the man who killed teenaged girl was in court today. 18-year-old bianca roberson died on june 28th. he was supposed to start college this fall. fox 29's jeff cole was in court today as her family and suspect david despers stood in the same room. >> the chester county sheriff says officers and dogs in front of the court thursday morning were for safety and security. inside the alleged killer and the victim's family came within feet of each other. supporters of the roberson family wore t-shirts emblazoned with the teen judge pour's image and carried science demanding justice. accused killer david desper was taken in and out of court by s suv. he appeared in the tiny courtroom shackled. >> what were your thoughts when you saw him walk in shackled? >> just thinking about what he did to my daughter. >> reporter: investigators say he shot 18-year-old bianca roberson in the head with a large caliber pistol when the pair jock keyed for position at the intersection of routes 100 and 202 in west goshen in late june. images of his red pick up led to his arrest. road rage not race drove the res

. >> reporter: there were dozens of family and friends of bianca roberson. david desper waived his preliminary hearing. >> we have to wait for the court date. rodney rober andson left the room after the man accused of muddering his 18-year-old daughter, bianca waived his preliminary hearing. witnesses and evidence can be introduced to see if there is enough evidence to go to trial. >> i don't care why he did it. there was no reason to murder my daughter. >> david desper remains in custody and was taken back to chester county jail. back in july desper of trainer was charge ready related charges for the murder of bianca roberson. she was to head to jacksonville university this month. she had just left the mall after shopping for college clothes with her mother. investigators say that bianca and desper were jockeying for position to merge into a lane. he pulled out a gun and shot her in the head. he fled and she veered off the road and crashed. this morning bianca's family and friends flooded the courthouse. >> another week she was on her way to college and we w

he murdered an innocent child. >> reporter: roughly 100 bianca roberson supporters gather an hour earlyutside the chester county district court. >> we're here to support her and we want to see justice for bianca. >> reporter: they file in one by one but once inside the proceeding lasts only mere minutes with david desper waiving his right to a preliminary hearing. desper has yet to offer any additional information about the day he's hack queued of shooting 18-year-old roberson in the head during an pap rant road rage incident. after the hearing roberson's father rodney tells us there's nothing the accused killer could have said anything. >> we don't know anything. we don't know nothing and i don't really care about why he did it 'cause it's no excuse. he can't justify why he murdered my daughter. >> he still suspects this may be a hate crime. >> because i can't think of no other alternative he would have done something like that. my daughter wouldn't have did anything to him that would have caused him to want to shoot her like that. >> reporter: desper is still being held without bail u

thinking about what he did to my daughter. >> reporter: investigators say he shot 18-year-old bianca roberson in the head with a large caliber pistol when the pair jock keyed for position at the intersection of routes 100 and 202 in west goshen in late june. images of his red pick up led to his arrest. road rage not race drove the resident of trainor to kill argues the county da. rodney roberson believes it was skin color. >> i can think of no other alternative he would have done something like that. >> reporter: hell without bail and charged with murder, desper waived his preliminary hearing. next stop is trial in common pleas court. a local activist is planning forums on the killing. >> bring some resolve some peace and some close shower not only just for the family but for the community as large. >> the robersons say they'll bring a civil suit, and want the harshest possible punish many. >> would you like him put to death? >> i would like to see the death penalty for him, yes. >> reporter: rodney roberson says desper took his daughter from him. now he wants to make it painful for desper in

bianca roberson and david despers were in the same room. the district attorney says rage fueled the attack. the roberson family says they're looking to file a civil suit. >> we need to take some things for him. make some things banful for him. it's not about no money, it's not about none of that. our daughter is dead so whatever, we just trying to do whatever it is we can do to get back at him. >> there she is, that innocent victim with so much to live for. bianca roberson was set to go to college. >>> police are searching for that guy who stole a lot of red bull from 7-11. it's not a small crime. people have been stealing $15,000 worth of the energy drinks from this one store. 70 people were caught shoplifting the drinks in just june. this owner says red bull has become a really hot item on the black market in philadelphia. >> what they do, the energy drink they're stealing from me and selling in china town. >> there's a liucrative underground market. >> there is a huge problem. they're hoping that someone may recognize some of the actors

trainer was charged with first degree murder and related charges in the death of 18-year-old bianca roberson. the recent graduate was headed to jacksonville university. she left the mall after shopping for college clothes with her mother and grandmother. she was in west goshen on route one. they were jockeying for position and trying to merge into the same lane when desper pulled out a gun and shot the 18-year-old in the head and he fled and she veered off the road and crashed. >> today bianca's family and friends flooded the courthouse they want justice. >> bianca was a beautiful girl and she was on her kay to college and we were all looking forward to that. >> after today the case will be handled by the court of common pleas. channel 6 "action news." >> that young lady missed by so many. >> time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. adam joseph has the good fortune of being outdoors. >> the humidity dropped a bit today and it's fairly tolerable to be outside and effect is changing as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan there are some showers and downpours over the bay west of

now, prosecutors say desper shot 18 year old bianca roberson, here is her photo provided by her family. they say he shot her in the head as two merged lanes back in june, route 100, west goshen, prosecutors say it was a case of road rage. now surveillance video caught what cops cast zero say was desper's red pick up reason leaving the scene shortly after bianca's car crash, later found dumb napped nearby neighborhood. now after a three day national manhunt with thousands of tips coming in from across the country, desper turned himself in with his attorney by his side. now at the time his attorney said very little about what, if anything, that desper had told detectives, whether he had given investigators a statement. and, in fact, authorities turned to us, they were actually asking us to appeal to the public for help in piecing together exactly who desper is, what did he for a living. so this morning, we have very little information exactly on who he is. we did not see his family last week at the preliminary hearing. but, of course, bianca's family was there, dozens, in fact, very, ver

>> i remember we had spoke win bianca roberson's father shortly after the murder of his daughter. >>mbered her begging for the car, a new driver, timid driver. so the family has a lot of questions surrounding the circumstances of her alleged road rage death. let's go to photo of bianca that her family had given to us, again, police calling this road rage killing. they say the 18 year old was shot in the head, as she tried to merge lanes, off route 100 in west goshen. about a week before july 4th. next, let's go to a photo, of her accused killer, 28 year old david desper, of treanor, delaware county. prosecutors say. >> single car crash before they determined that bianca had, in fact, been shot. now let's go to surveillance footage taken shortly after the incident, shows red truck leaving the scene. >> strange i have say police randomly killed her, vest per eventually three days later turned himself in, via attorney to authorities, he has been charged with first and third degree murder, now, back here live, again, that preliminary hearing starting around 9:00 this morning, here, at di

he is charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of 18-year-old bianca roberson killing her in an apparent road rage attack last month. police were able to track him down through surveillance video. he turned himself in to police with his attorney very early one sunday morning back on july 2nd. but this only came after an all-out, four-day man hunt. this tragic story started on a road in west goshen township. the two were jockeying for position as the road merged into one lane. he wasn't letting her by so he pulled out a gun and shot her in the head. she had just graduated from high school and was greting ready to attend jacksonville university in the fall. >> this is the story of a sal age and senseless murder. this defendant wasn't happy with the way it was going so he pulled out a gun and killed this young woman. >> that was da tom hogan there talking about this arrest after it was made back in july. at that time he said there was no indication that race played a role. in the meantime david desper is being held without bail he faces a judge today for his preliminary heari

well, after i spoke with bianca roberson's family shortly after she was murdered, her father told me that she had begged him to buy her her beloved green chevy malibu, and that she had just recently gotten her license. he described her as a timid driver. so the family has a lot of questions surrounding the circumstances of her death. and they're hoping to get some answers to that as this trial into her alleged murderer continues. let's go to a photo of bianca. this is a photo provided to us by her family there is beautiful young woman, police say she was killed in a road rage shooting, they say, the 18 year old was shot in the head, as she tried to merge lanes off route 100 in west goshen, about a week before july 4th. and now, let's go to photo of her alleged killer. twenty-eight year old david desper of treanor, delaware county. prosecutors say he shot bianca once in the head, before speeding off. first, responders at the scene, believe they were responding to a single car crash before it was determined that bianca had actually been murdered. surveillance footage that we will bring

desper, looking at right now, his mugshot, will be hell for trial, police say david desper shot bianca robersono were trying to merge into the same lane. roberson's family attended the hearing this morning as well as other supporters of the family. if convicted i would face automatic sentence of life behind bars, without parole. so again, it means he will go to trial. so many people showed up to that courtroom. even though only would allow 12 people in. we'll give you more details on fox29.com as well as five, six, ten, 11. we will take a break. ♪ come to sesame place before little kids become, big kids. before dress up, turns to make-up. and tag becomes hashtag. before furry hugs, become first loves. come to the only place, that makes little hearts race. buy your 2018 season pass now, and get the rest of 2017 free! >> i authority for sure i would win the powerball last night, i didn't. >> no one did, that's the good news. >> yes, i like that when that happens. so, the next time we draw is wednesday, right? is it tuesday? what? saturday, day after tomorrow. so it will be over 500 million. oh, h

he is accused of shooting bianca roberson on route 100 in west goshen township this happened back in june. the police say they were trying to merge in the same lane at the same time when the shooting occurred, desper is due in court at 9:15 this morning. >>> police say a 14 year-old girl was looking at her phone when hit by a car in montgomery county this happened 2:45 yesterday afternoon on the 900 block of high land avenue across the street from abington high school. girl was face timing with a friend while she crossed intersection and was hit by a car. "eyewitness news" spoke with a teammate who told us the girl was on her way to cheer leading practice. >> she was just going along face timing friends whoever it was and the fact that could happen to you in 10 seconds is very scary. >> authorities say that the driver did stop to help victim police rush the girl to the hospital with serious injuries >>> well, still ahead tropical storm harvey is bearing down on the gulf coast find out why this storm is posing an extremely dangerous threat. >>> plus preorders start today for samsung's

desper has been held in custody without bail since he was charged with the murder of teenager bianca robersonfic and random act, it completely rocked our area. let's go to the photo that we have of bianca who can forget this young woman's smiling face. she had just graduated from high school. she would have been starting college in the next couple of weeks. she had dreams of becoming a f.b.i. agent. prosecutors say, this is the male, going to his photo, david desper, they allege he killed her in cold blood as the two strangers merged lanes on the end of route 100 in west goshen on june 30th, it was about a week before july 4th. lets guess to surveillance video that we got at the scene of the at the time that it happened. authorities say, desper shot roberson once in the head, before speeding off, and dumping his red pick-up truck that you can see in the surveillance video. that will spark a massive manhunt, in fact, authorities were getting tips across the country, as media coverage intensified, and law enforcement began closing in, david desper, turned himself in, via his attorney, he was ch

courtroom last week, but desper entered with his handcuffed, and shackled, he did not look at bianca roberson's family. let's go to photo of bianca. this was the alleged victim. prosecutors say desper shot 18 year old roberson in the head as two merged lanes back in june on route 100 in west goshen. now, surveillance video caught what cops say was desper's red pick-up truck leaving the scene shortly after bianca's car crashed. it was later found dumped in a neighborhood. after a three day national manhunt with police getting thousands of tips from across the country, desper turned himself in, with an attorney, by his side. now, last week at the preliminary hearing bianca's family of course very, very emotional. now, prosecutors say they believe this motive in this case may have been road rage, but bianca's family has said they believe it may have been something more than that. let's listen to her father speaking to us from last week. >> would you raise issues that you were concerned that you believe that this was race-based, that he shot your daughter because of the color of her skin. >> yes, b

desper is accuse odd have shooting 18 year-old bianca roberson back in june. roberson and desper were trying to merge in the same lane of traffic, at the same time when the shooting occurred, desper is due in court at 9:15 a.m. >>> new this morning police say an 11 year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the face inside his south philadelphia home. right now at children's hospital. henry rossoff is there live with an update, good morning, henry. >> good morning, jim, the 11 year-old is listed in critical condition but is conscious and expected to survive. police say that he was at home , were four other brothers and sisters as well as mom and dad when he somehow got into mom and dad's room and got his hands on a revolver, 11 year-old apparently accidentally shot himself in the face. police are not sure where the other family members were when this happened but they say that the family did immediately rush him to methodist and then transferred here to children's, detectives say this is one tragic case that they really should never have to investigate. >> ther

in the tiny first floor courtroom, desper and the father of his alleged victim bianca roberson stood within feet of each other. >> never made eye contact. never looked at us coming in the courtroom or anything. >> reporter: desper twaite of trainor delaware county charged with june 28th slaying of the 18-year-old with two met at the intersection of route 100 and 202 in west goshen. roberson in her car desper a red truck. it was road rage claim investigators which made desper fire his 40 caliber pistol at the recent high school graduate fatally striking her in the he head. >> would you like him put to death? >> i would like to see the death penalty for him, yes. >> reporter: roberson was joined in west chester by dozens of supporters and family members wearing shirts emblazoned with the face of the teenager and carrying banners demanding justice. >> that's hate. premeditated. it's thought out. to pick it up to point it to pull the trigger that's all pre head at any time. >> held without bail desper shuffled in front of a judge in chains where he waived his right for a hearing and was

prosecutors say david desper shot 18-year-old bianca roberson in june. investigators say the two played a high speed cat and mouse game as they merged into the same lane on route 100 in west ocean township. yesterday, 50 of robison's family and friends showed up at the courthouse. there were 12 seats in the courtroom. her faither was inside. >> never made eye contact, never looked at us coming into the courtroom. he took something away from us, our daughter, our daughter's life. >> we lost a good soul. by recklessness. >> he waved his preliminary hearing. he's due back in court next week for his formal arraignment. >>> and this just in, at 5:06, death toll from yesterday's flooding and mudslides in the west african nation of sierra leone topped 400. that word from the united nations, officials say an estimated 600 people are missing at the scene. the capital of free town. people are searching through the debris. the government hired hundreds of grave digger for the burials. >>> 5:07, fans are excited to have eagles back home. sky force 10 over lincoln fi

desper is accused of fatally shooting bianca roberson on route 100 in west goshen township. this happened back in june, police say roberson and desper were trying to merge in the same lane at the same time when the shooting occurred. desper is due in court today at 9:15 this morning. >>> a surprise guilty plea by david creato, junior, camden county father accuse had of killing his year-old son. creato, who was set to go on trial next month pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday avoiding a possible murder conviction and now face s 10 years behind bars, after admit to go playing the role in the death of his son brandon back in october of 2015. creato's first trial, ended in a hung jury. >> if he had not admitted to anything he could not get benefit of this deal. it would have been irresponsible, foolish frankly for him not to take this deal. >> three-year old brandon's body was found in the park about a half mile from his dad 's haddon township home, creato will be sentenced on september 29th. >>> police in chester county charged a man after finding racist, anti sematic gra

he is charged with killing 18-year-old bianca roberson when both were trying to merge into a single lane, police say he pulled out a gun and shot her in the head killing her. he was in custody after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing. >> >>> and now growing backlash to president trump's response to the violence in chartville, virginia. he took to twitter over the removal of confederate statues and monuments. >> and people gathered for a peaceful vigil in charlottesville after the hate and violence that erupted at a rally in the city over the weekend. >> reporter: well rick, the president tweeting this morning about the removal of confederate statues and monuments and taking aim at his own party. some of the republicans that called him out over his response to charlottesville. >> president trump back on twitter amid the controversy over his charlottesville comments. tweeting sad to see the history and culture of of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. robert e. lee and stone wall jackson? who is next. >> and the backlash is

of trainer was arrested and charge with first degree murder and related charge in the death of bianca robersone had just left the mall june 28th after shopping for college clothes. she was traveling southbound on route 100 when the two were trying to merge into the same lane. they were jockeying for position when desper pulled out a gun and shot the 18-year-old in the head. he fled her car veered off the road and crashed. police and county officials launch a search, tips flooded in from the public and less than a week, desper was charged. his preliminary hearing was previously schedule own postponed until today. "action news" will be in the courtroom to bring you all the latest developments. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thanks, katherine. >>> 6:36 a.m., new on "action news," a driver came under attack in berks county for honking at double parked cars. this road rage incident happened in reading at 5:30 p.m. a group near the illegally parked cars confronted the man who honked at them, they opened his car door and stabbed him several times. the victim's young son was in the back s

the man who police say killed a teenaged girl was in court today. 18-year-old bianca roberson died one 28th. she was supposed to start college this fall. bianca's family and the suspect david desper stood in the same room today for the first time. our jeff cole was in court as it all unfolded. >> reporter: the roberson family saw their daughter's alleged killer in a small courtroom thursday. the victim's father says, all he could think of is how his child died. chester county deputy sheriffs and their dogs stood guard this morning at building where the hearing was to be held. the county sheriff says the judge asked her people to transport alleged killer david desper to court. she says the officers and dogs were there for added security. in the tiny first floor courtroom, desper and the father of his alleged victim bee anna roberson stood within feet of each other. >> never made eye can't tact. never looked at us coming into the courtroom or anything. >> desper of delaware county charged with the june 28th slaying of the 18-year-old with two met at the intersection of route 100 and 202

expected back in court for formal a rain: twenty-eight year old david desper shot and killed bianca roberson on june e route one bypass, she was tempting to merge in the lane when the shooting happened. delaware county man has been charged with murder, roberson, she was due to start college this fall. >> 5:04, it is clicking over to right now. a bombshell in camden county, new jersey, david creato admits he did kill his on three year old son. dawn timoney on the stunning reversal right before the beginning of his new trial. >> it is a really, really sad conclusion to a really, really sad thing. >> lots of heavy hearts in haddon township today after news began to spread 23 year old dj creato pleaded guilt think morning to killing his little boy, brendan, almost two years ago. creato was scheduled to be retried on first degree murder charges in a matter of weeks after camden county jury was hopelessly dead-locked in may. many in this tight community showing their continued support for the three year old boy, with blue ribbons outside their homes. those we spoke to today were not surprised crea

loved ones, of 18 year old victim bianca roberson gathered outside after west chester courtroom yesterdaying roberson in the head when the two tried to merge in traffic in june. roberson's father said he plans to sue desper's family in civil court. >> he took something away from us, our daughter, took my daughter's life. we want our daughter here, but she can't come back. >> desper's arraignment is set for next thursday. he's behind bars without bail. >>> local family is looking for answers after a draw bridge down the shore opened up, while they were driving across it. it happened two weeks ago in lower township on the middle delaware fair bridge, that's southern ends every wildwood to cape may. the family says they paid the toll and made it to the middle of the bridge, but that's when it suddenly began to rise about three to 6 feet into the air, and he said he had no choice but to hit the gas, barely clearing the gap. >> we landed, with a big impact on the other side on the concrete on the other side so at that point we realized it wasn't open just a little bit. >> well authorities beli

david desper faces first and third degree murder charges in the shooting death of 18-year-old bianca robersonlutely beautiful day. certainly typical of august. we expect the daytime high to hit the upper 80s. bright blue sky in that sunshine. it really is a pleasant start to the morning. 74 degrees, eye northeast wind flow at just 7 miles per hour. it really isn't too noticeable that breeze but it's just enough to feel refreshing but it does feel like what the thermometer reads. a little muggy throughout the day. storm scan generally empty. that little green is not precip though i did think southern counties can see a spotty storm. it all clears out by the weekend. and for eclipse day monday. >> that's what we're hanging out hat on. thank you so much and we're looking outside right now at the ben franklin bridge, we were looking at it earlier looking at it again right now because of the police activity to the far right a little hard to see i will tell you that is moving in the eastbound direction into jersey, not a problem. to piggyback on that, patco is running an emergency schedule because

>> reporter: family and friends of bianca robber son attempted to back a tiny courtroom looking for answers from man accused of pulling his truck alongside roberson's vehicle and is shooting her in the head >> this is senseless. he murdered an incident child. >> reporter: roughly 100 bianca supporters gathered an hour early outside the chester county district court >> we're here to support her and we want to see justice for bianca. >> they file in one by one, once inside, the proceeding lasts only mere minutes, with david did he say per waiving his right to a preliminary hearing, des has yet to offer any additional information about the day he's accused of shooting her in the head during an apparent road rage incident, rob bumper son's father tells us there's nothing the accused killer could have said anyway >> we don't know anything, i don't really care about why he did it. there's no excuse. you can't just why he murdered my daughter. >> reporter: he suspects this may be a hate crime >> i can't think of no other alternative he would have done something like that. my daughter wouldn't have did anything to him that would have caused him to want to