katherine scott is live where police stopped the car in southwest philadelphia. good morning, catherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, the seven-year-old was not hurt and reunited with her mother. police are trying to figure out how this happened they are speaking with the and the girl's mother so far they say both of them are cooperating with the police. police continue to hold the scene in southwest philadelphia, woodland and 50s, this is wherek was stopped by police. let's go to video, you can see the 26-year-old mother sitting with her 7-year-old daughter after this all ended. police say this unfolded around 2:30 a.m. the mother told police she had run into her job at nom -- domino's pizza, a repo driver arrived and tracking the gps in the car. he hooked up the vehicle not realizing the 7-year-old girl was asleep in the last row of the minivan. he doesn't have to get out of his tow truck to hookup the vehicle. he didn't see anything in the car and started driving away. people started yelling, he gets screamed at all the time. he thought they w

katherine scott is in southwest philadelphia trying to figure to determined what happened with the chain of events. luckily, the child was not hurt. she slept through the entireyouy what could have happened if the minivan was towed to a minivan and left there, if the child woke up and wandered around are their guard dogs in the lot. the 26-year-old mother is sitting with her 7-year-old daughter. police say it unfolded at 2:30 a.m., the mother ran into her job at 45th and chestnut. while inside a repo tow truck driver arrived who had been tracking the gps in the car. he had the paperwork to repossess it. he hooked up the minivan not knowing that the girl was asleep under a blanket in the last row. he said people started yelling there was a kid in the car, he thought they were lying. he turned the corner and got out and checked and still didn't see them lying there. >> the vehicle to me appears unoccupied. there are two car seats in the t i could see from the mirror of my truck. i don't have to get out of my truck to hookup a car. >> tow truck drivers should not just pull up a vehicle and

"action news" reporter jeanette reyes is joining us now live from southwest detectives in west philadelphiah the very latest on what investigators know. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, to you tam. we know that the search is on for the shooter here. witnesses were being interviewed at southwest detectives not too long ago. police say that this girl was with a group of friends when the hail of gunfire began. this began around midnight when the girls were outside of a home where they just had a barbecue earlier in the day. this is along the 5900 block fox5 of springfield avenue. shots began and then a barrage of bullets p she was hit multiple times. other bullets pierced a home and shattered windows. the 16-year-old girl was hit multiple times in the car and was rushed to pen presbyterian by police. the shooter sped off. friends were taken to be interviewed in hopes of getting a suspect description. >> a description of the shooter. we're just told that a car was last seen speeding off west on springfield towards 60th street. now, we did find some private surveillance cameras

last august, agents raided dougherty's home in southwest philadelphia. they also went to the union headquarters on spring garden street. "eyewitness news" caught up with the mayor. >> it is just standard pro forma. i don't know how you cannot talk to john dougherty or majority leader of council over a two year period and not be recorded. >> philadelphia city councilman bobby henon is also under fbi investigation and he declined to comment on camera about the probe. >>> testimony resumes today in the trial of the philadelphia d.a. seth williams. williams faces prison time on bribery, crumbs charges, prosecutors grilled bar owner michael wise yesterday as they claim he showered williams with cash, vacations, plane tickets. williams defense attorney says wise was providing the d.a. with information on lbgt affairs. our joe holden talked to seth williams outside the federal courthouse. >> reporter: how is it going in there what do you think. >> very thankful for my attorneys. >> reporter: thankful for your attorneys. >> yes. >> reporter: judge warned william

happened in southwest philadelphia. basically where he grew up.e tell us he was taking bags out of his car when a man walked up and said give up your keys. they ended up struggling the man establish the councilman. he has been david oh has been talking with police and the medical team at the hospital though he is as i told you going into surgery. councilman oh by the way is an at large council member. he is the only veteran on city council root now. first elected in 2011 and sworn in in 2012. so as you look at the scene of where this stabbing happened, we have our dave schratwieser at penn presbyterian hospital gathering information there. clearly this is an active scene. was this a random attack? did they know each other? who knows? we don't know right now. it's all breaking but you know that we are going to be on top of this all night long. as of 4:00 a.m. good day take over. and they will have the entire thing there. maybe we'll have more information but david oh councilman at large going into surgery in critical condition. our prayers go out t

nanny had been run over by the wheels of a csx48 train on the 57 hun block of grays avenue in southwest philadelphiapolice say she and some friends had just left school and were throwing rocks and trying to touch the train as it passed by. they say siena slipped. her right leg severed at the hip. >> this is video of see nanny at

katherine scott is live in southwest philadelphia where police are trying to piece together what happened. >> reporter: that's right, good morning, tam, police are trying to determine why this child was left alone in the car and why the repo man didn't see her asleep in the back seat. this all remains under investigation, you can see the police remain here on the scene, they are holding the tow truck and the attached minivan where it was stopped in southwest philadelphia. let's go to video of the 26-year-old mother and her child sitting together, the 7-year-old slept into the entire thing and was not say it took place at 2:30 a.m., the mother told police she had run into her jobd chestnut. a tow truck arrived he had the paperwork to repos the ford minivan and tracking the gps. he hooked up the vehicle not realizing the girl was asleep under a blanket cet in -- blankt in the last row. he doesn't have to get out to hookup the vehicle. he said the owner ran out and people were yelling, they started screaming, he checked, but didn't see the child. >> everybody started screaming there's a kid

tynesia williams was one the first to call 911 after hearing the shots in southwest philadelphia. >> the guy came out of the house and pulled the cops over and let them know someone was shot in the house. >> the call came out at midnight and arrived on the scene to find a 16-year-old with gunshots in her right arm and buttocks and chest area. >> they are out until 1:30 in the afternoon drinking and smoking having a nice time before the kids came out. >> the victim was sitting on the steps with several other girls and some boys. >> everybody was devastated. i don't know if it was her son or cousin or whatever. he was mostly devastated crying and hyperventilating and things like that. the girl was put in the back of the police cruiser and rushed to the hospital and she remains in stable condition. >> she got up and walked to the cop car. >> and police found a number of shell casings around the property and knocked on doors looking for evidence and are relying on surveillance cameras for clues. >> we were told that a car was last seen speeding off west on springfield. >> there is a bunc

happened, just around 5:30 wednesday night on the 1700 block of south conestoga street in southwest philadelphia. this is near wood land avenue. medics, found the baby unresponsive inside the home, and one year-old died about half an hour later at children 's hospital of philadelphia, and police say that doctors found bruces and other injuries on the child. they are consistent with both physical and sexual assault, but investigators are still waiting on a autopsy to determine the official cause of death. meantime coming up at 6:00 i will tell you how neighbors are responding to these disturbing allegations, again, the suspect is a 24 year-old man with identified himself as the baby's stepfather. live from southwest philadelphia, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> additional charges have been filed begins youth hockey coach accused of sexually abusing boys in new jersey and delaware. walter ferindennis charged with abusing a boy in shamong burlington county in 1992. ferinden was charged alleged sexual contact with a boy in deptford in 1994 and two minors in delaware. >>> day four of bi

surprised a 13-year-old who had just broken no her house on the 4200 block of regent square in southwest philadelphia>> he was startled to see me as i was to see him. he said something like, i'm daniels little brother. >> reporter: only getting away with cash. philadelphia police say that 13-year-old was among at least two other young bandits behind ten burglaries and robberies in university city and southwest philadelphia. cash, a wallet, bikes and electronics stolen. >> very good at what they do for the young age they are which is troubling in some ways when they shall be reading books and doing things kids should be doing in the summer, playing sports and having fun. >> a house on farragut terrace was also hit. the woman did not want to talk on cam a the homeowner confronted one of the suspected crooks too. >> going in someone's house goes way over the top. >> naomi doesn't think jail is the answer for the bad boy who broke in. >> to me the most important thing this is a 13-year-old kid who looks like he could have a good future and i'm really hoping that there will be some serious work done not t

was stabbed last night unloading items from his car on the 5800 block of thomas avenue in southwest philadelphia. vernon odom and john rawlins are covering this story tonight. john lets start with you outside of the councilman's home. >> where the councilman is recovering and surrounded by members of his family and young wife and his 96-year-old mother, he arrived here from the hospital shortly before 3 this afternoon. i'm doing fine and good spirits and i feel fine physically. 18 hours after being stabbed an up beat david oh was thanking a flower delivery guy this afternoon. last night the councilman says that while unloading his car a man came up and mumbled something and anally demanded. >> he said the keys, the keys to your car. i thought was there an accident does he need my car and then punched me mountain lower rib and i know what that is. i said did you just stab me. >> and he had. >> oh a one time prosecutor described as weapon as an shiv a homemade knife. and tried to back away but the demands for keys and cars and money continued. >> he was wild and swinging and lunging. >> and at tha

that is the latest from here in southwest philadelphia. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> the two videos have now prompted chest ever county officials to try to strengthen the state's hate crime laws, county district attorney tom hogan says there is no law that protects people with mental and physical disabilities and he announced the introduction of a measu measu measurement that increases the punishment from two years to five. >> and day four of the bill cosby sexual assault trial. vernon odom is outside of the courthouse in norristown. >> reporter: shadows from the past. cosby's statements from way back when the allegations were first investigated. >> at this hour the district attorney is highlighting exerts from the previously sealed depositions in the civil suit. who eventually settled with the multimillionaire out of court and it yields no charges 11 years ago but earlier today they heard from police sergeant schafer who led the investigation into constand's alligation that cosby drugged and assaulted her in his h

>> neighbors on the 1700 block of south conestoga street in southwest philadelphia is shocked by the sudden death and alleged sexual assault of a one year-old boy. brandy smith says she often saw the mother holding her son around the neighborhood. >> this woman she loved his little boy uncan ily and never anything like this would happen on our block. >> reporter: medics responded for reports of the unresponsive child around 5:30 wednesday afternoon and found baby without a pulls upstairs. he died about half an hour later at children's hospital of philadelphia. >> i cannot imagine what a mother feels when they lose a child. >> reporter: philadelphia police arrested boy's 24 year-old stepfather and say doctor noticed multiple bruces on the infant as well as signs of sexual assault. >> that is just very awful, just to say it is awful. >> reporter: stepfather faces multiple charges including attempted murder, rape, aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child. now at this time police are not identifying that stepfather, all we know he is a 24 year-old man and investigators a

diamond whitaker had been shot multiple times while hanging outside of friend's house in southwest philadelphia. >> i was just asking everybody what happened. my daughter got shot. >> reporter: it happen just after midnight on the 5900 block of springfield avenue. police say a small group of teenagers were gathered on the front steps of a home after a barbecue. when someone opened fire oh and them. >> it appears that the shots were intentionally fired at this group. not only was this female struck multiple times, two bullets entered a window of a house right where she was standing. >> reporter: no one else was hit but officers rush diamond to penn presbyterian hospital with gunshot wounds to her arms, legs and chest. she is expected to survive. >> when they went across her chest they just missed it, like, it could have killed my child. she said the whole time she's in the back of the cop car she thought she was going to die. >> reporter: davis and her daughter lives in johnstown and in the city visiting family and friends. she says she can't imagine why anyone would target group of teenaged gir

. ♪ ♪ >> it happened in an instant, a child is walking by train tracks with friends in southwest philadelphia and suddenly she's pulled under the train and dragged two blocks. she's now hospitalized. wednesday night. jim is off. i'm monica malpass. a girl is recovering after losing one leg and another severely damaged by a train. her friends and family are devastated. >> annie mccormick has more. >> we heard the screaming. >> the screaming came from the train tracks just before 2:00 this afternoon, an 11-year-old girl running along the side of the train with three friends lost her balance. >> she grabbed the train and her legs went under the train one severed and the other damaged. >> the girls were reaching out to touch the train. the train dragged the young girl a hundred feet. traumatized, the girl's friends stayed along the scene. >> another girl was playing with them earlier but her daughter left before the accident. >> i can't believe this happened to her. she's very sweet. for this to yo occur, i'm tryino grasp it. >> detectives are calling this a tragic accident at this point. >> it's

she was just sitting outside of a home in southwest philadelphia with her friends. >>> also breakinge trying to cross the roosevelt boulevard and dies of his injuries. >>> the battle for healthcare reform wages on. the senate delays a vote on a new bill after failing to get support even from the gop's rank and file. >>> a gorgeous day across the delaware and lehigh valleys but some changes. all next on "action news. plain all the way to the great lakes and fire crews across the windy conditions. 89 in nashville today. >>> and finally this morning, a 3-year-old boy in new york has become what's believed to be the youngest person ever to receive a 3d printed arm. >> this new gift has also provided an unexpected gift for the doctor as well. wabc's lauren glassburg has the story. >> reporter: isaac can do a lot without happens but thanks to the efforts of a pioneering doctor the 3-year-old has a prosthetic arm made from a 3d printer and isaac may be the youngest person to have one. >> translator: i was happy because he got it because he could do pore on his own. >> reporter: his arms sto

take a look at this video overnight in southwest philadelphia, this shooting happened just after midnight, on the 5900 block of springfield avenue. police say a group of teenagers were hanging out on the front steps of the home when someone opened fire on them. sixteen year-old girl was hit in the leg, hipps, chest and her arms. she was only one in the group of about four teens who were hit by gunfire. officers rushed her to penn presbyterian where she's recovering. chief inspector scott small says police are working to determine why someone targeted this group of teenage girls. >> it appears that the shots were intentionally fired at this group, it is not only what this female struck multiple times, two bullets entered a window of the house right where she was standing so we don't know if this 16 year-old victim was intended target but it appears that the shooter was firing, into the crowd of people, that the 16 year-old was with. >> at this point police are not sure if the shooter was inside or stepped outside the car to fire those shots. they are looking at, surveillance video in the h

it's not right. >> reporter: in southwest philadelphia, dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >> cash, jewelryeys to cars that's what armed robbers stole from a home in philadelphia's feltonville section. when police rolled up to the home on the 4500 block of rising sun of a right around 5:00 this morning they found a person tied up but not physically hurt. they're now after the two robbers. >>> check out this video from skyfox of a tractor trailer fire in northampton county. it happened this morning on chris follow drive in east allentown. we don't know how that fire started non word on any injuries. >>> back to your fox 29 weather authority. here's live look at wildwood. kind of sad it's thursday because it would be great day out to be on the beach. >> right. >> is it going to stay this this weekend. kathy and scott will let you know in just 15 seconds. >>> what a beautiful day, guys. we're batting a thousand. >> i know. >> that's the first day of june and it's sunny. what could be better. >> about time. >> i know. a few fair weather cumulus clouds but despite that just a perfect ten. the te

but look at the video overnight from southwest philadelphia, shooting happened just after midnight on the 5900 block of springfield avenue, police say a small group of teens were hanging out on the front steps of the home when someone opened fire on them. diamond was hit in the leg, hipps, chest and both of her arms, she was only one in the group of four teens to be hit by gunfire and officers rush her to penn presbyterian hospital where she's recovering and diamond's mother towand a davis talked to me about how she was feeling right now, lets take a listen. >> i'm just hurt right now this has got to stop. the one that went across her chest just missed it like it could have killed my child. the whole time in the back of the cop car she thought that she was going to die. >> reporter: police do not yet have a description of the shooter but they are hoping surveillance cameras will help them id the suspect. meanwhile diamond is slated for surgery later today but for now we are live outside penn presbyterian hospital i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news", jan and jim back to you >>> in

tonight police are investigating the death of a one-year-old boy in southwest philadelphia.t the man who says he is the victim's stepfather has been arrested in connection with that boy's death. >> he is the one who initially called 911 around 6:30 last night police responded to conestoga street, the boy was found without a pulse inside the home, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. rosemary connors spoke to neighbors reeling over the toddler's death. >> reporter: no one answered the door and no one came to the house today on conestoga street where police say they got a call yesterday afternoon about an unresponsive baby. according to investigators when officers arrived on the block they were met by a 24-year-old man who identified himself as the boy's stepfather. he is now charged in the baby's death. >> it makes me want to keep my son at home at all times. >> reporter: neighbors are in disbelief by what police say happened here. investigators accused the stepfather of beating and sexual assaulting the infant. doctors at the hospital who determined he was dead noticed th

back to our developing story this morning, a sit councilman attacked outside his southwest philadelphia home by a man with a knife. councilman david oh, you saw him a moment ago, in critical condition, but want everyone to know he's okay. hospitalized at penn presbyterian, that's where steve keeley is this morning, steve? >> reporter: no officials update here but that may be good news we didn't hear any bad news. because the last update we had was critical but stable. let's go to the video. if you don't know, a very familiar face on council david oh, 57 years old, and a guy with a great sense every humor. so you can bethel ' be talking about how he had been stabbed in the back politically before in his live, but never in reality. but last night, reality came home to his front doorstep essentially, unloading groceries out of his chevy suv. he has the hatchback up. guy says something to him, he doesn't understand what the guy says. he tries to talk to the guy. the guy is asking for the keys to his car. next thing you know, he knives david oh, in the back. >> the gentleman at some point pu

he was stabbed near his home in southwest philadelphia. we have team coverage this morning. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live at city hall with reaction from the councilman's collogues but lets begin with "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao live at penn presbyterian where the councilman is being treated, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. philadelphia police tell us throughout this whole ordeal councilman oh remains in high spirits and he wants everyone to know that he is will this morning as he recovers, he was here at penn presbyterian now out in stable condition. police continue to search for the man who assaulted him. philadelphia police tell thaws councilman oh just arrived home right around 9:45 after a licensing day of work, in meetings. he parked on his block 5800 block of thomas avenue in kingsessing, as he was going through getting his belongings out and bags out he was approached by a man in his 20 's. that suspect mumled something and councilman oh could not understand him. he tried to talk to the man to see what he has wanted like he has done

. >>> police activity continues in southwest philadelphia, katherine will have more on this in just a second. traffic wise, woodland and 50th is where you don't want to be. springfield and 49th are thal in a in a thal -- alternates. we have down trees on the boulevard between 12th and strahle insure drive. white marsh militia hill road is closed because of a tree that's down. sheaf lane or butler pike are the alternates. >> you were talking about the breaking news, a 7-year-old back with her mother after a chaotic scary night. a child was in the back seat of a minivan as a repo man hooked the car and took it away even as bystanders told him to stop. katherine scott is where the police are trying to figure out why this happened. >> reporter: police are trying to figure out why t why the 7-year-old was left in the car and why the repo man couldn't see her. the attached minivan is stopped at 50th and woodland. go to video with the 26-year-old mother and child sitting together. the 7-year-old slept into the entire thing, she was not hurt. the mother told police she had to run into her job

watch out for a multi-vehicle crash some southwest philadelphia.and at lindbergh. >> reporter: comfortable in the 60s of course 82. humidity will build, it will stay that way this afternoon. gary papa run on sunday, 85 for the finish. warm and muggy. probably dry. humid this weekend so keep the cool drinks going. >>> good news if you're waking up on saturday, we're happy to announce you can watch "action news" on saturday a half-hour earlier join gray hall and chris sowers at 5:00 a.m. i would like to take a moment to say happy father's day to you and you, my husband and my dad to all the dads out there, and everything you do for your kids. i hope you get celebrated. >> dads are pretty good. >> some of them. have a great weekend from all of us here. >>> good morning, america. breaking news as we come on the air. the russian defense ministry claiming the leader of isis may be dead. the man responsible for the deaths of thousands. possibly killed in a russian air strike. what we're learning overnight. >>> also this morning major reversal. president t

following for you today. >> breaking news. 16-year-old shot while hanging with friends in southwest philadelphiaa home in springfield avenue when someone started spraying bullets at the group. hit multiple times. car was spotted speeding away. >>> and here's a live look at philadelphia international airport. today will join with wawa welcome america to host the official inveiling of the airport's new photo exhibit. philadelphia the first world heritage city. celebrates designation of world heritage site. >>> today the philadelphia zoo will announce the name of newest baby gorilla. students from the congo narrowed the choices down to these names. bear with me. wasinga which means thank you very much. luanso meaning love and ajubu meaning miracle. another special group will select the baby boy's name. cute. >>> good morning, everyone. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington with you here with breaking news. we've been following all morning this amtrak suspension. two employees were struck and killed on the tracks approaching washington union station resulting in a suspension. between washin

reporting live in southwest philadelphia.ie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> police released surveillance video of a sexual predator that struck in a wawa bathroom and take a good look at the video. taken at air mange oh avenue on april 18 and, the suspect followed a 23-year-old man in the bathroom and sexually assaulted him and left and got into a blue mazda sedan. >>> in radnor police are warning reads about a recent phone scam telling people there is a warrant for their arrest and have to pay money to avoid going jail. >> to get a phone call like that, do not give out personal information hang up and call 911. 911 dispatcher will be able to verify that is an authentic call or another scam when you think ahead of a scam it's like a chess match and have you to stay one step ahead. most people would think it's legitimate and verify it by calling 911. police say there is two incidents in the last week. if you get a call about a warrant for your arrest. do not give out your personal information. following weeks of speculat

councilman david oh spoke to "action news" about his terrifying ordeal outside his home in southwest philadelphia. he returned home from the hospital yesterday, good spirits and good shape he was stabbed during an attempted robbery outside his home on the 5800 block of thomas avenue on wednesday night. oh said a man approached him and demandedded his keys and wallet -- demanded his keys and wallet and stabbed him in the left side. a white car pulled up and recorded video of the incident. >> engineering shouting out and then i think when they saw all the blood there was a lot of blood, i think they got the idea, this is not like, we're in the middle of something else, so they took off. >> police are looking for the assailants, detectives are asking anyone with information to contact police. >>> chester county authorities are investigating an assault robbery and kidnapping. caln police said the police kidnapped the workers and drove them to nearby coatsville where they gained entry to the two separate shops where the victims work. the men robbed the shops and took off. 6:07. the judge in the bill c

he is resting comfortably at his home in southwest philadelphia.tion news" was there as the councilman and his family returned this afternoon. it was last night oh was approached by a stranger that tried to engage him in conversation and oh tells "action news" that he felt a blow to his stomach and realized he had been stabbed. he remained calm and tried to deescalate the situation as the man demanded his car keys and wallet and bag. what he did next -- >> i got my phone and called 911 and gave a description and asked for an ambulance and my daughter 10 answered the door and i said get mom and my daughter was excited to see me. i said get mom i need an ambulance and my daughter saw all the blood and she was crying and what not. and my wife came down and he went into the street waiting for the ambulance and the police officers came and the ambulance and they took me to the hospital. >> we'll have more on the search for councilman oh's attacker coming up in the next half hour but home and doing well tonight. you can follow all the developments on the

this happened in southwest philadelphia.can councilmember at large david oh was rushed to a local hospital. police say this may have been a robbery attempt. this morning he's reportedly in stable condition. at the live desk ss back upstairs to you. good morning washington. toss to eileen 1st day of meteorological summer & start of the atlantic hurricane season - delightful weather through saturday - more humid, unsettled sunday & monday with storms - nice midweek next week today: mostly sunny. comfortably warm. highs: 79-83 winds: nw 5-15 mph tonight: mainly clear. comfortable. lows: 53-59 winds: nw 5 mph friday: partly to mostly sunny. another gorgeous day. highs: 78-81 winds: w 5-10 mph julie, dc police this morning looking for the insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks - that's what tom perriello is about. i was proud to stand with president obama because progressive causes have been my life's work. i'm tom perriello, and i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality, raise wa

that is the latest from southwest philadelphia. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> monica thank you. >> an interview with bill cosby is at the center of the trial today. prosecutors read from a transcript where cosby admitted to fondling her after giving her pills at her home. and cosby also says that she never objected to the behavior. vernon odom will have a live report from the courthouse in norristown at 4:30. >>> now to a first check of the accuweather forecast on this thursday afternoon. all right just as promised it's getting better inch by inch. lets go out to adam joseph. a little sunshine? >> a little sunshine and cloud cover as well. especially to the north and west sun and a lot of clouds at the shore. this is why. satellite and radar. the coastal storm that sneaks by to the east today. it is doing that but spilling some clouds south and east of philadelphia and more filtered sunshine to the north and wet. temperatures though really cool. the eastern half of the country the coolest air is in the mid-atlantic because

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the 13 year-old boy had just broken in to her house on the 4200 block of regent square, in southwest philadelphia>> he was startled to see me as i was to see him. he said i'm daniel's little brother. >> reporter: only getting a way with cash. philadelphia police say that 13 years old was among two other bandits behind 10 burglaries and robberies in university city and southwest philadelphia. cash, wallet, bikes, and electronics stolen. >> they are very good at what they do for young age that they are, which is troubling in some ways when they should be better at doing things kid should be doing in the summer which is playing sports and having fun. >> reporter: house in the 900 block of far got terrace was hit, woman did not want to talk on camera but the cops say the home owner there confronted one of the suspected crooks too. >> going in to somebody's house, goes way over the top. >> reporter: meantime niomi says she doesn't think jail's the answer for bad boy who broke in. >> to me most important thing is this is a 13 year-old kid who looks like he could have a good future and i'm really hoping

least two other young bandits behind ten burglaries and robberies in university city and southwest philadelphiacash, wallet, bikes and electronics stolen. >> very good at what they do fort young age they are which is troubling in some ways when they should be better obviously reading books and doing things kids should be doing in the summer playing sports and having fun. >> reporter: house the 900 block of farragut terrace was also hit. a woman at the house did not want to talk on camera but the cops say the homeowner confronted one of the suspected crooks, too. >> going into somebody's house goes way over the top. >> reporter: meantime naomi says she doesn't think jail is the answer for the ban p bad boy who broke in. >> to me the most important thing, this is a 13-year-old kid who looks like he could have a good future and i'm really hoping that there will be some serious work done not to just dump him. >> reporter: well police say three teens are in custody. they believe they have all of the suspects in this crime wave as they've call it, and they even say they've been able to get some of th

fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in southwest philadelphia.shawnette. >> reporter: iain, very serious condition here. according to preliminary reports from police we're told this girl's leg may have been severed in this incident which happened on the train tracks or along the train tracks just behind me. we do have video of the scene right after it happened. skyfox flew over it in the area of 56t 56th and grays avenue around 2:45 this afternoon. genre prim limb nary reports tell us the 16 your old girl was lit by csx train while walking on the track area we're told her leg may have been said during this incident. as we mentioned she is in critical condition. i talked to a woman who says that her daughter is in the same class as the victim. here's what she tells us. >> it's really touching because no one deserves this. however, in the same breath, i say because this trac adjacent a playground there should be more security measures. >> reporter: now that woman also tells us according to her that the girl is a student at richard allen preparator

. >>> happening now, sickening story out of southwest philadelphia. one-year-old boy found dead in a home. his body bruised and with signs of sexual assault. the man behind it, police say his step dad. fox 29's shawnette wilson reports from philadelphia police headquarters. >> it is sad. it's sad it really is. >> reporter: neighbors are in disbelief over what police say happened to a one-year-old boy on their street his stepfather is in custody and facing charg charges. diane williams was sitting on her steps around 5:00 o'clock yesterday when emergency crews showed up. >> they pulled the baby output it in the ambulance and i thought the baby was going to be all right. >> reporter: police were called to this home on the 1700 block of south conestoga street in southwest philadelphia for an unresponsive child. investigators say when they got there, a 24-year-old man who says he's the boy's stepfather led them upstairs where the child was on the floor and didn't have a pulse. he was pronounced dead a half hour later at chop. where police say a doctor dis

it's not right. >> reporter: in southwest philadelphia, dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >>> skyfox over deadly shooting in north philadelphia. police say a 31-year-old man died after he was shot ten times. this happened earlier tonight at 24th and cecil b. moore avenue. the victim was pronounced dead at hahnemann hospital just before 6:00. no arrests have been made. >>> $25,000 reward to catch whoever opened fire on kensington street hitting a toddler several times. now, that little boy did survi survive. a $20,000 reward is coming from the mayor's office. and the fop is offering another 5,000. police say two weeks ago tomorrow two gunmen shot the toddler and his 25-year-old father while they were sitting on their porch on malta avenue. both are back home now. >>> happening right now, it was a schoolbus driver drunk on the job? that's what police in bucks county are looking into tonight. the driver for the neshaminy school district was arrested yesterday. let's get right out to our fox 29's dave kinchen life outside neshaminy high school in langhorne tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, pa

this morning, the bicker, blue route, schuylkill expressway, i-95 good shape, don't forget southwest philadelphia platt bridge westbound near i-95 we have a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane, you want to stay left coming away from the airport. let's head to the burlington bristol bridge i warned you about this, it is up for a southbound ship. tacony-palmyra will open at 6:15 put that in the back of your mind, jennette and tam. >> we knew the sixers were planning to draft markell f are up -- fultz. that did not take away from the excitement when he was drafted in brooklyn. moments after the announcement, he tweeted, the process led me here and we won't rest until we number one. that gives me goose bumps, katherine scott makes me excited about the future. >> markell fultz is getting a warm welcome. markell is a philadelphia 76er. the 6'4" guard was selected number one in the nba draft. he led the packed 12 in scoring, finished 6th among all division one players and top freshman scorer in the country. >> reporter: has it sunk in that you're a 76er? >> not yet, i'm happy, i know the fans are g

. >> police continue to investigate the death of a one-year-old boy in southwest philadelphia. crime investigators are scouring the home on conestoga street where they found the body of a child late yesterday. he was on the floor with no pulse pronounced dead at children's hospital half hour later. doctors say the child had multiple bruises and signs of sexual assault. his stepfather has been arrested. >> police in bucks county say an arsonist was responsible for this blaze last saturday night. they have arrested abraham kita of morrisville for setting the holmes on fire with fireworks. fortunately, no one was hurt. >>> day four of the bill cosby trial. word from the judges that testimony may wrap up sooner than expected. on the stand today the investigator that took statements from andrea constand a decade ago. caster could be called at trial. also read aloud, salacious details from the civil lawsuit deposition where cosby described giving pills to constand and fondling her. the lawsuit was settled by an undisclosed amount of money. >> we have been telling you about the opioid

theft that ravaged an asian family from marple township that owns the house of cheese in southwest philadelphia. well, tonight there are indications that this robbery was part of a larger theft ring that targets asians. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live at marple township police with an update john, what are you learning from police there tonight. >> reporter: well, police told us today that, jim, that because of that earlier report on "action news," they were able to obtain a video of two men that they believe now involved in at least four different burglaries on three different dates. >> we're hoping once people seal the video -- see the video they're going to recognize these people. >> reporter: they are the best images yet of the two men involved in mum pelt burglaries both wearing gray sweatshirts one a black hat the other a green eagle hat. they work with a plan. >> they enter the house. clothing jewelry, cash, disable the camera system sometimes remove it from the house. >> reporter: but in this case the video was streamed live via the internet and saved a the two stocky asian

she had gathered with a group of friends outside a home in southwest philadelphia and someone openedve the girl was the intended target. >>> a pedestrian was struck and killed btwroosevelt boulevae city's olney section. both drivers stopped nearby. police say the 36-year-old man was not in the crosswalk. >>> police are investigating the discove human skeleton in the city's tioga-nicetown section. the remains were buried 6 feet under what used to be a laundromat at 17th and atlantic streets. >> overturned tractor-trailer has been a mess of a morning and it keep getting worse. look how that delay is growing in new castle. we have four lanes blocked with this fuel spill. i-95 northbound at 295. stick to route 13 instead t a live look at i-95 southbound here near the betsy ross bridge showing jammed here as well dave. >> hard a cloud in sight plenty of sunshine low humidity and a nice afternoon high of 81 degrees. that's below average and tonight 65 comfortable, low humidity really nice day to get out there maybe get yard work done maybe take the kids to a playground walk the dog. you go

he was getting out of car on the 5800 block of thomas satisfy near his southwest philadelphia home. it's the same neighborhood where he lived since 1963 when a man approached him around 9:30. he was getting bags out of his trunk when the man starting pointed talking to him. the councilman couldn't understand what he said, he asked him a few questions that's when the man pulled out a knife and demanded he hand over his keys he stabbed him on the left side of the body and fled. oh is a veteran he has a wife and four children. he was first elected to city council in 2011 and re-elected four years later. word spread quickly, the fire commissioner and sheriff and council president were here as well as staff members to see how he was doing. >> he engaged in conversation asked him what he needed, that's the way he is.oalk to people and try to helpthis point. >> we came over and talk to evs okay. at any anytime, doesn't matter who it is,ikes again, wel keepayhe family isor is in iceld right now, he releatse saying i- meanwhile, the police investigation surveillance cameras antviews. live in

in southwest philadelphia a sea of maroon and white for the senior class at bartram high school. they filled the stadium to help congratulate the class of 2017. >>> still to come on "action news" at noon, sad news out of london where the death toll has jumped in wednesday's apartment inferno and the queen visits some of the family members of the victims and we are learning more about how police were able to capture two escaped inmates from georgia wanted for murdering two prison guards. and meteorologist, melissa magee, is back with a check of the weekend forecast. >> we are turning up the humidity into the weekend and we'll have the details in the full accuweather forecast. >>> we have breaking flus happening now along i-95 in middletown township bucks county. the southbound lanes are shut down at woodborn road. police are trying to coax a man off the bridge they tell us. the incident also stopped traffic along septa west trenton rail line. the tracks run beneath the bridge. stay with 6abc.com for updates on this breaking news story. >>> in washington republican congressman stev

. >>> a stepfather from southwest philadelphia is facing several charges in the death of a 1-year-old boy. investigators scoured a house in the 1700 block of south conostoga street that's where the police found the body of the child late wednesday he was pronounced dead at children's hospital. he had multiple bruises and signs of sexual assault. they are unsure how the infant died. the stepfather faces attempted murder and rape charges. >>> testimony in cost -- cosby's sexual assault trial may wrap up today. cosby acknowledged in his pursuit of women for sex. the lawsuit was brought by andrea constan who said that cosby drugged and assaulted her back in 2004. the civil lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount. it currently remains to be seen how the jury will decide the criminal child. >>> a police pleaded guilty to having child pornography on his computer. he downloaded pornography of under age boys, he currently lives at a rye retirement home for priests in bethlehem. he will be sensed in 90 days. >>> officials in delaware are apologizing to parents who were not able to see the

he was getting out of his car near his southwest philadelphia home, the same neighborhood he lived since 1963 when a man approached him. a man oh was getting bags out os trunk he couldn't understand what he was saying, he engaged him in conversation. he demanded that he hand over his keys, he stabbed him on the left side of his body and fled. he was elected to city council in 2011. word of his stabbing spread quickly. staff members came to the hospital to see how he was doing. >> he came over to see how he was doing, make sure everything is okay. it doesn't matter who it is, random violence strikes again, we'll keep saying our prayers, make sure the family is okay. >> the police investigation is underway, investigators are searching the area for surveillance cameras and they are conducting interviews as they search for the suspect, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that. >>> philadelphia mayor jim kenny responded to the news of the stabbing from iceland this morning he flew there yesterday to mark the start between philadelphia and and iceland air. oh as you just

surprised a 13 year-old boy who just broke in her house in the 4200 block of regent square in southwest philadelphia. >> he was started to see him as i was to see him. he said something like, you know, i'm daniel's little brother. >> reporter: only getting a way with cash. philadelphia police say that 13 year-old was one of two other young bandits behind 10 burglaries and robberies in university city and southwest philadelphia. cash, wallets, bikes, and electronics stolen. >> they are very good for what they do for young age that they are which is troubling in some ways when they should be better at reading books and doing some things, kid should be doing in the summer playing sports and having fun. >> reporter: house in the 900 block of fargot terrace was hit, a woman did not want to talk on, cameras but home owner confronted one of the suspect crooks too. >> going in to somebody ease house, goes way over the top. >> reporter: niomi says she doesn't think jail is the answer for bad boy who broke in. >> to be the most important thing this is a 13 year-old kid who looks like he could have a good futu

. >> let's go live to southwest philadelphia, we're looking live on the platt bridge here, i-95 where traffic is moving nicely. we have yet another new accident that popped up in south philadelphia. south 16th street near fitzwater an accident involving an overturned vehicle blocking all lanes. roads are clear and dry, we have so many problems a half dozen accidents that happened in the last couple of hours, be careful out there. mass transit is on time dave. >> reporter: warmary -- warm and humid, high at 3:00 p.m., is 87. the big issue today in the afternoon into the evening hours starting in the northern suburbs and winding up down the shore we're expecting thunderstorms coming through, you want to take cover for storms as they start in the northwest and move toward the shore late this afternoon into the evening. at the airport if you're trying to getaway from all that bumpy stuff it's green arrest aircraft on -- aircraft on at the airport and no signs of precipitation at our big travel cities. >>> in "healthcheck," if your child is struggling with the grades, more time on the the