that's next on nbc10 news at 6:00. >>> an offduty philadelphia police officer shot in the hand, sky forcever the scene in north philadelphia. >> george, what are you learning about this? >> reporter: this is still an active search for evidence happening right here on the ground at 10th and ogden. you can see police have brought in a heavy duty light to assist in their work. and the backyard, near where this happened, still searching for evidence by flashlight, walking this backyard left to right top to bottom. all of this after an offduty police officer was shot in the hand. that officer was actually hit in the thumb. the officer rushed to jefferson hospital hopefully with nonlife-threatening injuries, unfortunately, we don't have any information on whether this shooter has been captured or if they have any leads, but you can see an active investigation, police looking for clues in the backyard here in north philadelphia. it's a story we'll be tracking throughout the evening. that is the latest live from sky force 10, nbc10 news. >>> other breaking news in philadelphia's hunting park sect

philadelphia. the officer was offduty at the time. the shooting followed an argument with his son over the use of the family car. >> there's no excuse for what happened that day. and dorian young will be held responsible for having shot his son. >> officer young is facing charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault. >>> nbc10's tim furlong is live at the wilmington firehouse for more surrounding the debate. >> reporter: you see engine 6 back there? the struck that's usually in that garage is out fighting a fire right now. but a few months ago, it didn't leave to go fight a fire. the city was trying to save money. since then no engine s have bee shut down to save money until day. two months after the fire that killed firefighters christopher leach and two others. the chief started doing it again this morning. >> why all of a sudden on a tuesday morning this is back? what prompted it? i'm sure the answer is going to be over time. >> the chief acknowledgeskeepin down. the fire that killed leach and fickes was just a half mile away, b

philadelphia. an update coming up in just minutes. >>> want to get you back to our breaking news now, that offduty police officer shot in the hand. >> drew? >> reporter: we just spoke to some neighbors here on this street who say they heard a lot of gunshots and kind of walked us through how this all happened. down where you see the police tape still roped off. that's where the shooting of the offduty police officer happened. it all began down here to the right. and you can actually see crime scene investigators looking for evidence in the backyard of these duplex homes here along ogden. we want to show you some video, back just before 5:00 when all this began, the suspect in the case was running through the back of these homes and ended up over on the street, that is where the offduty officer ended up getting shot in the hand. we can tell you that that officer is doing okay, is at the hospital right now, but we're waiting for an official update. i'm drew smith, nbc10 news. >>> we'll continue our team coverage with andrea klein-thomas who's there at jeffe jefferson hospital. >> officers are speeding in the driveway of the emergency