he put my arm behind my back and tried to tie my arms together. >> a korean war veteran beaten in his own home. he reveals the threat he survived and the strategy his attacker used to get in the door. by the time i came out of the water i saw the boat. and it kept going. >> plus another nbc10 exclusive. watch as the man is rescued after being thrown overboard off the jersey shore. he tells us how he swam for mierls. what you can learn from his

mistake. but first a killer on the run. a philadelphia neighborhood on lockdown after a mechanic is murdered inside a car repair shop. police followed a trail of greasy footprints but it did not lead them to the killer. >> reporter: jacqueline investigators in the homicide unit here have a name and several addresses to work with. the victim was killed tonight while he was at work at a job only a few blocks from the house he grew up in. nbc10 cameras captured swat teams in full protective gear after a murder native. a life long friend of stanley martin who everyone called eli. >> my son called me told me eli

just got killed. >> reporter: the chief inspector says the police found the victim slumped to the ground between several cars. he'd apparently been shot in the chest with a shotgun at close range. leaving the scene, they found this trail of oily footprints and files of discarded clothing. with police helicopters searching from above and heavily armed swat crews on the ground, they zeroed in on one apartment, but found no one inside. >> there is a possibility that the shooter exited the property before police were aware. >> reporter: for friends of the victim, the murder seems an unlikely end to a hardx working neighborhood success story. >> all my childhood friends grew up around here. we all made it in life.

none of us got killed. >> reporter: now, witnesses from that scenelj spent hours interviewing with police tonight. and investigators are confident one of the many surveillance cameras in that area likely captured the shooter as he fled the scene. we're life tonight at police headquarters headquarters, nbc10 news. now to a story you'll see only on 10. a korean war veteran is telling the story of how he was robbed and beaten inside his home. it happened in west vincent township. the ordeal began with a knock at the door and a lie. >> reporter: an 81-year-old chester county man is on the mend. >> this was really really black. i had a big bruise up here. skin missing. and i had blood all over my head. >> reporter: cuts and bruises still cover his face arms and legs, a week after a man pretend pretending to be a water worker

beat and robbed him. >> he said do you have a water problem. >> reporter: the man follow-upped up that question by forcing his way into the victim's home. the victim who asked not to be identified explains what happened next. >> that's when he grabbed my arms from behind and hustled me in there. and kept saying he was going to shoot/ he must have said that 15 times. >> reporter: the suspect never showed a gun. he pushed the korean war vet into his bedroom. that's where the robber tied his arms behind his back with the victim's own shirt and covered him with this blanket. >> loosely tied him to the bed. >> reporter: the man got away with cash a laptop, and prescription drugs. the victim said it would have gone differently had he had his way. >> i said if i had my pen, i

would have stabbed him in the eye. >> reporter: they'rex c s happened again. someone smashed out car windows at the train station for the second time we spoke to a woman who says she got off the train to find her car windows broken tonight, along with about six other cars. she thinks someonemx5 just for kicks. >> nothing was ransacked. the glove box wasn't open or anything. it didn't look like anything actually valuable they had was taken. >> this is the same train station where we reported windows last month and stealing valuables from inside. police have not yet made an arrest in that case.t)

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continue to move away. at 6:00 a.m. there's still a chance of a shower around. it's going to get warm and humid once again. when to expect real serious rain with the seven-day in a few minutes. new at 11:00, dorney park and wild water kingdom is under investigation. osha is investigating an employee's hospitalization last month, but it's not clear why. the government has six months to conduct the probe and release findings. cemetery workers with)p4+cm stealing brass urns and selling them for scrap metal. someone reported several urns missing in dover, kent count. police say they are being sold for scrap. troopers arrested the cemetery manager and employees shawn graves and lauri ónlarlham.

they are still looking for the fourth suspect. if you plan on signing up for pope passes, time is running out. the deadline is 11:59 p.m. so you have less than an hour. nearly 34,000 people entered the regional rail lottery. you'll need those special passes when the pope is here next month. the website crashed two weeks ago when septa first put those tickets ons' sale. ♪ the papal choir for the world meeting of families began warming up tonight. they re!7b&jxut at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. they will grow up to 500 members when childrens and high school choirs are added. be sure to watch nbc10 tomorrow

night at 7:00 for a special about pope francis. nbc10's jim rosenfield spoke with his close friends, colleagues, and critics to learn more about the man who became the people's pope. >> congressman chaka fattah says he will run for reelection next year despite a federal indictment against him. today, the 11-term democrat made his first public appearance since he was indicted next week. the indictment claims the congressman took bribes and mishandled campaign money. he says he is innocent. >> as i indicated, i deny these allegations. i also said that as an elected official i have never been involved in any illegal activity. >> today nbc10 learned that fattah is scheduled to make his first appearance in court august

18th. congressman fattah is married to nbc10 anchor who is labeled as person e. and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege when they participated in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car to pay closing costs onaa vacation home. she is not charged and denies any wrong doing. renee is on leave from nbc10. philadelphia police and town watch officials teamed up for a national night out kickoff rally. nbc10 and south philadelphia tonight where one of several rallies was held. events will continue tomorrow. day two of eagles training camp in the books. tomorrow comes the day the entire organization has been waiting for. at noon training camp moves to lincoln financial field. thousands of fans will get the new look eagles up close and

personal. bigger than life size cutouts of their favorite players. >> those fans out here just really -- you take it to another level. everything is a little bit more competitive. >> it's going to be fun. >> also tomorrow the eagles will introduce some of their favorite alumni onto! the field. nbc10 is the official station of the philadelphia eagles. we'll be following the team at training camp and have preand post game coverage as well as every snap of the preseason opener august 16th against the colts. relief from the heat. i'm watching when temperatures will finally cool off and ourmydég#ñ next chance for rain. big thunderstorm. giant bolts of lightning. >> lost at sea. next how the coast guard was able to zero in and@pull him to safety. and this robot making his

way around the world, but destroyed during its time in philadelphia. tonight, a new twist that might uncover a big hoax.

a hitchbot hoax? that is the question on people's minds tonight after some newly released video claims to help solve the mystery of its demise. take a look at this purported surveillanc5" where a man appears to jump kick an object against a wall on an old city street. nbc10 has not independently confirmed the video's authenticity. the person who released the footage is prankster. on saturday morning, they got a photo confirming it was van vandalized beyond repair. >> we were shocked, i would say. >> yes, we were quite shocked.

and of course we wanted to verify first of all is that not just a photo shop image, is it really true. >> hitchbot creators say they've been flooded with messages of support and offers to rebuild the robot. to decision 2016 adding fuelpdúq9 áo a fire that's been burning in new jersey for a long time. in response to a question about bullying governor chris christie skñ the teachers unions deserve to be punched in the face. take a listen. >> you respond as saying you can treat bullies as side l up to them or punch them in the face. you said i like to pumpl them in the face. at the national level, who deserves a punch in the face? >> oh, the nationalyolsbg teachers " local teachers we spoke to say

the governor's comments are offensive and say he is the real>y bully. >> it's very disheartening. >> apaled upset, angry? >> angry and disappointed. >> if you're going to be the president of the united states you should definitely be concerned about middle class fak6m9r(t&háhp &hc they say christie is an embarrassment to new jersey and should resign. christie's presidential campaign did not request for comment. vice president joe biden was at home in greenville new castle county today as the buzz continued to grow that he could run for president. nbc confirmed that biden is keeping his options open. it's a group raising money and recruiting volunteers for a biden presidential run. freezing cold. i grabbed blankets. i turned the heat off.

>> new at 11:00, a survival story. earlier today we showed you this video of the coast guard rescuing a man off the jersey shore. tonight, he's telling his story for the very first time including how he swam 10 miles to safety. keith jones has the story you'll see only on 10. >> boat went this way and i fell right out. big thunderstorm, giant bolts of lightning and just waves that were huge. >> may day, may day. >> reporter: that call came 10:00 saturday night from damien's friend still on this 40-foot fishing boat. >> i didn't pfe a chance to show him how to operate the auto pilot. i think that's the reason why the boat kept going. >> reporter: leaving the 45-year-old ) raging storm without a life jacket. his only motivation, his family. a loving wife of one year and

his young sons. >> i just1a couldn't -- couldn't picture theqkeñi next day somebody coming to tell them that i'm not going to be home anymore because i knew it would ruin their lives. and i love them too much for that. >> i love him more than anything. and i mean that with every ounce of my body. >> reporter: so damien started swimming for about 10 miles. >> the wind was so bad, it was blowing me back or it was blowing the ship away from me. >> reporter: unable to feel his legs his arms cramping hours into it it felt hopeless. >> i coughed water out of my lungs so many times. all i would have had to do was take one breath of water and it was over. >> reporter: after four hours, his friend found him and then the coast guard appeared overhead. they grabbed him, lifted him to a hospital where remarkably he made a full recovery. and learned a life lesson along

the way. always wear a life jacket. >> it/o]=u1b u(qq' a whole different story. >> reporter: keith jones, nbc10 news. what an amazing story. and there were some thunderstorms offshore on saturday night. most of the area was dry over the weekend. we continue the heat wave one more day looks like. chance of some showers overnight tonight for one thing. and we got a big break with the heat and humidity on the way. out there. it's 81 degrees. still not all that humid, but it's getting a little bit more so. it feels like it's 83. today, it was 93. it felt like 93. current temperatures well, it's 83 degrees in ben salem. 72 in allen town. it's in the 70s across much of the area. tomorrow yeah, it's going to get up there again. with a southwest wind the

delaware beaches are going to be the warmest, near 90 degrees. get that sea breeze at the jersey shore. even though the ocean is up to 75 probably won't get too much above the low 80s right at the jersey shore beaches. we had a few showers up toward the poconos. another few showers now south of harrisburg that may move into parts of the area during the middle of the night. and then there's more showers and thunderstorms back to the west. and we'll see what happens to those. some of those may make it at least into some of the western suburbs. but the temperature, that's going to stay up a bit. the humidity's going to be up a bit. if there are any showers during the day tomorrow the best chance is southern delaware and extreme south jersey. this particular computer model really not showing us much in the way of showers. but it's certainly showing us that heat once again.

at least to 90 degrees. for the rest of the night, we've got the humidity going the be hot, a little bit more humid. temperatures getting into the low 90s. chance of shower or even a thunderstorm southern delaware, extreme south jersey generally later in the day. then on wednesday, the big change. the humidity, it goes down a lot.i by thursday, the temperature's going down. this heat wave is not going to last muchq longer. by friday, system comes inó6 the west. looks like heavy rain friday or friday night, maybe even into the beginning of the éfweekend. why was demarco murray held out of training camp yesterday? we're going to hear from him. and a fight ñry in dallas training camp. that is next.

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hey, comcast sports net dale two of(z eagles training camp, already an injury. travis long tore his acl for a second straight season, third time overall. demarco murray was held out of team drills on the first day of camp yesterday. maybe chip kelly is going to rest him some days. good news he was out there today. >> i thought i got a lot of good work in. and like i said you always want to be out there as much as you can and try to compete at a high level. you got to be smart too. you got a long season ahead of you. just got to not taper it down

but get a good work of just crazy work. >> sam bradford has been a full go the first two days of camp. his teammates, they have been impressed with his accuracy and leadership. >> guy can make all the throws in the book. it's very easy going out there and running routes for him. >> he's doing exactly what he needs to do. he's got a swagger to him. it's great to see. >> he's not going to be afraid to come up to you and tell you when you do something wrong. lots of times when guys are new, they don't want to step on anybody's toes. he's a born leader. >> brandon boy kin said chip kelly doesn't know how to relate to his players. chip's coaches and players have his back not the corner back. >> he went in the off season and had a long talk with chip about his roll we had great conversations with brandon about all those things.

i think chip has one of the biggest open door policies for@rcf1 o it is inside. how about fighting at cowboy's training camp? star receiver dez bryant scoring off with tyler pa ton. how about;h jerry jones, guess what he called this. good stuff. i'm john clark. we're right back. ♪ how's it progressing with the prisoner? he'll tell us everything he knows very shortly, sir. as you were... where were we? 13 serving 14! service! if your boss stops by, you act like you're working. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do.

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it eight, but we're not going to go much beyond that. the temperature drops thursday. >> all right. that's nbc10 newsaav at 11:00. for all of us here thanks for watching. the "tonight show" starring jimmy fallon is up next. have a great night.

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