suspects were caught a short time later. now take a look at this video. this is at the septa platform on 60th and market. investigators found a hat and knife they believe belongs to one of the suspects. they found it on the platform there. he tried to catch a train, couldn't, and ran back down the stairs before being caught by police. some folks in the area, witnesses watched this whole thing unfold. here's one of them. >> i lived in west philly all my life. gu times. to be that close, it's nerve-racking. you can hear it in my voice, my hands are shaking a little bit. >> the police commissioner and mayor praising the quick thinking of officer mccollough and his partner. the 18th district still rattled after the shooting of jesse hartnett, you may recall, back in january. live at the 18th district, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> thanks for walking us through all that, matt. katy zachry is live at penn presbyterian medical center where officer mccollough is recovering. fill us in on

officials say officer mccollough applied his own tourniquet to stop his bleeding.y say he was bleeding profusely. police commissioner ross talked more about that. >> our officers are trained in tourniquets, many of them, and they have saved so many lives, classic case would have been with the train derailment, last year. widespread usage of it the then but they are using it rather frequently. they are tasked with doing a lot of things that they weren't before but in this instant they were able to help him as well. >> reporter: officer mccollough in stable condition expect to be okay and to be released at some point today at the afternoon. >> thanks, dave. >>> fire fighters in upper darby were called out to a two alarm fire in the 100 block of arm or avenue. crews say the house fire started just before 2:30 this morning. they say the home was being renovated so no one was living inside at the time. one fire fighter was treated for a sprained ankle. no word on how that fire started. >>> three people, shot overnight, in west oak lane, around 1:00 this morning. police

that guy used a gun when mccollough tackled them and shot mccollough and it turns out he has gotten a away. we have gotten new information from commissioner ross who got new information overnight from he came into work this morning, here's the latest. >> we found out it was intact a carjacking, they tried to carjack a female who was seated in the car. we do not believe that we have the actual shoot inner custody. we have direction on that but we do have the second male in custody. the non-shooter. we're working hard to develop additional information. >> reporter: i was told you are were looking for third guy but you are just looking for a second guy. you never had two guys in custody or wrong guy. >> it is only two. i think what happened was the third guy was actually a separate robbery victim which was usually loosely connect to this but that is a little confusing. so rather to get into all that, that is where we are right now. >> reporter: you don't have the man in custody who shot officer mccull. >>> not at this time. we are looking for him. homicide division has direction with reg

officer mccollough tackled one of the males. almost instantly he was shot in his left leg. the male got up and started running northbound on southford street, officer mccollough persued him and fired three times. that male continued north bound on southford where he escaped very briefly. there were two male that is we believe are responsible for this who are in custody. we are waiting for official identifications on them. >> reporter: back out here live, this is still a very active crime scene as police investigate. a all that officer fired his weapon the two suspects in custody were not shot. so this is the very latest what we know is one officer is shot, two suspects in custody after that shooting, just before 9:00 o'clock tonight. we are live at 59th and market, jeff chirico for channel six "action news". >>> lets move on to "action news" reporter wendy saltsman live at presbyterian for the very latest on the officer's condition, wendy. >> reporter: walter, this officer is in stable condition after his heroic attempt to chase down the suspect who shot him. you can see th

officer mccollough starts to chase him. at that point he turns and shoots. >> reporter: the suspect 23 year-old scott griffin brought to police headquarters in this caravan of vehicles in mid afternoon shortly after his arrest without incident in west philadelphia. a second suspect, in the robbery carjacking, samir coyett arrested earlier on sunday evening. >> a shooter had a lengthy record and been arrested 14 times. the non-shooter has been arrested three times. >> reporter: record show griffin had been arrested on multiple weapons violations march 16th, but was released from prison last tuesday, after a judge dismissed those charges citing a lack of evidence. the district attorney's office immediately refiled the charges, but record show before griffin could be taken into custody, he a allegedly gunned down officer mccollough. >> he is a dangerous individual, obviously we're very happy to get him off the streets as quickly as we did. >> reporter: griffin's court appointed attorney did not respond to our request for comme

. >>> the man accused of shooting philadelphia police officer james mccollough is under arrest.he's expected to be arraigned later this morning. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside philadelphia police headquarters. katy, we're learnino lore about the suspect's long police rap sheet. >> scott griffin, he does have a long rap sheet. he's been held at police headquarters in center city philadelphia. we are told he should be formally charged with a number of charges in just a few hours from now. this is a picture of scott griffin. he has 14 prior arrests according to court records for things like drugs, weapons and theft. this is philadelphia police yesterday afternoon arresting him after an hour's long manhunt in the shooting of officer james mccollough sunday night pep interrupted a carjacking with griffin and another suspect when mccollough was shot in the leg. griffin had been in jail less than a week ago but was let go off a judge cited lack of evidence because several witnesses did not show up to testify. now, yesterday evening officer mccollough was released from the hospita

officer mccollough interrupted a carjacking with griffin and another suspect.iffin had been in jail less than a week ago. he was let go off a judge cited lack of evidence because several witnesses did not show up to testify. and that allowed griffin back on the street to carry out this weekend's carjacking, police say where he shot officer mccollough in the leg. >> he's exhausted. he was up all night long, adrenaline, probably mostly, which is understandable. we need to let him get some rest. >> reporter: he'll be getting much needed rest. late last night he was released from penn presbyterian hospital. coming up in the next hour, we'll show you exactly how he was driven home. reporting live outside police headquarters, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> we pivot to the quest for the cup which brought out the worst in some flyers fans. take a look. show some class, that was the flyers public address announcer scolding philadelphia fans. this hit caused frustrations to boil over on and off the ice. fans tossing free wristbands they received at the start

mccollough was bleeding profusely so's replied a tourniquet to slow down the bleeding. his partner rushed him to the hospital again, in stable condition, meanwhile, other officers, captured those two suspects. >>> all right. a "action news" sports sunday is next here on channel six. tune into "action news" at 4:30 tomorrow morning for very latest on the investigation in the shooting of officer james mccull. >>> now for walter perez, melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist, have a great night. >> ♪ >>> he scores. >> mason missed it. >> for two to come from behind and win by a final score of three-two. >> that is just what the doctor ordered. nice to establish a win out of that series. >> "action news" sports sunday sponsored by audi. >>> phillies salvage a game with their series in washington. can flies dot same. welcome to "action news" sports sunday a l

so he was let back on the street and that is when he's accused of shooting officer james mccollough who interrupted griffin and another man trying to steal a woman's car sunday night. >> that doesn't surprise me that he just sprung and tried to help her. he's always been that kind of person to step in front and help anybody else around him. >> reporter: and officer james mccollough was released from the hospital last night around 7:00. he is at home recovering and he is expected to make a full recovery. reporting live outside of police headquarters, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> today in boston, bill cosby's wife will be questioned under oath again in the defamation lawsuit filed against her husband. seven women claim the comedian called them liars after they went public with their sexual assault allegations against him. at camille cosby's first deposition she refused to answer questions at least 98 times, citing marital or attorney/client privilege. bill cosby is also facing criminal charges in montgomery county where he's accused of drugging and molesting a former temple university em

one of his sisters said mccollough raped her as a teenager.s acquitted of rape but later stood trial for maria's murder. unable to present his alibi evidence because most of his witnesses were dead, mccollough was found guilty. is it possible then that you were acquitted of what you did do and convicted of what you didn't? >> that could be. >> reporter: is that what happened? >> don't know. i may have been a sinner, but i'm not a murderer. >> reporter: mccollough hasn't been exonerated, but his conviction has been overturned which means that he could technically be retried for the murder, although that does seem unlikely. and -- >> why does he have an alibi at the trial -- >> it was documented in fbi reports. but most of the agents who wrote the reports were dead or couldn't testify. they were to and so the judge deemed it hearsay and wouldn't allowed it admitted at trial. that's what got him out now. >> interesting. thank you. >> thank you very much, erin. >> thanks. >>> the national movement to put women on paper money could get an answer th

mccollough says he will sue the years imprisonment. erin moriarty has been covering the case. >> reporter: the murder of 7-year-old maria riddoff occurred nearly 60 years ago. mccolla wasn't convicted until 2012. last week his conviction was overturned. what happened to maria is sadly once again a mystery. >> i will sign an order vacating the judgment -- >> reporter: jack mccullough sighed heavy before leaving a free man. >> i thought i'm going back to prison. he went the other direction. god bless him. >> reporter: the decision came after the dekalb county state's attorney said a review of the evidence including newly uncovered phone records confirm mccollough was miles away when maria riddoff's kidnapping occurred. >> new information, this information that the trial court did not have available to consider when it made its ruling. maria disappeared after a stranger approached her and her 8-year-old best friend offering them piggyback rides. riddoff's body was found five months later. jack mccollough was an early suspect but had an al

mid afternoon, shortly after his arrest, for allegedly opening fire, and wounding officer james mccollough a in west philadelphia on sunday evening. >> he is a dangerous individual, obviously, with very happy to get him off of the streets as quickly as we did. >> reporter: investigators say the 24 year-old, two year veteran was shot in the leg by griffin, whom he had chased and tackled, fleeing the scene of a robbery and attempted carjacking nearby. >> is there a slight wrestling, right then and there and suspect starts to take off, officers mccollough starts to chase him. at that point he turns and shoots. >> reporter: second suspect in that robbery carjacking samir coyett was arrested nearby after police say he had been chased and beaten, by the man who had allegedly victimized. >> the shooter, had a lengthy record, been arrested four times. non-shooter, three times. >> reporter: police say they are grateful officer mccollough, wounded only five blocks from where officer jesse hartnett was ambushed and shot in the arm in january was not more seriously hurt. >> acts like last night, you k

officer mccollough is now recovering. >>> and now to decision 2016. donald trump and hillary clinton take new york. on the democratic side, hillary clinton, new york's former senator won 58% of the vote for the republicans. donald trump was the victor. he won 60% of the vote in his home state. now the focus is here in our area. primaries next week in pennsylvania and delaware and the new jersey primary follows on june 7th. the candidates will be headed to the tri-state area in an effort to win over voters. hillary clinton will be making several stops in philadelphia this morning as part of her effort to sway pennsylvania voters. >> nbc 10's katy zachry is live this morning at north philadelphia. tell us about the agenda today. >> that's right. two spots in the philadelphia area, this afternoon she'll be at this church behind me meeting with supporters. later in the evening she'll stop by a popular music venue for an evening rally there. the former new york senator won her home state last night and was here at st. paul's baptist church here at philadel

a big relief for members of the philadelphia police family and family members of officer james mccollough they watched him last night being released from the hospital and police escorted him, nearly 24 hours after he was shot in the leg by a carjacking suspect. the 24-year-old has been on the force for two years, assigned to west philadelphia and that's where sunday night police say he was shot by a carjacking suspect. detectives say that man is scott griffin, a 23-year-old who has more than a dozen priorç arres for things like drugs, weapons and theft. this is philadelphia police arresting griffin yesterday afternoon. sources say he was found with the same black and silver handgun that was used to shoot officer james mccollough sunday night. griffin was in jail less than a week ago on weapons violations. but he was let go just days before this past weekend's shooting. coming up in the next half hour, i'm working on a story about why the judge in that case let him go. reporting live outside police headquarters, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> 5:33 and 55 degrees outside. a community is com

griffin allegedly fired the shot that wounded mccollough in west philadelphia a sunday night. mccollough a is recovering at home, griffin's alleged accomplice samir coyett was arraigned yesterday. >>> investigators are searching for the cause of a fire that gutted hunter's glenn apartments in burlington county. chopper three was over the scene on route 130 in delran this morning as smoke billowed from the roof. it took fire fighters less than an hour to get a handle on the flames. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> the eagles surprising fans today with a blockbuster trade with the cleveland browns. >> they now have the second pick in the 2016 draft and sports director don bellies joining us live from the stadium complex a lot going on down there today, done. >> reporter: big day. this day was all about the the flyers but eagles stealing the headlines from now until the nfl draft, eight days from right now. now lets get you the details on the specifics of this trade. once again, the eagles trading with the cleveland browns to get number two overall selection in the draft. over th

griffin is accused of shooting officer james mccollough when mccollough interrupted a carjacking thather man allegedly carried out. officer mccollough is recovering. >>> hillary clinton and donald trump cleaned up in last night's primary. >> the focus is now on delaware and pennsylvania. the candidates have started descending on our area. tell us more. >> a very busy next few days for philadelphia and the tri-state area. hillary clinton makes two stops, the first one at st. paul's baptist church behind me and then she'll move on to the fillmore for an evening rally. the new york senator won big and will have a public discussion today with former attorney general eric holder here in north philadelphia. republican front-runner donald trump also claimed victory in new york last night. he's making a stop at the delaware state fairgrounds on friday, ahead of tuesday's primary in delaware and in pennsylvania. and heidi cruz is stumping for her husband today in new jersey. that state's primary is not until early june but mrs. cruz has a packed day with a number of meet and greets across the

office are mccollough ace at home recovering from the gunshot wound to the head. >>> a pretrial hearing set for survival lights accused of killing one pennsylvania state trooper, wounding another, eric frein is charged but pleaded not guilty to first degree murder and other related charges in the september 2014 ambush that killed state police corporal brian dick son and seriously injured alex douglass outside blooming grove barracks. frein was captured in october after a 48 day manhunt in the pocono mountains. prosecutors now seeking the death penalty. >>> more on our top store thinks morning, sad one, the city of trenton is remembering a beloved crossing guard, killed on the job monday afternoon. family members tell fox 29 that 51 year-old antonio weilly was hit by a koran stretch of highway i1929. intersection is so congested crossing guard are station there had 12 hours a day. he had been i guard there for at least eight years, family and friend are still coming to terms with his death. >> i'm totally shocked and i'm just saddened that someone would run light or go around the car and

the officer mccollough is now recovering at home. >>> family of the bicyclist killed in the hit and run crash is pleading for the driver to turn himself into police. jamal morris was hit at forty-fifth and market in west philadelphia on saturday. family members say that the 27 year-old engineer was a 2011 graduate of drexel university and was a new york city native, and after graduation he decided to stay in fill because he loved the city. >> i am pleading, who hit my son. i forgive you. you need to know i forgive you. please come forward and let the world know, that people, let the police know. >> police say they have few leads in the investigation. anyone with any information is asked to come forward. >>> two people were killed when a small plane crashed on kit island in maryland. this happened before 1:00 near bay bridge airport. authorities have yet to identify those victims and the cause remains under investigation. >>> in campaign 2016, we are now a week away from the pennsylvania primary. first up though today is new york's turn. voters there are going to the polls to make their

for his accomplice scott griffin, who police say fired the show the that wounded officer james mccollough in west philadelphia sunday night. officer is now recovering at home. >> school reform commission member bill green is suing governor wolf to win back his position as chairman. >> the governor did not have power to remove me as chair and courts will decide that as a matter have law. >> reporter: shortly after taking office governor wolf replaced green as chair of the school reform commission with margaret nef. green is represented by a firm specializing by helping those harmed by public sector union. governor wolf says he believes he had legal authority to replace green. >>> work is underway to implement pennsylvania's new medical mar juan law. governor tom wolf visited daylen leach's office in king of prussia today. he thanked senator leach who was a co sponsor and supporter of the bill. it covers 17 conditions that than contact be treated using medical marijuana. >> now, we have to have a process where we have to craft regulations, we have to implement those regulations, we have to

mccollough was not convicted until 2012.hat happened is sadly once again a mystery. >> i will not sign vacating the judgment of conviction. >> the 76 years old sigh heavily before leavi court a freeman. >> the decision came after the states attorney revealing evidence, confirmed that he was miles away when the kidnapping occurred. >> new information, information that the trial court did not have available to consider when its made its ruling. >> her body was found five months later. jack mccolough was the suspect. >> she grabbed my wrist and, e strongest grip. those two little girls and one disappeared. john did it, you have to reveal someone. >> one of the sisters said the mccollough raped her. most of his witnesses were head and unable to provide a alibi. >> is it possible that you were acquitted of what you did do and convicted of what you didn't? >> that could be. is that what happened? >> don't know. >> i may have been a sinner but i am not a murder. >> he's not been exonerated but his conviction has been over turned. h

scott griffin is accused of shooting a philadelphia police officer james mccollough, griffin was ablet his hand on the weapon and despite ago rested just last month, on gun charges. he has 14 prior arrests. so sources say those charges were dismissed last week when two witness december not the show up. he was let out of the jail before charges could be reinstated by the d.a. the very next day. >> my goodness. >> 8:05. >>> we will call this a presidential week here in philadelphia really throughout pennsylvania. because starting to day candidates vying for your votes will be in the city of brotherly love. according to the philadelphia republican party, former presidential hopeful carli fiorina will speak on senator ted cruz's behalf at a south philly cocktail party a at 6:00 p.m. bernie sanders is expected to speak at penn state's recreational hall at state college. former secretary of state hillary clinton will be at the fill more tomorrow. and on thursday ohio governor john kasich will attend penn state's brandywine campus in media. >> they will be here about a week. >>> listen to th

lengthy crime sheet, scott griffin is accused of shooting, at philadelphia police officer james mccollough. griffin was able to get his hand on a weapon somehow despite being arrest to ted just last month, on gun charges. with 14 prior arrests. sources say that those charges were dismissed last week when two witnesses did not show up, to court. >>> griffin was let out of jail before the charges could be reinstated, by the d.a., the very next day. >>> well, over the weekend a total of four people were shot dead and 12 others were injured by gunfire according to police. now statistics are showing that this weekend's outburst were just latest in the violent first few months of philadelphia for 2016. the city has recorded 78 homicides since the beginning of the year and according to police figure this that is up 17 percent from this time last year and highest pace since 2012. number of shooting victims is up 44 percent from 2028 at this point last year, to 329, at this time sunday night. >> 6:07. pol totitions are coming, politicians are coming, it will be a a somewhat presidential week here i