we are told dzkowski lived here most of her life. in fact most of the neighbors here consider her a part of their family. they plan to come out here stand together and remember this young mother dead at the age of 22. i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> philadelphia police aggressively looking for surveillance video and any witnesses to come forward. as they search for the man who kidnapped and beat a 5-year-old girl. the girl's mother says she noticed her daughter missing on tuesday morning. police say a man climbed through an alleyway window at the family's north philadelphia home then forced the girl outside and beat her. the mother found the child barely conscious in the backyard. she's still in the hospital tonight recovering from severe injuries to her face. >>> new at 6:00 a trial date is set for the first lawsuit stemming from a 2012 train derailment in south jersey. you might have remembered this one. on september 8th a federal judge in camden will hear the case about the derailment in paulsboro, gloucester county. several trai

according to investigators, stephanie dzkowski's boyfriend went to the store and left the door open. somebody got in and she was shot in her bedroom with her 2-year-old daughter nearby. friends and family left messages candles and flowers outside her home on aramingo avenue today. a neighbor chased away somebody from the scene last night but police never caught the gunman. >> everybody loves her. everybody that knew her, loved her. we can't figure out who would hate her so much to want to just do what they did. >> the 2-year-old daughter was not hurt during the shooting. police say it appears the mother was targeted. >>> a new lawsuit filed today in connection to that deadly amtrak train derailment in port richmond in may. the suit was filed on behalf of rachel jacobs the ceo of a tech company who died in the crash. she was riding in the first passenger car. her family accuses amtrak of willful deliberate and reckless disregard for the safety of its passengers. on the night of may 12th the train traveling double the speed limit left the tracks as it hit a sharp curve. eight people di

they're talking to witnesses including dzkowski's boyfriend. drew smith, "nbc10 news." >>> skyforce10 was over the scene of a deadly crash on route 663 in quakertown bucks county. three vehicles were involved in this accident. one person was killed. and several others were hurt. we are working to gather more details about what led to this crash. >>> meanwhile, we continuing followinging breaking news. police issued amber alert for a 16-year-old girl who was abducted from her home. pennsylvania state police are trying to find jenna patterson. they say 21-year-old walter lewis took her from her home on east view drive in wilkes-barre. lewis on the right. police say he has a handgun and should be considered armed and dangerous. he may be driving a red car. if you happen to see them you should call 911. >>> police say an argument ends with a man shot to death near a playground. the victim was shot twice and stumbled about 100 feet before collapsing on stop street at 1:00 in the morning. he died at temple hospital 30 minutes later. a man with white

dzkowski just started as a dentist's assistant. she was planning to move into a new home in a couple coming weeks. we also learned that police had questioned several people as part of this including witnesses and family but they don't have suspects right now. they also don't know why this happened. i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> there is new information today in the trial of a former philadelphia police officer charged with stealing money during a sting operation. today a jury found gerald gibson guilty on all charges. investigators say gibson was on duty as a philadelphia police narcotics officer when the incident happened back in 2013. a judge originally declared a mistrial in the case last october. gibson, by the way, is the former son-in-law of former pennsylvania governor tom corbett. >>> the deal is done. today the philadelphia phillies officially traded fan favorite and long-time pitcher cole hamels just hours before the trade deadline. comcast sports net's amy fadool joins us. hamels has done a ton here in philadelphia. w

this is 22-year-old stephanie dzkowski. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford