A big battle between Penn Wood and Academy Park for this week's Game of the Week.

Public league playoff action in this week's High School Blitz.

Strong wind gusts, particularly at the Jersey Shore, stayed around Saturday morning, but will gradually die down as the day goes by. Sunday will be drier, before more rain arrives.

Emergency Management Crews are advising people in Atlantic City to be cautious as low lying areas are expected to flood this morning when the tide rises. Members of all Jersey Shore communities are taking precautions to protect their properties ahead of the coastal storm.

Morgan Polley from Animal Care and Control Team dropped by the studio to introduce Jackie, a friendly pup who is looking for a furever home. Their shelter is more full than usual right now, so they are offering a deal where you can adopt a dog half price if you bring a bag of treats to the shelter.

A 46-year-old man armed with an AR-15-style rifle opened fire at a synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Saturday morning, the Jewish Sabbath, killing multiple people and shooting four police officers, according to officials and law enforcement sources. A suspect was in custody, police said.

Pittsburgh police said officers responded to an active shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue at Wilkins Avenue and Shady Avenue in Squirrel Hill, where congregants told MSNBC a circumcision celebration, known as a bris, was taking place. Police said there were "multiple casualties."

Preliminary details from multiple senior law enforcement officials briefed on the incident say at least eight people have died, WNBC’s Jonathan Dienst reported.

Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said there was a total of six injuries, including the four officers shot. The officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries while the others were critically wounded.

"It's very bad," Hissrich said of the incident, calling it a "very horrific crime scene, one of the worst that I've seen."

A spokesperson for UPMC Presbyterian hospital said it was treating four patients from the shooting; three are in surgery and the other is stable and waiting for surgery. Another patient was treated earlier and released. UPMC Mercy was also treating a patient in surgery.

Several law enforcement officials say the suspected gunman is 46-year-old Rob Bowers of Pittsburgh, NBC News reported. Sources say the suspect was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and multiple handguns.

Social media accounts under Bowers' name included anti-Semitic comments. Earlier Saturday, a post under his name made hateful comments about a Jewish-American organization that helps refugees, NBC News’ Pete Williams reported. Many other comments on the account also featured disparaging comments about Jews. The account also posted comments critical of President Trump.

Hissrich said the shooter was taken to the hospital and that the incident is "being considered a federal violation." He said the FBI was taking over the investigation.

President Donald Trump addressed the shooting while boarding Air Force One and called it "absolutely a shame."

"Terrible, terrible thing that's going on with hate in our country and all over the world," Trump said. "The world is a violent world."

The president added that if the synagogue "had protection inside, the results would have been far better." When asked if all places of worship should be armed, Trump said that "it's certainly an option in this world."

Confirmation on what level of security the synagogue had was not immediately available.

Trump also praised law enforcement for its quick response to the incident and said Pittsburgh is a "great community" with "incredible people."

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, on the scene with Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, described the incident "an absolute tragedy," saying, "These senseless acts of violence are not who we are as Americans."

He called for action to "prevent these tragedies in the future" and said, "Dangerous weapons are putting our citizens in harm’s way."

Jeff Finkelstein of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh told WPXI that the organization’s security officer has notified all JCC synagogues and that they are on modified lockdown.

One man who spoke to WPXI said his father-in-law was inside the Tree of Life synagogue at the time. He called the incident "unbelievable" and said "people have to stop hating."

The tree-lined residential neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, about 10 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh, is the hub of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community. More than a quarter of the Jewish households in the Pittsburgh area are in Squirrel Hill, according to a Brandeis University study of the Greater Pittsburgh Jewish community.

More than 80 percent of Squirrel Hill residents said they had some concern or were very concerned about the rise of anti-Semitism, the study said. And many also said they experienced incidents of anti-Semitism in the past year, including insults, stereotypes, physical threats and attacks.

The Anti-Defamation League, which tracks anti-Semitism in the United States, warned earlier this year that 2017 saw the largest single-year increase on record of anti-Semitic incidents, a spike of 57 percent from the previous year. The 1,986 incidents included physical assaults, vandalism and attacks on Jewish institutions.

And a Friday report from the ADL said that far-right extremists have ramped up an intimidating wave of anti-Semitic harassment against Jewish people ahead of next month's U.S. midterm elections. Posts were sometimes orchestrated by leaders of neo-Nazi or white nationalist groups.

“We are devastated,” ADL Director and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said Saturday on Twitter. “Jews targeted on Shabbat morning at synagogue, a holy place of worship, is unconscionable. Our hearts break for the victims, their families, and the entire Jewish community.”

In 2010, Tree of Life Congregation — founded more than 150 years ago — merged with Or L’Simcha to form Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha.

The synagogue is a fortress-like concrete building, its facade punctuated by rows of swirling, modernistic stained-glass windows illustrating the story of creation, the acceptance of God’s law, the “life cycle” and “how human-beings should care for the earth and one another,” according to its website. Among its treasures is a “Holocaust Torah,” rescued from Czechoslovakia.

Its sanctuary can hold up to 1,250 guests.

Finkelstein, of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, said local synagogues have done “lots of training on things like active shooters, and we’ve looked at hardening facilities as much as possible.”

“This should not be happening, period,” he told reporters at the scene. “This should not be happening in a synagogue.”

Just three days before the shooting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers posted a column on the congregation’s website, noting that people make time to attend funerals, but not for life’s happy occasions. 

“There is a story told in the Talmud of a wedding procession and a funeral procession heading along parallel roads, with the roads intersecting,” Myers wrote on Wednesday. “The question asked is: when they meet at the fork, which procession goes first, funeral or wedding? The correct answer is wedding, as the joy of the couple takes precedence. In fact, the funeral procession is to move out of sight so that their joy is not lessened.”

Myers ended his column with words that now seem all too prescient.

“We value joy so much in Judaism that upon taking our leave from a funeral or a shiva house, the customary statement one makes (in Yiddish) is ‘nor oyf simches’ - only for s’machot,” Myers wrote. “While death is inevitable and a part of life, we still take our leave with the best possible blessing, to meet at joyous events. And so I say to you: nor oyf simches!”

Cathie Mayers, who lives in the Point Breeze neighborhood next to Squirrel Hill, said Tree of Life is a well-known place in the area.

"If you mention Tree of Life to people in Pittsburgh, they know what you’re talking about," she told NBC. "If you drive around Squirrel Hill on a Saturday, or Friday night, you’re going to see people attending service."

Mayers called the shooting "surprising" and "very, very saddening," saying that "it’s unusual for Squirrel Hill, but this is a very, very surprising incident for Pittsburgh, especially at a place of worship."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted that he was "heartbroken and appalled by the murderous attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue today. The entire people of Israel grieve with the families of the dead. We stand together with the Jewish community of Pittsburgh."

"We are incredibly saddened to hear of this morning's tragedy at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. We send our thoughts and prayers to all those affected," the Pittsburgh Penguins tweeted.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted that "Canadians’ hearts are with the Jewish community in Pittsburgh today."

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

A person was struck and killed by a car in West Goshen, Pennsylvania Saturday morning.

The victim was walking on West Chester Pike and Patrick Avenue shortly before 7 a.m. when he or she was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.

The scene is still under investigation by West Goshen Police, and anyone with information on the incident is urged to contact the Traffic Safety Division of the West Goshen Police Department.

President Donald Trump suggested, shortly after at least eight people were killed at a Pittsburgh synagogue, that the shooter could have been stopped had there been an armed guard on duty.

"I hate to think of it that way. It's certainly an option in this world. This is a world with a lot of problems," President Trump said while answering reporters' questions prior to an event in Indiana.

Many Jewish people immediately took issue with his off-the-cuff remark — not over the idea of armed security at places of worship, but because there often already is.

It also remains unknown if there was armed security at the Tree of Life synagogue in the historically Jewish community of Squirrel Hill. Four police officers were injured during the attack by a heavily-armed shooter, according to authorities.

Officials have not confirmed if any of the injured officers were present when the shooting started.

Shira Goodman, president of pro-gun control group CeasefirePA and a member of two synagogues in suburban Philadelphia, said security is already present at her places of worship, particularly on the Jewish high holidays.

But she said Trump is missing the point.

"The president is focused on the wrong thing," Goodman said. "This shouldn't be one nation under lockdown. I want us to feel safe to play and pray and gather together without the need for armed guards everywhere."

"This is not about hiring more armed guards to make us safer," she added.

Jordan Fabian, a reporter with The Hill in Washington D.C., tweeted that his synagogue also already employs armed police officers on the High Holy Days.

"Many others do too," Fabian tweeted. "My Jewish day school had guards and a metal gate outside. And yet these things still happen."

Ari Fleischer, a press secretary for former President George W. Bush, said security is nothing new.

"Trump isn’t wrong re armed guards at synagogues," Fleischer tweeted. "Sadly, my synagogue for years has had armed off-duty police at High Holy Day services and at Hebrew School. They’re also in the parking lot for pick up and drop off of the children."

Trump also praised law enforcement for their immediate action and response to the situation. And he disputed the notion that discussing gun laws is appropriate.

"This has little to do with it," he said of gun control from an airport tarmac in Indianapolis. "If you take a look, if they had protection inside, the results would have been far better."

Artisans, activists and cyclists gathered at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City for a weekend full of exhibits and family fun at the 2018 Philly Bike Expo.

Founded in 2010, the annual event celebrates and promotes cycling culture. 
This year’s event comes after the city launched its #VisionZeroPHL campaign to protect bikers and reduce the amount of traffic deaths in Philadelphia. 

Randy LoBasso, Communications Manager for the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, spent the weekend biking with his daughter. He also attended the Expo and focused on the city's efforts to improve traffic safety. 

“Basically Vision Zero is a series of policy changes and legislative changes that can go a long way toward bringing all road deaths from all forms of traffic down to zero,” LoBasso said.

According to LoBasso, #VisionZeroPHL improves the safety for not just cyclists but drivers as well. 

“Sometimes people will say to us they don’t like bicyclists and that’s fine,” he said. “We’ll say what can we do to make your commute more comfortable for you.”

The bike lanes make drivers more aware of vulnerable cyclists next to them on the street, helping to reduce speeding and allowing cyclists more space to not ride recklessly as well as obey stop signs and traffic lights, LoBasso said. 

“Whether you’re getting on a bus, train or even if you’re driving, Vision Zero is about everybody and making streets better no matter how you get around,” LoBasso said. 

LoBasso also said there’s a misconception that the project will only create more bike lanes for wealthier Philadelphia neighborhoods like Center City. 

“We’ve actually been working a lot in neighborhoods outside of Center City holding meetings with community groups in North Philadelphia and West Philadelphia,” LoBasso said. 

LoBasso also doesn’t believe that bike lanes will slow down traffic. 

“In actuality, everywhere we’ve seen new bike lanes put in, traffic if it does slow, it’s only about one to three minutes over the course of ten blocks that you’re actually slowing down,” he said. 

Day 2 of the Expo takes place Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. 

A large group of people gathered in Rittenhouse Square Saturday night to remember those who lost their lives at the Tree of Life Synagogue in a small quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Philadelphia police said around midnight a deck collapsed at a home along South 3rd Street in Society Hill. Three people are okay after falling two stories. They are all left with minor injuries. It is unclear what caused the accident.

As fans make their way to Wembley Stadium in London, the excitement from Eagles fans is getting bigger and bigger. Fans have made the trip across the pond to support their team and fans here at home are hoping for an Eagles win.

At the Congregation Rodeph Shalom on Broad Street, Jewish community members gather for Sunday services and to remember the lives lost in Saturday's mass shooting in Pittsburgh.

Kids got dressed up in their scariest and most creative outfits Saturday for Halloween at the Northhampton Recreation Center in Richboro. The best part is all the kids were able to take home lots of free trick-or-treat bags.

Two people were killed after their vehicles collided in Monroe Township, New Jersey, Sunday afternoon.

The two vehicles were traveling on US 322 in the area of CR 538/Coles Mill Road around 2 p.m. when they crashed into each other.

One person was inside each vehicle and they both died from their injuries. Officials have not yet revealed their identities.

All lanes are shut down in both directions at the scene of the crash.

Philadelphia police say the blood-filled minivan playED a role in a shooting in Southwest Philadelphia. The driver left the van in the intersection at 6th and Market streets after driving a man who was shot to nearby Pennsylvania hosptial. The victim was shot inside a club several miles away in Southwest Philadelphia. Right now it's not clear who shot the man.

New Jersey Republican Bob Hugin is taking on the difficult task of attempting to unseat a Democratic senator, which hasn't happened in more than a decade.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez discusses the close race between himself and opponent Bob Hugin. Menendez also talks about some of the attack ads against him, which have been called misleading.

A man is in custody after shots were fired during a Halloween party in Wilmington, Delaware.

The incident occurred Sunday around 1 a.m. along the 1700 block of Delaware Avenue. Police say several people were leaving venues along Trolley Square during the annual Halloween Loop event when a suspect pulled out a gun and opened fire.

NBC10 obtained viewer video of officers surrounding and apprehending a man after the sound of gunfire was heard.

Police identified Tyler Vega, 25, of New Castle, Delaware, as the alleged gunman. Police say they recovered a loaded firearm and took Vega into custody. No one was seriously injured during the incident.

Two women are dead and a suspect is in custody following a shooting outside an apartment in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Latricia Ezell, 52, and Ashley Campfield, 29, were both in the parking lot outside an apartment building on the 900 block of North 5th Street around 6:12 p.m. Sunday when a gunman opened fire, striking them both.

Both women were pronounced dead at the scene.

Police arrested a suspect though they have not yet revealed his or her identity. They also have not revealed what led to the shooting. Investigators say it appears to be realted to a family disturbance.