christie ileto, "action news." sharrie? >> christie, thank you.orial day is about spending time with family and friends but more so, it's about honoring the men and women that honor our country. john rawlins has that part of the story from penn's landing. >> under an overcast at times rainy sky, people gathered. >> kudos to those of a you that came out for what memorial day's is about, those names behind me. >> the names of philadelphia's war dead from the conflicts. >> gin ral patten world war ii. he said on memorial day, we don't mourn those that gave the ultimate sacrifice. we celebrate that they lived. >> in the vietnam era, they were not celebrated by a grateful nation. >> we were at one time an ungrateful nation. these young men were not warmly welcomed. there were eggs thrown at them. >> men that died, friends i knew that i left over there, sometimes i get angry. >> anger, john douglas says has dissipated as society separated the warrior from the war. >> i am grateful that the people are recognizing the vietnam vets and people say thank you

. >> next, christie ileto takes us across the river to camden where a vietnamese garden is helping elder refugees stay connected to their homeland while also teaching the young generation about their roots. >> lan dinh graduated from penn but was born in a refugee camp. she now manages this half acre, block long garden for other vietnamese refugees in east camden. >> a part of creating home is growing food, is having access to the food they're used to eating at home. >> drong pham is growing vietnamese squash, vegetables and thai basil in the garden. >> my family, and other vietnamese families like vietnamese food, especially vegetables. >> after school and in the summer, the elders are joined by high school students who learn about gardening and much more. >> it kind of reminds them of their own family working with people who are the same age as their mothers and grandmothers >> it's a really great way for our students to have conversations in our community and really feel they are giving back. >> the garden is run by viet lead a grass roots non-profit working to unite the vietnamese co

. >> christie ileto is at the scene. >> officers and tow truck drivers are trying to clean up what's left of the scene on i street. earlier this evening was a larger scene, four cars involved in the accident, five people taken to local hospitals and one man is dead. that man was driving this white honda accord. witnesses say around 8:15 he was barreling down huntington park avenue when he crashed. he hit a utility pole. that driver veered into oncoming traffic and crashed. his exact speed and whether he was under the influence is unclear. his body us with taken to the local autopsy. >> christie ileto "action news." >> now to two fires that took a tragic toll. >> we begin in philadelphia where a woman five months preg was found dead. annie mccormick is live at the scene with details. the fire marshall is calling this suspicious. >> firefighters responded to a 911 call around 7:30 this morning here on the 2100 block pof west susquehanna boulevard. witnesses describe the deadly blaze. >> it was a bunch of flames. i was in shock mode. i didn't know what to do. >> whoever was in the house

christie ileto is live at central detectives with the full story.christie? >> jim, he was arraigned late this evening and d on an $81,000 sign on bond meaning he didn't have to anything as long as he appears for court next month. his attorney says he's a scapegoat.passengers say i time. >> leaving with his attorney, our cameras caught bostian leaving after facing a judge thursday night. he turned himself on charges related to the 2015 deaths of eight passengers. >> i believe he's a scapegoat. his attorney suggests the real culprit is amtrak who made the decision not to equip the train with safety procedures. >> the person that made the decisions are at amtrak. those decisions put the passengers, employees and general public at risk the entire time this was going on. shoulders crushed.crushed and >> life hasn't the same for adam barbara levine who say charges are appropriate. >> i'm thrilled he was charged. >> it only took two years. he killed eig>> investigation fd bostian wasn't under the influence or using the cellphone. he claims he was injured when someo

christie ileto is at police headquarters.the shooting occurred and how long the bodies were inside the home remain unclear but neighbors tell us a family member found them this morning. one of the victims was the kindest of neighbors they say. >> stuffed animals outside the home of florence pompe was shot to death along with a 54-year-old man. >> i feel it was random. she didn't bother anybody. >> known to her neighbors as miss tina, friends say she lived there with her brother. their bodies were discovered on clearfield street. both were shot in the head. the man was also shot in the stomach. her body was found in the second floor bedroom. >> last time i saw her was friday, 6:00. after that, we never saw her. >> it was like, where's tina? she's usually sitting out. >> the usual seat on the step was empty signaling concern for neighbors. >> she's not answering the door or anything. >> police are working on whether its victim knew their killer. >> sheft she was a woman of god. she spent seven days a week in church. i can't bel

christie ileto is live at police headquarters with the latest on this. christie?jim, i spoke to one of the victims off camera who says they were out dancing, celebrating a friend who had graduated from college as illustrated in the video you are about to see when it turned to chaos. for the first time we are seeing an instagram clip of a crowd dancing before a barrage of bullets. >> as many as 30 people were at the corner and nine were shot including a woman trying to shield her young child. this man tells "action news" he was hit four times in the legs, arm and hand. he still can't feel two of his fingers. wanting to remain anonymous, he says they were out celebrating a friend's graduation when it turned to madness. >> his brother is one of those at icu. >> 48 hours later, residents packed the same corner to address the violence gripping their block. >> scary. >> i felt like we need to come together to discuss the issue and bring about change. police say there is no clear violence and are investigating whether the violence was captured on live stream. >> i want t

"action news" reporter christie ileto is live now at the scene, with the very latest details, christie? >> reporter: well, one of the victims was described as a generous god loving woman who was a foster mom who residents say was discovered dead in her home by one of her family members earlier this morning. >> it is just so sad to see that it was her. she was just really loved. it is a shame that this had to happen to her. >> reporter: this was not what residents were expecting to wake up to, this morning. >> we have two people found in the house. >> reporter: a flood of cop cars, yellow tape and flashing lights on the 1900 block of clear field street, residents learning a woman described as the most friendly of neighbors was executed, in her own home. >> if you are hungry, if you needed a place to stay, if you needed money, she was the person that you could just go to, and just so sad to see that this happened to her. >> reporter: florence pompey also called miss tina lived her with her brother. detectives say that the pair were about on the shot in the head. fifty-four year-old man a

"action news" reporter christie ileto joins us live from the scene with more, christie? >> reporter: well, sarah witnesses say that the victim were just young boys who were hanging out, in fact, dancing on a street corner when suddenly their night of fun turned into a epicenter of violence. >> many of them were younger boys that i watched grow up. they were having a good time. such a positive vibe. i stopped, and spoke to everybody. they spoke to me. >> reporter: this neighbor didn't want to show her face but said she went to park her car so she could come back and watch them dance, when suddenly a barrage of bullets were fired at 23rd and huntingdon. >> it was so sad. i could not believe it. cops were every where. >> report of a shooting, multiple calls, and first there was a gun with shooting. >> reporter: calls for help came just before is 1:00 saturday night. >> most of the victims were in stable condition, two of the victims were placed in, critical condition. at this point, we have no motive or suspects. >> reporter: police confirmed all nine victims are under the

christie ileto is live at police headquarters. what's the latest on this?> jim, there is another layer to this story. mary mclaughlin went to the home looking for her son who had gone missing saturday morning. not only did she make a gruesome discovery, but her son is still missing. >> what about scoot ir? >> it's four days since anyone has seen scooter. his mother says he lived in the home with his father raymond finny sr. and aunt florence pompe. desperate to find scooter, she found a gruesome discovery instead. the father of her three sons and his sister shot to death. >> it does not appear to be forced entry. it appears they knew their killer. >> she's fearful her son may have filed a similar fate. they have filed a missing person report for the father of three who has no criminal rap sheet. he was last seen headed to work at the city sanitation department. his belongings were found at 24th and walnut. leaving his family desperate for answers. >> is my child out there laying in the ditch somewhere? you can't have my child. i want my baby back. >> begin,

christie ileto, "action news." jim? >> thank you, christie. selling drugs out of a main line restaurant. a bartender was arrested across from radner high school. edward of bridge port sold cocaine to undercover officers four times on the job. health officials closed the restaurant to check whether drugs were stashed inside. >> 21-year-old dante robertson is in hospital after being shot in a home invasion in sick letterville. it's hardly the first time he's come to the attention of police. live at the hospital, annie mccormick. annie? >> jim, several years ago he was charged in the death of a 12-year-old girl. it shook the town to its core. tonight members of the family are disturbed hearing about the newest arrest and unrelated crime however they are not surprise. >> today camden county authorities charged the 21-year-old for a violent home invasion, the same man charged in the autumn 2012 killing in clayton new jersey. autumn's father says the court shouldn't have let robinson out when he did. he was charged with his teenage brother justin. t