it states coming to neumann goretti on monday, going to shoot all the killed and the teachers. at the italian festival, a block away from the school, word of the post spread quickly. >> that's disgusting. >> it's scary. >> neighborhood would never let it happened. it's a close and tight-knit community. >> reporter: recently carrey clowns have been popping up across the country. this weekend came a flurry of threatening clown posts mentioning specific schools in the area. a post to the account called philly clown 215 threatened students at northeast charter high school. overnight that account user posted saying the clown joke is officially over. authorities are not laughing and philadelphia police along with the school district of philadelphia sent a joint statement saying the philadelphia police department is actively investigating the social media post and pursuing them. homeland security is assisting in the investigation. the archdiocese schools that were named in the life threatening will have extra police presence today. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> police in

katherine scott is outside neumann goretti high school. what can you tell us. >> reporter: threats have been coming in, and the one against neumann goretti. a different clown attack threatened other schools in philadelphia came out overnight calling the post a joke saying it was over. >> that's disgusting. >> reporter: it's a post on instagram made by an account called clown of philly over the weekend, it states coming to neumann goretti on monday, going to shoot all the kids and the teachers. last night at the italian festival word spread fast. >> it's a such a close knit community we don't let it happen. >> social media is getting out of hand now, we need to stop and think before we post stuff. >> reporter: recently scary clowns have been popping up across the country spotted on roads and social media. clown 215 threatened students at northeast high school, that person posted again saying the clown joke is over. police and schools of philadelphia sent this joint news release, philadelphia police department is actively investigating the s

one is neumann goretti. authorities are not taking this lightly. a different user who threatened other schools in the area came out after the story posted on 6abc, saying the clown joke is officially over. this instagram post was made by clown philly. saying coming to newman gorett on monday saying going to shoot all the kids and the teachers. word of the post spread quickly. >> the neighborhood would never let it happen because it's such a close and tight community, it would definitely be stopped. >> recently scary clowns have been popping up across the country. this weekend came a flurry of threatening clown posts mentioning specific schools in the area. a post account called philly clown 215 threatened students at northeast charter high school. that user he posted saying the clown joke is officially over. authorities authorities are not laughing and philadelphia police along with the school district sent a joint statement saying the philadelphia police department is actively investigating the social media post and pursuing those responsible for

one of the creepy clown posts said they were going to come to neumann goretti and shoot all of the kids all the students all the teachers we found out a lot of these creepy clowns behind these accounts they're teenagers but that doesn't change the fact that they have to be investigated and taken very seriously. >> you have a gray hair. >> reporter: this is abington residents joyce also know as bubbles the clown. imagine working at a career for 19 years mostly helping kids then to only have that career be turned upside down by what's likely nothing more than a prank by kids. listen to this. >> a little boy about eight years old and looked at me with big blue eyes and said are you going to kill me uh bubbles says the reason why that happened scary clowns. >> now i'm avenue fried drive -- i'm afraid to be pulled over by a bunch of state troopers. people dressed up as clowns are popping up along roads. now they're in philadelphia making big time threats and bubbles wants to it stop. >> take all that energy and put it into positive things. go volunteer. >> reporter: it's anything but positiv

katherine scott is live outside of neumann goretti high school in philadelphia. that's one of the schools that received a threat. >> reporter: threats have been coming in from different accounts, in light of one against neumann gore the. gore -- goretti. the threat for other schools in philadelphia came out overnight calling the post a joke saying it was over. >> that's disgusting. >> reporter: it's a post on instagram made by an account called clown of philly over the weekend. it states coming to neumann goretti on monday, going to shoot all the kids and teachers. last night at the italian festival a few blocks away from the school word spread fast. >> it's a little nervous, once again it's such a close-knit community we won't let that happen. >> social media is getting out of hand now. we need to stop and think before we post stuff. >> reporter: scary clowns have been popping up across the country on roads and social media. philly clown 215 threatened students at northeast charter high school. overnight that account user posted again saying the clown joke is off

. >>> scary clown threat caused extra police presence at neumann goretti. saying going to neumann goretti going to shoot the teachers and kids. >> they will be hope to lock it down and the catholic school pray. one such threat against a charter school in northeast philadelphia was retracted by the user who posted it. philadelphia police say they are actively investigating the social media post and looking for those responsible for the threat. >>> a trial is set for the man who murdered his 3-year-old son. the defense asked for more time for investigation. he was charge with the murder of his son brendan in last october, the boy was found in a wooded area after he was found missing. the prosecution said he killed his son in an effort to apiece his girlfriend. >>> hurricane matthew is about to inflict massive flooding in the caribbean. it could dump up to 40 inches of rain and could have winds up to 30 miles per hour. people are boarding up windows and clearing out store shelves. meteorologist david murphy is tracking the monster hurricane from the "action ne

. >> reporter: quite concern monday at neumann-goretti where police cruisers circled and some parentsre praying for a calm day of classes. >> the principal called me last night, and he left me a message that, um, it's going to be threat here. so i didn't -- he didn't say exactly what it was. but then i saw it on social media. >> reporter: monique bryant saw these so-called scary clowns gets on social media they're now trending nationwide. post after post of fearsome clown images and threats of violence to local public and private schools. bryant's daughter wanted to stay home though others students perceived these posts as pranks. >> just scene the threats on social media. >> yes. >> i've seen the threats. >> and you don't think that they're a big deal? >> no i think they're just trying to get -- scare people. >> reporter: from neumann-goretti to roman catholic to jw halihan the archdiocese and police are taking extra steps to keep students safe. at least three arch diocesan schools were named and self philadelphia city schools were too. they resumed class wednesday after observing th

the action cam was at neumann goretti high school this morning where police were taking this threat very seriously. an instagram account claimed that someone was going shoot all the kids and teachers there this morning. everyone is safe tonight. philadelphia police and the department of homeland security say they are investigating any accounts of making threats. >>> "action news" has found at least three the dozen different accounts taking part in these clown threats. >> pennsylvania's i was auditor general lunged an immediate audit philadelphia parking authority following allegations of sexual harassment within the agent z the ppa's executive director vince sen fenerty resigned. he's accused of sexually harassing two coworkers. the auditor general says he wants to investigate how the ppa handled sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. he sales the audit will bring some much needed transparency to the agency. >> the ntsb says it could be days before investigators reach that sector data recorder in the wreckage of last week's deadly new jersey transit train crash. officials

police cars could be seen surrounding neumann goretti high school this morning. the reason why, a clown. a scary clown to be exact. on instagram the account titled clown philly posted this disturbing statement coming to neumann goretti on monday. going to shoot all the kids and teachers. a statement that no one find fis amusing. >> reporter:. >> no one. >> reporter: a 13-year-old girl indicated this was only a crank. the scary clown situation has grown rapidly. we saw almost 40 instagram accounts with the scary clown fundamental theme. the philadelphia police and the department of homeland security are investigating any accounts making threats. >> you have a gray hair. >> reporter: now real clowns like bubbles played by joyce says her business is being ruined. >> a little boy about eight years old looked at me with his big blew eyes and said are you going to kill he mism bubbles says a big part of her business is volunteering with children. she's not getting as many bookings. he she didn't put on her makeup until our interview. now she has a message. >> take all

stepped up security at some schools following social media threats from so-called scary clowns, neumann goretti in south philadelphia was getting extra patrol today. on saturday an instagram post from clown of philly threatened to kill students at goritti. police say they stake the threat seriously even though it's probably a hoax. >>> septa resumed service on the regional allines after pulling 100 cars out of commission. today enough cars have been repaired for service to return to normal. but commuters we spoke today said the trip was far from perfect. many complained of clays -- delays on several lines, others follow glitches on their ways to work. john rawlins will have more on "action news" at 4:00 p.m. >>> a new commission in the archdiocese of philadelphia aim to offer he'll to mercy to men and women who chose to abort a child. the ministry offers a broad range of services. >> it is an effort that includes reconciliation, sacrament of reconciliation, professional counseling, prayer retreat and i think in a very important part of it is the support group efforts to bring together people wh