. >>> our team three coverage continues with "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt and david joins us live from pennsburg where stone's body was found, david. >> reporter: the coroner van just left a few moments ago with stone's body, the scene is now cleared but neighbors on the community, they tell me they are very much on edge. bradley stone's body left in this van after swat teams spent two days looking for him. they found the former a marine in this wooded area near schoolhouse road in pennsburg. >> relieved because i don't want to sees anybody else get hurt or get in a gunfight with these guys or anything. >> reporter: randy loose knew stone and he lives next door. >> he said he had some issues with his ex and the children were here for a while. then i guess, she took them. >> reporter: we were with loose when he found out stone's body was discovered in the woods not even a mile from where we stood. >> i just don't want anymore casualties. >> reporter: swat teams spent most of the day searching the neighborhood near stone's home. checking every corner, and opening up every door.

reporting live in west philadelphia, david spunt, "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> david, thankou. >>> new developments tonight in the sony hacking scandal. sony has decided to release the movie at the center of it all, the '93 view and the theater in wilmington delaware will show the film on christmas. it will open on christmas day. we talked tonight on the phone with the owner of that theater. >> buying a ticket to see this movie and of itself is a statement, you know, it's a statement of support for our country and for the freedom that we all enjoy but really people mostly are just interested in having a good time and not being told what they can or cannot see. >> we're told "the interview" will also be available on demand. danielle nottingham has more on sony's decision to show that film. >> reporter: sony pictures is allowing select theaters to show the film beginning on christmas day. the seth rogen-james franco comedy is about a plot to kill north korea's leader. after a devastating hacker attack exposed secret internal documents an embarrassed sony pulled the film when t

chris, jessica. >> david spunt for us in south philadelphia tonight. vid, thank you. >> police file charges against a man who they say falsely reported a sighting of suspected killer bradley stone. police say luke sanderling told them a man who looked like stone tried to carjack him. at that time stone was still on the run from police. investigate the now say sandernin made that story up. >> alerts were put out for a 5-mile radius. the y, hospital, central bucks west were shut down and put under lockdown and obviously a very substantial amount of public resources were deployed. >> police say stone killed six people in montgomery county, his ex-wife and five of her relatives before he was found dead in the woods in pennsburg. >> well, new at 10 o'clock tonight demonstrators return to the streets of philadelphia tonight but this time it was a show of support for police here and across the country. our natasha brown joins us live from mayfair to show us what happened in that community tonight. natasha. >> reporter: well, the rally actually in mayfair laste

we are live from newark, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thanks very much, david. >>> is there breaking news stemming from the civil unrest in ferguson, missouri. >> philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey is one of two people name by president obama to chair his task force on 21st century policing. the creation of the commission was spurred by the shooting death of michael brown and violent protest that followed in ferguson. in philadelphia today protesters hit the streets peacefully demanding change. president obama a says he wants to make sure that police are not building a militarized culture, mayor michael nutter at the white house today spoke just moments ago. >> if you get is an experienced law enforcement who understands the challenging in a community. he is an african-american himself, he has a son, and he knows the feeling of people in communities and will bring both law enforcement perspective but also the reality of what takes place on the ground. >> reporter: president obama today promoted the use of body cameras as part of the 253 million-dollar spen

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at this very active scene right now. vid. >> reporter:r: well, jessica, police want to reiterate the word we're talking about a possible sighting of brad stone in doylestown. they're taking this seriously. just a little while ago and we have helicopter video police went into the woods after learning that a man says that he was carjacked by someone that was dressed in military fatigues that looked like brad stone the suspect they were looking for. that's why police took this seriously. central bucks ymca is on lockdown. they close at 12:30. they're on lockdown just as a precaution and police searching the woods around this area. in pennsburg montgomery county police were looking at brad stone's home. now the swat team was out there for several hours from early afternoon just until about 30 minutes ago to try to make contact just in case he was inside. we spoke to a man who lives just a few doors down who said he saw stone many times sitting on his front pomp. >> i never spoke to him, he just kept to himself, just sat there

our david spunt is live at the suspect's home with new information on the investigation tonight. d. >> reporter: chris, all is quiet tonight in pennsburg. the woods where stone's body was discovered same with this house. i want to back out of the way. you can see right now nobody is inside. in fact, the door is boarded up after swat teams had to go inside yesterday during a frantic search. for the first time in two days, the streets of pennsburg are quiet. a candle on the front porch is the only light coming from bradley stone's house. >> we're really numb from what we've had to go through over the past two days. montgomery county district attorney risa vetri furman laid out the entire killing spree just a few hours after police found stone's body in these woods. furman says he stabbed himself to death a little over half a mile from his home. >> to have an event like this to really shatter the peace and tranquility of the community is very disturbing. >> reporter: after searching on foot in pennsburg for most of the morning, police quickly taped off the wooded area of schoolhouse

reporting in manayunk live tonight, david spunt "eyewitness news" at 10:00 on the cw philly. >> davidhank you. >>> also new tonight dramatic iwitness cam video of the flaming car on the schuylkill expressway. this happened in the eastbound lanes tonight near the spring garden street exit. police did block all lanes between spring garden and the philadelphia zoo. we're told there were no injuries here. the fire is now out and all lanes are opened. >>> well, a car slammed into a flower shop on sunset road in burlington new jersey this morning. eyewitnesses say that the driver robert pedro lost control hopped the curb and then drove right into the side of the building. there was a customers and worker inside of the store at the time of the crash. they were not hurt. pedro those was taken to the hospital. he suffered injuries to his legs and his head. what caused that crash is still under investigation. >>> well, hundreds of people could be at risk for hepatitis a in hamilton township, new jersey after a restaurant worker contracted the virus. if you have eaten at rosa's restaurant in mer

david spunt "eyewitness news" on the can cw philly. >> merry christmas to her. >>> still to come on "ness news" a christmas tradition. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers takes us to this year's reenactment of washington crossing the delaware. >>> playing for pride. eagles getting ready to wrap up their season against the giants. lesley's got a plea view in sports. kate. >> sun returned finally. we've got more such coming up but we're tracking showers eventually. i'll have all >> hi i'm with naval mobile construction battalion four. i want to say merry christmas to my mom, my dad, ali, chris, ben, mom mom and elliott and i miss you guys and i look forward to seeing you guys when i come home. >> american and nato soldiers in afghanistan celebrated christmas day in kabul. dinner was served at the headquarters of the international security assistance forms it's the tenth time in afghanistan as the country soldiers fight increased terrorist attacks. most u.s. and nato combat troops will leave december 31st. >> got a pretty important mission here so it's an honor to be a part of that bu

david spunt tells me in one case man is missing more than a present. >> 40 some years you don't expectn old house like this to be robbed. >> reporter: but paul and his wife barbara say they woke up wednesday morning to find most of their christmas gifts gone. >> i saw that a lot of the gifts were missing. there wasn't anything there. the zimmers live in this quiet paoli neighborhood but found out quickly one or several thieves picked this lock on their back door and made it into the house in the middle of the night. >> we looked down towards the woods and there was a pile of goods down there. we realized something was amiss. >> reporter: zimmer says the thieves left some of her christmas gifts including clothes in this alley behind her house. the more expensive gifts gone. >> they knew the jewelry boxes because even though they were wrapped, they took all the jewelry, the watches and earrings and that sort of thing. >> reporter: paul and barbara zimmer are understandably upset but they tell me they really feel for one of their neighbors. someone who lost something bigger than a few pre

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at this very active scene tonight. david?> reporter: jessica, the doylestown part of the scene came in about 7:00 o'clock tonight when a man was walking his dog not far from where i'm standing. we're toll the man saw a suspect dressed in camouflage who look like bradley stone take out knife. the man then shot the victim several times -- shot at the victims several times but we're told that suspect made it off into the woods. the search for bradley stone continued late monday night in doylestown after police say they took a report of an attempted carjacking involving someone who looks like stone. police say the man ran into the woods. the bucks central ymca was on lock down as a precaution and residents at stoning ton farms were told to shelter in place. as the search continued in doylestown, swat team members stood in defensive position outside stone's pennsburg home in montgomery county. that search began late morning. "eyewitness news" spoke to neighbor who says he met stone several times. >> he just seemed like a normal av

. >>> let's go live now to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. is outside the suspect's home in pennsburg with new information tonight. david? >> reporter: chris, all is quiet in pennsburg tonight. the woods were bradley stone's body was discovered and his home. let me back out of the way so you can see. police bored up his front door just a few hours ago. nobody is home. they had to board it up after frantically going inside yesterday trying to find him. for the first time in two days, the streets of pennsburg are quiet. a candle on the front porch is the only light coming from bradley stone's house. >> we're really numb from what we've had to go over through over the past two days. >> reporter: montgomery county district risa vetri ferman laid out the and tire killing spree a few hours after police found stone's body in these woods. ferman says he stabbed himself to death a little over half a mile from his home. >> to have an event like this really shattered the peace and tranquility of the community is very disturbing. report roar after search

we are live from northeast philadelphia tonight, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. >> new information in the investigation in the cause of death of bradley stone, man behind a killing spree in montgomery county. authorities believe that stone took his own life, in a wooded area near his home in pens berg yesterday. prosecutors say that stone had a deep stan wound in his leg but that didn't kill him. toxicology tests are now pending, a man shed i an an ax type object covered in blood were found near his bod which medicine bottles an a energy drink. knew him didn't necessity about his troubled past. >> i don't ever remember anybody having a problem with him. >> when i saw in 2011 he was drinking, he had different prescriptions for antidepressants. >> reporter: authorities say stone kill his ex-wife nicole and five members of her family on monday. a teenager survived the rampage. >>> new at 6:00 tonight a family of the brigantine, new jersey woman who fell down a elevator shaft in fenway a park in boston is suing the parent company of the red sox and the elevator

live at 11:00 we turn to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt at one of those stores on columbus boulevardn south philadelphia. david. >> reporter: chris, 115 stores hit in a nationally as you mentioned several in our area. including this store if you went to a local staples in august or september, you may want to check your bank account. during the busy final few days of the holiday shopping season news that almost 1.2 million credit and debit cards were hacked at staples stores across the country doesn't sit well with shoppers. >> i just used my card and it's kind of scary. >> maureen just loaded up on office supplies in northeast philadelphia. this is one of 115 stores nationwide hit by criminals at different times between july and september. staples made the announcement late friday afternoon. many customers had no idea until we told them. >> this is really a big problem because people they put the trust in the companies, you know, not only staples but everywhere else. >> reporter: and stale pills isn't the only store with security breach issues. the chain joins a growing list an growi

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in feasterville with a look at road condition there isn bucks county. david. >> reporter: jessica, it has been hit or miss tonight with the snow. right now we're starting to see some flurries in feasterville. behind me you can see the temperature at 36 degrees. right now we're going to take a look at the roads. you can see some salt on the roads. that has been pretty standard all night with penndot trucks. a little bit earlier we were in warminster where people say the roads up there are pretty slick. snow continued to fall in warminster and the surrounding areas as temperatures dipped near the freezing mark. residents say crews spent the day clearing the roads. >> they do a good job up here. >> reporter: chris tells "eyewitness news" she's used to the snow. slick roads have her paying extra close attention. >> this morning it was only a small coating of snow which is sometimes worse than app couple inches of snow. >> reporter: we checked. no issues on the main roads but eric says he drove over some side roads that are problem spots. >> w

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in the sat center with more on this very controversialrticle that is making news all over again. david. >> reporter: chris author sabrina rubin early lives in philadelphia. tonight she has a lot of questions to answer. we reached out to find out more about the story rolling stone says has that inconsistencies. the story called a rape on campus created an uproar across the country. a female student who went by the name jackie told rolling stone magazine seven men gang raped her inside the phi kappa sigh house on the university of virginia campus. uva stopped all greek life activities because of the article. an independent counsel also got involved. now this woman, philadelphia based author sabrina reuben early has tough questions to answer after rolling stone began backpedaling on the story friday afternoon. the managing editor wrote the following on the magazine's web site. because of the sensitive nature of jackie's story we decided to honor her request not to contact the man she claimed orchestrated the attack on her nor any of the men

reporting live from west philadelphia tonight, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. breaking right now, former president george hw bush was taken to houston hospital tonight after experiencing shortness of breath. a spokesperson for the 41st president says he's being held for observation as a precaution tonight. despite health problems in june the former president celebrated his 90th birthday with a tandem parachute jump near his summer home in maine. >>> volunteer firefighters rescue a baby from a burning mini van on the garden state parkway. it all happened near exit 74 in lacy township, ocean county this morning. firefighters pat o'donnell and eddie barker pulled over after seeing flames erupt from the hood when the driver told them her baby was in the mini van. o'donnell worked to suppress the flames while barker pulled that baby from the back seat before fire over took the vehicle. amazingly nobody was injured. >>> new developments to night in the sony hacking scandal. sony has decided to release the movie at the center of the controversy the interview. and a t

live in the sat center tonight, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you very much. >>well, tonight investigators are waiting for the philadelphia rapper beanie si bell gel to wake up from surgery at an atlantic city hospital so they can ask him a few questions. sigel was shot in the torso at a home on spruce avenue in pleasantville atlantic county this morning. his real name is dwight grant. sigel's brother-in-law was also injured in that shooting. police believe there was an altercation at the home just around the time the gunfire erupted. >> she will casings and ammunition found outside but when we got to the house mr. grant was in the house. so at this point we don't know if the saturday shooting took place and he went in or if the shooting actually took place in the house. >> sigel was released from prison back in august after serving two years for federal tax evasion. in 2006, the 40-year-old was shot multiple times during a robbery in philadelphia. >>> well new at 11:00 o'clock i white is there as volunteers hit the steve searching for the missing west chester un

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in lawncrest where a vigil was held in her honor tonight>> reporter: jessica this is joyce craig-lewis' home away from home. she spent many days here before she headed out to fire engine 64 in north philadelphia and you can see tonight the black bunting on the firehouse door tells you one thing, people inside are mourning. flowers mark the spot where philadelphia firefighter joyce craig-lewis often started each day on the job. the mood inside engine 64 somber as colleagues, friends and even complete strangers stood in the drive way to pay their respects. >> i worked with her for the last three years and she loved doing the job. >> reporter: lieutenant benny hutchins was one of about 50 who prayed for lewis' family. he tells "eyewitness news" he was proud to call her a colleague and friend. >> she continually always was outstanding and doing everything she could to make sure somebody was safe or property was saved and we miss her. >> reporter: hutchins says he was in shock when he found out his friend died. she was fighting a fire at this ho

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at the university with more, david. >> reporter: this vigil just began. friend, family, complete strangers people that don't know shane montgomery are here tonight. they are getting ready to light candles here a very serious atmosphere here, obvious lie we were with folks in manayunk as they were hanging up flyers, missing person flyers. as investigators penitentiary more time searching in and around the schuylkill river for hain montgomery, his aunt ran the show inside the saint john the baptist rectory, goal, put up as many missing posters as possible. >> shane is still missing, somebody knows something and we need to find him. >> reporter: maryann whitman join montgomery's friend to put up new posters with updated information. >> whether that is hanging flyers or just sharing something on facebook, getting the word out there, we have to keep, keep going. >> i need my best friend back. >> reporter: ryan mcgillaway is shane montgomery's roommate and says he is increasingly frustrated were not knowing what happened. >> even the most insi

here's david spunt. >> reporter: the video is hard to watch but what happened inside this house is evenarder to comprehend. 36-year-old marie gemmell, her three year old son cole and infant son devin died after a private plane crashed into their maryland home on monday. >> it's hard to believe that it's somebody that i have known for so long, somebody that was so sweet and kind and generous. >> reporter: amy was marie's high school friend from brick, new jersey. that's where marie grew up and her old friends and classmates met in brick friday night at the river rock restaurant to raise money for the gemmell family. she organized the fopped rafer. >> she was a kind, kind soul, she had a beautiful heart, beautiful family, beautiful children. she was something special. >> reporter: friends from maryland set up an online go fund me page also dedicated to their gemmells. already friends family even complete strangers chipped in almost half a million dollars for amy's surviving daughter and her husband but in addition to the go fund me page all proceeds from inside the restaurant will go into

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in the sat center now with more on this. vid. >> reporter: jessica tonight we can confirm that 36-year-old marie good mel the mother had held her children as the plane crashed into their home is originally from brick township, new jersey. marie's son 384 old cole and one month old devon also died. police on the scene say they found marie on top of her children trying to protect them from the smoke. the jet crashed before 11:00 o'clock this morning in gaithersburg, maryland. three others on the corporate jet from north carolina also died. the plane was scheduled to land near the home at the montgomery county airpark. neighbors quickly rushed to the scene to help after the crash. >> you can tell it was engulf especially that one section and then we got out and then, um, lady was screaming there was people inside. so we tried to get near the house. there was no way. there was like a wall of heat. >> reporter: marie's daughter and husband were not home at the time of the crash. the ntsb recovered the flight recorders and investig

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt tells us those at tonight' vigil say they're not giving up hope>> reporter: it's the first time shane montgomery's friends have been together on campus since he mysteriously disappeared one week ago. >> just the fact that he's gone is making the atmosphere on campus different. >> reporter: joanna rodriguez is one of montgomery's closest friends on campus. >> it's really hard walking around knowing that he should be on those streets with us also. especially just because it's already tuesday. and he has so many class that is we should have crossed paths. >> reporter: on the cam pass shane montgomery loved candlelight brought together his family, friends and complete strangers. earlier in the day some of the same crowd braced the rain to post missing person's signs with updated information in manayunk. >> we need to just get as many prayers and thoughts out as there as we possibly can. >> montgomery's roommate ryan says coming back to school after thanksgiving break is almost impossible. >> how weird it is just knowing that he's missing and everythin

the reward now 31 thousand dollars reporting from west chester university campus, david spunt, cbs3 "ewitness news." >> much more ahead tonight on the broadcast including never before seen letter by abraham lincoln. it's up for sale right here in philadelphia. >> plus record rain soaks drought ridden california. we'll show you the unbelievable problem it's causing the bay area. kathy. >> we're drying out on the east coast looking at clearing skies but that spells colder temperatures. we'll take a look at the weekend as well. looks like it could be a wet one. that's coming >> now to an old letter that gives new insights on president abraham lincoln. he wrote letter 165 years ago even before he became president. >> carol erickson tells us he had all the instincts of many political leaders. >> displayed in the union league room a rare old letter from old abe himself offered for sale for a lot of coin. >> $40,000. >> steven rob a document dealer smiles because he knows this letter is a hot commodity. the letter written in january 1849 shows that the freshman congressman and future preside

david spunt is live in the sat center. we can't confirm that 36 year old marie jamel who held her two children as the plane crashed into her home is originally from brick township new jersey. marie's son three year old cole and one month old devon also died. police say on the scene they found marie on top of her children trying to protect them from the smoke. the jet crashed a little bit before 11 o'clock this morning in suburban gaithersburg maryland. three others on the corporate jet from north carolina also died. the plane was scheduled to land near the home at the montgomery county airport. neighbors quickly rushed to the scene to help after the crash. >> you could tell it was just engulfed especially that one section and then we got out and then the lady was screaming. there was people inside so we tried to get near the house. it was just, there wasn't no way. it was like a wall of heat. >> reporter: marie's daughter and husband were not home at the time of the crash. we are told the ntsb recovered the flight recorder

as "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt tells us their purpose was twofold, to honor a life loftonray for the recovery of another. >> reporter: we spotted about 900 students and parents here at souderton high school to remember 14 year old nina flick and pray for her 17 year old brother anthony as he fights for his life in a local hospital. >> we're here to what was that, we're here to mourn, we're here to embrace. >> reporter: it's been one week since police say 35 year old bradley stone went on a murderous rampage killing his ex-wife and five others. 17 year old anthony flick is the only survivor and monday night his friends prayed for him. >> i went to preschool with him and we've been friends ever since then and we stayed friends to this day. >> reporter: flick's sister nina, just 14 years old, also top of mind. her friends say nina was outgoing, the kind of friend you would want to have. her close friend, francesca told the crowd how much she'll miss nina and told "eyewitness news" that talking about nina will help all of her friends heal. >> we're all here for each other and

roaring from feasterville, david spunt, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> new information tonight in a story we brought you on tuesday at 11:00 o'clock. police have issued arrest warrants for the men they believe broke into the coin and collectible store on street road in bensalem tuesday afternoon. investigators believe it was daniel left lar and david pier grossi armed with a knife an pipe tied up employees and a customer and got away with $5,000 in gold and silver coin. this vehicle was seen leaving the scene. if you know where they they are, call police. >> new tonight demonstrators in philadelphia are once again protesting the grand jury decisions in ferguson, missouri and new york city. "eyewitness news" was there as dozens marched from 52nd and market to 48th and walnut in west philadelphia tonight. protesters are calling for reforms to the criminal justice system after the grand jury's failed to indict police officers in the deaths of unarmed citizens michael brown and eric garner. the decisions have sparked protests across the country. >> mayor michael nutter records a message to ph

reporting from pennsburg, david spunt, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> just past 4:33. here's traffic and weather together, katie. >> good morning,er contact hey everybody. we will start off with sky cam three still featuring cloud cover as you can tell from the reflection of the lights in the city up in the sky being reflect off the cloud cover here but at least we're not having any issues seeing over ben franklin bridge like we did yesterday with the fog. now, the wind is starting to pick up, ever so slightly. you might still find a few spots of low clouds out there as a result of the the the fact that we are still technically sitting between front right now but storm scan three is tote thely empty making that sweep. you can see over last few hours we had one left over pocket of showers rolling on through and out of here and now it is out of here and we can expect to end up with some sunshine as the day goes on. with that said the breeze will be kicking in. lets talk about the 24 hour temperature change. yesterday we had a chance to moderate up on the thermometer beca

the driver was cited late tonight but told our david spunt it was the result of a simple mistake. >> reporter: crews have been out here since 1:00 o'clock this afternoon. they're not going anywhere any time toon soon. it is a very active scene out here. people lost their and tire homes in just minutes. i spoke to one man who says 30 years of memories were gone just like that. the video tells a terrifying story. and now the man who says he accidentally started it all told "eyewitness news" he's sorry about what happened and he's lucky that be a live. >> we lost everything. it's all gone. >> reporter: the man still had ashes on his hands as he told us he intended that back the car up to go shopping. but instead he drove forward. >> the car hit the gas, gas meter and exploded report roar the fire quickly spread next door. that's where brian archie's family lives. >> hopefully we're able to salvage some of the stuff in the house but that's a lot of tough gone. >> reporter: crews were still cleaning up late into the evening. police say another neighbor suffered minor spoke inhalation and

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in manayunk. >> jessica we've known from the beginninghane montgomery was with other people before he disappeared tonight we're hearing from one of those people who tells us what it was like with montgomery just before he disappear. >> i would do anything to get him back. >> reporter: tim whitman says he was with 21-year-old shane montgomery the night he disappear. >> he was in a good mood. we were out. we hit a couple bars and we weren't like -- like he wasn't inn tock indicated or anything. >> whitman is montgomery's first cousin and two were out celebrating both being 21 he says montgomery seemed fine. and would not just walk off a lone. >> i'm helping out as much as i can if the bi needs me i'll go down there. if the philly police need me i'll go there. i'm assisting in any way i can. >> fbi agents and philadelphia police detectives are still working around the clock hoping to find a clue that will lead them to shane montgomery. >> we don't have any information at all that leads us to believe that there's any reason shane would volunt

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt tells us in one case, a man is missing much more than a present. >> lived here 40 something years you don't expect an old house hook this to be robbed are rob. >> reporter: paul zimmer and his wife bash are woke up wednesday morning to find most of their christmas gifts gone. >> i saw that a lot of the gifts were missing. there wasn't anything there. >> reporter: they live in this quiet paoli enabled. found out quickly one or several thieves picked this lock on their back door and made it into the house in the middle of the night. >> we looked down towards the woods and there was a pile of goods down there. we realized something was a mi miss. >> reporter: the thieves left some of her christmas gifts including clothes in this alley hyped her house. the more expensive gifts gone. >> they knew the jewelry boxes because even though they were wrapped, they took all the jewelry the watches and earrings and that sort of thing. >> reporter: paul and barbara zimmer are understandably upset but they tell me they really feel for one of their neighbors. some

. >> here's our david spunt. >> reporter: this is the spot where the police officer hit and killed 10ear-old matthew mccloskey now it's a memorial. people have been coming by tonight to remember the 10-year-old who friends and family say left us too soon. 24 hours after 10-year-old matthew mccloskey was hit and killed friends and family members met at two memorials across delsea drive to grieve. >> he was a very polite boy. very good loving boy. he was my grandson's best friend. both of the boys. diane hires two grandsons were mc kloss can he when franklin township police say one of their own hit and killed the 10-year-old. police say the police officer was answering a 911 call. >> best kid in the world. just wondering why things like this happen. he was a baby. 10 years old. >> reporter: one of diane's grandson was with her at the memorial. 12 year old brandon told us matthew was his best friend and he's devastated about what happened. he was too upset to finish the interview. police spent hours on scene sunday night trying to piece together evidence authorities are still investigate

here's "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. >> reporter: the video is hard to watch.ut what happened inside this house is even harder to comprehend. 36-year-old marie gemmel, her three-year-old son cole and infant son devon all died after a private plane crashed into their maryland home on monday. >> it's hard to believe that it was somebody that i have known for so long. somebody that was so sweet and kind and generous. >> reporter: amy was marie's high school friend from brick, new jersey. that's where marie grew up and her old friends and classmates met in brick friday night at the river rock restaurant to raise money for the gemmel family. she organize the fundraiser. >> she was a kind, kind soul. she had beautiful heart. beautiful family. beautiful children. she was something special. >> reporter: friends from maryland set up online gofundme page. also dedicate to do the gemmels. already friends, family, even complete strangers chipped in almost half a million dollars for amy's surviving daughter and her husband. but in addition to the gofundme page all proceeds

as "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt tells us tonight, their purpose was two fold, to honor a lifeost, and to pray for the recovery of another. >> we spotted about 900 students and parents here at souderton high school tonight to remember 14-year-old nina flick. and pray for her 17 year old brother anthony's recovery as he's fighting for his life in a a local hospital. >> we're here to weep. we're here to mourn. we're here to embrace. >> reporter: it's been one week since police say 35-year-old bradley stone went on a murderous rampage killing his ex-wife and five others. 17-year-old apartment knee flick is the only survivor and monday night, his friends prayed for him. >> i went to pre-school with him and we've been friends ever since then. and we stayed friends to this day. >> flick's sister nina just 14 years old also top of mind. her friends say nina was out going, the kind of friend you would want to have. her close friend francesca told the crowd how much she'll miss nina and told "eyewitness news" that talking about nina will help all of her friends heal. >> we're all here f

live in the sat center, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, david, good tips. >>> thankso much. >>> meanwhile, sony's controversial comedy "the interview" did pretty well at the box office even though it wasn't in many theaters. the film which prompted threats from hackers made just over $1 million. many of yesterday's showings sold out. the interview which is about killing north korea's leader is also being streamed online, but official viewer ship numbers have not been released. >> fundraising web page started in the wake of a fiery plain crash that killed six people this month is surpassing expectations. the gofundme page for the surviving members of the gym mel family raised over $486,000. marie gemmel through her body on top of her young sons as peaces of a plain crashed into their maryland home december 8th. the money will be given to marie' husband and that are daughter. and we've set up a link on our website at cbsphilly.com. >>> police say a serial bang robbery suspect wanted in philadelphia struck again today. investigators say the latest heist happened at the w

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has this story. ♪ >> jingle bells, jingle all the way. >>orter: it's christmastime once again for dora cummings but this december 25 is this a little extra special. it marks over a century of christmas sell braces. >> i love christmas. 'cause i like presents. and we all have lots of fun getting ready for din are in. >> reporter: comings lived in the downington area since she was born. on february 26th, 1909. if you're counting, that's birthday number 106 just around the corner. >> she's lived a long happy happy life with lots of good family. >> reporter: and good memorie memories. spending more than a century. >> she loves christmas. she loves to sing. what she doesn't remember she makes up. (laughter). >> reporter: but family members say she seems to remember a lot. here she is with her husband. he died in 1959. >> we're learning a lot from her past now. she's starting to tell us stuff when she grew up and that's been fun for us to learn. >> reporter: stories about family members long departed and family members stl here today. >> yeah, i d