he grew up at sixth and carpenter right by his grandparent down here in south philadelphia. when they moved to the west philadelphia overbrook area, he came back here, and this is where he would deal drugs with the grandson apparently according to police, arrested twice just this year that we know of among his 15 to 17 arrests, since he became an adult. >> something that he he was into unfortunately and ultimately got his grandmother killed. he is very sad, family is very upset but did he work with us. >> obviously she was intended target. he opened up the door and shot her 11 times. what we believe the grandson was supposed to be working that morning, so we think he was there with the intention of shooting, killing the grandson. he opened up the door, saw the grandmother and then he hade choice that he would kill the grandmother since he wases not there. >> he alleged that this jewelry was taken that was estimated it is worse anywhere between five and $10,000. in police report was ever made so we don't no that but that is what he is alleging that the grandson and someone els

soon as he got out on bail, on 15 you this dollars, back doing the same, near the same spot in south philadelphia, just weeks later just last may, getting caught, selling crack, and heroin at south tenth street and then put out gannon a low $10,000 bail. likely, not getting out ever again, no bail in this case, so far, and maurice green had a relationship, we learned, with marie buck's grandson, dealing drugs with him, according to the homicide team who took him down. >> obviously very upset. something that he was into, unfortunate thely and ultimately got the his grandmother killed. the obviously he is very sad, family is very upset but he did work with us. >> reporter: marie buck's funeral coming up after another viewing, early this morning. so south philadelphia did not expect to spend the holidays mourning one of their favorite people, unfortunately, that is what this holiday season will be remembered for, karen. >> all right, steve, thanks very much. >>> police, also have another shooting, where they have a suspect gunman and their victim in custody following this one it happened in fair hil

so right the new we are live from south philadelphia i'm anita oc for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back to you. >> these brick ovens there create magic. they are wonderful. thank you. >>> philadelphia is anticipating a big crowd for annual mummers parade so that means road closures as well, from a 3:00 a.m. tomorrow until the end of the parade market street will be closed from 15th to 16th. fifteenth street will be clos ed from arch to chestnut, and jfk boulevard will shut dunn from 15th to 20th and later tomorrow broad street will be closed from city hall down to washington avenue. we have also put the a complete list of parade parking restrictions on line at cbs philly.com. >>> 2016 will be a year to remember, donald trump's election was one of the biggest stories on have the the year but wasn't only one that dominated headlines across the country. cbs news correspondent jamie youkiss looks back at stories from 2016. >> reporter: worst mass shooting in u.s. history took place in june at pulse nightclub in orlando, florida, a lone gunman who swore allegiance to the islamic state in

. >> reporter: all of south philadelphia didn't think this story could get more sad or shocking but it did when police revealed details and most of the south philadelphia will be here at this church later for the funeral today, marie buck, has a real big family and the shock came when police revealed it was a member of her own family, involved in things that got the her kill. her grandson, a guy, we have learn from police, who is in his 20's, and was involved, police say in drug dealing with the accused killer, here's his picture his latest mug shot 31 year-old maurice green. with at least 15 arrests in the last ten years, two of them just in the syringe time here in south philadelphia for dealing drugs. the grandson not charged with anything in this case, cooperated with homicide detectives who solved marie buck's christmas eve murder before her funeral here later this morning at saint mary mag dellan church on monday trees street the in south philadelphia and you can bet this street will be real large with the crowd today. >> something that he was into, unfortunately and ultimately g

eyewitness news". >>> holiday lights are festive. >> vittoria woodill is live on 13th street in south philadelphiaat is quite a display, tori, i have seen that one. >> reporter: it is absolutely remarkable, it blows my mind every single time that i come down south 13th. it is a miracle how 48 houses, get together, every year, this year, actually 100 percent participation from all of the neighbors, that come together, and they deck out the their homes, from top to bottom, but they spare in expense when it is christmas lights and you'll see them twinkle in every single color. every home does a little something different too. some homes do like the fresh wreaths, they have the fresh swag and then other homes, you will see a hazing blow up animals and some, menions or santa, beautiful reindeer, colored lights, white lights, a hazing lights, but what is even more amazing you will never necessity who will pop in like on the saturday, sometimes frosty the snow man and santa show up, in south philadelphia. but i'm going to have to, tell perry, that i think in his house, i'm talking to perry, one of the or

other news this morning, turns out, that strong odor you may have smelled overnight came from south philadelphia. people from as far away as bucks county complains about the smell sim floor rotten eggs. philadelphia's director of emergency management tweeted the smell was coming from a sulfer additive. sister station "kyw news radio" reports the sunoco refinery in southwest philadelphia say they had accidental release of gas called morcaptain. they say it is not dangerous. >> christmas eve means the holiday travel rush is sent into high gear. many expected to travel as they get to their final destination by christmas day, this is philadelphia international airport. late last night, "eyewitness news" was, there monitoring some long lines. rush hour it seems was the busiest time. the crowds did seem to thin by 11:00 p.m. we spoke to some travel theirs about their holiday travel experience. >> so far really good. no problems whatsoever. security nice and friendly. i've gone in and out a couple of times because my flight has been delayed, but only about an hour. >> now, triple a says more than 9 mil

this is a live look at the funeral home in south philadelphia. visitation starts at 7:00 tonight. >>> new information comes in on this tragic story, you can get updates around the clock on our website just head to fox29.com. >>> turning now to your fox 29 weather authority. a cloudy and wet day across the delaware valley. taking live look at very damp allentown tonight. not everyone saw rain, though. some of us got a coating of snow. let's check in with our scott william. >> scott, when is all of this out of here? >> well, most of the rainfall has ended. the cloud cover that will be moving out. but the temperatures they will be dropping and the wind will be picking up. but look at ultimate doppler. the first part of the day we saw some of that moderate to heavy rainfall along i-95 into parts of south jersey and delaware. about quarter of an inch of rain but far north and west it was cold enough for some snow in particular in the pocono mountains. we saw about 5.2-inches poconos summit, mount pocono just little over four and a half inches. 2-inche

we'll take you to a south philadelphia bakery shop. people come from as far away as maryland for this tasty treat. >>> plus, last year santa was spotted on the dashcam of a police cruiser in south jersey and there could be a repeat performance tonight. lauren. >> that's right, it's christmas eve so santa has boarded his sleigh. the reindeer are harnessed up. we'll check in on where stan is at with our santa tracker coming up next. >> welcome back. as santa makes his way around the world delivering toys one south jersey police department has extra patrols out after a sighting of jolly old saint nick last year. check out this dashcam photo. reindeer flying right in front of the car last christmas eve. officers hope they'll get another glimpse of christmas magic this year when santa comes to town. >>> standing in line in front of this south philly bakery sometimes for hours to get a homemade couldn't kneel low treats so tasty some people come from as far away as baltimore. our anita oh takes us to the termini brothers bakery. >> ♪ >> how

this is a live look at the baldy funeral home in south philadelphia tonight. where visitation starts at 7:00 o'clock. >> of course, as new information comes in on this tragic story you can always get updates any time just head to our website fox29.com. >>> now to radnor where the district attorney has charged a former politician with indecent on a person with a disability. that man william spangler used to be a township commit they are in radnor. police say they were called to the wayne nursing home last week an an employee reported they saw the 75-year-old spangler having inn appropriate contact with a 103-year-old resident. >>> turning now to your fox 29 weather authority. let's take live look at the poconos here. this is camelback mountain. we saw decent sized crowds on the slopes today. hey, why not, right? the morning fresh snow there fox 29 meteorologist scott williams here. scott, you call it. snow to the north. rain everywhere else. >> that's pretty much what played out, chris. we saw about 5-inches of snow in parts of the pocono mountains and about a

he went for six in a row last night against panters in south philadelphia.ou get a gold star that is steve may son, nhl's first star last week. he was looking to stay hot. game tied in the second, flyers up a man, giroux fires, simmonds cleans it up, wayne simmonds second of the game, two-one. under five minutes left in the third, uc, beats mason and tied the game. flyers they just love overtime under ten seconds to play and jake makes it happen, that is the game winner, six, count them six in a row for flyers, they win three-two. sixers, grizzlies in memphis and they keep finding ways to lose. dario saric, he did his best, they say he had 17 points, seven rebound but with the sixers leading, they could not put ate way. memphis would score the final seven points of the contest, and to win 96-91. sixers did play without jared bayless, nerlens necessity he will, and jahlil okafor. they will lay pelicans monday night. >>> at palestra big five hoops featuring nation's new number one villanova taking on lasalle. we will pick it up sending half 'nova up by seven,

big story is the outpouring of love for an innocent great grandmother shot 11 times in her south philadelphia grocery store. let's get the latest from day of cuellar live on south broad street. dan? >> reporter: monica, a very emotional night here at the viewing of this beloved south philadelphia figure. hundreds showed up here to pay respects. just hours after police announce the arrest of her alleged cold blooded killer. in the bitter cold two nights before new years eve, the long line of mourners. people who loved marie buck. >> it's the saddest thing i ever saw -- coming from a woman like her, did everything for everyone. >> it's just sad. she was so sweet to me. >> reporter: the 81-year-old long known for her generosity and big heart was gunned down in her south philadelphia corner store on christmas eve. today, police announced the arrest of 31-year-old maurice green of the 5400 block of berks in the killing. police say he intended to kill bucks's grandson believing that he stole a 5 to $10,000 gold chain from him >> we think he went there with the intention of killing the grandson, he

of south philadelphia are so nice i'm inside st. mary magdellan church, and we're not encroaching on anything. i wanted to show marie buck loved christmas. she loved this church. but look at how christmasy this church looks. that is eddie over there who was the keeper here, getting the mass stuff ready. you can see the candle there that big candle there that is always in front of the casket. i was an alter boy, i know this stuff. look at poinsettias, treason both side of the alter. chris will spin around. they have wreaths on all of the windows and more trees in the balcony, more wreath is above where the organ is, and this is why marie buck loved christmas. this is why she loved this church. now lets get to the ugly part of the story. yesterday before the funeral, before her viewing, the homicide teams, squad one, as they are known, did a wonderful job simply because these guys came in on christmas, they were just as outraged as the whole city was by having an 81 year-old grandmother, lovely grocery store owner, just 4 feet ten in

if you want to head on down, here in south philadelphia. n, back to you. >> what a great tradition, thank you, and eat a now one shopping day left until christmas. if you are a procrastinator, don't you worry. you will have plenty of company out there, at the cherry hill mall, plenty of shoppers late last night, some malls even had extended hours, we have list of them on line at cbsphilly.com. >>> well, how about this? starbucks is giving free drinks out for the holidays. from now until january the second, except on christmas, starbucks will pick 100 stores across the country to give out free tall size expresso drinks between one p.m. and 2:00 p.m. each day. today's if he drink location includes starbucks, in center >> in other news now, the philadelphia police need your help locatin series of smash ans incidents. take a look at this surveillance video. police say he has committed a dozen burglaries, all across philadelphia, and the suburbs, in the last month, and almost every incident, the suspect use as hammer to break through the front do

i'm anita oh in south philadelphia.keeps people coming back to this specific bakery year after year. >> we'll talk more about your fireworks forecast what to expect for new year's day a-60-degree high temperature and the return of arctic air. it's all in your full forecast coming up just after this. >> ♪ >> and as we head to break another look at philadelphia's first fireworks display of the evening. we're coming right back. >> ♪ choose. choose. choose. but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number and the lowest prices of the season. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store, right now, save $600 on our best selling i8 mattress, plus 24 month special financing. learn more at sleepnumber.com know better sleep with sleep number. >> ♪ >> fireworks lighting up the sky over penn's landing. this is the first of two fireworks shows. the second one will b

they're going >>> strange odor coming from south philadelphia. people are complaining about a rotten egg smell. they tweeted the smell is coming from a sulfur additive, but it's not a gas leak. from south philadelphia all the way up to bensalem, a lot of people are experiencing this odor. that's the latest and we don't have another update before the show is over, you can get the latest at cbsphilly.com. there are no safety issues. lesley got the sports talking hoops. >>> this time of year. the disney on ice oh sixers moves out. they will not be back until january 3rd. joel embiid tries to lock misses, actuallily goes into the crowd. but he's ok. late in the half. joel squares off. knocks down sixers with a 13 point half time lead sixers trailing by a point. joel knocks down the three right there. sixers regain the lead. game tied in the fourth. eric's jump is good. we have phoenix leading one of six, 94 in the fourth. eagles off until tuesday. they will start preparing for the final regular season game against the cowboys. they end add five, gami

. >> in philadelphia and points south, the cold rain is falling. in university city, overnight, people drove and walked through a wet start to the workweek. >>> good morning. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. >> we are on extra early because of the wintry weather and how it could impact your rise to work and school. we have live team coverage all weekend long. from reporters. we are tracking conditions in the first alert traffic and weather center. let's get right to meteorologist, krystal klei, with her first neighborhood forecast. a close look at communities across delaware and pennsylvania. >> we are tracking that mix of wintry weather out there. this is pretty much timing out exactly how we have been calling for it all weekend long. a lot of us are seeing rain from delaware, new jersey, philadelphia. the rain/snow line has been tracking to the north. earlier, around midnight to 2:00 a.m., we saw the line pretty close to the suburbs and nearing philadelphia. since then, that has started to stretch farther north. the pinks you see are the

south africa in 1991. she arrived here in philadelphia two years laters. >>> zika virus dominated health news in 2016. united states did not see un controlled widespread infection similar to what happened south and central america but there were isolated out breaks involving 200 people. kenneth craig takes a look back at the year in health. >> reporter: first locally transmitted cases of the zika virus turned up in south florida. crews sprayed insecticide to kill the mosquito that spread the virus. >> it has been referred to as a cock roach of mosquitoes. it can bite four or five people at ones and spread rapidly. >> reporter: pregnant woman were warned to avoid the area since the virus causes severe birth the defects including micro receively, number of cases of a mysterious pole yes -like i am necessary spiked across the country, asm can cause limb weakness and paralysis or death. the american academy of pediatrics recommend infants sleep in their parents bedroom for at least first six months if in the the entire year, to cut risk of sudden infant death syndrome. the aap relaxed recommendation s for

this time of year south philadelphia italian market is packed.taurants there booked and people are food shopping for the ingredients of their favorite holiday dishes. but one staple of the italian market deangelo brother's butcher shop is closing for good much to the display may of loyal customers. >> in between the last minute holiday orders, and the cooking advice -- >> rub with olive oil, push a lot of black pepper it comes out perfect. >> the sad reality sonny is soon hanging up his butcher's apron, cleaning off the butcher's block and retiring. >> it's certain. >> you're going to florida. >> no. i'm going stay home and rest. [ laughter ] >> florida? [ laughter ] >> sonny's grandfather opened deangelo meats in many very spot on ninth street near christian in 1910. and for decades -- >> 56 years. >> sonny himself has not only sliced and cut the meats, he's ran every aspect of his busine business. >> it's always a challenge because i'm working with other countries. i'm working with import permits. i'm working with airlines, traffic, you know, i

. >>> speaking of the holiday spirit one neighborhood in south philadelphia is certainly merry and brightle, tell us about it. >> hey, ukee if you are out here tonight, you really need a cuddle buddy, right in thankfully, i have quite a few you we are live there smedley street, coming up we will see you in a minute. >>> and it is sure get a south jersey pub all revved up where they were ripping wrapping paper off quite a gift, don. >>> nice. year 1985 ring a bell? we will tell you why it should >> look who is staying put for a while, how phillies lock up odubel herrera until the neck tech cade, those details coming up late did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> 13,000 local families will be able to enjoy turkey dinners this year. >>

santa -- bonanza is a in south philadelphia. kids got a brand new bike. small ones for little kids and bigger ones for bigger kids. >> i'm going to ride it over the mountains and ride it near the city. >> i love that. >> the bikes were bought with donations raised by state representative gordon harris. >>> 4:57 a.m., we have more stories you didn't see last night. someone in a santa mask spread christmas cheer right before robbing a bank. >>> if you're a cat owner and wanted to know what your kitty is up to when you're not at home. there's an app to help with that, that's later on "action news." ♪ glad forceflex. extra strong to avoid rips and tears. be happy, it's glad. is 5:00 a.m., friday, december 23, tam is off, nydia han joins us, we're following several breaking stories, holiday tragedy fire crews in montgomery are searching for the cause of the house fire that has left a person dead. we're live on the scene. >>> breaking a woman gets into a bloody struggle with two men who barged into her philadelphia home overnight. >>> accuweather and santa are

anne eafn is live in -- annie mccormick is live in south philadelphia with what to expect. >> reporter: hey, matt, a lot of stores are opening early, they have modified hours to head out. walmart opens at 6:00 a.m. there are major sales that are expected today, especially with electronics. take a look at the video of shoppers over the weekend, researchers tracking this year's shopping trend see a dip in sales across the board. many expected last minute shoppers since christmas fell on a sunday. november and december account for less than 21% of annual retail sales at physical stores. there are incentives throughout the year, many are waiting to buy big items throughout the holidays. gift cards make up a rouge part of sales. there are options if you do not want to use them, a lot of people are worried they will lose them, anyway, they want to figure out other uses for them. there are websites that offer to buy and sell them you won't get your full value or donate 0 them to a charity or church or school. a lot of malls opening at 7:00 a.m. most wall matters and jc pennies are set to open

parking and driving is pro prohibited all over center city and south philadelphia.f course we have the complete run down of where you can and cannot drive on our website go to fox29.com. >>> tonight philadelphia police do have a warning for residents as they are celebrating the new year. they're reminding people not to fire their weapons into the air. they're not only risking facing some serious charges but obviously they could hurt someone. joe, is living proof of that. on new year's eve in 1998 he was only 11 years old. he was hit in the head by a bullet that was fired into the air in south philadelphia. now 29-year-old has been paralyzed ever since. he says he's actually lot of count of the dozens of surgeries he's had to have. >> what goes up must come down. i can't believe that people think that once it goes up it gets suck into outerspace. it's crazy. >> philadelphia police say they received more than 130 reports of gunshots fired on new year's eve last year. ♪ >>> hanukkah celebration on boat house row tonight. mayor jim kenney, city officials and members of

meanwhile, marie buck's family is gathering in south philadelphia tonight, 7:00 is her wake. tom herr funeral. much more on this developing story tonight at 6:00. but for now, live here at police headquarters, i'm greg argos, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, greg, thanks so much. >> we've learned a man walk nag wooded area in virginia found a missing south jersey woman and her great granddaughter. the two were rescued yesterday in virginia, they left mays landing christmas eve, bound for north carolina. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live in mays landing tonight with more. cleve? >> reporter: the briley family still in virginia at this hour, 71 year old barbara, in stable condition, after this long and dangerous ordeal. >> jump up and down. >> excitement and relief in a mays landing neighborhood at the news 71 year old barbara briley and her five year old great grand daughter found alive after disappearing for almost four days, on christmas road trip to see family in north carolina. >> we were all worried because, you know, they live right next-doo

and they have actually popped up in south philadelphia. what you see popping through will not take long to get through your neighborhood and some of those brought white puffs of snow, could be there long enough to put a coating on the ground and you'll want to be careful and slow it down on the roads, in case there is a slick spot. and hopefully this is not causing you major problems, up in the poconos where we have a better chance of hitting a slippery road condition, the live look shows clouds have indeed gotten thicker, and sunny breaks across the day. temperatures in the northeast and along the mid-atlantic region all on the chilly side. 32 in philadelphia and 39 degrees in new york city and central park, and the sustained winds are picking up since this morning as expected. 20 miles per hour wind and keep in mind the gusts we had in the last half hour, 36 miles per hour. a day for coats and extra gear and hold on to that steering wheel as you drive along this afternoon as you could get a sudden gust especially on an overpass. 31 by 2:

current temperature in philadelphia, in the 40s and the winds are gusting up to 24 miles per hour. out of the southf 4's for you. we have more sunshine in the forecast tomorrow, upper 30s to 40s. bethlehem, 44. phoenixville, 46. westchester seeing 40s, looks like we're seeing 40s all around. upper 40s for byeberry and lots of sunshine, so keep it in mind, we have a nice sunday in the forecast. first day of the year. jersey shore, upper 40s to low 50s. and delaware same deal there, 51 your expected high temperature in dover and i do have my ten-day on 10 coming up. >>> while we're counting down to the start of the new year, parts of the world are already celebrating in 2017. we'll take you to some of those celebrations next. >>> 2017 has begun for many, including russia. large fireworks show was held in moscow to mark the start of the new year. thousands were on hand to mark the annual celebration. the new year will mean a new home for a delaware zoo's tiger. today people came to say good-bye to zana. a new beginning celebration was held for the 8-year-old siberian tiger at the brandywine zoo in wil

fox 29's joanne pileggi has the very latest from south philadelphia. >> reporter: the christmas lightsre on but the mood in this south philly neighborhood is somber more like you can feel the heart ache. be loved grocer marie buck was murdered her family and this community are just so sad. on a cold and rainy christmas eve morning, something so vile and twisted happened at this neighborhood grocery store in the heart of south philly. >> i don't know why anybody would do anything like this the entire neighborhood loved her. nobody knows why anybody would do anything crazy like that to her. >> reporter: 81-year-old marie buck was shot and killed as she stood behind the counter of the store she owned. the store where she worked six days a week for the last 44 years. >> she took care of everybody. you weren't a stranger. if anybody knows south philly or our family in general, she took care of everybody, and nobody was a stranger. >> reporter: born and raised in a brick row home two doors down from her store, marie buck was the youngest of 11 children. her husband too shaken by the brutal m

>>> developing right now, authorities are investigating a strong odor in south philadelphia. we've been getting calls and tweets about it. this is a live picture from the neighborhood. some say it odor smells like gas. others say the odor smelts like rotten eggs. pgw tells us they're searching. we'll bring you updates as soon as we learn more. >> a mid air scare, carrie fisher is rushed to the hospital. how the actress is doing now after suffering a heart attack. >>> he'no braving the crowds forhe to the. >>> it won't be a white christmas but wet weather is moving in. i'm ukee washington, jessica off. the weather could be dicey if you're traveling tomorrow. lauren casey joins us. >>> stormscan 3returns as we lo western counties. this is not yet reaching the surface, clouds in place mostly upper level clouds as we continues to see the moisture working in that is building in from the midwest. you can see snow, a wintery mix and rainfall with this area of low pressure and impact the delaware valley as we head to the overnight. we could indeed see a period of freezing rain an win

no one was hurt. >> police are looking for the gunman who shot elderly store own nerve south philadelphiaarch ear's grocery store, and shot the 81 year old woman multiple times. it happened shortly before 9:00 a.m. at sixth and wharton. he died shortly after. investigators say marie lived right across the street from her store her entire life. >> we now know what that awful smell was lingering in south philadelphia and bucks county, the odor which smelled like pot end eggs came from the pb refinery in balls borough after brief loss of power. the outage caused the odors to travel across the water into the city, and the company has since apologized. >> white christmas for parts of southern california, heavy snowfall at the grape line mountain path forced to leave to shut down interstate five. about 2 inches fell in some of the regions of the golden state tehran cho state park, some snowball fight, even some snowmen. justin, initially you would think that's a bit ironic that california got snow, we didn't, but i get up in the mountains? >> they do have some mountains, but there is some cold

let get out to steve keeley in south philadelphia on the scene for us, steve. >> reporter: sadly high wind are tearing apart the memorial and notes, chris, stay with me here we are trying to chase them down here and put them back but among notes and candles here one left by her favorite delivery guy, and it says, to my favorite person in the world, that is how people felt about her. i have covered a lot of murders, never before while i was on the scene from 4:00 a.m. on did i have person after person coming up here that knew or did business with the murder victim, telling us wonderful story after wonderful story. here is the picture if you have in the paid attention to the enthusiasms since christmas eve, an 81 year-old corner store owner for 44 years, born in 1935, survived all this time until somebody came in the daylight on christmas eve just before 9:00 . marie buck, now go to video number two, here is john rhodes delivery truck who came here for already 28 years. listen to what he says. you deliver things to her for 28 years when you heard somebody shot and killed her christmas e

meet lexi a brave little south philadelphia super hero battling stage four lymphoma. >> what he caller our little wonder woman because she's fighting like a true hero. >> reporter: she will meet wonder woman later this week. local tina greed to play part and put a smile on lexi's face while she recovers from her latest dose of chemotherapy at chop. >> her only wish is to be home for christmas and that is what we're fighting for right now. >> reporter: trend, family, strangers have been lifting the little ones spirit, on her face book page. entire family has been taken a toll on emotionally and financially. the community is stepping up to help. >> what lexi's in need office monetary donations, gift card. >> she's working with the team of people set up a bank account in lexi's name, donations will help her parents, jeanine and william a retired philadelphia police officer, fight to scare for all five of their children, and tackle medical expenses. >> it is so overwhelming the kindness of people. >> i told lexi's parent that we are willing to help beyond christmas whatever you need. >>

fox 29's is a bone in a kuriakose is in south philadelphia tonight with more on the story.o sad, sabina. >> reporter: absolutely, dawn. that viewing just wrapped up a short time ago. as you mentioned hundreds of people gathered here to pay their last wee inspects to marie. now i did speak with family members. they told me that news of the arrest earlier in the day did bring them some measure of comfort and they also told me that they are standing by marie's grandson. it was an act philadelphia philadelphia police chris richard ross describes as pure evil. the reaction to it was swift. love pouring down the sidewalk across an entire city block. as hundreds of people came together to pay their respects to 81-year-old shopkeeper marie buck gunned down in her south sixth street grocery store allegedly by this man, 31-year-old maurice green. homicide detectives say green shot marie 11 times at point blank range. its morning of christmas eve as revenge over a piece of jewelry he believed her grandson had taken. >> i feel relieved that before they bury her at least they got the ca

for now reporting live in south philadelphia, annie mccormick channel6 "action news."ack to you. >> let's hope they find the person. thank you annie. >>> unclear if the dark and dreary conditions overnight led to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian in camden county. police say it happened as an elderly man was in the middle of the 400 block of south black horse pike in blackwood. the impact left the victim's items scattered. the victim was pronounced dead at the hospital. >>> falls township police responderd to yet yet heroin overdose death. that many marks five deaths in 11 days in the bucks county community. police say they took two people who are with the victim into custody. >> new on "action news" police are looking for the woman who stole a baby jesus statue from bethlehem northampton county. surveillance video shows the woman taking the statue from the nativity at bethlehem city hall plaza sunday morning. she was also seen walking a dog and driving off in a dark car believed to be saturn ion. the statue was found in bethlehem township. police say an incoherent

maybe you're headed to philadelphia or different parts of south jersey. trip and average speeds into the 60s. you can see through the ongoing work we're not having any major problems. northeast philadelphia we're looking at the crash on the boulevard where outer lanes are closed, northbound around levick street. i-95 to woodhaven, nothing majorly impacting 95 but the one left lane is getting by off the ramp. not a big problem right now. you can see some road flares are out because of a disabled vehicle. a tow truck just got to the scene. they'll probably be clearing this out soon. on the pa turnpike looking good, too. route 1 to valley forge, a 22-minute trip. a really easy -- kind of easy morning drive so far. not seeing any big delays on the majors. i'll have updates for you when i come back in about ten minutes on more of the drive times. >> an easy drive, you know you just jinxed us, right? now let's check the weather with bill henley. >> it's colder outside so you need to bundle up. notice this view from the comcast center in center city. the skies a

mixed bag of precipitation just to the south of philadelphia. delaware we are dealing with mostly rain. by 9:30 in the morning we're already starting to find that transition, some snow over to rain along the 95 corridor. it stays wet for south jersey and delaware but still mixed precipitation for reading, allentown and up through the poconos. by 1:30 tomorrow afternoon bit of a lull, a break in the activity. we have areas of fog north and west where we pick up low level moisture but as far as the front end snow and what we're expecting tomorrow little to no accumulation atlantic city to dover. coating to an inch for interior sections of south south jersey. in our immediate northwest suburbs for downingtown pottstown quakertown 123-inches of snow. northern berks northern lehigh county up through the poconos you could find three to 5-inches of snow before you get a gradual changeover to rain. but there will be a period of icing in between for spots town, doylestown, up through easton and the poconos. we could find .10 to .20 of if i say before it

mary mag follow inch church in south philadelphia.or now, liver outside police headquarters, i'm trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", jim, jan, back to you. >> tragic and senseless. thank up, trang. >> 5:36n business news, gas taxes are going up. >> and how the markets are different at the end of the year compared to last january. money watch jill wagner joins us from the stock exchange. morning, jill. >> good morning, jim, jan, the last trading day of the year, probably another light day of trading. yesterday the the announced 13-point, nasdaq lost six, futures pointing to higher open. markets have come really long way this year, they're now trading at near record levels, there is new optimism in the wake of donald trump winning the white house, far cry from january of this year, one of the worse starts ever for the markets. investors were concerned if you remember about the chinese economy. drivers in seven states will be paying more for gas come new years day, gas taxes going up, biggest increase in pennsylvania for the price to jum

woman, and a south philadelphia grocery store. officers say, marie buck's grandson may be the reason she was gun down. good evening, i'm jessica dean. ukee washington is off tonight. >> a live look now at the baldy funeral home in south philadelphia where family and friends are gathering for a viewing for marie buck. we go live to "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos, who is at police headquarters, where officers announce those charges and developments today. >> jest, a right now, police say the shooter is behind bars, 31 maurice green charged with murder, i should say, for shooting 81 year old marie buck, some 11 times in the chest. investigators tell me tonight, this all may have stemmed over the alleged theft, get this, of a piece of jewelry. >> marie bun owns the grocer, and within second, christmas eve morning, the 81 year old life taken in a birrage of bullet. >> open up the door, never fully even was one step inside of the store, and he fired multiple times, striking her 11 times in the chest. >> police say the suspect 31

reporting live in south philadelphia, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." back to you. >> annie, thanks. >>> president-elect trump is taking a day off from his thank you tour hold more meetings include wind gust north carolina governor pat mccrory who just concede defeat to his opponents on monday. trump made a stop in the tarheel state last night and during the rally he formally introduced the man he has tapped to be the next secretary of defense retired general james mattis. >> general mattis is the living embodiment of the marine corps motto, semper fid left lane --idelis. >>> trump posed with japanese ceo who promise to invest $50 billion in new tech startups in the u.s. >> vice president joe biden took a jab at trump on late night tv as he once again refused the rule out his own 2020 presidential bid. biden suggested that in four years he'd be in better shape than president-elect trump to run for officers. vice president biden will be at the university of delaware this morning for the inauguration of its new president. he'll then go back to washington

fox twin's joanne pileggi joins us live in south philadelphia where she spoke to detectives.: iain, good evening everyone. i don't know anyone who in shaking their head in disgust with this crime. cold-blooded murder of 81-year-old marie buck is one of the most horrific in recent memory and they are confirming to night that buck was in fact targeted by her killer. even the police who deal with all types of crime, all the time, say they have a hard time dealing with the brutal murder of 81-year-old marie buc

mary mag did a lynn in south philadelphia. for now live from police headquarters, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", jim, january, back to you. >> so tragic. in other news, south jersey grandmother and her great granddaughter are still recovering this morning after being stranded for several days in virginia. seventy-one year old barbara briley and fifth year old la myra briley left mays landing on christmas eve headed to visit family in north carolina but they never arrived. they were found wednesday, in a heavily wooded area, in continuewitty county virginia south of richmond, virginia. why they got lost, still, remains a mystery. >>> starting january 1st, philadelphia will have tighter rules for businesses selling tobacco. new provisions include tobacco free school zones, for new retailers. also, anyone who is caught selling tobacco to minors three time within two years will be suspended from selling tobacco products for a year, city health commissioner says stronger measures aim to keep children away from cigarettes. >> mo

nbc 10 was at the scene at that grocery store in south philadelphia several days ago. mourners paid their respects. in this murder we are told a man dressed in all black walked in and fired about a dozen shots. this morning commissioner ross said law enforcement is working to make sure there is receive evidence and probably cause to charge the person of interest they are holding. they told us this investigation was particularly challenging because of the bizarre nature of this attack against a hard working 81-year-old woman. >> it is mind boggling to me. i can't imagine what would make an individual resort to that level of violence. it is downright evil when you think about it. >> i did ask the district attorney's office how long it will take to decide on charges. i'm told it simply takes as long as it takes and certainly in cases that are more complicated that process can take a bit longer. we'll be watching it throughout the day. that's the latest live at police headquarters, nbc 10 news. >>> we are getting our first look at the mug shot of a woman accused of gunning

. >> let's get back now to the story out of south philadelphia this morning. police continue to search for the cold blooded murdered err of 81 year old grandmother. >> so sad. happened christmas eve while she sat in the grocery store that she owned. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live at marie's grocery store at sixth and wharton streets, trang? >> reporter: good morning, jim, rahel. investigators say the 81 year old great grandmother was testifily targeted. they don't know who or why. as police serve for her killer, growing memorial outside the grocery store that marie buck ran for more than four decades. >> this police department and this city and this district attorney needs to step up and do whatever they have to do. >> a gut wrenching plea from the family of long time south philadelphia store owner. gunned down behind the counter of the grocery that bore her name for 43 years. >> she was murdered, my mom was murdered. >> just before 99:00 a.m. christmas eve, a gunman opened fire on marie buck as she stood behind the counter of her store at the cor

that will lead to arrest, in the fatal shooting in south philadelphia. old woman was killed in a grocery store she has owned for years. across the street from the house she has lived in her entire life. investigators say, a man walked into marie's grocery store, at sixth and wharton saturday morning, shot marie several times. she died a short time later. >>> switching gears here, that unusual smell that made its way through part of philadelphia, and bucks county friday night, apparently came from across the delaware river. a lot of people talking about there is on social media. the odor, which smelled like rotten eggs, came from the pbs energy refinery in paulsboro. after brief loss of power, officials there, say the outage caused the odors to travel across the water into the city. the company has since apologized. >>> and, it is a white christmas for parts of southern california. heavy snowfall as the grapevine mountain path forced police to shut down interstate five. looks like mess out there. 2 inches fell in some of the mine tan us regions, and ran c

is there one place to do it in south philadelphia the morning glory stay there, good morning , cheersonkey bread, trench toes for everybody. >>> here we go. hey, good morning, everybody. my favorite day of the week breakfast with bob where i pick different neighborhood spot and we go have some breakfast. we are here at morning glory diner, tenth and fitzwater. i'm with the ladies. you get together once a year. this is your annual gathering. mom, you live in the neighborhood. you are the daughter. you come from where. >> savanna, georgia. >> what is temperature like down there. >> it is 60 something to take. >> it is twice as it is warm here. you are neighbor up north. we all get together here. i thought this was bottle of wine when i sat down. i said look at these ladies. it is ketchup. i thought you were getting a little early christmas cheer here. we're down here south philadelphia, where for the last 20 years this is first originally started by samantha and 20 years ago we opened up here at corner of tenth and fitzwater. what item you have to here. >> black and white pancake, they

it's right behind the sign, this is 95 northbound in south philadelphia. watch out for it at this point it's not causing a huge delay and substantial delays on 95, 16 miles per hour northbound by the ben franklin bridge. and a crash in delco along springfield road at brook side road at victory cleaners and a couple of holiday tree lighting ceremonies going on and ridge avenue a block is blocked at brewery town and a tree lighting by the fountain and portions of pash yonk are closed. a crash at cherry tree road at 322. and delaware the ramp from 72 to highway 1 northbound is blocked and causing delays on 72 itself. an alert on 295 south in cherry hill major crash at route 70 seeing slowing in that area. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 this he were held hostage for hours inside of a florida bank. we have details on who could have been a deadly situation. >> we'll give you an aerial look at the haunting damage in gatlinburg. >>> it was a petrifying scene that played out at a barn in

there right now as the evening rush continues as we take live look at the platt bridge over south philadelphia. but let's move to blue mountain ski resort in the poconos. you may not see it now, but more snow is coming. some accumulating snow in the forecast as a winter storm approaches. good news for those skiers on the slopes this evening. right now a winter weather advisory is in effect for the entire viewing area starting at 10:00 o'clock. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. the impact of this snowstorm could be short lived depending upon where you live. we have team coverage of this first winter storm tonight. brad sattin is checking on the roads but let's begin with meteorologist scott williams who is going to break down the timing of it all. scott? >> hi there dawn and chris much the timing is key with this weekend system right now brewing off to our west. take a look at the snows moving through sections of minnesota, minneapolis moving around chicago even green bay, wisconsin. that moisture will head in our direction. it's going to be icy mix of ra

built for business. >>> a christmas eve tragedy in south philadelphia.hey're mourning the loss of an 80-year-old woman shot k killed in the corner store she's owned for decades. near the corner of sixth and titan before 9:00 this morning. a man wearing a black hoody fired at least a dozen shots. marie buck was shot multiple times and died at the hospital. >> can't believe it. how people can be like animals. you want to go and rob the store, rob the store. you got to kill them? >> a motive is unclear. investigators say it does not appear anything was stolen. police are pulling surveillance video from a few doors away but don't know if it captured the suspect. >>> i am tracking your new year's eve forecast. what can we expect to end 2016? (my hero zero by lemonheads) zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >>> new at 11:00, police in delaware are looking for the driver that struck and killed a man in new castle

jacqueline, the visitation for marie buck is set to begin just an hour from now on broad street in south philadelphia. in the meantime, philadelphia police are saying that the victim's grandson was supposed to be at work at this grocery store and when he wasn't there, the killer shot his grand mother instead. >> for chelsea and two neighborhood kiss, a poinsettia and a prayer for their favorite corner grocery store owner on the day that police announce the arrest of 31-year-old maurice green in her murder. pat delveccio says five days between the christmas eve crime and today's arrest have been painful. >> her husband is so upset. maria, you saw, so upset. it's just hard, hard on this family. >> reporter: philadelphia police say they now have video showing green arriving and leaving the scene of the crime. green allegedly believed that marie buck's grandson had sto n jewelry he had stolen from him. the grandson was supposed to be working here on christmas've. but he didn't show up for his shift. it appears his grand mother took 11 bullets for him. >> you have an 81-year-old grandmother, beloved by th

reporting live in south philadelphia, annie mccormick channel6 "action news."k to you. >> annie i'm glad she wasn't more seriously hurt. >>> we are learning more about that rookie new jersey state troop here died in the line of duty. trooper frankie williams was that responding to reports of an erratic driver in millville when another carp crossed the grassy median and slammed into his cruiser killing them both. prior to becoming a state trooper williams had worked at the lowes in egg harbor township. bill warren jr. is williams' childhood friend. >> guys like me who didn't have people looking out for them he was the one that stepped up and looked out for us. he took care of us. he took us under his wing. >> investigators say the driver who plowed into williams was 61-year-old psychiatrist lloyd rudley of elmer. williams levers behind new wife who he just married two months ago. funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. >> green party nominee jill stein's petition for recount will get a hearing before a pennsylvania judge on friday. lawyers for stein fo