another marshall then handcuffs the fatally wounded robledo who is on the ground. "action news" arrived a short time later and a gun could be seen next to the body. police say it has and obliterated serial number. investigators say robledo and woman left this basement apartment on the 1300 block of hellerman. the violent crimes fugitive task force was watching waiting to arrest robledo. >> the male had the handgun in hand pointed at the officers or in that direction of them refusing their noon put the weapon down. at that .1 of the u.s. marshals discharged his weapon striking the male app couple times. >> reporter: police say it doesn't appear robledo got off shot. >> it was scary. a lot of blood. >> reporter: the gunfire started frankie nieves and his girlfriend. he said he heard three shots. he was scared to go outside society couple watched the aftermath from their second floor window. >> we heard gun shots. we thought someone was knocking on our door. so when i heard that i went upstairs to check out back and we saw the guy laying down shot. >> reporter: invest

marshals had been staking out a home waiting for alex robledo. marshals' office told me the agents trying to bring him in. the police say he wouldn't obey the agents' commands and pulled out a gun. >> he pulled out a weapon and they fired, striking him a couple of times. >> he's not real like bright, like he has mental problems. he's like a loose cannon. so it didn't surprise me. >> reporter: she knew her son was involved in a shooting on huntington street in july. she says once he went on the run, she hasn't spoken to him. police say the spokesperson for the police seemed to say this was a pretty clear case. police are checking to see if robledo fired first at the agents. either

marshals tracked robledo to this house and had been staking it out. when he came out with his girlfriend, they tried to bring him in peacefully but he pulled out a gun. >> he pointed at the direction of officers, refused their command to put the weapon down. >> reporter: that's when an agent took him down. >> we saw the guy laying down. >> it's shocking. you know, so close to home. >> reporter: shirley obviously sad to hear her son is gone, but again, saw something like this coming. >> he's not real like bright. like he has mental problems. so he's like a loose cannon. it didn't surprise me. >> reporter: back live, a spokesperson for the marshals laid this out as a pretty clear case. they're still checking to see if he fired first. the marshals believe their actions were justifiable. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> turning to our weather now, after a wet start, people in our area enjoyed a milder and dry day out there. cold changes are coming. >> it will be welcome news to snow makers in the poconos. camelback mountain resort saw about an inch of snow f

out a home waiting for alex robledo. the marshals' office told me the agents trying to bring him in. the police say he wouldn't obey the agents' commands and pulled out a gun. >> he pulled out a weapon and they fired, striking him a couple of times. >> he's not real like bright, like he has mental problems. he's like a loose cannon. so it didn't surprise me. >> reporter: she knew her son was involved in a shooting on huntington street in july. she says once he went on the run, she hasn't spoken to him. police say the spokesperson for the police seemed to say this was a pretty clear case. police are checking to see if robledo fired first at the agents. either way, they're convinced that it happened the way the agents say it did, that he first fired the gun at them. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> a solemn farewell today to a fallen new jersey state trooper. police officers from across the garden state, pennsylvania, delaware, and far beyond, paid their respects to trooper frankie williams in atlantic city. more than a thous

robledo is dead in the alley way a gun by his side. >> i heard three loud banks. >> reporter: frankie was startled by the gunfire around 10:30 a.m. >> we heard gun shots. we thought someone was knocking on our door. so when i heard that i went upstairs to check out back went saw the guy laying down shot. >> reporter: police say the violent crimes fugitive task force was watching this basement apartment on the 13th hundred block of hellerman looking to arrest robledo when he walked out with a woman. >> the male had the handgun in hand pointed at the officers or in that direction of them refusing their command to put the weapon down. at that .1 of the u.s. marshals discharged his weapon striking the male a couple times. >> reporter: investigators say robledo's gun had an obliterated serial number warranted for the july shooting of a man on the 400 block of west huntington. >> there's a individual sitting on the steps at that location. this male with two other individuals pull up in a vehicle. he exits the vehicle and begins firing at this individual. the name of the u.s. marshall has no

robledo is dead in the alley way a gun by his side. >> i heard three loud banks. >> reporter: frankieround 10:30 a.m. >> we heard gun shots. we thought someone was knocking on our door. so when i heard that i went upstairs to check out back went saw the guy laying down shot. >> reporter: police say the violent crimes fugitive task force was watching this basement apartment on the 13th hundred block of hellerman looking to arrest robledo when he walked out with a woman. >> the male had the handg

investigators were looking for 28-year-old kenneth robledo who went by alec. once the feds found him he pulled a gun and the us marshals shot and killed him. they were after him for aggravated assault he shot a man in july. that man survived. his heart broken mother says she some not seen her son since what happened in july. >> i didn't know he was here at all. i've been looking for him and trying to talk to him and everything but the phone number did he have he must have changed it right away. so i con tack him or anything. it was hard because i was washing clothe the other day and found a pair of his shorts and i started crying and i felt like something was going to happen because i've been crying all week and missing him. i didn't even know this happened. >> philadelphia police are investigating the death and so is the us marshall service. >>> 11 term former philadelphia congressman chaka fattah will spend the next decade behind bars. federal judge today zen sentenced fattah to 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty on 18 charges. prosecutor asked