right now, on nbc 10 news at 11:00, a 5-year-old boy found dead in a canal. we talked to the volunteer searcher whose clue ended the two-day search for the boy. good evening. i'm denise nakano. an autopsy is set for monday morning for the 5-year-old. police do not suspect any kind of foul play. the boy who had autism wandered away from a new year's eve party. he had no shoes and no coat. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal has the latest from allentown. >> reporter: for more than 40 hours straight, police and volunteers here in allentown searched the woods and the river in the freezing cold.

that search ended today as this community now begins to grieve after the young boy's body was found in a shallow canal. an emotional prayer cuts through the cold night in allentown, just minutes after the terrible news spread, candlelit vigils popped up across the city. >> it's a blessing to have so many people come here and light a candle for a boy they didn't even know. >> reporter: the 5-year-old was found dead in a canal not far from where he disappeared. he vanished from a new year's eve party without a coat or shoes. he was carrying a small tablet computer. dive teams found the boy who has autism in about 6 feet of water. >> members of the allentown fire department dive team at that point in time discovered the body of the 5-year-old. preliminarily, this is being considered a tragic accident. >> reporter: officials say

canine dogs led them to the canal banks, but the biggest clue was found by a volunteer who located the boy's tablet underwater. cell phone video shows search teams fishing it out of the creek. >> there's a tablet in there floating, or on the bottom of the canal. i said, okay. so i walked over, i looked. and i said, darn, i think that is. >> thank you for all who assisted, who searched, who brought food for the officers, who prayed for our searchers. >> reporter: autism experts say some young children will wander away. they're often afraid of the public, complicating search efforts and many are attracted to bodies of water. >> every autistic child are different. some are drawn to it, some stay away from it. >> reporter: officials say they do not expect to file charges in this case. and an autopsy will be done on monday morning to determine cause of death. in allentown, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. there's a new commitment tonight to get rid of expressions of hate and bigotry

in future mummers parades. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> the mummers will also address the outcry over acts some people viewed as racist and transphobic. drew smith is live in center city to explain. drew? >> reporter: denise, you can see the cleanup is not even done out here. all the bariers are out here along the parade route. but already mummers organizers are getting together to get ready for next year. they're taking steps to prevent negativity from popping up again. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] gays! >> reporter: it's the video clip that generated the most headlines from the parade on new year's day. it also prompted the heads of the mummers division to talk today about making changes. >> it sickened me, as it sickened just about everybody else.

it's absolutely intolerable. it's hate speech. >> reporter: george told us he's already in touch with diversity groups. he sees a need for dialogues about sensitivity and satire in going over the line. two acts prompted a backlash. this display about kaitlin jenner's transition. and these marchers in brown face dressed as tacos. >> this is people who know that what they're doing is offensive and continue to do so anyway. >> reporter: next year the mummers will require clubs performing an ethnic theme to have advisers and participants of that ethnicity. as for this guy, he's out. banned from marching with any group. a source with the mummers provided his name. and his address. two women told us he didn't live there. but they did not deny his role in this incident. >> it was fake. yeah. we want no part. >> reporter: the group he was part of now wants to participate

in an lgbt fund-raiser or event. >> if we can embrace this for a teaching moment for mummers, it will go further to help things. >> reporter: that spokesman did call most of the parade a big success, including the big introduction of diversity, included in the parade for the thirs time this year. but he said even a handful of hateful acts is too many. new at 11:00, a shooting victim is found on the edge of the university campus. a man began shooting at them. one of them was hurt. they sped away and stopped on widener's campus to call police. the victim is in surgery at the hospital. there are no arrests or motive. you're looking live at the rink where there are plenty of skaters. dealing with the dropping

temperatures. brittney shipp is following the temperatures. >> it's going to be a cold start on your sunday morning. mostly clear skies expected for us. temperatures will drop down to 32 for philadelphia. 29 in pottstown. 28 in allentown. down to 26 degrees in the poconos. your wakeup planner for philadelphia shows it's going to be a cold start, even at 10:00 a.m. in the low 40s by 1:00 p.m. 46 degrees is the high tomorrow in philadelphia. to the north and west, we're actually going to drop down in the 20s. if you're an early riser at 6:00 a.m., temperatures are still going to be below freezing. light wind speed tomorrow, so it will feel colder than that. by 10:00 a.m., 36 degrees with temperatures expected to warm to 40 degrees in pottstown. 41 in allentown. 48 in melville and 48 degrees in atlantic city. i'm tracking drier conditions and arctic blast, all coming up

in my seven-day forecast. 82 new philadelphia firefighters will new staff stations around the city. the 190th firefighter cadet class graduated today in a ceremony at temple university. in addition to the philadelphia firefighters, another cadet will work at the prison and one will be a firefighter in upper darby. the cadets go through 23 weeks of rigorous training to graduate from the fire academy. the philadelphia fire cadets are joining a department that showed the lowest number of fire deaths in history. there were 12 in 2015, compared to 32 the year before. still, a nationwide search is under way for a new fire commissioner under incoming mayor kenny. >> i hope i get a chance to continue the hard work that i've done.

the next step, getting to single digits. at some point to have zero fire ta talts in the city. >> kenny announced two members of the administration. kenny's inauguration is set for monday. up next on nbc 10 news at 11:00, it looked like bumper cars inside a parking garage at an atlantic city hotel and casino. what police are now saying about it. the eagles searched for chip kelly's replacement. penn state quarterback hackenberg plays his final game for the nittany lions.

new at 11:00, a woman is facing dui charges after police say she repeated hit a number of parked cars in atlantic city and it was all caught on camera. >> oh! no! >> a witness captured this video early new year's day at the tropicana hotel and casino. joann costas got into the car with the keys in the ignition. it was waiting in a valet lane to be parked. she hit four parked cars while trying to leave. trop cana security officers detained her and she was taken to the hospital. no one else was hurt. up next, isis inspired? that what authorities in israel are trying to figure out about a deadly shooting inside a bar in tel aviv. what we're learning tonight about the suspect.

the republicans in harrisburg were fighting each other over the state budget. that's right. each other. the republican state senate passed a responsible budget that "begins" to fund education but the republican house of representatives has insisted on a budget that fails to fund education and balloons the deficit. call your legislator, tell them to pass a budget that's right for pennsylvania.

tonight the search continues for a gunman who opened fire at bar in tel aviv, israel, killing two people and wounding several others. police have identified the shooter as 31-year-old arab-israeli shilham. this is video of him in court back in 2007. today police raided his home, arresting his brother, his father talked to the media, saying he was mentally unstable. police are still investigating the shooter's motive. they're looking into whether the attack may have been inspired by isis. back in our area tonight, some philadelphia high school basketball players are learning about good sportsmanship, and healthy competition. they took part in the 2016 high school basketball showcase, and philadelphia's benjamin franklin

high school. the event is designed to help inner city youth learn important life skills. and they got advice from former 76er wally jones. >> the fact that we're trying to expose these kids to scouts, to give the young men an opportunity to go to a higher learning institute. >> he played in the golden era of basketball, alongside wilt chamberlain and kareem abdul-jabbar. our winter-like conditions are here to stay as we go into the rest of the weekend. you'll definitely feel the chill heading into the start of next week. i'm also tracking a dry spell for us. and then an arctic blast will send our temperatures into the teens. i'll let you know when in my seven-day. but right now for philadelphia, we're at 34 degrees. we'll drop down closer to freezing tonight.

it will be a cold start for you tomorrow morning, so keep that in mind as you're making your plans. across the region, 26 in mount holly, 27 in atlantic city. temperatures in dover at 34 degrees. 29 in wilmington and reading. our map shows we're down 9 degrees in pottstown, same thing in mount holly. 7 degrees in lancaster. our future wind gusts show as we go into the rest of tonight, we'll continue to see breezy conditions in the poconos overnight tonight, and to start on sunday. we'll also see breezy conditions in philadelphia with wind gusts up to about 25 miles per hour. it's going to make it feel even colder when you're waking up tomorrow. tomorrow evening gusting up to about 22 miles per hour. here's the cold air. it's locked in over philadelphia. it will only intensify as we head into monday. in fact, the pink is arctic air. you'll notice some of this

arctic air works closer to philadelphia and new york. the good news is, it will be short-lived. monday night into tuesday, that's going to be the peak with our temperatures when they' thee the coldest. not even out of the 30s daytime highs monday and tuesday. we'll recover by the end of the work week. the feels-like temperature tomorrow morning, waking up to temperatures that feel like 28 degrees in philadelphia. feeling like 27 in pottstown. and 25 in allentown. by the afternoon, it's still going to feel like we're in the 30s. by monday morning, 7:00 a.m., it's going to feel like we're in the teens. so we have very cold air on its way towards us. it's going to stick around again until tuesday night. the radar shot shows quiet conditions. we're not tracking any rain. we're going to stay dry montana of the system here near florida is going to stay well to the south of us. for tomorrow, winter chill sticks around.

mid-40s for philadelphia. a few degrees above average. closer to 50 degrees next to the shore. but our average for this time of year, 41. mostly clear for us, temperatures drop down to 32 in philadelphia, 24 to the north and west. sunny and cold. temperatures ranging between 40 and 46 degrees. take a look at monday, daytime highs in the 30s. by tuesday, daytime highs in the 20s. we start to recover, warmer air moves in, we stay in the 40s for the rest of the week. the eagles search for a new head coach has begun. jeffrey lory didn't have to go far to find his man. staley has been on the coaching staff since 2007. he was running back coach in 2013. staley played for the eagles from '97 to 2003.

the eagles wrap up their season tomorrow at the giants. pat schermer will act as head coach. there are no play-off implications for either team, the game still holds plenty of value. >> we're not going to the play-offs, so this game doesn't mean anything some people say. it's an addition. a new man comes in, do you fit a system or do you not. because you quit because you're not in the play-offs or do you keep on going? i do think it's an audition game for a lot of players. it is philadelphia day at the staples center in los angeles. the flyers and sixers both with games there today. we start with the flyers and kings. first period, flyers turnover turns into a three-on-one for the canes. you can guess how this ended up. 1-0 l.a. later in the peter, kings with a man advantage. 2-0 at that juncture. the flyers do get on the board but fall 2-1. the sixer and clippers took

the court. sixers early turnover. seeing a lot of that so far. so far 43-38 clippers. hackenberg declared for the nfl draft. >> it's tough. but at the end of the day, for once i got to look out for myself and see what i needed to do. i felt that my family and i moving forward, having a couple of conversations, it's what's best to do. >> this is hackenberg's nittany lions swan song. he had a sprained shoulder joint. third quarter, tony for the bulldogs. finds a seam. ends up dragging a defender into the end zone for a 21-yard touch. penn state falls short 24-17.

temple hosting houston. and it was not a good shooting day for the owls. johnson, his three kept a 17-1 run. 77-50. the hawks, we've got more drama than a season an ra. soap opera. ties the game at 73. the big throw. just as big as this game, with a setback jumper to tie with 30 seconds left. he scored the final four points of the game. 77-73. that is your look at sports.

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powerball is 10. you're a big winner if you like the cold weather, right? >> especially over the next couple of days. our temperatures are going to get all the way down to the 20s for our daytime highs. teens overnight. this will not happen tomorrow. tomorrow temperatures will be in the 40s. but by monday, down to 33 degrees. by tuesday, 29. >> oh, my goodness. that's nbc 10 news for now. for all of us here, i'm denise nakano. "snl" is next.

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