this home invasion happened in broad daylight on the 700 block of hertford road in the wilmington. "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown has that story. >> this brazen home invasion robbery happened in the middle of the afternoon, it started with a knock at the door and ended with a elderly man physically injured. >>> it was mid afternoon around 12:30 when an 81 year-old man heard a income at his door. police say he opened up the door to find an african-american man standing there. victim went back into his home to get something and that is when police say things turned violent. >>> back in the house, leaves the suspect at the front door and front door suspect end up forcing his way this is resident. victim confronts him and physical altercation ensues. >> reporter: elderly man was home with his disable adult son at the time. his son was not injured. meantime suspect got away in the red two-door car, after robbing the home owner. >> the suspect steals items consisting of money, electronics, jewelry from the residents. >> reporter: neighbors on the 700 block of hertford road in w

this home invasion happened in broad daylight on the 700 block of hertford road in the wilmington. "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown has that story. >> this brazen home invasion robbery happened in the middle of the afternoon, it started with a knock at the door and ended with a elderly man physically injured. >>> it was mid afternoon around 12:30 when an 81 year-old man heard a income at his door. police say he opened up the door to find an african-american man standing there. victim went back into his home to get something and that is when police say things turned violent. >>> back in the house, leaves the suspect at the front door and front door suspect end up forcing his way this is resident. victim confronts him and physical altercation ensues. >> reporter: elderly man was home with his disable adult son at the time. his son was not injured. meantime suspect got away in the red two-door car, after robbing the home owner. >> the suspect steals items consisting of money, electronics, jewelry from the residents. >> reporter: neighbors on the 700 block of hertford road in w

happened this afternoon along the 700 block of hertford wrote in north wilmington.d prad teal is standing by live with the latest. >> reporter: detectives wrapped up their work about an hour ago. that is the home where this home invasion occurred. as the victim recovers that person responsible remains at large. the home invasion began with a knock. 81-year-old victim answered his front door. >> the suspect forced his way into the house. he was confronted by the victim, physical altercation ensued. >> reporter: new castle county police say the suspect hit the victim multiple times in the head stole electronics cash and jewelry and fled in a red two door vehicle. the make and model is unclear. >> his son was home. he's a -- a disabled adult. he was home. thankfully he was not involved in the altercation. >> that happened here? >> reporter: that was the reaction from neighbor megan mcconnell this upper middle class neighborhood is not accustomed to home invasion robberies. >> that's terrible. i'm sorry to hear that. >> reporter: and the victim was treated on scene by p

investigators say he rob the 81 year-old man shortly before 12:30 in the afternoon at 700 block of hertford roth. a $20,000 reward now stand for information that leads to any arrest. >>> a north carolina community held a vigil last night for a deaf man killed by a state trooper last week. according to police report highway patrol trooper tried to stop 29 year-old daniel harris for speeding violation, thursday, after a short chase, the man was finally pulled over. authorities say harris got out of that car and got the in the altercation. that is when police say the officer opened fire, killing him. harris was not armed. according to reports he appeared to be trying to communicate with the officer via sign language. >>> a federal judge in texas has blocked obama administration's order that public schools need to let trans genter students use a bathroom that match their gender identity in a temporary injunction the judge said that the order contradicts the existing legislative and regulatory texas he said guidance failed to follow the law requiring it get input to the public before drafting ne

it happened around 12:30 this afternoon on the 700 block of hertford road. police say the suspect forced his way in after knocking on the door injuring the 81-year-old homeowner in the process. chad pradelli is fathering details at the scene and he'll have the late nest a live report tonight at 6:00. >> olympic swimmer ryan lochte has apologized for his behavior surrounding a robbery investigation at the summer games in rio de janeiro. lochte took to instagram today to say he should have been more careful and candid when describing what happened earlier this week after a night of partying with his teammates. lochte and three other swimmers could face sanctions from u.s.a. swimming and the u.s. oc. two of those swimmers are back in the united states after being held for questioning in brazil. a third has agreed to pay nearly $11,000 in exchange for the ability to leave the country. >> ♪ turning to politics tonight republican nominee ton trump spent at any in flood ravaged louisiana. in the public eye he made another shakeup inside his campaign. now another on

it was caught on surveillance video fleeing the scene of the home invasion on hertford road if wilmington on friday. suspect forced his way past an elderly home owner who needed medical treatment later. that suspect got away with money, electronics and jewelry. >>> twenty-nine year-old andrea seat owe is behind bars as he was drunk when he drove in the homeless would mark in the wheelchair killing her. this happened, saturday on masher street in north philadelphia. police say, acito, did not stop to help the would the man and hit a second pedestrian before he was captured by authorities, and that second pedestrian was treated for minor injuries. >>> police hope you recognize something about these armed suspect, seen barging in the 7-eleven in northeast philadelphia earlier this month. three men forced an employee and a customer to the floor at gunpoint at this store on the 2900 block of welsh road. they got away with cash and that patron's wallet. call police if you have any information. >>> well, what a difference a day makes, we have been sweating out the heat and humidity and now, it i

according to police, that's when the suspect forced his way into a home on hertford road. an 80-year-old man and his adult son were inside. the suspect stole money electronics by and jewelry. >>> officials much officials believe a delaware inmate tried to use an out of state anthrax scare to get transferred to a new facility. last week a vermont courthouse received an envelope containing white powder and a note indicating that the powder was anthrax. well, the float was traced back to dana martin who is currently behind bars for a murder charge in delaware. martin told corrections officials he sent foot powder through the mail. he is not expected to be charged in vermont. >> at the big board now with the wildfires now burning across acres of land in nine states out west. in washington state families are being forced out of their homes in california. a fire forced the closure of a popular tourist attraction. windy dry conditions are only further fueling these flames. abc's dana has been following developments for us all across the west coast and she's live in los angeles to

. >> neighbors along the 700 block of hertford road are asked to be on alert, quiet, secluded area, riddled by brazen broad daylight invasion. >> if you have surround fallen video in the area, if you saw anything unusual in the past day, week, month, anything, please, feel free to call detectives. >> the 81 year old victim was treated at the scene forehead injuries, that he suffered, he also later returned to the hospital for further medical evaluation. but, we understand, he is expected to be okay. in new castle county, delaware, natasha brown, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> philadelphia police have charged a man in connection with a rash of day care burglaries. michael harris turned himself in to authorities on tuesday. police say they connected him to at least two day care center burglaries, one, was on the 100 block of east roosevelt boulevard, and another, on the 3900 block of germantown avenue. harris is suspected of committing 16 additional burglaries, in the northwest part of the city since august 1st. >> olympic swimmer ryan lochte has apologized for his behavior at a gas station in