"eyewitness news" reporter alex hoff is live at the scene of that accident with how the 16-year-old is being remembered tonight. alex? >> reporter: well jessica, around this time last night, quasan that are they are was a iteming a dangerous cross over route 130 he made it over the median when did he he was struck by a car traveling southbound. that car did not stop. but tonight the driver is behind bars. >> guarding their candles from the wind, dozens gathered in camden to pay tribute to a smile they say continues to burn on. >> i looked at his bed. when i looked at his bed, i saw his mom crying. this can't be real, man. >> quasan turner was off from pennsauken high school and headed back from hanging out with friends when he was hit near route 130 and 49th street he was left to die and police were left without many clues. until the young niece and passenger in a car driven by 40-year-old susan high land of beverly suddenly called police. >> now they're going through something because of her actions and 19-year-old that called the cops to do that for us, bless her. i thank her for tha

"eyewitness news" reporter alex hoff is live at the scene of that accident with how the 16-year-old is being remembered tonight. alex? >> reporter: well jessica, around this time last night, quasan that are they are was a iteming a dangerous cross over route 130 he made it over the median when did he he was struck by a car traveling southbound. that car did not stop. but tonight the driver is behind bars. >> guarding their candles from the wind, dozens gathered in camden to pay tribute to a smile they say continues to burn on. >> i looked at his bed. when i looked at his bed, i saw his mom crying. this can't be real, man. >> quasan turner was off from pennsauken high school and headed back from hanging out with friends when he was hit near route 130 and 49th street he was left to die and police were left without many clues. until the young niece and passenger in a car driven by 40-year-old susan high land of beverly suddenly called police. >> now they're going through something because of her actions and 19-year-old that called the cops to do that for us, bless her. i thank her for tha

alex hoff joining us live from bryn mawr with more, will alex? >> reporter: university is off today, so, they will make it down to louisville to cheer on the wildcats. they are able to do so to places like this at kelly's taproom in lancaster avenue in bryn mawr where villanova fans gathered to cheer on their teams to face off against miami in about an hour. now, number two seed wildcats will face off with the three seed hurricanes, and winners will take on maryland, kansas, and that will be their ticket to the final four. but the wildcats have had a long history of early ncaa tournament success and that has long stalled out before making it to the sweet 16. this is a i big moment for villanova and fans here of high hopes. >> they made it past in the last round so this game is our ticket to do well. >> it is actually really a awesome to be a senior right now, sweet 16, 2016, it is the year. but i think we're all excited. >> we have to keep our cool and not get too overwhelmed with anything and i think we will be good. >> again, that game will be

"eyewitness news" reporter alex hoff has more. >> it was the report of a vehicle matching the descriptionoon became a deadly he can change. >> when i got out of the car i seen they poured over the silver whatever that car was. >> she had just stopped on parker street and union around 4:00 in the afternoon and saw officers begin to approach car. they were telling the people in the car to surrender with their hands up and stuff. >> reporter: according to police the three occupants of the vehicle remained inside but were uncooperative. >> it's our understanding someone from the car began shooting at the police. police returned fire and we now have a situation where we have policeman in the hospital shot. we have a deceased party from the car and we have an injured party from the car also at the hospital. >> reporter: family of occupants from the car along with police gathere gathered atr medical zen. the officer injured captain alan davis 25 year veteran of the chester police force. >> everybody came out their house. snapping on the cops like trying to figure out why ya'll not telling us any

"eyewitness news" reporter alex hoff was at the 22n 22nd diss where it all happen. >> reporter: family, friends and badged brothers and sisters used this anniversary as an opportunity to celebrate a life well lived. >> i really think just remembering his personality, his passion, how alive he was is like it has kept us going. >> i was one of those guys that was going everywhere a hundred miles an hour. he told me to slow down and watch what i'm doing. >> reporter: damien stevenson was working with his partner when officer robert wilson was shot in the game stop store one year ago. >> march 5th around this time i was crying like baby. still had to do the job. >> the sadness of him going into the store to buy a birthday brent for his son's birthday i think it's tomorrow his valor in moving the shooters away from the customers at the counter and basically giving his life for others. >> mayor kenney was on city council test officer wilson's murder. and in the 365 days since has immersed himself into the complicated cause of fighting elite guns. >> i know people don't want to hear that but

he spoke with our alex hoff we first met with jason patrick and side his home year ago. barely do much of anything. >> according to expert testimony in april of 2005, hit nervous system had been destroyed by a pesticide he was using on a fumigation job in gloucester township. >> it's like a neurological nightmare. >> the chemical methyl bromide what epa says they are minis was using hotel in the us virgin islands. causing four members of the family of delaware to be severely injured. >> three including two teenaged sons remain critical. in 2004, they are minute 96 commercial in pennsauken was cited after group of workers were hospitalized after being exposed to meth they will bromide. they were removing a tarp from a stack of cocoa beans that had been treated with the chemical. jason says he was told to do that often while working for western fumigation now under new ownership. they did not provide comment. he says he's still fighting for workmen's compensation. >> that's what bromide look like. >> largely banned meth they will bromide used under critically use exemption

he spoke with our alex hoff we first met with jason patrick and side his home year ago. i barely do much of anything. >> according to expert testimony in april of 2005, hit nervous system had been destroyed by a pesticide he was using on a fumigation job in gloucester township. >> it's like a neurological nightmare. >> the chemical methyl bromide what epa says they are minis was using hotel in the us virgin islands. causing four members of the family of delaware to be severely injured. >> three including two teenaged sons remain critical. in 2004, they are minute 96 commercial in pennsauken was cited after group of workers were hospitalized after being exposed to meth they will bromide. they were removing a tarp from a stack of cocoa beans that had been treated with the chemical. jason says he was told to do that often while working for western fumigation now under new ownership. they did not provide comment. he says he's still fighting for workmen's compensation. >> that's what bromide look like. >> largely banned meth they will bromide used under critically use exempti

reporting in bryn mawr, alex hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> you saw it from the guy back there. thumbs up. >> thumbs up i love the people who stand in the back and just do this. >> listen we'll switch gears here just a little bit. it wasn't all roses in the philadelphia sporting landscape also following another big story tonight. former eagle fullback kevin turner died at the age of frick after a six year battle with a als. he believed his illness was caused by concussions he suffered during this career. he was one of the plaintiffs in a concussion lawsuit filed by former players against the nfl. the suit was settled last year. merrill reece remembers turner's stint with the eagles from '95 to '99. >> he was a tremendous guy. he was a tough football player. former university of alabama star, played for the new england patriots, he was the quintessential fullback with one plus, kevin turner was very underrated receiver. i remember some tremendous catches that he made and he can hammer people. he could block. >> all right. merrill reece with his thoughts there. eagles coach doug p

reporting in bryn mawr, alex hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> you saw it from the guy back there.s up. >> thumbs up i love the people who stand in the back and just do this. >> listen we'll switch gears here just a little bit. it wasn't all roses in the philadelphia sporting landscape also following another big story tonight. former eagle fullback kevin turner died at the age of frick after a six year battle with a als. he believed his illness was caused by concussions he suffered during this career. he was one of the plaintiffs in a concussion lawsuit filed by former players against the nfl. the suit was settled last year. merrill reece remembers turner's stint with the eagles from '95 to '99. >> he was a tremendous guy. he was a tough football player. former university of alabama star, played for the new england patriots, he was the quintessential fullback with one plus, kevin turner was very underrated receiver. i remember some tremendous catches that he made and he can hammer people. he could block. >> all right. merrill reece with his thoughts there. eagles coach doug pederso

"eyewitness news" reporter alex hoff has more. >> it was the report of a vehicle matching the descriptionne that started what soon became a deadly he can change. >> when i got out of the car i seen they poured over the silver whatever that car was. >> she had just stopped on parker street and union around 4:00 in the afternoon and saw officers begin to approach car. they were telling the people in the car to surrender with their hands up and stuff. >> reporter: according to police the three occupants of the vehicle remained inside but were uncooperative. >> it's our understanding someone from the car began shooting at the police. police returned fire and we now have a situation where we have policeman in the hospital shot. we have a deceased party from the car and we have an injured party from the car also at the hospital. >> reporter: family of occupants from the car along with police gathere gathered atr medical zen. the officer injured captain alan davis 25 year veteran of the chester police force. >> everybody came out their house. snapping on the cops like trying to figure out why ya

alex hoff joining us live from bryn mawr with more, will alex? they will make it down to louisville to cheer on the wildcats. they are able to do so to places like this at kel

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"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live at strawberry mansion with more on that story, alex. >> reporter: somebody has come forward to offer to help pay for a new plaque but family does not the want it to go back to where it is stolen from but instead placed at engine five railroad james mcgee was working when he took his final call in 1898. in the los angeles times, besides an update on the spanish american war, the story of a fallen philadelphia fire fighter, made national news. now, 118 years later, his family faces another loss. >> it is a slap in the face. >> reporter: commemorative plaque dedicated to hoseman james mcgee in 2006 is now missing from seventh and erie. >> you know, it was probably taken because somebody thought that they could get money for it, maybe something that they needed. >> reporter: harry mcgee was himself a long serving philadelphia fire fighter. he is james great grandson. >> he could not read or write, okay. but he was a bricklayer. so the guys would come to the firehouse. >> reporter: harry says he didn't expect police to have the time to inve

"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live with details. alex>> reporter: jessica, the police chief here is actually called around 2:30 this morning after 911 dispatchers were overrun with calls about this individual i don't. no charges have been filed at this time but police have made contact with both individuals. now we do want to want that you what you're about to see is graphic and it may be hard to watch. it is video so brutal a minor suffering repeated blows to the head and kicks to the chest that west deptford police chief samuel desimone thought it might have been staged. >> but then we were able to speak to both parties involved and it's serious. >> reporter: the outrage that led him to be called in the middle of the night has also started a fire on facebook where page has been dedicated to the incident. police say both parties live locally. >> made sure that the juvenile involved is okay. nothing is wrong with the juvenile. made sure they're staying apart, and we have set up interviews for them to come in. >> reporter: in the video th

"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live with details. alex. >> reporter: jessica, the police chief here is actually called around 2:30 this morning after 911 dispatchers were overrun with calls about this individual i don't. no charges have been filed at this time but police have made contact with both individuals. now we do want to want that you what you're about to see is graphic and it may be hard to watch. it is video so brutal a minor suffering repeated blows to the head and kicks to the chest that west deptford police chief samuel desimone thought it might have been staged. >> but then we were able to speak to both parties involved and it's serious. >> reporter: the outrage that led him to be called in the middle of the night has also started a fire on facebook where page has been dedicated to the incident. police say both parties live locally. >> made sure that the juvenile involved is okay. nothing is wrong with the juvenile. made sure they're staying apart, and we have set up interviews for them to come in. >> reporter: in the video

reporting live from camden, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> alex, thanks very much. >>> lower merion police officers and fire fighters worked together to help rescue three residents trapped by flames overnight. they were called to a home on rena road which boardes st. joseph's university campus. fire was quickly placed under control. we are told as many as eight people may have been inside at the time. three of them were hospitalized. >> smoke damage throughout the house. we had one bedroom that was destroyed by the fire. >> reporter: the cause remains under investigation. >>> under cover philadelphia police officers jumped into action after witnessing a shooting in juniata park. the investigators say a suspect shot a man inside of a vehicle on the 1600 block of east hunting park. suspect then jumped in to a white suv and officer persued. suspect drove a few blocks away and then took off on foot. so far no arrests have been made. we will have the latest coming up in a live report on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> shoots comes after a violent night in philadelphia detec

reporting live from north philadelphia, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right alex, thanks very much. >>> turning to weather, another day, another record down. we broke 80 again this afternoon. it is march. so will the high temperatures last? that is the question. meteorologist kate bilo is outside on the sky deck with the answer. kate, we're gem us of your outdoor gig today. >> i'm really loving it on the sky deck. i said we should move the whole anchor desk on the day like this i don't know fit would support the weight but worth the shot. what a beautiful evening. breeze feels nice, the sunnies down now but still nice and warm. you don't need coat and cool breeze will cool you off walking around or go for a jog this evening. we have some showers heading our way. that will bring about change in the forecast. storm scan three shows showers off to the north, and they will give a southward pushed here later tonight. a few showers starting to creep in the pocono region and toward northern and lehigh valley at the moment. rest of the night is dry here in philadelphia, c

reporting live from schuylkill river park i'm alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> just gorgeous, alex, enjoy it. >>> track the winter warm up 24 hours a day with the cbs philly weather app, free and available on itune and google play. >>> in other news road crews are using warm weather as a chance to get potholes filled, penndot says it will have crews out and about this week to attack one of the lingering reminders of the winter. if you have a pothole you want filled you can go ahead and contact penndot directly, and the number to penndot is 800-fix-road. ukee. >>> it has happened again new jersey state police mourning loss of another trooper killed in the line of duty. investigators say a vehicle will struck trooper sean cullen on southbound i295 in deptford gloucester county. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is at the bellmawr barracks with more object how troopers are coming together during this tough time, cleve. >> reporter: ukee, in 2014 trooper sean cullen followed in his brother's footsteps joining new jersey state police and he was stationed at bellmawr station which w

"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live in election central with more on that, alex. >> jessica up for grabs today but one half of all of the delegates needed for republican nomination, about a third needed for democrats. so how much does that leave for voters in our area? well, we found out. it is less super then it is a standard tuesday. still the big names can be heard. >> hillary clinton, of course. >> donald trump. >> feeling the bern. >> reporter: in franklin and marshall latest poll of pennsylvania voters hillary clinton showed 48-27 percent lead over senator bernie sanders ahead of the super tuesday. donald trump earned 22 percent, followed by senator marco rubio at 6 percent, and governor kasich and senator cruz at the 15 and 12 percent. >> ted cruz has a lot on the line. he has the state of texas. he wants to win that state desperately because that will put him back into contention. >> reporter: kasich and carson are looking for contention on the national level. local polls do stray somewhat from the 13 states and one territory participating in super tuesday, so there

"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live at strawberry mansion with more on that story, alex reporter: somebody has come forward to offer to help pay for a new plaque but family does not the want it to go back to where it is stolen from but instead placed at engine five railroad james mcgee was working when he took his final call in 1898. in the los angeles times, besides an update on the spanish american war, the story of a fallen p

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and mike and alex will go live streaming for 20 straight hours starting on friday at 1:00 p.m. we will have a big announcement on friday as well to celebrate all of you, hoff been with us, a long the way. >>> we are just moments on egypt airplane the plane has been hijack this morning we're now learning what the allege hijacker is requesting. >>> also, investigators are working on a deadly hit and run in new jersey what officials say the victim is doing moments before dying. >>> and bricks come crashing to the ground falling from the building, in north philadelphia, so another building collapse in our city. >> yeah. >>> all right. salvation army, one from a couple years ago, deadly one at. that 4:30 is the time. 50 degrees. we are in the beginning of the spring lauren dawn johnson. >> that is right tuesday, march 29th, i'm still trying to come up with an april fools joke for you, i have until friday. >> oh, boy. >> i will try to make it good, sue serio. >> every day is like an april fools joke when an alarm clock goes off at 2:00 in the morning. >> is someone fooling me, sit really this early. yes, we're glad you are with us at 4:31 in the morning. i'm so