and that's where "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson joins us live. eve. >> reporter: natasha, good evening. first thing want to get your eyes on the scene show you some of the restoration works in being done. take a look. eight homes affected in total three of them destroyed. displacing five families, that's 17 people out of their homes tonight. so what, if anything, is the good news in all of this? well nobody was hurt and as fast as this fire was moving, neighbors are thankful. >> i am in shock. >> reporter: in matter of moments mother of four pillar gomez watched as peaceful sunday cookout turned to fast moving yard fire. she ran when that fire leaped to their homes. >> i can't believe it, all my house is -- it's lost everything. >> reporter: fire jumped from her neighbor's backyard shorterly before 1:00 sunday afternoon spreading to this row of houses in the 800 block of kohn street. >> a lot of black smoke. then looked like the whole entire unit was about to burn. the three alarm fire displaced 17 people including six children. gomez says her hom

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is live outside of northwest detectives. 's got the very latest. steve. >> reporter: natasha, this morning police say a person of interest turned themselves in here to northwest detectives by this afternoon police say they announced an arrest in this case and then this evening just moments ago that suspect being questioned and taken away for processing. our cameras were rolling. in a hoodie and handcuffs detectives say this is moments after a woman went from in for questioning to being abcuesed of using a vehicle as a weapon. saturday afternoon iwitness cameras rolling at northwest detectives as the suspect was being hauled away. hours earlier police confirmed a woman in custody after they found and recovered this white dodge durango used to run over a romantic rival. it was shortly after 2 o'clock when a woman intentionally struck berniece spencer in the 4400 block of 17th street after a fight between the two women. eyewitnesses say the blow that pinned spencer to the porch nearly severed her leg. surveillance video shows th

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson spoke with one of gillyard's heartbroken teammates. >> that's to hurt for white awhile. >> reporter: minutes before he died, moments before everything changed like any given saturday davion and ryan were shooting the breeze. >> i didn't want the believe it. i was talking to him this morning before he went to practice and he said he'll text me after practice. >> reporter: 15-year-old davion kid jackson would learn a few hours later it would be the last conversation they would ever share. >> i cried a few times. >> reporter: school officials say 15-year-old saint joseph's prep freshman ryan gillyard died during a conditioning work out. school spokesman wouldn't comment on the investigation. he collapsed. he was rushed to temple university hospital and pronounced dead. >> he was someone everybody wants to be around. he was funny cool, plight, had good friends. >> reporter: school officials said in a statement: davion a varsity quarterback for the team was at a track meet. the team still trying to believe it believes in this. >> we lost a good one b

for now though, reporting from pennsauken i'm steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> developingight now in the jewelers row section of philadelphia, police say a woman was abducted after leaving a store where she works. investigators say the 53-year-old was taken around 4:00 this afternoon from a parking garage near national watch and diamond or south eighth street. they say her abductors demanded codes to the store's alarm system and then dropped her off at the corner of 84th street and lindburgh boulevard in southwest philly. police say the woman is now at penn presbyterian medical center. investigators are looking for the kidnappers. >>> turning to our weather tonight a cool and breezy night around the area. "eyewitness news" outside the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul as folks left tonight's easter vigil. so will our easter sunday stay dry? we can only hope so. for the answer let's get to meteorologist justin drabick. >> hey justin. >> natasha, i think you'll be happy with the forecast. we're talking sunshine calmer winds and mild temperatures up in the mid 60s f

in king of prussia, steve patterson, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> the eagles hosted their sixth annualdle up for autism event at lincoln financial field this afternoon. the carnival style event raises money for families living with autism. players and cheerleaders were on hand for the big event and it also served to educate people about autism and raise awareness for the center of autism research at children's hospital of philadelphia. >>> now president barack obama tapped into his funny side for the white house correspondent's dinner. the commander-in-chief poked fun at the press at politicians even himself. >> look, it is true i have not managed to make everybody happy, six years into my presidency some people still say i'm arrogant and aloof condescending. some people are so dumb . >> [laughter] a few weeks ago dick cheney says he thinks i'm the worst president of his lifetime which is interesting because i think dick cheney is the worst president of my lifetime. (applause). >> well, one zipping gary after another. more than 2600 guests attended the dinner a mix of politicians journ

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson has that story. >> reporter: worst fears on jewelers row. sunday with painstaking details police described a brutality of a premeditated abduction and assault only cbs3 "eyewitness news" at the scene on south eighth street saturday night. as detectives and crime scene investigators combed the area. police say hours earlier in broad daylight, at about 4:00 saturday afternoon a 53-year-old female employee of this high value watch boutique was leaving work and walking to her car across the street in this parking garage. inside police say three men hop out of a parked burgundy cargo van and abduction the woman demanding keys to the business and codes to the safe. then horror. for about an hour the woman is bound and hooded while the men drive. police say she's punched kicked choked and shot with a taser some seven times. when it's clear she doesn't know the code to the save she's dumped at this cemetery in darby borough more than 10 miles away. still bound, the woman is struggling to remove zip ties from her wrists and ankles when the men come b

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson has the very latest on this investigation. >> reporter: forpark which is visible from his home just feet away. little did he know at the time the peril that was right there. >> it hurts. it really hurt because knowing he was this close and none of us knew he was here and somebody could have helped him it's sad. >> reporter: monday morning the police say the mother of a 21-year-old quadriplegic man dumped her own son in this patch of cobbs creek park for five days he laid here without footer food or water unable to plead or call for help in rain, in temperatures that plumetted to 30 degrees. for five days, police say he was left to die. >> see that kid laying there it's heartbreaking to see another human especially your mother can treat someone like that when you had all the opportunities in the world to turn that kid over to your family members who wanted to care for him. >> reporter: instead police say 41-year-old nia parlor spent those five days visiting her boyfriend in maryland. this weekend police issued a warrant for her arrest after her

successful son. >> i feel happy. >> triumph that needs no translation. >> in king of prussia, steve pattersonewitness news". >> "eyewitness news" at lincoln financial field as the eagles hosted their sixth annual huddle up for autism event this afternoon. the carnival style event races for money for family living with autism. players and cheerleaders on hasn't the event served to educate people about autism and raise awareness the center of autism research at children's hospital of philadelphia. >>> as royal baby watch continues the british public is now weighing in on their picks for the name of will and kate's next bundle of joy. a new poll conducted by the sunday times and you gov found many britains think the baby should be name after princess diana if it's a girl. diana had 12% of the vote. princess diana, of course, was prince william's mother. allison and charlotte were popular picks with 9% each. if the next royal baby is a boy then james was the popular choice with 13% of the vote. followed by alexander with 8% and richard and louis both with seven. they also sound very royal. >> yea

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson shows you the incredible odds, that young man over came. >> honor guard colors -- >> the only way christian can communicate is by being bold. >> christian does things in a big way. if he laughs, i body laughs. if he cries, he body cries. >> expressions, bold in joy, in sadness in love, sunday, saw his very best, triumph. >> that's what he wanted. that's despite his physical limitations he expressed the desire and his dream is coming glue his dream like six years old like his father and two brothers before him become an egg eel scout. the first thing you will notice about christian is the one that often matters lease. >> he has a full functioning brain inside a bod that i doesn't work at all. >> christian is wheelchair bound with the most severe form of cerebral palsy there is. tough road for a guy trying to earn the highest honor in scouting. >> some people tends to focus on the wheelchair not on the person. that's the first thing. we have to get past. >> christian got past it all. attending every meeting going on every camping trip, sacrific

from the penn relays, steve patterson, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> wow. they're all just amazing.oming up on "eyewitness news" reaction to olympic champion bruce jenner's emotional interview about his life as a woman. >>> a jewelry store owner fights back during a robbery. all of it is captured on cam ranch another coyote encounter in the heart of manhattan. find out where authorities finally caught up with the animal coming up justin. >> we have clouds and cool temperatures that kick off the weekend but temperatures are going to be warming up over the next few days. check out the seven-day forecast coming up. >> and straight ahead in sports temple football with a very special guest for their spring game. we'll tell you all about this. lesley van arsdale has t lets say this is your tv and these are the channels you pay for with cable but these are the types of channels you actually want to watch what if you could pay for what you want, and not for what you don't so you could get kids channels sports... or entertainment mix and match, or get them all. now fios brings you a totally

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson was there as scott competed today in the 100-meter dash. >> reporter: don't get me wrong. this is one excited crowd. these are the diehard fans for some of the world's fastest runners. but there's one race in particular the full crowd absolutely loses its mind. at 3:40 p.m. sharp on saturday thousand packed franklin feel at the old defendant event of its kinds in the country to witness 14 sprinters running 100-meters with more than a millennium of memories combine. >> this is a big one. >> masters 75 plus 100-meter dash a generation of stories between them. this year the oldest runner 98-year-old champ goldy went up against the competition's first female 85-year-old betty lee anterior. but we have been following the training and story of a guy from south philly and for some here an old friend former cbs3 technician 94-year-old george scott whose only started running at the tender age of 89. we caught him moments before the gun. >> i'm just going to try to do the best i can. that's all. >> george kept his wore. like his piers he ran hard. hard

reporting from crescent ville steve patterson cbs-3 "eyewitness news" . >> handed out flyers at masterar where the little boy was killed last week in a hit-and-runment family hoping their efforts will lead to new leads, and ultimately, arrest. >> determined to find justice hoping someone has information, and boy spread the words, i am forming people of the situation we're hoping someone will come forward. >> last week, police recovered the white infinity, that they say was involved in that hit-and-run, but no arrest haves been made. $20,000 reward is being offered in this case. >>> arraigned on murder charges, abandoned her glad with a pledgee erickson in the woods so she could visit her boyfriend in maryland. passerby found the 21 year old four days later on the ground with only blanket and a bible. he remains in the hospital. >> bruce jenner made announcement in prime time interview after months of speculation and rumors, cbs news correspondent chris van cleve has the details. >> there is it is, bruce jenner comes out as transgender near interview with diane soar. >> i would say i've

steve patterson spent the day in richmond. it is reported to night that he will leave v.c.u. the new head coach at texas. leon: texas making major moves here. that's amazing. wouldn't have expected texas to have two african-americans coaching. >> and two great coaches. alison: this is a pretty great story, a waitress finds $1300 in an envelope at one of her ta leon: an aspiring d.c. rapper shot to death while shooting a music video is the number one trending story. also new developments in the donovan hotel murder investigation. and scattered showers and storms tomorrow. you can see the forecast and more at wjla.com. alison: an honest deed getting a lot of tension tonight. a waitress found $1300 cash in an envelope on one of her tables at country's barbecue. but the single mother of two turned it in. the rightful owners were found through social media and came to claim the money. now there is a go fund me page set up to raise another $1300 to thank her for her integrity. leon: i hope they hooked her up with a tip though. ♪ deidre & the dark - classic girllays in the backgroun

from the penn relays, steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> smiling right afterward. love to see. that will thanks, george. 7:40, called nerd prom. one of the hottest particular nets washington, d.c. president obama was there offering some late night laughs. still ahead we'll have a look at the annual white house correspondance dinner, plus what the president had to say about his secret service details, oh, oh. also live look outside at the poconos here. carol checking in with the weather watchers all across our area. we'll have that and her forecast when we come back. >> it is true, i have not managed to make everyone happy, six years in my presidency some people still say i'm arrogant, aloof, con descending, some people are so dumb. >> that was president obama speaking at the annual white house correspondence dinner, the night is usually good for some laughs, at both the expense of the president and also at the press. now, you can add the secret service to that list. the president also pokes fun at several recent security scares. >> some of you know few months ago d

student hearsay they need a new system and hungry to prove t steve patterson cbs-3 "eyewitness news".. it is 6:42 right now. as we've been saying pretty much all morning long, excitement is building for the acm awards, they air this weekend right here on cbs-3. and coming up next, we'll have a look at another one of the nominees, for entertainer of the year. singer luke bryant. also ahead summer like temperatures this weekend but it also comes with a increased fire risk. carol has the details coming up next. >> guys, what's so funny? >> normally on the opposite sides of each other. for some reason we're totally confused by the fact we switched. >> we will take change, that's it. >> freaking me out. you guys need to switch. >> meanwhile, taking a ten dance at the national parks, turns out limb the -- limited demon grave being seize the treasuresment take a look at new push to broaden who attend. >> then it took 17 years 3,000 trees, to recreate the ship that helped win the american revolution. we'll take to you france, as the ship get ready to make its way to the state. >> and astrophy

for now i'm steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you steve. >>> police are looking for aasketball coach who police say opened fire during a game in west philadelphia. the shooting happened yesterday inside the christie recreation center on this south 56th street. police say 26-year-old maurice tavarez of chester got into an argument with a spectator and the other team's coach. tavarez allegedly pulled a gun out of his waist band and fired a shot. no one was hit and police say tavern very president ran -- tavarez ran away. >>> a breezy beautiful day for easter celebration. that made it a perfect day for an egg hunt. "eyewitness news" in connie mac park in north philadelphia. families enjoyed a full day of fun, food and music. justin drabick live on the sky deck enjoying this mild evening. hi justin. >> that's right, great egg hunting weather as temperatures made it above average in the 60's. yes, we're dealing with some winds still this evening but it's transporterring in warmer air. we have a warm couple days across the delaware valley. you can't beat today's high tempera

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson spoke with a family member about that lost. >> my god. >> they were the only words corner store owner shot could mirs, peering down from his second floor poor top suffocating smoke, carried by intense wind. firefighters called to the corner of union and stowe in camden county shortly before 3:30 saturday afternoon. arriving to find the house consumed by flames. take a look, you can see the progress from shot surveillance video. flames that started in the home's yard, quickly over took the structure, with winds gusting at 30 miles per hour, overwhelming firefighters. >> interesting few minutes yes. >> one thing after another for the last three years. >> family member carol wood says this is the latest hardship in a series of facing homeowner mary. two years ago her husband died of cancer, a month later had he father died the same way. in september of this year, marcy's son volunteer firefighter kevin, was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer. carol's daughters kevin's fiancee. >> we will be -- my daughter also had cancer, she is four year

from the pen row lays, steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> good for him.e way thousand of runners and walkers also lacing up their sneakers -- sneakers but for very good cause. andy sprint 5k and 10k at the art museum here. benefits sandy sandy passed from the disease back in may of 2,000. her family kept her memory alive by setting up this foundation. >> still ahead special report in the health watch. can inhaling enriched air give you more energy or help cure a headache or hang over? no prescription needed? health reporter stephanie stahl looks into the new canned oxygen trend. >> and this dog some unusual items, ate three wrist watches. thanks to vets, her time wasn't up. we'll have that story whether we come back. dove wants you to unleash the beauty of your curls. that's why we created new dove quench absolute. this system deeply nourishes curls, to quench dryness for four times more defined natural curls. new dove quench absolute. it's springtime. so bake cookies with someone you love. and country crock's fresh, buttery taste and smooth, creamy textu

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson spoke with a family member, about that lost. >>> they were the only words corner store owner shot could muster peering down from his second floor porch to suffocating smoke carried by intense winds. firefighters called to the corner of union and stowe in camden county, shortly before 3:30 saturday afternoon. arriving to find the house consumed by flames. take a look. you can see the progress from shot surveillance video flames that started in the home's yard quickly over took the structure with winds gusting at 30 miles per hour overwhelming firefighters. >> interesting few minutes yes. >> one thing after another for the last three years. >> family member carol wood says this is the latest hardship in a series every facing homeowner mary. two years ago her husband died of cancer, a month later her father died the same way. in september of this year, marcy's son volunteer firefighter kevin was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer. carol's daughters kevin's fiancee. >> we will be there, too my daughter also had cancer, she's four years canc

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson has that story. >> report roar only way christian is can communicateld. >> christian does things in a big way. if he laughs he body laughs. >> expressions bold and joy in sadness in love sunday saw his very best triumph in that's what he wanted. that's despite his physical limitations he expressed the desire and his dream is coming true. >> his dream since six years old like his father and two brothers before him become eagle scout but the first thing you'll notice about christian is the one that often matters least. >> he has a full functioning brain inside a body that doesn't work at all. >> christian is wheelchair bound with the most severe form of cerebral palsy there is tough road for guy trying to earn the highest honor in scouting. >> some people tend to focus on the wheelchair not on the person person. that's the first thing to get passed. >> christian got passed it all attending every meeting going on every camping trip sacrificeing comfort for pure determine nation. sunday achieve his arrive's work. (applause). >> love from a pair of proud pa

for now, though, reporting from pennsauken, i'm steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> meanwhile, strong winds fueled a brush fire saturday that injured two philadelphia firefighters. this all happened in wissahickon park. winds whipped the flames in a wooded area near the intersection of ridge and northwestern avenues. fire department source tells cbs-3 that one firefighter was treated for leg pain, and another for back pain. both are listed as stable, and there is no word on what caused that fire. amtrak spokesperson says a person was tress bag cents on the tracks. there is no word on the victim's identity, and that train was headed from new york city, to washington, dc. none of the people on board were injured. >> police still looking for the driver who struck and killed a man then drove off. happened late friday night outside northern liberties night club. police say the 24 year old plan was crossing the street, on the 900 block of delaware avenue pronounced dead at the scene. boy riding 58th and cobbs creek parkway an atv he hit another atv rider yesterday. air lift today ch