. >> in a short span of days, only five blocks apart, five burglaries were reported to drexel police, it's scary and students were starting to feel it, and they wake up in the mid of the night and see an alert that says, oh wait there is a burglary next door to my house. >> two apartments were hit in the block of powellton and a residence on the 3200 block. and the burglars struck between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m. and gottentory through unlocked doors and windows. then two days later two more reported burglaries this time between the hours of 9:00 and 10:30 in the morning. both occurred at an apartment house, the front door was propped open and the burglars muscled their way into two apartments. drexel police are stepping up their patrol, it happened at off campus housing that falls into their zone. they are taking the alert seriously. >> i live in the apartment where people prop it open and there say sign not to do it, because we get robbed, i make sure it's into the propped when i go inside. >> just within the past five minutes we see two drexel police cops circling around the area here in

if you have any information contact drexel or philadelphia police. annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> the chester county district attorney's office says that the shooting of a man at the justice center was justified. 30-year-old curtis smith of coatesville was shot by a sheriff's deputy after lunging at a deputy with a knife. he was treated for an injury to his hand and initially they thought it was from a knife but he was hit by another bullet from the other deputy trying to protect him. smith was arrested back in march for jumping the fence at the white house. >>> we told but the discovery of three decomposing bodies in a garage around the corner from a funeral home. >> "action news" reporter chad pradelli has spoken to relatives of two of the victim and chad is at merion memorial park. >> leon nelson was laid to rest here yesterday, more than two weeks after he passed away and family members tell me that the stench coming from the hearse was unbearable. >> my grandfather lived 90 years on this earth and you threw him into

police were combing the area around the scene. >>> 5:35 and a warning, especially for college students near drexel university. lice want you to know about a string of burglaries around campus over the past few das. police say since saturday thieves have broken into five homes in philadelphia's powelton village neighborhood. that's not far from drexel university's campus. thieves took things like electronics with be backpacks and jewelry. drexel police are stepping up patrols around the area and urging everyone to keep their windows and doors locked. >>> the fate of a montgomery county elementary school won't be decided until december. the school board met to talk about the potential closing of audubon elementary in eagleville. the district's remaining four elementary schools would have to absorb more than 400 students. the board postponed any vote on closing the school until december. >>> pennsylvania's no closer to a budget this morning after a public majority failed to convince democrats to override any part of governor tom wolf's budget veto. the house struck down all 14 proposals. republicans claimed there

. >>> drexel police are warning students tonight after a string of burglaries happened at homes off campus the past week, reports of five residential break-ins at the powelton section, they happened in the morning from saturday to monday, philadelphia police try to track down the suspects, drexel police are urging the students to stay vigilant. annie mccormick spoke with one of the victims and you'll hear from her coming up tonight at 6:00. >> they are facing domestic and innational issues. the nuclear deal with iran and whether he would choose before bid bid biden or clinton. >> i met the president in the diplomatic room of the white house, he is trying to get support for his proposed deal with iran limiting his nuclear program. >> given the 30-year mistrust with iran and is it riworth risking the relationship with israel? >> everybody that looked at this deal, were persuaded this is the best way to ensure ourselves and the world that iran will not get a nuclear weapon. >> other members on the staff repeated the same message, we are on a cross road of final diplomatic options or war. the

. >> reporter: in response, drexel police, stepped up patrols wye car and bike and students have been more aware of their surroundings. >>> we are just a month away from the arrival of the pope francis here in philadelphia and the city wants residents to get pumped for the historic visits. mayor nutter unveiled a new campaign called i'll be there, starting monday officials will distribute open in phl buttons and kits across the city. they will include information about how businesses can get involved and engage visitors during the papal event. officials say they are also planning fun activities, all over, what will be called the francis festival grounds. >> we want you to know you can still be part of this event. there will be 40 jumbo trons strategically placed across the francis festival ground. forty jumbo trons where you can see everything that is happening. >> mayor nutter also announced reading terminal market, jack's firehouse in fairmount and some other businesses will remain opened during the papal visit. >>> you can take a closer look at the street and highway closures, info

police search for who's targeting local college students. another apartment is hit today. this is happening just off drexelsity city. >> fox 29's chris o'connell is live at southwest detectives tonight. chris? >> reporter: guys, potentially big break in this case at this hour. police have a good samaritan to thank for putting suspected burglar behind bars tonight. he was arrested, caught red handed police say in two residential burglaries and they say he could be the same suspect in connection with a string of break ins of drexel university students in that area that has them on edge. only fox 29 was there when a drexel university student and two witnesses leave southwest detectives with a drexel police escort after giving a statement about today's midday burglaries near campus. investigators say the young woman came home to find a man inside her apartment here in the evo building on the 2900 block of chestnut street. >> observed an asian male inside of her apartment going through her purse. she confronts the mail. fortunately, one of the construction workers was coming back up to the floor. here's the com

sources tell fox 29 news that the the suspect is a drexel student. policeay that he broke into two residences yesterday afternoon. surveillance video reportedly captured him stealing a television. his last stop the eagle building on the 2900 block of chestnut street. >> observed an asian male inside the apartment, going through her purse, she confronts the male. fortunately one of the construction workers was coming backup to the floor, hears the the commotion, enters the room and able to bring the the male a 21 year-old asian male into his control. he was in the process of serving a search warrant at the apartment that he resides in within that building hoping to recover evidence, in these two crimes, plus an additional that evidence may link him to the crimes that occurred over the weekend. >> the the guy could face more charges, but right the now the suspect is only charged with yesterday's crimes. >>> 4:36. state officials are launching pennsylvania's on line voters registration system. governor tom wolf made the announcement yesterday. on than line reg

. >>> philadelphia police have arrested a suspect in that series of burglaries near drexel universitypolice say since saturday, someone broke into five homes in powelton village taking electronics, backpacks and other items. >>> manuel mikes faces murder and child endangerment charges. in march, his 9-week-old stepdaughter died at a home in millville. the medical examiner discovered bluntd force trauma to the back of the baby's head. >>> the district attorney now says the sheriff's deputy who was injured in the incident was actually shot by another deputy. authorities say on tuesday, curtis smith burst into the courthouse with a knife, deputy. another deputy shot and killed smith. originally the d.a. said the first deputy was wounded by smith's knife. yesterday he said the injury to the deputy's fingers came from a bullet fired by the other deputy. prosecutors say smith had a history of bizarre behavior. secret service arrested him in march for scaling the white house fence. the deputy attacked by smith and shot in the altercation is still recovering this morning. the district attorne

. >> in response drexel police stepped up patrols by car and bike and students have been advised to be their surroundings. >>> well, pope francis will arrive in philadelphia in just a month, can you believe it now that the bulk of the planning is complete the the city of philadelphia wants the community to get pumped. mayor nutter unveiled a new campaign called i'll be there on august 31st, officials will industry open in phl buttons and kid to business as cross the city. they will include information on how businesses can get involved and engagement during the the papal event. officials say they are also planning fun activities all over what will be the francis festival ground. >> we want you to know to still be part of this event. there will be 40 jumbo trons strategically place add cross the francis festival ground, 40 yum bow trons where you can see everybody that is happening. >> and mayor nutter announced the reading terminal market, jack's firehouse in fairmount and other businesses will remain opened during the papal visit. >>> we do have some sad news from the national zoo in

yesterday police were still combing the area around the scene. >>> 4:35 now. this morning, a warning from drexeluniversity police after a string of home burglaries over the past few days just as college students are returning to the area. police say since saturday, five homes have been broken into in philadelphia's powelton village neighborhood the thieves took things like backpacks and jewelry. they are urging everyone to keep windows and doors locked. >>> the state of a montgomery county elementary school won't be decided until at least december. the school board met last night to talk about the potential closing of audubon elementary school in eagleville. the move would mean the district's remaining four elementary schools would have to absorb more than 400 students. the board postponed any vote on closing the school until december. >>> pennsylvania is no closer to a budget after a public majority failed to convince democrats to override any part of governor tom wolf's budget veto. the house struck down all 14 proposals. democrats argued the procedure violated the state constitution. republic

. >>> new at 11:00, a warning from drexel university police about a string of home burglaries over the past few days. police tell us since saturday, someone broke into five homes in philadelphia's howellton village neighborhood near the campus. investigators say the thieves took electronics, backpacks, and jewelry. police and security say they're stepping up patrols in the area. they urge everyone to keep their windows and doors locked. >>> new information about a school budget bat until delaware county. tonight, a judge denied governor tom wolf's request to change charter school funding for the chester upland school district. the cash-strapped district is required to pay charter school's $40,000 per special education student while public schools get less than half that amount. >> we need them to open, we need to stay open and to do that we need a fair funding formula. >> governor wolf million recommended cutting the amount of funding per student by more than half. the district is $20 million in debt. >>> the fate of a montgomery county elementary school now won't be decided until at l

. >>> philadelphia police arrested a suspect in a series of burglaries near drexel university. police say since saturday someone broke into five homes in powelton village, taking electronics, backpacks and jewelry. drexel students rent those homes. last night police made an arrest. >>> 6:02. a jewelry heist is caught on camera and we have video. take a look at it. surveillance cameras captured these two burglars breaking into trent jewelers, hamilton, mercer county. the suspects broke into the store early wednesday morning. once they got inside, they hit up the display case. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> 6:03 now. a plea for help. that's what the family of a bucks conte man is making while at the same time thanking the people who helped save his life. early monday morning, 23-year-old robbie scott was hit by a car onç brown avenue in bensalem. the vehicle kept going. two off-duty firefighters happened to come along and find scott lying in the road. they called for help. nbc 10 was with his family when they met and thanked one of those firefighters. there y

the mccardle sisters are just two of the victims of burglars in a span of apartments near drexel university. police received reports of five duringries, they believe two apartments were hit in the 2200 block of powelton and another one in the 3200 block of summer. then monday came two more reported burglaries, this time later in the morning in the 300 block of north 33rd street, in those cases a front door was propped open and the during alreadies muscled their way into two apartments. philadelphia are not having luck with surveillance video, and they are urging students to stay vigilant. >> we have not caught anybody coming into the buildings, the person doing it is aware of the area and is walking zns of the campus and can avoid detention of the cameras, it's a matter of alerts the kids at this point. >> it's the end of the semester here at drexel so a lot of stubtss have their finals next week but the mccardle girls, the laptop that was stolen has her final next week. if you have any information you are urged to call police. reporting live in powelton, annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >

police. >>> drexel university is warning students to watch their valuables after a string of burglaries. at least five burglaries have been reported in the off-campus neighborhood of powelton village. that will happened between saturday and monday. the thieves are going after expensive cameras and watches and electronics n1 incident, an air conditioner was taken right out of the window. now, some new students are learning a new lesson that they didn't sign up for. >> i go to sleep thinking about it, you know, thinking about like the guy that stole my camera, using my camera, and, you know, it is very painful. but, you know, all i can do is just move on, and be more careful next time. >>> in response, drexil police have stepped up patrols by car, bike and student events been advised to be more aware of their surroundings. >> coming up here on cbs-3, "eyewitness news" this noon: he hasn't decided whether he will run for the presidency, but already, a new pole is suggesting that vice president joe biden may be a better contender for the democrats. also, ahead, a giant sinkhole opens up unde

sources tell us that the the suspect is a drexel student. police drove into two residences yesterday afternoon. surveillance video reportedly captured him stealing a television, his last stop was a building on the 29 hup block of chestnut street. >> it was an asian male inside of her apartment going through her purse. she confronted the male. fortunately one of the construction workers was coming backup to the floor, hears the the commotion, enters her room and was able to bring the male, 21 year-old asian male into his control and apparently we're in the process at serving a search warrant, within that building, hoping to recover evidence in these two crimes, plus additional evidence that may link him to other crimes that occurred over the weekend he is right, more charges will be coming. >>> the suspect is only charged with yesterday's crimes. >>> well, world meeting of families and papal visit is now officially less than a month away. do we know the exact date yes? >> dave warren, you are in charge today of how many days left. >> probably, 30 so

. >> reporter: philadelphia police posted warnings and drexel alerted student this week then stepped up patrols across the area. several students said they were glad to see a bigger police presence. >> double locks on our doors. making sure when you open your door there aren't weird looking people there. >> reporter: now again no word yet on if this arrest of a burglar a few blocks from here in the last few minutes may be connected to this. police still investigating. we hope to have more information by the time we see you tonight at 10. lucy? >> we'll see you then, dave. to virginia and two young journalists murdered on life tv. investigators know who did the killing. the when, the where, but now they're trying to figure out the why. co-workers of reporter allison park car and cameraman adam ward got back to work today. >> former co-worker was the gunman. karen september live in the newsroom tonight. that newsroom showing lot of strength today. >> reporter: amazingly working through their tears. staff still not comfortable doing live shots in the field but they are getting their news

>> reporter: ukee, classes start here at drexel in just a couple of days, but tonight campus police arelready issuing a warning to students to lock their doors and windows after a rash of break ins over the weekend. >> signs of life are everywhere on drexel campus fall season is is just about to get started and with a warning from campus police. >> i was given instructions to make sure my doors are lock all the time whom would leave them open any ways and not to leave any valuables in sight. >> owes lies says lives next door to one of the homes broke into one of five burglaries in the powell town village section of cam page between saturday and monday. >> i'll be moving my stuff already. i couldn't take any more chances. >> reporter: wink chan lives on the first floor. he came home saturday morning to find the ac unit had be been push out of his window and expensive cameras, watches and electronics were taken. >> i go to sleep thinking about it, you know, thinking about the guy that stole my camera using my camera. it's very painful, but, you know, all i can do is just move on and be mo

drexel students rent those homes. last night policeade an arrest. >>> a jewelry heist caught on camera and we have the video. surveillance cameras captured these two burglars breaking into trent jewelers, hamilton, mercer county. they hit up the display cases swiping thousands of dollars worth of jewelry. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> a local restaurant is holding a fund-raiser. >> the proceeds will help the family of a philadelphia police officer. sergeant rafael ali died when his truck crashed into a tree. if you'd like to buy tickets, just choose the nbc 10 app or go to nbc10.com. we have a link for you there. >>> happening today, there's going to be 75 more when and women protecting the streets of philadelphia. a new class of police officers is graduating this morning. ceremonies at temple university and just a heads up if you're in that area, driving the roads to be pleased between 9:00 this morning and 2:00 this afternoon. >>> today in new castle county, a dui task force is setting up checkpoints in wilming

police say teenager was shot in the head. the 19 year old victim was hit once in the back of the head-on the 7400 block of drexel road in overbrook. police raised into the hospital in critical condition, so far, there have been no arrests, police have yet to find a weapon at the scene. >> philadelphia police say it will take some time to figure out if the bus driver in tuesday's deadly hit-and-run accident should face any charges. investigators say that 66 year old from philadelphia told them he had no idea he ran over a pedestrian. officers found 46 year old joseph heard in the middle of franklin and race street, just before 10:00 a.m. tuesday. surveillance video showed the tour bus hitting him in the intersection before continuing on, all the way to washington, dc. police inspected that vehicle back here in philadelphia. the driver is said to be cooperating with police. >>> kathleen kane breaks her silence for the first time since she was criminally charged for leaking information to a reporter as revenge against a former prosecutor, and then lying about it, sabina kuriakose live in norristown this morning outside the montgomer

a 19-year-old man was shot once in the back of the head on the 7400 block of drexel road in overbrook. police raced him to the hospital. he's in critical condition. so far no arrests and police have yet to find a weapon at the scene. >>> meanwhile philadelphia police are trying to figure out how an eight-year-old accidentally shot himself in the foot. skyfox over the rec center in east germantown. family members telling investigators that's where the boy found a gun inside a bag but despite the crowded park police say they still cannot find a weapon. crime scene or any witnesses. they're checking out the 6300 block of north 21st street where family members brought the boy after the incident. the boy does have a broken foot but is expected to be okay. >>> there is no way to get around paying more cash to drive over bridges connecting pennsylvania and south jersey. the burlington county bridge commission voting on increase tonight. fox 29's brad sattin is live in pal my remark inform. brad, will there be a price hike? >> reporter: yeah, there is iain a price hike on the way it's actually the fi

i don't feel unsafe. >> i live in fear other than like freely. >> reporter: police are reviewing surveillance video from drexel cameras but so far no description of the burglar or burglars involved in this. we'll have the very latest on the investigation coming apartment 6:00. lucy. >> thank you very much, dave. >>> philadelphia police are looking for the man who pulled off a smash and grab robbery, burglary in yorktown. surveillance cameras were rolling inside larry steak shop last thursday morning. you can see the guy right smash his way through the front door. apparently opening the cash registers wasn't part of his plan. he grabbed them both, ripping out wires leaving a business mess. we don know how much cash he got if any. if you recognize them, philadelphia police would like to hear from you. >> chestechester tee da says a r are you justified in shooting and killing a man. curtis smith was shot and kill after he storm the chester county courthouse tuesday. smith stabbed a deputy another deputy eventually shot and killed smith. after an investigation that has been learned that smith may have had a mental

. >>> police are questioning a suspect about a rash of burglaries near drexel university. investigators say the burglar was trying to break into an apartment at 29th and chestnut streets. several drexel students in the past week have come home to their off campus parents to find electronics and jewelry missing. >>> septa says there's plenty of room to hop aboard to see pope francis. 100,000 train passes are available for sale. visitors need the passes to ride the regional rails september 26th and 27th. septa said it will make 23,000 parking spots available near the train stations. the locations will be released next week. follow our special twitter account @ 6abc pope for the latest updates on the pope's visit. >> it's getting hot next week that means david is returning. >> reporter: when things heat back up, david comes back. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry, ground clutter near the radar site. we have a beautiful start to the day. we have clear skies no problems right there. let's look through the region right now and check the conditions. 64 degrees right now

. >>> philadelphia police are questioning a suspect in connection with a rash of burglaries near drexel university. the suspect was taken into custody yesterday afternoon. investigators say he was trying to break into an apartment at 29th and chestnut. several drexel students have come home to their off campus apartments only torched electronics -- to find electronics and jewelry were missing. >>> a corvett slammed into a bridge abutment in levittown. the driver was pronounced at the scene. >>> teachers in the chester upland school district will work without pay temporarily after they learned that the district does not have funds. the president of the teachers union said we always put our students first and we always will. classes start september 9. >>> in roanoke, virginia, the community has come together to honor and remember the news crew that was gunned down on monday morning. a prayer service was held to remember allison parker and adam ward. they were shot by a former co-worker familiar familiar. allison's father spoke to the news media saying her loss has just set in. >> we used

community tries to come to grips with the tragedy and drexel university students are on alert following a series of break-ins and philadelphia's police athletic league are celebrating after receiving a mults eye million dollar donation. >>> and now tributes continue to pour in as loved ones of allison parker and adam ward share their grief with the nation, they were gunned down by a former disgruntled employee, vester flannigan. >> reporter: it's amazing the words of comfort and condolences that have come in. not just for the journalists and the woman injured but the resilience we have seen with the wdbj team, they are out here with mikes in hand working through the tears. they are doing this not just because it's their job but they are trying to honor the legacy of their colleagues. >> please join us now in a moment of silence. >> wdbj's newscast marked 24 hours since the shooting of their journalists, the memorial has piled up outside for allison parker and adam ward. >> they were described as good natured. >> whether it was playing or pursuing his career, he had the goals and achieved them with relentless effort and effusive joy.

. >> philadelphia police are questioning a suspect in connection with a rash of burglaries near drexel university. suspect was taken into custody this afternoon. investigators say he was trying to break into an apartment at the evo building 29 and chestnut. in the past week several drexel students have come home to off campus apartments to find electronics and jewelry taken. >> at least four people were killed and 20 reported missing after tropical storm erica pummeled eastern caribbean eye land of dominica. three victims were killed in pud slides. 08% of the island is without electricity and water supply cut off. erica could become a hurricane as it heads to florida next week. >> president obama marked anniversary of hurricane katrina to hardest hit areas of new orleans. first he mehta long magic street and visited a community center in the lower 9th ward which once stood under 17 feet of water and told the crowd the progress they made is remarkable but acknowledged much still needs to be done. >> because project of rebuilding here was not just to restore the city as it had been it wa

. >> reporter: signs of life are every where on drexel campus, fall season is just about to get started and with the warning from campus police. >> make sure my doors are lock all the time, who with leave them open anyways and make sure my windows were locked and not to leave valuables in sight. >> reporter: e liza lives next door to one of the homes broken in to the 3200 block of summer street, one of five burglaries in the powellton section of the campus between saturday and a monday. >> i have been moving my stuff already. i cannot take any chances. >> reporter: win chen lives on the first floor and he came home saturday morning to find ac unit had been pushed out of his unit and expensive cameras, watches, electronic where is taken. >> i get to sleep thinking bit, thinking about the guy that stole my cameras using my camera, and it the is very painful but all i can do is just move on and be more careful next time. >> reporter: police stepped up their patrols by car and bike and students are keeping a close eye on their surroundings. >> now it is definitely a little more cautious, locking the door. we make sure our doors a

. >>> police are questioning a suspect in connection with the rash of burglaries near drexel university. investigators say he was trying to break into an apartment at the evo building at 29th and drexel street. several students have come home to their off campus apartments to find electronics and jewelry missing. >>> septa says 100,000 train pass are for sale, and another 140,000 my become available. septa says they will make 23,000 parking spaces available those locations will be released next week. you can follow our special twitter account @ 6abc pope for the latest updates. >> we could see a baby heat wave. >> reporter: it's just a little bit above 90. it's been a bit warmer than average this summer and this weekend it will i know continue. storm tracker 6 live double scan live around the region, it's looking good, and feeling good. we looking through the temple university camera looking at this beautiful view of the center city skyline. looking good, blue skies. 54 in in in allentown. 54 in millville. feeling cool for this time of the year as you step outside. satellite and radar s

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reporter: police say the victim just placed his order wasn't waiting online with some friends when a gunman fired two shots. one hit him in the face. the shooting came after a fight on drexeltreet. >> we believe it's connected to this particular fight earlier in the day. >> reporter: this water second shooting along this busy stretch of haverford avenue in six days. last thursday the woman who owns this kosher bakery just up the block was shot in the neck by two gunmen in a robbery. police now believe this video from another robbery just two days earlier may be one of the bakery gunmen. >> she describes a tall and a shorter male this video you'll see a tall male with a gray hood sweatshirt. >> reporter: bundy runs a mentoring program for young men. he says the shootings in this area are rare. folks are calling for a more active town watch program here while police ask businesses to join the city's safe cam very cam program. >> instead of picking up a gun, pick up a book and leave the guns down. >> dave says both victims in both shootings are in the hospital recovering from their injuries. police say they have good leads right now and are confident they'll make arrests in b

drexel graduate last month. authorities say james harris broke into jasmine wright's apartment last month when she returned they say he beat strangled and sexually assaulted her. policey have been running without a budget for 41 days. wolf vetoed a republican veto plan he called a sham. delaware state officials are expected to discuss plans for more than $4 million in funding to tackle substance abuse. governor markell says 185 delaware residents died from suspected drug overdoses last year and nearly 10,000 adults sought public treatment for addiction. >>> i'm tracy davidson. we'll have another update in 25 minutes and you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. now back to the "today" show. have a great day. >>> taking a look at the headlines, complaints from airline passengers are soaring this year according to the department of transportation complaints about delayed flights, missed connections and lost luggage jumped more than 20% in the first half of the year compared to the same time a year ago. american, united and spirit airlines had the most complaints. at the same time on-time arrivals improved for the nation's biggest airlines. abo