i'm vernon odom, "channel 6 action news" on the drexel university campus. >>> a tragedy at swarthmoreniversity today a student died after falling more than 40 feet down embankment before 3:00 this afternoon crumb woods a hiking area east of campus. investigators say the death was accidental and the student is identified as 18-year-old from bay side, new york. >>> and a suspect has been arrested for the beating death of a 5 2-year-old woman inside a boarding home no philadelphia. the whole thing unfolded a bit before 3:30 this afternoon, 37 3700 block of north 18th stree street. the woman was discovered badly beaten and rushed to temple where pronounced dead a short time laterch the suspect who was not released the name yet knew the victim. >> police are investigating a deadly shooting in northwest

at 10:30 on 6abc. >> a 14-year-old has been arrested for at least 15 armed robberies around drexel university all the robberies happened over just the past few months. vernon odem has the story from university city. >> reporter: we're no longer showing the face of the serial robber suspect because police discovered he is only 14 years. he's been on a big boy arm spree. 15 armed robberies in the drexel university area within 30 days. september 30th he pistol whipped a student who resisted. >> 6:00 a.m. she is walking from home and a male pulls up on a bike, give me your purse. she resists. he punches her in the face. she chases him and pushes him off the bike. he beats her with the gun. >> reporter: police released the surveillance video of the suspect cruising a credit card he strong armed. tip calls came in quickly. police locked him up overnight. he is only 14 and goes to overbrook high. he's had two accomplices. >> as more students are moving into the residential communities and private housing. >> i am surprised someone so young can be doing something like that and so often. there was sho

vernon odem channel 6 "action news" on drexel university campus. >>> other news, hope solo, the star goalkeeper of the u.s. women's national team will face domestic charges after all. a washington state court appeals reversed the judgment from the lower case. no trial date has been set. >>> fitness fanatics from wilmington came together to honor two teenagers who remained hospitalized after they got sick in the virgin islands. they used to go to the cross fit river front jam. this benefit featured their favorite exercises. the boys and their parents who were there were composed to poisonous pesticide you had -- pesticides on vacation back in march. all the money will go to the hospital where they are being treated. >>> boost your requirement savings next on "action news" -- retirement savings next on "action news." >> there's another way to save on fees, certified financial planners coming up next. >>> what you're looking at are the philly pops hosting a birthday concert for old blue eyes. david murphy is back next with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast including flooding

. >>> an arrest on a late summer crime spree at drexel university, and what police say led them to the suspect. >>> i am ted greenberg. it's 5:30 on this sunday morning, and we say good morning to meteorologist, michelle grossman. our coastal areas are not out of the woods yet. >> yeah, hi, ted. tomorrow will be better than today, and we are looking at the potential for more flooding along the coast, and we have a coastal flood warning, and here's a look outside, waking up to clouds in philadelphia and we will see a mainly cloudy day and possibly a stray shower. here is the coastal flood warning until 6:00 p.m. tonight and we are watching around 2:00 for high tide, and we could see more property damage and additional beach erosion, and we have winds anywhere from 10 to 25 miles per hour, 24 in dover, and they are gusting higher than that, and it's going to be cool today and it was cool yesterday and cool once again today. temperatures in the low 60s later this afternoon. as we look at temperatures to the north right now, 44 degrees in mt. pocono, a cold start there, and 51 in allentown

. >>> still ahead this morning, new developments in a crime spree near drexel university campus. we will tell you who police took into custody. we're just a few hours away from kickoff. the eagles take on washington this afternoon. still ahead, hear from the team about their division match-up. >>> welcome back on this sunday morning. i am meteorologist, michelle grossman. lots of clouds out in the city, and one spot seeing a little break in the clouds, the pocono mountains, not looking too bad, mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the low 40s and 50s, and we're looking at winds at 14 miles per hour in philadelphia, and we are seeing gusts near 30 miles per hour in atlantic city, and 23 miles per hour in mount pocono. you factor in the winds and it feels chillier than the air temperatures. temperatures cool all across the area and we are going to keep it cool in the afternoon. you can bet it feels like the low 40s with the winds, and 52 in reading and 52 in lancaster, and 55 in wilmington, and 58 degrees in atlantic city. we are all dry on radar, and that's good news and we st

we talked to drexel university students who were relieved an arrest was made especially since they have received numerous text messages from the university, about 15 incidents that happened over 30 days from the end of august to the end of september. now, women were mainly targeted in some cases the suspect walked up to the victims. other cases he was on his bike. he would brandish a weapon and demand belongings. sometimes they even got physical. with the victims being punched. this video really helped police crack the case. police said the 14-year-old tried to use a stolen credit card at atm on north 38th street. then yesterday officers spotted the teen and his bike and made an arrest. >> the answers were frustrating, weren't getting anything to assist us, most of the victims students out here, coming from behind difficult to identify the individual. in some cases they actually have shirts pulled around their face. it was a challenging case for us. >> now, the district attorney will determine if that 14-year-old will, in fact, be charged as an adult. another thing they have to look int

so, spokes who i've spoken to here at drexel university say they've been testing their friends, their classmates, urging everyone to be safe, and to be careful. nonetheless, people hearsay they're feeling quite nervous. universities around the region tell us that they've stepped up patrols, and police presence out of abundance of caution police press end, very seen on campus, and wart class canceled. drexel put out alert, and everyone try to end near campus building must now swipe their i.d. cards. >> we have to scan in and public safety employees at every building. >> not normally like this? >> we don't have to scan to get into buildings. i know the science building you do, but most other ones you don't. >> like you just have to go on with your normal day, hope that nothing happens. >> and since we have ben out here this morning, we too have seen some of the amped up police presence. police tell us they will continue this course throughout the day, meantime, university student tell me, again, they're feeling quite nervous, hoping that nothing happens. we continue to follow this, and

"action news" reporter david henry is live at drexel university with much more, david? >> reporter: yeah, walter, all of the university and colleges in the delaware valley are stressing that this is a non-specific threat, but they are all taking it seriously enough to issue warnings, and, students are understandably, alarmed. >> all of the recent things that have been going on, it is like serious that could possibly happen on the campus, so i'm actually scared to leave my dorm tomorrow. >> reporter: college campuses are on edge as word spreads tonight they have been alerted by atf and fbi, all they know is a an unspecific threat was made on social media to carry out violence at a university near philadelphia. but the time mentioned in the threat is very specific. 2:00 o'clock, tomorrow have afternoon. >> it is a kind of scary because, you know, the way it is, just given its history and the fact that we don't know which school and it is very specific time. >> reporter: student, faculty and staff and every university in the delaware valley have been notified through e-mail

that they have arrested the person behind a string of gun point robberies around the campus of drexel university the most recent just four days ago. fox 29's jenny joyce is live in university city and jennifer, investigators say the man behind this crime spree is actually a young teenager. >> reporter: yeah, that's correct, dawn and philadelphia police told us they were surprised to see just how young this suspect s they were thinking that he was in his 20's. they made the arrest and realized just 14, accused of committing violent robbings and even carjackings. >> i'll be more careful if i go outside. >> i'm kind of scared actually. so i will not go on the street alone at night. >> reporter: 15 armed robberies in 30 days at the hands of a brazen 14-year-old boy has many drexel university students altering their own personal security plans around campus. >> yeah, i got a text message from drexel alert. they sent this alerting you not to go around a certain area. >> reporter: philadelphia police say the i don't know man who threatened many many of his victims with a handgun and beat them with his

. >> reporter: drexel university was among many local colleges with increased police patrols and end hasn'ted security procedures. in light of a threat of violence posted online. allegedly planned for 2:00 p.m. today. federal investigators notified schools in abundance of caution. >> no specific college or university was identified. >> when i spoke with the atf over the weekend, they didn't think it was credible, however, in the avenue math of oregon, obviously, you know, we wanted to make sure we took appropriate steps. >> reporter: philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsay says his officers provided coverage for smaller campuses like the community college of philadelphia. fortunately, all remained quiet. >> my biggest concern is always copycats but then you start doing similar things and of course we have to investigate them all. >> reporter: drexel university freshman clayton, says he noticed police on every corner. >> i think it's a little bit blown out of proportion possibly but it's good that they're taking the precautions. >> reporter: others say they wish the school did

. >>> new developments in a crime spree near drexel university campus. >>> we're learning more about a small plane crash that killed four people, and just ahead one of the victims is a well-known racecar driver. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with the card most accepted by top doctors and specialists, you have the compassion and security of blue cross. giving you the strength to drive forward. independence blue cross. live fearless. >>> welcome back on this sunday morning. i am meteorologist, michelle grossman. we still have a coastal flood warning in effect until 6:00, so coastal flooding still a concern. we were looking at lots of clouds in the poconos and lots of clouds wherever you are this morning, and we are looking at temperatures milder compared to this time yesterday, not much milder, but still a few degrees warmer than yesterday. three degrees warmer in mt. pocono right now, and six degrees warmer in wilmington. still cool for this time of year, 63 later this afternoon and we are cold in some spots this morning. 44 in mt. pocono, and lancaster, 56. 58 degrees in dover, and 57 in atlantic city. te

. >>> a 14-year-old has been arrested for at least 15 armed robberies around drexel university. police say all the robberies happened just over the past few months. "action news" reporter, vernon odem has the story. >> reporter: we are no longer showing the face of the serial robbery suspect because police discovered he is only 14 years old on a big boy crime spree. 15 armed robberies in the drexel university area within 30 days, many violent. september 30th, he pistol whipped a student who resisted. >> 6:00 a.m. she is walking from home. a male pulls up on the bike, give me your purse. she resists. he punches her in the face. she chases her and pushes him off the bike, he beats her with the gun. >> reporter: police released the surveillance video of the suspect using a credit card he strong armed from a victim. he is 14 and goes to overbrook high and at times has had two accomplices. >> i'm surprised so one so young could be -- someone so young could be using something like that so often with short timing in between. >> reporter: the through the social network, the university a

here at drexel university, public safety officers were on patrol and more of them are on the street today. this is why, a post on a social media website claiming an attack on a university near philadelphia will happen today at 2 p.m. the fbi put out a warning to schools in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware, a warning to be alert out of an abundance of caution. the threat did not mention a specific school, but several in our area said they would be spending the day monitoring the situation. threat seriously, while others think it may be a joke that went too far. >> it also instills fear in everyone and i don't know really what is the purpose of it, but it definitely puts everyone, like, thinking. >> with everything going on around the country it is something everyone has to watch out for. >> over the past 24 hours, schools have been alerting those students and telling them if you see anything suspicious, call police or security right away. in university city, i'm matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> after a wet and gloomy weekend, we are dry for now across most of our area. there's a live lo

we're rooting for la salle and drexel university as the colleges of the morning. we're looking at a cool down and may be frosty in some areas, i'll have that coming up. >> developing right now police in upstate new york are searching for suspects in the deadly shooting near syracuse university. the possible gunmen were seen running into a 160-acre cemetary. they are wanted for killing a 15-year-old boy and wounding a 17-year-old. there was a brief lockdown at the university that has been lifted. officials are asking the community to remain vigilant. >>> firefighters could get extra help battling wildfires. lockheed martin showed off their helicopter in idaho. with a push of the button, they can tell the helicopter to drop water. the base price is $5 million. >>> turning to accuweather, someplaces in the 40s. >> reporter: a few, and we've seen that a little bit over the last week or so. we could see that as we head into the weekend, probably worse numbers than that. storm tracker 6 live double scan imagery showing we're dry this morning. not much of a breeze, as we

some students on the campus of drexel university felt a little uneasy going into the school d day. >> i'm nervous like i'm not going to my one class over in center city. >> i feel like they should have canceled all classes today. >> every street corner there's at least tightened security. >> every class we go to we have to show id. >> reporter: some students think this should become standard procedure. >> stuff like this could happen all the time. you never really know. >> reporter: and commissioner ramsay said he had talk to the atf and those officials did not think that this threat was credible, but you can never be too safe. he's urging students and staff at local colleges to remain vigilant and follow that old motto if you see something, say something. lucy yes. >> acting out abundance of caution, thank you very much, jennifer. >>> in the dead of night teenaged girl and her grandparents buck county home recognized intruder and thank good she d this man shaye mcmichael broke into the house on forest avenue in bensalem last night. he was dressed in black, wearing a mask. they say he

the actions cam on the campus of drexel university taking a look at the drexel dragon tonight of theeather not so scary mild. 66 in philadelphia down from a high of 75, 5 degrees above normal. allentown and reading 60. millville 55. trenton 62. and wilmington 60. compare the temperatures with 24 hours ago, we're 8 degrees warmer in philadelphia, 12 degrees warmer in allentown. 10 degrees warmer in reading. part of the reason why last night we had completely clear skies, tonight we are dealing with some broken cirrus clouds from the west. when you get the cloud cover it acts as a blanket, and you can't get the radiational cooling. and that keeps only of the sun captured from the day close to the ground. tonight not as cool as last night. last night a lot of suburbs in the 40's. and 59 in center city, and last night in philadelphia dropped down to 52 degrees. so your forecast for school tomorrow, we're looking at loads of is unshine. for the bus stop in the morning a good idea to have a jacket and sweater, 63 degrees. at noon, 71 degrees. when the kid head home mild up to 76 degrees. e

the woman the car belongs to is a drexel university student who was robbed at gun point earlier that day while walking home. >> male pulls up on a bike, give me your purse. she resisted initially, he breaks the strap and punches her in the face. >> reporter: part of a string of robberies, carjackings and assaults spanning from the end of august to the end of september, involving one to three males that often targeted drexel stuntsd. students. there were 15 armed robberies in all, mostly women targeted, the suspect would run up behind him, show his weapon and he got away with a lot of purses and cell phones. >> i heard about it. i got alerts on my phone via powell, i think, the armed robberies. >> reporter: in many cases, the suspect were described as riding off on bikes. >> this was definitely, like, i -- we always get a few of them every term. but this was like a few nights in a row were we getting them. i thought, man, something's really going on. >> reporter: back to the surveillance video. just yesterday officers say they spotted the same teenager on 37th street and fairmont aven

live at drexel university with the detailed, david henrey. david. >>reporter: well ring walter, the threat is non specific and was as sarah mentioned posted on same message board that was apparently used by killer in that oregon massacre last week and it has local students here wondering whether or not they should go to class tomorrow. >>> no one really knows what to think about it. it's like i've never heal really heard anything about that before. i don't really know what to do. >> philadelphia area colleges have all worn students to be extra cautious. this was threat from spell tran. everyone is anonymous. they're posting last that praises gunman. on october 5, 1 p.m. central dime a fellow robot will take up arms at a university near philadelphia. frol authorities informed local schools today and they september out alerts to institute and staffs. >> it could be like st. joe's or penn s it like a bomb or a shooting. we don't know. >> the fbi says it issued warning out of abund apps of caution. it used a profile picture wlv appears to be a grinch in

have a 14 year-old boy in custody in connection with the series of 15 armed robberies near the drexel universitycampus. investigators say that the 14 year-old suspect is seen in this video attempting to use a victim's atm card inside a convenient store at 38th and aspen. philadelphia police say the suspect lives in the neighborhood. >> as he is walking in the store his shoulder went up to the push bar on the door, and we still expect him to be as the victim described 18 to 25 but shock to go learn that he was only 14 years of age. >> investigators say majority of the victims were female students, seven of the robberies happen in the last ten days. >>> a double shooting leaves one man dead and suspect gunman behind bars. the shots were fired in the 300 block of east windsor street in germantown around 6:30 last night. philadelphia police say a eight year-old was shot once mountain chest and kind at einstein medical center. the 29 year-old suspect was arrested after checking himself in the same hospital for a bullet wound to his rib cage. >>> police are investigating a homicide in the nicetown eye

. >>> the philadelphia man accused of killing a drexel university grad students goes before a judge.pect was told coming up. >> plus investigators stumble on a field of marijuana plants worth more than a million bucks. we'll tell where you. >> a special piece of literature that's dazzled people all over the world is now in philadelphia but only for a short time. we will show it to you. >> all right, we'll have those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here's what's happening on "action news" tuesday night. the five democratic presidential candidates vying for the party's nomination for president will battle it out this evening in las vegas. we'll have a live preview of the first democratic debate. >>> an elderly man attacked by two men standing at his front door. >>> montgomery county stepping up in its of the to prevent and treat drug abuse. >> democrat candidates hillary clinton, bernie sanders lincoln chafee and martin a.m. mole will debat

also authorities charge a teenager in connection with 15 robberies near the drexel university campuss seen in this video attesting to use victims atm card inside a connivance store -- convenience store. the suspect lives in that neighborhood investigators say the majority of the victims were female students. seven of the robberies happened in the last 10 days. q. deptford township investigating a suspected murder suicide heritage housing development on i would wood way at around eight:15 this morning. a 67 year old man called nine one one to report a shooting in the home. when officer arrived, they found the man and his 72 year old wife suffering from gun shot wounds. they were rushed to the hospital where doctors you will at a the ma l pronounced them dead. police have not relieved the name of this come it is a community for people over age of 55. >>> developing right now firefighters are on the scene of a building explosion and a fire in brooklyn, new york. one person is dead. three others are injured. authorities say the blasts happened while someone was changing out a, and second

. >>> an arrest on a late summer crime spree at drexel university, and what police say led them to the suspect. >>> i am ted greenberg. it's 5:30 on this sunday

drexel university is renameing its school in honor of a couple who donated doctor 45 million to the school. they gave that gift to help fund championships and professor johns. it will also help expand health pramgs from u.s. cities and fund global research. $45 million. >>> well, some burlington county police officers are dow jones pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month, of course, starting today, the police department patrol cars will display a breast cancer pink ribbon. they have that ribbon throughout the month of october. officers will wear such new design breast cancer awareness hat. you will see a photo of those yet. they'll have bus passes. the outside of the township police department will be lit up pink. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> you start with showers in the area, too, light scattered showers and a wet and windy weekend ahead and it looks like that's going to really get ramping up later today and tomorrow. right now, it's kind of quiet outside, cooler, too, clouds in place the temperatures are much cooler this morning a. lit

. >>> big gift for drexel university alum. dana dorn ship and her husband. they donated $45 million to the school. the donation will fund scholarships and professorships. it will expand health programs in u.s. cities as well as global research. >>> sheena, we're watching for changing conditions through the week. >> definitely. i think a lot of people when they wake up tomorrow morning, they will need a jacket. it's going to be chilly and windy. it already is outside right now. big changes tomorrow. cooler, windy, 63 degrees. we have a first alert weather day friday and saturday. heavy rain, high wind especially along the shore. we could see beach erosion. coastal flooding inland. flooding possibly too. we'll be watching that very closely. it wouldn't be until sunday or monday when we feel the effects of hurricane joaquin that would still give us heavy rain and high winds. so from about friday to monday, we're looking at windy, rainy conditions. we'll have all the updates on hurricane joaquin through the rest of the week and tomorrow morning. >> the latest at

. >> reporter: increased security measures are put in to place at drexel university and other campusesmebody could be just playing around with the schools in the area. trying to scare peechlt. >> reporter: some students say they have a decision to make monday. >> you have to be more safe than sorry. if you are uncomfortable with walking to class at that time i think it is understandable not to go to class. >> reporter: the fbi recommends that all students listen to any safety notices that come out of their campus police departments, and many of those departments are working with surrounding law enforcement to step up patrols on those campuses. in villanova, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >>> local civil rights leader swrerry mondesire has died. he passed away this evening at jefferson hospital. he suffered a brain aneurysm while having dialysis. he was famous for his cowboy hats, boots and pointed activism. he took over the local naacp chapter in 1991. the national office suspended him last year after he was accuseed of misusing funds. he started the weekly newspaper "the philadelphia sund

the university of pennsylvania, temple university, and drexel university sent out alerts. authorities say they had no knowledge of specific threat to students or to a particular univeristy. one student shared her thoughts about the threat. >>: of the recent things i've been gone in on its a scary thing that happened in our campus. >> vicki: a statement on drexel's website says the threat came from "a recent social media posting" after last week's shooting at umpqua community college in oregon. the schools plan to operate normally monday.and students are urged to report any suspicious activity. >> vicki: a suspect arrested in mexico for his role in a double- homicide. we'll show you how bay area law enforcement had a hand in bringing him in. >> reporter: 8 warm up coming our way of will have forecast coming >> vicki: a man has been extradited from mexico for his role in a shooting that left a four-year-old girl dead. watsonville, california police -- along with the f-b-i -- made the announcement yesterday. erika mahoney has the details. >> brian: a potent storm system that

. >>> meantime tonight police are investigate gatin gating gat gas near the drexel university campus. one of the victims is a drexel student. >> diana rocco is live with more from police tonight. die nan. >> jessica, we did speak with that drexel student just a short time ago. the victim in the latest robbery here. she said she's shaken but she's going to be okay. meanwhile, police are warning all drexel students not to walk alone. after a rash of robberies north and west of campus. police are looking for this man believed to be one of at least two or three suspects police say are targeting drexel students robbing them at gun point as they walk off campus. police say there have been seven robberies in the last 10 days. >> majority of them have one or two persons on bike, and all the instants that are ewing hasn't gun. so we're concern because obviously these are college student. >> latest incident happened wednesday morning before 7:00 off camera the 21 year old victim tells "eyewitness news" she was walking to work on the 400 block of powelton avenue. she walk by the suspect on a nea

federal agents warned official that ten temple and drexel universities at threat posted on social media and said violence would take place at school near philadelphia. at 2:00 this afternoon police at drexel say, quote, extra precautions are being taken today and new this hour the fbi tells us no local schools or universities here in new england are part of this threat. first respondeners new hampshire spent part of the weekend training for shooting and emergency crews participated in a drill at goffstown high school and drill involved evacuating classrooms, treating victims and tracking down two mock gunman and training like this is part the job now and lessons learn from the drill also apply to or roof collapse at a school. >> man shot and killed in boston was father of two in hyannis. no one has been charged but police believe randall targeted and aunt tells the harold rantal has two young sons and no idea why he would have been in boston at the time he was killed. >>> boston police hope surveillance pictures will help identify the suspect accused of carjacking a woman in the south e

university near the city, university of pennsylvania temple university, and directions did --drexel university are owl all on, all right. >> the ?al small community college in oregon, will reopen its doors today to provide counseling to those in need, classes at umpqua resume until next week, the community of rose berg, oregon coming together. the gun gunman shot and killed 9 people and injured 9 others thursday before killing himself. >> gun control a huge issue on presidential candidate a minds. >> today, hillary clinton will unvail her plan to keep weapons out of the hands of the wrong people, and she made news of a lighter note over the week. >> appearing on snl, let's start with gun control proposal, she will unveil her plans today, during a campaign stop in new hampshire, saying that bold gun control proposal are aimed at stopping the next massacre, just days after she said she wanted to lead a national movement to counter the in nra . less than a week after an an oregon student opened fire killing 9 unveiling new measures. amount offed at making it testifier to buy a weapon in u.s. >> w

so he's using the mind kare kiosk to help drexel university's tech-savvy students who may be suffering. "having the kiosk, they get to take charge of it, that information is known only to them, it's totally confidential, totally anonymous, it's free, it's quick." quick enough that anyone who answers some questions gets immediate feedback about whether they have a problem, and, if necessary, the numbers to call and places to go for help. "i hope first off it makes them realize that mental health, um taking care of that is not something to be ashamed about, it's something you can talk about." "we want you to survive this experiment called school we don't want you to just make us look good we want you get through this in one piece and thrive." it's the first of its kind in the nation, but drexel officials don't want it to stop here. they want to save as many lives as possible. i'm martie salt reporting. trt 1.32 oc all parts of building a new high school in iowa city are on track to be done on time. sophomores school to go to for the last two years of school. a school district in cedar ra

so he's using the mind kare kiosk to help drexel university's tech-savvy students who may be suffering. "having the kiosk, they get to take charge of it, that information is known only to them, it's totally confidential, totally anonymous, it's free, it's quick." quick enough that anyone who answers some questions gets immediate feedback about whether they have a problem, and, if necessary, the numbers "i hope first off it makes them realize that mental health, um taking care of that is not something to be ashamed about, it's something you can talk about." "we want you to survive this experiment called school we don't want you to just make us look good we want you get through this in one piece and thrive." it's the first of its kind in the nation, but drexel officials don't want it to stop here. they want to save as many lives as possible. i'm martie salt reporting. trt 1.32 oc unitypoint health is expanding in central iowa. the des moines register reports unitypoint broke ground on a new medical park in ankeny last week. the facility will be at the corner of northeast 36th street and

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. >> a 14-year-old was arrested for 15 armed robberies around drexel university.use of his age we're not showing his face. tip calls came in after police released this surveillance video of the suspect using a credit card he strong armed from a victim at 40th and preston. >>> meteorologist karen rogers has the workweek outlet -- out look, including the return of sun. >> an online threat is creating concern at local colleges, how campuses are responding. matt. >> happening now on "action news," local campuses are on alert. there's a threat posted against schools here on the same site used by last week's college killer in oregon. >> catastrophic flooding swamps south carolina. we have video of daring rescues made during the powerful rainstorms. >> philadelphia has lost a local civil rights leader, we'll look back at the life and e and legacy of jeer mondesire. david murphy is off, matt pellman is here with traffic, karen rogers is outside, good morning. >> reporter: it's cold out here, 44 in kennett square and saint davids. 52 in the city. 49 in levittown. 49 in bro

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philadelphia police say they've arrested a person behind a string of gunpoint robberies around drexel universitythe suspect is 14 year old. >> that is a shocking element. 14 year old and the police say that teen is responsible for 15 armed robberies in 30 days. they say he was threatening many of the victims with a handgun baby a bb gun and beat them with his fist. he was identified after this video was relieved showing him trying to use a stolen atm card. >>> us coast guards say they found a live ring that belongs to a cargo ship that went missing during hurricane joaquin. officials will be back out searching today. the cargo ship with 33 crew members on board of the lost power and communication on thursday right in the path of the hurricane. the coast guard says the live ring found was that 70 miles northeast of the last known position of the ship. >> high ranking decided -- was just fired after coming out as gay. this happened just hours before a three week long meeting of business shops from bishops all around. this meeting is to discuss churches teaching on the family. the timing of monsign

and now get this the university of pennsylvania, temple, and drexel universities.he fbi urged students to report anything that looks suspicious. the oregon community college were last week's massacre that unfolded and that classes, they will not start until this week, but today, the grief counselors were on hand to meet with students and faculty. and ten people were killed. nine others injured during the rampage at umpqua community college. and the community college, they would spark the other round of the debates over the gun control and at that town hall meeting. the democratic presidential candidate that hillary clinton said she is determined to make the universal background checks a reality. >> it is time for us to say wait a minute, we're better than this. and our country is better than this. and that there are steps we could take that will improve gun safety and further the prevention of violence by gun. >> clinton goes on to say that if you elect president, that they may use their action to update the background checks to account for internet and gun show sa

. >> drexel university say the threat was made on social media some time after the campus shooting inregon. the philadelphia schools are open today but students are being told to report anything that looks suspicious. >> a terrifying account of the oregon college massacre. tracy hugh is alive because she played dead. >> she's a mother of three and she was shot in the hand. she spoke exclusively to cnn about the horrific ordeal. she said the gunman, when all of this was happening, was calm, even seemed happy, if you can believe it. showed no mercy, even for a woman confined to a wheelchair. here's some of her account of what happened in that classroom. >> i was sitting in the front of the classroom, facing the teacher when everything happened. he just came in and shot towards the back of the wall and told everybody to get in the center of the room. >> reporter: so, de hit anyone when he first shot that first attention? >> no, he just got everybody's attention. everybody looked over to the door. and he had guns with him and he was armed. he had a bell et-proof vest on. he didn't seem li

university of pennsylvania, temple uversity and drexel university all sent alerts and the throat was social media following the deadly shooting in oregon and it did not mention a specific school but it did mention a specific time: 11 o'clock our time this morning. >> were what today, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is taking her campaign into the gun control debate and is expected to unveil new proposals to cut down on gun violence at a campaign stop in new hampshire today. she will scale for universal background checks for all buyers and require sellers to follow the same laws as retailers. she plans to push for repeal of legislation that shields manufacturers and dealers from lawsuits. >> kids in bay area invited to a party in honor of madyson middleton from santa cruz, which would have been her 9th birthday. she was kidnapped and sexually assault asked strangled in july. the 15-year-old neighborhood adrian gonzalez is facing murder charges. her mother is throwing a big party at the park in santa cruz from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. with bounce houses and a petting zoo. sh

extra heavy security, that online threat caused major disruptions here at drexel university and colleges around the delaware valley. >> i was like oh, shoot, like what. i going to do tomorrow? i was honestly really scared. >> reporter: a lot of students were frightened by the warning from the fbi and atf. many skipped classes today. >> i went to my first class and there were barely anybody was there and so my teachers ended up canceling the rest of the day. >> they didn't exactly cancel classes which i found surprising but a lot of teachers said if you don't feel comfortable don't go to classes which a lot of us didn't do. >> reporter: schools throughout the delaware valley amped up security and got supplemental patrols from local police. radnor township added officers to the shift dan patrolled four college campus. they take all threats seriously but this one stood out. >> and what's really amplifying this is that the threat is coming off the same social media web site that happened with the tragic shootings in oregon last week u the threat was poster on 4chan the same message board tha

. >>> authorities charged a teenage inner connection with 15 robberies near drexel university campus.investigators say the 14 year-old suspect is seen in this video attempting to use a victim's atm card inside a convenient store. this happened at 38th and aspen. philadelphia a police tell us that the suspect lives in the neighborhood. >>> he is walking out of the store we noticed he was short because his shoulder went up to the push bar on the door. we still expect him to be as the the victim described 18 to 25 but we were shocked when we learn he was only 14 years of age. >> majority of the victims were female students. seven robberies happen in the last ten days. >>> father of the gunman who killed nine people at a oregon community college, says that he had no idea that his son had guns. he also believed gun laws should change. iain mercer said he is struggling to understand how and why that shooting occur. the christopher shawn harper mercer had had 14 guns and took six to campus. ten people died in that shooting, including the gun man. the officials say harper mercer took his own

year-old boy in custody this morning in connection with the series of 15 armed robberies near drexel university campus. investigators say that the 14 year-old suspect is seen in this video attempting to use the victim's at in m card inside a convenience store at 38th and aspen. philadelphia police say that suspect lives in the neighborhood. >> just walking out of the store we noticed he was short. his shoulder went up to the push bar on the door. we still expected him to be as rick tim described eight to 25 but we were shock to go learn when we brought him in custody he was only 14 years of age. >> investigators say majority of the victims were female students. seven of the robberies happened in the last ten days. >>> and a double shooting leaves one man dead and suspects gunman is behind bars. shots were fired in the 300 block of east wistar street in germantown around six credit 30 last night. philadelphia police say a 19 year-old was shot once in the chest and died at einstein medical center. twenty-nine year-old suspect was arrested after checking himself in the same hospital for a bullet w

. >>> meantime police are investigating a string of arm robberies near drexel university campus. one victim is a drexel student. "eyewitness news" reporter diana being owe has more from police. >> reporter: police are looking for this man believed to be one of at least two or three suspects police say are tarring drexel students robbing them at gunpoint as they walk off campus. police say there have been seven robberies in the the last ten days. >> majority have been one or two persons on a bike and all incidents they are using a handgun, so we're concerned because there is a college student. >> reporter: latest incident happened wednesday morning before 7:00 off camera the the 21 year-old victim told "eyewitness news" she was walking to work on the 400 block of powellton avenue. she walk by on a nearby porch, showed a gun and tried to take her purse. she foot back and he punched her numerous times fleeing on foot. she caught up to him and he struck her again, threatening to kill her. >> we have six other robberies between fourth yet and fourth second of powellton avenue up to fa

. >>> police are investigating a a string of armed robberies near the drexel university campus. the one of the victims is a drexel student. "eyewitness news" reporter diana a rocco now has more. >> reporter: police are looking for this man believed to be one of at least two or three suspects police say are targeting drexel students robbing them at gunpoint as they walk off campus. police say there have been seven robberies in the last ten days. >> the majority have been one or two persons on a bike, and they will all of the incident they are using a handgun. so we're concerned because these are college students. >> reporter: latest incident happened wednesday morning before 7:00 off camera the the 21 year-old victim told "eyewitness news" she was walking to work on the the 400 block of powellton avenue. she walked by a nearby porch where he followed her, showed a gun and tried to take her purse. she for the back and punched her numerous times fleeing on foot. he struck her again, threatening to kill her. >> we also have six other robberies in that area between 40th and forty-sec

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university in the area. the threat was posted on social media. students at temple, drexel, and the university of pennsylvania and other area colleges were told about it by administrators and university police. >>> well, it took three plus years of work and failure to make yesterday's final drive at fedex field possible. that according to kirk cousins, who marched the skins 90 yards down the field. down four points to the eagles. cousins showed poise. acted like he had been there before. fired to pierre garcon. talk about a catch. garcon gets stood up by a defender. manages to hold on. redskins hold on. as a result, despite blowing a 13po int lead, the final 23-20. >> keep working and stay together. you know, we have high expectations. but it's a process. we will just keep going one day at time, one week at a time, one game at a time. >> they head to atlanta to face the 4-0 falcons. >>> still ahead on 9 news at noon, the first monday in october means a new session for the u.s. supreme court. we will tell you about a decision on a notorious case out of charlottesville. >>> p

the university of pennsylvania, temple university, and drexel university all sent out the alert. i warned them a social media posting threatened some sort of violence. what happened at 2:00 this afternoon against a university near philadelphia. the cools plan to operate normally today but students are being urged to report any suspicious activity. >>> students at summerville high school they go back to class today after four students reporteddedly planned a mass shooting there last week. the plot was foiled but a lot of parents are upset about the way they were told about this potential attack. most of them received a voice message on thursday but they didn't know how serious the threat was. several parents actually posted their concerns on social media. >> i got a text from my son who lives in washington asking me what is going on about this shooting plot. what shooting plot? if we can find some way to notify parents, just you know not to scare us but to let us know exactly what is going on. >> now the school superintendent says the voice message was deliberately vague because th

a doctor of sociology at drexel university who studies religion and the catholic church joins us. doctor, a lot going on in this whole scenario, trying to weave through all this? what's your take? >> our country is divided across liberal and conservative at the moment, as we know. traditional catholic teaching doesn't coincide with those categories very neatly so that on social issues like equality and poverty, the traditional catholic teaching is very liberal. it's much more conservative on issues of gender ond sexuality. so we're looking at what the pope is doing from our own perspective. >> it's interesting that you say that, because this pope has been labelled as the open-minded liberal pope. but you point out his views are pretty much in line with the catholic church. so are our expectations too high in expecting him to be something he's not? >> this pope, if you look at liberal catholic perspective, was something very different in his emphasize in catholic social teaching which was all there on all the previous popes as well and not so emphasized by francis. i think expectat

officers will be trained to carry weapons, this comes after a two-year security assessment by the university. drexeltemple and upenn have already armed police officers on campus. >>> new information tonight about a doctor from south jersey found dead in a manhattan apartment. kirstin overdosed on cocaine and alcohol. she was originally from washington township in gloucester county, she worked as a dermatologist in new york. police questioned two men including one thought to be her boyfriend, neither is expected to face charges. >>> if you have a drone, you may have to register it with the government soon. a task force will create guidelines for a national drone registry in about a month. the goal is to get the program started before the end of the holiday season, when about 1 million drones are expected to be sold. incidents involving drones are on the rise. that puts the pressure on officials to better regulate them. >>> this cold snap's about to break, i'm watching when temperatures will jump into the 70s and how long warmer air will stick around. >>> why this homecoming video is brings tears to e