fox 29's joanne pileggi is live in southwest philadelphia tonight.oanne. >> reporter: lucy, it is a very active crime scene as police and homicide detectives try to find out who killed an employee here at this self storage facility in southwest philadelphia. this is the situation at the locker room self storage facility on south 62nd street. sources telling us that the security guard who worked here was found dead inside of a van alongside one of the storage units. the victim according to police was tied up and had facial injuries. a manager here apparently making this gruesome discovery late this afternoon. cops trying to figure out what happened, when it happened, and how the victim was killed. >> you're seeing behind me police are taking away a maroon utility van that is believed where the victim was found. now, police are working to make a positive identification of the victim. no notify his family and then proceed with their investigati investigation. we're live tonight in southwest philadelphia, i'm joanne pileg pileggi, fox 29 news. back to yo

we are following a story developing out of southwest philadelphia tonight. police found the body of a security guard badly beaten in a van at the storage facility where he worked and lived. now the hunt is on for his killer and what may have led to this death. fox 29's dave schratwieser live at police headquarters in center city tonight with details about reward being offered for information. dave? >> reporter: yes, iain torque night homicide detectives are going over surveillance video and crimes that other storage facilities in southwest philadelphia as they try to unravel this murder mystery. tonight friends of the victim tell us they want justice. >> he's an excellent person. in the event you never talk to strangers. you talk to him. because he's that kind of guy. >> reporter: folks who knew security guard james williams say he was a hard-working guy who lived out of his conversion van on the property at the locker room storage facility where he worked. he took his job seriously, but was friendly. >> real nice, you know, he protect this place. he didn't

. >> moving ton disturbing discovery at a storage facility in southwest philadelphia. a man's body bound and beaten. "action news" learned the victim was a security guard. "action news" reporter sken live outside police headquarters with the latest on the homicide investigation. kenneth. >> walter sources say the victim was possibly beaten to death right before he was found and the last time anyone talked to him was around 11:30 this morning and now police are checking surveillance cameras on that business to try to get a look at his killer. >> he was a big man with a lot of fight. philadelphia police say a 67-year-old security guard locker room storage incorporated didn't survive a brutal attack. >> he was a big buy guy. had to be more than one person to take him down like that. >> a manager found the man dead around 3 p.m. in conversion van on property of this storage facility on the 2200 block of south 62 street in southwest philadelphia. sources say he was tied up and had massive head trauma. a manager and friends told us the victim worked here several years and he

so anyone leaving the airport area, coming over in toward southwest philadelphia, that right lane is blocked there. we have a police crew on the way there and just watched for delays coming into southwest philadelphia. otherwise the schuylkill expressway starting to pick it up a inch here delays between conshohocken and city line as rush hour starts to unfold. then we're dealing with the fog especially out in the suburbs like route 10113, socked in, really tight along that 30 bypass, portions of the new jersey turnpike, pennsy turnpike, and near the downingtown interchange. here's a live look at airport circle rolling through camden, just make out the the fog in the background as you work your way up toward ben franklin bridge. speaking of bridges tacony palmyra on stand by we have got two minutes to make it 6:20 is time for expect bridge opening. grabbing your coffee and keys and heading out front door right now would i head right for betsy ross bridge as your alternate and give it 25 minutes until it gets back to normal. otherwise delays on the freeway coming in towards philadelphi

for now reporting live in southwest philadelphia, annie mccormick, "channel 6 action news," jim. >> thank you, annie. >>> family of missing northeast philadelphia man desperate for answers. 69-year-old vitae maglia last seen sunday night driving castor avenue. yesterday gmc was found abandoned and torched in north philadelphia. his family says he has health problems and needs daily medication. >>> a west philadelphia woman pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment in connection with death of her 11-year-old daughter in april. the 2-year-old sop of tiffany goldwire pickedp a loaded revolver in the home and accidentally shot his sister jamaris stevens. goldmeier was not in the room at the time of shooting and faces 8 to 17 years in prison. >> two philadelphia businesses chipped in to help raise money for family of fallen firefighter joyce craig. gloss night club in hunting park teamed up with punch line apparel to hold a fish fry tonight and proceeds benefit a fund for cais's two children a 1-year-old son and 16-month-old daughter. craig died while battling a fire in

new details in the tragic discovery in southwest philadelphia security guard found dead tied up in a van. >>> plus flames break out in the frankford section of the city, fire fighters working in the overnight hours to control the flames why residents not affect by this fire had to head outdoors in the early morning hours. >>> good day, it is monday, december 8th, 2014, thanks for waking up with us. >> in fact if you are awake at the this hour we are finally getting there. >> getting our coffee. >> 4:30. sue is talking about weather heading our ways. and we will see rain, others of us will see snow. >> that is higher elevations really in the mountains. we will talk about the timing because maybe at the tail end of the storm we could get a few snow flakes but be prepared for a really nasty day tomorrow no matter what you get. today is breezy, our airport camera shaking there. 28 degrees but it feels like, 17 outside your wind chill this morning. sunrise at 7:10 as we lead up to the 21st and first day of winter and these days get shorter and shorter and nights get longer. here's where w

. >> let's check traffic for you as we look live in southwest philadelphia. talking about the touch of fog in spots and reported 3-mile visibility at philadelphia international airport. but here we're looking in southwest philadelphia, not seeing any sign of it. traffic here moving just fine. on the ben franklin bridge this morning you see traffic here moving nicely as well with no issues with fog here. eastbound construction blocks the right lane but westbound no delay just yet as you're headed out dave. >> karen you made a good point awhile ago. we have temperatures down around the freezing mark in many of our northern and western suburbs and parts of central south jersey. now there's no rain out there so jenlyly speaking you wouldn't expect a frozen spot but if you have fog, some of that which is made of fine water droplets can adhere to the is your phase and give you a slick spot. if you're driving in fog you're cheese close to their freezing mark and you want to slow down just in case any of that fog is icing up. same thing in south jersey. in buena hammo

. >> just a short timing a police in southwest philadelphia charged that man for an tack in universityity. natasha brown spoke exclusively with those officers who were just in the right place at the right time. she's life now at southwest detectives with that conversation and new information on the suspect. natasha? >> reporter: well, chris, a short time ago we were able to speak with the two officers who witnessed and interrupted last night's violent attack on a 38-year-old woman here in southwest philadelphia. they do tell us that they were extremely happy to be in the right place at the right time. veteran patrol officers anthony britain and jim ballmer were already on high alert. canvassing the university city area in search of a man terrorizing and attacking women. little did they know thursday evening they would catch him in the act of committing another assault. >> as we were turning on 41st street from baltimore avenue, we observed a male that we information from walk up behind a female and strike her in the back of the head. >> reporter: suspect hit the 38-year-old u penn grad

we'll have a live update from the scene. >>> also, a murder mystery unfolding in southwest philadelphia. a security guard, his body found stuffed inside a van. we'll have an update. >>> and a nor'easter is on the way. we're tracking a system that will bring us plenty of rain. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm rosemary connors. >> and i'm chris cato. let's enjoy this dry weather while -- it's hard to enjoy it, though, with the bitter cold outside. >> it is cold. >> meteorologist bill henley has our first alert forecast. good morning, bill. >> good morning, chris. temperatures are dropping this morning. we're in the 20s, but with the wind blowing, it feels like the teens. the exception, cape may. it's not warm there, feels like it's in the 20s, and it is in the 20s right now. at philadelphia 28 degrees. dry over cape may, but we could see a few sprinkles during the day right along the coastline. the rest of the area just seeing clouds on the increase. clouds are coming in from the west, but we're more concerned about the storm that is taking shape offshore. that's the nor'eas

for now reporting live in southwest philadelphia, annie mccormick, -- or for "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> any. thank you. >> that's not the only happy reunion. >> still ahead a soldier runs home after a year away and pulse off a surprise his mom will never forget. off a surprise his mom will never forget. >> couple fakes a heart attack deciding between buying food and health care is something else. healthy pa is now here to help, with name-brand health insurance that costs as little as a few basic groceries. if you're uninsured, call or apply online today. >> there's fallout tonight from sony decision to cancel "the interview" in the face of thets threats. they're denoupsing the decision and who may be behind the hack into sony pictures. the electronic assault was routesed through six sxurz and six countries this the master mind could be part of north korean spy unit of war jurors recruited as children and trained for years. >> boston marathon bombing suspect made his first public appearance since eyes arraignment more than a year ago. what happened outside of the courtroom captured h

he's live outside southwest detectives in west philadelphia with more.er: sharrie philadelphia police say the suspect is wanted for six robberies, all occurred early last week leading up to the christmas holidays. like you said, he's armed with a gun and willing to use it and did so against a victim who fought back. >> it was no one in the lobby and he saw there was nobody in the lobby and he went behind the desk here. >> reporter: the armed robbery went down inside the north american motor inn around 1:00 tuesday afternoon but general manager diamond burrwell wasn't going let the thief take his employee's purse. >> i grabbed the chair and he ran out the door. i picked up the chair from inside and i hit him and knocked him down and knocked the pocketbook off his back that he took from my front beck clerk. >> reporter: he chased the suspect who hopped over this fence but then turned around and fired two shots. >> they saw the casing back here on the ground i don't know whether it ricocheted off anything or not. we're justified it. enough is enough. >> we

. >> three people shot right in front of a southwest philadelphia daycare center. police tell us before the gunfire two grownups of men were arguing at 54th and pascal around 11:30 this morning. four of the men were armed. two fired their weapons. thankfully no one was outside at the daycare center playground because of the rain. investigators are now looking over surveillance video. >> one of the males pulled out a gun, started shooting at thee males running from the scene, from the area. three males continuing to run southbound. one is struck in his back. one is struck in the leg. one struck in the arm. >> the three men who were shot is being treated at the hospital, university of pennsylvania. all three had run ins with police in the past. >>> we have new information on this house fire in camden county. the house belongs to joseph marini. he wasn't there when the fire started at 10:00 this morning. his stepson and another man were. stepson is a volunteer firefighter in mount ephraim. in the past few minutes we learn his stepson was critically burned. >> we had r

. >> we very good news tonight regarding missing teenagers from southwest philadelphia we told about you last night. investigators tell "action news" 14-year-old adams is home safe tonight the teenage whor is autistic disappeared friday from his home on carpenter street police offered no details where or how he was found but say he is in good condition and has been reunited with his family. >>> starting tomorrow, hundreds of thousands of pennsylvania hunters will hit the woods in search of big bucks. monday marks first day of state's two week big deer hunting season and the game commission expects 750,000 huntsers to take part in opening day alone and expected to get more than 300,000 deer. regulations are in place in several central pa counties because of concerns over chronic wasting disease. >> and skates boarders montgomery county will soon have a safer new place to do their thing. they were held at the upper merion building for skate park. they worked for four years raising money and getting a approval of project. >> a member of 1981 lost his life at the age of 28. >> prehistori

fourth straight year a group called abc men helped families in need with christmas gifts in southwest philadelphiae organization says it has 89 people who needed help. miss philadelphia one of the sponsors attended. she handed out gifts and put smiles on the kids' faces. >>> 45 philadelphia taxi companies file add federal lawsuit against uber's ride sharing service. the company operates in philadelphia despite being banned by the parking authority. the taxi company suit claims uber is creating unfair competition. new castle authorities investigating this accident at a nursing home this afternoon. the 89-year-old driver of an suv crashed into a parked car outside the retirement center and it sent the parked car into the lobby of the building. two residents of the nursing home were hurt. both are in stable condition. >> the maxi family in gloucester county call this is year their best christmas ever. and here's why. >> oh, my god! >> those are tears of joy there. sergeant first class richard maxi surprised his wife and daughter at their home in gibbstown. they thought he was still overseas but thank

fire fighters respond to the fire in southwest philadelphia school, fire started sometime before midnight at bartram high at 66th and grays ferry a avenue. upon arrival fire fighters noticed smoke coming from the building, fire was placed under control a short time later, school is opened today despite this. >>> and this morning a suspect is in custody in connection with the sexual assault in philadelphia. >> so, this case, follows a series of recent attacks, including in university city. fox 29's steve keeley live at police headquarters with the very latest, steve, good morning. >> reporter: after that rolling stone article on the university of virginia the heightened again, all of the awareness about rape, on college campuses and how colleges in years past never told anybody about anything. look at drexel's web site not only did they tell everybody there was an arrest in the case they named the guy arrested five five-year old james barrett already detectives tell me with the long criminal history and he just added a few more chapters since saturday. definitely they say responsible for f

>> in southwest philadelphia. >>> southwest filly. >> yeah. >>> i love the place because it's so simple amsterdam isth. >> is that the idea. >>> that's correct. >> it's all about the food and the service. >> i love goat and so that's what she's made for me. goat stew. what's in it. >>> it's called a -- it's a traditional netter land antilles goat stew. we're serving it with brown beans to make eight little bit more traditional dutch. slowly brazed with beer and curry and just vegetables. >> whoa, man. >> house bread on the side from jonathan. >> you make it like brunch from putting an egg on it. >>> we put eggs on to it to make it into brunch. >> it's not unusual to keep the bone in goat recipes. >>> it adds flavor. >> you have to be careful. >>> yeah. ♪ >> so get the egg. >> there you go. >> get the goo. >> watch the bones. >>> i got bone. this goat stew not baaad. >> oh, deer. >>> oh, deer. good to see you my man. congratulations. welcome back to filly. >> thanks very much. >>> i'm so glad you came home. are you going to be a part of our you gotta try this tasting event. >> yes. >>> o

the paramedic marcel salters a three-year veteran who work at medic 23 in southwest philadelphia.ost also mentioned that he has a dislike of police officers, of course, it got the attention of those police officers. some who call the post despicable. >> i thought it was disgusting. literally disgusting. i think that we have a great working relationship with the police in our city and i think we want to keep that and a lot of our members have family members that are police officers, also. so it wasn't -- it was in poor taste

the action cam on the scene the 5100 block of grays avenue in southwest philadelphia. firefighters had to douse the flames and pull that 26-year-old driver out of the car, but he was pronounced at the scene. police have not yet identified him, they do know, though, nobody else was in the car. police are reviewing surveillance video from the scene of the deadly crash. >>> and police say a man is behind bars for the violent attack of a graduate student in university city. "action news" reporter, katherine scott is live at special victims unit. katherine, the police say this attack might be linked to some others. >> reporter: that's right, tam, there's been a string of assaults and robberies on and around campuses and university city, the special victims units and southwest detective's have been investigating. last night police caught a man in the act of assaulting a woman they believe he is responsible for multiple attacks in the area including two more that happened near drexel. last night a 38-year-old graduate student got off the bus at 42nd street she walked to 41st

local veterans. 17-year-old derrek copeland of philadelphia interviewed the vets today in southwest philadelphiaose who shared their stories were 92-year-old ted paluch veteran of world war ii. ted was a handful of survivors of american pows rounded up gi german troops during a massacre during the battle of the bulge. >> say a few prayers while you lay there and wondering how to get up. i'll tell you you are not scared then it's when you get in that's when you're scared what happens then you realize what happened. i'm lucky for sure. >> 17-year-old derrek will submit his interviews to the library of congresses veteran history project. >> still to come on "action news" tonight jeff skversky has sports. >> and eagles, of course capped off their season with a win and we'll hear from the team of their final game of the year jeff skversky has a check on sports and this has to be one of the least exciting eagles victory. >> in a big way a sad ending, one more win one more yard, perhaps win fewer turnovers and they're in the playoffs. after one of the worst collapses in nfl history the eagles playing o

in southwest philadelphia, the bartram high school community is coming together to look for solutions after ins debility dents like this one. this cell phone video shows a substitute teacher motionless after being attacked by a student last month. that attack and two others at the school prompted a gathering tonight. kenyatta johnson met with parents and teachers and students to make lasting changes at that school. >>> a ben salem wedding videographer is behind bars tonight. accused of taking money for wedding videos they never got. michael dolbow scammed more than 40,0$40,000. detectives say there could be more victims out there and they hope they'll come forward. >>> rez debits of this fire-damaged germantown home. the nbc 10 investigators told you about a prank last month. one of the residents heard an explosion around 3:30 this morning and then found two cans on fire on the porch. they told nbc 10 investigators they were the target of prank known as "swatting" when someone makes a fake 9-1-1 call to raid a home for no reason. >>> ray rice speaking publicly for the first time since

live in southwest philadelphia, david henry, channel 6 "action news." >>> in mercer county, police have identified the man following an attack at a subway restaurant. on sunny ray boulevard, in hamilton, she was critically wounded but was able to tell the police the name of her suspect before she when into surgery. the suspect surrendered about to hours later on the knowledge turnpike. choi is from maryland. >>> the fire marshall is back out at the scene at west oak lane investigating the fire that claimed the life of a philadelphia firefighter, investigators are focusing on the investigation on the basement of the house on middleton street. that is where craig-lewis died yesterday. the veteran leaves behind a 16-year-old son and a 16-month-old daughter. our coverage of the death of joyce craig-lewis continues at 6abc.com. can you see video of the news conference following the deadly blaze. >>> a water main break turned the 1400 block of german town avenue in kensington into a muddy mess, the water main burst at 8:00 and crews returned to find a large amount of water coming up from the

. >>> new at 6:00, police are investigating a homicide in southwest philadelphia. around 3:00 this afternoon, police found a man in his 60s tied up inside a van at locker room storage incorporated on 62nd street. the victim's name has not been released and police have made no arrests. >>> also tonight, a good samaritan is recovering after he was struck by a car. daniel callaway stopped to help another driver. nbc 10 has now learned that callaway is a volunteer firefighter. nbc 10's monique braxton is live where the victim is being treated tonight. what is the latest on his condition? >> reporter: hi, denise. everybody we talked to today told us it was just like him to stop and offer assistance. he's an emt, a firefighter, and tonight he's listed in stable condition. >> we believe that he's going to be fine. 100% recovery. >> reporter: we spoke to raymond callaway sr. while his son daniel was in surgery. callaway shares how his 31-year-old son, a firefighter and emergency medical technician, ended up in the hospital. >> he was on his way to work, and happened to see

. >>> but we begin with breaking news from southwest philadelphia where the body after i man has been found inside a storage facility. >> police say the 67-year-old victim was bound and left inside the back of a conversion van. "action news" reporter skep live now at the scene with the story. kenneth. >> reporter: sarah, wanter, the details are still coming in. philadelphia homicide detectives are still trying to figure out what happened. locker room stores incorporated. as you take a live look at this police scene i can report the man found dead was a security guard forself storage facility. this was the scene within the past couple of hours on the 00 block of south 62nd street. police say around 3 p.m. the manager here at locker room discovered the body of the 67-year-old employee tied up in a conversion van. he had facial injuries and was pronounced dead by paramedics and the storage facility was behind wood land village applause abusy avenue on southwest and as i mentioned investigators have not been able to give us much information about this homicide but we 130 with a friend of

this happened around 2:00 this morning on 56th street in southwest philadelphia. investigators say the victim was walking home when the robber attacked. she was not hurt. >>> and new developments overnight in the search for a missing college student in manayunk. a high reward is now posted as shane montgomery's friends plan to hit the streets to try to find him today. nbc 10's jesse gary is live in west chester where a vigil will be held today. jesse, what can you tell us? >> reporter: vai, they're going to hit the streets later today looking for shane, armed with the knowledge that the reward for information leading to his discovery is now up to $31,000. as you said, vai, also they plan to have a vigil here on the west chester university campus at the student union behind me. it's been one week since shane has been missing, and investigators are still stumped by his disappearance. the 21-year-old west chester university student was last seen leaving kildare's irish pub in manayunk the night before thanksgiving. federal and local investigators believe he was walki

. >>> a developing story out of southwest philadelphia right n now. the manager of a storage facility found the body of a security guard yesterday after he did not show up for work. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live at the police head quarter in the center city. dave, are police at all close to finding a motive? >> reporter: lucy, no motive and no suspects tonight. police going through surveillance video trying to figure out who committed this murder in the meantime friends of james williams tell us he was a hard working helpful guy. >> i was really devastated because the gentleman was such a nice person. >> reporter: customers at the locker room storage facility at 62nd and pasquale can started and saddened by the news that 69 year old security guard james williams had been murdered here. >> there's no reason why they should have did this to anybody especially him. he did not deserve to go out like this. >> reporter: folks here described him as hard-working guy who lived out of his conversion van on the property. he took his job very seriously but w

. >> the paramedic who posted the picture works at medic 23 in southwest philadelphia which shares the same blgd as the 19th police district. the picture comes as anger continue to spread over the killings of unarmed african american men by white police. protests have been popping up all over the country in response to the death os f michael brown in missouri and eric garner in new york. >>> wilmington is hoping to build more trust within its community. last night the city held a community justice forum. police officers, judges and state leaders answered people's questions about safety and the use of force by police officers. >> we're here to facilitate a conversation around a lot of the people's concerns about what's been happening around the country and what are we doing to make things better within our zi. >> the city says this will be the first of several events designed to foster better relationships between the public and the members of the criminal justice system. >>> authorities in bucks country are still trying to figure out who's behind a sex video making the rounds on cell p

community organizations in surprising seven families with new toys and gifts in south and southwest philadelphia. non-profit group unity in the community organizes the five year tradition. known as operation holiday help. each year families in need are nominated by neighbors for community organizations to receive a special surprise delivery. >>> wet weather did not stop those last minute holiday shoppers from hitting the stores today. this was the seen at cherry hill mall in new jersey. believe it or not, retailers say procrastination may actually have paid off as the malls closed tonight and the last shoppers left retailers say late comers will likely found a lot of deep discounts as stores tried to move all that inventory out. if you weren't lucky enough to finish your last minute list you'll hope santa will somehow come through for you any way. >>> we're following developing story this wednesday evening. two people rush to the hospital after a car drove through the lobby of a nursing home. happened at the coax bury village nursing in hokessin new castle county. an 89-year-old man was found be

in a conversion van on property of storage facility 2300 block of south 62nd street in southwest philadelphia. he was tied up and had massive head strawm a manager and friends told us theic victim world here environmental years and would explain about people getting over the bashed wire fence and in fact sources take it appear the killer or killers used another van that belonged to the guard to make and escape. >> i can't believe he is dead. i guess like i said there was something else going on down here for that the happen. he khevrned them. they broke into the case and they challenged him that is what will happen. >> crime scene investigators skourd over the party and. >> right now, we look for witnesses who are canvassing for a vedo. we don't have anything definitive yet. hopefully somebody will give us a call with information. >> those who knew the security guards say the south west philadelphia map was a father. military vet and part of motorcycle club. >> he was a good guy. road motorcycles and stuff and we used to hang out. still harrisburg out because he worked here and i have miss he

. >> the paramedic who posted the picture works in southwest philadelphia which shares the same building as the 19th police district. now the picture surfaced as anger continue to spread over the killing of unarmed african american men by police. protests have been popping up all over the country in response to the death of mike. brown in missouri and eric garner in new york. just yesterday president obama made it official naming charles ramsey as the chair of his task force on 21st century policing. the goal of the task force is to find new way to strengthen trust between local police and the communities they serve. an initial report is due on the president's desk in march. >>> in the meantime items from the protest are now part of an exit in washington, d.c. they include a press pass, t-shirts worn by protesters. >>> and following weeks of civil rights protests around the country, wilmington is hoping to build more trust with its community. >> last night, police officers, judges and state leaders anxioused people's questions about safety and the use of force by police officers. >> we'r

. >> the paramedic who posted the picture works at medic 23 in southwest philadelphia, which, interestingly enough, shares the same building as the 19th police district. >> as a person who services this community, it's just something that shouldn't be said and expressed. >> when we shared the photo with southwest philly residents, they were floored. >> this is unfail thomble considering this person works in conjunction with law enforcement. >> reporter: the picture was followed up saying -- >> reporter: hours later, he posted an apology saying that post was out of anger of what is going on around the world, mike brown, eric gardener and et cetera and past experiences i've had with police. my intention was not to slander or hurt anyone or my brothers in blue. again, i am sorry. >> but that wasn't enough for his boss or the mayor who, earlier today, said he condemned this behavior and called the message reprehensible. >> and, tonight, the fire fighters' ewon put out a statement saying local 22 proudly stands shoulder to shoulder with our brothers in blue. that is the very latest from northern

. >>> also new from overnight, a man is dead after crashing his car entoa wall in southwest philadelphia. this happened around 12:30 this morning on lindbergh avenue. for some reason the driver lost control of his car and flipped over no word on why. >>> police in philadelphia say they caught a man in the act of assaulting a penn student and they believe he is responsible for sexual attacks on students. plain clothed officers were patrolling university city when they spotted james barrett near 41 and and pine. walking alone or near the campuses of pine and drexel. they believe barrett is behind at least three of those attacks. >> we think he was strolling out here for females walking alone and then trying to rob them. >> investigators are also trying to determine if barrett assaulted two drexel students yesterday. now, police have not linked those assaults to the home invasion and rape of a drexel student on wednesday. a man broke into that student's off-campus apartment in spring garden and demanded money and a cell phone and sexually assaulted her. police have no suspects at this time.

. >> and, a murder investigate is underway in southwest philadelphia. a manager found a 67 year old security guard tied up with facial injuries inside a van at a storage facility. the discovery happened yesterday afternoon, at lockerroom sever storage 2200 block of 62nd street. police have not released the victim's name. >> happening today, technical glitch limits how you can pay at philadelphia parking authority kiosk, the machines are having trouble excepting credit cards. so you can only pay with cash or a ppa smart card. >> you have time to get your cash for the keys okay, ten minute grace periods. >> another hepatitis-a vaccination clinic in hamilton township new jersey. >> head the first clinic last week after learning worker at rose's restaurant in mercer county contracted that virus and then may have been contaminating customer's food for weeks. today's clinic is at the township division of health building, that's on greenwood avenue. it is open only to hamilton township residents. >>> all right, right now, just past 5:33, let's check with carol

. >>> also breaking right now, investigators are on the scene of a hit and run in southwest philadelphiaa young man was taken to the hospital tonight with serious head and internal injuries and we have just learned that man is in critical condition. police are looking for the driver of a volvo station wagon that they say fled that scene. >> new tonight, we are hearing from the man who accidentally drove his car into his townhome triggering a big fire. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in newark new castle county with the man who caused this mess. david, what's the latest tonight? >> reporter: jess, today crews are still on the scene. they've been here since about 1 o'clock this afternoon. people are devastated. they've lost everything. we're talking about a lot of damage here according to the fire marshal and the man i spoke to tonight says he's sorry but he's lucky to be alive. the video tells a terrifying story. and now the man who says he accidentally started it all told "eyewitness news" he's sorry about what happened and he's lucky to be alive. >> we lost everything. it

. >>> and police are also investigating a homicide in southwest philadelphia.nvestigators say a 67-year-old man was found tied up with facial injuries inside a van at a storage facility. he was found shortly after 3:00 this afternoon at locker room self storage in the 2200 block of 62nd street. he died at that scene. no word on his identity. >>> and a good samaritan meantime is listed in critical condition after being hit while helping another motorist. that good samaritan is an emt and a volunteer firefighter. now, our traffic camera captured the scene early this morning along i-95 south near exit nine in tinicum township. pennsylvania state police say 31-year-old daniel calaway of wilmington got out of his car to help another driver that hit a guardrail. an suv hit the disabled car and it crashed into calaway. >>> an early holiday gift at the pump. gas prices have dropped another 12 cents over the past two weeks. the lundberg survey says the current national average is $2.72 for a gallon of regular. drivers in san francisco pay the most. those in albuquerque

paramedic from unit 23, in southwest philadelphia, has since taken down that picture on instagram and he had has apologized on his facebook account saying he is deeply sorry that he made the post. he posted picture out of anger and that he did not intend on hurting anyone of his brothers in blue. reporting live from spring garden, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> todd, thank you. >>> new at 6:00 a man tried to hold up a cvs at knife point got more than he bargained for. an off-duty police officer son and customer went after that guy there was a struggle by the entrance this happened monday night at 8:30 at cvs on black horse pike. suspect was stopped from getting a way with 11 grand worth of pain medication and that suspect, 27 year-old a man out donahue, faces charges. a missing man's car has been found burning in north philadelphia but where he is remains a mystery. that car was nearly 9 miles from the northeast philadelphia restaurant where the man was last seen. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers, spoke to his family today, matt? >> reporter: chris, 69 year-old veto

the paramedic marcel salters a three-year veteran who work at medic 23 in southwest philadelphia. the post also mentioned that he has a dislike of police officers, of course, it got the attention of those police officers. some who call the post despicable. >> i thought it was disgusting. literally disgusting. i think that we have a great working relationship with the police in our city and i think we want to keep that and a lot of our members have family members that are police officers, also. so it wasn't -- it was in poor taste. >> reporter: tonight he believes that post does violate the social media policy of the philadelphia police -- philadelphia fire department. salters was brought down here to be interviewed tonight by fire commercial brass and we also can tell you the mayor. he has chimed in on this matter telling us he believes the post goes way beyond the standards of decency. more on this tonight at 10:00 o'clock. guys? >> all right, chris, thank you. chris just mentioned philadelphia mayor nutter releasing a statement "we celebrate the exercise of our first amendment r

. >>> also new from overnight, one person is dead after he crashed into a wall in southwest philadelphia. it happened around 12:30 this morning on lindbergh avenue. the driver's car flipped over and you can see it there and no word yet on why he lost control. >>> philadelphia police say they caught a man in the act of assaulting a penn student last night and they believe he's responsible for a spree of sexual assaultses against college students. investigators tell us plain clothed officers were patrolling university city and they spotted james barrett attacking a graduate student near 41st and pine. there have been five different assaults on or near the drexel university campuses. each of the five women were walking alone. they believe barrett is behind at least three of those. plus, investigators are trying to figure out if he assaulted two other drexel students yesterday. >>> 5:34. a final farewell will begin tonight for joyce craig, philadelphia's first woman firefighter to die in the line of duty. nbc 10 matt delucia is live in lawn crest outside the fire company where joyce was stat

. >>> police are investigating a homicide in southwest philadelphia tonight.nvestigators say a 67-year-old man was found tied up with bruises on his face inside a van at a storage facility. he was found shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon at locker room self storage in the 2200 block of 62nd street. he died at the scene. no word on his identity just yet. >>> a present for you at the pumps, even lower gas prices is always good news. gas prices dropped another 12 cents over the past two weeks. the lundberg survey says the current national average is $2.72 for a gallon of regular. drivers in san francisco pay the most. those in albuquerque pay the least. let's check our prices. according to aaa pennsylvaniaians are paying $2.88 on average for a gallon of regular. into jersey and you'll pay closer to $2.58 while to exin delaware they can top off their tanks for about $2.74. >>> now, philadelphia parking authority kiosks around the city they're having some technical issues right now. the machines are having trouble reading credit cards. "eyewitness news" reporte

it happened around 2:00 this morning on 56th street in southwest philadelphia. investigators say the victim was walking home from a takeout restaurant when the robber attacked. she was not hurt. >>> and new developments overnight in the search for a missing college student in manayunk. a higher reward is now posted as shane montgomery's friends plan to hit the streets to try and find him today. nbc 10's jesse gary's live in west chester this morning for us, where a vigil will be held today. jesse? >> reporter: vai, over the past 30 minutes, i called the police department to try to get more information, specifics about that vigil. officers say right now they really aren't sure what to expect, whether it will be a large crowd or a small crowd, but it will be here at the student union on campus. now, volunteers plan to take to the streets again later today to try and unearth clues in the disappearance of shane montgomery. they do so with an increased reward, now up to $31,000 for information leading to his discovery. the 21-year-old west chester university student

toys were delivered to seven families in south and southwest philadelphia.at christmas for them. we'll be right back. ♪ >> thank you for watching cbs3 news at 11:00. "eyewitness news" returns tomorrow morning at 4:30 with erika von tiehl and nicole brewer. for lesley, kate and everyone here i'm jessica dean. you can always find us at cbsphilly.com. up next is christmas at the cathedral. before we go very special thanks to all the great people here at cbs3. there are many of them are a lot of them behind the scenes. have a good night and a merry christmas. ♪

this man has struck seven times in west and southwest philadelphia, and in tinicum township, delawareounty. surveillance video shows the man not just robbing the register, he also takes cash and valuables from workers and customers. now the man does cover his face but he's been spotted more than once in a bright yellow vest with the letters pwd. also knew at 11:00 trenton bishop david o'connell is recovering following surgery to remove his left foot and ankle and part of his lower leg. it's all due to infections brought about by diabetes. just a short time ago in a statement the diocese of trenton said that bishop o'connell is expected to make a full recovery recovery. they go on to ask members of the community to pray for bishop o'connell in the comeing weeks and months. >>> well cases of flu are on the rise in pennsylvania. the state department of health says that at least 11 people have died from the flu in p pa so this year. the number of flu illnesses spiked to more than 2500 last week. that is more than double the week before. and five times more than we saw the first week of de

. >>> also new from overnight, one person is dead after he crashed into a wall in southwest philadelphia. this crash happened around 10:30 this morning on lindbergh boulevard and grays avenue. investigators say the driver's car flipped over. you can see it there next to that building. no word yet on why he lost control. >>> 5:02 now. philadelphia police say they caught a man who may be responsible for as>ezrb many as sexual attacks on college students. plained clothes officers were spotted. police say over the past few days, there were five different assaults of women who were walking alone on or near the campuses of penn and drexel. they believe barrett is behind at least three of those. >> strolling out here for females walking alone and then trying to rob them. >> investigators are also trying to determine if barrett is connected to the assault of two drexel students yesterday. >>> now, police have not linked those assaults to the home invasion and rape of a drexel student on wednesday. a man broke into the student's campus and threatened the woman with a meat cleaver and demanded mon

. >>> a man is abduct on the streets of southwest philadelphia and tonight they say three of his attackers are still on the loop. he was approached on crescent road before being taken to the second location on chew avenue in the olney neighborhood. police got a tip, they responded to the scene, within suspect was arrested and now being questioned to track down his alleged accomplices. >>> a new lead in the search for missing college student shane montgomery has authorities focusing their search around the schuylkill river. dive teams were back out in manayunk after finding his keys along the river's bank. shane's parents were also standing by thanking the search team. the the last time he was seen was walk toward the river thanksgiving morning. >>> former sportscaster done ton tollefson calls himself an alcoholic, drug as he prepares to defend himself on charges that he cheated charities out of more than $340,000. two months after pleading guilty, he headed to court on what have would have been his sentencing day last week and withdrew his blue saying he had new information that proves his

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. >>> police also now investigating a homicide in southwest philadelphia.estigators say a sketch-year-old security guard was found tied up with facial injuries and side avanta storage facility. a manager found him dead shortly after 3:00 this afternoon at locker room self for storage in the 2200 block of 62nd street. his identity has yet been released. >> and new at 11:00 o'clock, one person is taken to the hospital after fire rips through a kensington home. it happened in the 3400 block of kensington of a short particularly 10:00 o'clock tonight. there's no word on the extent of injuries to victims, the cause is still under investigation at this hour. >> now low prices at the pump means extra money in your pocket this holiday season. that's always good news. gas prices dropped another 12 cents over the past two week. the lumberg survey says the current national average is 2.72 for a gallon of regular. drivers in san francisco paying the most. those in allobar occur key pay the least. according to aaa pennsylvanians are paying 288 for a gallon of regular. a