live at hahnemann university hospital. cbs3, eyewitness news. >> thank you very much. now this elevator accident happened just after a hearing from monsignor william lynn he will be retried on child endangerment charges may of next year. lynn was released from prison tuesday convicted of the way he handled complaints that priests were molesting children and state supreme court over turned that conviction last week. lynn is free on bail right now and living with relatives. >>> also, reputed philly mob boss joey marlino is among 46 peopleen indicted in connection with crime activity arrested in palm beach county florida and appeared before a federal judge. wide ranging charges include racketeering, conspiracy, arson and firearms trafficking and the mafia family operated in new york, pennsylvania, massachusetts and florida over the last six years. >>> philadelphia police need help finding a man wanted for attacking a woman in kensington and that's not the only crime he's accused of committing. this is surveillance "essence"of the man they're looking for. police say he gra

live at hahnemann university hospital. cbs3, eyewitness news. >> thank you very much. now this elevator accident happened just after a hearing from monsignor william lynn he will be retried on child endangerment charges may of next year. lynn was released from prison tuesday convicted of the way he handled complaints that priests were molesting children and state supreme court over turned that conviction last week. lynn is free on bail right now and living with relatives. >>> also, reputed philly mob boss joey marlino is among 46 peopleen indicted in connection with crime activity arrested in palm beach county florida and appeared before a federal judge. wide ranging charges include racketeering, conspiracy, arson and firearms trafficking and the mafia family operated in new york, pennsylvania, massachusetts and florida over the last six years. >>> philadelphia police need help finding a man wanted for attacking a woman in kensington and that's not the only crime he's accused of committing. this is surveillance "essence"of the man they're looking for. police say he gra

doctor andreas is usually in the operating room at hahnemann but the surgeon is suddenly a cancer patient getting immuno therapy. doctor c was diagnosed with leukemia, two weeks ago. >> i was a little bit shocking in the beginning because you are 50, you are in good health, you work in the hospital, you are supposed to be the picture of health. >> reporter: until he noticed bruising and swelling and felt tired. >> what is it like being a doctor and now being a patient, that role refersal. >> it is a humbling in the future. if anything will make me a better physician, helping me treat my patient better. >> reporter: friend and collogue doctor david stein says surgery department was stunned when doctor c was diagnosed. >> this is probably one of the most devastating pieces of news i have ever heard and when you get this devastating news, how do you act when you do? it is all prompting to us do something. >> reporter: they turned shock into action quickly organized this blood drive. >> not just to serve andreas or hahnemann but to serve the american red cross and all of the needs throughout

>> i don't know, something, exploded inside the he will said or. >> whisk away in shock to hahnemann hospital for treatment. hours later our camera was outside hahnemann when smith was released and headed home, no doubt, relieved. >> good? you're okay? >> city records show all cjc elevators passed inspections back in june, the malfunction cause is now under state investigation. and looking live here at the cjc, which again is closed today, at the city's recommendation, the state department of industry and labor is investigating, and the department of lins cents and inspections mandate that the elevators here be re-certified as well as repaired before they reopen for business on monday, again, sergeant owens is recovering now, from surgery, at hahnemann hospital. live here in center city, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", jan, brooke, back into you. >> thanks, justin. the elevator accident happened just after a hearing for more senior william lynn, retried on child endangerment charges in may of next year. lynn was released from prison on tuesday, he was convicted for the way i

police rush him to hahnemann university hospital where he is in critical condition. authorities not sure why someone targeted this man but they are considering robbery as a motive, police have not named any suspects. >>> in center city criminal justice center area will reopen after close fog three days because of an elevator accident. sheriff's sergeant is in critical condition at the elevator he was riding on on thursday crashed through the concrete ceiling of the elevator shaft. debris fell on the second elevator hurting a woman inside. doctors treated and released her thursday. both elevators, are out of services now, while the investigation, continues. >>> johnson and johnson heading back to court. hearings start in the first of hundreds of new jersey trials, linking the company's use of tall couple powder to cancer. earlier johnson and johnson was ordered to pay 72 million-dollar to the family of the woman who died of ovarian cancer. doctors say it was one link to her use of baby powder and shower to shower for dozens of years. new jersey is the third state to t

sergeant paul owens continues recovery at hahnemann hospital today. sheriff jewel williams paid a visit. >> he is in a lot of pain. his family is there with him, his mother and his wife. >> reporter: the veteran recovering from surgery, broken bones, head trauma, internal bleeding after the chaotic thursday morning at the criminal justice center. "eyewitness news" was there at the philadelphia police and fire department responded, and evacuated hundreds from the cjc. >> all we heard was a big bang, we just grabbed our stuff and just left. my supervisor said let's go. >> the mayor's office reports staff elevator car crashing up and through a shaft ceiling at the justice center penthouse. sergeant owens age 48 was inside. then, debris from that collision smashed onto a second car below. the only court staffer inside. >> what happened? >> i don't know. something exploded inside the elevator. >> then whisk away in shock to hahnemann hospital for treatment, hours later our camera was outside hahnemann when smith released and headed home. no doubt relieved.

. >> the philadelphia fire department took over and rushed the passenger to hahnemann hospital.ected to be released soon. >>> septa officials say they're testing some of the newly fixed silver liner five cars this weekend. if all goes as planned, the replaced cars will be rolled out into full service but that could still take a few weeks. to help offset the delays, septa is increasing express bus service along regional rail lines, is this due to a faulty design in the rail cars that led to cracks on the equal >>> it is a major move in an effort to protect the nation's blood supply. nicole brewer is joining us and nicole you talked to a local daughter >> i did and priestly fda had limited the requirement to puerto rican and two florida counties. the new means all u.s. states and territories will need to begin this testing. >> at the american red cross faith blood is their business and soon that will conclude universal testing for zika. >> i was actually worried about them when we brought them out. >> we're think about having another child growing our family, so definitely it conc

we have two reports tonight and sara bloomquist is live at hahnemann hospital but first john rawlins is live outside of the cjc. have investigators find out what caused the accident? >> they know what occurred an ascending rapid decent of an elevator car. but they are not saying if they know why or if they have ever investigated a similar incident. that apparently is its policy. occupants rushed out and first responders rushed in. something terrible rocked the building. >> nobody told us anything we were on the 11th floor and heard a loud explosion. a loud boom. >> it wasn't an explosion but a bizarre chain reaction involving two elevators, two people sent the to the hospital a court employee later released and a more seriously injured sergeant in the sheriff's department. >> i think it was an upper floor. >> this shows two elevator cars in a common shaft. one car sling shotted upward with such speed and force it breached the concrete ceiling and that is the machine room or penthouse, heavy debris from that impact rained down more than 100 feet on to the car that the employee was rid

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. >> the philadelphia fire department took over and rushed the passenger to hahnemann hospital.e is expected to be released soon. >>> septa officials say they're testing some of the newly fixed silver liner five cars this weekend. if all goes as planned, the replaced cars will be rolled out into full service but that could still take a few weeks. to help offset the delays, septa is increasing express bus service along regional rail lines, is this due to a faulty design in the rail cars that led to cracks on the equal >>> it is a major move in an effort to protect the nation's blood supply. nicole brewer is joining us and nicole you talked to a local daughter >> i did and priestly fda had limited the requirement to puerto rican and two florida counties. the new means all u.s. states and territories will need to begin this testing. >> at the american red cross faith blood is their business and soon that will conclude universal testing for zika. >> i was actually worried about them when we brought them out. >> we're think about having another child growing our family, so definitely

"action news" reporter dann cuellar live in hahnemann university hospital. dann, you're learning more about that sheriff's deputy who's laying in a hospital bed right now, aren't you? >> reporter: that's right, monica. the sheriff's department sergeant remains in critical -- he's in very bad shape. he had been in surgery for most of the evening. and a court clerk had since been treated and released. meanwhile, investigators say one of the two elevators involved in the mishap did something it was not supposed to do and they want to know why. this is 48-year-old sheriff sergeant paul owens. he was the one who took the brunt of the injuries. >> he's in pretty bad shape. several broken bones in his back. >> reporter: beverly smith, a court clerk, was released from the hospital, giving reporters a thumb's up and waving. she suffered only minor injuries in this morning's alarming elevator malfunction at the criminal justice center that some at first mistakenly thought was caused by an explosion. >> no one told us anything, but we were on another floor and we heard

turn shock into action quickly organizing this blood drive. >> not the just to serve andreas or hahnemanno serve the american red cross and needs throughout philadelphia. >> reporter: blood collected here will go to the red cross and be available to everyone and doctor c if he needs it the for transfusions. peel all over the hospital were eager to donate and show their support. >> it is nice to know that you have so many people that care about you. >> reporter: including his wife and eight year-old son who keep him company and entertain during weekly infusions. >> who is better cook mommy or daddy. >> mommy. >> hoist better driver. >> mommy. >> who is better surgeon. >> daddy. >> doctor c hopes to be back doing surgery as soon as he can following this 12 week round of immuno therapy, will need a bone marrow transplant. they are starting new to look for suitable donors. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> coming up in the next half an hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news" seeing red in a blue state, donald trump sees vote shore hasn't voted for a g.o.p. presidential candidate in al

leaves slowly start to cool things backup but tucker highs to mar 85 in san jose 75 on view 87 the hahnemann livermore. a 60 sampras's coat and then 60 have been made. 73 san mateo 69 the hahnemann oakland and then mild conditions expected 73 vallejo's 64 napa 76 and petaluma temperatures in the high seventies for sarah's up. the drop of a little bit into thursday friday low 80s and then a slight cooling trend after temperatures reached the peak tomorrow and then around the base seven days for us of the next close to the coast. and then sunday forecast goes by saturday morning fog was a sunny skies and then we returned back to the mid '80s as we go into early next week and then no chance of rain forests of we will have a closer look what to expect dramatic temperature difference. >> grant: 59 year-old discharges to people some hospitals 66 tilden fair condition for year- old and critical condition in some presses so out. the tear will see develop air. >> reporter:kron4's haaziq madyun went to richmond to find out where the money is coming from. celeste guap says she is going to a rehab facil

sara bloomquist is live at hahnemann hospital with more on the victims tonight. >> reporter: the 48-year-old sheriff's deputy paul owens remains here we are told he is heading into surgery because he suffered broken bones in his back and the investigation continues into why the elevator sergeant owens was driving in shot up the roof of the cjc consider morning. officers and family members rushed to paulo -- owens side. it was around 10:30 this morning when the people at the criminal justice center heard what some thought was an explosion. >> it was a loud noise, so fast and so quick. we didn't know what to do. >> an announcement came over the loud speaker telling everyone to evacuate. >> the court is shutting down all operations for the remainder of the day. >> we know that sergeant owens just left the hearing for monsignor william lynn. and the car moved upwards with such force it breached the ceiling and the debris rained down more than 100 feet on the elevator on the right carrying smith. >> it was the top most section of one of the elevators and the woman was on the bottom section of the

that motorcyclist taken to a local hospital, hahnemann, being treated there. all lanes of the schuylkill were blocked for about 30, 35 minute or so. luckily, i jump off at montgomery drive, made my way in. this was the scene of the closure point at one point, but again, everything is open on the schuylkill. we're still closed on the vine street expressway between the schuylkill and broad with the overnight construction. chris, lauren, back over to you. >> we start with breaking news out of west philadelphia this morning, police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead. police tell us it started as a break n right to dave kinchen live at the scene now, dave, what's the latest? >> reporter: crews on the scene. we can tell you, let me step out of the way, you can see investigators here with the crime scene units, still working this case here. after a man was killed breaking into the home of his ex, and her new partner, this all happened in a second floor front bedroom just after midnight on the 800 block of north month co-street. police say a 33 yea

. >> reporter: good morning, tam, a sheriff's deputy was in surgery in had hahnemann univery hospital and he remains here this morning with serious injuries caused by the elevator malfunction. court clerk gave reporters the thumbs up as she was released from had hanheman university hospital with minor injuries. paul owens remains in the hospital overnight. his injuries more serious. >> he is in bad shape. several broken bones in his back. >> reporter: first responders rushed to the criminal justice center at 13th and filbert around 10:20 after a malfunction in the elevator used by court house workers and jurors. >> nobody hold us anything, we were on the 11th floor and heard a loud boom. >> reporter: this diagram gives you an idea what happened. the sergeant was in a car in the left, it slingshotted upward. heavy debris rained down on the elevator that smith was in forcing that car down. the elevator in question was inspected in june, it is unclear what triggered this event. >> the operation or the malfunction of the elevator we're not clear on, we're calling the experts to look into

we have video of that woman being transported to hahnemann hospital in a stretcher.as alert and talking to us and appeared to be okay. the philly fire department is telling us that she was taken to hahnemann hospital as a precaution. we also spoke this morning with the philadelphia sheriff, with the sheriff's office. here's what he told us. >> just know that our sheriffs heard a loud boom and went to the scene and found out there was a lady inside the elevator, who was asking for help. >> reporter: as you can imagine, as you can see, this is still a very active scene. everyone is still evacuated here on fillberg street between broad and 13th street. as far as we know, investigators will be inside the criminal justice center here for much of the afternoon, at least the beginning part of the afternoon, as they continue to sort this out. again, a few details in this case, but what we do know, two people were injured. the extent of their injuries, that's what we're working to find out. we'll continue to stay on top of this, and we'll be bringing you updates throughout th

both victims are at hahnemann hospital in stable condition and no arrests have been made in the shooting. >>> coming up at 6:07 this morning jury selection gets underway in the montgomery county courtroom in the trial for attorney general kathleen kane. >> pennsylvania's attorney general kane answering allegations of corruption, perjury and abuse of power. dave kinchen is live in norristown where proceedings are set to begin at 9:00 this morning where jury selection will get underway and all eyes will be on what happens with kathleen kaine, as she defend against these accusations. >> we will check in with him in a little bit. >>> in center city the criminal justice center will be reopened today after being close forward three days because of an elevator incident. sheriff's sergeant is still in critical condition following the accident on thursday. elevator he was riding in crashed in the concrete ceiling of the elevator shaft. the debris felon to a second elevator hurting a woman inside that elevator and she was treated and released from the hospital though. both elevators involved are o

. >> reporter: philadelphia fire department took over and rush the passenger to hahnemann university hospital. at last check incredibly he is in stable condition, and expected to be okay. >>> your commute on septa could soon get faster. officials say they are testing some of the newly fixed silver liner five cars this weekend. if all goes as planned replaced cars will be rolled out of full service but that could take a full weeks. septa is increasing express bus services along regional rail routes all due to the the faulty design in the the railcars that led to the crack on equalizer beams, in more than 120 cars. >>> growing concerns over zika helps prompt f.d.a. to advise all u.s. blood banks to start screening for the virus. major move in an effort to protect nation's blood supply. our nicole brewer talk with local doctors about this new develop. >> good a afternoon american red cross. >> reporter: at american red cross, bloodies their business and that will include universal testing for zika a vei are you that has many looking for mosquitoes in a whole new way. >> i was worried ab

police rush him to hahnemann university hospital where he is in critical condition. authorities are in the sure why someone targeted this man but they are considering robbery as a motive. police have not named any suspects. the criminal justice center will reopen after close forgo three days because of an elevator accident. sheriff's sergeant is still in critical condition after the elevator crash right through concrete ceiling of elevator shaft. debris felon to a second elevator hurting a woman inside. doctors and treated and released her on thursday. both elevators involved are out of service while the investigation continues. >>> johnson and johnson heading back to court hearing start in the first of hundreds of new jersey trials linking the company to talc powder to cancer. earlier this year johnson and johnson was ordered to pay 72 million-dollar to the family of the woman who died of ovarian cancer. doctors say the cancer was link to her use of the baby powder and shower to shower for dozens of the years. new jersey is third state to try to talc powder cancer c

as for the two victims, the one you saw is a court employee, she was taken to hahnemann with minor injuries and taken there for minor injuries. the other is a sheriff'sdeputy, a sergeant we don't know what his injuries are. we don't know anything else yet, but they say some sort of malfunction. >> sounds like we'll follow that throughout the day. thank you. >>> the accidents at the criminal justice septemberer happened just after a former church official was there for a court appearance. monsignor lynn learned his new court date. he was the first american church official ever convicted of covering up child sex abuse and was released on monday when his decision was overturned. seth williams insisted on retrying the case. >>> time now to check the accuweather forecast. we have another day of comfortable weather before the humidity climbs back up again. going live outside sky 6 hd showing us a beautiful sunny skies over center city this afternoon. david murphy is tracking our latest conditions from the terrace. >> another great day in the neighborhood no doubt about that. sunshine and fair wea

we caught up with sheriff joe williams outside hahnemann university on his way to visit sergeant owens. >> he is in pretty bad shape. several broken bones in his back and he is on his way to surgery. >> reporter: startling moments thursday morning with no clear answers, as to what went wrong. >> i was in the basement. so i don't think it went anywhere. then it just fell down on top of the elevator and exploded. >> reporter: what happened? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: and now the state department of labor and industry is the lead on this investigation. they had inspectors looking at these elevators and they are trying to determine along with other inspectors how this all happen. coming up at 6:00 latest on when these elevators were inspect and if they have passed, i'll see new 30 minutes for that part of the story. live from center city, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> see you again soon, thank you very much. >>> a new trial date has been set for monsignor william lynn just two days after he was released from prison. former philadelphia catholic church official served near

she only had minor injuries but still taken to hahnemann. deputy commissioner jessie wilson picks up the narrative. >> there is evidence of structural failure, debris from that failure fell down the common shaft and hit the second elevator, whether it was mechanical or structural, we ruled out other things like explosives. >> reporter: a lot we still don't know, what caused the initial failure here, the vjc is closed for the day because the of elevator situation here and inspectors from the state department of labor and industry are here as well as the city lni, to try and determine what caused this mishap and two people are injured as we say win a sergeant in the sheriff's department is seriously injured. >> john thank you. >>> the philadelphia police are looking for help finding a man of beating and assaulting several women in kensington and one of those women died. gray hall joins us live in hunting park with the details. >> reporter: sara, really frightening situation, police say in one of those sexual assault cases, the woman was choked

and rushed to hahnemann hospital. that happened just in the last half hour. he's not identified just yet. but, of course this was an all hands on deck emergency response, the fire department, the sheriff's department on the scene, and of course, the medics, and as the medics were moving up into the building, we are understanding that the sergeant from the sheriff's department was injured separately from the first injury, woman in the basement, she says, when something went wrong with the elevator. she tells us that debris fell on her, we spoke to her, as she was being wheeled into the back after ambulance, have a listen. >> reporter: ma'am, are you okay? what happened? >> i don't know, something exploded inside the elevator. >> what are your injuries? >> i don't know, that's why they're taking me to the hospital. >> how many floors did you fall? >> i was in the basement. i don't think it went anywhere. fell down on top of the elevator, exploded. >> and to set the scene for you, as we were interviewing monsignor lynn's criminal defense attorney, people were sp

he has been rushed to hahnemann hospital and police are looking for a black colorado vehicle with newsey tags in connection with the shooting. >>> police in philadelphia also investigating a shooting that ended with three people injured. this one happened this morning at 9:30 on the 100 block of south 55th street in west philadelphia. investigators say two adultses and one teacher were shot at this hour, one of the adults remain in critical condition. at pen presbyterian. the teenager was rushed to saint christopher's hospital in stable condition. >>> police say they have made arrests but no further details have been released at this time. >>> police in philadelphia have arrested a man and charged him with dui after they say he sped off after hitting and killing a woman in a wheelchair. on mascher is that your in lehigh avenue in north philadelphia. a pedestrian with the woman was able to identify the driver. he's also been charged with homicide by vehicle. >>> police in bethlehem are investigating a deadly crash up there. it happened just before midnight last night. on route 22 in ha

investigate, and elevator mishap that sent two people to the hospital and, recovering, from surgery, and a hahnemann hospital. and, they elevator she was riding in, shot up from the, flew the ceiling at the shaft. and, police, to a second elevator in the basement. >>> and, shoe now admits she was about this video. trump tweeted it was the the hostage plane in geneva switzerland not the plane carrying 400 million-dollar, cash, going to iran. and, apologizing or refusal to endorse paul ryan and other establishment republicans. now, and, wisconsin governor scott walker and senator rob johnson said they still support trump but they are skipping his rally in green bay wisconsin this evening. harry reid says republicans must back trump or risk losing g.o.p. majorities in the house and senate. >> he is the nominee of the republican party, and they are stuck with him. >> trump's electoral map is had shrinking not only is he trailing in the poles of battle ground states this week but his numbers are beginning to fall, in traditional republican states. and, hillary clinton now holds the four-point lead in geo

. >> reporter: philly fire hen takes over and rushes passenger to hahnemann university hospital. >> you always hope for best and do what you can. >> do what you train to do and hope in the end he is okay. >> reporter: so what happened to that passenger. septa officials say after being rushed to the hospital, incredibly he is now in stable condition and could still be released. reporting here from the market frankford line i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> quite a story, thank you. >>> septa officials are testing newly fit silver line's cars this weekend. if all goes as planned replaced cars will be rolled out into full service but that could still take a a few weeks to off set delays that has announced increased press bus services along affect regional rail lines and this is all due you to a faulty design in the railcars that led to hairline cracks on the equalizer beams in more than 120 cars. >>> a west deptford man is in custody tonight accused of murdering his own parents in their home on pennfield drive. bodies of the 58 year-old edward kohl's your and his five five-ye

he was quickly transported to hahnemann hospital where he's currently listed in critical conditionallyno arrests have been made non weapon was recover at the scene. >>> et cetera time for a check on the forecast. after return to the heat and humidity today, some strong storms blue through the area and now we're at least hoping for little bit of relieve. let's check in with meteorologist lauren casey in the weather sent. hopefully she's got good news for us. what do you think, lauren. >> i have great nouse for us today we had strong storms. some of us saw nothing. some of saw storm activity. all of us felt the summertime steam that returned to our atmosphere. drier air is building in across the delaware valley. the storms that moved through parts of the area particularly montgomery county put down some impressive rainfall totals. limerick about an inch an quarter of rainfall. pottstown nearing an inch of rainfall wrightstown in new jersey thee quarters of an inch in princeton calling half an inch of rainfall. storm scan3 much quieter at this hour. just one lonely little cell right now w

he was rushed to hahnemann university hospital. his condition is unknown.olice are searching for the gunman. no word on what led to the shooting. >>> teddy bears and words of comfort. family and friends remembered little. tricoche is being held on $1 million bail. >>> the couple found dead in west deptford was beaten to death. autopsy results were released today by the gloucester county medical examiner. 58-year-old edward coles jr. and his wife 55-year-old rosemary coles died of blunt force trauma to the head. their son 28-year-old ryan coles is in custody and has been charged in their deaths. still no word on a possible motive. >>> "eyewitness news" has obtained disturbing surveillance video of a punch in lawncrest that now has left a man fighting for his life. the video shows three young men approaching the victim near a beer distributor on the 700 block of adams avenue yesterday. now it's unclear if words were exchanged but the man in white suddenly punches the victim. he falls hard to the ground and hits his head. right now that victim is on life suppo

he was taken to hahnemann hospital and he was pronounced dead. his name has not yet been released. one step outside and you can feel the increase in humidity today. with that brings the chance for pop-up storms in our area. as we look outside, sky 6 hd showing you philadelphia international airport and accuweather says that we are only getting hotter as the week continues. get ready, meteorologist, melissa magee, is at the big board with the details. >> reporter: numbers today are already expected to climb close to 90 degrees and this is just the beginning of a prolonged beginning of the heat and humidity. current wills number in philadelphia 87 and 84 in reading and 81 in allentown and cape may 85. and dew point numbers tell the stories. dew points are in the uner 70s in millville and same in philadelphia and trenton, a 75 degree dew point in allentown. it's quite impressive when you step outside and you'll notice the difference. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, we have the warmth and humidity overhead and feeling showers and storms, and we'll cut through the storm a

year-old man accidentally shot himself once in the the chest and pronounced dead a short time later at hahnemann hospital. >>> grief counselor will be on hand in burlington township middle school after a murder/suicide leaves three family members dead. prosecutors believe ruben johnson, junior killed his wife mishanda and their ten year-old son before turning the gun on himself monday night. officials have not release aid possible motive but county record indicate that the couple may have been in financial trouble. the home was scheduled for a sheriff's sale in october. neighbors say they have no eye idea what the family was going through. >> it is such a complete family. you would never just expect that. so, it is a tragedy. it really is. >> i didn't see them out much, but the kid was always outside, playful, happy. >> older child is attending college out of state. the family has set up a go fund me page to help pay for funeral expenses for mishanda and her son. details are on our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane returns to the norristown courtroom thi

. >> reporter: smith was taken to hahnemann hospital, along with others treated for numerous broken bones among other injuries. >> it was sort of like in pain, i didn't talk about what happened. >> reporter: statement from the city shows elevator passed an annual inspection two months ago, we are told other banks and elevators were reinfect and will be operational for friday morning. meanwhile tense moments outside cjc as hundreds of people rushed, outside of the building. >> all we heard was a big bang and we grabbed our stuff and just left. my supervisor says let's go, let's go. >> we heard a loud boom and commotion and then we heard fire alarm, go off until they exit the building. >> reporter: one bright spot on this day we're there as beverly smith left the hospital. back live, some more information, sergeant owens was with us, in the courtroom as monsignor william lynn's new trial was set. he went one way to one set of elevators, we went to another set of elevators around 10:25. by the time we got down to the first floor of the criminal justice center, fire alarms were going off and

. >> he was taken to hahnemann hospital where he underwent successful surgery last night. second person hurt when debris rained down on second elevator car. that will person had minor injuries. city records show all of the buildings elevators were inspect in the mid june, all checked again yesterday. >> the elevator accident happened just after a hearing for monday seen john william lynn. he will be retried on child endangerment charges in may of next year. lynn was released from prison tuesday. he was convicted for the way he handled complaints that priests were molesting children. but the state supreme court overturned that conviction last week. right now lynn is free on bail, and living with relatives. >> convicted former philadelphia mob boss, joey merlino, among 46 people indicted in connection with alleged organized crime activities. he was arrested in palm beach county florida and appeared before a federal judge. the wide ranking charges for the group include racketeering, conspiracy, arson, and firearms trafficking. authorities say the mafia family's operated in ne

sergeant paul owens a sheriff's deputy remains in critical condition at hahnemann university hospital. beverly smith a court clerk was rehe loose released yesterd. testing will consider through the weekend. >>> delaware state police are looking for the man who robbed a wawa at gun point in claymont. around 9:30 the man walked into the store at namaans and ridge roads and demanded money. collide jennifer was in the store when that robbery happened. >> i thought he was going to shoot -- shoot one of them girls. >> the thief did escape in a silver ford focus and hit two vehicles as it left the parking lot. >>> new at 6:00 a traffic project in the garden state is causing big backups for 50,000 drivers every day. and it's causing even bigger trouble for businesses surrounded by that construction. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has that story now from flemington. >> everyone doesn't even yield they just keep going, tractor-trailers block it so it's real difficult situation driving out here. >> reporter: here is the flemington circle where routes 202, 31 and 12 meet. the state is in

. >>> man was rush to hahnemann hospital after being shot one time in the stomach. this happened around 2:00 o'clock, on the 1900 block of oxford street. police are still looking for two people who may be responsible. >>> the reward for information on the shooting death of an eight year-old girl in camden continues to climb. gabriel hill-carter died after she was hit by gunfire near her home on the 900 block of south eighth street wednesday night. camden authorities and citizens crime commission of the delaware valley are offering $76,000 for any information, on the gun man. >>> we might expect to seashells, horseshoe crabs or fish as you walk down near water edge but as "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan tells us about beach goers in avalon who spotted a creature you do not typically fine in the ocean. >> yes, just looking at the surf and then we will see a little head. >> reporter: susan conner and her family were more than a little surprised when they came down to the beach at 62nd street in avalon and saw something in the surf. >> popped out of the surf and

at front and calohill and police rushed him to hahnemann hospital where he's in critical condition. authorities are not sure why he was targeted but considering robbery a motive. they have not named any suspects. >>> in center city the criminal justice certainly will reopen tomorrow after closing for three days because of an elevator accident. sheriff agent is in critical condition after elevator he was riding on on thursday crashed through the concrete ceiling of the elevator shaft. debris fell on to a second elevator hurting the woman inside. doctors treated and released her thursday. both elevators involved are out service. and will continue to be while that investigation continues. >>> a packed store evacuated on busy weekend all because of a pickup. what fell out of the back of that truck that september people scramblingbleing for cover. and a fight between two brothers got out of hand after they ran into a busy parking lot. >> you heard three gunshots and then you heard two more go off. i seen two guys running towards home depot. >> and what police found inside their home that

else in critical condition at hahnemann hospital.rrests. >>> also new to tell you about this morning, a crash in winslow township, new jersey, the action cam was at choose landings road and sicklierville road in camden county. the car went out of control and slammed into a utility pole. we know the driver died at the scene. police are trying to determine what caused the accident. >> well, this morning a reward is growing for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murder of a little girl. this is as her family rights come to grimes with her senseless death. 8-year-old gabriel carter's mother did not hold back her anguish during the vigilance of her daughter. gabriel was killed as she sat on the steps of her own home. >> somebody knows something, we encourage anybody with information, anybody who has any knowledge, funk you know, you hear chatter, we ask that you report it to the proper authorities and bring this person to justice. >> police so far have no suspects in the murder, the reward is now $24,000. >> your time

. >> during mid-day the two judges arrived at hahnemann hospital accompanied by sheriff jewel williams, they came to visit sarnt sergeant owens. he remains in an induced coma paralyzed from the waist down, his wife remains as his dead side 24/7 he is suffering from head and chest injuries and multiple broken vertebrae. judge marcia nifelt came to try to comfort the owens family. >> we came to offer our prayers and thoughts. >> how are they doing up there? >> they are managing given the circumstances. >> we keep them in prayer. >> the family is not ready to talk to reporters, they are focused excusively on the veteran. his condition has yet to improve. >> still the same. >> still in the induced coma? >> yes. >> reporter: monica there is now a go fund me account, opened up for sergeant owens. live in center city at the criminal justice center, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> heart breaking thank you. >>> two men walked into the home depot in south philadelphia with a plan and walked out with nearly $1800 worth of stolen merchandise it was all caught on surveillance cameras.

the man was rushed to hahnemann university hospital and officials are still searching for the shooterseriously hurt after that railing collapse that happened at bbt pavilion concert friday night are out of the hospital. that is good news. the promotors say all the upcoming concerts will go on as schedule as the ones that were there last night. 42 people were hurt when that railing collapsed during a performance by snoop dog and wiz khalifa on friday. workers say the fence was replaced temporarily and deemed save enough tonight's fifth harmony is set to perform at the venue. ♪ >>> this time weekend wendy celebrating national lighthouse day and we have a few in our area. some of them are having special events today including the absecon lighthouse which is new jersey's tallest lighthouse much the kids can climb the lighthouse for free. they're probably the only ones who want to. editorial comment there. cape may lighthouse also has family friendly activities to celebrate lighthouse day from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. scott will we find our way to sunshine today? >> beautiful weather in a

sara bloomquist is live at hahnemann hospital with more on the victims tonight. >> reporter: the 48-year-oldins here we are told he is heading into surgery because he suffered broken bones in his back and the investigation continues into why the elevator sergeant owens was driving in shot up the

the these victims are at hahnemann happen in stable condition. no arrests have been made this morning. >>> well, coming up at 7:08 this morning jury selection gets underway in the montgomery county courtroom in the trial for kathleen kane. >> pennsylvania's attorney jennies answering to accusations of corruption, perjury and abuse of power. dave kinchen is on this in norristown where proceedings are set to begin in less than two hours today, dave? >> reporter: yeah, that is right. jury selection and who knows how long that could take by the way but jury selection is set to start at 9:00 at the montgomery county courthouse, after the pa, highest court did not intervene in the case against attorney general kane. kane wanted court to look the a the claim that the grand jury that investigated her was unconstitutional. that was the word from her attorneys. first attorney general in the commonwealth history is accused of leaking secret grand jury information and later lying bit under oath. the attorney for kane says the lawyer served as special prosecu

he was taken to hahnemann where he was pronounced dead just before 10:00 tonight.ot made any arres arrests. >>> well, if you were afraid of sharks, there is now an app for that. a new smart phone app now let's you know if you are swimming with sharks. fox's molly line now with more on how it work. >> reporter: throngs of beach lovers are not the only thing descend on cape cod. just off the sandy shores shar sharks. >> it's kind of scary. i heard sharks are, you know, like, where the seals are and seeing a lot of seals lately. so kind of scary to think about. >> reporter: this vacation mecca is now among the world's hot spots for white sharks. frequently sighted in tracked in the waters here and now beach goers can get in on the action. there's an app for that. >> the app will give people information on detections from acoustic tags also sightings so when we see sharks out or app will give the public the ability to put in their own sightings which will be unique definitely on the east coast for something like this. >> reporter: it's a collaboration between citizens

police transported that victim to hahnemann university hospital where he remains in critical condition tonight. so far nobody has been arrested. >>> turning to the fox 29 weather authority. still pretty warm out there tonight. another day of temperatures in the 90s but it's about to start feeling whole lot more comfortable. meteorologist dave warren has more now on when that cooler air is arriving. >> got to get through one more day with this heat and humidity. showers out there, very very isolated very few had some rain but if you did it was very heavy rain. this was just the last few hou hours. it worked. shower worked through northeast philadelphia right over the boulevard into parts of montgomery county take a look this was ray he flew his drone about 400 feet caught this storm. beautiful shot from chalfont the rain coming out of the storm. just that one single storm had a lot of rain as it went from southeast to northwest. gone now. things are pretty quiet on the radar for now. temperatures dropped into the mid 70s. lone 80 in reading. temperature of 80 degrees. it will be a bit m

i spoke to sheriff joel williams as he left the sergeant's bedside and hahnemann hospital earlier thiss for us, that not only is it sergeant oerns in a medically induced coma but he's paralyzed from the waist down and will likely never return to the job he loved so much. >> it's a very somber time for us. >> reporter: philadelphia sheriff confirmed sergeant paul owens may not regain the use of his legs. >> he is temporarily paralyzed. >> reporter: this after an elevator malfunctioned that essentially slingshoted the elevator owens was riding through cement ceiling thursday, trapping and critically injuring him. williams confirmed social pedia posts by owens' colleagues which read in part, quote, his serious injuries from the unprecedented elevator accident at the criminal justice center will preclude him from returning as we say to the job. >> we'll get all of the support as a retired person or person who goes out on a work-related injury. >> reporter: it comes as some 6,000 people who moved through the court system each day did so in a staggered fashion on monday because the staff ele

by 8:30 that evening he had died at hahnemann. >> no one has the right to take him from frustrates orm his daughter. what do we tell his daughter when she's asking for her dad? what do we tell her. >> reporter: boyar work in the cities commissioner office training election board officials and out in the community, to helping to register people to vote. tuesday commissioner schmidt told "eyewitness news" in a statement leonard was a dedicated city employee, strong work ethic and always available to help the public whenever we needed him. the pain his co-workers are feeling right now is evidence of how good a person he was. boyar's death ace monk five in philadelphia this weekend alone. >> it has got to stop. we have to do something. they just took another, life. >> at the this point homicide units special task force has the case. the detectives that typically works on high profile murders and also cases considered especially difficult. as for this murder officials say they have video to get through so hopefully that helps but at this point they do not have much more than a vague suspec

morning, an accident, involving a motorcycle, had all lanes blocked, that motorcyclist taken to hahnemann hospital to be check out for injuries, but it caused for early morning shut-down, around 3:00 this morning. good news all lanes on the schuylkill expressway are open at the moment. chris, lauren, back over to you. >> bob, thank you so much. we're following some breaking news out of west philadelphia this morning, a man has died after being shot. >> we understand that this shooting started as a break-in, it happened right in front of little kids. dave kinchen live at the scene now with the latest on this, dave, good morning. >> reporter: chris, lauren, good morning to you. crime scene investigators are still here on the scene of the 800 block of north montrose street where this all happened, in west philadelphia, police saying that a man was killed after breaking into the home of his ex, and her new partner. this all happened in a second floor front bedroom just after midnight. thirty-three year old man broke into the second floor and fought with the mother of his two children, and her

reporter: with fire rescue now on scene, the victim was quickly wheeled to street level for the trip to hahnemann hospital where he was last reported in stable condition. >> when we were taking him up, he was awake and alert and sort of out of it. so -- >> reporter: clearly he was going to be okay. >> he was fine, yeah. better than when we got there. >> reporter: that's for sure. again, no name released on that heart attack victim but we do understand that he is going to be okay. cordero is villanova graduate who opening to into medical technology field as a grown up so to speak. all i can say is, if i'm in trouble, i want him nearby. chris? >> no kidding. lucky guy there. bruce, thanks. >>> police in delaware have arrested a woman in connection with the murder of a delaware state university student last month. 46-year-old cheryl jennings of new castle charged with murdering 19-year-old malcolm evans. police say jennings shot the student near the entrance of the rutledge community in bare while he was driving to his part-time job. he lost control of his car and crashed. police say evidence shows