Set to a soundtrack of well-known love songs, see amazing fireworks light up the Philadelphia sky on the Fourth of July.

A man is dead while an off-duty Philadelphia police officer is in the hospital following a double shooting in Southwest Philadelphia Wednesday night.

The 23-year-old man and 38-year-old off-duty officer were on Buist Avenue and S. 70th Street during a party when shots were fired. Both men were struck in the shooting.

Witnesses told police they initially thought the gunshots were fireworks when they saw the officer fall to the ground.

Both victims were taken to the hospital. The 23-year-old man died from his injuries. Police have not released the officer's condition but say he is undergoing surgery and is expected to survive.

"He is very fortunate, according to surgeons, that there is no significant internal damage," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said.

At this point, police don't know what led to the shooting or have information on any suspects.

Police also have not released the identities of the man who was killed or the injured officer. They say the officer is married with two children.

Police say several people were at the party at the time of the shooting and are hoping that witnesses come forward. If you have any information on the shooting, please call Philadelphia Police.

UPDATE: Parks Officials Say They Think They Know How 44-Year-Old NYC Woman Climbed Base of Statue of Liberty 

A woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty after participating in an "Abolish ICE" protest has been captured after police attempted for hours to coax her down.  

The woman, identified as 44-year-old Therese Patricia Okoumou of Staten Island, scaled the statue after protesters from Rise and Resist New York unfurled an "Abolish ICE" banner there; she made it to Lady Liberty's base. Liberty Island, crowded with visitors on the July Fourth holiday, was evacuated as police responded and attempted to coax her down. 

Okoumou was seen at various points pacing back and forth on the base of the statue, then lying down and casually kicking her legs. Police officers watched from below as they attempted to coax her down, then brought out a ladder and other climbing gear to physically get to her. NYPD's highly trained emergency services and aviation units responded along with U.S. Park Police. 

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Hours after the response began, two ESU officers, Detectives Brian Glacken and Chris Williams were able to make it onto the base where Okoumou was. 

"We just tried to get a dialogue with her while she was up there," Glacken told reporters at an evening briefing, saying the woman was talking about "the children in Texas."

She was combative and unfriendly at first, threatening to push the officers and the ladder off, Glacken said. But the officers were persistent and continued speaking with her, and were able to establish a rapport with her. 

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"I think the turning point was when we got her, she couldn't go any further, and I think she realized her time was up up there," Glacken said. 

"She actually apologized to Chris and I for having to go up there to get her," he added. 

The rescue was also highly technical because of the slopes and angles around the base of the statue: "There was nothing for Chris and I to grab onto," said Glacken. "So that high point, and trusting the equipment that we have and trusting the guys behind us, is what made it work." 

Sixteen ESU officers in total were staked out at the statue during the response. 

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Earlier, seven people were arrested by the United States Park Police after unrolling a banner that read "Abolish I.C.E.," at the statue. The banner was organized by the group Rise and Resist NYC, which said on Facebook it was at the Statue of Liberty to demand President Donald Trump abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and "reunite families, halt deportations and end detention as a deterrent."

The group initially denied any connection to the climber, saying in a tweet, "The climber on the Statue of Liberty has no connection to our #abolishice action earlier today." 

But a Rise and Resist member named Annette Guadino who participated in the banner unfurling later confirmed to News 4 that the person on the statue had been part of their protest. 

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"While the people who were doing the banner were taken and detained by park police, we became aware that there was a climber on the statue," she told News 4 at the Battery, after getting off the ferry from Liberty Island. "We did not know until just now, just a few minutes ago on the ferry when someone showed us a photo and we were able to confirm that it is a Rise and Resist member who took this action on her own."

"She did not discuss it with anybody beforehand, and we were completely unaware," said Guadino. "We found this out through the same way everybody else is finding it out, through the news." 

Though Guadino said the group supports the woman and "certainly understand the feeling that motivated her to do this," they were very concerned for her safety. 

A statement issued later by Rise and Resist called Okoumou an "amazing woman."

"Patricia is our friend, our comrade, our sister," the statement said in part. "From the moment that we realized that this amazing woman whom we have gotten to know, love, and respect was the person who had climbed to the foot of Lady Liberty, we had three concerns: one for her safety from falling, second, for her safety as a woman of color who was about to be engaged by law enforcement, and third, to find her the best legal representation that we could."

The seven protesters will be charged with unlawful protest, U.S. Park Police said. 

Okoumou is facing federal misdemeanor charges including trespassing, disorderly conduct and interfering with government functions, according to the National Park Service. 

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Some Liberty Island tourists ferried back to the Battery after the evacuation were upset about having their visits interrupted.

"We had just gotten on the island, we walked probably five minutes and all of a sudden, they're shuffling us out. We didn't even spend 10 minutes," said one woman from Columbus, Ohio.

Another man visiting from Miami with his family said the protester "ruined our visit." 

"It's not every day you get to go to the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July," he told News 4. "At first we thought it was a terrorist attack, and then we found out it was a protester... I think there is a right way of protesting, a legal way of protesting, and she just ruined our trip." 

Others said they weren't too upset and supported the protesters' message. 

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Authorities said they're investigating the method and means of a possible security breach that allowed the woman to get to the base of the statue. Rise and Resist members who know Okoumou said she simply free-climbed, remarking: "She must be very skilled." 

The protest comes a week after a Wisconsin congressman introduced legislation to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in a demand for change that has become a campaign cry for some Democrats this primary season.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., introduced the bill following a trip to the southern U.S. border, where he noticed the “cruel, inhumane and un-American policies taking place at the border that are now a direct result of actions by [President] Donald Trump.”

Guadino, the Rise and Resist member who participated in the Statue of Liberty protest, said, "The tearing apart of families, the militarization of the border, the deportations of people who have been living in their communities and working hard for decades, being ripped away from their families -- it's completely unnecessary, it's a manufactured crisis, and it stands against everything that the Fourth of July and the Statue of Liberty stand for." 

"So we understand that people were inconvenienced today, and we're also concerned for the safety of the woman that is climbing, but sometimes you have to be daring to get the message out," she said. 

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It may be the final day of the heat wave, but people may still be at risk of heat-related diseases. Several types of medication may make people more susceptible to heat exhaustion.

Pitbull and NBC10's Vai Sikahema were buddy-buddy before the international superstar took the stage at the finale of the Wawa Welcome America festival on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

NBC10's Erin Coleman joins Marcy Boroff, the director of the Haddonfield Crafts & Fine Arts Festival, to discuss the types of art and vendors that will be at the festival.

As thousands of people flock to the Jersey Shore for the July 4th and the weekend to come, Atlantic City has two new casinos that city officials hope bring a big boost.

On America's birthday we recognize the men and women in the military who fought to protect our freedom. A local community in Delaware County is creating a special connection between its residents and military vets.

Nearly two weeks after a 5-year-old boy was struck and killed while playing in a West Philadelphia street, a suspect is accused in Xavier Moy's death.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's office announced homicide by vehicle, fleeing a deadly crash and involuntary manslaughter charges against Anisa Thompson Thursday.

Moy, 5, was hit along the 5000 block of Irving Street back on June 22, police said. 

Family members said the boy was playing in the street with others when a sedan rolled down the street and struck him.

The driver left the scene after the crash.

Bail for Thompson is expected to be set at $500,000, Krasner spokesman Ben Waxman said. 

Later Thursday, a lawyer for Thompson issued a statement, saying Thompson is cooperating with police and turned herself in to "maintain that same level of cooperation."

Attorney Thomas Kenny also said that Thompson's lawyers had conducted their own investigation into the crash, and believed that she would be vindictated.

“We mourn the passing of this young child and hope that his family is able to find comfort and peace in these most difficult of times," the statement read. "However, we firmly believe that our client is not responsible for his death. The allegations against our client remain unproven and there are significant issues in the case which bode well for her defense."

Starbucks has fired a barista from a University City café after the staffer mocked a customer's stutter to his face and in writing on his coffee cup.

The coffee giant said Wednesday that the worker is no longer employed following an investigation into the June 27th encounter.

In the incident, a 28-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate student named Sam stuttered while giving his name during a coffee order and the barista replied: "Okay, S-S-S-Sam," according to the man's friend, Tan Lekwijit.

Lekwijit said the mockery continued when Sam received his coffee and saw the name the barista wrote on the cup.

“His name on the cup was written as 'SSSAM,' which was disrespectful,” Lekwijit said.

Sam confirmed what happened to NBC10, but declined an interview and asked that his last name be withheld.

The mockery took place at Starbucks' café at 34th and Walnut streets on the Penn campus.

According to Lekwijit, Sam wrote an email to Starbucks Customer Service after the incident. Lekwijit said Starbucks responded via email, apologizing that he “felt disrespected” for the way they wrote his name. He also said they offered Sam $5.

“Clearly, Starbucks missed the point. It was about how you treat people with speech impairments, not how you write names,” Lekwijit said.

It wasn't until Lekwijit posted a photo of the coffee cup and a recounting of what happened to Facebook that Starbucks took further action.

"Our local leadership has reached out to Sam to better understand what took place and the specifics of his experience and apologize directly. We have zero tolerance for discrimination and are addressing this immediately," the company wrote in a Facebook comment.

A day later, Starbucks again replied to the post saying the employee was fired. The barista has not been identified.

The controversy unfolded only a few months after Starbucks came under fire when a manager at the Rittenhouse Square location called police on two black men who were waiting for a colleague but did not make a purchase.

Viral video of the arrest led to national outrage as well as major policy changes for Starbucks. The company closed locations to provide including unconscious bias training to all employees and enacted a new policy that allows anyone to sit in its cafés or use its restrooms — even if they don't purchase anything.

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After a heat wave gripped our region for about a week, we will finally feel some relief with cooler temperatures this weekend. But when can we expect some rain? NBC10 meteorologist Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz has your forecast.

A water main break caused some popular Bucks County attractions to close Thursday as water gushed onto roads.

The main broke along Woodburne Road between East Lincoln Highway and Maple Avenue (Route 213) in Middletown Township before noon, LevittownNow.com reported.

Both Sesame Place and the Oxford Valley Mall closed for the day due to the break. Other area businesses also closed. The mall hoped to reopen Friday while Sesame Place looked "forward to welcoming guests back in our park as soon as possible."

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No word yet on a cause of the break or how many customers are impacted by water pressure problems.

Expect traffic trouble in the area as crews focused clean-up efforts on the parking lot of a nearby TD Bank location.

Pitbull had all of Philadelphia singing and dancing on Wednesday night, but his message resonated with fans more than the dance moves.

Seven more arrests took place at an encampment now four days old outside the Philadelphia regional office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and bicycle cops plowed through tents to clear a path to the building.

Dozens of activists have rallied for four days in the city's Chinatown neighborhood, taking over the sidewalk leading into and out of the ICE offices. They are pressing for an end to the separation of parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, and calling for the closure of an immigrant family detention center in Berks County.

Protesters also have said they demand that Philadelphia end an agreement it has with the federal government to allow ICE to access to city police, court and prosecutorial records filed in the Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System, or PARS.

Despite the licensing agreement, Mayor Jim Kenney's office released a statement that in part described a strong oversight of how ICE uses the information entered into PARS, and noted that there are "several important reasons why this agreement is in place." 

That includes the use of PARS as a database for all law enforcement agencies collaborating within Philadelphia, and ICE's involvement in human trafficking issues and homeland security investigations.

The seven arrested received citations for "failure to disperse," and were released, police said.

Following the arrests and as NBC10 and others broadcast video showing the newest day's clash between city bike cops and protesters, Kenney said through a spokesman that he agrees with the goals of the protest but cannot allow unlawful demonstrations.

"Protestors have been notified repeatedly that they are free to remain and protest at the premises, as long as they do not block the building egress or set up permanent encampments. Despite these repeated warnings today and throughout the week, a group of protestors ignored these instructions," the spokesman said in an email. "No one, regardless of political view, is permitted to set up an encampment and the mayor cannot make exceptions simply because he agrees with the protesters."

Nearly 30 protesters were arrested and issued citations earlier in the week when they refused to move from the walkway.

The Philadelphia protests are part of a nationwide outcry that involves encampments across the country by activists demanding an end to anti-immigration practices of the Trump administration.

On the July 4th holiday Wednesday, a woman scaled the Statue of Liberty to protest ICE and the Department of Homeland Security with a sign that read "Abolish ICE."

Thursday was the seventh consecutive and final day of our first heat wave of 2018. Temperatures in the afternoon climbed into the lower 90s, but feels like temperatures soared to between 95 to 100.

Isolated heavy thunderstorms will form, especially inland from the shore, but shouldn’t be as widespread in coverage as the past few days. Any thunderstorm that does manage to develop will be capable of producing torrential downpours and intense cloud to ground lightning.

Friday will be hazy, very warm, and muggy. Expect two rounds of thunderstorms. The morning round of showers and thunderstorms will impact areas of the Lehigh Valley, northern & western suburbs and Philadelphia. Intense downpours and lightning strikes are the biggest threats with any storms that do develop.

A second round of heavy thunderstorms will develop during the afternoon and early evening hours. Areas in Delaware, South Jersey and the Jersey shore will see these storms that will have strong, gusty winds and blinding downpours. Most of the storms will be offshore by 8 p.m.

Highs Friday will reach the middle 80s in Philadelphia, breaking our current heat wave. Even though Friday is cooler, there isn’t much relief as humidity levels remain high.

Humidity levels will plunge Friday night! That sets us up for a gorgeous weekend across the entire region when true relief arrives. Expect deep blue skies, pleasantly warm temperatures and highs in the lower to middle 80s. The weather will be ideal for outdoor plans both day and night.

There are signs another heat wave may impact the area next week, so enjoy the wonderful weekend weather while it lasts and stick with the NBC10 First Alert Weather Team for the latest forecast.

Nearly 50,000 Legos and 360 hours later, Legoland Discovery Center Philadelphia has completed its replica of the Comcast Technology Center.

On Thursday, the replica was unveiled at the Independence Visitor Center as the newest addition to the MINILAND Philadelphia exhibit. This collection of Lego landmarks now contains over 1.5 million Lego bricks.

As befits the building's stature in Center City, the CTC model is the tallest in the exhibit. It's 11 feet tall and weighs 247 pounds.

The unveiling was part of an Independence-themed event by Legoland Discovery Center Philadelphia and the Independence Visitor Center.

They asked guests to assist with building multiple mosaic Lego designs, including replicas of iconic Philadelphia.

Plenty of people headed to the shore for the mid-week holiday, and most of them made it a week-long trip. The holiday drew in plenty of cash for beach businesses, too.

A SEPTA bus has apparently crashed into a home along Frankford Avenue and Morell Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia.

SkyForce10 is over the scene where a bus and another car were seen on a lawn.

SEPTA said the incident happened about 6:35 p.m. but had not yet gotten any additional information about the incident. They were sending supervisors to the scene.

Traffic in the area is blocked.

Businesses that were swamped with at least 14 million gallons of water from a Center City water main break Tuesday are still trying to tally their losses and struggling to reopen. 

The water main -- at 48 inches, so large that a young child could stand inside it, and installed in 1927 -- broke at about 4 a.m. at Sansom and Juniper streets. The water poured into the neighborhood's busy bars and restaurants, such as Time, a restaurant, whiskey bar and taproom on Sansom Street.

Time had water at least 4 feet deep in the basement, where it kept beer kegs and stores of liquor. Now, the bar has to throw out dozens of bottles that were contaminated by the water.

Damage could be $100,000. Owner James Evenchik guesses it will take three weeks to reopen, but that's a guess; they are focused on the cleanup and finding work for its staff of about 50 workers.

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"Please assume we are closed until further notice," reads a Google post from the restaurant.

Just getting to the businesses is difficult; the break left a caved-in crater at the intersection of Sansom and Juniper that looks like an explosion happened. The area is roped off with orange safety mesh and barricades.

"It's awful. It's a war zone," one shop owner said.

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"Unfortunately, I think this is going to be a several-month process, for us to get in, do the repairs, and get out and restore the street like we were never here before," Philadelphia Water Commissioner Debra McCarty said.

Busy 13th Street has been closed to speed up restoration crews but "will open as quickly as possible," the Philadelphia Water Department said in a letter to affected businesses.

The letter details what the city is doing to help, including cleaning up streets and checking the impact to other utilities and sewer, but adds it's "too early to provide a time estimate for this work."

Affected businesses can file a claim against the city, but Philly.com reported that the city's liability is capped at just $500,000.

“Situations like this, this case will take a while,” Debra McCarty told Philly.com. “People should keep track of all their receipts. ... Once that’s all collated by risk management, it gets turned over to a judge and the judge determines how the funds are distributed. My experience is that folks will get, unfortunately, pennies on the dollar.”