is there a cheer we can do for lenape high school. lenape! lenape! lenape!you got it guys. >> year making up one. >> yes you are. it was a good one, too. our fox 29 spring fling kicked off early this morning. early as iain, scott and i joined the good day team. >> it was a lot of fun out there especially seeing what it takes to be firefighter. i was at the mt. laurel fire department great guys gave me great training my hardest test, i had to drag quins see harris out of a building. high 50 pounds on gear on so did quincy. i got help with a couple of guys out there but i'm got him out. that is hard work. i was drenched in sweat. i can really appreciate what those firefighter goss through every day fighting fires. i'm still sore. good thing i'm only 29 and in shape. >> i'm not laughing. >> you are in shape, iain. the kids at middle school helped jenn fred and me get into shape with a potato sack race. >> you got passed. >> i was pathetic. we topped it off with a dance off and one of the great things about today. these kids put together this whole day themselve

lenape just scored and it's a game. we're talking baseball and the weather next. ♪ the only reason you're not in handcuffs going to jail and getting summonses in the precinct is because i have thing to do. >> okay. >> that's the only reason that's not happening. >> okay. >> because this isn't important enough for me. you're not important enough. >> incredible video from a confrontation in new york city drawing all kinds of attention tonight cell phone video shows an uber driver as the target roadside rage by a cop in the westville latch and that's just the start of it. the new york city police department says the man screaming in that video a new york city detective. >> fox's linda schmidt what the nypd is doing after seeing that video. >> reporter: you can see the passenger's shoe in the video sitting in the back seat recording the foul mouthed rant. now at this point you cannot see the police detective. but you can hear him. >> stop for what, sir stop with that bleep. >> then the cops slams the driver door shut and wa

to night we are learning more about slager's past from his classmates at lenape high school.9' is that so bean in a kuriakose spoke with people who know him much she's live in medford, new jersey, and sabina, what are they saying about what he was like in high school? >> reporter: well, dawn, they say he was quiet that he kept to himself and at four years here at lenape high school he barely made a ripple. a stack of year books detailing every year lenape high school grad and now former north charleston south carolina police officer michael slager spent on this campus. yet win these books and on these streets and now infamous native seemingly leaving little trace. >> kind of shocking that somebody that lived this close by could be capable of doing what we all saw on that video. >> that video of slager allegedly begunking down 50-year-old father of four walter scott as he flees from the officer now leading to slager's firing from the police force and charges of murder. the quiet mt. laurel neighborhood where people say slager once lived in shock. >> just don't think stuff like

no response so we reached out to the lenape district. they are on break on line, there is lots of discussion along the alumni from lenape high school. live, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, two teenage boys from delaware remain in critical condition after their family was exposed to the pesticide on vacation in the virgin island. >> uj justice department is investigating whether terminix used that pesticide illegally to fume gade that condo below their. asal zapped contract hoff discovered that very pesticide is being stored and used in mass quantity, right here in our area. in 2004 osha cited terminix commercial in pennsauken after a group of employees were hospitalized, after removing a tarp from cocoa beans from treated with the bromide, the same chemical pesticide that officials say made the edmond family critically ill in the u.s. virgin island. >> this chemical is highly toxic and has a neurotoxic chemical. >> reporter: it is illegal for residential use. jay feldman heads up the group, beyond pesticides, he says bromide

"action news" reporter sharrie williams is live in front of the lenape high school in medford, sharrie. >> reporter: and jim, we have confirmed tonight that michael slager a attended high school here at lenape high but he grew up in the town over in mount laurel. neighbors there tell us that they remembered the slagers being a nice family. they also recalled michael as a young boy who went off to be in the coastguard. a police officer charged with shooting an unarmed a man in the back in south carolina lived part of his life right here in this mount laurel neighborhood. >> i think it is a same what happened. >> reporter: tonight neighbors shocked to learned such a big national story has ties to their quiet street. >> it surprised me because i didn't know that it was connected to the street. >> reporter: michael slager has been fired from the north charleston police department and is now behind bars, facing murder charges after cell phone video surfaced showing final seconds of the fatal encounter between he and 50 year-old walter lemar scott. it started as a traffic stop but slager say

this is his lenape high school picture from an on line year book.sophomore then and now making headlines for this graphic video. slager is charged with killing walter scott police say slager fired eight shots at scott who was unarmed on saturday in north charleston but neighbors here remember slager growing up in mount laurel. he was friendly, high school lived in the area before joining the coastguard and eventually north charleston police department. one neighbor asked not to be identified because he was friend with the slager family. >> we moved here when he was about 12 i guess and left about five years later he went into the coastguard but he was a nice kid the whole time he lived here. >> reporter: another neighbor tells us that the slager family moved out of the mount laurel a couple years ago. now if convicted this officer faces 30 years to life in prison, even the death penalty. we are reporting live from burlington county, new jersey jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> another good samaritan whom called police after coming across

cleve. >> reporter: erika, i spock with a classmate that graduated with slager back in 2001 from lenape high school. she says even as shooting incident happened far away it hits close to home. >> it is just sad. his family has to go through a lot of pain for something that shouldn't happen. >> reporter: thumbing through her lenape high school year book christie remembers sitting in class with michael slager. >> i was weak in a subject he would be right there to help me. never would have thought that he had, any violence or toward anyone. >> reporter: he says slager was quiet the a and in the in the least intimidating. >> i get very small build so i was shocked to see how broad he was. >> reporter: video showing slager a white officer shooting an unarmed black man in the back has sent a shock wave through lenape circles. it upset her many are questioning if he had a racist upbringing. >> i mean i don't really think his upbringing was brought up, racist, as i said, lenaim was a really good school, everybody got along. there was no you have to be here, you cannot join in. >> reporter: dill

laurel. >> reporter: mike, lenape high school sports teams play here in mt. laurel, laurel acres park, where alex and bring with the lenape high school team, just week ago last night, what a coincidence, he grew upright across the street from this park, in little cul-de-sac over here, this south carolina case, now south jersey connection, really double this stunning story for resident here, in both mt. laurel and medford, where michael slager was a teenager, over here, just across from church street. even the police officers here telling us that it is the talk of the town, and it is the talk of facebook, everybody's sharing his old year by photos, from the lenape high school class of 2,001. and all of the years before that, back and forth on facebook. and it is where lenape high school sports teams play, and right now, everybody out for their morning run and walk, just amaze that such a big national even international story started right here in the little nice neighborhood. while his old neighbors couldn't believe the connection, when they first heard, now l

thinks lenape high school in burlington county. officer slager attended here as a student in the the late 90's and graduated in 2001. this morning he sits behind bars facing a lifetime in prison or worse, as you mention charged with murder. take a look at his picture. "eyewitness news" was able to speak with neighbors as he was growing up here in south jersey. they remember him as a nice young man. this is his 1999 lenape high school picture from his on line year book. now he is making headlines for a graphic video. slager is charge with killing walter scott. he was unarmed on at day in north charleston. neighbors here remember slager growing up in mount laurel. he was a friendly young person went to high school and lived in the area before joining the coastguard and eventually the north charleston police department. one neighbor asked not to be identified because he was friend with the slager family. >> he moved here when he was about 12 i guess. he left five years later. he went in the coastguard but he was a nice kid the whole t

very nice went to school here in lenape and knew my children. >> lenape, where he graduated in 2001 the doors were locked as students and staff were off for spring recess. administrators declined our request for more information on his high school career. slager once worked at the now defunct have notventuras and he enlisted as a coast guard fireman in florida and eventually he went on to the police academy in south carolina and back at home the head of camden's police force. >> it was sickening. >> and chief scott thompson visited the white house wednesday on the very issue of leveraging technology like body cameras to create transparency between police and the public. >> it was extremely, extremely disturbing and i was glad to see that they quickly moved to charge the officer with murder and to put him behind bars. >> reporter: we did also try to reach some of slager's relatives here in south jersey as well as doylestown pennsylvania. we also reached out to his stepmother believed to be living now in ormond beach, florida, but she did not answer when we called. i'm cydney long nbc 10

eva pilgrim joins us live from lenape high school in medford. >> reporter: matt, slager attended high school he left south jersey to join the coast guard. a police officer in south carolina charged with shooting an unarmed man in the back grew up in this mount laurel neighborhood. neighbors are shocked to learn that a big national story has ties to the quiet street. >> you surprised me, because i didn't know that it was connected to the cul-de-sac. >> reporter: michael slager was fired from the south carolina police department after the cell phone video shows the final seconds between michael slager and walter lamar scot. slager said things escalated and scot reached for his stun gun but the video shows a different story, it shows scott running from the officer and slager killing scott. scott's devastated mother said she couldn't watch the video. >> it tore my heart to pieces, i pray that never happens to another person. this has got to stop. >> reporter: # -- 33-year-old slager grew up in mount laurel and went to lenape high school. >> it's weird to hear about something like that tha

the officer attended high school here at lenape high. neighbors remember michael as the young man who joined the coast guard. else knowns the south carolina police officer accused of shooting an unarmed man. he was a police officer for five years before he was fired. he faces murder charges after cell phone video shows the final seconds between the officer and walter scott. the altercation started as a traffic stop. people in new jersey are shocked to learn that a national story has ties to the quiet neighborhood. >> it surprised me, because i didn't know that it was connected to the community. >> we're to hear about someone like that grew up around here, did something like that that was heinous with no remorse the guy was running away. >> reporter: the mayor of north charleston has ordered 150 embody cameras for every officer on the street has one. dash cam video was rolling and that video is expected to be released sometime later today. we're live in medford, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> thanks for the update, eva. >>> a cou

new jersey. >> graduated from lenape high school. steve right now is in mt. laurel.s lenape high school, i mean, specific, is that actually in met forward or mt. laurel? >> reporter: it is in medford all the kids in mt. laurel, they all go to high school out in medford, which is just about five, ten minutes away, these two towns border each other, separated by route 70. and boy this is real a double shock for the people here in burlington county when they found out that the real center of this lead story throughout the country and that video it went from south jersey waiter to south carolina cop. michael slager's old neighbors and classmates here in mt. laurel and medford already like the rest of the nation sad ends and so stunned at the shooting then have the shock here across from laurel acres park on church street where he grew up heightened even more, when they learned the police officer was the nice kid they new who graduated back in 2,001 from lenape, and local police department leaders around philly say this now just adds to all of the height and mistrust amon

. >> michael slager group in south jersey, he grew up and graduated from lenape high school. the man now known as the police officer who shot an unarmed man. former police officer, michael slager sits in a jail cell charges with shooting and killing walter lamar scott. >> that policeman is from mount laurel graduated from lenape. >> we lived down in that area for a while in south carolina, so already felt a connection, and to find out that he is from around here is just crazy. >> slager lived in mount laurel and then joined the coast guard and the north charleston police department. they are now looking to their past police work, and he had two complaints and was cleared on the only charge of excessive force this stop ended in a nearby field when slager fired his weapon eight times at his back. >> until that taser came to light, the north charleston police said slager felt threatened. and that scott took his stun gun. >> i can't believe it. there are good police and then there are police. i don't know what is going on. >> today we may learn more about what happened. the dash-

i certainly didn't recognize the picture that was released. >> boy issue face in her 2001 lenape high school yearbook now internationally notorious of 33-year-old officer michael slager charged with murder after video surfaced showing him allegedly pumping eight bullets into an unarmed and fleeing scott following a traffic stop for a broken brake light. >> he said he was quite if he didn't know you. he kept to himself. >> veronica zeroed in on this picture of her high school self standing feet away from a young slager who few seem to recall during the course of her coverage she spoke with several fellow classmates offering the same description of the now fired officer. >> he was like a vapor. i checked with my friends and we all vaguely recognize him but none of us seemed to know him which i think is very strange. >> kind of can't stop thinking about it. obviously i didn't have a relationship with him. i didn't know him. but it is the idea of such an unexpectedly close connection to somebody. >> reporter: and coming up at 6:00 we'll visit the mt. laurel neighborhood where slager is be

. >>> as we mentioned michael slager grew up in south jersey and when to lenape high school in medford chad pradelli has more on his local roots in a live report colling up at 5:00. >>> one man is dead after a deadly crash in buck county and police say that alcohol may have been a factor. it happened at 2:30 this morning on mechanicsville road, brian halstead went into the northbound lanes to pass a car in front of him but as he moved back into the southbound lane he lost control and went off the road and hit a utility pole, he died at the scene but they are still investigating, they say he may have been drinking. the road is back open. >>> with roads rails and bridges in critical need of renewal. an influential group of leaders calling for children in the infrastructure, this was led by former governor ed rendell, urging lawmakers to come up with a funding bill for infrastructure and that the economy will suffer without one meanwhile penndot and leaders are trying to keep the streets safer for pedestrians in philadelphia, a new campaign it's road safety not rocket science, it's a seri

. >> reporter: erika and ukee behind me is lenape high school. the officer slager roamed halls here in the late 90's and graduated in 2001. now he is behind bars a accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man in south carolina. take a look at his picture. "eyewitness news" caught up with neighbors who knew michael slager growing seven here in south jersey. they remember him as a nice young man. this is his 1999 lenape high school year book. he was a sophomore. now he he is making headlines for a graphic video. slager is charge with killing walter scott. he fired eight shots at scott unarmed on saturday in north charleston but neighbors here remember slager who was a friendly kid, went to high school and lived in the area before joining the coastguard and then eventually north charleston police department. one neighbor asked not to be identified because he was friend with the slager family. >> we moved here when he was about 12 i guess he left about five years later he went in the coastguard but he was a nice kid the whole time he lived here. >>

>> reporter: chris, used to walk the halls here at lenape high school. he graduated in 2001. tonight we go back to michael slager's new jersey roots and we spoke to a man who knew slager while he was growing up. this class photo from online yearbook shows michael slager in 1999 when he was a sophomore at lenape high school. now the 33-year-old is behind bars charged with killing walter lamar scott. >> when i saw my son running and i saw the policeman behind him i couldn't take it. i had to turn away. i couldn't ain't. >> when you're wrong you're wrong. and if you make a bad decision, don't care if you're behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision. >> reporter: the video is graphic. police say slager fired eight shots at an unarmed scott on saturday in north charleston. >> it's not nice to say. i don't like to see anybody get hurt. >> reporter: this neighbor asked us not to to be identified but says the slagers were his friends when they lived in this mt. laurel neighbor. >> we moved here when he was about 12. he left about, i don't kn

laurel and after high school graduation where he graduated from lenape high as all mt. laurel and medford kids do, he graduate in the 2001. he left south jester when he joined the coast guard. and that's another sad coincidence, we learned he and the victim walter scott both served in the u.s. coast guard. getting a lot of reaction around here from this. and including from charles ramsey, who just led the president's commission on all the problems that we've had in this country between police and people, and here is commissioner ramsey's reaction to this story. >> it was very shocking. i think that the actions on the part of the both the department and the mayor in north charleston was a prepare row at. >> i'm a proponent of the body cameras. one of the issues we have when you look at some of the video especially video taken from cell phones and so for the something happens to attract an individual's attention. and then they turn on the camera, and they start to film. but you don't know what happened, what led to that particular point in time. a body camera that an offi

chopper 6 hd was over lenape court.neth moton has the latest. >> 12 school children are doing okay this afternoon and the bus driver is in the hospital after have canning a possible heart attack behind the wheel. the bus went into the yard behind the trees and slammed into the house you can see the divots there because the school bus was just removed? >> you can see the bus on lenape court in mount laurel burlington county right now at 3:45, that school bus driver was radioing in a medical emergency there was 12 children on the school bus when he felt it coming on and he called it in but could not stop in time. the children were frightened and the good news is none were hurt and we spoke to a resident that jumped on the bus. >> it lurched off to the left and then ecsell rated and ended up crashing into the house there. very surreal for. >> surreal for the people that saw it and very real for the kids on the bus. they are elementary school kids from springville elementary. that is nearby here therk were being dropped off

. >> old neighbors say that after graduating from lenape high school he enlisted in the coast guard before becoming a cop in south carolina. >> when i heard coast guard the only person i knew was in the coast guard was the kid next door. >> slager says scott tried to grab his taser before the shooting and the video shows an object falling to the ground and slager pick its up and puts it by the victim's feet. the police maintained that the shooting was justified. >> you don't shoot a person in the back trying to run away from you you have to try everything. and that person wasn't a threat to the police. >> and authorities say that slager has one prior complain for excessive force and authorities maintain they tasered him for unreason but they found that complaint unfounded. >>> we have a developing story right now a shootout in south philadelphia left a car and a van pierced with bullets, there is at least one gunshot victim. that is where dann cuellar picks up the story. >> reporter: jim police are trying to sort things out here at 39th and woodland where they are holding a video involved

slager whose been fired from his job with the north charleston police department is a 2001 graduate of lenape high school in medford. inside edition also reporting tonight that slager worked at venturas in voorhees before he join the coast guard. the 33-year-old slager was are a rain last night charged with murder and he's been denied bond. his wife is eight months pregnant. slager was arrested after disturbing video came to light that shows the officer firing eight shots at 50-year-old walter scott as scott tries to run away. slager initially said scott had tried to take away his stun gun after a scuffle in a traffic stop over the weekend. scott was killed. the mayor fired the patrolman today and called for all officers in north charleston to start wearing body cameras. in the meantime walter scott's mother is praying no other familiar l have to endure her pain. >> i'm praying that this will touch somebody's heart for to us get it together as a nation, as a whole. it doesn't matter whether -- whatever our nationality is. whenever color we are. it's not the color of the skin. we're individual

fox 29's shawnette well son is live outside lenape high school in medford new jersey w slager went toigh school. shawnette? >> reporter: dawn, just as you mentioned investigators tonight are saying that there are inconsistent cease in what the former officer said actually led to this shooting. in the meantime, people who knew officer slager as student at lenape high school are reaction to go what happened. this is the much anticipated video the world has been waiting to see. hoping for answers as to what happened in the moments before a former south carolina police officer shot and killed an unarmed fleeing man. dash cam from slager's police car shows him trailing a mercedes give driven by five year-year-old water scott. he pulls scott over for broken taillight. >> slager returns to his car. you see scott get out of mercedes for a second but gets back in after slager orders him to do so now watch scott abruptly gets out of the car and takes off running. the dash cam video does not capture the shooting but this graphic cell phone video recorded by a bystander does. it sent shock waves

former officer grew up and went to school in south jersey, eva pilgrim joins us live in front of lenape high school in medford. good morning eva. >> reporter: good morning, matt, michael schlager went to high school here. a police officer in south carolina charged with shooting an unarmed man in the back grew up in the mount laurel neighborhood. neighbors are shocked to learn that such a national story has ties to the quiet street. >> it surprised me, because i didn't know who was connected. >> michael schlager was fired and now behind bars facing murder charges after cell phone video surfaced showing the final encounter between the officer and walter lamar scot. it started during a traffic stop. the department said schlaer feared for his life and shots fired. the video shows a different story showing scott running from the officer and the officer killing scott. scot's mother said she had trouble watching the video. >> this has got to stop. >> reporter: the 33-year-old grew up in mount laurel learning that the accused officer grew up in south jersey it's a shock. >> it's weird to hear a

we're watching for construction closing 52 lenape road the bridge over brandywine creek stay on 926 street road to get around that. we have a crash in bucks county washington crossing along 532 a vehicle ran off the roadway into the woods. so crews are on the scene trying to get the vehicle pulled out. construction to watch out for in pennsauken westbound lanes 38 at 70. blocking a couple of lanes for the next 45 minutes. coming out of new castle county, heading into salem county one of our friends talking about a work zone, delaware memorial bridge, northbound we'll check in in just a few minutes. >>> a huge ball of flame erupted in the gulf of mexico killing four workers. panicked workers jumped into the sea. mexico state-run oil company said there's no evidence of a major oil spill. the initial cause appears to be mechanical. >>> a chicago tow truck company was towing a jeep with a man behind the wheel. the jeep driver tried to get the tow truck driver to stop. before he had time to react the jeep was able to pull away and detach and drive off. it's unclear why the jeep was not detached

it is where lenape high school sports teams play, and his high school where he graduated in 2001. his old neighbors here couldn't believe the connection when they first heard last night around dinnertime, and now local respected law enforcement leaders in the philly area say it is another case that just makes their job of a police officer even tougher. >> as far as the task force goes, i mean, you know, obviously we took a look at this whole issue of trust and legitimacy in the community use of force policy, training, all those kind of things. but in today's world with social media and how fast it spreads, knott just a story being told, but video to go along with it, certainly it does add to the environment that we're in right now. in this country in terms of people losing fate and trust and that's very unfortunate. >> very troublesome. i mean, i have been doing this for 50 -- i started my 51st year the other day. and i've seen a lot in my career. and based on that video that is a cold blooded shooting committed by a police officer. you know? men and women in law enforcement do tr

for the next couple days, route 52 lenape road is closed in pocopson.ine creek. so to get around that construction blockage stay down on 926 street road as your alternate. another new construction project also started this morning in new castle county. they've closed old barley mill road. stay on 141 barley mill road through just after memorial day but you don't want to use 141 in new castle. still closed southbound at 13 because of the ongoing bridge work there. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> the son of delaware congressman john carney is being sued over a fraternity rush death at clemson. samuel carney fraternity members named in the z the parents of 19-year-old tucker hip say their son fell off a bridge noon a shallow rocky creek during a food run for the fraternity. their lawsuits are seeking at least $50 million. an attorney for congressman carney and his wife issued a statement saying their son was not involved in the tragic accident. >> a new york city detective will go before a citizen complaint review board today for reportedly berating an

route 52 lenape road reopened. the one we've been watching for a week, the emergency bridge repairs 131 southbound at 113 they have cleared, as well. good news there, as we do the commuter report we're watching potholes in souderton along county line road and around the corner on souderton road. tam. >> two women are accused of plotting to detonate a bomb in new york city. 27-year-old noelle velentzas and 31-year-old asia siddiqui studied bomb making online. one of the woman had four propane tanks to use as explosives. they wanted to target funerals for police officers. >>> a sailor missing for more than two months was found 200 miles off the coast of north carolina. 37-year-old louis jordon was heard from in late january when he headed out to fish. his family didn't hear from him for a week and reported him missing. yesterday another vessel spotted him and brought him aboard. coast guard flew him to a hospital in virginia. >> i was afraid you were crying and sad that you were dead, i wasn't dead. >> we were, i tho

we went back to lenape. we walked around the high school. >> he was like a vapor. i checked with my friends and we all vaguely recognized him, but none of us seem to know him. all of the descriptions i've gathered of michael from the other people in my class that have a little more memory of him is that he was quiet. he kept to himself. the first thing i looked for that under your senior class picture you put your quote. he has nothing written. >> no kidding? >> it's jar that you have a high school memory of a guy that was essentially non descript. no one is talking about a kid with a violent past or a racist past or anything like that. anything that happened after high school is all going to be some ared out. it has to be particularly jar for you. >> i haven't been able to stop thinking about it. when you look at the video the police brutality, but to see a guy running and be shot in the back like that. that was not police procedure to shoot a man in the back like that. it's an all of thing to much what. you never know who you are sitting with i was the class clow

officer slager attended lenape high school here in burlington county in the late 90's. he graduated in 2001 and as you mentioned he is sitting behind bars accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man in south carolina take a lot this video in his old neighborhood. "eyewitness news" caught up with neighbors who knew michael slag inner south jersey. they remember him as a nice young man. this is his 1999 lenaim high school picture was a some of the more then. now he is making headlines for a graphic video. slager is charged with killing walter scott. police say slager fired eight shots at scott unarmed on saturday in north charleston but neighbors here remember slager growing up in mount laurel. they say he was friendly and lived in the area before joining the coastguard and then north charleston police department. one neighbor asked not to be identified because he was friend with the slager family. >> we moved here when he was about 12 i guess and left about five years later and went in the coastguard but nice kid the whole time he lived here. >> reporter: another neig

the driver went over a curb and hit a home on lenape court in mount laurel. young students on board were scared but not hurt. the driver was taken to the hospital. >> philadelphia police are looking for a man who posed as an officer to commit a crime in cobbs creek. they released this surveillance video of last friday's incident. the victim was walking near 52nd and cedar when she was approached by a man claiming to be a policeman. it appears the man flashed what looked like a badge and ordered the woman to drop her bag and stand against the wall. the suspect picked up the bag and ran off. the suspect is also responsible for three robberies last week authorities believe. >>> a bensalem woman collared for alleged animal cruelty. animal officials reportedly found 43 chihuahuas. police say the tenant will face up to 100 charges. >> a well deserving veteran and his family have a new place to call home in burlington county. staff sergeant maurio murray received a custom built home in florence township yesterday thanks to the built to honor program: the fully furni

slager worked in north charleston, south carolina but brew up in mount laurel and graduated from lenape high school in medford. his neighbors were shocked to learn the connection. >> it's weird to hear about someone like that who grew up around here and did something that heinous, the guy was running away. >> we expect dash-cam to be released from the deadly shooting of the unarmed man in south carolina. meantime the mayor of north charleston is taking steps to make sure nothing like this happens again. we turn to karen travers live in washington, d.c. >> reporter: good afternoon sara there are many questions on what exactly happened in north charleston on saturday was there really a struggle over the stun gun and what does officer dozen after walter scott fell to the ground and there is a dash-cam video that may shed light on this encounter. michael slager sits in a jail cell charged with the death of walter scott. >> i am praying for peace and piece for the community and the family. slager's wife is 8 months pregnant his former bosses say despite his dismissal they will continue to pr

the driver went over a curb and hit a home on lenape court in mount laurel.nts were not hurt. the driver was taken to the hospital. >> happening today philadelphia officials are celebrating earth day and their efforts the make this america's greenest city. mayor michael nutter and school superintendent william hite will be at neverringer school in south philadelphia. the students created a storm water. >> 5:57 and we couldn't to follow developing news here. fire tears through a bucks county home with someone still inside. we have a tragic update on the search for that missing man. >> you might have broken out the bikes for spring. there's a warning about one popular line. itit cannot function and leave it's a malfunction that can leigh you seriously hurt. in your flush i used to be able to have students come in and we do a social studies project and it was connected to language arts and it was connected to math. we educated in such an interdisciplinary way that educated the whole child. the testing shouldn't be in the driver's seat. i should be in the driver'

laurel and graduated from lenape high school in medford in 2001. "eyewitness news" spoke to officer slager's former classmates. >> if i was weak in a subject he would be right there to help me. never would have thought that he had any violence toward anyone. >> but it is these actions on videotape that could put michael slager away for the rest of his life. >> give then set of circumstances, i think a strong case could be made that that's murder. >> walter scott's family said that he fled the scene from officer slager because he was behind on some child support payment, and worried about getting arrested. officer michael slager behind bars, if he is convicted co-face 30 years to life, possibly, the death penalty. david spunt cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, today members of the clergy in vineland, new jersey, are hosting prayer gathering, hope to bring the community together after a man died in police custody. thirty-two year old phillip white died after going into respiratory distress following his arrest on march 31. his friends say police used

this happened on lenape court little more than an hour ago. 12 children were on that bus. they are all okay. officials say the bus driver had some sort of medical emergency. he was awake and conscious after the crash and is now at cooper university hospital. the home only has minor damage. >>> a wild sight in florence township. do you see that? skyfox over that new jersey home that no longer has a backyard. it is clear gone. you can see it just fell off. police tell thus yard actually fell into the delaware river. no one is hurt. it's not clear right now if the house is safe but one could speculate but we won't. we'll continue to follow this story and bring updates as this news warrants. >>> take a good look at these two guys. police say they held up a man right outside his society hill home. that man says he left a nightclub and got out of his car to open his garage. that's when the robbers point add gun at him and demanded money. they grabbed his wallet, they grabbed his iphone and sped away in white suv. police say these two followed the victim all the way from a nightc

lenape road, route 52 is closing in pocopson for work on the bridge there. last until friday afternoon closed around the clock so 926 street road gets you around that. starting even before that in just about 10 minutes here in wilmington they're closing old barley mill road between barley mill road and stone block road. that's lasting through the end of may. stick with 141 as your alternate around that new work zone. tam. >> thank you matt. >>> new this morning a florida family is under investigation after being caught on camera stuffing their children into the trunk of a car. you see the video there. this happened outside of a restaurant in jacksonville many people inside the restaurant saw what was happening and recorded it on their cell phones. the family reportedly made threatening comments once they knew that they were being filmed. authorities say they have identified the family. there's no word though on if charges going to be filed. the state department children and families and the jacksonville sheriff's office are both investigating. >>> the son of

chopper three over lenape court in mount laurel, in of those children was hurt but neighbors do tell us that the bus driver suffered a medical emergency of some kind. he was taken to the hospital to get check out. >>> breaking news right now chopper three is over a backyard that is falling away from the delaware river. take a look at this scene from east not street, in florence burlington county. you can see the ground has given way here and it is dangerously close to a pair of homes. apparently a drainage pipe under ground has been leaking and then yesterday's heavy rains led to even more of that yard to fall away. we will keep an eye on that. >>> a cbs-3 iteam exclusive tonight a worker is recovering have after getting shock while picking up trash. metal trash can came in contact with the electrified light pole in front of the home on appletree street in center city. "eyewitness news" investigative reporter walt hunter is live as i theteam asked the street department for some answers walt. >> reporter: jessica, most of us would never think twice about touching or lean against a lig

three-year old slager has been charged with murder so now fired cop, grew up in south jersey attending lenapehool in medford and growing up in this quiet mount laurel neighborhood. >> he was a nice kid. really was. >> reporter: today's slager's emotional mother spoke out for the first time. >> i hope god takes care of everybody involved, not only my family but the scott family because i know they are grieving too like i'm grieving. i want them to know that. >> reporter: the north carl topo lease department said officers tried to administer first aid and c pr. that witness we heard from in the story mr. san tan, he said did he not see that happen jim. live from the satellite center sharrie williams for channel six "action news". >>> bullet holes riddled a car near 24th and wolf this afternoon in south philadelphia. a law man recovered the vehicle at 39th and wide land in university city. police have yet to locate the second vehicle. one gunshot victim is in the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. a possible suspects was being held by university of pennsylvania police. >>> a chester cou

chopper three over lenape court in mt. laurel which is right near the springville school.e're told 12 children were on board that bus at the time of the crash but none of them was hurt. the bus driver did suffer some minor injuries and had to be taken to the hospital. the guy had a huge gash on his head and the children said that he was kind of like leaning over a bit before he crash. >> investigators believe that driver may have had some kind of medical emergency hype the wheel. >>> first on three parents are on alert after a disturbing show and tell at a philadelphia school. police say a student broader heroin and showed it to his elementary school classmates in west ken sipping ton. matt rivers is live at the special victims unit with the latest on this. matt? >> reporter: jessica we're told by authorities that the student involved in this case is in first grade and so now the big question that remains tonight for investigators here at the special victims unit is just how that first grader was able to get his hands on that heroin in the first place. it was during lunch

chester county n15 minutes they're going eclose route 52, the bridge over brandywine creek along lenapeing to be shut down through friday afternoon for construction so we're going to send you down to 926 street road for the next couple days. if you're not out within the next 15 minutes, 52 will not be an option and you missed your chance on this one. at 5 o'clock this morning they closed old barley mill road here in new castle county through the end of may. we're talking after memorial day until you get this one back so stay down on 141 to get around that new construction closure but you still don't want to use 141 in new castle. that's closed for the emergency bridge work by 13 there by the airport so 273 gets you around that blockage. another new construction project begins today in pleasantville atlantic county by the marco polo pizzeria. weekdays during the midday closing delilah road at leads. gloucester county another pothole in the road along red bank avenue. tam. >> okay, thank you matt. >>> this story is developing right now. the los angeles county coroner is investigating the

laurel and graduated from lenape high school in medford in 2001.eyewitness news" spoke to officer slager's former classmate. >> if i was weak in a subject he'd be right there to help me. never would have thought that he had any violence towards anyone. >> but it's these actions on video tape that could put michael slager away for the rest of his life. >> given this set of circumstances, i think a strong case could be made that that's murder. >> reporter: walter scott's family says he ran from officer slager because he had been behind on some child support payments and feared getting arrested. sleigh good was fired from his job earlier this week season in jail tonight. live in the digital center, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. >>> breaking news out of the midwest tonight. officials say that a large twister touched down near the central illinois community of rochelle. the violent weather in that area has left one person dead and damaged several homes and businesses. now that same strong storm front is moving east tonight and

. >>> a school bus with children on board, crashes in to the side of the house chopper three over lenape court in mount laurel yesterday near the springville school. twelve children were on that bus. police tell us none of them were hurt. the bus driver suffer minor injuries and was taken to the area hospital. authority say the the driver may have had an emergency of some sort while behind the wheel, erika. >>> ukee, thank you. >>> updating a story we first haddon three philadelphia police special victims unit is investigating how what is believed to be heroin wound up in the hand of the child. it was around lunchtime at william cramp elementary school in west kensington when a first grader pulled 14 baggies from his backpack and showed to it classmates. two student notified police and the lunchtime aid. >> my son goes there and he is in first grade. something worse would have happened. >> the school sent a letter home to parents saying in part that this letter is a reminder to please check your child's school bag every dane a remove anything that does not belong at a school. >>> mother

driver said he had a medical emergency right before crashing in the house on lenape court on mount laurel on the way home from school yesterday afternoon. twelve students were on that bus but none of them were hurt. >>> a mother accuse had on have leaving her disable son in the woods in cobbs creek is coming back to philadelphia to face charges. nia parlor waved extradition yesterday at a hearing in maryland. police say that she went there to visit her boyfriend after dumping her 21 year-old quadriplegic son in cobbs creek park earlier this month. parlor will face several charges including attempted murder. her sonnies now being treated for dehydration and malnutrition. >>> still ahead this morning a mystery in the pennsylvania neighborhood when some strange items start showing up on peoples lawns. >>> also commuters risk their lives to save their man in the wheelchair after he falls on to subway tracks. we will show you the rescue. >>> hundreds of protesters hit the the street demanding justice after a man dies in police custody. now search for answers heads to the justice department. >>

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starting this morning lasting through friday afternoon pocopson they're closing route 52, lenape roadandywine creek for some construction. stay down on 926 street road, to get around that new mess. also have construction going on in upper darby during the mid days. this is weekdays through the end of the month. stick with baltimore pike instead of providence road closing between baltimore pike and bishop avenue. also the work zone today in gloucester township camden county from 7:00 until 4:00 they'll close garwood road at chrissy way. hickstown road gets you around that one. another newbie in pleasantville atlantic county, delilah road closing each week day from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. for the next week or so between route nine and main street so reading avenue a possible alternate around that one. see, told you there was lots of construction. another work zone with the waze app as we do the commuter report this morning. one of our friends a member of the 6abc commuter team, it's johnny rotten 81 says watch out for road work along 95 in new castle county by 141. nydia. >> matt than

former officer michael slager accused of of killing an unarmed black man graduated from lenape high schoolack in 2001. the 33-year-old was arrested after a disturb video surfaced it shows eight shots fired at the back of a 50-year-old man walter scott as he tries to run away. scott was killed. the incident fueling the tense debate between americans and police. philadelphia's police commissioner just shared a white house committee on community policing he calls this case an unfortunate tragedy. >> this is an individual who obviously in my opinion acted inappropriately has been dealt with at least he's put into the system. but it's not a reflection on the entire you know, police force nor is it a reflection on the professional policing as a whole whole. >> commissioner ramsay added added he felt slager was disciplined quickly and appropriately. slager was fired today. the fbi and feds are now investigating his case. >>> a close call for two little girls in florida after they almost came face to face with a real live snake in the grass. this was no ordinary snake. the cotton mouth packs prett

fair way, a crash involving a motorcycle in chester county at oak born road, and in chester county, lenape road closes be street road gets you through that tomorrow afternoon. and a pair of accidents to watch out for in newark one at library avenue and one in old baltimore pike at pleasant valley road, a lot going on we'll check it again in the next half hour. more to come on "action news" tonight at 5:00, another key piece of evidence is found at the crash site of the germanwings flight that went down in the french alps. and it is world autism awareness day, coming up in health check ali gorman tells us when signs that disorder is spotted in children. and the mysteries surrounding autism. music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪♪ ♪♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. >>> we have breaking news from burlington city, four people appear to be okay after their scull tipped over, the rescue has taken place and the accident is reported near the unit block of