action cam live at cardinal avenue and overbrook avenue in the overbrook section. carried out a home invasion in west mount airying assaulted the victim and -- mount airy assaulted the victim and stole a credit card and his car. he jumped out and thunderstorms are -- authorities are searching for the man with the aid of a k-9 units. >>> a big scrap fire in bucks county, firefighters used creative ways to put out the fire. it involved cranes. >> reporter: we're standing on the perimeter, we're seeing firefighters starting to pack up the hoses here, they need been on the scene for a while blasting water at anyone hot spots that might remain. this fire broke out at 10:00 p.m. on the 300 block of steel road in morrisville at simms metal management scrap metal recycling yard. the smoke was thick, the flames were heavy. crews hauled in cranes you can see them lifting up the crushed cars that were catching on fire. the flames were trapped under the metal. they hoisted the scraps into the air to extinguish the flames. firefighters from multiple companies responded they wer

police encountered the suspect, here in this overbrook neighborhood. that's when the man ditched his vehicle, and took off running. >> because the man is not yet in custody, police have several streets blocked off in this area. again, they want people to stay inside their homes, keep your doors locked, and only open up for police. this is an area where a lot of st. joe's students live. so i'm sure an alert has gone out, will go out to the campus community, letting them know about the active search for this dangerous man. mike and karen? >> okay, keep us updated. we'll stay there until they get him. thank you, 6:06 now this thursday. >> crews are working to get the upper hands on a fire burning at a scrap metal recycling yard in bucks county, this is morrisville. wow, quite, quite a bit of flame last night. look at that. all right, so get on twitter. this is at the old u.s. steel plant. now, how long ago would that have been, i mean there is plant making steel? somebody on twitter will know that. look at that. back in its heyday. >> so many of them clos

, 59th and overbrook. so far that is all we know. we will update you throughout the morning. for now we are live i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" back to you. >>> we will get back to you, thank you. >>> new this morning police are searching for suspects after a shooting in west philadelphia. a 29 year-old man is in stable condition after being shot in the neck around 1:00 this morning on the 5500 block of cambridge street near girard. so far police have no motive for the violence. >>> fifteen former penn state fraternity members will be back in court facing charges in connection with the hazing death of the pledge. they are charged with various crimes after timothy piazza died at beta theta pi house in february. nineteen year-old fell down the stairs after a night of heavy drinking. no one called for help for 12 hours. frat is also facing criminal charges including involuntary manslaughter. judge is trying to decide if is there enough evidence to send case to trial, proceedings are expect to go unt

joe's campus here in overbrook. now, the trains, that roll through overbrook station, are running with delays, the paoli, chestnut hill east, and trying to get to the overbrook station, you're met with a lot of the police activity, and street closures, in the neighborhood. here is a live look, we got to get some windex and a squeegie out here on the camera had an accident on the vine vest expressway, police activity we mentioned few moment ago in camden, along haddon avenue and division, just on the new jersey side of the ben franklin bridge, with some local detours, just off of 676 there, through camden, otherwise 95, rolling out of the driveway, northeast philadelphia, we start to hit the brakes right around the betsy ross bridge. and that slows you down through port richmond into center city. mike and karen back over to you. >> let's get back to this o.j. simpson white bronco thing. >> how much money do you think it would go for? so the agent, former april, of oj, has that bronco and is going to sell it to you fo

as for the incident in overbrook. 45 minutes before john lee was killed there was a shooting in overbrook park and philadelphia police are looking to see if the shooting is connected to the murder in haverford township. we know that when police released the photo saturday night. residents in philadelphia's overbrook park neighborhood and took notice and told police they did in fact recognize the man in the surveillance video and images released over the weekend. we are standing by here for detectives and we'll let you know when they come out and pass along any information we get. reporting live at southwest detectives. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a massive cleanup project is underway in philadelphia's most notorious outdoor drug den. crews are using heavy machinery to remove syringes. addicts are known to buy and sell drug as lon the conrail tracks here. they are cleaning up the debris and installing new security fences. an update from kensington is coming up in the next half hour. >>> accuweather now on the first day of august. temperatures are getting more humid as we war

section this happened overnight on the 5900 block of overbrook avenue.olice say suspect got away with the bank card and was flagged trying to use it on city avenue. police were called and suspect got away in the vehicle we see here. major break came just a short time ago when police spot that had getaway car abandoned near overbrook avenue and cardinal street but so far no arrest. >>> japan's weighing in on north korea's treat to attack guam saying it will shoot down missiles heading to the island >> lawmakers are taking side over whether president trump's warning of fire and fury went too far. here's cbs news correspondent wendy gilette. >> reporter: back and forth heated exchanges between much of the world and north korea continue. the latest to weigh in south korea warned overnight that the north will face a stern, strong military response if it acts on its threats. >> they will be met with fire and fury. >> reporter: after president trump issued his mess stern warning yet earlier this week is there still have debate about whether that was too incendi

this is a live picture from the scene near 59th and overbrook avenue. what we're looking at it appears that police may be breaking dunn we will get confirmation but authorities responded to a report of the possible home invasion. residents in the immediate area are advised to shelter in place. there is in word on injuries. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do will give us an update coming up in a live report at 6:00. >>> overseas now tensions continue to escalate between u.s. and north korea. this rail was held at a communist nation's capitol yesterday and protest protested latest sanctions. north consider rean military officials plan to fire four missiles at military baseness guam, u.s. territory. they claim that plan could be ready by mid-august. president trump vowed to meet any additional threats from north korea with quote fire and fury, word that are not sitting well with some lawmakers on capitol hill. >> this is so irresponsible i can't even believe that he did this. >> i don't have any concern bin flaming anything because out of the inflammation

overbrook avenue cardinal avenue police investigation going on. woodbine and 55th can get you around that. westbound lanes left lane is blocked, no delays. >> home invasion suspect clipped out of sight during a police chase in overbrook. the action cam is live cardinal avenue in the overbrook section. police say the man carried out a home home invasion and stole a car and credit card. he was spotted trying to withdraw cash from an atm on city avenue. police are searching for him with the aid of a k-9 unit. >>> firefighters fought a scrap yard fire in bucks county. it involved cranes picking up burning pieces of metal. katherine scott is there with the details. >> reporter: crews are still here you can see their position inside and outside the scrap yard in morrisville. they remained on the scene hours after the fire started. they are blasting water at anyone hot spots that remain. the fire broke out on the 300 block of steel road in morrisville. at simms metal management scrap recycling yard. the smoke was thick, crews were using cranes to hoist b

did he go to overbrook? >> i thought, ya, he went to overbrook. where do you think he went?s myself. why? >> maybe central? >> no, i'm going to say overbrook. >> overbrook all the way. >> wait for it. >> west philadelphia born and raised, maybe he went to west catholic. >> no, he went -- okay. just hold on. >> hopefully. >> you know jenn fred would know. >> i'm telling you, jenn fred, isn't it overbrook? >> are we in overbrook or olney? >> no. >> we're in germantown. >> boom, overbrook. >> never minds, overbrook hi, thanks, bye. >> all right, here's where we r we're at the lasalle university. with the brother jerry. dean mcdonald and amazing kerston. tell you what you should bring to college, what you shouldn't. how does he know? you live in the dorms. you've seen it all. so come on back. we'll have some fun. dude, you were right, these wait...what? the gold fish, man! you said i should buy some. no! i said you should buy gold fish, the new scratch-off from the pennsylvania lottery... with top prizes of $25,000. ooohh.... are there really...? 25,000 of them? yeah. want more

joe's, karen being live at cardinal and overbrook avenues. growing scene here as police continue an active search for a robbery suspect. they're looking foreman who ditched his vehicle, here, across the way, a tan colored kia sorrento. police say the man stole this car and credit cards during a home invasion robbery, last night, in west mt. airy. police say the man assaulted a female victim, before taking off with her belongings. police in this area got involved after the suspect used a atm card in the area of 76th and city avenue. >> police came to the area. again, he touched that car, the sorrento, here in the area of cardinal and over brooks avenues police had k9's involved, very active is foot search for this suspect. he's described as dark colored male, five-five, beard, dark colored t-shirt, dark shorts. police are asking everyone in the area to stay inside their home. they have several streets blocked off, in the area, of st. joe's, as they continue searching for this suspect. karen? >> all right, thank you, staying right on top of it,

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>> the nonsense out of washington is a disgrace. >> mayor jim kenney speaking in overbrook at an annualving neighborhoods and police camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer. if it's going to take a lot of work to rebuild relationships. >> trust is going to take a lot on everybody's part. not just the police. >> police tell you the culture of no snitching is hard to overcome. nobody wins. murders go unsolved and clearance rates for murder continue to decline. the murder rate is 182, a 13% increase from same period last year. mayor kenney says there is blame to go around. >> continue to improve relations by being with the community to bring down unconstitutional stop and frisk and treat people respectfully on the street. >> the mayor says they are down 72% of stop and frisk cases. the rhetoric out of washington is not helping. >> we have to be sure our immigrant communities are not afraid to call police. to talk about roughing up criminals, chills the communities. >> we need to address the police brutality issues. over time, it will help. >> the more police are involved, it builds up trus

paths with 29-year-old john le and allegedly shooting him to death. >> the president of the overbrook park civic association says it's been an uneasy and uncertain four days for many here. >> for some of our residents that a little maybe distraught and concerned about it, i think that really helps ease that concern. >> playing basketball tonight just few blocks from the initial shooting, just felt a little safer. >> this person shot at in the people then killed another innocent person. in the course of an hour. so, yeah, there's a sense of relief now that he's gone of the. >> reporter: when rollins was picked up in georgia he was in a company of a woman. there's no word if she's facing charges. they're working on extradition procedures to get rollins back to pennsylvania. brad sattin fox 29 news. >> breaking news out of arizona president trump speakin speakina rally with a large crowd of supportesupporters let's listen. >> you have a great governor. [ applause ] >> we have three congressmen a friend of mine who has been so great to me trent franks. where is congressman frank? where is

he is leaving the estreet band behind. >>> action cam is live in overbrook where philadelphia k-9 teamearching for a home invasion suspect. we'll have an update next. >>> new this morning, fire burned through a south jersey row home, the fire marshal is investigating. we'll b right back. how would you like to earn four times gas reward points? that'd be awesome... you can do that? just buy participating grocery items during the anniversary sale and you'll earn 4 times the gas reward points. groceries for gas rewards, i wish! right now, get pepsi, diet pepsi or mtn dew 2 liter bottles 88 cents, and lay's potato chips, buy one get one free. can i get one more wish?! the acme anniversary sale. it's just better. >> breaking now on "action news," mounds of metal go up in flames in bucks county. we're live as crews work to keep the blaze contained. >>> happening today a man is expected to face charges for throwing a molotov cocktail at a sheriff's deputy. >>> powerball stakes have gotten higher, $700 million are up for grabs this weekend. >> tamala edwards is off, jeanette reyes joins us alo

he also shot a car in overbrook. a $5,000 reward. no official arrest had been made. we are expecting an update perhaps in the next 30 minutes to an hour. we will bring it to you as soon as we get it. >>> this just in. access to the beach is being limited to prevent people from walking through standing water. new test results show higher than normal bacteria in these bonds. they were created and last weekend flooding rains. residents had been fighting gebs that for years for this reason. they argued it would limit access to the beach. they say the point is to protect the beach from big storms. they are working to create walkways to restore access. >>> happening today the former mayor of redding, to face corruption charges. spencer is accused of taking bribes. ed pleaded not guilty to similar charges. no trial date has been set. officials have been under fbi scrutiny for the past four years. >>> happening now, cleaning a neighborhood riddled with neighborhood drugs. this is a look from sky force 10 where used needles littered the ground. it has long been a point of con

saturday evening at 9:00 two overbrook neighbors confronted rob rollins after he was spotted peeking into a neighbor's window and caught up to rollins driving a volvo and they asked what he was doing and he fired the gun. >> he fired shots into the passenger door. >> and then rollins followed them into haverford township and they lost him and then picked up on surveillance footage outside of a pizza shop. police believe moments later he killed john lee outside of an apartment complex on the 2300 block of haverford road. and police believe it was random probably a robbery gone wrong and acting on a tip they found his gray volvo in west philadelphia. >> we are not stop until we get this person in custody. until we have every law enforcement available taos looking for the individual. we think he is a danger to everybody we don't know what he is going to do. >> rollins known address is in the 5100 block of locust and 4800 block of north 8 and street. blastic tests show the bullets in both incidents came from the same gun and they believe that rollins is still armed with that weapon. i'm

philadelphia police have a warrant for arrest for overbrook shooting. haverford township preparing there. has residents upset and concerned. tight-knit community needs an arrest and answers before they can move on. >> we want closure in this case. want to know why this guy went out and killed this guy. that's the answer we all want. once we get that, i think we'll feel much more at ease. >> wanted to give you money more look at the suspect. six feel tall. thin build. 160 pounds with full cropped beard and mustache. several law enforcement agencies searching for him right now. again, considered to be armed and dangerous. if you see him, do not approach him, but call police right away. remember, there's a $5,000 reward for information leading to arrest. i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> nbc 10 has been bringing you updates. you can download the app to get breaking updates along with weather, traffic updates impacting your neighborhood. >>> 5:03. police looking for the man who sexual sexually assaulted a jogger in montgomery park. masked man attacked a 1

after he stole a car from a home, they say he jumped out at overbrook and cardinal avenue. we'll get established with them and get you a live report coming up. also keep you update on the nbc app. >>> this scrap yard fire started around 9:00 last knight and it took hours for firefighters to get it under control. no one was hurt. >>> new this morning, police are investigating a shooting in cumberland county. three people were shot on pearl street in bridgeton late last night. we're making calls to learn conditions of the victims and what may have sparked the violence. so far this morning, police have not made any arrests. >>> and police in delaware county say a man threw a molotov cob take at officers and when they searched his home, they found even more explosives. now he's scheduled to be arraigned later today. matt, walk us through what happened here. >> tracy, the suspect was originally wanted for a probation violation, but now he is facing 15 charges, including attempted homicide. this happened yesterday afternoon here in colindale police say they're trying to serve a w

breaking news pro-philadelphia's overbrook neighbor.ice looking for the person who they say carried out a armed home invasion robbery. that robbery happened last night in mt. airy. they went door to door looking for him. today, a federal judge is expected to decide whether the controversial dune project can continue in margate. an expert for the army corps testified yesterday the large ponds created by the rain are a temporary problem. but the environmental engineer for margate says this is the worst publicr seen. >>> and a delmar man faces a list of charges following a standoff yesterday in kolingdale. jemy explosive device at deputies when they approached his home. >>> today, investigators will try and determine what caused a scrap yard fire in bucks county. firefighters fought this blaze overnight. they got it under concerned around 3:30 this morning. no one was hurt. >>> stop what you're doing and take a look at this. the globe trotters go to great heights to impress. that's what they did in wildwood earlier this week. 210 feet abov

breaking news in philadelphia's overbrook neighborhood.search is under way right now for the person they say carried out a armed home invasion robbery. officers say they chased a man before he stole a car from a home. they say he dropped out of the car at overbrook avenue and cardinal avenue. that's where canine officers are now searching for him. we have a crew that's on the way. we'll keep you posted. look for the live report from them coming up up in the next hour. >>> if you're having withdraw from the "start night live" crew, you can get your fill tonight. it debuts tonight on nbc. four episodes will air in prime time before a live audience. they're looking to capitalize on "snl's" recent hot streak. >> it's goc to be more of the same, but looser and funner and we're going to be able to experiment a little bit more. >> you may see guest appearances from other cast members on weekend update. the eagles game is on tonight.. >>> 4:57 right now. happening today, the montgomery township police department is hosting its annual junior police

he was wanted for a shooting earlier the same dai day in the overbrook section of philadelphia.ds remains in jail in georgia awaiting ex-diction to philadelphia. >> donald trump is holding his ninth campaign style rally since becoming president, back in friendly territory in phoenix. outside, several thousand protesters on one side of the street, supporters on the other with police keeping them a apart. trump attacked the media for reporting his reaction in charlottesville. >> one day he talked. he didn't say it fast enough. he didn't do it on time. why did it take a day? he must be a racist. it took a day. dishonors people. >dishonest people.the rally is . donald trump was one of the discussions when brian fitzpatrick held a meeting in salem. reporter christie ileto has that story. >> with questions submitted in advance, freshman congressman brian fitzpatrick explained to residents where he stood on immigration, foreign affairs and whether donald trump was fit to serve. >> a tame crowd was passionate when the question was posed. >> do you feel the president is able to do his jo

that has philly police investigating a possible connection between the homicide and shooting in overbrook. 45 minutes before john lee was killed on saturday, that same suspect two witnesses say appeared to be casing out a neighborhood in overbrook fired several shots at their car when they stopped to ask what he was doing there. as unnerving as it is, the residents are confident the police will find the suspect soon. >> just minding his own business. i don't get it. >> you could walk out of your house and never come back home. >>> the suspect was last seen driving a drark green volvo sedan. anyone with information should give police a call. reporting live from haverford, pamela osborne. >>> police now identified the body of a missing woman who vanished while similaring sunday. the victim is 24-year-old. she's from slovakia. disappeared while swimming with a friend at night. that friend says they both got caught in high surf. >>> bucks county judge closed the book on a decade old cold case murder. found him guilty of killing 14-year-old barbara in. >>> happening today mourners gather for t

. >>> breaking news in philadelphia's overbrook neighborhood, a police search is under way for the person who carried out an armed home invasion robbery. pamela osbourn is on the scene the you sent us an e-mail about a half an hour ago telling us police had were going tore to door looking for the suspect. yeah, they are. this is the vehicle behind those police lights that the suspect took off in. we're going to show you some video now of what's been happening in the neighborhood since we got here. let me get you up to speed, though.. i talked to police. they tell me this all started around 9:30 last night with that home invasion in mt. airy. the suspect said he had a gun, he took key toes a car and took off in the victim's car. that vehicle was spotted at an atm on city line avenue in the early hours of this morning when police went to stop the driver, he took off, ditched the vehicle in this neighborhood and left on foot. ask right now, police are searching for that suspect who they say may be armed. i should mention the person who had their car stolen was not hurt in all of this. but, a

lawn in overbrook by st. joes, cardinal avenue that neighborhood. it started over in mt. airy, 200 block of west mt. airy wednesday. three people were home. this guy steals that car takes credit card, iphone, mack book and crashes it in the overbrook section. when he gets out he takes off his clothes and leaves them all over backyard. they did find that guy and taken into custody. >>> charges for a person whom police say threw a molotov cocktail at investigators with the delaware county's sheriff office. they included attempted murder they is being taken into court , his name is jeremy generals, he threw an explosive device at a deputy on wednesday when serving a warrant. one of them ended up in the hospital, burned. he is now out of the hospital and back home. that suspect has in the been able to come up with bail and he will be back in court august between the second. >>> man behind bars right now after taking a car, thought he was stealing a car but stole a car with the three-year old boy in the back, went

police say he also shot into a crowd in overbrook park that same day. police identified rollins as the suspect yesterday. and detectives say they believe he is still in philadelphia. that is concerning for neighbors in philadelphia's overbrook section. steven fisher spoke to some of those neighbors today. >> yesterday police found 24-year-old derek rollins car on 51st and just a few doors down they raided this house. >> i know them but. i didn't know who was this there. >> reporter: she lives right across the street from the house that was raided. she was surprised that lately she's been on the lookout. >> of course, it bothers me. it should be in my neighborhood. i'm very concerned. i have children. police are going to need the public's help. >> when you're in the community and know how to get around it's like a a needle in the hay stack. >> it's only a matter of time. >> somewhat is going to be able to do the right thing. and help the police and help the city to be able to. capture this guy so that he is not a harm to aur communities. >> it is scary.

philadelphia police have a warrant for arrest for the overbrook shooting. township police chief says their community wants closure. he tells us residents are afraid and they want to know just as much as he does why lee was killed. >> everybody was upset and concerned. now philly has an arrest warrant for this guy. preparing homicide ward. >> reporter: take a look at your screen. 6 feet tall. beard and mustache. several law enforcement agencies zr if you see him, do not approach him. leading to arrest and conviction. i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> meanwhile, leaders in margate hold an emergency meeting this morning to consider legal action against dune construction project there. ordered by goevernor chris christie. caused drainage and flooding problems. weekend rain caused pools of standing water to form on the approaches to the beach. more than half dozen beaches closed yesterday after test results came back showing the water in those pools had elevated bacteria levels. today margate beach will remain closed while contractors of the army corporation

firefighters were called to north 64th street near lansdown avenue in overbrook around 3:00 this morning. the suspect was taken into custody at the scene. no one was hurt. >>> right now, crews onboard all u.s. military ships around the world are going through safety training. the navy's top brass gave the order last night. all service personnel must relearn, retrain, and focus on precautions and procedures. the move follows two deadly collisions including the latest involving the destroyer uss john s. mccain. ten sailors were lost near singapore last week. among the casualties, kenneth smith from cherry hill. he graduated from cherry hill high school east before enlisting in the navy. >>> delaware governor john carney will take part in a salute to fallen heroes today. the heroes end of watch benefit will be held at delaware park to honor public safety and military personnel killed in the line of duty this year. four firefighters, a corrections officer, and a state trooper died in a ten-month period in delaware. right now, a memorial motorcycle run from smyrna to delaware park is under wa

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he pulled into his driveway in the overbrook park section about 7:30 p.m. >> when he left the barberd came home, somebody ambushed him. >> he was shot in the chest and died at the hospital. >> i think the plan was to rob him. >> they tried to get paul to let them in the house, and he didn't, and he shot him. >> the city of philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 in reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. 215546 tips. all calls will remain anonymous. >> he was here one minute and gone the next. my life lab shattered. it's been shattered. i don't know how you think you can take somebody's life and ruin the life of other people and get away with it. >> for crime fighters, i'm rick williams, channel6 "action news." >> a young man is printing 3d hands for those that need ros spettic limbs. >> he learned that prosthetic hands can be expensive and are not always covered by medical insurance. >> if they do, they cover one hand in a person's lifetime. this is a problem because kids continue to grow and outgrow the hands quickly. >> he contacted people with parts f

house for an extended period of time there was an odor coming from the home on the 200 block of overbrook drive. neighbors say two brothers in their 50s lived in the home and kept to themselves. >> last week when i was pulling out, the one brother was pulling out and he waved at me, which was weird because they are not very social. so he waved at me, i waved back, there was the last i saw them. >> the medical examiner's office was not determined a cause of death. >>> new this morning, allentown city council is making moves to force he had polowsky out of office. the mayor was indicted last month on 54 criminal counts and charges he directed a pay to play schemes with city contracts were traded for donations. he refuses to step down and running for re-election. >>> the man who killed an 18-year-old girl in a road rage incident is still in jail. a highway confrontation escalated on june 28. we'll have a live report from the site of the preliminary hearing in the next half-hour. >>> a former catholic school teacher has been released from jail after serving four years for child rape convictio

less than an hour, roll lands was involved in a shooting in overbrook park neighborhood.e with information asked to contact the police >>> as the search continues, police and residents in haverford township are coming together to find violence and crime. alexandria hoff has the story from tonight's national night out. alex? >> reporter: ukee, deadly violence is not a matter that any community told rates. sadly, some areas are plagued by this more than others. haverford township is not one of those areas. it was a proud showing of childhood curiosity and community support. as this year's national night out was celebrated in haverford township. >> a good night after a bad weekend. >> reporter: this fell three days after a spree of violence at the hands of one suspect crossed over into the township and led to the random shooting death of 29-year-old john lee saturday evening. >> there was a murder in this town, they're not used to it here. none of us are. >> reporter: haverford suffered its last homicide 14 years ago. while initial shock of saturday's shooting sent waves of

police say it came an hour after rollins fired 20 shots a the two other men e in the overbrook section. >>> now to an approaching weather threat. a steamy day is giving way to what's shaping up to be a stormy night for parts of the area. you can see the storms moving this wayen op the radar. potentially severe weather will become the focus. our weather team has issued a first alert for tonight. >> let's get to meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz for the timing of those storms and who can expect to see them. >> these are the areas in order of severity, the likelihood of severe weather. lehigh valley and berks county, top of the list. >> new jersey and delaware lower threats because of the time of day. 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. by the time the storms get into delaware and south jersey they should be much weaker. possible damaging winds, frequent lightning, small hail and a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for that area except for philadelphia and delaware county until midnight tonight. for the potential, some severe storms. certainly have been some in western pennsylvania. there's b

those surveillance pictures that had philly police investigating a link to a shooting ining in overbrook. according to them is suspects appeared to be casing out their neighborhood. when they pulled up aside to ask what's going on, he opened fire. shooting more than a dozen times. luckily no one was hurt. residents are concerned. >> it's very concerning. he i guess opened fire on a bunch of people and ended up here and he -- it seems like he was set out to kill somebody. >> reporter: the suspect was seen in a dark gray volvo sedan. when i come back next hour, we're going to tell you a little bit more about the evidence that philly police are looking at there and here as well. that's coming up at 6:00. reporting live now in haverford township. pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> new from overnight. police in delaware county investigating shots fired in a bar during a fight around 11:00 last night. nbc 10 on the scene upper darby. no one was hurt. >>> happening today the former mayor of redding go before a federal judge in philadelphia to face corruption charges. vaughn spencer accused of tak

neighbor saw it speeding saturday evening, just after the overbrook park shooting but before the killing of john lee, near his friend's apartment in haverford but that person didn't know the information, was important until turning on the news last night. >> they recorded first three numbers of the tag and explain at last four digits, may have had two or three, eight's and i'm not sure of that sequence. this is where our pennsylvania state unit comes in, intelligence unit they are table do a search of cars in the vicinity, which led us to the car that we recovered this morning. >> reporter: police found tonight front of the home near 51st and locust rollins wasn't there but his girl friend was and she's cooperating. another home was also searched but tonight gunman suspected in two random shootings remains at large, and although police believe he is in philadelphia, they know he has ties out of state. >> he is a national crime computer at this point. he is wanted, armed and dangerous and yes we have talk to law enforcement partners including our federal partners who are assisting apprehe

. >> our brad sattin is in overbrook park. police say he was hundreds of miles from the scene of those crimes. >> reporter: yeah, lou lucy his name is derek rollins. local authorities getting information this morning he was about 700 miles away outside of the atlanta georgia they call on the us marshals fugitive task force and he was picked up just before 1:00 o'clock this afternoon. after 24 days on the run, accused killer derek rollins now sits in an atlanta jail cell aft u.s. marshals tracked him to an apartment in decatur georgia on tuesday. >> rollins was spotted and initially tried to flee and quickly taken into custody without any further incident. due to the nature of the crime this an individual very unpredictable. it was very important for to us get him off the streets as quickly as possible. >> reporter: he's accused of firing 17 shots before running 29-year-old john lee in haverford township and allegedly shooting him to death. not knowing where he was, had neighbors nervous for weeks. >> people cars were driving b

according to police, used the same 40 caliber handgun to open on residents in an overbrook neighborhood who asked what he was doing there. police found the volvo and searched the home on locust. there was no sign of roland. philadelphia place have a warrant for his arrest. >> it was a rough weekend in haverford township with the homicide that happened. everybody was upset. everybody was hurt. now that we have an arrest warrant for this guy, i think everybody has a sensz of relief. >> here's another look at the suspect. six feet tall. thin build. 160 pounds with a full cropped beard and minus attach. several law enforcement agencies looking for him right now. anyone with information as to where he could be should call police, reporting live, pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> this morning police are looking for a man who sexually assault add jogger in montgomery part. after a mavg emasked man with a attacked a 19-year-old woman. this happened in broad daylight. police shutdown the popular park for evidence. victim was treated and released. coming up at 4:30, reaction from people who use th

police were working them to match bullets to the shells by the shots fired in the red hood in the overbrook park area around seventh seventh street with the bullets and shells just fired just 45 minutes and 2 miles away later in haverford. also, in both locations, the detectives looking to get just as good surveillance of the killer's car described as a charcoal gray volvo at first scene by the philadelphia witnesses. now, haverford detectives figured the killer was running , toward that car, he is seen on haverford road in the surveillance pictures and they think he likely parked his koran wynnewood road, since that is the direction he is headed so they were looking at businesses on wynnewood to see if they had any surveillance pictures of the volvo, parked nearby, maybe picking up the plate or car to put out in the public as he talk is his head in the hood and in his waist band. >> victim in philadelphia saw the news on saturday night, saw a picture of the shooter and said this is the guy, called out detectives directly and said they positively ided him. delaware county district attorney'

then crashes car in overbrook over by st. joes and takes off his clothes and leaves in the in the backyard n1 was hurt. he was arrested. >>> charges for a person police say threw a moloto cocktail at deputies while delaware county's sheriff's office is investigating. charge attempted murder. police say jeremy jones threw the explosive device at deputies on wednesday, who were serving a warrant, one of them ended up in the hospital, burned. he is at home recovering this morning. yesterday was his birthday. jones has in the been able to come up with the bail, million-dollar it was set at. his next hearing is august 22nd. >>> we have been following this one seeking swift justice singer taylor swift from our area, in court, face-to-face with the guy that she says touched her in a prep eighthly on her back side. here's ron berke. >> sports in the ming also played their first preseason game see which draft pick started with a bang. your highlights next in sports who will instant. ah fast play games from the pennsylvania lottery are

this morning police arrested a suspect for arson after a building goes up in flames in the cities overbrook section. flames erupted on the 800 block of north 64th street around 3:00 this morning. fire fighters quickly got those flames under control in just about 30 minutes, investigation is underway, no one was hurt. >>> in other news this morning authorities charged a philadelphia public school teacher, after an altercation during a protest, earlier this month. police say manmade terroristic threats against an officer at a frank rizzo statue protest >> bleep, bleep, bleep. >> police arrested six three-year old john edward sheeran on august 16th after police say educator verbally threatened a police officer there. school district of philadelphia removed sheeran from his position as a teacher an investigation is underway. >>> we have spoke with lee whack from the philadelphia school district who released this statement reading in part safety of our students, staff is our highest priority, this is a matter we will take very seriously. school district ace rest of his arrest but prior to his ar

complex at haverford road on july 29 and and rollins is a suspect in a shoot that happened in the overbrook park section of philadelphia. nobody was injure there had, rollins is sitting in a georgia jail waiting extradition to philadelphia. >>> and the attorney general arrested four suspected child sexual predators that used the internet to find their prey two from king of prussia and one from philadelphia. live at the philadelphia office of the attorney general, is "action news" reporter bob brooks. you have the details. >> reporter: well jim, it's disturbing to hear about grown men going after children online, and the attorney general says that is exactly what happened and that these men knew exactly what they were doing. >> according to the attorney general these men are the latest child predators to land behind bars. they led a sting operation. and we spoke to shapiro and more suspects are in their cross hairs. >> we'll hunt you down and fine you and lock you up and do everything in our power to make sure the children of pennsylvania are safer. and two from king of prussia and one from

underway after the discovery of a body in newtown square, police responded here to the 200 block of overbrook drive after a person was found dead on a home on that street. and they appear to be suited up in hazmat gear and have not yet released a cause of death. >>> the man suspected of vandalizing a northeast synagogue turned himself into police. it caught him urinating on the building on sunday. investigators questioned the man after he surrendered laugh ni but have not yet released his name. >>> septa is taking action to keep their riders safe. and commuters can report crimes to police using a new smart phone app. katherine scott is live at septa headquarters are the details. >> reporter: rick, yes this is a new channel is of communication between septa police and the riders, they announced the free app within the hours many here at septa head quarters in center city. this is a tool that riders can use to report a problem or emergency. the idea of a septa transit watch app, a quick way to report concerns or medical emergency or septa vehicles or property to septa police. include a photo or

. >>> police are rested a suspect in the overnight home invasion on the overbrook section on east mown airy avenue. police say the man broke into a home and assaulted the resident there and took off on foot. in the last few hours, he was taken into custody. jeanette reyes will have the latest coming up in the next half hour. >>> time now to talk temperatures we have one more day of pleasant conditions outside before changes are coming in the accuweather forecast. >> it's nice and sunny now as we look live at penn's landing from sky 6 hd tomorrow the unsettled weather returns in time for the weekend. meteorologist, karen rogers, is here with a check of that forecast. >> you have to enjoy the day today before you think about anything coming up it's nice out here and we have wall-to-wall sunshine and a fair amount of cumulous clouds up above. we have a few fair weather clouds though. 80 degrees already in quakertown and pottstown, sitting at 80 in warminster. comfortable and 82 in center city. and 80 in media, some spots started in the upper 50s once again this morning. it was a bit of a

within the philadelphia city limits and that is because number one he fired his gun, first in the overbrook section but number two after he killed the nan haverford, he stole that man's cell phone and the last location of that cell phone according to cell phone record from the phone company, to police, was 40th and market streets, not too far from the university of pennsylvania campus. so, here again, they are the pictures and this first picture is latest picture, this is a shot we know from behind and from the side but only shot they have of him from surveillance on haverford road before he puts his red hood over his head, so you can see his hair style, side of his face. then you get tight shot of his face with the hood on, he pull s the hood up after he shoots the man in his getaway running down haverford road to get out of there. again, he has man's phone, talking gun in, he has man's phone and probably initial to the city of philadelphia in west philadelphia and then again around 40th and market the phone shuts off according to investigators. our detectives are working around the clock.

spotted by police who then chased him down, he crashed and abandoned the car outside of this home in overbrook. and changed his clothes and left them in her backyard before jumping several fences and evading police. >> my biggest concern is safety. i have a son and he plays outside. you never know what could happen. >> the suspect was finally apprehended at lancaster avenue about a mile away from where he abandoned the car. formal charges are pending. >> although badly shaken up the homeowner is expected to be okay. channel 6 "action news." >>> in other news, bail has been set at $1 million for a man accused of throwing a fire bomb at a sheriffs deputy. jeremy jones was wearing the sheriffs handcuffs when he was taken to jail. it began at 4:30 yesterday afternoon on the unitem block of south mcdade boulevard. sheriffs were there to deliver a warrants for a violation. and he threw a molotov cocktadc at the sergeant, and he faces five counts of criminal attempted homicide. >> his life was truly in danger, he is very, very lucky and we are lucky he is still here. i think it's significant that it

investigators believe did it. 24-year-old derek rollins wanted for a shooterring an hour earlier in overbrookark. >>> developing right now, sad twist in a south jersey murder investigation. plice say a man is behind bars for killing his wife. she was found dead in her swi swimming pool in woolwich township in june. prosecutors say he had claimed to have discover her body and then tried to make it look like she drowned. fox 29's shawnette wilson joins us from outside the prosecutor's office in woodbury tonight. shawnette. >> reporter: iain, it was an elaborate story that prosecutors say the suspect told including some major clues they say he left uncovered. >> my mom was definitely the best mom you can ever ask for. she did not deserve this at all. >> reporter: a distraught daughter remembering her mother who was murdered june 17th. prosecutors said wednesday during a press conference attended by the victim's daughter and father that her husband is now charged with killing her. >> we are broken without her, um, just trying to keep it together. >> reporter: it happened at the couple's home in w

we have know philly police were comparing ballistics yesterday to a crime scene they had in overbrook. 45 minutes before the murder on saturday. residents reported seeing a man casing the neighborhood. when they asked what was going on, the victim opened fire. when those suspects saw the victim of this shooting, they said that was the same men who shot at them. residents are concerned. >> it's very concerning. he i guess opened fire on a bunch of people and then he ended up here and it seems like he was set out to kill somebody. >> that woman walks dogs in the area of where lee was shot and killed. so many other shares that concern this morning. remember a $5,000 award for information leading to an arrest. reporting live, pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> 4:02. 73 degrees outside. 17-year-old girl who survived being hit by a stray bullet talks to nbc 10 about her brush with death. teen from northeast philadelphia fought back tears. did not want her face shown. sitting at her boyfriend's house when the bullet crashed through a window and struck her in the chest. just missing vital organ

this is what's heading towards philadelphia, bala cynwyd it's hitting you right now overbrook, wynnefield, germantown, olney, north philadelphia, this view alone 31 lightning strikes it's rolling across the schuylkill expressway, also the blue route and this line extends well up to the north. it's just now moved through doylestown. it's west of trenton currently. 329 lightning strikes so you hear that thunder, get indoors and it has been causing some flooding as well. the rainfall rate of two to 4 inches per hour. so, this is the scene in why miss wyomissing. corey took this photo. this is state street. you can see how these cars they're not going anywhere. there are water rescues going on. we have flash flood warnings in effect for parts of berks county, we've got flood watches for our entire viewing area and that severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 9 o'clock. after that these storms should be rolling off the coast. i'll talk about what to expect behind this system also have a look at the eclipse later on. >> you can get the latest forecast any time on your phone or tablet. the

. >> reporter: this suspect is also linked to another seemingly random attack in the overbrook park section in philadelphia. it happened 45 minutes before the haverford homicide. there the man is accused of shooting two people but missing them before taking off in a gray volvo. >>> a cable tv personality is hoping to draw attention to bail. >> reporter: jessica traditionally if someone can't afford bail they must await trial in prison, that could take months, possibly even years. earlier this year new jersey did away with that system and a local family says their son was taken with it: a familiar face greeted trenton in his familiar way. >> aloha. >> reporter: dwayne chapman, popularly kno popularly. >> i have never seen anything like this. >> reporter: he also coannounced a federal wrongful death lawsuit against governor chris christie and a state attorney general. chapman says the bail reform legislation they passed led to the april killing of christian rogers. >> all he was doing was walking home from a convenience store. >> reporter: according to police, rogers was shot and killed by a