dennis sullivan the bishop of camden officiating that mass today. this marks the beginning of lent which reflects the 40 days jesus spent in the day fasting and praying. fox 29 following breaking news out of south florida. a deadly school shooting deadliest in the history of new details couldn't to come in. >> we're on top of breaking news deadly in order high school snoot shooting new video just in here showing the suspect in that shooting much he's been identified as 19-year-old nicholas cruz oh former student who has been obsessed with guns video of him being led into the police station right now. we know that according to wsvn16 people were killed. many more injury. we'll stay on top of this and bring you knew details as soon as we get them. south jersey girls basketball star scored her 1,000th point in varsity competition this afternoon. what's more impressive she's just a junior. even more impressive, basketball is even her first love. bruce gordon just back from the game. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, iain her name is haley russell and in the bur

here's what we're following for you, coming coming up later this morning we're you about camden police working on the crash of a girl on the sidewalk. >>> we'll have a live report this morning on the school shooting. >> let's go over to karen rogers and david murphy. we have rain on satellite. storm tracker 6 live double scan, coming up out of the floor and showing it to you, most of it is moderate rain, but steady enough, you want to slow it down. farther south by cape may and dover, it's fairly overcast, the rain is moving east, probably hanging with us off and on until mid afternoon. 54 in philadelphia. 56 in allentown and reading. 57 in trenton. 53 degrees in wilmington, 57 in millville. as we take a look at today's forecast, one thing you'll notice, rain hanging with us until mid afternoon and then it starts to are dry. temperatures are going backwards. we're starting out at 56, 57 degrees. by dinnertime, the numbers drop in the upper 40s and plunge in the 20s overnight. there's a winter storm watch for the northern suburbs, mercer county, bucks county, montgomery county, all coun

no word from the camden county police and the prosecutor's office. no charges have been at this poe been filed. >>> we turn to florida where the grieving residents of parkland gathered for prayer service and vigil the day after the school shooting in their town. police are looking at the teen gunman looking into his truly troubled life while stories and heroics inside the classrooms continue to come out. let's turn to stephanie ramos in parkland florida. >> reporter: police are on the scene near the school blocking the roads here in park left -- k land. we've spoken to people emotional and angry and shock trying to find strength from somewhere after one of the deadliest school shootings took place in their town. ♪ >>> overnight thousands of people coming together in disbelief and grief. >> for the rest of my days this will be engraved in my mind, i don't think it will ever go away. >> reporter: leaning on each other for support as all 17 names were read outloud. some in the crowd chanting no more guns over the cries of friends and family. many of t

once again, the camden county prosecutor now has the case. for now we're live in camden, aaron baskerville. >>> we're seeing through the eyes of philadelphia officers that rescued a man. those officers are being hailed as heroes tonight. >> everybody out! >> this body cam footage shows officers eugene donohue and nickelous harper making their way through this house on north 17th street. they were responding to a fire call and found smoke billowing from the second floor. the officers ran inside where they found a man in a wheelchair and helped carry him to safety there. it turns out the man in the wheelchair is charged with arson for starting that fire. >>> students in south jersey won't stop fighting to make their voices heard about school safety. today students at cherry hill east walked out of class after the principal threatened to suspend them and tonight they spoke out against the threat at a school board meeting. they want answers and won't stop until they get them. >> and be completely honest, i would be embarrassed to talk to a studen

. >> a young girl enjoying the warm weather is killed riding her bike in camden. >> make sure you take your umbrella. we're tracking rain. we could have the possibility of snow this weekend. >> you'll have to wring everything out at the end of the day, let's go over to david murphy. >> reporter: yesterday, man, it was really mild. >> reporter: i was raking leaves out of the yard acting like it was may. we had rain popping through, happening overnight, looks like a good portion of this continues to fall during the morning and a good portion of the afternoon, too. there's light to moderate rain, there are breaks in the rain every now and then, i'll point out areas from dover, south, cape may, a little sprinkle, more steady rain the farther north you go, is pushing toward the east. mild this morning 54 degrees in philadelphia. 54 in allentown. 56 in reading, 57 in trenton. 56 in wilmington, already up to 60 in millville. 62 in dover. these numbers that i just showed you are not going to be around all day. we're sort of going upside down. 57 for the high by 9:00. look how the numbers fall

i feel like camden can make it now. >> 3, 2, 1. >> stay tuned! >> more of visions 2018 coming up! >> welcome back to visions 2018. >> we're here at uncle bobbie's coffee and books owned by dr. marc lamont hill. i'm sipping on a cafÉ cortado. >> and i've got the mochochino >> and speaking of business. >> here's the inspiring story of a local philadelphia barber whose generosity serving the homeless population helped him open his own business. >> brennon jones' outlook on life changed in january 20-17 life changed in january 20-17. for help. >> i gave him what i could, and he was on my mind the whole entire day. but i felt like i missed out on an opportunity to, do something a little different. >> he decided to take his 10 years experience cutting hair and combine that with his passion for people to make a difference by giving free haircuts to the homeless. >> i would drive around and i would frequent places where i know that they would be at. >> he calls the initiative haircuts for homeless. >> when you, look good, you feel good. >> it's bigger than a haircut, in an effort to cont

construction ben franklin bridge eastbound at the base in camden that right lane compromised and see cones in the roadway off to the far right. vine we have construction here westbound and that has new been since cleared, and some construction in new jersey, magnolia route 30 white horse pike westbound at evesham avenue right lane closed until 6:00 a.m. jim and rahel. back over to you. >>> we will begin with break ing news out of burlington county. >> police are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live in edge water park. good morning what did we know so far. >> reporter: good morning. we know that one person shot was trans port todd cooper hospital, for treatment, and their injuries, are unknown but take a look investigators still remain on the scene but they do say this barricade situation as ended, still police have this deadened street taped off coming in and out of that home you see there with the bright light over the porch as well as the door opened, but here's video of the scene overnight, officers responded to

and everybody ran over. >> reporter: a scene of devastation in camden. it's where an 8-year-old girl was riding her bike on the sidewalk when struck by a car that would later take her life >> she had been crying, what about if that would have been me? >> reporter: it was around 4:15 when investigators say a car driven by a man in his 80's lost control striking the girl and another person, the scene turned >> the little girl died from her injuries at the hospital >> i'm very hurt. i know her mom and dad is exhausted now. and god help them >> is it heart to process when you see something like this. >> the second person was a man sitting on the steps when the car came his away according to police he's in stable condition, we're told, appears this time the driver will not face any charges. the investigation is ongoing. driver had injuries as well. back to you. >> thank you. this as 23-year-old diana the new jersey attorney general said she stole $78,000 from her 86 aunt who got dementia. days later, investigators say she is started withdrawing large amounts

traffic tragedy on a camden street. next. ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with jim gardner. ♪ >> it was a crowd of well over a thousand people. mourners who wanted to give each other support amid countless points of light. it started with a moment of silence but it became a succession of spoken words, songs and sobs. this is florida tonight. this is america. it is thursday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is the agonizing day after for this broward county community. in court today, 19-year-old nikolaus cruz was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and held without bond. he confessed carrying out the carnage, the worst school shooting since sandy hook. the shooting lasted three minutes and when it was done cruz dropped his ammunition and blended in with other students. said one student today when she was able to leave yesterday, she was stepping on shell casing, and there were bodies and blood everywhere. >> the fbi admitted today to investigating an account of ni

camden county police and prosecutor's office are looking into the incident. no charges have been filed as of yet. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> now, we turn to florida where the grieving residents of parkland gathered for a prayer service and vigil after the deadly shooting. police are looking into the alleged teen gunman looking into his trouble life while the stories and heroics inside the classroom continue to come out. let's go to stephanie ramos who continues our coverage this morning. >> reporter: tam, good morning, since we've been here, we've seen people emotional and angry and shocked and most of them trying to find strength from somewhere after the deadliest school shooting is happening right here in their town. >> reporter: overnights thousands of people coming together in disbelief and grief. >> for the rest of my days, this will be engraved in my mind. >> reporter: leaning on others for support as names of all 17 victims were read auto loud. some of the in the crowd chanting no more guns. over the cries of friends and family. many of

. >>> a man in camden county loses control of his car, hits a curb flipping over on a sidewalk, in the car's path a little girl riding her bike, lets get to steve keeley, in headquarters this morning in camden, steve. >> reporter: he also hit a 40 year-old man stable at cooper but main question for this 84 year-old driver also being treated right now at cooper is did he have some kind of a medical incident that caused him to lose control of his koran a residential street not a highway. we have got two videos to show you, and look at the first, this is in the day light when this happened at quarter after 4:00 and look at this suv, big maroon suv flipped on the driver side and between the steps where the 40 year-old man was hurt and sitting, and the porches of the row house on state street and net is how he somehow missed the tree, the pole, and the fire hydrant but he hits this poor little eight year-old girl riding her bicycle on that sidewalk there this is only about six blocks off of the ben franklin bridge toll plaza now look at our second video, it is at night, hard to see, and we

and identified as julius watson of camden and remained stabilized in the hospital. and struck a man sitting on the steps nearby war del johnson, his injuries are not life-threatening. >> a child loses its life at such a young age, it makes you think of the loss of the promise and the future for the city. >> again, we are waiting for the camden county prosecutors office to give us a signal if they have a ruling on the case or any charges lodged against this 84-year-old motorist who remains hospitalized at this hour. vernon odom channel 6 "action news" in camden. >> thank you. >>> in parkland florida, 17 lit angel figures stood on a stage last night. one for each of the people that were shot and killed on wednesday inside of marjorie stoneman douglas high school. hundreds of people gathered for the vigil honoring the lives lost and to help everyone as they continue to grieve. the shooting rampage lasted just 6 minutes, that is how long the gunman nikolas cruz roamed the hallways shooting at students and staff. here is more from parkland florida. >> reporter: this trag

show as camden county police officer repeatedly punching a man after taking him down to the ground. officers involved in the incident are on administrative. >> reporter: surveillance taken near the 1300 block of coldings road in camden. keep watch in on the man in the hat. he's approached with several officers, with his hands up the man is taken down and the man is punched repeatedly >> the video is concerning. >> reporter: started thursday around 8:00 p.m. with a 911 tip call that cited a man with a gun. >> officers went to the location and they saw an individual who matched the exact specifications of the caller in regards to the man with the gun >> the man has been identified as edward of cam and what he experienced is a far cry from policy >> that doesn't match the policies or the standards or training that we give our officers >> mingela was treated and released. he was not charged >> i can tell you, you know, he did not have a gun. >> reporter: three officers have been placed on administrative leave as the camden county prosecutor's office continues their investigation into th

our dave kinchen is live at cooper hospital in camden. dave? >> reporter: this is such a shock to neighbor who's have been in this community for many years. they say they have never seen anything like this. an entire neighborhood is coming to terms with a devastating loss tonight. >> i seen that with my eyes. lord, jesus, what's going on? >> reporter: thelma morales recalls the terrifying crash at state and fifth streets in camden that ended up taking the life of an eight-year-old girl who was just riding her bike on a nice warm february day according to witnesses. >> my daughter, she been crying. mom, what about if it would have been me? oh, my god don't say that. >> reporter: around 4:15 this afternoon investigators say a lot of control hit the curb and flipped. striking the girl and one other person. the scene quickly turned chaot chaotic. >> everybody started fighting and arguing and i'm like, the girl the little girl -- she was under the tires. >> reporter: officials say the little girl died from her injuries at a hospital. >> i'm very hur

not the case in camden, though. we've got a new accident that just popped up here on kaighns avenue at cynwyd avenue. watch for some reinstructions in that area. let's check the schuylkill expressway for you right now here at south street. westbound construction cleared. they were in the process of clearing. we really saw an early morning jam but that's cleared out and traffic is moving fine. eastbound no overnight construction but crews will return again tonight at 9 o'clock and do those closures once again. we have problems in olde city. you know that for awhile we've had chestnut street, portions of second and third shut down. now we've got market street shut down also between third and fourth because of sewer repair so with chestnut and market shut down in olde city you know this is going to cause some pretty big headaches. stick to race or arch street instead of market street closed between third and fourth tam. >> thank you, karen. an innocent woman is among three people wounded during a triple shooting in nor

three camden county police officers are off the streets and desk duties. they look into the behavior last week in camden. >> i am not no saint but what they did to me yesterday was, i mean, it was last week, it was uncalled for. >> edward says he was brutally beaten last thursday night by camden county police as he was walking home with a friend. this is surveillance video of the incident. he is in the white hat. he says he put his hands up on their orders and never offered any resistance whatsoever. as they approached. >> they said put your hands on and i said they are already up and the manholestered his pistol and throws me to the floor and hitting me in the head, i was in and out of consciousness. >> he complied with the officers, with what the officers wer saying and they took him down and once they had him down they punched on him. one was punching him and the other was holding him down. >> the three officers investigators that he matched the gun suspect. and the employee officers involved are placed on desk duty with pay. as the county prosecutor ru

show as camden county police officer repeatedly punching a man after taking him down to the ground. officers involved in the incident are on administrative. >> reporter: surveillance taken near the 1300 block of coldings road in camden. keep watch in on the man in the hat. he's approached with several officers, with his hands up the man is taken down and the man is punched repeatedly >> the video is concerning. >> reporter: started thursday around 8:00 p.m. with a 911 tip call that cited a man with a gun. >> officers went to the location and they saw an individual who matched the exact specifications of the caller in regards to the man with the gun >> the man has been identified as edward of cam and what he experienced is a far cry from policy >> that doesn't match the policies or the standards or training that we give our officers >> mingela was treated and released. he was not charged >> i can tell you, you know, he did not have a gun. >> reporter: three officers have been placed on administrative leave as the camden county prosecutor's office continues their investigation into th

they brought them in from ohio to south jersey where they were sold to criminals throughout camden. cydney long was there today as they announced several arrests. and more on how the ring operated. >> reporter: police tell me it was a heroin drug dealer arrest, as well as a routine traffic stop in west virginia that was anything but routine because as soon as police dug deeper, they cracked this gun trafficking ring wide open. they are military grade weapons of war. >> 17 guns linked to this weapons trafficking ring were recovered. >> reporter: ar-15s, ak-47s and pistols with high capacity magazines like this confiscated from criminal hands on the streets of camden. >> each gun that we seize or take off the street is a life or multiple lives that we save in the process. >> reporter: police say he led them to chucky scott and his accomplice, a straw purchaser, anthony hammond. >> that's the individual with the clean record who is able to walk into gun stores in ohio or go online and buy firearms. >> reporter: then a 500-mile road trip. >> once scott had has orders in play, he and som

students at a camden county high school say they stand united for a teacher in trouble for speaking out about the florida massacre. >>> and philadelphia parking authority prepared to catch drivers breaking parking laws. >>> special education. this nfl star and delaware native came back home with hundreds of tickets for kids to see the most popular movie around. >> announcer: nbc10 news starts now. >>> 5:30. thanks for starting your day with us. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. a schocool start, but at least e follow-free. >> there you go. >> let's get to bill henley and the "first alert" neighborhood forecast. bill. >> no sign of fog this morning. no sign of warm air either. look at the lehigh valley at 29 degrees. 33 degrees right now in delaware. we will see a sunny day today. and the temperatures will warm up rapidly. 34 degrees. that's at 7:00 this morning. up to 47 degrees and climbing at 10:00 in philadelphia. starting at 36 degrees, look at the temperatures this afternoon. into the middle 50s all around. even those colder neighborhoods wil

. >>> we begin with breaking news we learned tonight that an accident in camden, new jersey turned deadly claiming life of a child. chopper 3 over north fiveage and state street and that suv with an 84-year-old driver behind the wheel an 8-year-old girl plague on the sidewalk was killed. >> the driver of the suv is also hospitalized and police are still investigate what caused the crash. >> and now to the other top story the deadly school shooting in parkland, florida. >> i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. >> classmates say there have been troubling signs for as long as anybody could remember and this as thoritys are reveal howell the gunman carr carried out the campaign has cruz is a deeply troubled young man that fell through the cracks. >> he's a broken human being. >> cruz bought semi-automatic sunrise tactical supply in coral springs last february he took uber to the scene of the crime wednesday and started shoot around 2:1 in the afternoon. >> i was hiding in open room that the shooter could have easily walked into and killed me. >> police say cruz told them after the rampage

tragedy tonight in the city of camden. police confirmed that an eight-year-old girl was killed when an 84-year-old man hit her and another person on state street. he was behind the wheel. dann cuellar is live at camden police with the late-breaking details. >> jim, police in the prosecutor's office say it's unclear to them how the 84-year-old lost control of his car striking the eight-year-old on her bike as well as another man on his stoop. it happened on the 400 block of state street. an eight-year-old was riding her bike when she was struck by an 84-year-old man that lost control of his car and hit her and another man sitting on the stoop. >> we pride ourselves on children being able to go outside to play at 4:00 in the afternoon. that's something we worked hard to get. unfortunately, you have incidents that happen. >> the driver and 40-year-old are reported to be in stable condition. the eight-year-old lost her life. >> it makes you think of the promise for the city. >> was it just a tragic unfortunate accident or some

the man in the sunglasses being hugged is camden fire captain bobby eckert. he's home but for about the last two weeks he wasn't. rather, he was in the hospital recovering from a traumatic head injury responding to a call. we spoke with him about what happened. >> i had a concussion, you know, traumatic head injury and, you know, it knocked me out and i lost some vision there for awhile. i was -- could and see for for what seemed a few hours. >> reporter: he has has to wear sunglasses pretty much at all times while he recovers. the recovery process he says was made possible by the great care he's received. >> cooper hospital staff is unbelievable. i was transferred to magee rehabtation. i never went a day without seeing a brother or sister from the firehouse. it was unbelievable. it's been overwhelming with support. >> reporter: the welcome party was a huge surprise. it included camden mayor frank moran. >> many occasions we're at a funeral home and that's not what we wanted and we were fortunate that that wasn't the case. we're going to make sure he gets wel

. >>> we begin with breaking news we learned tonight that an accident in camden, new jersey turned deadly claiming life of a child. chopper 3 over north fiveage and state street and that suv with an 84-year-old driver behind the wheel an 8-year-old girl plague on the sidewalk was killed. >> the driver of the suv is also hospitalized and police are still investigate what caused the crash. >> and now to the other top story the deadly school shooting in parkland, florida. >> i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. >> classmates say there have been troubling signs for as long as anybody could remember and this as thoritys are reveal howell the gunman carr carried out the campaign has cruz is a deeply troubled young man that fell through the cracks. >> he's a broken human being. >> cruz bought semi-automatic sunrise tactical supply in coral springs last february he took uber to the scene of the crime wednesday and started shoot around 2:1 in the afternoon. >> i was hiding in open room that the shooter could have easily walked into and killed me. >> police say cruz told them after the rampage

. >> now to the fight against the opioid epidemic in camden. this time it comes with a new legal twist. >> all new at 6:00 -- big pharmaceutical companies are feeling the heat in a ground-breaking lawsuit. cydney long is joining us live in vorhees with more on the suit. >> reporter: i can tell you this litigation is unique because camden county isn't just suing the drugmakers, those companies. they are naming names and suing the founders of purdue pharma. they didn't stop there. the defendants trickle down to some of the largest pharmacy chains in the country. patty says her son's fatal heroin overdose is directly related to big pharmaceutical greed. >> $14 billion. that's greed. >> reporter: now camden county says it's time to pay in ground-breaking litigation. they are suing 18 defendants starting with drug companies including family ownered purdue pharma, the makers of oxycontin. >> the members of the sackler family are the lowest form of humans you can imagine. they allege it was a calculated scheme to get patients addicted and pharmacies s

templets night a heated school board meeting in camde camden c. students and parents let their voices be heard after a popular teacher is suspended. our shawnette wilson was there and shawnette, things were pretty tense there tonight. >> reporter: yeah, very tense. you know iain, one of the board members actually told the crowd that this is all conjecture. he said there are no facts and that the investigation is on going. still students of that teacher believe what happened to him is a fact and tonight they also had many concerns about school security. we shall held accountable in all social security spec specs of oe now we want to hold you accountable for keeping teachers that truly change lives and shape news the young adults you want us to be. [ applause ] >> reporter: packed gym at the cherry hill school administration building. parents and tee students fired up over two things. timothy lock ap history teacher allegedly on administrative leave. and concern about the safety of schools in the district namely cherry hill high school east. >> we a

the attorney general says that these men illegally transported more than 40 firearms, into camden from ohio, and then sold them. those weapons included prohibited ak-47s and handguns with high capacity magazines. the attorney general has said weak gun laws outside new jersey allowed flow of weapons to occur. >> we restrict gun sales to keep our residents save and law enforcement officers safe, but other states unfortunately , like ohio don't have similar procedures. >> the attorney general said all seven defendants have been charged with racketeering among other owe even ifs, that charge alone carrying a prison sentence of 10 to 20 years. >>> delaware air man is under a reason rape charges, authorities say that staff sergeant byron white was a sexual relationship with a 14 year-old girl who became pregnant. the investigation began in december when state police received a tip that the girl was being abused. the tipster reported information to the 24 hour child boost and neglect hot line. >>> we are hearing tonight from a 78 year-old woman, who for the back against her attack inner west

straight ahead while the mayor of camden says it would be the home. >>> bad romance? dating in the has hit a ten-year low, why romantic o workers is on the decline. >>> philadelphia is known for great another one to the list w fans will be able to gather toe history and so much more. . ool we continue to follow the shooting. gunman opened fire at marjorie to:30 this afternoon, 17 people killed. idtified, s told us 12 of the the gunfire wounded 15 others. officers arrestedsuect nicholas hours after the shooting, we're told thean ar 15 assault rifle wore a gas mask and waske grenades. you can always get more at chairman of the house oversight committee is presiden trump's former staff secretary rob porter. white house saidporter investig ongoing when allegations he physically ex-wives first surfaced last week. fbi testimony yesterday contradicts that timeline, president trump spoke afternoon. >> i'm totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind be everyone knows almost wouldn't e to be said. >> vice president pence said co the porter situation better. >>> the city of

. >>> another news we are following this morning a man in camden county loses control of his car hits a curb and flips over on the sidewalk, it was a man and little girl in his path, steve keeley at police headquarters trying to piece this one together, steve >> reporter: we have been talking about this weather roller coaster how it changes, constantly here we are pouring out right now 12 hours after it was beautiful out, and that made a life or death difference in this poor little girl's life because you see how awful the weather is right now and i will show you how 12 hours later, five blocks from here and this is an awful sight. it is in the a car but an suv by the way and see this suv on the driver's side maroon on the sidewalk, and helena cruz thought you don't get much warm days in zero seven in february. she took her bicycle out on the same street she grew up with her mom, dad, grandparents after school yesterday, quarter after 4:00 on her own sidewalk on her bicycle and then gets killed, by this suv, and for some unknown reason right now, went completely out of control driven

construction ben franklin bridge eastbound at the base in camden far right lane compromise had you can see cones in the roadway there westbound side starting to heat up pushing toward center city but everyone traveling around at posted speeds. we will have some sign inspections on 76 westbound between 676 and girard, two lanes compromised later starting at 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. schuylkill eastbound between girard avenue and spring garden street two lanes blocked, that is turning later , 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. head up. construction in magnolia, new jersey, the right lane compromised until around 6:00 a.m. rahel, over to you. >>> meisha, thank you. >>> we are following breaking news in burlington county one person is hospitalized after an overnight shooting in edge water park this happened at a home on the 200 block of roosevelt avenue around 1:00 in the morning. swat team surrounded the home but they later cleared the scene. investigators are trying to figure out what led to the shooting no word on the condition of the person who was shot. >>> three camden police officers are suspende

ben franklin bridge eastbound at the base in camden you can see cones in the roadway right t lane we have construction out clot westbound side moving in the center cityoking g levels br so slightly. sign inspections. now, this bump you up 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. to 3:0 between 76 and 676 and eastbound between garden. they will be block there between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00l af. jim and rahel, over to you. >>> we're continuing to follow breaking news this morning. >> one person is dead and another hospitalized after a shooting in edge water park. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do has been live all morning and you just learned new information, so what can you tell us. >> reporter: yes, major update , rahel and jim we just learn that the gunshot victim transported to cooper happies a woman and that the man suspect of shooting her, did take his own life, but take a lot a the scene here as investigators continue to process, evidence here. they have had this deadened street roosevelt avenue taped off for some five hours now and coming in and out of the home there with that bright l

a violence encounter involving camden police is caught on tape. next, only nbc10 talks to the man that you see getting knocked to the ground there. >>> also taking a stand regardless of the risk, neck why the cherry hill high school students plan to walk out of classes today. >>> i'm meteorologist bill henley. a colder start this morning. we're in the 30s right now. a few spots in the 20s. a little bit of a breeze blowing in center city. but that's dry air that's coming in. and that will ensure a sunny day today. i'll show you what that does with the temperatures with the neighborhood forecast just ahead. >>> i'unafraid to walk out. students at a camden county high school say they stand united for a teacher in trouble for speaking out about the florida massacre. >>> and philadelphia parking authority prepared to catch drivers breaking parking laws. >>> special education. this nfl star and delaware native came back home with hundreds of tickets for kids to see the most popular movie around. >> announcer: nbc10 news starts now. >>> 5:30. thanks for

. >> in camden state and local authorities have busted up a weapons trafficking ring. seven people now face charges revolving around guns coming into new jersey from ohio. our jeff cole reports on the attorney general's announcement joins us live in studio. jeff. >> reporter: lucy, camden new jersey is seeing a major drop in crime as a county wide police force finds success linking cops witness community. today new jersey's attorney general argued the city will never find peace until the flow of illegal guns into camden is actually stopped. >> we have the assistant -- attorney general says the gun running stretch from ohio to west virginia ended in where the weapons including assault rivals were put in the hands of criminals. >> unfortunately, the residents of this city are all too familiar with the misery that these deadly weapons can infrequent were put in the hands of gang members, drug dealers and other violent criminals. >> reporter: the probe started in mid 2016 when investigators learned 40-year-old eduardo cabon of camden was allegedly dealing in heroin and gun

. >>> camden county police are investigating a crash that killed a young girl in camden new jersey. a memorial is growing at the site where the 8-year-old girl was hit by an suv while riding her bike on the sidewalk. it happened at fifth and state streets thursday, the 84 driver and a 40-year-old man hit sitting on a front step both had to be hospitalized. no charges have been filed. >>> new tonight an update on the investigation into a fire that destroyed a berlin, new jersey diner. investigators now say the owner hired a friend to torch it. flames destroyed the country town diner along the white house pike on january 10th. authorities say robert debawski set fire to the diner after being hired in order to file an insurance claim, both men are facing arson and conspiracy charges. >>> the governor of puerto rico comes to philadelphia as the island continues to recover from hurricane maria. he met with local puerto rican leaders but on his way in he talked with protesters, upset that fema will stop fund, the transitional assistance program, meaning some evacuees could be homeless, by

. >> camden county and city employees were encouraged to attend the event wine not, it's all fun. >>> back to your fox 29 weather authority. as we take live look at allentown in in lehigh county a cold and windy start to this weekend. meteorologist scott williams has a check of your forecast in 15 seconds. >>> bitter out there on this friday evening. bundle up. dress in layers. look at the current air temperature. mount pocono 9 degrees. 20 in pottstown. we have 24 right now philadelphia. 24 degrees in millville. mid 20s as you move down the shore. but factor in the wind how your body reactions how you should dress. it feels like 11 in philadelphia. it feels like the single digits north and west. eight is what it feels like in reading and allentown but look at mount pocono it feels like 1. look at the temperatures for tonight. six mount pocono. teens pretty much elsewhere with mostly clear skies. what about super bowl weekend? plan fog the big day tomorrow, shopping, running errands, it's going to be cold. 32 for the high temperature. then it's going to be damp, dreary and chillily su

especially this one between camden fire captain bobby eckert and his stepdaughter kennedy. just about two short weeks ago no one knew if captain eckert was coming home. he was badly hurt at the scene of a fire. he suffered a severe head injury. >> i had a concussion, traumatic head injury and it knocked me out and i lost some vision there for awhile. i was -- couldn't see for -- see for a few hours. >> reporter: according to many city officials including camden mayor frank moran they didn't know and initially what was going to happen. >> many occasions we're at a funeral home and that's not what we wanted and we were fortunate that that wasn't the case so we're going to make sure that he gets well and gets back to work because we need him. >> reporter: through tremendous care eckert came home today to this surprise welcome. he wants to thank everyone involved who helped get him here. >> cooper hospital staff is unbelievable. i was transferred to magee rehabtation. i never went a day without seeing a brother or sister from the firehouse. it was unbelievable. it's been overwh

. >>> breaking news now out of camden county. firefighters are investigating what started as a house fire in cherry hill. skyfox over the scene of the 1100 block of liberty bell drive in cherry hill. you can see flames coming from the roof there. fire broke out just before 4:00 this afternoon. so far no reports of anyone injured. >>> time now to check in with core fox 29 weather authority as we take life located doylestown in bucks county just in time for valentine's day. the weather will warm up. kathy is here now with more on the big warmup. kathy. >> wow, looking at very different conditions than we've seen in the long time around here, iain. let's take look at what's going on. now, overnight tonight,& temperatures are going to be definitely on the cool side. but not quite as cold as it's been. 33 in philadelphia. 24 in the poconos. 30 in pottstown. 32 in wilmington and dover 32. 31 in reading and lancaster. now coming up we'll be be talking about some snow possibly in the forecast some rain and temperatures that will be well

she says he the attack in camden when he was 12 years old. he hid in a closet. just likesh on wednesday in parkland florida. >>> unruh killed 13 people in a shooting spree in camden's cramer hill on september 6th, 1949. the incident became known as the walk of death. unruh was held in a psychiatric hospital until his death in 2009. >>> pennsylvania supreme court is now weighing a new proposal to redraw the state's co this is the district boundaries map submitted by governor tom wolf last night. the governor says this proposal would even the playing field. >> i have subjected this map to all the tests of fairness. it is a fair map. and that's what i think we need as pennsylvanians. that's what we need as americans, fair maps. >> earlier this week wolf blocked a proposed map drafted by state republicans saying it was still gerrymanderedfavor th. court has until monday to adopt the or to draw its own map. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, we will go live to state college where thon is now under way. we will tell you about the weekend aimed at raising a lot of

. >>> camden county police are investigating a crash that killed a young girl in camden new jersey. a memorial is growing at the site where the 8-year-old girl was hit by an suv while riding her bike on the sidewalk. it happened at fifth and state streets thursday, the 84 driver and a 40-year-old man hit sitting on a front step both had to be hospitalized. no charges have been filed. >>> new tonight an update on the investigation into a fire that destroyed a berlin, new jersey diner. investigators now say the owner hired a friend to torch it. flames destroyed the country town diner along the white house pike on january 10th. authorities say robert debawski set fire to the diner after being hired in order to file an insurance claim, both men are facing arson and conspiracy charges. >>> the governor of puerto rico comes to philadelphia as the island continues to recover from hurricane maria. he met with local puerto rican leaders but on his way in he talked with protesters, upset that fema will stop fund, the transitional assistance program, meaning some evacuees could be homeless, by

. >> well, closer to home, authorities investigating a crash that killed little girl in camden. chopper three over the scene on north fifth and state street, just before 430 yesterday afternoon. police say 84 year old man lost control of his suv, jumped the curb and hit the eight year old while she was riding her bike. forty year old plan was also struck, he's in stable condition. police say the community is devastated. >> unfortunately, you have these incidents that happen. the loss of any life, of course, is a poinent one, the loss to a community, tune have a child lose his life at such a young age makes you think the loss of a promise, the future for the city. >> the driver. suv is in the hospital with unspecified injuries. >> one teenager in critical condition, two others injured, following triple shooting in the point breeze section of south philadelphia. the shooting happened on the 2100 block of educating terrace just after 6:00 last night. one teenager was shot in the face. the two other were shot in the legs. investigators have no motive for the violence, and they hope

for the camden catholic girls varsity basketball team. irish have their hands full holding off their conference rival the lenape indians. throughout the game each had some memorable moments. but none greater than the one that happened during the first two minutes. each year it's tradition. the honor the seniors graduate by calling them up to center for the team's head manager kate spadaro this moment is bittersweet. >> i just feel like that these four years went too fast. i just wish i can go back in time. >> reporter: if one could go back in time, it would be hard not to notice kate sitting on the bench cheering on her team at every game. >> good job ladies. defense. yes! yes! let's go! >> reporter: you see, kate has down syndrome but it never held her back. she was recently named homecoming queen and all season camden catholic's cheerleading captain. >> i love sharing my voice. what better way than sharing my voice than being a cheerleader. >> reporter: before this game, coach paladino told kate to suit up. >> why not? you know, kate is

. >> authorities are investigating a crash that killed a little girl in camden , chopper three over the scene on north fifth and state street just before 4:30 yesterday. eighty-four year old man lost control of his suv, jumped the curve and hit the eight year old while riding her bike. four year old man also struck, in stable condition, police say the community is devastated. >> unfortunately, you have these incidents that happen. the loss of any life, of course, is a poinent one, it is a lost to the community, tune have a child lose a life at such a young age makes you think of the loss of a promise , future. >> the driver of the suv is in the hospital with unspecified injuries. philadelphia police are investigating a deadly shooting in the lawncrest section, man shot in the face just before 8:00 last night, near rising sun avenue, rosa lee street, pronounced dead short time later. so far no arrests here. >>> and police reviewing surveillance video after three teens gunned down in south philadelphia. the gun discharged on 2100 block of educating terrace, one in critical condition with

in radnor township, i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> camden's recognizing the city's heroes. officials honored the first responder who's wept above and beyond the normal call of duty in two fires from november and december. if not for the work of camden firefighters, and cooper ems, some people would not have survived. >> thanks to the work of ale involved there was a successful rescue of the residents. stabilization of the incident, and conservation of the unit with no additional property damage. if not for their actions, the out come would be -- would have been much different. >> and so officials presented the emergency responders with citations for their heroic actions. >>> unthinkable situation for one local family. doctors have diagnosed one much their children with an incurable disease and another child could be next. their sharing their story. kristen. >> eagles coaches are in indianapolis for the nfl combine this week but before they take a look at who could join the team in 2018, doug pederson discusses coaching changes decisions ahead in sports. (phone buzzing) i li

camden county police officers are now on paid desk duty as the camden county prosecutor investigates. >> ♪ >> happening today, jury deliberations are set to begin in the corruption trial against the mayor of allentown. during closing arguments yesterday an attorney for mayor ed pawlowski said his client is 100 percent innocent of charges against him. prosecutors allege the democrat rigged city contracts steering money to businesses that supported his campaign. pawlowski did take the stand in his own defense and denied wrongdoing. >> the phillies have announced that roy halladay will be inducted into the team's wall of fame. the ceremony will be held on saturday august 4th. former general manager pat gillick will be inducted that day as well. halladay died in november when his plane crashed into the gulf of mexico. the phillies say a flag bearing his number 34 will fly at citizens bank park for this season as a tribute to his contribution to the club. >>> the goldbergs celebrates its root with a salute to the eagles. cameos include mike quick and the voice of the eagles merrill reese

sky6 is taking a look across the delaware river at camden. you should know that camden county is under a code blue alert through 7:00 this morning. that's due to the low temperatures and wind chills and under a code blue troops try to make sure homeless people going into shelter. they also advise you to check on the elderly or handicapped to make sure they are okay. >> we're going to have a reground. >> we're starting out in the 20's but we should wind up in the 30's. we are primarily dry f you're up towards the poconos there could be a little flurry around this morning. as we take a look outside, we have sky6 and everybody's lighting up those buildings green and that includes those new condos and apartments that they've got right next to 30th street station and we're going to see a lot of that all week as we have to wait until thursday before that championship parade comes through center city. 27 degrees is your current temperature. the winds are a lot lighter this morning, just at 5 miles per hour, so your wind chill is 22 but that is still

fox 29's shawnette wilson live in cherry hill, camden county with more to tonight. shawnette. >> reporter: iain students claim that this all started when one student expressed concerns to administrators about what the teacher allegedly said about school safety here. still most students are rallying in support of the teacher. student cell phone video shows a protest this morning in the hallway of cherry hill high school east. students are rallying to get back the man they call a favorite teacher who hasn't been in the classroom since last we week. >> they were having, um, pictures all on the ground saying free mr. lock. and it was just like -- it was crazy a lot of people were there report roar they're hoping tore verse a decision made about timothy lock who teaches ap history. students say lock was put on administrative leave after speaking to a class about the deadly shooting in parkland and allegedly brought up possible security concerns at cherry hill east. >> he has his own voice and that he -- he can share his opinions. i'm not saying wrong or right but he was

hearing gunshots when he was a little kid in camden. you can bet that came up at his little granddaughter, sadly will not within her grandfather today because he died, believe it or not, one month before howard unruh back in 2008. you know he always looked forward to the day he would die so he would say he spit on his grave. he didn't get to live to see. that maybe the influence, you know, in the family of learning how to hide in the closet saved his granddaughter so maybe in death did he something to save his granddaughter's life. >>> my god, what an incredible story, steve. >> the connections there. >> wow. >> yeah. >> wow. >> well, thanks steve for finding that one. >>> we will run this video, that has been found, this video emerged of this nikolas cruz guy practicing his shooting in his backyard. apparently this video was taken by a neighbor. >> it was obtained by cnn. the teenager can be seen pumping off rounds in the backyard. >> we have new video in that i want to play for our viewers. this is of the shooter, just a few months be