authorities in philadelphia identify him as 29-year-old lawrence mitchell. officers in gloucester township were the ones who picked him up. now he awaits extradition and a hearing back to philadelphia. with a gunman on the loose, authorities shut down parts of i-95, spring garden street on monday night. concerned that the gunman would strike. according to philadelphia police, suspect lawrence mitchell shot at random into the parking lot of delilah's nightclub near front and spring garden streets. they say he was perched in the fifth floor window of this building under construction, aiming a high-powered rifle at the parking lot. investigators tell us he fired as many as three shots. a woman was walking to her car but was not injured. two of the bullets did hit this white chevy pickup truck. >> detectives from philadelphia police tracked down that suspect to south jersey. camden county authorities are working with philly police to bring mitchell back to the city to face those charges here. we'll be following this developing story over the coming days. i'm ros

his name is lawrence mitchell. we'll come back to philadelphia later on today. reporting live in the breaking news center. nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> good news for drivers who use the pennsylvania turnpike. all lanes have reopened. it is open two weeks early. work will begin on 276. time now far look at the roads with jessica boyington. what are you seeing? >> not doing too bad. this is approaching route 320. we had an earlier crash approaching route 320 mark. northbound moving up and average speeds into the 30s. also a crash reported up in abi abington. the tolls back open. the easy pass express lanes won't give you anymore problems. it is nice and clear. moving into new jersey there is a missing man hole cover. the right lane is closed there. the burlington dealt with construction from the earlier crash that happened way early this morning. single lanes of traffic moving in both directions. we are waiting for an opening around 11:15. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we have more breaking news this morning. there are major developments in the case of a 14-yea

the alleged shooter now in custody has been identified as sources as 29 year-old lawrence mitchell of new jersey. at this point in the investigation, sources add that authorities do believe that the gunfire came from the fifth floor of the vacant building. police are waiting on one final ballistics test to confirm that, and police are also trying to confirm if what kind of gun was used in the shooting. it has been difficult to determine that, because the shots were from, so far away, more than a football field away. so only a fragment of the bullet was was recovered from the chevy silverado shot at. woman leaving delilah's gentlemen's club was getting into a truck and narrowly missed by those bullets. she managed to flee back in the club physically unharmed. investigators are still trying to determine if that with man was targeted and if so, why? and again, the suspected shooter lawrence mitchell is in camden county jail only on charges of illegal possession of ammunition and as a fugitive of justice charge. he is expect to be in philadelphia's police custody soon where he is expect t

we first told but this story in northern liberties on monday night, and investigators say lawrence mitchell fired a gun from the fifth floor of the vacant building near front street and we are told that woman leaving delilahs was narrowly missed by bullets. investigators are trying to determine if that woman was targeted, and if so, why. >>> a collapse in the atlanta highway has left commuters dealing with traffic nightmares. officials are still trying to determine what caused the blaze that took down a huge chunk of interstate i85 yesterday. prep clean upstarted engineers began working honorary construction efforts but it could take several months new to get highway reopened. 250,000 drivers used this major artery in atlanta, every day. >>> story in atlanta brought down 20 year-old memories of the infamous tire fire that shut down i-95. many people in the philadelphia area remember that day on march 16th, 1996, an eight alarm blaze at an illegal tire dumb in port richmond caused shut down of one of the cities main arteries for several weeks and portions were closed for months. >>> there is

man is under arrest this afternoon for monday's gun fire in northern liberties, 29-year-old lawrence mitchell is charged for the shooting outside of delilah's gentlemen's club. he use aid rifle with a scope to fire shots in the parking lot narrowly missing a woman walking through the parking lot. and two bullets hit her white chevy truck. the shooting appears to be random. >>> 40 years after a norman rock rell painting is stolen from cherry hill it's returned to the family. they returned the piece of art known as taking a break, belonging to the grant family. his grandfather purchased it after accidentally damaging it in a game of pool. this dates back to 1919. we'll hear from the grant family about the return of this heirloom. >> philadelphia's top prosecutor is expected back in court at 2:00 this afternoon. district attorney seth williams, must report on whether he has found a new lawyer to represent him in his federal bribery and extortion case. the city stopped paying for williams defense when he got indicted and the current attorney says he can't take the case without getting paid. >>> i

>> reporter: we're told the shooter's 29-year-old lawrence mitchell of mount airy.oday police also gave us more details about the attack, they're disturbing. detectives say mitchell's motive simply wanted to kill anyone and it's possible he has mental health issues. >> and the minds of people today, you know, something needs to be done. it really does. >> reporter: now police say mitchell was acting as a sniper when he fired from that building. they say he used an ar-15 rifle with a scope. and then fired those shots into delilah's parking lot. the intended target a woman walking to her truck. the bullets missed but hit her truck twice. detectives say he also tried to shoot another man and as a result he's been charged with two counts of at at the present timed murder of he did not have the rifle legally. now, how did police track mitchell down? they say that was through surveillance video. they got a picture of his license plate and found him in gloucester township new jersey. right now he's being held in camden county. reporting live in northern liberties bob brook

now in custody accused of the shooting outside a spring garden gentleman's club. 29-year-old lawrence mitchell facing attempted murder charges. police arrested him last night in gloucester county. he's accused of shooting at a car in the parking lot of dell lie la's den on monday on the 100 block of spring garden street. the shooting prompted the shut down of nearby i-95. police sources tell fox 29 mitchell had no connection to the woman who owned that car that was shot. >>> and now to buck county where the district attorney is keeping the death penalty on the table in the disturbing murder of a 14-year-old girl. today at the courthouse because a no show for jacob patrick sullivan the 44-year-old waived his arraignment in charges that include killing, raping and dismembering grace packer. sullivan was dating the victim's mother. the case is set to go to trial in about a year. district attorney matt weinstraub says this case may warrant the death penalty. >> we filed notion of our aggravating circumstances earlier this week. and we intending to forward with that of course that gives us the opti

bars accused of opening fire on the parking lot of a philadelphia gentleman's club. 29-year-old lawrence mitchell is facing attempted murder charges after the incident monday outside delilah's. according to police he used an ar-15 rifle with a scope to shoot into the parking lot. those shots narrowly missed a woman instead hitting her car twice. police say the shooting appears to be random. >> philadelphia district attorney seth williams still says he will not step down but he has now voluntarily suspended his own law license. it is the latest twist in a legal saga for the embattled democrat who is now facing federal corruption charges. "action news" reporter chad pradelli live today outside the federal courthouse in center city. an chad you've got the newest developments here. >> reporter: yeah, brian, the voluntary suspension of his law license was a major development today but we also met his new attorney, tom burke. seth williams walked out of federal court to shouts for him to step down as district attorney. >> step down, will you step down as district attorney? any comment at all. >> today

police have been on the hunt for lawrence mitchell since monday. that's when they say he opened fire from this fifth floor window of this building under construction near front and spring garden streets. according to investigators, mitchell used a high-powered rifle with a scope to shoot as many as three times into the parking lot of delilah's nightclub. the bullets missed a woman getting into her car but hit this white chevy pickup. philadelphia police call the shooting random. on monday with the gunman still on the loose, they shut down parts of i-95 and spring garden street. right now law enforcement in camden county is working with philadelphia police. authorities tell me the next step for mitchell is an extradition hearing. reporting live from the digital operations center, rosemary connors, nbc10 news. >>> are you able to stay in office and still do the job? >> philadelphia district attorney seth williams again refusing to answer the nbc10 investigator's questions about his conduct and ability to lead his office. this comes as williams accept

authorities say 29-year-old lawrence mitchell will soon face an extradition hearing. he's accused of opening fire from the fifth floor window of this building under construction near front and sprang garden streets on monday night. according to police, he used a high-powered rifle to fire as many as three shots into the parking lot of delilah's. no one was sured but the bullets hit this white chevy pickup truck. investigators call the shooting random. >>> new details on the investigation ins to what killed twin babies in south jersey. medical examiner in camden county said the 7-month-old girls died of natural causes. their mother called 911 last week saying the girls were unresponsive in their crib at the family's apparent in lindenwold. a source working on the investigation confirmed to nbc10 the baby girls were born three months premature. >>> philadelphia district attorney seth williams has accept aid temporary suspension of his law license while he fights a federal corruption indictment. williams was back in court today to get permission to switch attorneys. defe

been caught that's according to detectives who put the blame on a mount airy name 29-year-old lawrence mitchell. there's a lot of people happy today he's off the street. >> very relieved. it's pretty awesome. >> yes, i'm excited to hear that. hopefully it had help the area to improve as far as crime rate but who knows. >> reporter: detectives provided us with chilling details. no tea tail more disturbing to neighbors than investigators saying the shooting was random. >> i'm out here almost every day and it really could be me at a time. >> reporter: we're told by police mitchell drove hits vehicle and climbed inside the apartment complex going up on spring garden street across the parking lot. investigators say he fired the shots from inside at a woman walking to her truck just before 6:00 p.m. monday. the bullets missed the woman but hit her truck twice. police say mitchell was acting as a sniper when he fired from building. they say he used an ar-15 rifle with a scope. and then fired those shots into the delilah's parking lot. detectives say he tried to shoot at man. as a result he has been ch