A teen got onto his school bus after being shot on his way to school in Wilmington, Delaware, Monday morning, authorities said.

The incident played out along N Van Buren Street near 27th Street around 6:50 a.m., according to Wilmington police.

The Red Clay School District confirmed the boy is a ninth grader at John Dickinson High School on Milltown Road in Wilmington.

The boy and a group of other teens boarded their normal yellow bus and then the other children alerted the driver that the boy was shot, said Jay Brock, spokesman for bus company First Student. The driver called dispatch which then called police.

Police then came on the bus and took the boy off the bus, Brock said.

Medics rushed the boy to A.I. DuPont Children's Hospital where doctors treated him for gunshot wounds to his arm and abdomen, police said. The boy was listed in stable condition.

"He's very, very fortunate," said the teen's father, who did not want to be identified.

At least one bullet struck the windshield of a car parked nearby. It wasn't immediately clear how many shots were fired. James Harrison told NBC10 he heard the gunshots.

"We just heard gunfire, five rounds at least and then sort of people kind of hollering and running," Harrison said.

First Student said the bus driver followed all protocol and that no one else on the bus was injured.

"Couple of the other kids are kind of shaken up," said parent Royal Conquest. He said the shooting was difficult on parents as well.

No word yet on the circumstances surrounding the shooting. The teen's father said he didn't know of any conflicts his son had with anyone.

"Absolutely none," he said. "Just nothing to do. No direction, nothing to do."

The father also said he recently moved his son down to Wilmington from Philadelphia because he believed it would be safer.

"With just the flick of the switch anything can happen real, real fast," he said.

Police asked anyone with information to contact Det. A. Ford at 302-576-3606.

The school district planned on launching its "Corner-to-Corner" program where volunteers and paid staff keep an eye on bus stops. That program will be launched, with help from police, on Tuesday, said that district.[[238427591, C]]

First, a First Alert

The NBC10 First Alert Weather Team has issued a FIRST ALERT for Tuesday and Wednesday. Here’s why:

1. Many hours of rain-affecting multiple rush hours
2. The first rain following a dry spell results in more accidents
3. Wet leaves make roads even more slippery

We’re not expecting widespread flooding, or anything close to it. But travel problems due to weather are often the reasons we issue First Alerts. We issue First Alerts to let you know, as far ahead as possible, that significant weather-related problems are coming. It can be for later the same day, the next day, or even several days ahead. It’s to give you a "heads up."

The Irony of It All

Parts of our area are in a moderate drought-others in a severe drought. So we need the rain. But as indicated above, the rain is likely to cause problems-hence, the irony.

Irony is defined as (among other things): "Something that has a different or opposite result from what is expected."

Here’s an appropriate example of irony from www.literarydevices.net. It’s a poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Coleridge:

"Water, water, everywhere
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink."

So, we warn people about all the rain we’re going to get and the problems it will cause, but...

It’s really a good thing.

A 1-2 Punch

It will not rain continuously from Tuesday morning through Wednesday night, but there will be a LOT of hours of rain during that period. There should be a lull later Tuesday night into early Wednesday. Our NBC10 First Alert Weather Live Interactive Radar already shows two separate systems, unusually close to each other.

Here’s how the NAM model looks for 11am Tuesday:

The second system should move in late Wednesday, perhaps for the p.m. rush and into the evening. That’s when thunderstorms with downpours are possible.

A Warm Rain

November has been rather mild, and it’s going to end unseasonably mild. Warm air will surge up from the south both Tuesday and Wednesday, with temperatures reaching the 60s both days. In fact, some parts of our area could hit 70 degrees Wednesday (the average high for this time of year is only 52).

Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said the discovery of the Spotted Lanternfly in 25 more municipalities in southeastern Pennsylvania is cause for vigilance, not alarm.

Citizen reports of the pest allowed the department to expand the quarantine, said Redding.

"If they had simply ignored what they found, that would have allowed the pest to spread, potentially reaching more areas and creating a larger problem," Redding said. "If we're going to be successful in eradicating this pest, it's going to take a collaborative effort."

The guarantied municipalities, by county, are:

• Berks County: Alsace, Amity, Centre, Colebrookdale, Douglass, District, Earl, Exeter, Hereford, Longswamp, Maiden Creek Maxatawny, Oley, Pike, Richmond, Robeson, Rockland, Ruscombmanor, Union and Washington townships, and the boroughs of Bally, Bechtelsville, Birdsboro, Boyertown, Centreport, Fleetwood, Kutztown, Lyons, St. Lawrence and Topton
• Bucks County: Milford and Richland townships and Richlandtown, Quakertown and Trumbauersville boroughs
• Chester County: East Vincent, East Coventry, North Coventry and South Coventry townships and Spring City
• Lehigh County: Upper Saucon, Lower Macungie, Upper Milford, Lower Milford, Whitehall, and South Whitehall townships; the boroughs of Alburtis, Emmaus, and Macungie; and the cities of Allentown and Bethlehem
• Montgomery County: Douglass, Marlborough, New Hanover, Upper Hanover, Upper Providence and West Pottsgrove townships, and the boroughs of East Greenville, Pennsburg, Pottstown, Red Hill and Royersford
• Northampton County: Bethlehem City

The quarantine of the infested areas restricts movement of any material or object that can spread the pest. This includes, but is not limited to, firewood or wood products, brush or yard waste, remodeling or construction materials and waste, packing material-like boxes, grapevines for decorative purposes or as nursery stock, and any outdoor household items such as lawnmowers, grills, tarps and other equipment as well as trucks and vehicles not typically stored indoors.

The Spotted Lanternfly is an inch-long, black, red and white spotted pest and is native to China, India, Japan and Vietnam. The species is invasive in Korea, where it has attacked 25 plant species that also grow in Pennsylvania.

Prior to its discovery in Berks County in the fall of 2014, it was not found in the United States.

Adult female Lanternflies lay egg masses on any flat surface, including outdoor furniture, equipment, stone and block and vehicles in autumn, said officials.

If you go camping or hiking, Redding advised to check your equipment before and after you leave the woods to make sure you do not have an egg mass on your equipment.

Each egg mass contains 35 to 50 young Spotted Lanternflies. If you see an egg mass, scrape it off, double bag it and throw it in the garbage, or place the eggs in hand sanitizer or alcohol to kill them.

If you are in a quarantine zone and see one of the pests, Redding stressed that you should kill it as there is no need to report it.

If you live outside the quarantine zone and see a Spotted Lanternfly, place it in alcohol or hand sanitizer in a leak proof container and submit the sample to your county Penn State Extension office or to the department's entomology lab for verification.

It is stressed that you do not move live pests as there are places in the quarantine area that do not have active populations of the Spotted Lanternfly.

For further information and to access the "Spotted Lanternfly Checklist" click here.

If you live outside the quarantine zone and see a pest, photos of Spotted Lanternflies can be submitted to badbug@pa.gov. You can call the Invasive Species Report Line at 1-866-253-7189 to report details of the sighting and your contact information.

Police say a Bensalem mother managed to fight off a man who broke into her apartment and sexually assaulted her while her daughter was sleeping.

"This woman is incredibly brave that she was able to fight him off," said Bensalem Public Safety Director Fred Harran. "Probably a mother's instinct jumping in, and protecting her daughter."

Officers responded to an apartment at Lafayette Gardens along Bristol Pike in Bensalem around 5 a.m. Saturday, said Bensalem Police.

The victim and her daughter were asleep in the apartment when she awoke to find an intruder, said investigators.

"My first memory is I was awake and there was a man in my living room," said the woman, who we are not identifying.

The victim fought back in an attempt to get the intruder to leave. He then hit her, grabbed her by the throat and sexually assaulted her, police said. The woman then managed to get him out of the house and he was last seen on video running away from her apartment.

"I don't know how long he was in the house," she said. "As I was pushing him out the door he tried to grope me. My daughter waking up, that was the key that scared him enough to be able to give me the strength and the opportunity to get him out of the house but it happened so fast."

Investigators found surveillance video from a Sunoco gas station at Frankford Avenue and Knights Road in Northeast Philadelphia that shows the suspect, said police. The woman said the man was wearing the same brown coat he was wearing in the surveillance video when he sexually assaulted her. She also said she never met the man before.

The intruder -- described as standing between 5-foot, 7-inches and 5-foot, 10-inches tall who wore glasses and smelled of body odor -- could have entered through an open window or an unlocked door, said police.

If you have any information, you can contact the Bensalem Police at 215-633-3719.

A teen girl was rescued after she fell off the Ben Franklin Bridge Monday afternoon.

Police say the 16-year-old girl fell off the Ben Franklin Bridge at 200 N. 5th Street at 4:20 p.m. She was then spotted in the water near the Independence Seaport Museum at 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard at Penn's Landing screaming for help. The police marine unit then pulled her out of the water.

The teen was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital where she is being treated for hypothermia. She is currently in stable condition.

A woman who was pushing a baby in a stroller was struck and killed by a SEPTA bus in Center City Monday afternoon.

The unidentified woman, who was in her 60s, was pushing a 7 to 8-month-old baby in a stroller on 23rd and Chestnut streets near the Greenfield Albert M. School around 5:30 p.m. Suddenly she was struck by a SEPTA bus that was making a left turn from 23rd onto Chestnut, police said.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The baby was not hurt during the crash but was taken to the hospital for an evaluation.

Chestnut Street is closed at 23rd Street due to the crash. Officials continue to investigate.

This story is developing. Check back for updates.

It was a more poignant Thanksgiving than normal this year for James Watts. He was thankful for his life as well as the man who saved it.

“Without him I’d have never seen my family or another Thanksgiving again,” Watts said.

Watts, 63, was driving on Delilah Road in Pleasantville, New Jersey on Thanksgiving Eve when he suffered an apparent medical problem. He lost control of his Chevy Sedan and crashed into another car in a nearby parking lot.

“I don’t remember anything,” Watts said.

The accelerator on Watts’ car jammed and its spinning tires melted causing both vehicles to catch fire. A passing driver tried unsuccessfully to get Watts out. That’s when Pleasantville Police Detective Adam Brownlee arrived at the scene and jumped into action.

Brownlee placed Watts’ car in park, pulled him out and rushed him to safety.

“It was definitely heroic,” said Pleasantville Police Captain Matthew Hartman. “It was something he didn’t have to do. He put this individual first.”

Brownlee, who has worked in law enforcement for 20 years, 14 of those in Pleasantville, is set to retire next month. But Watts is thankful he was on the job the day he nearly lost his life.

“I’d like to give my thanks to him,” Watts said.

While Brownlee has been praised by both Watts and his fellow officers for his heroic actions, those who know him say he’s not one for the spotlight.

“He’s a very humble guy and you won’t see him in front of the camera,” said Captain Hartman. “Other than what you see on this video.”

Police have identified and charged a suspect who was shot by as many as five officers after he allegedly fired a gun during a foot chase.

Charles Gordon, 33, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and other related offenses.

On Friday around 10:30 p.m., two 24th District officers spotted Gordon on the 1800 block of E. Clementine Street. When the officers asked him to stop, Gordon allegedly reached toward his waistband area. The officers say they then saw a bulge under his sweatshirt.

The officers contacted police radio and then chased after Gordon who ran to the 3000 block of Helen Street, according to investigators. As Gordon reached a dead-end, the officers noticed he was holding a gun in his hands, police said.

Gordon allegedly fired his gun at the officers who returned fire. He then continued on Helen Street and ran several blocks to 2800 Amber Street where he was met by other responding officers, investigators said.

Gordon then allegedly turned with his gun raised toward the officers. The officers then opened fire, striking him several times. He fell to the ground and was taken to Temple University Hospital where he is currently in critical condition.

A 36-year-old woman who was walking on the 2900 block of Amber Street during the shootout was also shot in the left calf.

"Unfortunately, she's hit by gunfire," police spokesman Lt. John Stanford said. "Just unfortunate that she was hit by gunfire because of this incident."

The woman was taken to Hahnemann Hospital where she was treated and released.

No officers were injured during the incident.

The Eagles had a wounded opponent on its third straight road game and on a four-game losing streak.

And it didn’t matter.

Carson Wentz and the Eagles kept it close, but eventually fell to Aaron Rodgers and the Packers 27-13 on Monday Night Football at the Linc.

With the loss, the Eagles dropped to 5-6 on the season and the Packers moved to 5-6. The Eagles lost their first home game of the season.

The 27 points they gave up to Green Bay are the most the Eagles have given up to any opponent at home this season. They came into the game giving up an average of 9.5 points per game at the Linc.

This is the first time since 2012 the Eagles didn’t have a sack or force a turnover and the first time at home since 2007.

With just over five minutes to go in the third quarter, and after the two teams exchanged a couple of field goals, the Eagles were down just four points. They didn’t get any closer.

Turning point
The Eagles had the Packers stopped on a key drive in the second half and would have gotten the ball back down just 17-13, but Fletcher Cox was flagged for a roughing the passer on Rodgers on 3rd-and-4 that extended the drive. The Packers continued the drive and went up 24-13.

Key stat

The Packers started the game 6 for 6 on third downs and finished the game 10 for 14 (71 percent).

Notable absence
The Eagles had last year’s first-round pick Nelson Agholor as a healthy scratch on Monday. He has struggled recently with being in his own head and head coach Doug Pederson decided to sit him against the Packers. Agholor watched the game from the sideline in a green Eagles coat.

First half
For the first time all season, the Eagles went into the locker room at halftime trailing. They were down 14-10 to Green Bay after two quarters.

Caleb Sturgis kicked a 48-yard field goal late in the second quarter to pull within four points.

In the first half, Carson Wentz was 13 for 17 for 147 yards and also ran three times for 26 yards and a touchdown. Aaron Rodgers was 17 for 21 for 142 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran four times for 28 yards.

The Packers got on the board first, going 75 yards on 10 plays in 5:09 to start the game.

But the Eagles responded with an 81-yard drive of their own to tie the game at 7-7. On that drive, Wentz completed all six of his passes for 70 yards and ran for the score.

The Packers scored on their very next drive to take a 14-7 lead.

Finally, the Packers' defense and then the Eagles' defense both forced punts on the next two drives before the Eagles kicked that late field goal.

Offensive stud
Aside from his one interception, Wentz had a pretty good game. His lack of receivers, especially after Jordan Matthews left with an ankle injury, was very apparent.

Wentz completed 24 of 36 passes for 254 yards. He also ran well on Monday.

Offensive dud
Bryce Treggs didn’t have much of an impact. He was listed as a starter (he actually didn’t start) and had just one catch for 11 yards.

Defensive stud
Nigel Bradham seemed to have a solid game.

Defensive dud
Jaylen Watkins didn’t have a great day in coverage. It seemed like Rodgers was happy to pick on him. Really, this award goes to the Eagles’ third-down defense.

Injury report
Ryan Mathews (knee) and Halapoulivaati Vaitai (knee) missed Monday’s game after being ruled out Saturday. Mathews’ injury is believed to be less significant than Vaitai’s.

Brandon Brooks (illness) was hospitalized earlier in the day and was inactive. Rookie Isaac Seuamalo got the spot start.

Matthews (akle) left the game before halftime, returned briefly, but wasn’t able to play nearly any of the second half. Marcus Smith (left shoulder) left in the second half and did not return.

Up next
On to Cincinnati. The Eagles travel to face the Bengals (3-7-1) next Sunday.

A large fire ripped through a vacant Newark building Monday evening, displacing two families living in a neighboring home. 

Newark firefighters responded to the blaze in the abandoned two-story wood-frame building at 62 Telford Ave., near South Orange Avenue, at about 5 p.m., according to fire officials. 

Firefighters were able to bring the fire under control in about 40 minutes, but crews were still dousing hot spots. 

One firefighter fell through the floor while battling the blaze, but was quickly rescued and continued to fight the fire, fire officials said. 

"It is a mind-boggling situation, but the men and women of the fire department are well-trained and equipped to handle a situation like that," said Newark Fire Chief Rufus Jackson. 

No injuries were reported in the fire, and a neighboring home sustained minor damage. The two families living in that home -- three adults and seven children in total -- were relocated after officials determined there was smoke and water damage. 

"They told us, 'get out of the house, get out of the house. The house is on fire,'" said Shavone Guinyard. 

Arson investigators are looking for sources of the ignition in the abandoned building. Newark Assistant Public Safety Director said the arson squad can begin examining the building once firefighters are finished dousing all the hot spots.