Investigators Capture Man Who They Say Shot At FBI Agents During Hours-Long Standoff In Reading

Alecia Reid reports.

THE BUS WAS IN SERVICE AT THETIME BUT POLICE SAY THERE WERENO PASSENGERS ON BOARD.WELL, OVERNIGHT,INVESTIGATORS CAPTURED THEMOON THEY SAY SHOT AT F.B.I.AGENTS DURING A HOURS LONGSTAND-OFF IN READING."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERALICIA REED WAS THERE DURINGTHE STAND-OFF ALL DAYYESTERDAY.AND SHE IS FOLLOWING THELATEST DEVELOPMENTS, SHE ISLIVE IN THE CBS-3 SAT CENTERMORE INFORMATION, GOODAFTERNOON.Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON,JUST LIKE THE OLDS LINES, FBIANNOUNCED THEY'VE GOT THEIRMAN N THIS CASE, RAPHAELINVESTIGATE RODRIGUEZ WANTEDFOR A SHOOT-OUT WITH AGENTS ONREADING CITY STREET.HIS DISTANCE AS FUGITIVE WASSHORT.HE WAS CAPTURED ONLY ABOUT30 MILES AWAY IN LANCASTERCOUNTY.THAT MANHUNT BEGAN LATE SUNDAYNIGHT AFTER SHOOT-OUT WITH THEFBI AS THEY CONVERGED ONGORDON STREET ROW HOME INREADING.FEDERAL AGENTS WERE FORCED TODUCK FOR COVER, WHILE THEEXCHANGE GUNFIRE FROMINVESTIGATE A RODRIGUEZ ANDACCOMPLICE WHO WAS INJURED INTHE EXCHANGE EVERY GUNFIRE.NOW THE ACCOMPLICE WAS TAKENTO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFETHREATENING INJURIES, BUTINVESTIGATE A RODRIGUEZ WAS ONTHE RUN, OFFICIALS PUT THEENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD ONLOCKDOWN FOR ABOUT 16 HOURS,AS THEY COMBED THROUGH WESTEVENTUALLY, FOCUSING ON ONEHOME ON THE 500 BLOCK OFGORDON STREET, WHERE THEYTHOUGHT HE WAS HOLDUP.NOW, WE WERE THERE AS FEDERALAGENTS STORMED INSIDE WITHGUNS DRAWN, AND RIOT GEAR OUT,FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL LOUDBANGS.(GUNSHOTS HEARD).SHORTLY AFTER AT F.B.I.

ANDUS ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED THATVEGA RODRIGUEZ WAS NOT INSIDEISSUED PLEA FOR TIPS AND INHELP IN THEIR SEARCH FROM THEPUBLIC, INCLUDING $10,000REWARD.EARLIER THINK MORNING FBIOFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THEY FOUNDTHE FUGITIVE.HE WAS IN CUSTODY.WAS LOCATED IN LEE OLD ALANCASTER COUNTY.WHERE STILL AWAITING DETAILSOF THE CIRCUMSTANCESSURROUNDING THE ARREST AND THECHARGES HE IS EXPECTED TO