A man was struck and killed by a SEPTA train Sunday afternoon at the Tasker-Morris station along the Broad Street line.

The man, who police believe was 30-years-old, was struck by a northbound SEPTA Broad Street Line train on the 1600 block of South Broad Street at 2:03 p.m.

The unidentified man jumped in front of the train, according to investigators. He was pronounced dead by a medic at the scene at 2:19 p.m.

Train service has resumed on the Broad Street Line between AT&T and Lombard-South stations. However, trains in both directions will temporarily bypass Tasker-Morris Station due to the ongoing police activity.

An Amazon.com distribution center is all clear after a report of a bomb threat.

The threat was called in for the distribution center on 560 Merrimac Avenue in Middletown, Delaware Sunday afternoon, according to officials.

Police and firefighters arrived at the scene but determined the threat was unfounded. They have not yet revealed who made the initial call.

A woman's suggestion last month that shovelers she hired to work on her sidewalk were racially profiled and the subsequent response from police prompted a town meeting in Lower Merion Township.

The NAACP organized the meeting, described as an "open conversation about race and policing in Lower Merion," which took place Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the P.A.L.M. Center in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Both residents and police discussed the issue of racial profiling. Some African American residents who attended said they felt they were targeted by police because of their race, claiming they were detained and arrested at a much higher rate than white residents in Lower Merion.

"They come, the police officers, from both sides," said Harry Mobley, a black Lower Merion resident who attended the meeting. "I'm up against the wall. What's going on officer?  Put your hands up against the gate! Guns drawn! How many white people here have had a gun drawn on them? How many?"

Lower Merion Police Superintendent Michael McGrath attended the meeting, telling NBC10 the police force is listening to the concerns of the community and that they want to have an honest discussion. He also said however he does not believe black residents in the town are treated any differently than white residents.

"They can believe whatever they choose to believe based on their experience," McGrath said. "I know the way we do policing and I don't believe that. When we are wrong we'll let you know we're wrong. But when we're right, we're also gong to say we're right." 

Despite the differing viewpoints, both police and residents said they felt a good conversation has started on race in the community and they hope to work together to solve the issues.

The controversy began when Deborah Saldana of Penn Wynne, Pa., first shared her story Jan. 27 in the Facebook group Lower Merion Community Network.

Saldana wrote that two African American shovelers she hired to work on her sidewalk were stopped by police officers who ran background checks on them as they sat outside in the cold.

Saldana said her father went to check to see what was going on and was told by the officers they were conducting an investigation. The shovelers then went back to work after 20 minutes, according to Saldana.

“The cops came to the door to tell my father that from now on, 'anyone' shoveling in Lower Merion, except if it’s your own property, needs a permit from the township, a $50 permit that has to be valid if they check,” Saldana wrote. “We paid the kids and they were okay, a little shaken up. I wonder if the same would have happened it if was white kids shoveling?”

Saldana also told NBC10 she didn’t buy the officers’ explanation. 

“I think it was profiling,” she said. “I hate to say it. I know we live in a really heated climate right now. I would like to think it was the permit. I think it was just a superficial excuse.”

McGrath told NBC10 there were no reports of any teens being stopped and denied that the shovelers were racially profiled. He also said that based on their investigation, officers made two stops at Surrey Lane and Overbrook Parkway in Penn Wynne at 11 a.m. and 2:40 p.m. for canvassing and soliciting. The individuals who were stopped were all men, ages 40, 40, and 34 in the first case and 34 and 18 in the second case, according to McGrath.

McGrath released a more detailed response Wednesday night. In the statement, McGrath wrote that he was able to contact Saldana via phone on Jan. 29.

"It was learned that the resident had driven past the first stop and watched the second stop from her residence, and believed all the males were in their early teens," McGrath wrote. "During the course of our conversation, we informed her that the individuals she observed were in their 30’s and 40’s except for the one 18 year old, and that our department does not stop juveniles for shoveling snow, raking leaves or any other similar activity."

McGrath also said he informed Saldana that the canvassing and soliciting code was established several years ago in the town at the "request of residents who felt uncomfortable and did not want strangers knocking at their doors." McGrath also released data on canvassing and soliciting complaints in the town in 2013 and 2014.

READ MCGRATH'S FULL STATEMENT HERE

In his report, McGrath stated the men who were stopped in the first incident on Surrey Lane were never handcuffed and allowed to standup on the sidewalk. McGrath also said the incident lasted for 20 minutes and ended with the men and the officers shaking hands. During the second incident on Overbrook Parkway the men were asked to sit after a "possible arrest warrant was discovered" for the 34-year-old man, according to McGrath.

"The two males remained seated for eight (8) minutes until it was determined that the subject did not fit the description of the wanted person," McGrath wrote.

McGrath said the men were then allowed to finish their work and a citation was not issued.

"Upon a thorough and comprehensive review of these incidents it is clear that the officer acted in a respectful, professional and appropriate manner during his interaction with these citizens," McGrath wrote. "The tactics utilized and the professional manner in which the officer conducted the investigations conformed to all policies and training of this department."

Saldana told NBC10 last month she didn't know for sure whether the shovelers she hired were teenagers, even though she believed they were. Despite this, she also didn't believe their age was the real issue.

"I've never seen any white kids stopped for their permit regardless of age," she said. "I still have to wonder. I don't jump to conclusions. I don't pass judgments very quickly. But it was just my gut instinct, because you never see anybody else stopped. So that's kind of the logical deduction."

The region got a break from the bitter cold during a beautiful weekend with unseasonably warm temperatures. But the winter weather is set to return Monday with colder temperatures, freezing rain, sleet and a chance of light snow in parts of our area.

A winter weather advisory will go into effect for the entire region starting 5 a.m. Monday and last until 6 a.m. Tuesday. During that time a system bringing rain, freezing rain, a wintry mix and possible snow will move into the area.

Light snow is possible for the Poconos and the Lehigh Valley. The rest of the region should see rain, freezing rain and a wintry mix. A drop in temperatures Monday will lead to patchy icy spots on roads throughout the area Monday night as drivers head home from work.

Timeline

Poconos – Light rain overnight, freezing rain and light snow possible Monday leading to icy spots on roads

Lehigh Valley – Light rain Sunday night, light freezing rain during Monday morning commute, light snow and sleet possible Monday night leading to icy spots on roads

I-95 Corridor – Light rain Sunday night into Monday morning, light sleet and freezing rain possible Monday night leading to icy spots on roads

North and West Suburbs – Light rain Monday morning, freezing rain during the Monday night commute leading to icy spots on roads

South Jersey/Delaware – Light rain Monday morning, light rain Monday night, chance of a light wintry mix Tuesday morning

The region is also in for a cold blast in addition to the wet weather. Despite temperatures in the low 50’s Sunday, temperatures will fall to the low to mid 30’s Monday. Temperatures will rise to the high 30’s and low 40’s Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before they drop again into the low to mid 20’s Friday and over the weekend.

Stay with NBC10.com for the latest weather updates. 
 

Here are the 10 things you need to know to start your day from your friends at NBC10.

TODAY'S TOP STORY

Freezing Rain, Wintry Mix Hits the Region: A mix of freezing rain, sleet, and some light snow has arrived, possibly creating a messy Monday morning commute. Icy spots are expected to form on roads as temperatures plunge from this weekend's highs in the 50s to the low 30s. The wintry mix has also led to some school closings and delays.

YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST 

Bundle up and bring an umbrella. Freezing rain is falling this morning as temperatures drop below freezing. Light snow and some sleet is expected to fall in some areas this afternoon. High temp: 32 degrees. Get your full NBC10 First Alert forecast here.

WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY

Boyfriend Faces Assault Charge After Millersville University Student Dies in Dorm: Police have charged the boyfriend of a Delaware County girl who was found dead in her dorm room with aggravated assault. Gregorio Orrostieta, 19, of Kennett Square was arrested Sunday after the death of his girlfriend, 18-year-old freshman Karli Hall of Chadds Ford.

On Sunday around 5 a.m., Millersville University and Millersville Borough police were called to Bard Hall at Millersville University, for a report of cardiac arrest. When they arrived they found Hall unresponsive in her dorm room. Medics later pronounced her dead. Orrostieta and Hall were in a physical confrontation before Hall's death. In his booking photo, blood is visible on Orrostieta's face.

• MORE ON MILLERSVILLE STUDENT DEATH

AROUND THE WORLD

Alabama's Top Judge Orders Ban on Gay Marriage Licenses: Alabama's chief justice, Roy Moore, issued an order to probate judges Sunday that they cannot perform or recognize same-sex marriages. The order comes just one day before gay men and lesbians could begin marrying in the state under a federal ruling. Moore told the judges they're not bound by a federal judge's recent ruling that overturned the state's ban on gay marriage. Read more here.

TODAY'S TALKER

Grammy Buzz: The 57th Grammy Awards were held on Sunday, creating lots of social chatter about big wins, surprising losses, live performances, and the best and worst dressed celebrities on the music industry's biggest night of the year. Soulful British singer, Sam Smith, stirred a lot of buzz with his four Grammy wins in top categories, including best new artist, song, record of the year for "Stay with Me" and best pop vocal album. Kanye West came close to topping his Taylor Swift interruption when Beck scored a surprising win over Beyonce and several other artists for album of the year.

• MORE ON THE GRAMMYS

SPORTS SPOT

Flyers Win: The Philadelphia Flyers scored a win against the Capitals this weekend, but Steve Mason suffered an injury in the game. LaSalle Men's basketball team loss to UMass, ending a three game win streak. Get your full sports news at CSNPhilly.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

See more Top News Photos here.

THROUGH IGER'S EYES

@Angelobene snapped this cool photo showing a unique perspective of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at sunset. The Kimmel Center is a large performing arts venue located at 300 South Broad Street at the corner of Spruce Street on the "Avenue of the Arts" in Center City.

Have an awesome Instagram photo you'd like to share? Tag it with #NBC10Buzz.

TODAY'S VIRAL VIDEO

Watch The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and Will Smith use an iPad app to create a beat box loop of the old school hip-hop classic "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and Dj E-Z Rock.

A LITTLE SWEETENER

World's Largest Gallery of LEGO Art Opens in Philadelphia: More than one million LEGO bricks have taken shape into over 100 pieces of art, some with Philly flair, inside The Franklin Institute.The work is part of "The Art of the Brick," a special exhibition of sculptures made exclusively from the plastic building blocks by contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya. Displays include recreations of The Liberty Bell, Rodin's The Thinker, a 20-foot-long Tyrannosaurus Rex and interpretations of paintings like da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Van Gough's Starry Night and Munch's The Scream.

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A gunman opened fire during a robbery at a Philadelphia doughnut shop Monday morning.

The shooting happened around 6:30 a.m. at the Dunkin’ Donuts at N 5th Street and W Somerville Avenue in the city’s Olney neighborhood.

Police and medics quickly responded to the scene but there were no reports of injuries.

The man made off with a undisclosed amount of money. The cash drawers — bills hanging out — remained visibly partially dislodged from behind the counter and doughnuts fell onto the floor during the heist.

There appears to be surveillance video in the store.

A home invasion turned deadly late Sunday night.

Suspects forced their way into a home along the 5800 block of Fernwood Street in Southwest Philadelphia shortly after 11 p.m., said Philadelphia Police.

Once inside the suspects shot three people including a man who later died at the hospital. A woman shot in both legs and a man shot in the hand were expected to recover, said police.

After the shooting, the suspects fled the scene. Police didn’t reveal if anything was taken.

Two drivers stepped out of their vehicles after a minor fender bender on a New Jersey highway, only to be struck by another passing car.

The initial accident occurred along Route 73 near North Stiles Avenue in Maple Shade, Burlington County around 8:30 a.m., police said.

As the two motorists stood outside their cars to inspect the damage, another car struck them, authorities send.

Medics transported all three drivers to a local hospital. Their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, police said.

Wet roads may have contributed to the accidents, however the Maple Shade Police Department has yet to release an official cause. They are investigating the crash.

New Jersey State Police shot a suspected car thief in Irvington in a confrontation caught on surveillance video from a nearby store, authorities said.

Prosecutors say four troopers tried to pull over 31-year-old Steve Montgomery, of Newark, near S. 20th and 18th streets around 10:30 a.m. Monday after noticing the minivan he was driving matched the description of a vehicle reported stolen in an armed carjacking in Newark Sunday.

Surveillance video from a nearby liquor store shows plainclothes officers in an unmarked minivan and sedan box in the gray minivan the suspect was in. One of the troopers gets out of his vehicle and approaches Montgomery, at which point the video shows Montgomery drive up on the curb.

The suspect allegedly headed toward the trooper, according to prosecutors, and the trooper opened fire, wounding the Newark resident. The surveillance video shows multiple troopers with their weapons drawn. 

Montgomery kept driving and crashed into another car on Grove Street near Clinton, authorities said. He was brought to a hospital after the crash and placed into custody. It wasn't clear where Montgomery was shot, but authorities said he is expected to be OK.

Law enforcement sources say they are looking into whether the minivan Montgomery allegedly stole was used as a getaway vehicle in robberies in the Newark/Irvington area after it was taken.

No troopers were injured in the fray and the driver of the car Montgomery hit was not hurt.

Charges against Montgomery are pending, prosecutors said. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney. 

The trial for a Philadelphia man accused of murdering a man over a pair of expensive headphones will have to wait one more day to begin.

Arkel Garcia's murder trial will now begin Tuesday, according to court records.

The now 21-year-old faces seven counts including murder, conspiracy, robbery and related charges.

Garcia gunned down Christian Massey on Nov. 30, 2013 in an alley near 58th Street and Lebanon Avenue in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia, said Philadelphia Police.

Massey, 21, was walking to a nearby friend’s house when a robber confronted him. Witnesses said the robber demanded Massey’s Dr. Dre Beats headphones, which retail for around $300, and when Massey tried to run, the would-be thief opened fire.

A bullet struck Massey in the chest, said investigators. The suspect ran, leaving the headphones he'd sought next to Massey’s bleeding body. When police arrived, Massey was still conscious and told officers an unknown male tried to rob him, officials said. He was rushed to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he later died.

Police eventually arrested Garcia and charged him with murder, robbery and related offenses. He has remained behind bars without bail for more than one year.

Garcia has maintained his innocence.

His mother Lakasha Hardy, who lives on the same block where the shooting took place, told NBC10 that Garcia was at home watching movies on the front porch at the time of the shooting. She said her 14-year-old daughter also saw him there.

“I told him about the murder, because I seen it on the news that morning. He said ‘I don’t know.’ He was like ‘I was here,’” she said. “It’s at the corner of my block. There’s no way he did that. I searched his room, there are no weapons in his room.”

Garcia has a past criminal record for drugs and was on probation at the time of the shooting. Hardy said Garcia was working hard to stay out of trouble since that incident -- only going to school to get his high school diploma and to a court-ordered drug treatment program.

The trick to balancing on slick sidewalks is to “walk like a penguin."

At least, that’s the advice coming out of Little Baby’s Ice Cream in Northern Liberties.

Instinct tells us to do the opposite and center our weight mid-stride, which works on dry walkways.

However this tactic forces legs to split your body weight in half and rely on both feet to maintain balance -- not the best idea for icy streets.

The local ice cream parlor posted a simple infographic on their blog to remind everyone to think of gravity and mimic penguins. Shifting one’s weight onto the front leg keeps people – and penguins – from slipping.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention backs up the penguin waddle claim, reminding people to also spread feet slightly to fortify the center of gravity.

With sidewalks freezing over Monday and Tuesday, remember to stay smart and give yourself extra time to waddle to and fro.

One more tip, keep your hands out of your pockets and wear a puffy coat…so if you do fall, at least you can catch yourself and cushion your buns.

A federal transportation agency is holding a public hearing Tuesday to review SEPTA's waiver of A federal transportation agency is holding a public hearing Tuesday to review SEPTA's waiver of nationally mandated safety rules after one of the transit agency's unions called attention to the engineers' potentially dangerously long shifts and work weeks.

"Public safety is at risk, so a public hearing is absolutely necessary," said Steve Bruno, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen's (BLET) national vice president. "There's no margin of error when it comes to running a railroad the right way."

The union's president, Dennis Pierce, sent a letter to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) requesting a review of SEPTA.

Pierce said SEPTA has increased the number of trains and route miles traveled while cutting back on the number of engineers scheduled since receiving a safety waiver in October 2012. 

The waiver allows SEPTA to stretch workdays and cut into the rest time of engineers --some who are already working 14-hour days and 6-day weeks, according to BLET.

"Forcing engineers to operate trains with insufficient rest creates a known -- and preventable -- risk to passengers and crew members," a BLET news release said. "Most other regional commuter railroads work engineers on a 5-day a week schedule with shorter workdays."

But officials with the transit agency insist there have been no problems since they were granted the wavier.

"During the more than two years this waiver has been in effect, no safety issues have been noted where the waiver or engineer fatigue was a factor," said Jerri Williams, a SEPTA spokeswoman. 

Williams added 18 engineers are currently in training to help reduce the number of 6-day work weeks and other precautions are already in place to prevent fatigue.

"Any engineer scheduled to work a shift lasting more than 12 hours is required to take a mandatory 4-hour rest period during his or her shift," she said. "The Authority will continue to closely monitor data and related information to prevent engineer fatigue as part of our ongoing effort to ensure the safe operation of service for our customers, employees and the public."

The public hearing is set to begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the first floor conference room at the Baldwin Town at 1510 Chester Pike in Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania. The hearing comes a week after a deadly commuter train crash killed six people and injured 15 others in New York.

The BLET represents 53,000 engineers and trainmen, including 220 SEPTA employees.

If you missed out on the Pennsylvania’s Horticultural Society’s Pop-Up Beer Garden in the summer, you may be in luck as it’s set to return on Saturday, Feb. 14!

The urban oasis is taking place indoors this time, at The Shops at Liberty Place on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia.

The pop-up garden wonderland features a beer garden -- with local craft beers --  tasty food offerings, and various events, all leading up to Philadelphia Flower Show on Feb. 28.

The Shop’s at Liberty Place are to remain open from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday through Saturday and until 7 p.m. on Sunday, through March 8.

Garden-goers will also have the opportunity to purchase tickets to the flower show on opening day, and from Feb. 17-21.

Admission for the pop-up garden is free, and you pay as you go.