. >> brunson made the way into the room shooting roderick again and hitting patricia in the upper body. >> he was standing over me and shot himself and landed on top of me. >> she said she didn't even know brunson and her first interaction was last friday. >> he was a veteran. >> he thought i was being loud and talking about him. >> tonight family and friends still don't understand how this happened. >> they are not surprised by how roderick responded. >> it speakers not just to his character but to the love and relationship he has with his mother. he told me we came into this world -- >> now patricia was released from the hospital earlier today and roderick is still at christiana and his mom says he is expected to make a full recovery and that is great news because he is a member of the wesley college track team and an ambassador for american teen idol and a volunteer in his commune and he can adhere oh to his list of accolades. >> a remarkable young man thank you. >>> two former philadelphia police officers are found guilty of stealing utilities were found guilty today. eyesha was gi

. >>> officers identify the suspect as 45-year-old jason brunson. police believe he broke into the home, but it's unclear why he shot them. the 40-year-old woman and 19-year-old son are in stable condition. >>> the rainy weather is once again impacting scheduled construction on i-95 north of center city. work was supposed to begin earlier this week, but all the rain delayed the start of the project until last night. penndot said crews began the prep work and wrapped up around 3:00 due to rainy weather. drivers will not have to deal with any lane shifts during today's morning commute. when it gets going that current half mile construction zone will expand to almost 2 miles near the girard exit north of allegheny avenue. download our free news app for your apple or android devices. >> mayor nutter plans to send a bill to the city that would let the city borrow money for the philadelphia school district. students walked in protest yesterday. as they dplon traited the -- demonstrated the school superintendent went to harrisburg asking the state for mone

her son and her were in their apartment when the neighbor, jason brunson barged in and fired shots. nobody knows why. her son threw himself in front of her and he was shot twice. he's in the hospital in critical condition. the neighbor then shot and killed himself. >>> the man arrested in connection with a sniper scare has tied to philadelphia. donald wallace has an arrest record in pennsylvania. the last known address is west philadelphia. he called 911 tuesday night saying the d.c. sniper is in your city and a gunman was on the roof of a lumberyard. authorities swarmed the scene. later, they tracked down and arrested wallace in new york after he left his cell phone on. >>> workers at ria de janeiro's two airports declared a strike. they are among the busiest during the month-long soccer tournament. unions are asking for raises of at least 5.5%. they have an injunction ordering them to staff at 80% of the normal levels or face a fine. >>> the latest on the v.a. scandal, thousands of veterans who endured long wait times are one step closer to getting help from congress. the senate p

. >> brunson killed himself as police arrived on the scene.ricia calls her son her hero. >> a flight from los angeles brought a special passenger to philadelphia international airport. [cheers and applause] >> that's the good folks from warrior watch there to welcome louis marini a world war ii vet with clears and applause. marini is here to visit his brother hank another veteran and together these 90 year olds will see the world war ii memorial in washington. warrior watch says this was just a small thanks for the veteran's service. >>> the police athletic league held a grand reopening party for the newly refurbished fairhill pal center in north philadelphia. the center's dance team presented a special routine. families and police officials. price waterhouse coopers has adopted the center providing important financial and volunteer support. >> i'll be doing their scholarship luncheon later this week. looking forward to it. they do great hinges next up on "action news" at 4:30 cooper university hospital is pitch agnew program for military vete

police believe brunson broke into the ham home and it's unclear why he shot them.he 49-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son in stable condition. >>> mayor nutter plans to send a bill to city council that would allow the school district to borrow money. students walked in protest as the superintendent took the request to harrisburg. city council rejected the request for $55 million loan instead authorizing half. >> they decided to give us 27 million-dollar loan meaning we'll have to look for $28 million in cuts. >> how much more can you cut? >> there's no more to cut. >> the district is facing a 96 million-dollar short fall for the next school year. >>> happening today, governor jack markell plans to ban ecigarettes to minors the bill prohibits minors from receiving substitutes. >> we dealt with spotty showers most of the week and today we'll stay on that track. >> reporter: some of them could be heavy downpours, you know? storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you for the morning commute we're okay. there's a little bit fog out there. you can see it on sky 6. we h