abdul savment -- ali if she told anyone about the event she would send desmond smith to shoot her and her family. >> reporter: the district attorney said this case is under investigation there could be more persons arrested in connection with the murder. live in lower moreland township, montgomery county. vernon odem channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> philadelphia police say they have tracked down a man who they wanted to question in connection with the sexual assault of a temple university student last week. this is surveillance video of the man taken after the attack last monday. police say they have arrested the man for an unrelated offense. they have not linked him to the assault, however. a 20-year-old student was robbed and sexually assaulted on the 1400 block of carlisle by a man with a gun. >>> students across school across philadelphia skipped class to take a stand to their futures. there's a budget stalemate in harrisburg. pennsylvania has been operating without a budget since the end of june leaving schools without funding. today the students wanted to send a messag

ali if she toll anyone about that event, that he would send dez, desmond smith, to shoot her and her family. >> prosecutors say smith is the one who shot brown to death. >> still ahead this morning, talk about tight squeeze here, this is the store a lot of folks are talking about from delaware county. coming up how that man got his finger stuck inside his fuel tank. wait until you see how this one ends. >> how does that happen? also ahead, jewelry store robbery caught on camera. what eyewitnesses say happened just before this mayhem broke out. >> and it is finally friday. we made it. you made it. welcome to the weekend. up top. thank you very much. show you behind the scenes right here in our studio. >> looking pretty good. nice shot there. we're excited. it is friday. we have a little good news in the weather department. not necessarily for today, but for this weekend. so we'll get to that. >> the good, the bad and the ugly coming up. stay with us, everybody. tit's amazing.. this is amazing. that's amazing! real people are discovering surprising things at chevy. we're sold. it's so p

abdul ali if she told anyone about that event that he would send desmond smith to shoot her and her familycutors say smith is the one who shot brown to death. >>> new information to about the flu shot scare in west windsor mercer county. free flu shots were given to employees. the nurse giving the shots who worked for company called total wellness shared two syringes among 67 people. her license has now been suspended and officials are recommending employees who got those shots be tested for hepatitis b and c as well as hiv. the philadelphia public school students are weighing in on the pennsylvania budget battle. >> some students from schools across the city walked out of class today. protested outside school district headquarters in spring garden they called for an end to the budget stalemate so state fundinfunding for schools can be restored. pennsylvania now has been operating without a budget since june 30th. >> i have a seven-year-old little brother. i don't want him to grow up in, you know, not have what he should have. >> pay me late or pay me never. that's the choice we're looking

abdul ali if she told anyone about that event that he would send desmond smith to shoot her and her family. >> reporter: both are charged with following through on that threat. late on sunday the 27th, they came to the girlfriend's lower moreland home and burst in on her family. according to the criminal complaint, a terrified sibling heard gunfire and her father was shot in the neck. her mother crawled out on to this roof trying to escape and watched her husband kevin brown's last moments as he fell out of this window dying. all the while, the girlfriend coward in the closet with her baby. >> the only person shot very tragically was mr. brown. so this young lady, this 18-year-old, who tried to get out of a relationship that was violent, that was dangerous, that she knew she did not want to be in very tragically lost her father in the process. >> reporter: neighbors say the two arrests come as small relief in the face of such overwhelming tragedy. >> we were just shocked we went over the neck day and consoled the wife and it's a tragedy. >> reporter: prosecutors believe there may also ab a

nadir ali and desmond smith charged with savage crimes including murder. kevin brown, age 53 was shot inside his lower moreland rental home and found in his front yard mortally wounded by gunshot wound to the neck after he and his wife tried to escape invaders by jumping out of a second floor window. police arrested these two. he was killed because his 1 18-year-old daughter was breaking off abusive 3 month relationship with ali. the two suspects together asawlingted the young woman. desmond smith was trigger man that night that fired multiple shots. >> she was told if she told anyone about that event she was told by mr. ali if she told anyone about the event he would send des, desmond smith, to shoot her and her family. >> police tracked the suspects down through cellphone records and identification by members of the brown family who were present at the time of the murder. neighbors heard multiple shots and saw four men running from the house that night. this neighbor says kevin brown was a hardworking family man. >> where can you go that is the safer tha

authorities arrested naadir abdul-ali and desmond smith today. they say ali wanted revenge after his ex-girlfriend refused to take him back. investigators say ali and smith went inside the home in lower moreland township last month and ali shot his ex-girlfriend's father, 53-year-old kevin brown, while he was trying to escape through a bedroom window. the 18-year-old ex-girlfriend was home at the time but was able to hide with her infant son. investigators say what ali told her is proof that this was an act of vengeance. >> he told her he wanted another chance, she refused. he told her that, if we can't be together someone's got to go." >> ali and smith are facing second-degree murder charges. >>> coming up at 5:30, a closer look at domestic violence and how it's reported across the delaware valley. the nbc 10 investigators dug into the issue. we'll tell you what they found coming up. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >>> it was another day in the 70s. not exactly warm enough to take a dip, though. this is a live look at our camera in cape

abdul ali if she told anyone about that event that he would send, dez, desmond smith, to shoot her and her family. >> reporter: prosecutors say that it is was, in fact, smith who pulled the trigger, ending what they called a troubling three month relationship, and the life of a father of three. now prosecutors say that the day of the murder the suspects ali, reportedly tried to flee with brown's daughter to give them another chance. those text in messagees were released, some very chilling but that part of the story coming up at 6:00. reporting live, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> rahel, thank you. >>> philadelphia police aren't questioning a person of interest in the connection with the sexual assault and robbery of the temple student last week. investigators say that the man seen in this surveillance video from a septa train has been taken into custody for probation violations. so far, he has not been charged in that sexual assault. the crime happened on september 28th, in the 1400 block of carlisle street. >>> one of the three american heroes who helped tackle a gunma

abdul ali if she told anyone about that event, that he would send des, desmond smith, to shoot her and her family. >> reporter: and prosecutors say that smith was in fact, the gun man in brown's death. neighbors found the news of the past alleged violence and possible motive shocking. >> we had no idea of any circumstances and they all seemed like quiet people, kept to themselves, good folks. >> this 18 year-old who tried to get out of a relationship that was violent, that was dangerous, that she knew she did not want to be in, very tragically lost her father in the process. >> reporter: and prosecutors say that smith was arrested last week at his parent's philadelphia home after ali, surrendered wednesday night here at lower moreland police department n montgomery county, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> philadelphia police are questioning a person of interest in connection with the the sexual assault and robbery of a temple student last week. investigators say a man seen in surveillance video from a septa train has been taken into custody for a probation violation. so f

now nad deer abdul ali and desmond smith are accused of goting to where abdul ali exgirlfriend lived with parents and sibling. they opened fires in the home killing the girl's brother kevin brown and scott then testified today he should have walked away from the demolition job that ended up -- no. i'm sorry. this is different story. >> philadelphia police trying a different tact to take down criminals terrorizing a philadelphia naibt. they've been posting flyers on signs and polls in the area 53 and green way with direct appeal for people to come forwardch the group is responsible for five murders since january and four of them still unsolved and they allegedly even shot peoples' dogs. some took issue with the police tactics and ripping down the flyers saying neighborhoods use ready not part of organized gang. >> instead of them putting that up there, what about the education? educate these kids so they don't be out here on the corners. education is the key. >> all they know is streets. when all ul know is the streets that's all you do. they don't have avenues like they're closing do

the da says ordered murder of 18-year-old estranged girlfriend and family by alleged enforcer desmond smith. the two were arrested in connection with shooting death of girl's father during a home invasion in montgomery country. >> mr. ali said if you tell anyone, if you report this, i'll send des to shoot your family. clearly he's the muscle there. >> the night of september 27, 53-year-old kevin brown was snot neck inside his hunting ton valley home. he and his wife tried toy escape the killers by climbing out a second story window. police found brown mortally wounded in front yard. police say the motive was abdul ali's dispute with brown's daughter trying to break ooh abusive relationship after ali and smith sgloynd sexually assaulting her in august. she wrote minimum a text message hours before the kil killing. >> you are abuser and abusers don't get any better they get worse. you would have killed me the only option hi was to leave the way i did. you would not have left me leave willingly and we know that. >> the killing shongd this quiet neighborhood. >> we had no idea of any circumstan

authorities are telling us that these are the suspect, nadir ali and desmond smith, police are saying that the men target add home in the 2300 block of philmont avenue last month. fifty-three year old homeowner kevin smith was shot and killed. we'll have more for you on this story later on today on "eyewitness news" beginning at five. >> no injuries in a crash that snarls morning traffic on i the -- i95 in northeast philadelphia, but what a back up. chopper three over 95 northbound, here, between academy and woodhaven road. this crash happened before 7:00 this morning and involves four vehicles. all lanes were block for short time. the back up stretched for miles. it was cleared by 8:00. >> several fires on the same north philadelphia block are now under control. firefighters responded within the hour to the 4100 block of north seventh street, as for number of fires broke out on porches. there are no injuries, but it is not clear how that fire started. authorities are now searching for the cause. >>> and search for the cause also continues here, for the warehouse fire in southwest phi

authorities arrested desmond smith and ali. they say ali wanted revenge after his ex-girlfriend refused to take him back. the two shot and killed the ex-girlfriend's father. the 18-year-old was home at the time, she was able to hide with her infant son. investigators say what ali told her is proof that this was an act of vengeance. >> he told her he wanted another chance. she refused. he told her, if we can't be together, someone's got to go. >> ali and smith are now charged with second-degree murder. >>> today marks 101 days of the state of pennsylvania being without a budget. and local students say they're paying the price. >> students from several schools across philadelphia walked out of class yesterday and protested the budget stalemate. they say pennsylvania lawmakers should not allow education to take a backseat to bipartisan bickering. >> playing the politics game and we're the pawns, and i think it needs to come to a stop. >> students calling the end of the stalemate they say is destroying their education. coming up at

less than 12 hours later police say awe ali and desmond smith showed up looking for revenge. >> he told her he wanted another chance. she refused. he told her that, if we can't be together, someone's got to go. >> reporter: that someone, 53-year-old kevin brown, the young woman's father. police say he was sleeping alongside his wife when screams woke them. smith had the gun and was ordered by ali they say to go after the family members in the house. police say brown was yelling from the house for someone to grab a gun. they say he was barricaded on the second floor in his bedroom with his wife and after he was shot, he tried to escape through that window. >> that was deanna duran gy reporting. smith and ali are in prison charged with second-degree murder. domestic assault cases are an issue in all three of our states. coming up we'll go live to new jersey to show you a new initiative that could help stop domestic violence before it happens. >>> one of the americans hailed a hero for stopping a terror attack in france was stabbed in this country overnight. keith jones with more on this.

former girl friend for three months n that short time prosecutors say he and man on the right desmond smith and beat her. the men are a accused of making threats begins the woman's family if she told them about the abuse. prosecutors say, they made good on that promise. two weeks ago they say they burst into the family's lower moreland township home, and shot the girl friend's father in the the neck. >> my god. >> he later died, two men remain in jail without bail. >>> horrible. >>> we have an update on a story we have been following all week. police are looking for a vehicle in connection with the murder of that woman in hamilton township, new jersey where they are found her body in the wooded area 38 year-old jessica pewsick was discovered in robeland park tuesday morning. they have not said how she was kill. investigators are looking for a black 192 ford f is first 50 with the extended cab like the one you see in the picture. they believe the license plates are from new jersey, and they read l44 er u, anyone with any information is urged to cat police. >>> well, the house majority leader

knew his former girlfriend for about three months but in that short time, prosecutors say he and desmond smith, pictured on the right, beat and raped her. the men are accused of making threats against would the man's family if she told anyone about the the abuse. well, prosecutors say that the men made good on that promise, nearly two weeks ago, investigators say the men burst into the family's lower moreland township home, shot the girlfriend's father in the neck and then killed her. >> and the only person shot very tragically was mr. brown. so this young lady, this 18 years old, who tried to get out of the relationship that was violent, dangerous that she knew she did not want to be in very tragically lost her father in the process. >> the two men remain in jail without bail. prosecutors looking for a third person they believe is involved in this. >>> during this domestic violence awareness month gloucester township police department is rolling out a new initiative, a specialized team of officers will focus solely on domestic violence. the officers will check in on people who may be in dange

three months but in that short time he allegedly brutally beat and raped her along with this guy desmond smith>> she was philadelphia by mr. abdul ally if she told anyone about that event that he would send dez, did he say fond smith, to shoot her and her family. >> reporter: both are charged with following through on that threat. late on sunday the 27th they came to the girlfriend's her moreland home and burst in on her family. according to the criminal complaint, a terrified sibling heard gunfire. her father was shot in the neck. her mother crawled out on to this roof trying to escape and watched her husband kevin brown's last moments as he fell out of this window dying. all the while, the girlfriend coward in the closet with her baby. >> the only person shot very tragically was mr. brown. so this young lady, this 18-year-old, who tried to get out of a relationship that was violent, that was dangerous, that she knew she did not want to be in very tragically lost her father in the process. >> reporter: neighbors say the two arrests come as small relief in the face of overwhelming tragedy. >>

only knew his former girl friend for three months but in that short time prosecutors say he and desmond smith on the right, beat and raped her. the men are accused of making threats begins the woman's family if she told them about that abuse. prosecutors say the the men followed through with that threat, nearly two weeks ago investigators say men burst in the family's lower moreland township home and shot the girl friend's father in the neck. >> the only person shot very tragically was mr. brown. so, this young lady, this 18 year-old, who tried to get out of the relationship that was violent, that was dangerous, that she knew she did not want to be in, very tragically lost her father in the the process. >> what a sad story. the two men remain in jail, without bail, prosecutors are looking for a third person, that they believe might be involved. >>> domestic violence wear necessary month is unruling a new initiative. >> specialized team of officers will focus solely on domestic violence. >> the the officers will check in on people may be in danger and keep in contact with victims and their chi

authorities arrested desmond smith and ali yesterday. they say ali wanted revenge after his ex-girlfriend refused to take him back. investigators say the two shot and killed the ex-girlfriend's father, kevin brown inside his lower moreland township home. the ex-girlfriend was able to hide with her infant son. investigators say what he told her is proof this was an act of vengeance. >> he told her he wanted another chance, she refused. he told her, if we can't be together, someone's got to go. >> ali and smith are now charged with second-degree murder. >>> a new clue has emerged in connection with the murder of a mercer county woman. police are looking for a black ford f-150 extended cab truck similar to the one you see on the screen. police aren't saying how she died, but the truck in question has new jersey plates l44eru. >>> meanwhile, a former boy scout leader who headed a troop in delaware county will spend 20 years in prison for distributing child pornography online. a judge says -- sentenced. he was arrested while trying to get bac