the officers approached the men, they tried to run and then officer james mccollough tackled one of of the 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 a

the officers approached the men, tried to run, officer james mccollough was able to tackle one of them and then that suspect fired on the officer, hitting him in the leg. the suspect ran off. officer mccollough fired his gun at the man three times and 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, a block away. a just spoke with police within the past couple of hours. i'm told investigators found a hat and knife that they believe belongs to one of the suspects. he tried to catch a train, wasn't able to, then ran back down the stairs before being caught by police. some folks who were in the area at the time, they watched this all unfold. here's one of them. >> i've lived in west philly all my life, so i've heard gunshots multiple times. but to be that close, it's a little bit nerve-racking. you can hear it in my voice, my hands are shaking a little bit. >> the police commissioner and mayor are praising the quick thinking of officer mccollough and his partner. the 18th district still rattled after the shootin

. >> 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 sa

james mccollough tried to tackle one of the suspects when he was shot in the leg. take a look at this video, this is the septa platform at 60th and market. i'm told investigators found a hat and knife they believe belongs to one of the suspects there. he tried to catch a train, wasn't able to and ran back down the stairs before being caught by police. this happened a couple blocks away from where officer jesse hartnett was ambushed by a man in january. police commissioner richard ross says there is no connection to this case. >> this does not start with the police officer. this starts with two guys trying to commit a crime that was unrelated to police. this is not about a police officer being targeted. >> reporter: and both the police commissioner and mayor are praising the quick thinking of officer mccollough and his partner this morning. we, of course, will be gathering more information throughout the day. i'm told there is surveillance video that caught both of these suspects on camera and that investigators have that video. they've been watching it. they're rev

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

we are learning more about officer james mccollough this morning. >> right now he is at penn presbyterian medical center in stable condition. dave kinchen is there monitoring his recovering at this point, dave. >> reporter: the good news is we know he will make a full recovery. he is expected to make a full recovery. that is what certificateses are telling us -- owe sources are telling us at penn presbyterian hospital where ppd top brass tells us that the officer's 24 years old, he has been on the force for two years. he is here with his mother and fiance as well. he has a two-year old daughter we're told. it appears quick thinking helped save his life. 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 o

. >>> 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 hospit

>> 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 went to his aid and brought him to the hospital. >> reporter: commissioner richard ross went on to praise officer mccollough's partner for keeping his whits about him and putting him, the injured of

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 co

they tried to run and officer james mccollough tackled one of them. that suspect fired on the officer, hitting him in the leg. 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

the as we understand is officer james mccollough was responding to a report of the car theft, when the suspect took off, one fired at him, we're told the officer did fire back. commissioner richard ross just wrapped up a news conference about a half an hour ago and he explained exactly what happened. >> this evening, around 8:52 p.m., officer james mccollough, assigned to the 18th police district, was on patrol with his partner when they were in the area of around southford and market streets. they were flagged down by a female who indicated that two males were break nothing to her car. as they approached the two males exited the vehicle, they started to run. 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. >> repor

. >> 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

police chased the suspect, officer james mccollough tackled one and was immediately shot in the leg. 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

griffin is accused of shooting officer james mccollough when he interrupted a carjacking that griffin and another man allegedly carried out. 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 forme

mccollough sunday night. officer mccollough interrupted a carjacking with griffin and another suspect. griffin 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

mccollough wounded in the leg police say by a suspect he had chased and tackled, after a robbery and attempted carjacking. >> there is a slight wrestling, a tuesdayeling right then and then suspect starts to take off. 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, obvious

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 get this industry up and running an

scott griffin is accused of shooting a philadelphia police officer james mccollough, griffin was able to get 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

. >> officer james mccollough is in the hospital right now and is that where dave kinchen is at penn presbyterian. >> reporter: that part of the story also developing in bits and pieces. we know officer mccollough is in stable condition and sources telling us he is expect to be released today, released from penn presbyterian hospital where he met with mayor jim kenney overnight. by the way we can tell you that the the officer's jurist considered by sources to be a flesh wound that the bullet it did not pierce any bones. so that is good as well. the ppd's top brass they tell us, of course, officer mccollough is 24 years old and been on the force for two years. he is joined here the at the hospital with his fiance and his mother. he had has a two-year old daughter, now officials officer mccollough applied his own tourniquet. mayor kenney was one of the first officials to meet, by the officer by his bedside and here's what the mayor had to say about the meeting. >> i saw the officer, tend to go his wound. he looks g he vice strong. he had a strong handshake and a good strong conversatio

mccollough. griffin has four prior arrests and was arrested just last month on weapons charges. sources say those charges were dismissed in court last week when two witnesses failed to show up to testify. griffin was released for jail before the d.a. could reinstate those charges. >>> head of the florida turned order of police tells fox 29 that the system is just broken. >> the about on the loom line is it is a revolving door with the criminal justice center system here in the the city. i mean, just charges dismissed bang he is out the next day and 14 priors at 23 years of age. when is enough enough. it doesn't look like it is working too well the system. >> officers caught up to griffin yesterday at 200 block of north alden taken him into custody. the authorities say else this used the gun he used. 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, eri

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 in

. >>> man accused of shooting philadelphia police officer james mccollough is held without bail. the scott griffin was arraigned on attempted murder charges. 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

officer james mccollough was wounded in the leg sunday night when police say he tried to stop a carjacking. 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 pennsylva

griffin is accused of shooting officer james mccollough when mccollough interrupted a carjacking that griffin and another 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 g

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 know, like the one that officer hartnett was involved in, speak volumes of what the men and