shooting up every chester upland school district school with the gun emoji there. chester community charter school both and chichester high school as well, all blacks must die. and you will notice, another gun emoji there. now, chester police teamed up with county and federal agencies, including the fbi, what they did was they traced the threat to a house on the 1300 block of harshaw road in chester township where police say the 17 year old girl was visit forking sleep over. investigators say she admitted the threat and was taken into custody. police also say that school board members were notified and that the threat since neutralized not facing student. but 17 year old arrested due to the threats posted on social media. back to you. >> my goodness, all right, 6:38, thanks, dave. >> investigators have new theory on what caused deadly railroad crash in philadelphia last may. of course talking about the amtrak derailment. they say the amtrak engineer was distracted by radio chatter from other train operators. the ntsb is expected to release new details on the acciden

the message replete with emojis of guns, horn faces and casket and 95 threatened shootings at chester uplandchools. chester community charter and chichester high and concluded with the phrase, all blacks must die! >> i knew they was going to arresarrested because you're sud to play with stuff like that. >> reporter: fbi teamed with chester police and nearby law enforcement agencies to the relief of students and parents. >> they shouldn't be posting things like that. because things like this. >> reporter: as authorities tracked down the source of that threat, school officials at chester upland, chi coaster and chester community charter were weighing whether or not to shut down school today. with the polar of the prank now in custody students expect calm on campus. >> people take it serious just like i did. i feel as though it wasn't funny at all. >> reporter: justin finch cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> the high school basketball coach who head but add referee has been dismissed from his duties. neshaminy jerry devine was filmed earlier this month apparently hitting the official during a game. he

shooting up every chester upland school district school. chester community charter school, both, and chichester high school as well. all blacks must die. >>> you never know now a days. anything can happen now days. so -- if it wasn't it was a joke it wasn't very funny. >> no, no. >> reporter: fb. and local police traced the threat to a home in chester township. early wednesday morning, arrest add female 17-year-old chester high student who had been staying overnight. all of the schools named in that post kept their regular schedules wednesday school officials confident the online threat had been dealt with. some parents kept their kids home. but sarah allowed her four children who go to stetser element will he school to attend class as usual. >> i trust the school district. i trust the police in that they would, you know, felt like -- if they thought it was something serious, that they would close school. i guess just trusting the fact that they'll keep the kids safe. >> reporter: 17-year-old girl facing a misdemeanor charge of making terror

but it sure caused tense times here in the chester upland school district. now, 17-year-old female chester high school student is under arrest. charged with using social media as an instrument of terror. after a weekend and a pair of snow days students returned to chester high school wednesday morning under the watchful eyes of police. on hand to keep a close eye on this and other chester upland schools. public and charter after an online threat of violence. >> this is the way of the world right now. this is horrible. horrible. >> reporter: message posted to facebook and instagram around seven tuesday night said quote i'm coming tomorrow shooting every chester upland school district school. chester community charter school, both. and chichester high school as well. all blacks must die. >> i'm like yo like people crazy i ain't know if it was serious or not f it was like joke but yeah i showed my mom and stuff. >> reporter: police traced the message to the 1300 block of who are she was is chester. they arrest add 17-year-old staying the night. investigators rec

schools in the chester upland school district, chester community charter school and nearby chester high school are all open today. this threat was posted on instagram and facebook around 7:00 last night. and it specifically mentioned attacking african-american students. we talked to students and parents at chester high school about how they feel about it today. >> little scared. >> as a parent, i think it's ridiculous that someone would do that, as a parent. but i'm glad they caught the person that did it. >> as you can see there was a police presence at the school. and overnight police tracked the threat to the home where the 17-year-old chester high school student was at a sleepover. there's no word yet on charges. >>> new jersey governor chris christie's comments on the jersey shore flooding are again storing some anger on the shore. the governor reiterated his view that the storm damage from the blizzard does not compare to hurricane sandy. for some people in the wildwood that is adding insult to injury. the mayor of west wildwood says that community has between $5 million and $10 m

it threatened an attack against students in schools in the chester-upland school district, chester communityl and chichester high school and the post ended with saying all blacks must die. well, here's video from a neighborhood nearby where federal and local agencies zeroed in on a home, it's in the 1300 block of harshaw in chester township. that is where they made the arrest. they say the 17-year-old girl was actually visiting the home she was there for a sleepover. now, back out here live authorities say that they were flooded with calls after numerous postings on instagram and facebook about people reply applying and talking about the post, people that were worried about coming to school today. students are scheduled scheduled to come back to school this morning. reporting in chester annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> thanks annie. >>> school buses will be navigating the streets of philadelphia for the first time since the blizzard this morning. all public and archdiocesan schools are back opened and bus riders are being asked to be patient. "action news" reporter katherine scott

it reads: i'm coming tomorrow shooting up every chester upland school district school, it says someoneng to shoot up the schools in chester upland school, chichester high school, threat also singled out african-american student. police say they tracked down the teenager, who the student at chester high school, and they say she admitted to making the threat. of course i'm sure we'll more on the story as it towns to develop and bring you the latest on that. >> absolutely scary. 4:51, the time. look what local kindergartner found in his or her lunch, that's a lizard, this only gets more bizarre, what the class did next with that reptile that is really hard to believe. >> dave matthews band celebrating going on a big tour. >> ♪ >> so two of the stops will be in camden, tour will kick off in may, have 46 dates all around the country, should note after the tour is done in september, that's all they can expect from the dave matthews band, because they say they're not going to go back on the road until 2017. >> oh, whatever. >> not forever. tickets will go on sale to the general public februar

the post threatened to shoot up students in the chester upland school district. police and the fbi are now looking into the matter. >> as a parent i think it's ridiculous that someone would do that. but i am glad they caught the person that did it. >> people take it seriously like i did. i didn't think it was funny at all. >> police and the fbi were able to trace the post to their home. the girl is a student from chester high and she admitted to writing the post. >>> the fbi set up check points around a wildlife refuge in oregon. the move comes after several members were arrested including leader, ammon bundy. and one was killed. the group seized the headquarters of the wildlife refuge earlier this month. and they are calling for federal lands to be turned over to local authorities. >>> gop frontrunner donald trump is making headlines saying he will not attend the debate. >> reporter: sara, last night in a wild press conference, donald trump says he will hold his own event to raise money for veterans apparently he is not jokin joking, donald trump's campaign says

and you will notice that it mentions chester upland schooled district schools, chester community charter school, and chichester high school as you mentioned, and the phrase all blacks must die is in there. notice the emoji's also included there, emojis of a gun. now, chester police say that they worked with several agencies in the investigation. the fbi actually played pretty big role and traced this threat to house on harshaw road, that's where they say the investigators say the 17 year old girl was visit fog after sleep over. we're told by investigate that's she confessed, she admitted to actually posting this threat. we still don't know exactly why. and we were told that she was taken into custody. at this time, student are coming to the school to chester high school where this girl also goes, and it appears that student aren't too razz recalled by this threat. specially since it has been thwarted. >> thank goodness for that. >> eleven past 7:00. so big debate tomorrow night. the republicans are going to debate again on fox news channel. just days away from the iowa cake you cents. >>

it threatened an attack against students in schools in the chester-upland school district, chester community charter school and chichester high school and the post ended with saying all blacks must die. now, this is video of the location where the young girl was arrested. federal and local agencies zeroed in on a home here in the 1300 block of harshaw road in chester township and made an arrest. the 17-year-old was visiting a home in that block. she was there for a sleepover. back out here live authorities say they were flooded with calls after numerous people saw postings on instagram and facebook. schools in the district are scheduled to open this morning. for now reporting live in chester, annie mccomic channel6 "action news." >> thanks for those details annie. >>> look out for those school buses this morning. they will be navigating the streets of philadelphia for the first time since the blizzard. all public and archdiocesan schools in the city are back opened and bus riders are being asked to be patient. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live outside dobson elementary in manayu

a 17-year-old girl has been arrested for making a threat against the chester-upland school district. community charter school and the chichester high school. the message was posted on instagram last night. police immediately began investigating with the help of the fbi. they say they were able to pinpoint a home on the 1300 block of harshaw road. she's a chester high school student. police say she was staying at the home for a sleepover and admitted to making the threat. she's in custody and there's no impact to those three schools this morning. >>> speaking of schools, philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools are opened today as the cleanup from the blizzard of 2016 goes on. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live outside of dobson elementary school in manayunk. she's got more. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. after two days of snow days, the can kids are heading back to class today and you can see here by dobson elementary in manayunk the sidewalks are mainly clear. there is some slush and some snow in spots but it's mostly shoveled around this ar

shooting up every chester upland school district school chester community charter school both and chester high school, as well. all blacks must die. >> you notice there the threat, sink recalled out, african-american student. police say they track down that teen who is a student at chester high school. they say, she admitted to making that threat. much more on this very serious threat coming up throughout the morning here on fox 29. >> let's turn now to the weather, the blitz after of 2016 is over. dumped record snowfall @ cross the region now kids across the city, oh, see that person slip? you have to be careful. >> conditions on the narrow streets? >> normally real quiet at 5:00 a.m., even in a sit like fill that i doesn't sleep. and here are public works guys, not sleeping, this is wednesday morning, remind you, after the blizzard from the weekends, and look at all of this construction equipment. you have got this big bulldozer here, then straight down the sidewalk we are at 16th and mckean, they have the small little bulldozers, the bobcats, those kinds of things. and what they're doi

. >> reporter: message tuesday night said quote i'm coming tomorrow, shootin shooting up ey chester upland school. chester community charter school both and chichester high school as well. all blacks must die. >> you never know now a days. anything can happen now days. so. >> reporter: if it was a joke it wasn't very funny. >> no, no. >> reporter: fbi and local police traced the threat to home on the 1300 block of who are she was in chester township. early wednesday morning a arrested a female 17-year-old chester high student who had been staying overnight. all of of the schools named in that post kept their regular schedules wednesday. school officials confident the online threat had been dealt with. some parents kept their kids home. but sarah allowed her four children who go to stetsler element row school to attend class as usual. >> i front of the school district and i trust the police in that they would, you know, felt like if they thought it was something serious that they would close the school. i guess just trusting the fact they'll keep the kids safe. >> reporter: that 17 year old

schools investigators say she posted a message on instagram to shoot up students in the chester and chester upland district. she is charged way juvenile with at least one felony. parents were relieved but concerned. >> as a parent i think it's ridiculous that someone would do that, but i'm glad they caught the person that did it. >> i thought it was a joke but you can't play with stuff like that. >> they want to stress they take threats like these very seriously. >>> police in had on town, new jersey, have video of thieves rummaging through an office area and police are not releasing the name of the business but say that the crime happened on black horse pike. >>> philadelphia detectives are on the lookout for a man that held up three cell phone stores in the city. they say his crime spree started at a t-mobile in may fair and then stole from a verizon store in south philadelphia. the most recent crime was the one we told you about yesterday, he got away taking multiple phones from a verizon in northern liberties. police say he used a silver handgun and has tied up employees and customers each tim

a 17-year-old in custody after police say she threatened to shoot black students in the chester upland school district. extra police greeted students and parents this morning. last night they were flooded with calls about a facebook and instagram post threatening to shoot up schools. the posts singled out black students. officers tracked down the 17-year-old suspect overnight. >> i'm a little scared, a little scared. >> i knew it was fake. >> as a parent, it's ridiculous someone would do that, as a parent but i'm glad they caught the person that did it. >> no word on what charges student will face. >>> a member of a well-known local political family arrested today. philadelphia's former chief elections deputy is accused of stealing from the mental health clinic. she now heads. prosecutors say she defrauded the health clinic out of tens of thousands of dollars. the clinic is a nonprofit that provides service to medicaid patients. she was board president. in 2010 she redesigned as chief election president. her mother is former city commissioner chairwoman. her sister is christine tartagl

year-old man is now in custody, investigators tell us this is not connected to a threat against the chester upland school district that happened earlier this week. nbc 10's harry hairston joins us live in chester with the latest from police. what have you learned? >> reporter: well, just left a news conference a short time ago. police tell me they are dealing with a dumb prank by a kid and vicious threats made by an adult. police have charged david millborn in connection with posting threats on social media about killing chester police. >> he admitted that he made threats against the chester city officers and their families, that he posted that threat and he intended and hoped to carry out that threat. >> reporter: police say when they arrested millborn at his home yesterday he told cops he was waiting for them to arrest him. police say millborn claims that he had a gun but they didn't find any. investigators say he claimed he made the threats because police had arrested a 17-year-old high school student for allegedly posting threats to shoot up the community charter school and high school. they d

girl after an online post that officers say threatened to kill black and shoot up schools in the chester uplandt. i'm lauren mayk. we'll have a full hour of news coming up in about 30 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather at the nbc 10 app. now back to the "today" show. have a great day. >>> it is thursday thursday. jenna bush hager in for kathie lee. we are ready to reveal our ambush makeovers. >> here to show off their looks are "today" contributor and stylist to the stars, lewis la kari. ♪ la la la la la never gets old. >> thank you. >> and author and all-around fashion hottie. >> ooh! i love when you get a mother/daughter duo. >> it is so much fun because they are so excited for each other, you know? and today my favorite day of the weekend, thursday, we got them. >> all right. so we're going to start with the daughter, shall we? katie rich is 33 years old, from chicago, illinois. katie works as a textbook writer at the university of chicago. she says her beauty routine is pretty basic, just moisturizer, eye liner and then she's done. her birthday was two days ago and what

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chester police investigating a homicide this hour. the victim shot to death inside of a van of the scene the 1600 block of upland street and the police have not identified the victim or suspects. >>> an hour later chester police responded to another shooting at 12th and morton avenue near village deli. the victim's condition said to be grave and the suspect at large. >>> a post-blizzard controversy in a south jersey community. suspending a crossing guard where she and supporters say she was trying to protect the kids in her care. and what is the storyline here? >> well jim, officials say gina broke the chain of command texting the mayor asking for help. but she told "action news" she was trying to do her job. gina recorded video of the snow-choked intersection that forced the students she crosses every morning to walk in the street. trying to get it cleared by texting the mayor for help, only to find herself suspended for two days. >> because i was kind of surprised i was actually getting suspended for doing my job to the best of my ability and trying to keep other people's children safe. >> the 16-year vet reached out to "action news

year-old girl after an online post that threatened to kill blacks and shoot up schools in the chester upland another update in 25 minutes. you can get the latest news, breaking news, weather and traffic with the nbc 10 app. back to the "today" show. thanks for watching and have a great day. >>> this morning on today's take. we get to skate with a pair of hockey legends. and quick comfort food you can whip up in minutes. all that and more coming up now. >> from nbc news this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. >> welcome to "today." i'm willie along with tamron and natalie. al is on assignment. >> this is one of kanye's stronger coming out with new album that was called swish. he changed it. if you are anywhere near social media yesterday the most epic twitter war between kanye west, wiz kalifa and wrapped up by amber rose you know -- willie was tweeting live. >> i was hitting refresh. then i jump over and go back and forth. >> that is how i found out about it. i was like what is going on? just tears. kanye had a 17 point plan of why he is offended

facing criminal charges after she said she would kill african-american students in the chester and chichester uplandtricts. investigators say she posted her alleged plans on instagram and facebook. >> students returning to chester high school this morning had one thing on their mind. >> what did you hear? >> that they would shoot the school up. >> the instagram had emojis of a gun and knife and the writer threatened to shoot up schools and students, in the chester district. and it ended with all blacks must die. >> as a parent i think it's ridiculous that someone would do that. but i'm glad they caught the person that did it. >> people take it serious like i did. i didn't think it was funny at all. >> thought it was like a joke but i knew they would get arrested. you are not suppose to play with stuff like that. >> authorities did not take this lightly, the threat came in and the fbi and local agencies responded. soon they move nood this neighbor add on the 1300 block in chester township where they arrested a 17-year-old suspect a female student at chester high, according to police she was sleeping

every night red and blue lights flash in chester. 31-year-old man was murdered here in upland last night and an hur later a few blocks away three more people were shot on morton avenue. one of them died. today, big changes. the police force is going proactive attacking the small stuff for the first time ever there's though now $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest on every murder. they're going to start cracking down on quality of live issues enforcing laws and ordinances to make chester safer. abandoned cars, get rid of them. >> why? because we know more times than none those abandoned vehicles are probably place that is are hiding places for criminals where they place drugs and/or weapons. so we're going to begin to enforce those -- these laws when it comes to tagging and towing report roar businesses take down all those extra signs. no more coverin covering up shay transactions. >> we know why that signage is there especially in this community. that signage is there so that you cannot see the illegal activities going on inside of businesses. >> reporter: living in public

. >>> an hour earlier chester police found someone shot to death inside a van on upland street this murdersolved this morning. >>> a 6-year-old boy is recovering from being attacked by a racoon as we walked to school with his mother in new jersey. the animal ran across the street and jumped on the boy's back and crawled on his face. a man was heading to work and heard the mother's screams for help. >>> i see that he clawed into the kid's face, i killed the can a loan. the kid jumped up he was screaming and crying. >>> the child was taken to the hospital with deep cuts. bergen county animal control has the racoon and will test it for ratios. >>> drivers formed a human chain to help save a trucker from falling off the pennsylvania turnpike. the driver lost control of the big rig near bedford, he and the truck were dangling off the highway so witnesses locked arms to pull the driver to safety. >>> the philadelphia auto show excuse me kicks off this weekend, karen rogers has more on what to see at this year's show. >>> we'll have the best philadelphia display that you've ever seen. >> reporter

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. >>> an hour early chester police found someone shot to death inside a van upland street.his murder is unsolved this morning. >>> a 6-year-old boy is recovering after being attacked by a racoon. a witness told officers the animal ran across the street and jumped on the boy's back and crawled on his face in elm wood park yesterday morning. danny wall was heading to work when he heard the mother's screams for help. he grabbed his painting pole and started swinging. >>> he clawed into the kid's face, i killed the racoon. >>> the child was taken to the hospital with deep cuts. bergen county animal control has the dead racoon and will test it for rabies. >>> a live preview of the "g.m.a." is next. a property featured in silence of the lambs could be become a real animal house. >> reporter: we're below freezing this morning, so we're dressing the kids warmly this afternoon things east up and we'll get melting underway. i'll have the day planner forecast coming up next. >> construction workers unearth the bones of a mammoth under oregon state footballle field. he this-- football

chester. someone shot and killed a man in his car on upland street. police have not made any arrests in either shooting. investigators say they don't know yet if the shootings are related. >>> police are investigating a shooting in north philadelphia that sent one man to the hospital. the shooting happened around 1:30 this morning at eighth and somerset street. that's right near a middle school. this morning the victim is recovering at temple university hospital. he was shot while driving on north eighth street. he backed into and damaged several other cars before running away. police also found a minivan in the street with a bunch of visible bullet holes but no other victims inside. instead, police found drugs. in all police picked up about 20 shell casings from at least two guns, one neighbor's glass front door was shattered during the gunfight. police are still searching for whoever is responsible. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >>> our region is getting another chance to thaw out today. here's a live look at market street in center city

now, chester police say they fawn 31 year old man dead inside a car, on 16th and upland streets around 45:00 last night. witnesses reported seeing a man running from the car after the shooting. >> meanwhile, about an hour later, shots fired on the 1100 block of morton avenue. this all started when firefighters working nearby trash fire heard gunshots, and then witness add car speeding away. well when police arrived they found three people with gunshot wounds, taken to crozer-chester medical center. a 27 year old man died after being shot in the back. >> and coming up on 5:04, also developing for this morning, police investigating two attempted child child luring incidents in south jersey. >> seeing if the two may be connected, jenny joyce live in each sean township with more on this disturbing store. >> i it is disturbing, lauren, chris. one of these incidents happened here in evesham. the other incident happened in oakland, new jersey. and police are saying regardless, of whether or not these two are related, they want people to be aware and on the look-out for anything suspicious, so

chester police say they found 31 year old man dead inside a car on 16th and upland streets around 6:45 last night. witnesses reported seeing a man running from the car after that shooting. no arrest haves been made at this time. meanwhile about an hour later shot fired on the 1100 block of morton avenue. this all started when firefighters working in nearby trash fire heard gunshots, and then witness add car speeding away. when police arrived, they found three people with gunshot wounds, they were taken to crozer-chester medical center. twenty-seven year old man died after being shot in the back. two other men are still in the hospital recovering from their wounds. no arrest haves been made. >> 4:07 the time. big night for politics. donald trump remaining firm. he will be a no-show for tonight's gop presidential debate on fox. will trump's absence hurt his chances with the voters? republican front manna period on the owe really factor on fox news channel last night. trump told owe really he doesn't feel he is miss ago opportunity, he won't appear out of principal. >> i was not treated w

chester police say they found 31 year old man dead inside a car. this was on 16th and upland streets around 6:45 last night. witnesses reported seeing a man running from the car after the shooting. no arrest haves been made at this time. >> meanwhile, about an hour later, shots fired, on the 1100 block of morton avenue it, all started when firefighters working in nearby trash fire heard gunshots and then witnessed a car speeding away. when police arrived they found three people with gunshot wound. taken to crozer-chester medical center. twenty-seven year old man died after being shot in the back. two other men are still in the hospital recovering from their wound. no arrest haves been made. >> police in south jersey investigating whether two attempted lurings are connected, evesham police released this video after hearing about a similar incident in oaklyn. a home security camera captured a black sedan, police believe was involved in a attempted child luring. we'll get the video to you. it happened on january 16th, near playground, on peter heard way. oakland police had a sim

chester police say they found 31 year old mandate inside a car on 16th and upland streets around 6:45 last night. witnesses reported sighing a man running from the car after the shooting. no arrests were made in that onement then about an hour later shots fired on the 1100 block of morton avenue. this all started when firefighters working nearby trash fire heard gunshots, and then witness add car speeding away. when police arrived they found three people with gunshot wounds, a 27 year old man died after being shot in the back, two other men still recovering in the hospital. no arrests made in this case either. >> philadelphia police looking foreman they say is behind string of armed robberies at cell phone stores across the city. man hit at least three stores in recent weeks, ordering customers and employees to back rooms and then tying them up. after that he feels phones, tablet, others electronic items carries them away in a box or he has ruling suitcase. no one was-burt hurt in nip of the lobbies but police want people to in the of the suspect's walk. apparently he has a limp. they