superintendent chitwood says he's expected to be okay. we're live in upper darby tonight.avid spunt cbs3 oy witness news news. >> david, thank you very much. >>> another violent encounter led one woman to take action. >> a man crossed my path and began to deliberately walk towards me. >> she managed to get away but what happened that day inspired her to take control. she's now developed unique products that literally sound the alarm. items you can wear or use that can stop an tack and even save your life. don't ms. our special report. it's just minutes away. >>> we have new information just into the "eyewitness weather" center about snow headed our way for the morning. meteorologist kathy orr what are you sewing? >> right now we're seeing the snow moving toward the south and east toward the philadelphia area. the clouds are on the increase and on storm scan3 not much going on just yet. but tomorrow morning there will be. it's get a little bit close sr. computer models showing breaking apart little bit during the early morning hours. but i want to show you our high resoluti

chitwood says the man has a concealed weapon permit and he has no problem with more law abiding citizens doing the same. >> i think in this day and age you, as an individual should make that decision as long as you do it appropriately, if you want to do that i support that hundred percent. >> reporter: christine whose family lives next to cobbs creek park says wednesday's sit the ways makes a strong case for conceal weapons. >> i'm not against it, i'm for it. some people cannot defend themselves except for a gun. >> reporter: sixty-seven year-old victim did not want to speak on camera. he lives near cobbs creek park and still afraid for his safety. williams family decline to speak. in upper darby, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> cleve, thank you. authorities made an arrest in the burglary spree in montgomery and delaware counties. megan gallwell ryan nelson kevin, were all arraigned today. investigators say they sold copper piping and other items from at least ten unoccupied homes. fires were also set in some of those homes. these suspects are now being held on a million-dollar

superintendant mike chitwood says that the evidence room is home to thousands of pieces of evidence. >> are you concerned that this may affect some of your criminal cases? >> i think it's too early to tell that. >> and chitwood one to always give a good sound byte said he would not talk about details of this case until the audit and investigation is completed. i'm live in upper darby chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> good news tonight on the roosevelt boulevard in the northeast, within the last hour, two southbound inner lanes were reopen they had been closed all day because of a water main break discovered at 6:00 a.m., 12 lanes of busy road were closed at one point that morning, and the northbound inner lanes are closed from red lion road as crews continue to make repairs. matt pellman will have detour information coming up in traffic. >>> the ntsb is investigating the money landing of a u.s. airlines jet on route from philadelphia to texas. it flew without its nose gear. officials say it could be months before we know what caused the wheels to malfunction john rawlins is l

superintendent chitwood is in encouraging residents to install surveillance cameras.e says in at least six to eight cases recently surveillance video has led to an arrest much lucy? >> all right, thank you very much, dave. >>> on your radar right now snow just in time for that morning commute. live look at dover delaware. one of the first places that could get hit. scott williams you're tracking the exact timing much what's going on. >> hi, lucy. we need to update the latest winter weather advisories and warnings. take a look at the pink. that's sussex county winter storm warning for you. lewes, rehoboth also moving toward the georgetown area moving toward kent county, new castle county and all of south jersey we're talking about winter weather advisoryies because of that southern system bringing snow to our south. look at ultimate doppler. dry and quiet now you can see already snowing pretty heavily toward sections of north carolina around raleigh charlotte, moving around atlanta even places like chatanooga tennessee looking at snow. here's the timing. by four, 5am w

. >> reporter: up are darby superintendent michael chitwood says in 50 years policing he has only seen victims turn the tables on their attackers half dozen times but yesterday that is exactly what happened at cobbs creek park. >> guy pulled what he thought was a real gun demanded his money, struggle, fight for the gun, he pulled his gun out and hot the guy. >> reporter: police say robbery suspect ended upshot the in the head is tyler williams from west philadelphia he had in prior criminal history and was carrying a metal pull it gun that looked like a semiautomatic pistol. >> dealt with the family last night and there is an 18 year-old son that is dead but they were very cooperative. >> reporter: police say williams family got a call after the incident from a friend who may have been with the teen because he described what happened. victim didn't want to talk to us today, but chitwood says he feels sad. >> he was very very remorseful and wish it hadn't have happened and i think myself and other detectives told him you did nothing wrong. >> reporter: people in the community agree. >>

joey chitwood pledged to cover the entire speedway with steal andsteal -- steel and foam called saferarriers. >> we're going to fix had a right now. >> after dale earnhart died at the daytona 500 in 2001. race tracks install the barriers where that's recommend them. last night, another layer aof protection was placed for the day's contest. on social media, some called for the barriers to be installed everywhere. jimmy johnson tweeted it's beyond me why we don't have soft walls everywhere. nick the greek covers nascar for motor sports.com. >> nascar is leader, safety like the race itself is always evolving. >> that's says it will speed up talks with all the nascar series to get more safer barriers installed. >> the largest refinery strike in more than 30 years will likely send fuel prices up. u.s. steel workers expanded their strike in more locations in louisiana nationwide production is down about 20%. a new study today released said the peyton aerial 80 patch viaskin is showing promise. don dahler shows us how it's helping one patient who tried it. >> nine-year-old josh mandlebaum is

superintendent chitwood says he's sad anyone has to die, he says the robber messed with the wrong guy. >> i personally spoke with him. he was very upset this incident happened. but at the end of the day, i don't see any criminal charges whatsoever. to be quite frank with you, i think he did what he had to do. >> reporter: now again, this evening the victim is over at the hospital being treated with chest pains. as for the suspect, we are told he is possibly in his late teens or early 20s. however, he has not been identified as of yet. the very latest from upper darby, nefertiti, "nbc10 news." >>> new at 6:00 -- cleaning up neighborhood blight. new castle wants to crack down on owners who leave behind vacant properties. >> tim furlong is live. they hope this will save money and cut down on crime? >> reporter: absolutely. abandoned homes hurt property value and in some cases they encourage criminal activity. you can't see it through those woods but 60 yards over there there's an absolutely beautiful neighborhood. look what's over here in their backyard. it's a little tough to get throug

upper darby mayor, thomas and upper darby police superintendent michael chitwood, thanked the crowd, for their support. >>> let's get to a, crowded plate of college basketball. >> yeah, locally seventh ranked villanova turn the ball over on five of their first seven possessions tonight. lucky for them their opponent marquette played like a team two and seven in the big east. needless to say we will cats didn't have much trouble in the wells fargo center, darren hillyard gave them a ten-point lead in the first half. ryan archie deago necessity scored 18 points on the nice shooting night. nova up 17. they forced turn over, watch enis a alone for the slam. villanova picks up their 20th win, 70-52. their rematch with georgetown is on saturday. >>> fran dunphy and temple owls in florida to face u.s. f. he is says guys have to rally with which a eight-point deficit. will couples to the hoop plus the foul, gives them a seven-point lead. later, cummings for three he passed the 1,000-point mark for his career tonight. finished with a team high 19. temple wins 61-48 to move to seven-three in t

. >> police superintendant chitwood says the victim was rushed to the hospital with chest pains. >> i talked to him in the hospital he was shook up and upset but at the end of the day he is alive. >> this is a live look at the scene, police say that that 68-year-old victim had a concealed weapons permit and he is from west philadelphia but we are trying to confirm, the attempted robber shot and killed has not been identified. we expect an update in minutes, stay with "action news" and we'll have an update right here. kenneth moton channel 6 "action news." >> thank you kenneth. >>> in the news one person is dead and a firefighter and three other people were hurt in a massive fire at an apartment building in norristown. people were rescued from inside and outside. sara bloomquist is live with more. >> reporter: you can see behind me swede street is back open to traffic, building specters have been here on the scene throughout the afternoon trying to figure out how much the building has to be demolished. the front is intact but the structural integrity in the back of the building is comp

chad pradelli is live in upper darby police and you spoke with superintendant michael chitwood. >> we are not naming the officer under investigation because he is not formerly charged but multiple sources tell us he is expected of stealing drugs and cash from the evidence room here at upper darby police. multiple sources tell "action news" that the detective at the center of the investigation is one of two in charge of the evidence room in upper darby police. >> another investigator became suspicious last week launching the probe that is being led by the delaware county district attorney's office. >> it was brought to our attention by one of offer criminal investigators that there were some discrepancies in evidence, as a result of that we did an audit and now we are working with the district attorneys office to find out what that audit shows. >> sources say that the officer in question is suspected of stealing thousands of dollars and prescription drugs and other narcotics he was involved in a car accident on th

oh ya, chitwood also tells us a house across the street was burglarized that same night. no word yet if they stole any of guy's brew at the other house. >> last week i told but retired teacher in new jersey who was arrested for having an antique gun in his car well, this morning we now know the cumberland county prosecute verse dropped those charges against the guy. >> that's good news for 72 year old gordan van gilbert arrested in november for violating a new jersey statute a state lawmaker plans to introduce a bill, that would exempt antique firearms from the state's gun law she says, this exemption would put new jersey in line with a similar federal law. and you remember, when we first reported the story, so many people said he was my teacher. i had him. he is a great guy. >> yes, and that gun had been -- hadn't been fired for decades, you know? coming up: one day away from possible shutdown of the homeland security department. but, there is some hope this morning, that law make letters come to an agreement. we'll catch you up on that. >> plus, new hampshire man surviv

superintendent -- police superintendent michael chitwood talked to the man personally he says he's obviously shooken up. obviously getting more information as it becomes available. we'll bring the to you. iain and lucy. >> thank you very much, chris. >>> right in you at 5:00 knew developments in the investigation of on the job sex between philadelphia firefighter firefighters and a paramedic. centers op allegation that is more than a dozen firefighters including high-ranking department supervisors and paramedics had sex with a female paramedic. we are told the department is disciplineing several employees. let's get straight to fox 29's dave kinchen live in the newsroom with the story. dave? >> reporter: lucy we've been trying to get answers from philadelphia city officials and leaders in the fire department since first reporting the story last week. this morning i track down fire commissioner derek sawyer and this was at an event honoring staff members who last weight. i pressed the commissioner for answers and one response may surprise you. >> commissioner, once again, people are just look