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we do have shawnette wilson live on campus. >> reporter: can you guys hear me? as you can see the crowd is not letting up out whoever. the celebration continues tonight as the wildcats take the championship. >> let's go nova. let's go nova. let's go nova. >> reporter: you kind of get the gist of it; right? i want to try to talk to this squaw. look at his shirt. he says party like it is 1985. we love it. talk about this night. >> it's unbelievable. unbelievable. it was saturday night when they make it to the final four and tonight we see it going on. >> reporter: this shirt here tells a good tale. >> exactly. this is what happened in 1985. i was there and i'm here again. >> reporter: listen, let me tell you, we're allowing all this to happen because it's a huge celebration out here. i want to toss it back to you guys. ok? . >> crazy out there. >> she's got to bring us back a cheesesteak. i don't think she's coming back. >> the two shots, i would think people have seen them but if they haven't seen them. it's the whole story of the game the last two shots. let's t

fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in media. shawnette? >> reporter: lucy, this vigil is organized by a group called parents of murdered children. it's been held for the past 21 years, ton night it brought together families to help each other and offer them peace. ♪ he was killed trying to help his friend. >> i pray i get justice for my son. >> reporter: heartbreaking vigil tonight for families who have lot of loved ones to violence in delaware county. >> she was murdered on may 13, 22015. >> reporter: can light and dozens of grieving families. a picture of lives gone too soon hanging in the delaware county courthouse each family missing someone special present add rose after the reading of a special message about life taken. >> this is another step closer to justice for nay nan. we have to remember mason and remember other children. >> reporter: family of mason hunt beautiful bright eyed two-year-old boy was killed last year was there. his mother and boyfriend are standing trial in his murder. mason' family attended the vigil last year, t

let's get right out to fox 29's shawnette wilson live in wilmington tonight with more. shawnette? >> reporter: well, chris, this evening the police chief is saying there is still an enormous amount of information to go through. he also says they are taking time to weed out all those rumors so that they can focus on the facts. >> we are not in a position at this time to file charge. >> reporter: it's not the news most were waiting to hear. during this news conference this afternoon, wilmington's top cop said there are no arrests are charges yet in the death of aim knee frances joyner. >> we know that the family and the public want answers and we're working to bring this case to resolution as quickly as possible. >> reporter: we do know three female students police say are considered persons of interest have been out of school since the bathroom brawl that left the 16-year-old howard high technical student dead. but the chief said there are a number of things that still need to be reviewed. including more than 3,000 pages of print data. isn't including but not limited to scores of i

fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in south philadelphia tonight.hawnette. >> reporter: local musicians here say to make it in show business you have to go through philadelphia, and that is exactly what prince did. he played shows large and small all to a packed house. earlier this afternoon i spoke with kenny gamble of the legendary philadelphia international records, and he recalls one particular show that prince played here. it was at the academy of music where he says he played for hours with people crammed insi inside. gamble describes prescription as talented innovative and says he was true musician and not just an entertainer. >> he was a great guitar player. >> okay. >> that was the first thing. he almost like a blues guitar player. but he had a lot of pop and rhythm and blues feelings to his music and, um, his music was real commercial. like little red corvette and almost visual music you can actually see that. >> back here live, of course, we all probably know at least one prince song but he's also known for his acting career starred in se

shawnette?reporter: yeah, that was a gooded when to cancel classes, dawn, i can tell you they burned the midnight oil last night. but in the meantime, it could be any minute now when the team arrives here and take a look you can see quite a crowd has gathered to greet the team hoping to give them a cheer and greet them as soon as they step foot here. this crowd is gathered just outside of gate nine at the back of the stadium where the bus will pull up, the team will get off and of course go right through that tunnel on to the field for a huge celebration. in the meantime, let's hear from some people who are waiting for the team's arrival. >> waiting for the team. absolutely. we have been following them for -- >> years. >> years and years. >> over a decade. >> yeah. we're ready for this win. it's the best. >> we are ecstatic and i think that explains the feeling of everybody in this villanova community. yeah. >> they're like hometown heroes much a long time coming, too. >> reporter: yes, sebastia

fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in lansdale where the community, shawnette, remains stunned. >> reporter: well, lucy, the district attorney says the shooting was not a residential self-defense situation and this afternoon mark storms was arraigned in court. >> very sad for both families. very sad. >> reporter: a community is saddened over shooting that left one man dead and another in jail. 46-year-old mark storms is facing voluntary manslaughter charges in the shoot shooting death of 27-year-old robert braxton inside keystone fellowship church in montgomeryville. >> it's clear in this case the shooter brought a gun to a crowded church. he introduced that gun into a verbal altercation that turned a fist -- that turned into a fistfight. and then fired the gun twice aiming at a vital part of the body killing the victim. >> reporter: investigators say it happened sunday during morning worship service. there was an issue over where the victim was sitting. >> the investigation revealed that mr. braxton was creating a disturbance during the 11 a.m. church service after a fellow church member s

fox 29's shawnette wilson is live there tonight and shawnette, now the community is trying to get it fixed. >> reporter: yeah, dawn. so the doors here closed at 6:00 and some say that will be a problem with summer coming. the kids here will be out on the streets. one man says, though, even when the center is open, the children are limited because of the condition the center is in. >> we got computers that we can't set up, because of the building. you see all the cracks in the wall coming down the wall. >> reporter: keith coleman is frustrated over the condition of the west mill creek rec center at 51 is the and parish street in west philly. he takes us inside of what he calls an empty run down building plagued with problems. >> in the bathroom we got cracks in the walls. got a refrigerator sitting hyped you. we can't put refreshments in it because the will he fridge freighter don't work. >> reporter: coleman is the president of the advisory council. neighborhood kids deserve bett better. >> they flush the toilet in the girl's bathroom, it comes up outside on the grass. report roar th

fox 29's shawnette wilson has been speaking to many who know prince's impact in our area. first hand live at the belmont plateau tonight. shawnette. >> reporter: lucy, local radio stations as you can imagine spent the day airing tributes to prince an artist who left an undeniable mark on the music world. ♪ >> sounds of music icon dominating the air waves after news of the death of prince. >> prince, the icon, we lost him today. >> reporter: wdas radio host tony brown says it's shane the music world. >> playing him for whole show and, um, only to say he's gone. >> reporter: tonight typically throw back thursday on brown's show. >> we are remembering him musically through the night. >> reporter: but instead he's throwing back to songs by prince who brown says had a diverse fan base. >> prince played r and b, pop, rock and role, jazz, i mean, whatever he wanted to play, he went into all realms of music. >> reporter: at wpn radio dan read speaks to his listeners about the artist who he says was more than a pop star. >> he was a producer. he was a an a ranger. he was an entrepr

fox 29's shawnette wilson is in montgomery county with more details.hawnette. >>> lucy the church held a prayer service tonight at the skippack location that is a different location than the shooting happened. also, earlier this evening, the family held a vigil at a nearby park for their loved one. >> one day i look forward to seeing you and embracing you again. to you we lift your spirit to you god i'll be in your piece forever. >> tearful heart broken father leads family and friends in a balloon release in memory of his son 27-year-old robert braxton. he was shot to death yesterday inside the church he attended keystone fellowship in montgomery. >> my daughter said why? why my son had to die? >> dozens formed a prayer circle at gazebo park near the township municipal building. >> just unfortunate that he was taken away at this young age, but as you see today with how many people showed up he was loved by so many. >> this is a picture of robert seen on the right alongside his mother and younger brother. >> he loved his family. he loved his extended fa

fox 29's shawnette wilson is is live there tonight.t bus driver expected the team to come back with a trophy, didn't gentlemen. >> reporter: did he, dawn. he made that perfectly clear. he says, when the team left and as we know at this point the team delivered making everyone including john mills their bus driver proud. the ncaa champion wildcats arrived back at campus welcomed by an excited nova family. as the team got off the bus, the loudest cheers came from john mills the team's bus driver. part of the big villanova family. he couldn't wait to pick them up from the airport. take look at the emotional hug he gave to some of the players. >> i told them don't come back unless you bring a trophy back. they said we did. that's i went when they got off the plane. we did it. you made your promise. it was good. it was nice. >> reporter: mills was visibly proud watching the team get off the bus with the trophy. he gave most of them a pat on the back. he says even in silence during the rights to the celebration he could feel how proud everyo

that's where fox 29's shawnette wilson is live tonight. shawnette, the attacker is still out there? >> reporter: he is, dawn, and police worry the next victim might not be as lucky. pay close attention. we are about to show you pictures of a man police want desperately to catch. surveillance pictures show a 19-year-old woman fighting for her life. as police say a man tried to sexually assault her. you can see the victim's hand on the man's neck as they struggle on the ground. the suspect has one hand around the back of the woman's head. >> it's very unnerving. >> reporter: yvette heard what happened as she walked along the very block where it happened. police say it was around 1:30 wednesday morning on the 1300 block of wharton street in south philly. the victim was walking home when she noticed a man following her. she quickly pulled out her pepper spray and just in time. police say the man in this photo grabbed her from behind. >> he pulled her dress down, the top of of of her dress he pulled down exposing her. she managed to fight him off and pepper spray him at which time he fle

iain, back to you. >> shawnette, thank you. >>> on your radar.etting ready for some rain on the way. here's live look from reading to night. we're still in the 60s out there. not going to get colder for a few days. people still without their coats on schuylkill river park. the weather may be warm but we're going get wet. >> that's certainly right, iain. a couple sprinkles moving through montgomery, bucks county also mr. is he county. zoom in a little closer. nothing heavy just yet around northampton moving toward bensalem area but off to the west, this is the cold front that will bring more showers even a couple of thunderstorms our way tomorrow. look at the winds out of the south. so that will keep temperatures pretty mild as we move throughout the overnight. lows really in the 60s for most. and then look at tomorrow. high temperatures once again in the 70s. what about 76 degrees for the high temperature in philadelphia come tomorrow. hour by hour by tomorrow morning, a couple of spotty showers out there. not a washout of a day tomorrow. we'll c

shawnette? >> reporter: dawn, as you can imagine, police are extremely concerned. they say this man saw the two girls inside a store and then followed them. pay close attention to the pictures we're about to show you. you may recognize the man. >> that's petrifying honestly. >> reporter: esther davis is terrified to hear a man tried to lure two, 11-year-old girls into his car in her cherry hill neighborhood. >> to know there's guy going around trying to abduct kids is scary. >> reporter: cherry hill police say it happened yesterday afternoon around 5:15. these are surveillance pictures of the suspect inside the wawa at 843 cooper landing road. police say he was in the store the same time as the girls and followed them in this car also captured on surveillance as the girls walked near south lincoln avenue and garfield avenue. >> he pulled up alongside of them on the curb, rolled down the window, and asked the females if they happened to need a ride home. they yelled no, they ran away. they went home and reported to adult. they did everything that they should have. >

fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in fishtown tonight where clinton worked to win over some voters.hawnette. >> reporter: iain, clinton's camp estimates that about 2,000 people attended tonight's event. as you can imagine most of them were supporters but some were undecided hoping to get closer look at the candidates ahead of tuesday's pennsylvania primary. coming off big win in new york last night, hillary clinton appeared before an electric crowd tonight at the fillmore in fishtown. she spent the day in philadelphia ahead of tuesday's pennsylvania primary. >> hello, philadelphia! >> reporter: supporters pack the floor and balcony to hear what she had to say. she spoke direct toll philadelphians about gun violence plaguing the city. >> you had 12 shootings in philadelphia over the weekend. four people killed. a police officer shot. the story that was just so heartbreaking was the father, a father handling his gun and it went off and killed his four-year-old daughter. >> clinton also drew loud cheers talking about mental health and drug addiction. >> right now, we are losing way too

a lot of people in the industry and fans are saddened by this loss. >> thank you very much, shawnettet obama is taking -- also talking about prince's passing he released a statement saying in part, today the world lost a creative icon, michelle and i join millions of fans from aid round the world in mourning the sudden death of prince. few artists have influenced the sound of trajectory of popular music more distinctly or touched quite so many people with their talent. >>> coverage of prince's pass log continue all night. later in the newscast we'll take you live to minnesota where the singer was found at his studio and we'll show you an interview our joyce evans did prince in philadelphia back in 2004. we'll have continual could have ratch on fox29.com post the latest on the investigation and tributes from around the world on the home page. >>> develop to go night in wilmington a16-year-old girl is dead after a fight broke out at a high school. a school spokesperson says confrontation involved students inside a restroom at howard high school of technology. karen schep live in wilming

let's get straight to fox 29's shawnette wilson live in medford.ette. >> reporter: well, the suspect police say rivaled through purchases and got away with cash and credit cards much this happened while parents were with their kids playing soccer just feet away. valuables left in plain sight inside cars at bob bendy park in med for. employees say someone smashed the windows of two locked cars here last week. >> i just heard from a friend you better lock your car because our make sure your belongings are safe because there were a few break ins while soccer practice was going on. >> reporter: maureen comes here with her eight-year-old son michael. she locks her purse in the trunk unlike some others we talk to. >> just take it for granted we're in a safe area and safe neighbor. >> reporter: like this woman who admits she leaves things visible in her car all the time. >> reporter: she showed us how she leaves her windows doors and doors up lock. her daughter's cell phone was inside. >> police say the smash and grabs happened just before 7:30 at night.

iain. >> shawnette, great woman, good for her. thank you. >>> developing to night, medical marijuana is one step closer to being legal in pennsylvania. a bill passed in the state senate today and now heads back to the house for final approval before landing on the governor's desk and supporters hope the bill will be signed later this week. it would let patient who's have least of ailments obtain marijuana for therapeutic purposes. governor wolf supports making pennsylvania the 24th state to enact a comprehensive public medical marijuana program. >>> skyfox over a schoolbus crash that sent two children to the hospital. police tell us several students were on that bus you see right there. it tangled with two other cars in north philadelphia just before 5:00 tonight. this is at the corner of diamond and north vanpelt streets. two children did go to the hospital for observation. no one else is hurt. >>> things turned violent when store employee tried to stop two suspected shoplifters. police want to find these two women. they say they

shawnette?> reporter: we're standing near admiral wilson boulevard where an employee at a gas station behind me saw that seven-year-old walking along a very busy highway. tonight his mom is thankful for that man but is upset with the school because she says her son was able to walk out. >> my son could have been kidnapped, he could have been just the worst hit by car. >> reporter: anna martinez still can't get over the phone call she says she received from her son's school just after 10:00 monday morning. >> they informed me that my son was film on admiral wilson boulevard. >> she dropped her seven-year-old son jerry at camden community charter school in north camden a few minutes late that day. he was going to the office to get a late passing to oh class. >> he told the lady at the school he left some books home and she told him to go ahead and get them. to me it was a miscommunication she may have been talking to someone else but he still was able to leave the school. >> reporter: this second

shawnette? >> shawnette normally comes in about now, yes. violin. >> oh, how about that? >> i think that's what you are hearing. >> look, jeff cole over there on the left. >> that guy i don't know sitting on the ball of string. yes, weird place to work. i'll tell you where you can actually see these guys. they're call circus cirquo. >> new ban, bans moms and dads to walk their kids to the school. you can take them to the sidewalk. >> if they step foot on school property, could be arrested, even face criminal charges, at elementary school in magnolia, texas. children must need to either ride the bus or drove them offer in the caroline but cannot be walked to class, violators already received warning letters, in case you didn't think they were serious about it, some parent outraged and pulled their kids out of the school. >> this has happened to many parent, they've been cited. they've been threatened if they step 1 foot on school property, that they'll be arrested and charged with who knows what why i don't live in texas. school policies put

fox 29's shawnette wilson explains. >> i'm glad because now the rest of the familiar confidential haveece. knowing that they caught him. >> reporter: lois, is relieved to hear that the person police say set her neighbor's house on fire 13 years ago is in police custody. she remembers the day it happened. >> so i went to the phone and called 911 and told them that there's big fire over here. >> reporter: five people were killed in the fire on the 100 block of widener street in olney which police believe stemmed from fight at a bar between a boxer john santiago and the suspect be a dearie serra. case went unsolved for over decade because witnesses would not come forward. today police arrested rivera after the case was reopened a year and a half ago. >> we found the witnesses went back out to the neighborhoods, um, the witnesses did come in and do the right thing and as a result we were able to get an arrest warn. >> reporter: police arrested rivera at philip and ontario streets. jose martinez lives a block away from where the fire happened. >> it's kind of crazy that it took so long for

that my 17 and a half years wasn't for nothing. >> reporter: shawnette wilson, fox 29 news. >>> if you'dike more information about how to donate go to fox29.com. >>> in delaware county, a day to honor those who help the people who often need it the most. >> officials took time today to honor two individuals who are committed to helping victims of crime. the delaware county district attorney's office and the county's victims policy funding board recognizing senator pat toomey for his efforts to get a hold federal funds to help those crime victims also honored today upper darby police detective raymond blum. blum unwavering commit many led to the incarceration of three men who assaulted 22-year-old mother back in 2012. >> we know that the victims of these particular crimes have endured many of them tremendous suffering and the last thing that we want to happen is they're revictimized going through the criminal justice system. >>> annual ceremony recognizes individuals or organizations that advocate for crime victims. >>> camden police officers are getting to know some of the youngest citiz

fox 29's shawnette wilson has the emotional story of a mother kept alive after overdosing all to tryhild. ♪ >> i was a sappy person. i cried at stupid things on the regular. now i cried at even stupid eighty three things. >> life as dory porter knew a year ago has been turned upside down. >> i became a single parent of three small children all of a sudden. >> reporter: meet her grandchildren, four-year-old, a three-year-old and the youngest eight months old. she has custody and is raising them with the help of her 16-year-old daughter. >> the weakest thing is sleep. i don't get any. >> reporter: dory emotional roller coaster doesn't quite explain it. it's more like a whirlwind tragic events that begin with her old defendant daughter raven the children's mother. >> she was a mother who was embraced her children. >> on january 26th of last year raven stopped breathing. she would spend the following five months on live support because she was pregnant with her youngest daughter. >> the baby became the patient. my daughter was nothing more than a vessel to keep her there. >> reporter: do

it's a pain that i don't think i've ever imagined. >> in easton, shawnette wilson, fox 29 news. >> youone that is dealing with an addiction, we do have quite a few resources on our website. >> you can also fine a link to go fund me page for raven's children head to fox29.com for a list. >>> you know a chimpanzee made a break for it from a zoo. he had quite the adventure. what authorities eventual hal to do to get him down from power lines. >>> coming up at 6:00 concern continues to grow over the zika virus. we now know what it can do to babies what's our next step in fighting the disease what officials said today. >> a local boy loves super heroes but he just proved he has some special powers of his own. the scary opponent he just defeat want peace did today that he'll never forget. >>> chimpanzee wept on a wild and dangerous adventure. chimp named cha-cha he is draped a zoo in japan. roamed around for about two hours before he ended up on top of utility pole. cha-cha was just sitting there before he started dangling from the power lines clearly very dangerous. officials ended up shoot

lucy knoll lap, jeff cole, bruce gordon, shawnette wilson will be there.wet conditions in pennsauken on sunday for that ms walk steve keeley will be there. temperatures finally start to hit the 70-degree mark by the middle and latter part of next week. but we also have more chances for some rainfall. the gardens need that out there right now. >> yeah. bad timing, scott. >> yeah. we like nice weekends. >> garden may. the runners don't like it. >> 50/50 weakened. >> thanks. carson wentz era has bun. we'll head out to novacare where sean bell is standing by with philadelphia's newest quarterback coming up after the break. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with disruptions. get better internet installed on your schedule. comcas

fox 29's shawnette wilson is in west philadelphia tonight with more on how this coalition will work.chaub net? >> reporter: well, that coalition held a news conference today to announce its mission. it was held on the same day philadelphia police released video of a brazen shooting that happened in broad daylight in that same area. surveillance video captures a brazen shooting in the middle of the day in west philly. watch as a gunman opened fire on a young man standin standing on0 block of market street in front of a chinese food store last week. police say the 21-year-old man was shot in his upper body. taken to the hospital in critical condition. now, investigators are looking for the suspect captured on surveillance video. it's one of many shootings around the area of 52nd stree street. now, new anti-violence group is taking action. >> young man was killed in front of this bar on february 17th this year. >> reporter: the group released video of a news conference today outside danny's cousin's bar shut down organizers say because of all the violence that happened nearby. >> it was

lucy noland, jeff gordon, bruce coal, shawnette wilson all there today representing. >> good job.w to your fox 29 weather authority, when are we going to see the sun again? >> it was out today. >> i didn't see it. >> it was in the morning? >> by the way another walk tomorrow in pennsauken. steve keeley will be there. >> cool. >> it is going to rain. >> oh, no. >> just grab raincoat t won't be bad. today wasn't perfect, but it was not bad considering what i am about to be talking about. there is the sun. look, nice clouds, sent to us by andrew with some blue skies there. we call them nice clouds because they are not giving us any rain, but that will be changing starting tomorrow. so, get ready for the rain. here it is. it is all in the midwest right now. and a lot of this not reaching the grounds yet watch will happen overnight is these clouds will move in. so the clouds will increase, and that will keep the temperatures from dropping too much. so right now right about 6o we hit 64, mid 50's, in the surrounding suburbs, dropping maybe mid to low 50's, very warm air is going to be t

we've got lucy that be there on sunday, i have a list right here, also jeff cole, bruce gordon, shawnetteson, get to meet them, sunday, look out, m.s. walk in pennsauken, steve keeley, making appearance, that's right. you've been warned. >> steve getting out on a weekends. >> wow, there you go, got to be at that one. hey, guess what today is? take your kids to work day. >> today, well, i told them yesterday, and all excited all right, we'll get up at 2:00. that's when they normally change their minds. they said they'll sleep in and go to school. >> they lock their doors? >> that's right. that was quick mood shift right there when i said oh, 2:00 i'll wake you up. good morning, everybody, they're still sleeping. live look at the ben franklin bridge coming into philadelphia, no problems there. penndot all traffic stopped right at highland avenue. right near the state line here. so traffic southbound, jammed, from 322, all the way down to highland avenue. it is only about 15 minutes stoppages, they're actually running some new wires, new cables, across the roadway, which is why they need tha

with a bunch of folks by fox 29, and that includes lucy noland bruce gordon, shawnette coming saturdayn pennsauken bob kelly on sunday at the m.s. walk. you have been warned. >> making a sunday appearance after church going over to the m.s. walk. good morning, 8:14, got some police activity here on the vine street expressway, this is eastbound, right near broad street. causing some delays. and, there is your live look at the vine, headed in toward franklin field, it is speaking every kids, who is ready for recess? recess time. yahoo. look at everybody, say hi to all of the kids from lower merion school district. came to work with jenn fred this morning for what was this story you were doing? >> recess matters. who enjoys recess? hands in the air! who thinks you should have the rest of the day off from school? you got to be more excited than that, who wants the rest of the day off from school? >> me! >> okay, all going took back to chris murphy's house. >> ya, right. >> there you go. no school. no school. over to aunt jen's house for the rest of the day. vine expressway there bumper to