"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live outside police headquarters with more details on this investigation good morning steve. >> reporter: good morning, diane a obviously we have a situation where a mother is grieving, community is outraged and there seems to be violent crime. we can show thaw child now. we are looking at three-year old tynirah borum who is just getting later pronounced dead. she was just a bystander, one of several when a fight, argument broke out 9:30 friday night in the 1500 block of eding street. that is in grays ferry. one of a three bystanders. ty one year-old man shot in the leg, 28 year-old woman shot in the arm. both are recovering. both are expected to be okay but not the case for little tynirah. her death sparked a series of rallies, marches and vigils yesterday demanding answers#7kh after, yet another victim of gun violence. we spoke to tynirah's mother and community members that were upset. >> it was very devastating. my only child is dead. put down the guns. there are innocent babies getting hit my baby. three years old. just beginning life. no

reporting live from philadelphia, from philadelphia police headquarters, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thanks, steve. >>> a father is facing charges a assaulted his two month-old baby boy. staffers at einstein medical center notified police on friday they were treating an infant with injuries from the emergency room. the child was transported to st. christopher's where he remains in critical condition this morning. his father 20 year-old brian armstrong of fernrock is charged with aggravated assault and other related offenses. >>> for the second day in a row investigators searched for two bodies believed to be buried in a delaware county park. a murder suspect led upper darby police to indian rock park in springfield object friday. john guncz told officials he stabbed a man and woman to death in his apartment two years ago and dismembered their bodies and buried them in the park. police have yet to find any evidence of that. >>> first of two members stricken with e bowl a lands in atlanta as cbs news correspondent omar villafranca reports this marks first time th

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live in tacony where the axis just getting started, good morning, steve. >> good morning, this event is just about to get underway, we are minutes away from the boat launch. look around here, these boats there are 50 of them about to compete today, 50 anglers wanting to to take that top $100,000 prize and they went from zero to 60 in an instant. these boats were not here probably 15 or 20 minutes ago an now they are all on the water. in fact my camera guy here takes like a half an hour sometimes to get one boat if you are an amateur but these are very top professionals in the world, thinks bass master's let professional series, the guy you are looking at over here is michael iconnellie, and he is the leader, warming up getting ready to go in the water. he is from philadelphia. the first time this event has ever been in philadelphia. but he is one of the top guys in the tournament prize winning and he will be back on the the river hoping to get a home turf victory. but again, 50 boats, they have cut it from 100 to 50 and then they go to 12 t

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson was there for the slow down. >> it will come to an agreement in some way to make sure that there is funning. >> i can't answer that. >> reporter: after a series of private meetings between governor corbett and republican house leadership no resolution, justin tension. >> governor told the leaders that he does plan to work with the school district tone sure they do have the cash flow. he will try to front them as much as possible. >> meetings went on during a rally, a collection of philadelphia students, teachers and community leaders filling the capital rotunda calling outlaw makers for refusing to come back from the session break to vote on a $2 cigarette tax. >> we need it now. >> reporter: both school and state leaders say the tax will cover the district's 81 million-dollar budget gap, saving some 1300 school jobs, insuring that the will school year will open up on time but state lawmakers decided not to come citing complications with the bill. >> we have to make sure that the school district has the the bare minimum. >> reporter: democratic

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson joins us live from citizens bank park and tonight steve, they are going to honor some city ball players there. >> reporter: yes, that is right chris. everybody is talking about taney dragons and what to watch out for as kids watching at home as next generation gets inspired to pick up a bat. once you pick up that bat where do you go. in philly there is a huge organization by mlb called rbi reviving baseball in the inner city and they are honored tonight because their all stars went as far as semi finals for their world series and we have one here tonight. this is one of them tonight, my man, you just got off the plane back from texas. tell me what that experience is like. what was your final in your playoffs. >> playing with a bunch of guys that i have known for years and playing against people of the united states is a great experience you will be honored here tonight by phillies, sponsored in part of this program. it gets inner city, involved. you started at seven. you are 18 now. what has this program meant to you. >> it meant a lot. i got to

here's "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson. >> reporter: another day, another night of violence unrest, anger, in ferguson. >> come on man be for real. >> we don't see that same kind of anger which black kids kill black kids. >> reporter: if there is an expert on the problem in progress of black people in philadelphia it is activist bilaal, the head of the several minority advancement organizations since the 1970's. he said for all have of the who will nearing ferguson when a white police officer shot an unarmed black man where is anger for most pervasive crimes blacks have been facing for decade. >> every year 50 percent of all homicides in america are black folks killing black folks. so we need to have that kind of anger. >> reporter: but he said the anger starts with the system that perpetuates failure. >> under lining root cause of all this is racist many in america. >> reporter: r word he says, in a country he says still allows education systems to fail and impoverish communities, the challenges mount. >> we have to challenge our behavior which creates the perspective that

new at 6:00 tonight he shares his story with "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson. >> reporter: there was a moment in the hospital when 31 year-old marcus bow saw him self for the the first time after he says he was see severely beaten by a philadelphia police officer. >> when i saw it i was like my goodness thinks terrible. >> reporter: on may 25th, bow said he and group of friend were celebrating his 30th birthday party at fat tuesday's on south street. bow says he came out of the bar with a cup, when a police officer identified in the civil complaint as victor mcknight told him that is not allowed. bow said he sat the the cup down and started to walk away. moments later mcknight rushed and attack him. >> he put a hand to the throat, takes his stick out hits me and i buckle and fall. >> reporter: complaint alleged officer mcknight and other officers kick, need and punch the plaintiff's body while the plaintiff was laying prone and helpless on the street. bow says he was thrown headfirst into a police vaananen top of a broken nose and scarring he says that the damage to his tee

we are live on the delaware river i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". you. >> sound very exciting, steve, we will certainly check back with you. in the meantime though some international attention for philadelphia's popular new park. the travel web site jet setters.com called the spruce street harbor park one of the ten best urban beaches in the world. park is celebrated for its best feature what the web site calls a traditional wooden boardwalk lined with street food stalls and arcade games. as a pop up park though it will only be there until the end of this month. >>> also, check this out, car lovers are getting the chance to race the cars of their dreams. luxury and exotic dreams like lamborghinis and ferraris, we watched as cars sped around a track built around the parking lot of the wells fargo center. cars were provided by imagine lifestyles rental company and all of the drivers were coached by a professional driver, driving instructor. >> they come out here for a little bit of money and have the time of their life. there is in bad choices out here

reporting live, from philadelphia police headquarters i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back to you diana. >> thanks, steve. >>> a the father is facing charges's salted hi in they're mergecy room. child was transported to st. christopher's where he remains in critical condition. his father 21 year-old brian armstrong of fernrock is now charged with related offenses. >>> for the first time ever someone infect with the ebola virus has been brought to the united states, for treatment, doctor kent brantly was safely escorted to a specialized isolation unit yesterday, at emery university hospital in atlanta. natasha brown has the story. >> reporter: private medical jet carrying doctor kent brantly landed in this air base in marietta, georgia around 11:20. inside the plane doctor brantly was kept in the isolation tent and wore a suit to prevent him from infecting medical workers. the three three-year old physician in texas was transported by an ambulance outfitted with internal protective drapes to emery university hospital, 20 miles away. he walked into the facility with help

that is latees from citizens bank park i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> enjoy, steve thanks very much. >>> "eyewitness news" will be back in williamsport on wednesday as the taney dragons take on the team from las vegas. stay with "eyewitness news" and cbs philly.com as the team moves closer to a hoped for world series title. >>> coming up tonight on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", what pope francis said today about possibly coming to philadelphia next fall. >>> also on the way a new scam that targets customers of peco we will tell you how one local woman lost $1,500. >>> then project to remove an iconic part of the philadelphia sky line hits a big snag, we have new developments. >>> are you dreaming of retirement? well, that nest egg is looking pretty empty for some people these days. three on your side has concerning statistics about who isn't saving for the future, >>> how much money have you saved for your retirement, if the answer is nothing, it turns out you're not alone. >> delays new report that shows more than a third of all americans haven't put anything aside for

steve paterson is live at cooper university hospital where that man is being treated, steve. >> reporterjessica, 23 year-old kevin tran has a licensing red to recovery. his family says he has just completed one of what is expect to be a half dozen surgeries. doctors are telling his family he could remain in the hospital, recovering for the next ten months. amid all of this they are calling for justice because they say they have none and they are hoping somebody right now watching can help. please, we know how are, please turn yourself in. >> reporter: mother's plea to the person who nearly killed her son hoping there is some guilt in the driver lacking the compassion to stop. >> do the right thing. >> reporter: police say 23 year-old kevin tran was walking home from his job at this pizza shop in sicklerville sunday night. sometime after ten he was walking on this well lit crosswalk near sicklerville and jarvis road when headlights came out of the darkness. she said her son is in bad shape but he remembers being hit. >> he actually says that he was crossing the the road and he felt like t

reporting live from philadelphia police headquarters, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> also developing right now we are awaiting definitive test results on a man admitted to new york mount sigh my hospital with signs of's bowl a this is as the second american aid workers infect with the virus is now in atlanta nantz a wrightbol husband says she's weak but improving. u.s. health officials work to figure out how 29 americans were infect. correspondent omar villafranca is in atlanta. >> reporter: medical personnel in white containment suits brought american missionary nancy wrightbol into atlanta's emery university hospital. the the 59 year-old was wheeled in on a stretcher, unlike her co-worker doctor kent brantly who was able to walk when he returned from lie beer y. >> nancy has arrived safely. >> reporter: bruce john on heads up the sim u.s.a. the aid group wrightbol and brantly were working for when they contracted the deadly ebola virus. he held back tears sharing thoughts from wrightbol's husband. >> a week ago he said we were thinking about a possible funeral a

reporting from harrisburg i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> those six philadelphia police officers charged in the corruption scandal go to court trying to get bail. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter was in court with them today and he is live in center city with more on what happened, walt. >> reporter: chris, a very emotional court session here in courtroom 8a for past two and a half hours, dozens of family members of the six indicted philadelphia police officers in court at times, crying out loud and at times cheering with the decisions, here are the six officers, their pictures those indicted on corruption charges last week. two of these officers were ordered this afternoon held on pretrial detention, that would be michael splicer and thomas. linwood norman and perry betz were released by the imagine state on house arrest meaning they will be under electronic surveillance 24 hours a day. and after the decision was reached, we spoke with the attorneys for officer norman and officer reynolds who are being released and got their view on just what happened in co

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has more on how some have of those residents were rest qued. >> the smoke cleared into an emotional moment for andrew. >> we're alive. we thank god for these firemen. >> reporter: dad and daughter shaken but okay, rescued they say just on time. >> it is a blessing, a bless ago this we're alive, blessing that the police respond that had fast to get us out. >> reporter: fire fighters got the call on the two alarm shortly before 2:00 friday morning. they arrived to eyewitness video showing flames that once reached 20 feet. >> this complex is very strong, and fire spread. pretty quick to make sure fire did not extend past one apartment. >> reporter: residents said they did just that only after what is described as a heroin second floor rescue someone trapped where fire started. only injury not life threatening. >> someone heard get me out of here in a man's voice. please get him out of here. i'm so impressed how fast they work. >> reporter: alexis and andrew say they are more than bless but they risk their own lives to save their. >> is there not

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live outside with the very latest, steve. >> reporter: interesting story because police and investigators have been able to determine and release to the public so far was that one there was a shooting and two, that depending on where the shooting was and how it took place it may get into self-defense issues or over aggression issues and that is a decision for prosecutors to make to determine if there will be charges. i want to get into this story. lets look at video from the scene. it is thursday night, frankford section at 10:00 o'clock the 4500 block of josephine street where there is a little will alley where there is a pickup truck, 56 year-old home owner is looking at surveillance video when he sees a man break nothing to that pickup truck on the video. man confronts thief and then shoots him in the head before calling police. shooting victim is a 30 year-old new jersey man, father of two, we later found out that the friend mistook the truck for his own. the shooter has been cooperating with police and gave his gun and security footage to invest

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has the latest. >> experiencing it is a different feeling. it is one i won't forget. >> reporter: unforgettable series of events, a woman initially hit and left to diary petely struck, killed by on coming traffic. >> because you didn't see it, you could feel the impact. it hit your car. >> reporter: police say around 5:00 this morning a woman in her 40's was crossing broad and belfield avenue begins a red light when she was hit by a white vehicle heading south. that driver didn't stop. >> there must have been somebody that saw something or knows about this car and would help us out in the investigation. >> reporter: moments later, she was struck again. >> he stops and helps with the investigation. >> reporter: and again. >> she said that she heard a news report and that she thought she was there and she thought she may have hit the vehicle. so she's cooperating with the investigation. >> reporter: the the investigation is focused on the first driver, the one who didn't stop in a car described as white with front end and windshield damage simi

that is latees from philadelphia police headquarters, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back to you. >> steve, thank you. >>> police are investigating a shooting inside a germantown home. "eyewitness news" on the 5700 block of mcmahon avenue just after 9:00 o'clock friday night. investigators say a 45 year-old man was shot once in the abdomen. officers rush him to einstein hospital, the victim remains there this morning in critical condition. >>> homicide detectives kept busy this time in a deadly shooting in philadelphia's juniata neighborhood. police were called to the 1500 block of east luzerne street late last night, a man in his 30's was shot twice in the head while on the streets. victim was rushed to temple university hospital where he was pronounced dead. so far there are in arrests. >>> more than a dozen people are recovering from neck and back pain after a septa bus accident in montgomery county. police say that the route 55 bus was making a stop on old york road in cheltenham when it was rear ended by a pepsi truck friday afternoon. the passenger of the truck

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has the the details. >> and so the city is signed. >> reporter: that is five years of strikes and uncertainty ending to the sound of applause. >> always wanted to have a contract. you see me at this podium, a hundred times saying that but we also needed the right contract. >> reporter: after half decade of bickering, name calling and protesting between the city and district 33 of the american federation of state, county and municipal employees, the mayor, friday announced something both sides are agreeing on a tentative but fair deal. union president pete matthews. >> our members told us to go in there take as long as you can and get this deal done. it was g it was a good deal. >> reporter: so here's the deal, a seven year retroact i have agreement from july of 2009 to july of 2016. if ratified, more than 10,000 blue color city workers will get an up front bonus of $2,800 including a three and a half percent raise and another 2.5 percent raise next year. the mayor did what he calls crucial reforms to pension costs, work rules, and health care obl

reporting live from philadelphia police headquarters, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve, thank you. >>> home owner in delaware takes matters into her own hand and shoots a man found inside a home. this happened, this morning on the 1900 block of west new port pike inh townip. police say home owner opened fire while strugglingith e intrud ideified as 21 year-o gregory alexander. he ran away from the house with the gunshot wound to his buttocks. police found him in the wooded area he was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >>> well, second american aid work tore contract ebola is under going treatment in atlanta. fifty-nine year-old nancy wrightbol was wheeled in on a stretcher to emery university hospital this afternoon. her husband says she's weak but otherwise showing signs of improvement. >>> meantime the health commissioner in new york city says that it is highly unlikely that a man admitted to mt. sinai hospital yesterday has ebola. the cdc is waiting though for definitive test results. >>> well, there are no new reports of any confirm

reporting live from the spring garden bridge, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right steve, thanks very much. >>> tractor trailer hits a dump truck in bucks county, two people were sent to the hospital. this happened just after 3:00 o'clock today on route one right between oxford valley mall exit and route 213. we have check just a few minutes ago the the northbound lanes remain closed at this hour and traffic, traveling southbound, is getting by on the shoulder. we will update conditions in just a few minutes. >>> septa train service has new resume on the market frank for line tonight, a train hit a worker near between the second abe market about an hour and a half ago. septa says that employee was working on power lines and the trolley tunnel project when he was hit. another worker jumped into help out. >> i was, just talking to him and he was like, my head busted opened, my head and arms, you know, and basically he wanted to know what parts of the body were hurt but nothing missing. >> well, the injured worker has been taken to the hospital of the university o

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson tonight on the lasting memories, williams left behind in middletown bunch of guys reading poetry. >> no. >> reporter: ground breaking, generation defining, 1989 film dead poets society earning robin williams an oscar nomination and is considered, required watching for this message. be different. seized the day. >> we're fuel for inspiration. >> reporter: it was all filmed here saint andrews boarding cool in middletown, delaware. our tour guide science teacher eric, who had just started teaching here while williams was filming. >> my most vive it memory is sort of a dual memory. one of them in a circle of young actors giving them a stick. they were rolling with laughter. the other side of that was watching him sort of standing off by himself for an extended period of time. >> reporter: camera showed us some familiar places you might recognize from the film, including this iconic scene. >> if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper leg ace toy you. >> reporter: he is walking behind them and whispering... >> reporter: oh, captain my captain, rig

steve paterson is live there tonight to tell us how officials are planning to pay for all of this steves and jessica i kid you not looking at project in just five counties surrounding the philadelphia area the number is nearly, 100 totaling about a billion dollars, if you wanted to gkt specifics, 98 and project 99 were added today. your tax dollars at work, about to cause a work-related headache. monday night, leading to two new penndot projects, including a 5.8 million-dollar resurfacing job object roosevelt boulevard. >> it is actually a headache because of the congestion and backup. >> traffic is crazy and thick in all hours. >> reporter: work will stretch 12 miles from adams to ninth, every night from seven credit 30 to 6:00 a.m. until at least october, all with the inside lanes closed off. driver brady, hits the boulevard every day, and she says it is bad enough, not looking forward to worse. >> i think it will be a major mess. i think people will be slamming on the breaks. i think people will be looking to see is what going on, not paying attention. >> reporter: what does penndot