A man who intervened in a domestic assault at a New Jersey bus stop has died more than a week after police say the suspect punched him in the head.

John Charlton, 54, died Sunday at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner said while announcing aggravated manslaughter charges against suspect Calvin Wiggins. 

Several people pulled off busy Route 40 near Cantillon Boulevard on the morning of Nov. 2 after seeing the 24-year-old Wiggins beating his girlfriend, police said.

Charlton and others tried to intervene, but witness George Sluker, who lives across the street at a condo complex, said Wiggins threatened the good Samaritans.

"The fella doing the beating was yelling at the people trying to stop him that he was going to shoot them," Sluker said.

Sluker and another witness said that's when the Mays Landing man turned and punched one of the men.

"This guy just cold clocked him," Sluker said.

Charlton dropped to the ground and hit his head with such force people standing across the road could hear the impact.

"You could hear his head crack all the way over here. I was like 'Oh my God,'" witness Mary Wickliff said.

The good Samaritan never regained consciousness and died 10 days later from his injuries, prosecutor said.

Wiggins waited for police to respond and was arrested. He was initially charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and possession of marijuana before being charged with aggravated manslaughter after Charlton died.

No word if Wiggins has an attorney who could comment on his behalf.

Ocean City's Chatterbox restaurant is up for sale because the owners are ready for retirement. It is closed for the winter, but if not sold, the current owners will reopen it in March.

SEPTA is changing its stroller policy after complaints and a petition came to the transportation authority’s attention.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is hoping to start off the New Year with a new way of riding by allowing strollers on buses, during off-peak hours. This open-stroller policy will (potentially) start January, but SEPTA has not confirmed an official date just yet. 

The new policy does still requires strollers to be folded during peak hours — which last roughly from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on weekdays — even if the bus is packed during those off-peak-hours, the fate of the stroller is up to the bus driver.

This policy shift came after a mother of a 1-year-old, Lacy Kohlmoos, 34, began a petition to allow strollers on Philadelphia buses, at least during off-peak hours.

“I have tried to carry my stroller, my squirming baby, and the diaper bag onto a bus before. It was not pretty,” Kohlmoos wrote. “By the time I managed to get everything on board and pay the fare, everyone around me was shooting me impatient looks, my son was crying, and I felt like bursting into tears myself.”

The petition gained over 9,000 signatures from all over the world. Petitioners signed from Philadelphia, California, Netherlands, Germany and South Africa.

Current SEPTA Passenger Etiquette Guidelines on the website still state that passengers should "fold strollers and carts before the vehicle arrives." An exception is made for wheelchair strollers.

Local columnist and radio show host, Solomon Jones, is on several billboards promoting his new radio show Praise 107.9. They symbolize something very personal to him and he shared his story of addiction with NBC10's Aaron Baskerville.

An elderly woman was struck and killed on Roosevelt Boulevard Tuesday afternoon.

The 78-year-old woman was crossing the intersection on Tyson Avenue and the Boulevard around 2:15 p.m. when she stepped off the center grass divider, police said. She was then struck by a 2006 Ford Ranger pickup truck traveling in the southbound inner lanes of the Boulevard.

The woman, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced dead by fire medic personnel at 2:20 p.m.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 21-year-old man, was not hurt in the crash and remained at the scene. Police continue to investigate the accident.

Lawyers for imprisoned rapper Meek Mill have asked the judge in his long-running probation case to remove herself for, in part, expressing herself "in personal, injudicious terms when ruling or explaining her rulings."

The request for Judge Genece Brinkley's recusal included some tawdry accusations against the judge, like a claim that she asked the Philadelphia-born rapper to record a version of a Boyz II Men song and include a shout out to Brinkley. Another claim accuses the judge of recommending Mill leave his management agency, Roc Nation, which is headed by Jay-Z, and rejoin his original manager, a Philadelphia man named Charlie Mack.

Mill, a Philadelphia-born rapper whose real name is Robert Williams, was sentenced Nov. 6 by Brinklery to 2-to-4 years in prison for repeatedly violating his probation. She handed down the prison term despite a recommended punishment from the Philadelphia District Attorney's office that did not include jail time.

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Brinkley, who has overseen Mill's probation violation hearings for years since his initial conviction on drug and gun charges in 2008, said Mill "does what he wants" despite repeated warnings.

"Last week's hearing was a farce. It was a miscarriage of justice that lacked even a semblance of fairness," Mill's Philadelphia attorney, Brian McMonagle, told NBC10 in an email. "Today, we asked this Judge to step aside and allow another Judge to bring justice to this case and to this citizen. This wrong has to be righted."

Earlier Tuesday, three charter buses with large #FreeMeekMill slogans on their sides temporarily stopped by the Race Street headquarters of the Philadelphia police department Tuesday afternoon in Center City.

Their presence caused a commotion for a few minutes on the busy street near Franklin Square. The buses then headed toward Old City.

NBC10 Skyforce captured video of the buses as they drove through the eastern neighborhoods of Center City.

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They appeared a day after a large protest outside the Criminal Justice Center near City Hall on Monday evening. That event involved some celebrities, including basketball hall-of-famer Julius "Dr. J" Erving and rapper Rick Ross.

Brinkley's sentence immediately spurred fans and friends of the rapper to question the criminal justice system in Philadelphia. Supporters also began accusing the judge of bias toward the rapper.

At first, witnesses mistook 2-year-old Qadan Trievel's body for a doll.

The toddler was unresponsive, laying among broken car parts, after he was thrown from his father's SUV. Moments earlier, the vehicle had rolled over along Route 13 in Tullytown, Bucks County.

As Qadan's father, Christopher Kuhn, climbed out of the Jeep he was driving, witnesses and police allege that Kuhn looked at his son's broken body from afar, but never came to the boy's aid.

Instead, Kuhn ran for a wooded area in an attempt to flee police for a petty theft he wasn't being pursued for. Qadan never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead a short time later.

The graphic details of the boy's death were shared inside a Bucks County courtroom Tuesday afternoon as prosecutors outlined a case for third degree murder, homicide by vehilce, theft, and newly approved drug charges against the 27-year-old during a preliminary hearing.

The Oct. 3 crash, which happened when Kuhn ran a red light, was a deadly conclusion to the theft of a TV sound bar from Walmart at the Levittown Town Center, police said.

Kuhn grabbed the $288 electronic device following an argument with store security and ran to his Jeep. Witnesses testified that they didn't see Kuhn strap Qadan into a car seat before he sped away.

Police were called to the superstore, but never pursued Kuhn. When they arrived at the crash scene, they chased Kuhn into the woods. He was taken into custody after resisting arrest, police said.

They performed CPR on Qadan until paramedics arrived. The boy's mother, Mackenzy Trievel, left court as officers outlined his injuries.

Officers testified that Kuhn refused to give them Qadan's name as they worked to save the boy's life. The father cried quietly, with his head in his chest, as testimony carried on.

Toxicology results later showed Kuhn was high on oxycodone and marijuana when the theft and crash happened. The test results led prosecutors to add driving under the influence charges to the case.

Magisterial district court Judge Robert Wagner, Jr. held Kuhn for trial on all charges. He remains in the Bucks County Prison on $5 million cash bail.

NTSB says that a weak safety culture is what led to Amtrak's deadly accident that killed two maintenance workers last year. NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher has new findings after digging into Amtrak's safety culture and records.

A Northeast Philadelphia middle school was placed on lockdown due to a report of a possible weapon being found.

Woodrow Wilson Middle School on 1800 Cottman Avenue was placed on lockdown at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday after Philadelphia Police received a call reporting a gun being found outside the building. School District Police and Philadelphia Police searched through every classroom during the lockdown and at one point about 1430 students were inside the building, officials said.

The lockdown was later lifted and no weapons were found. No injuries have been reported and all students were allowed to leave. 

The South Philadelphia man shot by a police officer for allegedly charging with a knife inside his home was identified as Donald Williams, police said.

Williams, 57, of the 1200 block of South 29th Street in the Gray's Ferry section, was shot once in the chester by Officer Robert Ellis, a 28-year veteran of the force, police said.

Ellis shot Williams shortly before 2 a.m. as the suspect allegedly wielded a knife and was "coming at" the officer inside the home, the dispatcher told NBC10. Ellis and two other officers had responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at the house.

A statement released by police described the initial incident as one involving a man in his 50s, a woman in her 50s, a man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s. It is unclear if the four people are related, but the statement said they all lived together in the house.

When Ellis and another officer arrived, the man who would eventually be shot was shirtless and irate, the statement said. He was angry, police said, over the television and internet not working at the house, and he blamed the other three occupants.

A third officer soon arrived. Minutes after arriving, police believed they had diffused the situation, but as they were leaving, the 29-year-old man yelled to them that the 57-year-old man had a knife, the statement said.

Ellis, who was closest to the suspect when the officers re-entered the house, pulled his handgun. The other two officers pulled their Tasers. The suspect, however, refused demands to put the knife down, the statement said, and then lunged at the sergeant.

Ellis fired a single round, striking the suspect in the chest. 

He remained in critical condition at Penn Presbyterian Hospital on Tuesday, police said.

Philadelphia Marathon weekend is upon us bringing tens of thousands of runners to the streets of Philadelphia and plenty of road closures.

This year the AACR Philadelphia marathon, Dietz & Watson Half Marathon, Dunkin' Munchkin Run and Rothman 8K races are spread out over two days but they all (with the exception of the Munchkin Run) start near the Philadelphia Museum of Art at 22nd Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The marathon starts at 7 a.m. Sunday; the half marathon starts at 7:30 a.m. Saturday; the 8K starts at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday; and the Munchkin Run happens after 11 a.m. Saturday.

The NBC10 First Alert Weather Team is tracking the forecast for runners and spectators:

• On Saturday expect temps to warm from the low-to mid-40s by start time to the low 50s by 10 a.m. With the warm weather, however could come some rain. Expect winds gusting up to 10 to 20 mph.
• On Sunday, there will be no rain but temps will remain chilly, hovering the low- to mid-40s throughout the race.

The weekend festivities kick off on Friday as the FREE Health & Fitness Expo and race packet pick-up from noon to 9 p.m. in Hall F of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The expo continues Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Expect some traffic slowdowns in the area of 12th & Arch Streets during expo hours.

The best way to get to the expo (or races for that matter) could be SEPTA. The transit agency however will be rerouting more than two dozen bus routes and the Route 15 trolley during the races. Go to SEPTA’s website for details.

Expect plenty of road closures along the routes for the races, which this year include neighborhoods including Center City, Old City, South Philly, Rittenhouse Square, University City, Powelton Village, Mantua and Fairmount Park for both big races and also East Falls and Manayunk for the full marathon.

Police say to expect heavy traffic during the races. When possible, the cross streets will be allowed to pass, police said.

Saturday

2 a.m.:

-Eakins Oval

-Parkway, 20th St. to Eakins Oval

-Spring Garden, Pennsylvania to Kelly Dr.

-Kelly Drive, inbound, from Fairmount Ave.

-Spring Garden Street Bridge, inbound from Anne d’Harnoncourt Dr.

-MLK Drive, inbound at the Sweet Briar Cut-off

4 a.m.:

Ramp Closures (Only Authorized Vehicles & Shuttle Buses for the Half Marathon):

-W/B I-676 @ 22nd Street

-E/B I-676 @ 23rd Street

-E/B I-76 @ Spring Garden (Only Art Museum Traffic can go inbound; all other traffic can go westbound on the Spring Garden Bridge.)

6 a.m., the rest of the route will be shut down:

-B. F. Parkway, 20th St. to 16th

-16th St., Race to Market

-Market St., 16th to 6th

-6th St., Race to Chestnut

-Chestnut, 6th to 5th

-5th St., Chestnut to Race

-Race St., 5th to Columbus Blvd.

-Columbus Blvd., Race to Washington Ave.

-Washington Ave., Columbus Blvd. to Front

-Front St., Washington Ave. to South St.

-South St., Front to 6th

-6th St., South St. to Lombard

-Lombard, 6th to 13th

-13th St., Lombard to Walnut

-Walnut St., 13th to 33rd

-33rd St., Walnut to Spring Garden

-Spring Garden, 33rd to 34th

-34th St., Spring Garden to Girard

-Girard Ave., 34th to 33rd

-33rd St., Girard to Reservoir Dr.

-Reservoir Dr., 33rd to Mt. Pleasant

-Mt. Pleasant Dr., Reservoir to Fountain Green

-Fountain Green, Mt. Pleasant to Kelly Dr.

-Kelly Dr., Fountain Green to Fairmount Ave.

Roads will reopen at the following times Saturday:

-East of City Hall should be open by 10 a.m.

-West of the Art Museum, East Fairmount Park & West Philly should be open by 2 p.m.

-The entire route will be open with the exception of east bound Inner lanes of the Parkway from Binswanger Triangle to 22nd Street from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday.

Sunday

midnight:

-Eakins Oval

-B. F. Parkway, 18th St. to Eakins Oval

-Spring Garden, Pennsylvania to Kelly Dr.

-Kelly Drive, inbound & outbound from Fairmount Ave.

-Spring Garden Street Bridge

-MLK Drive

-E/B I-676 @ 23rd Street

-W/B I-676 @ 22nd Street

5 a.m.:

-Kelly Drive, from Fairmount Ave. to the City Line Avenue interchange

5:15 a.m., the rest of the route will be shut down:

-B. F. Parkway, 18th to 16th

-Arch Street, 16th to 4th Streets

-4th St., Arch to Race

-Race St., 4th to Columbus Blvd.

-Columbus Blvd., Race St. to Washington Ave.

-Washington Ave., Columbus Blvd. to Front St.

-Front St., Washington Ave. to South St.

-South St., Front to 6th St.

-6th St., South to Chestnut

-Chestnut, 6th to 34th St.

-34th St., Chestnut to Lansdowne

-Lansdowne, 34th to South Concourse

-South Concourse to E. Memorial Hall Dr.

-Avenue of the Republic, E. Memorial Hall Dr. to States Dr.

-States Dr., Avenue of the Republic to Lansdowne Dr.

-Lansdowne Dr., States Dr. to Black Road

-Ridge Ave., Kelly Dr. to Main St.

-Main St., Ridge Ave. to Green Lane

Roads will reopen at the following times Sunday:

-East of City Hall should be open by 10 a.m.

-West of the Art Museum & Manayunk area should be open by 4 p.m.

-B.F. Parkway, from 20th to Eakins Oval, including Eakins Oval, should be open by 4:30 p.m.

BETTING ON COLD-BUT HOW COLD?

Sometimes, weather patterns become obvious enough that we can make pretty accurate predictions more than a week in advance. This has happened more and more in recent years, as computer models get better and better.

Even though Thanksgiving is more than a week away, it is clear that it will be on the cold side. In fact, all of next week will be colder than normal. Some of the days will be waaaay below normal.

Here is the world famous (and world’s best) European model for Thanksgiving:

The purple area covering the entire Eastern U.S. represents much below normal air overhead-at about 5000 feet. Meteorologists use this level, since it smooths out differences due to elevation and day vs. night. We can follow the warm and cold air masses clearly. Also notice the huge area of waaaaay above normal temperatures over much of Canada. This could have implications for December, as we’ll see later.

THE CANADIAN AND U.S. MODELS AGREE

Below are the Canadian map for the same time as the one above, and the main U.S. model (GFS) for a day later, since it is moving everything more slowly:

That’s a lot of agreement nearly 10 days in the future. If only there was so much agreement all the time!

The bottom line: Thanksgiving Day, and all of Thanksgiving weekend, will feature well below normal temperatures. The “normal” high in Philadelphia is 53, so I would expect highs in the 40s. Some of the days could see them closer to 40. Add the wind, and it’ll feel like winter.

ANY PRECIP. WITH THE COLD?

While the idea of a colder than normal Thanksgiving week and weekend seems clear, predicting precipitation that far ahead is a different story. Sure, we have to put weather symbols on the 10-day forecast, but there is more uncertainty with timing of the rain than the general temperature outlook.

Overall, it looks like a rather dry period between next Monday and the Monday after Thanksgiving. There could be some showers as a weak front moves through, perhaps Wednesday night, but it’s still in the “chance” category. The rest of the holiday weekend should be dry.

AND AFTER THANKSGIVING WEEKEND?

The pattern that will give us the cold Thanksgiving week and weekend is the result of a “blocking pattern” in the upper atmosphere. Here is the map for next Monday:

This is a pretty extreme pattern for late November. The red areas are above normal pressures aloft; the blues are below normal. The dark reds and blues are the most extreme.

The blue over the Eastern U.S. allows the cold air to come in. And the “block” keeps it around for a while. The red area above that-near Greenland, is part of the block. Another block, even more extreme, is in the North Pacific.

But it may not stay that way. Winds at that level of the atmosphere blow along the lines. So look at the line that goes through Philadelphia, and trace it back. That shows you where our air is coming from. And that line extends into the Pacific Ocean, NOT the Arctic, Northern Canada, or even Central Canada. This would eventually push mild air into the western half of the U.S. and Southern Canada. So, without another blocking pattern, December could start mild across much of the country. Stay tuned-it’s a tricky pattern.

An Upper Darby doctor is accused of fondling two of his patients during office visits. Now police want to know if there are more victims out there.

Brij Srivastava, 82, surrendered to police Tuesday and is charged with indecently assaulting two women. The women told police the incidents occurred at Srivastava’s office, the Long Lane Medical Center, in Upper Darby earlier this month as well as July. The victims, who are 25 and 52 years old, told police Srivastava fondled their breasts. One of the women told police she fled during the alleged assault.

“He whispered in her ear, ‘Mmmmm, this is good,’” said Upper Darby Police Chief Michael Chitwood. “She pushed the doctor away and runs out of the office upset.”

Another one of Srivastava’s patients, who did not want to be identified, spoke with NBC10 about the allegations. She claimed she never had any issues with him.

“I thought he was harmless,” she said.

The woman also said that even after the accusations, she’d still consider keeping him as her doctor.

“I think so,” she said. “Because he never did anything to me.”

Two other patients, who also did not want to be identified, said Srivastava made them feel uncomfortable and at times got too close to them. One of the patients said that on one occasion Srivastava touched her thigh in a strange way and she switched doctors as a result.

A spokesperson for Mercy Health System & St. Mary Medical Center, the health system Srivastava was associated with, released a statement on the allegations.

“The safety and security of our patients is our top priority, and we maintain strict procedures to ensure a positive and compassionate environment,” the spokesperson wrote. “We are just learning of these allegations and are taking them very seriously. We will cooperate fully with the authorities as they conduct their investigation, as appropriate. As this is an ongoing legal matter, we cannot provide additional details.”

Police say they’re concerned that other victims are out there and continue to investigate. If you have any information, please call Upper Darby Police.

A woman who is 9-months pregnant was shot in the legs by her neighbor a day before her due date, according to police and family members.

The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on the 1500 block of Rosalie Street in the Oxford Circle section of Philadelphia.

Police say a 43-year-old woman shot her neighbor, identified by family members as 21-year-old Tamara Vellón. The bullet went through Vellón's right leg and struck her left leg.

Vellón was taken to the hospital by her boyfriend and is currently in stable condition. The 43-year-old suspect was arrested and is in custody though police have not yet revealed her identity. They also recovered the weapon and are waiting for a warrant to go through the suspect's home.

Vellón, who has two children, is 9-months pregnant and is due to give birth to her third child Wednesday, according to her family members. Investigators and family members say Vellón had been in an ongoing feud with her neighbor prior to the shooting.

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Legendary Philadelphia anchorwoman Lisa Thomas-Laury appeared to have a charmed life.

In 1978, she beat Oprah Winfrey for a coveted position at WPVI where she anchored the 5 p.m. broadcast for decades. She married a handsome doctor and raised two sons in their Haverford home.

Behind the camera, Thomas-Laury was privately battling demons on two fronts.

She suffered from a rare condition called POEMS syndrome that paralyzed her vocal cords, bound her to a wheelchair and required two bone marrow transplants. Then, she became addicted to the opioids prescribed to treat her chronic pain.

"I was at the peak of my career," she told NBC10's Erin Coleman. "This thing came out of nowhere."

In 2001 while out for a walk, Thomas-Laury's ankles suddenly felt weak and pins and needles shot up through her legs. A doctor at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynewood diagnosed Thomas-Laury with POEMS, a blood disorder that causes numbing and tingling in legs, enlarged spleen or liver, abnormal hormone levels and skin discoloration.

Before Thomas-Laury could begin treatment, her doctor relocated and referred her to other specialists at Lankenau. Those doctors disagreed with the initial diagnosis and sent her down a medical path that ultimately proved fruitless.

Her health continued to deteriorate for more than two years until her organs began to shut down and her vocal cords were paralyzed. She used a wheelchair because the pressure of standing and walking was too great for her ankles. When she did walk, the once athletic Thomas-Laury lumbered in leg braces.

"I would always be the one to have the answers and not to have them, I became extremely depressed," she said. "I won’t say that I gave up hope, but I was very … worried."

Her doctors prescribed OxyContin for her pain. First, it was 10 milligrams twice per day. Soon, that wasn’t enough to manage the pain. She began to slice her pills in half and sneak more throughout the day just to feel normal.

"That’s what happens when you develop this dependency," she said. "When you start trying to manage your own medication, it’s not good. I learned that after the fact."

On several occasions, Thomas-Laury found herself away from home and from her OxyContin. If she missed a dosage, she became anxious, panicky and irritable. One day when she and her husband drove their son to D.C., Thomas-Laury left her medication at home. The drive became unbearable as withdrawal set in.

"I counted to 100 forwards and backwards. I recited nursery rhymes. I tried to sing with the songs on the radio," she said. "[My husband] would reach out to hold my hand. I would grab it and hold tight, digging my fingernails in, and then I would abruptly shove his hand away."

By the time she got home, Thomas-Laury knew she wasn’t herself. 

"I was not in pain," she said. "I took it because my body was telling me I needed it to calm down."

Thomas-Laury knew what addiction looked like. Friends of her sons and children of her friends had died from overdoses. This was almost a full decade before the opioid epidemic became a public health concern, but still the newswoman would not sit idle. She enrolled in a drug treatment program and began to conquer one of her demons.

While in recovery, Thomas-Laury met a 16-year-old girl from Wisconsin. She had been a star soccer player who broke an ankle and became addicted to Percocet. And then there was man from Iowa whose wife had given him an ultimatum: rehab or divorce.

“I realized I’m here with people who have much worse problems that I do, who are going to stay here longer," she said. "It was a real-eye opener for me, but never did I question why I was there. I was where I needed to be."

Thomas-Laury is sharing her story now in hopes of helping others learn the signs of addiction before it's too late. 

"We have to keep our eyes and ears open," she said. "Talk to our children, talk to our sons and daughters, about what’s going on in their lives and encourage them to get help."

NBC10 is bringing the #NBC10Mornings Team back on the road Wednesday mornings.

The latest stop for the #NBC10Mornings crew is the Wawa at 7912 East Roosevelt Boulevard (at Borbeck Avenue) in the Rhawnhurst section of Philadelphia on Nov. 15.

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NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Bill Henley and NBC10 Investigators reporter Harry Hairston were at the Wawa during the morning news shows and NBC10 anchors Tracy Davidson and Vai Sikahema and NBC10 First Alert Traffic reporter Jessica Boyington later joined them to meet viewers and sign autographs.

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The first stop was the Wawa at 8240 West Chester Pike in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania on Oct. 25. NBC10 celebrated with giveaway mugs as Wawa gave away free coffee, food samples and branded merchandise.

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On Nov. 1, the NBC10 Mornings Team was at the Wawa at 332 S Black Horse Pike in Williamstown, New Jersey.

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On Nov. 8, the NBC10 Mornings crew was the Wawa along Easton Road in Horsham, Montgomery County.

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Be sure to tag us on social media in the photos you post from the event and use the hashtag #NBC10Mornings.

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In May, the morning team showed up at Wawas in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware on Wednesday mornings to meet and chat with viewers during the morning show.

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Here are the top news stories you need to know to start your day from your friends at NBC10.

TODAY'S TOP STORY 

Pregnant Woman Shot by Neighbor Day Before Due Date: A woman who is 9-months pregnant was shot in the legs by her neighbor a day before her due date, according to police and family members. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on the 1500 block of Rosalie Street in the Oxford Circle section of Philadelphia. Police say a 43-year-old woman shot her neighbor, identified by family members as 21-year-old Tamara Vellón. The bullet went through Vellón's right leg and struck her left leg. Vellón was taken to the hospital by her boyfriend and is currently in stable condition. The 43-year-old suspect was arrested and is in custody though police have not yet revealed her identity. They also recovered the weapon and are waiting for a warrant to go through the suspect's home. Vellón, who has two children, is 9-months pregnant and is due to give birth to her third child Wednesday, according to her family members. Investigators and family members say Vellón had been in an ongoing feud with her neighbor prior to the shooting.

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WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY

Man Killed Inside NJ Applebee's Just Before Closing: Deadly gunfire rang out just before closing Tuesday morning inside a chain restaurant outside a New Jersey Mall. The homicide happened around 12:25 a.m. at the bar inside the Applebee’s Grill + Bar restaurant that sits along Brunswick Pike (U.S. Route 1) near the Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Lawrence Township police said. The gunman approached the victim, who appeared to be alone at the bar, and shot him once in the head, police said. He died at the scene, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said. Police later identified the victim as 23-year-old Devin Smith of Lawrence Township, New Jersey. No other injuries were reported.

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YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST  

Wednesday morning is expected to be cold but temperatures could increase to the 50s. Thursday is expected to be partly sunny with plenty of wind. Friday is expected to be sunny with temperatures in the 50s. Showers and thunderstorms are possible for Saturday. Sunday is expected to be windy and cold. Get your full NBC10 First Alert forecast here.

Lockdown Lifted After Police Investigate Report of Gun Outside Philly School: A Northeast Philadelphia middle school was placed on lockdown due to a report of a possible weapon being found. Woodrow Wilson Middle School on 1800 Cottman Avenue was placed on lockdown at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday after Philadelphia Police received a call reporting a gun being found outside the building. School District Police and Philadelphia Police searched through every classroom during the lockdown and at one point about 1,430 students were inside the building, officials said. The lockdown was later lifted and no weapons were found. No injuries have been reported and all students were allowed to leave for the day.

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AROUND THE WORLD

Gunman Picking Random Targets Kills 4 in California: A gunman "randomly picking targets" killed four people and injured at least 10 others, including two children, in a shooting rampage Tuesday during which he fired into an elementary school in rural Northern California, sheriff's officials said. The alleged gunman, identified by family members as 43-year-old Kevin Janson Neal, was shot dead by Tehama County law enforcement officials. Officers recovered a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns, which they believe were used by the shooter, according to Assistant Tehama County Sheriff Phil Johnston. Authorities did not confirm the identity of the gunman. Johnston said the gunman tried to get into rooms at the elementary school to shoot more kids, but a lockdown saved lives. Johnston also said the gunman had a history with law enforcement, and that authorities are aware of a report that he was involved in a domestic violence incident on Monday.

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That's what you need to know to Catch Up Quickly, but we've got more stories worthy of your time. Click here to check them out. 

Known for his award-winning screenwriting, Aaron Sorkin makes his directorial debut with "Molly's Game." Sorkin visits NBC10 to talk to Rosemary Connors about his career and how he hopes Hollywood continues to banish actors and producers embroiled amid sexual misconduct allegations.

NBC10's hit the road again, this time we stopped in Rhawnhurst, at the Wawa on Roosevelt Boulevard, to discuss the Police Athletic League and their influence on the community.

Philadelphians living in the Great Northeast know how unique it is, but they may not know one of it's hidden gems, the only working farm in the City, Fox Chase Farm.