vernon odom is live in chester with the very latest. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, chester's mayorpolice chief and a superintendant of the school system is due in moments to give a full briefing on the situation at and near the high school that occurred at 9:00 and 9:30 this morning. a chester high school student was shot and killed this morning around 9:00 they believe it started at 9th and barkley and ran to 10th before collapsing and dying. no word on a motive. a second shooting occurred at 9th and curlin and that victim is alive and taken to crossier medical center in a private car. you see the bullet casings at that scene. the car had shattered windows, how they might we related is a question up in the air. chester high school is on lockdown since the incidents. >> at this hour the high school remains in lockdown. parents have been told they can come and pick thursday children up if they so desire but we are waiting for a full briefing from chester police on this incident this morning. live in police headquarters, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> we are following a

"action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at chester high school but first vernon odom is at chester police. vernon, police must still be trying to sort all this out. >> reporter:im, but there have been dramatic developments in the last few moments. at this hour, chester police are holding three persons of interest in connection to today's four shooting incidents. they have surveillance video to help them and police have now confiscated two guns. this is a facebook picture of this morning's murder victim in chester. police now identify him as zion abdullah. the first shooting this morning occurred before 8 o'clock when the 16-year-old chester high school student was gunned down after some sort of altercation in the area of 11th and parker. >> from our accounts, a good kid, goes to the high school. was a football player from what i understand. >> he was. >> it's always a tragic incident when persons lose their lives by way of violence. it's even more painful when it's a 16-year-old on his way to school. >> this is a horrendous loss of life. this is devastating that a 16-year-old child

"action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at chester high school but first vernon odom is at chesterng to sort all this out. >> reporter:im but there have been dramatic developments in the last few moments. at this hour, chester police are holding three persons of interest in connection to today's four shooting incidents. they have surveillance video to help them and police have now confiscated two guns. this is a facebook picture of this morning's murder victim in chester. police now identify him as zion abdullah. the first shooting this morning occurred before 8 o'clock when the 16-year-old chester high school student was gunned down after some sort of altercation in the area of 11th and parker. m our accounts, a good

in chester this morning the gun violence began before 8:00 when a 16-year-old student at chester high was murdered on his way to school. >> it appears the shooting happened on 11th street between butler and kerlin streets a couple blocks from where he was. we have indication he was shot and then ran and collapsed where we found him. >> reporter: the high school sophomore had never been in trouble before in this violence plagued city. >> from all accounts, a good kid, goes to the high school, was a football player from what i understand at this point. >> he should be sitting in the classroom. he should be bettering himself academically but unfortunately he's not. >> reporter: within moments that of first shooting a few blocks away a second shooting incident involving two vehicles broke out. the victim was rushed to a private car to crozer chester

county glenn mills in delaware county concordeville on the border of chester and delaware county chesternd then mullica hill in gloucester county and northern parts of new castle county all within that severe thunderstorm warning. and you can see this intense area, there could even be some hail with this as you could start to see some of these purples near malvern kind of blossoming east of west chester heading towards devon as well as radnor and that is also pressing toward media there eventually along route three, so 202 is a disaster right now with that very heavy rain in chester county. to the south that line is about to push through downtown wilmington, i-95, 495, belfont at 4:34, penns grove coming in at 4:37. s when you'll get that intense line passing through and also we have a flareup that has developed also into parts of mercer county in and around trenton. there you can see brunswick avenue, some very heavy rainfall there towards lawrence, four lightning strikes there but again blinding rain at the rush hour as these storms are passing through and when you hear thunder, now th

all part of a stink called operation wildfire where chester county detectives and investigators fromix police departments have been busting dealers in all out assault on the opioid crisis. >>> in philadelphia's lawn crest section an opportunity for a second chance council woman sherell parker held workshop for those with a criminal record. they learn information about how to combat employment discrimination and also about a pennsylvania law that can potentially seal some old criminal convictions. act five went into effect last year. that's what it's called to make it easier for non violent former offenders to start over. you can make money by helping fox 29 what's happening -- cover what's happening in your neighborhood much it's very simple. summit video bite fresco app and we pay you for it. making good bucks too. >> one of our fresco users was at the scene of an accident in brookhaven, delaware county, this afternoon. this happened around 4:00 along dutton mill road near route 352. the driver of his honda civic lost control and hit utility pole. the road was blocked while emergenc

live in west chester where the chester county district attorney just wrapped up a news conference on the investigation. alicia? >> reporter: jim, the district attorney says last year the county saw 97 drug overdose deaths, this year, 50, in just the first four months, the county trending to see 150 drug overdose deaths in 2017. operation wild fire is supposed to be a glimpse into how aggressive the county getting, at combating the heroin and opioid epidemic. >> operation wild fire in eight week joint drug operation between six police departments, in chester county, and county detective, has netted 46 arrests. >> sometimes you've got to set a fire to stop a fire. which is what we did here. we took a bunch of our drug cops and had them for two month do nothing but go after heroin dealers and opioid dealers. >> chester county district attorney tom hogan said the operation took out street level drug dealers in every region of chester county, among those arrested the father after man who made headlines last month, for an unprovoke attack against a man with cerebral palsy. >> so while his

we have chester -- >> my take is absolutely you better not doubt it meet the we have chester universityden rams. ♪ >> west chester university through a party for its baseball team this afternoon. the new division two national champs. >> golden rams tweet their way to the title. >> they rapid up the title sunday afternoon beating san diego five-two. in front of some people. it wasn't many. >> because of the travel stuff and games gout got pushed. people were already leaving. i think this turn out might have doubled that turn out. [ laughter ] >> reporter: i went look for the team's mojo this afternoon at their park. the empty stands bleigh the size of the a accomplishment. not long on the west chester faithful here i'll baseball sign it or you. a d2 national championship puts the rams above 300 other programs nationwide. two titles in sinks years. he's got one rule. >> one team rule to do the right thing. we're not perfect with it. if everybody is doing the right thing, things go smoothly you a you have a man's to meemies your potential. >> just like the rams grounds keeper this team goe

our bruce gordon is live at the scene in chester.ust heartbreaking, bruce. >> reporter: yeah, dawn. behind me is the parking lot of the long vacant elementary school where zion abdullah breathed his last this morning murdered after some kind of altercation with an armed man or men as the teen walk to his high school. crossing guard anthony church had just gotten to work at 11th and kerlin around 7:30am when the shots rang out. at first he thought it was fireworks. >> all of a sudden bam. you know i hear it again and then that's when i ducked because i heard the ricco shaye off the wall. somebody shooting. >> reporter: one bullet went through the window of a corner fried chicken restaurant. kianna smith was in bed across the street. >> i rollout bed on the floor and i was ducking looking out my window making sure my husband wasn't out here. >> reporter: shooting victim identified as 16 year old zion abdullah chester high school sophomore and football player staggered down 11th street to the vacant columbus elementary school property a

on walking to chester high school when gunfire rang out. teen was shot multiple times along 11th street and after being shot he ran. he eventually collapsed and was found dead just a few blocks away, authorities are reporting a short while later a little after 9:00 there was a second round of gunfire that rang out nearby but unsure if those two incidents are related. >> the police responded, they found a 16 year-old male, and called medics, he is unresponsive. the medics were pronouncing him dead at the scene. we are investigating that. after that was a separate shooting in the 1300 block of west ninth. when that happened, the school put everybody on lock down in case there was an issue. it is a precautionary measure. we found out it had nothing to do with the school, neither incident, and we gave all clear around 10:45. >> reporter: and that was the chester police chief, and we have gotten briefly on his the . he is heading over to the news conference at police headquarters where more information, is expected to be revealed, and these two

we are live, from chester township i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> also, the chester county district attorney announced the results now of an eight week long drug sting operation , 46 suspected drug dealers, are facing charges after what is being called operation wild fire, authorities say that under cover officers, purchased heroin, opioids and other drugs from the alleged dealers , in every region of chesters county. one of the suspects arrested is father of the man who made headlines just last month, for an attack against a man with cerebral palsy. >> while his son was beating up a man, with a disability, barry baker, senior was selling morphine heck of a family. >> officials hope that the operation send a clear message to drug dealers about how aggressive law enforcement will be, in combating the opioid crisis. >>> new jersey's top law enforcement are combating ways to combat gun violence including a gun buy back program. it will take place july 28th and 29th at churches in camden , trenton and newark. state officials say, people can turn in up to three guns, and

. ♪ >>> a student is shot and killed, this morning walking to school in chester delaware county."eyewitness news" report's leash a nieves tells you it was first in the series of shooting it is day in that same neighborhood. >> reporter: within four hours in the sit of chester police dealing were four separate shootings. >> it is unsafe out here. this is like every time we turnaround there is a shooting >> reporter: all of the gunfire in the vicinity of chester high school, school forced to go on lock down all day only let nothing frighten parents. >> my stepson go to school right here right now and i had to come and get him. he could have been shot today. >> reporter: unfortunately a chester high school student was one of the victims in the first shooting this morning, authorities say that student was 15 years old. >> from all our accounts, good kid, goes to the high school, was a football player from what i understand. >> reporter: high school football player according to police was gunned down at 7:58 this morning along 11th street simply as he was walking to school. >> this is

. >>> a 16-year-old is dead after a violent day in chester. someone shot the tenth grader as he walked to chester high school this morning. his body found in this area near 11th and parker streets. within the next few hours, there were three more shootings with one person hit. chester high school remained on lockdown because all the shootings hanned nearby, all the while, inside the school, students were mourning the loss of one of their own. >> when i received the call, it's something inside of you dies, because -- it's even more painful, as i said, when it's a young person. >> police are looking into whether any of the shootings are connected. >>> the death of a chester teen comes as people across the area try to raise awareness for gun violence. >> philadelphia city councilman and faith-based leaders held a prayer rally outside city hall in respect to take a stand on national gun violence awareness day. many brought pictures of loved ones lost to gun vile. they say, enough is enough. >> for the past year we've seen a rise in shootings and m

his shooting was one of four incidents involving gunfire in the city of chester yesterday. officials have plans to step up their efforts to combat the violence. >> every police officer who is currently working from every division, inside personnel, records room they are out on the street. >> reporter: authorities do not believe the killing is connected to the other incidents. but they said it is possible ther incidents are related. police are questioning three persons of interest and have recovered two guns. >>> police in southwest philadelphia are searching for the gunman who left a 24-year-old man critically injured. "action news" learned the victim was sitting on his the problem porch in the 2100 block of gold street when the gunman ran down the street and started shooting. the victim was hit in the imroin imroin -- groin area. >>> vladimir putin is blaming the democrats for the hysteria over the russian hacking over the presidential campaign. he insisted that the russian state never engaged in hacking. he said there's no proof that russia is responsible for any hacking.

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shop rite store along west chester pike in west chester sold a match six lotto ticket $14.8 million.not bad. >> yeah. the shop rite store they get $10,000 bonus. store employees say they're excited to find out which one of they are customers is the big winner. >> wanted to check our tickets right away to see if we were the winners. which of course we were not. but, um, we're anxious to find out who the lucky winner is. >> yeah, i am, too. now the moment you likely been waiting are winning numbers are zero five, 21, 25, 26, 39 and 40. again, that ticket worth 4.8 million bucks. >>> could make somebody's weekend. on this holiday weekend there's a good chance you may be heading to barbecue, and a warning if you're furry little friend is going with you veterinarians say your pets really need to be kept away from certain foods. experts say ronyon and garlic could be toxic for dogs. and be careful where you throw away your rib and chicken bones because pets can swallow them. if you're thinking about tweeting your dog to some meat, well here's what one veterinarian has to say. >> barbecue m

community members are banding together following a day of o gun violence in chester that took the life of a 16-year-old student. police say zion abdullah was on his way to school when he was shot to death following an argument yesterday morning. police have not made any arrests, but tell us they are talking to person of interests in the case. the deadly shooting was just one of four gun-related incidents in chester within the span of a few hours. and it all happened on national gun violence awareness day. >> i feel for the family. i feel for my friend. i mean, we're going in the house now, because she crying. she can't get over that. like, that was her best friend. >> chester officials have announced they are teaming up with a gun reform group to try to find the source of illegal weapons flowing into the city. last night, gun control advocated who rallied in media paused for a moment of silence for the victim from chester high school. during national gun violence awareness day, community leaders in philadelphia held a prayer rally just outside of city hall. neighbors brought pictures o

. >>> we begin with the latest on the developing story in chester. a 16-year-old student shot and killed. he was found by police at the intersection of 10th and fulton streets at 10:00 this morning. it is believed the teenager was shot a block where he was walking to school and then ran. and then the police got a call for a shooting at 9th and curlin streets and nearby chester high school was put on lockdown following the shootings. the teenager killed was not identified. a third shooting in the morning also in chester and police officials just held a news conference about the events. >> this was not just an act of violence against a student it was an act of violence against a community. >> they are looking for suspects in each of the shootings, the only clue with a burgundy sedan with pennsylvania plates may have been involved. >>> turning now to the forecast. the weekend is here and we could see rain at some point over saturday and sunday. looking live from sky 6 hd showing you the center city skyline bright sunshine and blue skies out there get ou

live in west chester, joanne pileggi, fox 29 news. back to you, iain. >> joanne, thank you many. >>> sickening story now out of southwest philadelphia where a one-year-old boy is dead and his stepfather is facing charges. police were called to the home on the 1700 block of south conestoga street yesterday. they found the young child on the floor without a pulse. he died at the hospital. police say the little boy showed signs of sexual assault. officers have are a revved the toddler s 24-year-old stepfather who was home at the time. prosecutors plan on charging him with attempted murder, rape and other offenses. >> a baby. >>> to catch a thief. to night philadelphia police are trying to track down thieves in bella vista. cops say two men broke into a home on the 100 block of south sauder street two weeks ago. they say the thieves grabbed more than $30,000 worth of jewelry. if you have any information, give police a call. >>> take look at these baby raccoons. can you believe they were dumped in a trash bag over the weekend well someone

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chester high right next door and other chester upland schools were immediately placed on lock down for the safety of students. parents rush to the high school to get their kids out and home. >> what's going through your mind as mom when you're coming to school here. >> scared. i was really scared. like i don't -- it's just too much. >> one woman scuffled with police and was detained. twice during the morning. authorities prepared to lift the lock down only to quickly reinstate it when other shooting incidents were reported. said the frustrated superintendent. >> this wasn't just an act of violence against a student. it was an act of violence against a whole community and we cannot stand for it. >> reporter: the teen's murder was part of a flurry of violence that happened so fast authorities couldn't even get through their news conference. >> hold on. we got a new one going. >> a man pointing a gun at a chester cop ended with shots fired and the man captured. >> this is when you earn your keep so to speak. >> reporter: back at 11th and and kerlin kianna smith was in bed when the shootin

this is right here on the border with chester, the city of chester, which had a very violent day yesterday. a 16-year-old murdered there yesterday. now reports of a toddler killed here also from gun violence. live in chester township, i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> drew, thank you. >>> breaking overseas, this is unfolding as we speak. police in england are investigating what they're calling a major incident near london bridge. bbc news is reporting that several people are hurt after a van drove into a crowd of people near the bridge. witnesses say a driver was going nearly 50 miles an hour before plowing into the crowd. stay with nbc 10 news for instant updates. as soon as we get more information on this incident, we will bring that to you. >>> also right now at 6:00, the man accused of stabbing philadelphia city councilman david oh is now under arrest after turning himself in to police. 24-year-old sean yarbry said he didn't do it, and that he doesn't even know the councilman. randy gyllenhaal has been following this story all day long. he's live outside southwest detectives. randy, what

meet the west chester university golden rams. >> ♪ >> reporter: west chester university threw a partyeam this afternoon. the new division two national champs. >> golden rams sweep their way to the tile. >> reporter: wrapped up the title sunday after being uc san diego five-two. in front of some people you can see it wasn't many. >> i think because the travel stuff and games got pushed back a lot of flights. people were already leaving i think this turn out might have double that turn out. >> reporter: i went looking for the team's mojo this afternoon at their park. the empty stands bleigh the size of the accomplishment not lost on the west chester faithful. here i'll baseball sign it for you. a d2 national championship put the rams above 300 other programs nationwide. that's two titles in six years. for manager he's got one rule. >> one team rule do the right thing. we're not perfect with it. if everybody is doing the right thing in the classroom, on the field, off the field things go smoothly if you have a chance to maximize your potential and obviously i think that group did that. >

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community members in delaware county are banding together, following a day of gun violence in chester that took the life of a 16-year-old student. police say zion abdullah was on his way to school when he was shot to death following an argument yesterday morning. police haven't made any arrests, but they tell us they are talking to people of interest in the case. the deadly shooting was just one of four gun-related incidents in chester within the span of a few hours. and it all happened on national gun violence awareness day. >> i feel for my family, i feel for my friend. we're going in the house now because she can't over that. that was her best friend. >> chester officials have announced that they are now teaming up with a gun reform group to try to find the sources of the illegal weapons that have been flowing into the city. last night gun control advocates who rallied nearby in media paused for a moment of silence for the victim from chester high school. during national gun violence awareness day, community leaders in philadelphia held a prayer rally just outside of city hall. nei

authorities in chester now say that he is lucky that the chester county sheriff's office and u.s. marshals caught up with him. >> it is a bless ago this the united states marshall service and our chef i have department caught this defendant because he was at risk while he was out there. people were so upset, and so angry with him, that would have been bad if members of the public, found him before law enforcement did. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 y how authorities caught up with baker here and the comments he made to officials that still have them shaking their head. for now, reporting live in exton, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> authorities in bucks county suspended search for an escaped prisoner, that triggered the closure of central bucks schools for the day. twenty-five year-old daniel shellby junior was picked up last night in central bucks county. while in transit he told officers he was sick and when he was let out of the van he pushed an officer and took off , an overnight shelter in place order for the area has been lifted, he has not been wanted for a

. >>> police in chester are investigating four separate shootings all near chester high school including one that claimed the life of a student. he was gunned down while walking to school along 11th street. abdul was 16 and a football student athlete. there were three other shootings nearby within a four-hour period. one involved a chester police officer. the gunfire forced chester high school to remain on lockdown all day. >>> penn state is making changing to greek life following the alcohol fueled death of a fraternity pledged timothy piazza in february. the board of trustees voted to take control of the green system and disciplinary actions, members mentioned a 0 tolerance policy for hazing, and stronger criminal punishments. of hard liquor is banned at social events and now fraternities and sororities can have ten parties a semester. that's down from 45. tom klein who represents the family said it's just lip service >> what we don't know and what was not enacted were concrete proposals. that can was kicked down the road. >>> officials say they're confident the proposals will turn int

on the run for days that guy right there police say in chester county they have got him behind bars, finally, because the crime that he is accused office extremely disturbing. >>> pretty low, prosecutors say he assaulted a man with cerebral palsy, or joann pille gi has latest from west chester. >> every police officer i saw for last 10 days saying i'm looking for barry baker. >> reporter: barry baker junior, surveillance video of him, teasing, sucker punching a man with cerebral palsy outside a 7-eleven in west chester gave him notoriety. not the good kind. >> this defendant rapidly became public enemy number one once everyone saw what was on that video, and saw what this defendant did to a man with the disability, because he had a disability, everyone was outraged. >> reporter: baker, 29, of georgetown, delaware was arrested and charged with assault in the case, almost two weeks ago. he made bail, but didn't show up for a court date, and then local, county and federal marshals finally found him today, they say he was hiding out at aniston hotel. >> he came peacefully, meekly because

this will be near parts of berks county and into chester county. right now what we're going to be dealing with is light rain for the most part across the area. for the morning hours, spotty in center. not a lot moving through. later in the day we could see thunderstorm development. let's watch the hour-by-hour forecast. in the a.m. hours until 11:30 in the morning. this model doesn't show a lot going on for most of us. i wouldn't be surprised if there's still a spot shower moving through. when it's that light green, it indicates a light rain. we're not talking anything that will cause issues if you're out driving. 11:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon, same deal. the model's shy to give us much action. if you see a few spot cells, could be scattered through philadelphia, wilmington, or trenton, as well. this will be sporadic in center. we go from 3:30 in the afternoon through 7:00 p.m. and see areas farther south, a little more steady rain. this line of steadier rain, again, i think may be a little farther to the north. and then it's all about focus farth

or in chester?lock events. com. get all of the details, i love fate evans. you guys know i love her. >> you know what, whole fashion show, too. >> really? >> yes. >> sounds like it will be fabulous. >> pretty wild. gone on yee after year. >> fate evans,. >> isn't she releasing a new albumn due net. >> she is with big i, yes. >> i think it was just her birthday, too, last weekment scott's coming up. >> fifteen seconds. >> clouds and showers moving through the area right now. this is really just rounds one. we have rounds two later on this afternoon, and the heaviest of the rainfall will occur saturday morning. but we zoom in right now. you can see, some areas of showers, north and west, also sections of delaware, into south jersey, as well. all of this tropical moisture left over from sends. so next several hours, watching for those showers, then once again, the heaviest of the rainfall, really arrives on saturday morning. but, after the saturday morning showers, we warm up, 87 tomorrow, low 80s, loo

detenidos por cargos separados en chester. todo comenzÓ alrededor de las 02:30 de la madrugada del miÉrcoles 10 de mayo. estos cerca de una tienda 7 elven en west chester las imÁgenes muestran a un hombre de 22 aÑos con parÁlisis cerebral llegando a la tienda en su vehÍculo cuando un hombre edificado como baker jr. de 29 aÑos pareciÓ burlarse de la vÍctima. despuÉs de entrar. la vÍctima sale de la tienda y el sospechoso se burla de Él de nuevo, lo sigue al estacionamiento y le da un puÑetazo en la cara. baker fue acusado de agresiÓn simple y delitos relacionados. ayer martes la prometida de baker, smith, fue arrestado y acusado de intentar impedir la detenciÓn. el mismo dÍa, el fiscal de distrito del condado de chester anuncia que cuenta y seis personas fueron acusadas tras una investigaciÓn y que involucraba a traficantes de heroÍna, entre ellos se encontraba baker senior el padre del sospechoso en el ataque de west chester que ven en su pantalla, increÍble, un peatÓn perdió la vida tras ser atropellado por dos vehÍculos en e

exton, chester springs start to come out of the heavy driving rain. once that pushes through we'll see leftover showers for maybe half-hour or had a minutes or so, the rest of the day looks really, really nice. the flood advisory is extended eastward including northern chester county and upper bucks and the lehigh valley, this up here, berks and lancaster, excuse me, the lehigh valley, this has been extended through 8:30. morning clouds from 8 or 9:00 a.m. look how nicely things clear out. 11:00 a.m., partly sunny skies, 80 degrees, 1:00 p.m., 86. 3:00 p.m., 87. 5:00 p.m., 88 degrees, wall-to-wall blue skies and highs around 90 later on. >>> remember folks you can get the latest forecast including detailed updates and storm tracker 6 live radar at any time on your phone or tablet. the 6abc app has a free download four mobile device. >>> time if you're just waking up with us, we're following breaking news from north philadelphia we learn a woman has died after police say she was stabbed multiple times and possibly sexually assaulted. police tell "actio

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three other shootings nearby within four hours, one involved a chester police officer. the gunfire forced chester high school to remain on lockdown all day. >> well, penn state is making changes to the greek system after the alcohol fueled death of a fraternity pledge, timothy piazza in february, the board every trustees vote today take control of the entire greek system, and disciplinary actions there. board members mentioned a zero tolerance policy for hazing and stronger criminal punishment. hard liquor is banned at social event, now fraternities and sororities can have only ten parties a semester down from 45. attorney tom kline decline, who reps the piazza family, says it is all lip service. >> what we don't know, what was not enacted today, were any concrete proposals. that can was kick down the road. >> school officials say they're confident the proposals will turn into action in the near future. >>> meantime, three former penn state officials are going to jail for their roles in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. former director curly, graham spanier, f

chester county several houses struck by lightning.may, the storm came across the bay picking up speed of near 60 miles per hour. delaware county, 55 miles per hour wind gusts. where you have training, storm after storm that passed through, you had intense rainfall totals, an inch in dover, an inch in millville, the atlantic city airport. i-95 storms moved through quickly. much welcome rain but we didn't need severe weather. we talk about the last day of spring being a beauty with the seven-day forecast. >> "action news" morning team will be on the air beginning at 4:30 with the latest on the power outages, storm clean up and any effect of the morning commute. tonight we have learned of tragic consequences of mercer county this afternoon. an off duty hamilton police officer was killed. this was the 2700 block of in orderinnottingham way. authorities are investigating what lead to the deadly wreck. >>> an underground fire in philadelphia tonight. firefighters were first called at 7:30 when smoke was seen coming from a manhole. officials

in chester. a man's lawn mower nightmare becomes a challenge for troubleshooters -- next. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your volvo dealer to take advantage of our midsommar sales event offer. ♪ ♪ "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with jim gardner. ♪ >> police are hitting the streets of chester tonight after a day that included four shooting, one deadly. a 16-year-old boy was gunned down on tp way to school. while police are talking to persons of interest, there have been no arrests. it is friday night. the big story on "action news" tonight is an outbreak of gun violence on the streets of this city. the tyne ager was killed 10th and fulton. then 9th and occur lynn on west 23rd and 9th. it may be the three shootings are connected. dann cuellar is at police headquarters. a lot to talk about. >> a lot, jim. a 15-year-old has been charged with pointing a gun at an officer and related offences. two others continue to be held in a rash of violence. tonight, in an effort to stem further violence, police say it's all hands on deck. >> every

. >>> police in chester are investigating four separate shootings all near chester high school including one that claimed the life of a student. he was gunned down while walking to school along 11th street. abdul was 16 and a football student athlete. there were three other shootings nearby within a four-hour period. one involved a chester police officer. the gunfire forced chester high school to remain on lockdown all day. >>> penn state is making changing to greek life following the alcohol fueled death of a fraternity pledged timothy piazza in february. the board of trustees voted to take control of the green system and disciplinary actions, members mentioned a 0 tolerance policy for hazing, and stronger criminal punishments. of hard liquor is banned at social events and now fraternities and sororities can have ten parties a semester. that's down from 45. tom klein who represents the family said it's just lip service >> what we don't know and what was not enacted were concrete proposals. that can was kicked down the road. >>> officials say they're confident the proposals will turn int

chester police headquarters, i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> in chester county, the d.a. just announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man you see on the screen. investigators say 29-year-old barry baker punched a person with cerebral palsy in west chester. surveillance video shows baker mocking the victim outside, oh, my goodness you saw the punch there. mocking the victim outside the 7-eleven before punching the victim in the face. >>> three former administrators at penn state will serve jail time for their handling of sex abuse allegations. a judge in harrisburg sentenced gram spanier to 4 to 12 months yesterday. he will spend the first two months in jail, the rest of the time will be served under house arrest. former vice president gary shultz will spend two months in jail before finishing his sentence unders -- under house arrest. former athletic director tim curly will serve two months in jail before finishing up with house arrest. >>> penn state fraternities will be under control for greek life own campus, fraternities and sororities

>> reporter: yeah, nasty thunderstorms rolling through chester county tonight. plenty of wind.nty of rain. but it was the lightning that kept firefighters here in chester county on their toes throughout the night including one home that sustained some major damage. i was in my living room, and i just saw a big white flash go off, and the house kind of vibrated and shook. >> reporter: win master minutes, five chester county homes were hit by lightning. leaving fire crews running through the night. >> you see lightning strike and then you hear the clap of thunder right away. so you know it's nearby. >> reporter: deborah venture what shot video of next door neighbor's home where lightning is to blame for this three alarm fire on osbourne circle. >> smoke coming out of the chimney and putting a whole in the roof and breaking the front windows to let the smoke come out. >> reporter: house sitter inside the house made it out safely and was able to save the family cat. and talk about heartbreaking. the homeowners who were out of town had just signed a contract to sell the home listed

fox 29's jeff cole joins us live in west chester with that story. jeff?reporter: lucy, caught up in the sting tonight a local man haason was accused of in a horrible attack. we paid a visit to the family home. >> a confidential informant and a downingtown man meet here for a doug police. the dealer is barry baker, sr. caught in a county wide drug sting. >> i was shocked. off family here that has two severe instances caused by their bad judgment. >> reporter: chief knows baker not just because he's lived here for years, but because his son barry, jr., is charged with clocking a man with cerebral palsy in west chester last mon month. the violence sparked outrage. we knock at seep your's door. >> looking for barry, barry, sr. >> is that you, barry baker, jr.? >> who are you? >> jeff cole from fox. >> in regards to what? >> arrest. did you get arrest the? >> barry, sr., you got arrested, is that you. ? >> got are a revved new york city, sir. >> he resembles the guy in the mug shot and the chief says looks like senior. >> while his son was beating up a man wit

he is now in chester county prison. baker has an extensive criminal history with theft and forgery. >> the waiting game continues in bucks county as a bear remains stuck in a tree. the bear did get down from the tree and took a stroll and then climbed right back up a tree next to tennis courts on hilltop road. authorities tranquilized the animal several times yesterday. animal control are back and they want to take the bear to a more suitable place. >>> time now for a check of the roads with nbc 10's first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> delays right now and we had a pretty easy morning commute and we're watching the schuylkill where we're seeing delays. on this eastbound side, and this is why we're seeing these delays. right now we have a maintenance crew over into some of the right-hand lanes on the eastbound side and we also earlier had a crash on the vine street expressway, right where the offramp is on the schuylkill to the vine that was causing backup and delays. the accident has cleared and the const

chester high right next door and other chester upland schools were immediately placed on lock down for the safety of students. parents rushed to the high school to get their kids out and home. >> what's going through your mind as mom when you're coming to school here? >> scared. i was really scared. i don't -- it's just too much. >> reporter: one woman scuffled with police and was detained. twice during the morning, authorities prepared to lift the lock down only to quickly reinstate it when other shooting incidents were reported. said the frustrated superintendent -- >> this wasn't just an act of violence against a student. it was an act of violence against a whole community and we cannot stand for it. >> reporter: teen's murder was part of a flurry violence that happened so fast authorities couldn't even get through their news conference. >> oh, noh hold on we got a newe going. >> a man pointing a gun at a chester cop. >> this is when you earn your keep so to speak. >> reporter: back at 11th and kerlin kianna smith was in bed when the shooting happened. she's lived in chester for mor

so we have since moved west again and we have just turned off of township line road and on to west chester pike in haverford township and at this point we have got some relatively maryland rate rainfall, coming down. i will take you outside our rooftop camera shot that cars lined up, everybody has their lights on. that is other thing to keep your mind, using your wipers when sunnies not technically down you need lights on, headlights on because you need to make sure other guys can see you traveling on the roadway. lets go out to our graphic, since p.m. commute is far from over completely just yet even though we have a nice clear stretch here on west chester pike. can't see that in a while. we have to keep it in mind wind swept rain is still a concern, flash flooding. as we bring it back to the cbs-3 mobil weather watcher, live once more in haverford township with the weather watcher things are still definitely very slow out here and you do need to take it easy and make sure you arrive safely. jessica, back inside to you. >>> well, these strong storms are creating problems all across the de

. >> road rage murder, a recent high school graduate shot and killed on the chester county highway and manhunt underway right new for the killer. >>> also ahead from top prosecutor to a guilty man former philadelphia district attorney seth williams is waking up in jail this morning what he now admits to two weeks after the trial began. >>> the president gets personal, donald trump insults morning talk show hoe mika brzezinski the reaction from around the world. >> fighting fire with fire, we will break that down. >>> good day everyone, it is friday. >> it is friday. >> june 30th 2017. not only is it friday but friday kind of lead nothing to a holiday. >> that is right let festivities begin. two word sue serio loves to hear hot and steamy. >> oh, yeah. >> that is what we expect in july and july starts tomorrow, it is last day of june. we will give you an eight instead of the nine or 10 because humidity is here, muggy here and we expect a day in the 90's, you have to take care of yourself lucky now have get to the shore, enjoy it. wear your sun screen, bus stop buddy has his shade on, as

jenny joyce is in west chester to explain. >> reporter: good morning, karen.nca robberson graduated from rustin high school planning to attend college in the fall as you mentioned so grief counselors will be on hand at 9:00 a.m. to help this grieving, community. the chester county district attorney's office tells thaws everything happened around 5:30 wednesday when bianca was shot and killed driving her cara long route 100, merger rers with route 202. the person who did this was behind the wheel of a pickup truck. they were trying to merge simultaneously. the driver pick up the gun and opened fire, police say recent graduate was shot in the head, died immediately and her car veered off the road. >> her car started joseling with a red pickup truck, not actually hit it but both trying to merge together. and then she was shot. the man in the red pickup truck shot her directly in the head. she died instantly. her car went off the side of the road, and into the wood. >> reporter: police are asking anyone with any information on the vehicle and driver to give them a

we're live at chester high with the very latest on this developing story. andrea? >> reporter: jackie, zion was a sophomore this year. add to that three more shootings within a matter of hours. feeling a renewed sense of urgency today as officials asked the community to come together. a violent day in chester. >> really don't understand. >> reporter: left a 16-year-old dead. >> this wasn't just an act of violence against a student. it was an act of violence against a whole community. >> reporter: police say the tenth grader was gunned down after an argument while he walked to school just before 8:00 this morning. >> it was like -- my heart was in my stomach. >> reporter: the teenager collapsed here in this area near 11th and parker streets. >> i walked over there, looked at the body. walked around him. and -- just laying there. he was dead. >> reporter: within the next 4.5 hours -- >> you don't think about waking up in the morning and coming to a crime scene. >> reporter: three more shootings, all within close proximity to chester high school, keeping it on lockdow