according to investigators, stephanie dzkowski's boyfriend went to the store and left the door open. somebody got in and she was shot in her bedroom with her 2-year-old daughter nearby. friends and family left messages candles and flowers outside her home on aramingo avenue today. a neighbor chased away somebody from the scene last night but police never caught the gunman. >> everybody loves her. everybody that knew her, loved her. we can't figure out who would hate her so much to want to just do what they did. >> the 2-year-old daughter was not hurt during the shooting. police say it appears the mother was targeted. >>> a new lawsuit filed today in connection to that deadly amtrak train derailment in port richmond in may. the suit was filed on behalf of rachel jacobs the ceo of a tech company who died in the crash. she was riding in the first passenger car. her family accuses amtrak of willful deliberate and reckless disregard for the safety of its passengers. on the night of may 12th the train traveling double the speed limit left the tracks as it hit a sharp curve. eight people di

city stephanie dzkowski was shot in her home around 11:00. her 2-year-old child was nearby when it happened. a neighbor chased the suspect down aramingo avenue but the suspect got away. friends and family are hoping to organize a gathering tonight to remember the victim. >>> time to check in with our chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz with a final check of what is a nice nice day and leading into the weekend. >> quite a change from yesterday. no showers or storms today. and the humidity is out of the air. it's going to stay out for at least the weekend. beautiful weekend. >> thank you, glenn. >>> thanks for watching "nbc10 news." i'm vai sikahema and for glenn "hurricane" schwartz and all of us here at "nbc10 news" have a great weekend. >> justin: the name narita tested off the charts. >> kate: you can thank will, it was his idea. maybe we should give him a cut. >> justin: you know we take all the credit and all the money right? [laughter] >> kate: of course i do. i just have to say those things every once in a while and throw peo

it was a sleepless night for friends and family of stephanie dzkowski, especially the ones who went inside her bedroom and saw her body. >> my whole insides were shaking, scared. a lot of blood. >> reporter: witnesses say dzkowski's boyfriend went to the store and left the door open. >> seeing her look like that is one reason why i can't sleep because that's all i see every time i close my eyes. >> reporter: neighbors heard a bang a single gunshot. then they saw a man running from the scene. police are looking at this surveillance video that nbc 10 tracked down at a nearby convenience store. you can see a man sprinting down aramingo avenue. >> she was a great mom. baby was always with her. always. >> reporter: dzkowski recently became a dentist's assistant and planned to move to a new home. her family says she had no enemies. now they feel most badly for her daughter who had to see her mother covered in blood. >> i don't even know. it's a shame because she's only 2 years old. >> reporter: that daughter was not hurt and is now with family. we are told nothing was taken from the home. we are

stephanie dzkowski's body was found in her bedroom with her 2-year-old daughter nearby. >>> cole hamels is now a former phillie. the team traded the long time pitcher to the texas rangers just hours before major league baseball's trade deadline. hamels has been with the phillies since 2006 and was mvp when the phils won the world series in 2008. >>> the blue rocks are hoping for clear skies over delaware tonight. looks like they will get it. here's a live look at frawley stadium. the blue rocks take on carolina at 7:00 with fireworks to follow the game. let's head to the poconos for a live look at camel beach on camelback mountain. families have been cooling off here all day. they are still out there. conditions are pretty pleasant now that the humidity has died down. the humidity may be down but we are still in the 90s. >> it's not just our area that's sizzling in high heat. first alert meteorologist brittney shipp is tracking the heat wave. >> sweltering summer heat from coast to coast so it's not just here in philly and the northeast but also in the northwest. take a look at the phil

this is 22-year-old stephanie dzkowski. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford