his family has identified him as 24-year-old sherman byrd and lives in south carolina and was here to attend his sister's high school graduation and that he left a family gathering just 15 minutes before the police chase tempers flared at the hospital and police say file charges against byrd's father for allegedly assaulting a police officer. >> the family has hired a lawyer and they are gathering information and may have more to say, the case is under activity investigation and they will issue a report when they have all the facts. live in chester, david henry channel 6 "action news." >> david thank you. >> the search continues for a man that police say fled a traffic stop leaving behind a 3-year-old child and a gun in a car. it started at locust in philadelphia. the driver took off on a chase that ended in upper darby when the police spotted the car the driver took off on foot. >> a gun ready for war, 11 rounds in it ready to go by a bum that runs and flees when police tries to stop them but god forbid something happens to that child picking up that gun. >>> turning to the weather n

the suspect 24-year-old sherman byrd was rushed to the hospital where he later died. police started chasing him after a woman was robbed at gun point. >> a 55-year-old woman was robbed of her cell phone and currency walking on meadow police say byrd took off on a bicycle after robbing the woman and they chased him to the alley where he collided with a police car and they found the gun at the scene. >> byrds family and friends converged on crozer medical center last night and because they caused such chaos the hospital ordered a lockdown and his father and sister came racing up and tried to get into the hospital and then they were stopped and they began assaulting an upland police officer and they are both facing criminal assault charges, police have turned the case over to the district attorney he expects it will be fair and impartial. >> we get the results of that and share the results that is as fair as we can guarantee the process to be at this point. >> reporter: byrd grew up here in chester but was living with his mother in north carolina. he was here visiting hi

that is where "eyewitness news" found his mother who identified him a as 24 year-old sherman byrd, junior. >> my son helped rob somebody at gunpoint on keystone road, when he knows everybody in that area? no, that is not true. >> reporter: byrd a's mother said she drove seven hours in the middle of the night to get to chester where she moved her son away from eight years ago because of community violence. >> because we got a bullet through our window and that made me pack up and leave. >> reporter: she adds she was in the visit his daughter and to see his sister graduate. >> my son just lost his life because of a police officer who is supposed to be protecting the city but yet still he killed my son. i will not let it rest. >> reporter: they were unable to tell us if the stolen cell phone or cash, was found with the victim. reporting live from delaware county alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> alex, thank you. >>> breaking news, f.d.a. advisory panel recommended approval of so-called female viagara the drug, is designed to boost sex drive-in women. it works on brain chemistr

. >>> sherman byrd died wednesday night after his bike collided with the police cruiser. he matched the description of a suspect in an armed robbery. officers thought he had a gun the family wants answer. the d.a.'s office is investigating. >>> new on "action news" this morning three people were injured in an overnight crash involving a support column for the septa el. they were in a work van that hit the column on the 4300 block of frankford avenue. one person is hospitalized in critical condition. no word on what caused the driver to lose control. >>> that this morning police in delaware have made a major marijuana bust. police say they found five pounds of marijuana after executing a search warrant in the unit block of elsmere boulevard in elsmere yesterday. when officers searched the home they found several grams of marijuana along with drug paraphernalia. and then they want outside. >> we discovered the defendant had a car parked outside of the residence. we discovered there were five pounds of marijuana located in the trunk. >> the drugs have a street value of $5,00

the man on the bike, sherman byrd died a short time later in the hospital. >>> the biden family and mourners were in dover delaware to honor former attorney general beau biden vice president joe biden, his wife jill and beau's wife haley met with the many people that paid their respects. he died at the age of 46 after battling brain cancer. >> beau had an extraordinary heart and he lived a life that is a model for us all good he leaves behind a son hunter and daughter natalie two viewings will be held in wilmington, from 1:00 until 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 until 9:00 p.m.p a ceremony and mass will be held at the church at 10:30 in the morning and president obama is expected to deliver the eulogy. >>> state police are trying to determine why a tractor trailer crossed into the path of a charter bus yesterday taking three lives the crash happened on interstate 380 in tobyhanna in the poconos mountain region it was taking italian tourists to niagara falls, the driver and two passengers were killed and seven people remain in critical condition tonight. an overturned truck caused problems for commuters

and the police car collided with the bicycle, the suspect sherman byrd died a short time later at the hospital and police found the gun at the site of the collision and are certain that byrd was spoth for the robbery. >> crowds surrounded crozer medical center and there was so much chaos his father and another relative came racing to the door, when they were refused to be let in they started to assault an upland police officer, and they were charged with assault. they are sure that they will conduct a fair and impartial investigation. >> we get the results and share the results and what is as fair as we can guarantee the process to be at this point. >> and he had grown up here in chester and was living with his mother in fayetteville, north carolina, he was here to visit his daughter and attend his sister's high school graduation. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> also in chester we are working to learn the names of those killed in an early morning crash. police say one car was speeding and you can see the wreck able from the force of the collision, they did not s

action news" was in chester, delaware county where family and friends held a vigil for 24-year-old sherman byrdday night after his bike collided with the police cruiser at keystone road and west 13th street. police were chasing him because he matched the description of a suspect in an arm robbery. officers thought he had a gun. his family want answer. the da is investigating. >>> three people were injured in overnight accident after crashing into a support column for the septa el. they were in a work van that hit the column on the 4300 block of frankford avenue. one of the people in the van is hospitalized in critical condition. so far no word on what caused the driver to lose control. >>> also new this morning police in delaware have made a major marijuana bust. police say they found five pounds of marijuana after executing a search warrant in the units block of elsmere boulevard in elsmere yesterday. now when officers searched the home they found several grams of marijuana along with the drug paraphernalia. then they want outside. >> we discovered the defendant had a car parked outside we got

police say that sherman byrd fell a off his bike at 13th and keystone during that chase. >>> hundreds of mourners gathered in the delaware state capitol today to pay their respects to beau biden biden lies in honor at legislative hall following a procession from wilmington to dover. >>> and dozens of cars were burn during a building fire in the auto salvage yard in allentown today. a worker operating a forklift accidentally punctured a gas tank and started that fire. there were no injuries. kate? >>> good evening to you chris, good evening everyone. it was another cloudy cool day temperatures running 10 degrees below average and unfortunately cloud will linger through tonight and certainly into tomorrow but temperatures slowly climbing into the weekend. big question will we see sun or for our weekend plans? i will answer that with the seven day forecast in just a bit, jessica. >>> new at 5:30 new jersey lawmakers want to outlook what is known as up skirting when someone takes a revealing photo under a person's clothing. as syma chowdhry tells us right now up skirting is not a specific

family members identified him as sherman byrd. he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. witness tells fox 29 he saw the officer run byrd over. >> what the cop did he was already underneath the car. all the cop had to do was stop and drag him out of the car but yet still he kept going ran over his head and he died right over there. >> we give our heartfelt condolences to the deceased family. we know this is a terrible time for them. >> investigators say the officer involve in the crash is a six year veteran of the force and is on paid administrative leave. >>> everything is fine right now at this hour at philadelphia international airport have after a plane landing called for an emergency crews to rush out there pretty dramatic at philly international. it was a small plane that touched down with collapsed landing gear, crews raced out to meet the jet and foamed it down 56789 people were on board. the good news, nobody was hurt during this emergency flight to our airport where they were delayed. >>> also happening today there will be the the the viewing, for former delawar

family members identified the victim as sherman byrd who was pronounced dead at a local hospital. a witness tells fox 29 he saw the officer run byrd over. >> the the cop hit him he was already underneath the car, all the cop had to do was stop and dragged him out of the car but yet still he kept going and ran over his head and he died right there. >> we give our heartfelt condolences to the deceased family we know that this is a terrible time for them. >> investigators say the officer involved in the crash is a six year veteran of the force and is on paid aned administrative leave. >>> police say a man was shot in the 200 block of west ontario sitting in the car right after midnight. this male was shot once in the stomach, and then raced over to temple hospital where he is in critical condition. police are still searching for both the suspect, and the car with this window shot out. >>> passengers should not have have any trouble after a pretty unsettling day at philly international yesterday. we have some video of a pretty dramatic landing at philadelphia international. we're seei

family members identified the victim as sherman byrd, and he was pronounced dead at one of the local hospitals, there is a witness that tells us that he saw the officer, run over the sus peck. >> the cop hit him, he was already underneath the car and all a of the cop had to do was stop and drag him out of the car but yet still he kept going, and ran over his head and died right there. >> we give our heartfelt condolences to the deceased family, we noticed it is a terrible time for them. >> so there is a video of when this incident occurred ape right after this, in chester and now county is taking over the the investigation. the officer we have learned is a six year veteran of the force there and they have put in as they always do on paid administrative leave. >>> this is something that we covered earlier when there was a big interview there will be a big interview tonight. we will cover it tomorrow morning. two of the duggar sisters are speaking out about that whole molestation scandal involving their eldest brother, josh. >> yes, in a special you are talking about, an hour special,