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♪ >> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> now at 11:00 o'clock, an "eyewitness news" exclusive. inside fox catcher. we take you behind the headlines of the legendary local murder case that now has the film world buzzing. the incredible details you won't see on the big screen. >> but first, breaking details

in two stories developing right now. a suspect is dead after being shot by a delaware state trooper in the middle of a reasonable neighborhood. >> and a family and friends come together as man is is arrested for murdering a woman and her young son then trying to cover up the crime with a fire. good evening, i'm chris may. >> i'm jessica dean. >> new tonight, police say the boyfriend did it and egg harbor city man is now charged with murder and arson following a suspicion house fire that shook a quiet neighborhood. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco was the only reporter there as a grieving community came together tonight. >> reporter: joseph palmer is now being held here at the atlantic county justice facility charged with murdering a mom and her young son. on the same night a community is remembering their lives gavin packs is the father struggle for words after he talks about his little boy.

with hugs and tears the community mourns the death of seven year old gavin and his mom michelle. they were murdered at the hands of michelle's boyfriend. >> we wanted everybody come out today to celebrate life because if anybody new shell, she will loved life. >> hundreds lit candles to remember the young mother and her son found burned inside their washington street home wednesday after firefighters put out the flames. 38 year old joseph palmer lived with them and was found injured outside. originally telling investigators there was an intruder but police now say palmer stabbed michelle and gavin to death then set the fire. >> i can't believe this could happen in our little town and to people who were so kind and loving. >> reporter: many at the vigil left notes to michelle and gavin a second grader at spraying elementary. family members wearing red because it was gavin's favorite color. >> i can remember gavin when he was about two years old.

he would sit in the church pew, and when the choir would start to sing, he would take out a hymn until and try singing with us. >> reporter: that's so precious. >> he was. he was a precious, precious little boy. >> reporter: palmer was arrested upon leaving the hospital friday afternoon. he's being held on $2 million bail. i'm diana rocco cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> also breaking at this hour, earthquake strikes off the coast of the indonesia and officials are warning of a possible to you name. the us geological service calls this a 7.3 magnitude earthquake. there are no immediate reports right now of injuries or damage but we do know the quake has the potential to create to you name waves along the coasts of indonesia and the philippines. here at home our temperatures are plunge to go night, and that means we'll deal with a very cold morning. meteorologist kathy orr is live outside bundled up on the cbs-3 sky deck with the cold weather that's already settled in. kathy. already a little breezy out here, chris that.

combined with a very cold temperatures are driving wind chills way down across the delaware valley and colder air is coming believe it or not. take look across the delaware valley at our item temperatures. 37 in philadelphia. freezing in wilmington and trenton. freezing in allentown. only 30 in atlantic city at the airport and the poconos it is 28 degrees. with winds out of the northwest at about five to 10 miles an hour, wind chills are driven down into the 20s. it feels like 27 in reading and allentown. trenton. it feels like 24 in millville. feels like 17 in the poconos. coming up we're talking about the coldest morning since last march. in the morning only 29 degrees in philadelphia. colder in our suburbs. here's some of the other numbers you'll wake up to. allentown 26. the poconos 23. only 28 degrees in millville and atlantic city. but with the wind it will feel even colder. now we are looking at another arctic blast moving our way for next week. we'll talk more about that and how colder it is going to get. for now we'll zen it back to you

in the studio. >> breaking details tonight. a delaware state trooper opens fire on a suspect after a car chase and that suspect died a short time ago. this shooting happened at harvey road and garfield avenue in claymont. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live there tonight. todd? >> reporter: jessica, there were multiple gunshots fired here in this reasonable neighborhood, ton night we've learned the man who was killed has been identified as 41 year old william mcnulty of clayton. video taken just minutes after the shooting shows the back windshield of the car was shot out. police were reportedly chasing this car in claymont early friday evening. the car crashed here on harvey road, a delaware state trooper shot william mcnulty. investigators have been combing over the scene on harvey road near garfield avenue. mcnulty was rushed to christiana hospital. the shooting happened here just after 4:00 friday evening. friday night over the phone we talked to mcnulty's uncle. says the 41 year old battled

drug use and had prior run ins with the law. >> he's never owned a weapon before that i ever new of or anyone in the familiar woman know of. it's just so -- so unlike him for this to happen like this. and it's kind of hard for to us grasp. we're going to take it and deal with it the best we can right now. >> reporter: christiana -- this evening mcnulty was pronounced dead at christiana h at this point it's not clear if he was armed as investigators have released no mr. details. reporting live tonight in claymont, delaware, todd quinones cbs-3 "eyewitness new news". >> todd thank you. tonight inside the real live local murder case that captured headlines. the killing of the olympic wrestler dave schultz by the eccentric millionaire john dupont came to the big screen. fox catcher is out in limited release tonight. before you see it find out what really hammed. we now go deep inside this case as our natasha brown talks exclusively with key players who

were in the middle of it all. >> reporter: in january 1996 john dupont an hair to the dupont company chemical fortune drove to the guest house on his sprawling estate known as fox catcher farm in newton square and shot and killed 36 year old david schultz. schultz an olympic res leng gold med list lived there with his family and had trained like hundreds of other athletes at the estate run by dupont. it's a moment that brought richard show berg a swimming coach to his niece. >> he said, dick, john dupont shot and killed dave schultz and i fell to the ground. >> reporter: stunned to collapse richard spent 10 years coaching at the world class athletic facility built by dupont. a team fox catcher banner still hangs on the wall at germantown academy where he's coached swimming for four decades. >> i loved the guy because he helped so many kids. i loved dave schultz. on that day i lost two really droves close friends. >> reporter: the world would come to know a very different john dupont in the days

following the murder. and increasingly eccentric man who held police at bay during a two-day tense standoff at fox catcher farms. >> squat team members about 40 marksman are still surrounding the mansion about a mile down this twist tee lovely road. >> reporter: joe and dennis mc andrews were prosecutors on the case. >> we have an extraordinary wealthy multi multi millionaire expert marksman barricaded in 47 room mansion on hundreds of acres estate with high powered weapons and armored personnel character in the garage and perhaps a 50 caliber machine gun. this is not going to be good. >> reporter: dupont was finally lured out. he was found to be mentally ill but competent to stand trial despite what prosecutors considered an elaborate act at faking insanity. >> he to me was a total participant in setting up and insanity defense by parading him looking crazier and crazier, more unkept with each court

hearing. >> reporter: heart broken nancy schultz followed the proceedings intensely. her tragedy now transformed into a hollywood movie with steve carell portraying dupont, mark ruffalo as her husband dave schultz and chaning tatum portraying david's brother mark. nancy told our ukee washington on talk philly about the big screen transformation of her darkest day. >> john dupont was a very controlling person. he want to do have the attention of -- actually have the the quality that other people gave like mark and dave and he couldn't have that. so it was a strange dynamics and in the film, dave, you know, tries to get in between mark and john are having a lot of difficulty working with each other. so dave gets in the middle and it creates a lot of animosity and tension between the two of them. >> dupont died in prison in 2010 but those who know this case intimately hope the life he took david schultz's life will be the lasting memory behind this saga.

>> what a genuinely great person david schultz was to all those who new him as i never did, but from them i got so many stories about his, you know, just genuine qualities as a good human being. >> reporter: natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> and you can watch our interview with the director of fox catcher and much more right now on our website just go to cbsphilly.com and click on entertainment. child abuse so extreme the delaware county district attorney says he's never seen anything like it. here are four of the five adults facing charges. police say shakia jack on is the mother of four of the children. there's video of one of the suspects william wade being arrested earlier this week. the suspects physically and sexually abused five children at this home in darby. police allege the children were kicked, punched and body slammed. they also say adults shot beebee guns at the children as a cruel

form of discipline. >> it seemed so surreal you don't think it's really happening. what world is this where this can occur? >> the children are now staying with relatives and officials say they are doing okay. new at 11:00 o'clock, pennsylvania state police say that their manhunt for the suspected trooper killer eric frein costs $11 million. thousands of officers and agents from several agencies took part in the 48 day search. frein eventually was captured october 30th near an abandoned airplane hangar prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. >> there's a new trend in town you might want to take advantage of this weekend. >> it is a movie, a meal and much more. >> this is our first time here. it's pretty exciting. >> we haven't come to the movies this consistently since we were dating many years ago. >> i'm ukee washington. see where you can get the ultimate dine and movie experience right here in our area coming up on "eyewitness news".

>> and it looks like a movie stunt but this is for real. not the place you want to park your car. why this wild scene is causing evacuations tonight. that's coming up. >> kathy. >> another arctic blast is moving our way. i'll show you what to expect as temperatures fall extremely below freezing. >> and it is never too cold for the friday football frenzy. we've got your team covered when "eyewitness news" continues in just 60 seconds.

♪ >> deep freeze that settled over the country causes a rare event in ohio. thunder snow. it only happens in extreme storms. further to the east snow blanketed the buffalo area where up to 6-inches fell. kathy will have more on the arctic blast headed our way. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> a new jersey transit bus runs off the side of interstate 295 in burlington county. the bus collided with a car,

then crashed through a guardrail and went down an embankment in florence. three new jersey transit employees were aboard the bus. 91 was seriously injured. there is a sign on the bus that says, student driver but it's unclear if a student driver was behind the wheel at the time of the accident. the driver of the car that hit the bus was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >> the man who drove his car into a schoolbus earlier this week in you faces charges. police say 26 year old justin thomas of morris planes, new jersey, has been charged with careless driving and another charge all related to tuesday's crash in princeton. three people were injured when thomas' bpw hit the bus on rou route 206 north of hutchinson drive. >> crews used a crane to lift a car from a huge sink hole in holiday, florida, today. on monday, the owner of that car noticed its tires were singing into the driveway just before the ground gave way. this is the third hole that's formed in this area. several homes have been

evacuated as a precaution. as you saw tonight, live here on cbs-3, hollywood's biggest stars kicked off the award season. for the first time the hollywood film awards were televised. queen latifah hosted the 18th annual event. recognizes the year's most outstanding performances. big acting awards went to julianne moore for still alice and benedict comer batch for the imitation games. gone girl starring ben affleck won the film award. >> and it was quite a show earlier tonight. celebrities walking the red carpet being wined and dined at this year's hollywood film awards. if that star power has you making plans to go out for a dinner and movie this weekend ukee washington shows us the best seat in the house for both. >> reporter: going to the movies. i love it. i recently went to see the blockbuster interstellar mine experience was without a doubt out of this world. >> it's real cool to be able to enjoy a good movie, a good meal, a good drink.

>> reporter: you can do all of that in one place at the amc dine in theater in west chester. one of just a couple in our ar area. >> some of my friends have already been here and they thought it was really cool. we thought we'd try it. >> the reaction from guests is really very positive. >> reporter: here's why. how about this? a bar. >> we're going into the holidays so we have some holiday themed drinks like jerusalem bread martini. here's something that's really sweet. check out the theater seats. huge, leather recliners, press a button and back you go. >> they just get these smiles on their faces instantly. >> reporter: now that you're comfy choose your movie meal. not just popcorn but first rate dish like ginger salmon, fancy nachos and gourmet mack and cheese. you pay for a menu items in addition to your movie ticket. you're all set with your food. the movie is about to start. you want to order more? got a button right who are x were can i get for you today sir. >> can i get another order of sesame ginger salmon and tyco company nut tenders, please.

>> absolutely. >> orders are taken in the dark but the real challenge is eating it. >> if it's a white plate helps enhance the food and being able to look at it in the dark. >> you can reserve your seats online or at the box office. >> this is our first time here. it's pretty exciting. >> guess what? pretty filling, too. >> oh, boy. this is the life. >> ukee washington, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> in weather tonight, temperatures are falling through the 30s. wind chills in the 20s and our "eyewitness weather" watchers are reporting in very cold conditions. we'll start off where it is 28 degrees, did you go in vincentown he's saying very light winds relatively humidity 88%. it's the coldest night here since springtime with a noticeable wind chill and that wind chill will be around into the early morning hours. right now it is 35 degrees in mt. laurel. kerry is reporting a temperature and a light wind. temperatures in the 30s. wind chills still in the 20s. barbara is saying 29 degrees in

willow grove and let's go far to the north and west of philadelphia where it is 31 degrees in burnville and lieutenant alan matthews is saying 31 degrees with a wind out of the west about 9 miles an hour stars are shining outside but brrr, my sent manies exactly. >> if you would like to be an "eyewitness weather" watcher and report here on our newscast, it's easy to do go to cbsphilly.com/watchers. eighths beautiful night across the delaware val physical you are bundled up. ben franklin bridge looking pretty tonight. during the day tomorrow, it still will be cold. but we will have plenty of sunshine. right now, it is feeling like 17 in the poconos where they're actually seeing a little bit of light snow. allentown, the wind chill 27. 27 in trenton. feels like 27 in reading much feels tweak 24 fleece millville you can see all that moisture streaming toward the south and the east it's the cold wind blowing across the great lakes even though there are hundreds of miles away, those streamers are making it into the poconos where we could see a little bit of a coating on the ground especially near tannersville.

please be aware of that. otherwise, it's going to be dry during the nighttime tonight and during the day tomorrow. high pressure will sit right over us for saturday and is sunday. our next system comes in from the west. warm air ahead of this so we'll be seeing some rain. could start off as a wintry mix to the north and west of philadelphia late sunday night. but then change over to rain with this cold front behind this cold front colder air. this would be snow accumulation monday from state college westward. we are going to be seeing a bitter chill behind the system. another arctic blast moves in tuesday morning. temperatures will be below average between 15 and 20 degrees below normal both tuesday and wednesday we're talking about very blustery conditions if you think the 40s are cold, wait until you see next week. overnight the low 29 degrees. tomorrow 44. 48 degrees the high temperature by sunday. monday knot not so bad either even though while have the rain. after that, tuesday blustery. 37. wind chills in the 20s. wednesday morning, 24.

the coldest air of the season. and after that, temperatures begin to moderate. we want to remind everybody tomorrow special day at the pli morning meeting mall calling all kid casters to audition between noon and 3:00. "eyewitness weather" team will be there. can't wait to see the new tale talent. >> all right, kathy, thanks. >> kathy has the cold. beasley takes us to the ice tonight. >> the flyers welcomed back scotty hartnell a big night. fans loved him. played seven years who are. with the blue jackets. we'll

>> hockey night in south philadelphia. the flyers winners of three straight taking on struggling columbus team. loser of nine straight. fan favorite scotty hartnell making his first appearance back in philadelphia after the trade for rj umberger. he played seven seasons for the flyer. vorachek finds loose puck and that's his seventh goal of the season. tied the game. later in the period, columbus responds. mason goes down. columbus scores. and they would hold on to beat the flyers four to three. >> the road trip continues for the sixers from dallas to houston still looking for that first win of the season. final 16 seconds of the game sixers with one point lead and james harding goes down and does what he known to do. nice lay up. rockets take the lead. sixers with the ball. the final play. michael carter williams with the

shot. it does not go. sixers lose again 88-87 the final. >> i played several games in green bay and one time is enough just to say you did it. town of 104,000 people stadium in the middle november where. nothing to do. very average hotels. that's the dismal truth. i'm listing all this stuff all week about this -- eagles expect temperatures in the 20s coldest game of the year for the birds we used to grease our arms gone sleeve less. what will the eagles do? right now i'm saying no sleeves. no sleeves. >> no sleeves until we go out there and -- test our toes in the water make a decision when we come back after warmup. >> ♪ >> hey, hey, here we go, ths hey, hey, here we go, ths.

hey, hey, here we go, ths! >> this is the friday football frenzy. take it away beasley! >> whoo! >> it was cold out there. appreciate your hard work. your town, your team your kids on tv the original friday football frenzy starts with a lost act. let's start in delaware cun tee pottsgrove visiting springfield. springfield quarterback brian allen trying to keep the play alive. he will emerge. come on brine. he emerges. breaks free. nice little run. that set up a field goal. we haven't featured the field goal kickers enough in the frenzy this year. ears jack nailing a field goal for springfield. pottsgrove see how we get everybody cheerleaders and kickers. springfield won it 10-six. st. joe's prep and lasalle. here we go rival game and the playoffs. nice defense by prep. the pass is completed for bennie walls knocks it free. nick vanderbilt gets the interception. that is working as a team.

swift had a lot of on the frenzy goes in for the score. prep wouldn't it 46-13. >> upper dublin at west chester rustin drain loper will emerge. here he goes. you see him emerge from the pile. get em! 80-yard totter house he goes but back comes upper dubl dublin. ryan stover finds john barrett for the score. dublin won it, 41-23. west chester henderson and coatesville. hudson with a strong run here. coatesville won this one big, 56-28. >> downington east visiting quakertown. andrew hudson finds cary angeline with great run. great block by jake hand ford. watch this block. see these guys work as a team. east won it 21-zero. >> time for timeout here in the frenzy. but when we return the game of the week, highlights from garnet

valley and pennsbury after the timeout.