after hitting her, andrew acito ran and clipped an 18-year-old woman. police say he has a history of dui, he is in jail facing homicide by vehicle charge. >> still ahead on "action news," 12 time swimming medal lists ryan lochte talk about the robbery claims that overshadowed the summer games in rio. >> we have more from the scene of a home invasion that left a father of 6 dead. >> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m., monday, august 122. we're following several breaking stories. >> a child witnessed the brutal murder of his father when a pair of masked men burst into the home and opened fire. >> also overnight, two armed robberies less than a mile from each other, did the same crook pull them off. >> ryan lochte talks about the mess of a story he left behind in rio. >> those stories in a moment, but first, david murphy has weather and matt pellman has traffic.

>>reporter: her belongings were scattered around the street after police say drunk driver andrew acito hit a 37-year-old homeless woman. this witness didn't wish to give her name but captured the moments after the hit-and-run crash. >> we were right here talking and i said i would see her tomorrow. >>reporter: residents have left momentos for the woman they say was a homeless amputee named elaine. >> it shocked me because i came through here, like, 3:00 o'clock yesterday around down the street. >> it's horrible. it does. she was a veteran and someone to just be able to get behind a wheel and drink and drive, you know, run over one of our veterans and then keep going. >>reporter: the driver apparently continued driving east on lehigh before allegedly hitting a second pedestrian, this time an 18 year old. he didn't stop to help her either. he was eventually pulled over for running a red light. it was the 18 year old who was able to identify his white ford pickup truck as the vehicle that hit her. according to court records, the driver has a history of drunk driving behind the wheel and o

they are charged andrew acito with homicide by vehicle. he was under the influence while driving his truck on lehigh avenue when he struck the 37-year-old victim near mascher street. acito sped off and struck another pedestrian an 18-year-old woman and still kept going. she suffered minor injuries. officers did late area rest acito lehigh and b street. >> a second person was charged in the killing of a penn state professor whose body was found at the bottom of a quarry in center county this week. 32-year-old danielle giore was arraigned this weekend on multipal charges including murder. police say she helped to plot the death of communications professor ronald bedig he was ally pushed off a cliff at the hanson quarry by 39-year-old george ishler and ishler and giore thought they could profit from his death buzz of a will he recently signed. >> convicted child molester jerry sandusky will be back in court tomorrow. the former penn state coach is now trying to get his conviction overturned because he says his lawyer was ineffective. sandusky

. >> hit-and-run killed homeless veteran in a wheelchair, 29 year old andrew acito charged with homicide by vehicle. police say he was under the influence early saturday morning, when he struck the 37 year old victim on lehigh avenue near mascher street. police say aceto then sped off, hit a 18 year old woman, that bamm suffered minor injuries. police pulled over aceto's pick-up truck a few blocks from the scene. >> major announcement from the catholic diocese, three more church rest are shutting down. >> saint john of the cross, saint cecil ya, mater doloresa. >> no one lost a parish church as a result of the closings because the three church's congregations had already merged into other parish churches: the flooding in louisianna the worse natural disaster to hit the us since super storm sandy. right now the red cross is on the ground a significance, and among them are several people from our local red cross chapter. early estimate predict, relief effort from louisianna could cost at least $30 million this number is expected to grow. many of the calls for help are being diverted to our

. >>> and this is 29-year-old andrew acito.s charged with homicide by vehicle while driving drunk. authorities say he was behind the wheel saturday night when he hit and killed a homeless amputee veteran in north philadelphia. 37-year-old elaine heyl was crossing mascher street and lehigh avenue in her wheelchair. detectives say acito left the scene ran a red light and then clipped an 18-year-old woman who suffered minor injuries. >> naacp leaders in montgomery county joined together to address what they say is a growing divide between police and the community. in front of the county courthouse in norristown this morning, officials talked about how recent police involved shootings and concerns overdue justice have led to increased tensions. >> many times police departments complain of the no snitch culture that exists in the minority communities. yet, most police departments have the blue code of silence. it's the same thing. you can't expect to change one without their being a change in the other. >> the leaders say they are a