"action news" reporter ann mccormack has store friday philadelphia's tioga neighborhood. >> we are just celebrating their life, their legacy what they set out to do before the tragedy hit. >> reporter: for past year there was nothing beautiful about the corner of germantown and allegheny streets in tioga until today. the last july, this was the scene when a carjacked vehicle slammed in the fright stand run by siblings 15 year-old key ara williams, nine year-old joseph reid and seven year-old terence moore and their mother keisha williams. the family was trying to raise money to build a play ground. today family and friend played in the very spot, where the city create a i mural in their honor. >> my cousin, doing something to help the community, we wanted to continue on their legacy. >> on behalf of everyone at mural arts i want to pay our respect to the williams, reid and moore families. we are honored and humled to create this mural as a service to you and the entire community. >> reporter: in addition to the july 21st tragedy the city honored murder victim michael kevin williams, als

. >> we have breaking news right now out of philadelphia's tioga-nicetown section. police and firefighters other scene of a fire and a hit and run that may be linked to an alleged dispute between two women. the video just into "action news" from the 4400 block of north 17th street. pieces of a car are actually laying in the street. now, police tell us a woman was intentionally run over by another woman who then fled east on wingohocking. at the same time firefighters got a call about a house fire in the same block and within minutes the fire marshal was called there. "action news" reporter walter perez has just arrived on the scene. he's still going information he'll have a live report at 5:30. >> california health officials declared an mend to the measles outbreak that originated at disneyland. it sparked a debate about vaccinations. officials say no new infects have surfaced. the outbreak sickened 131 people in california and illnesses reported in half dozen states including mexico and can dam public health officials say it's unlikely it likely started with someon

annie mccormick has the story from the tioga neighborhood. >> we're celebrating their life and seglylegacy what they set out to do before the tragedy hit. >> reporter: last july this was the scene when a carjacked vehicle slammed into a fruit stand run by siblings and their mother the family was trying to raise money to build a playgrounds. today family and friends played in the very spot where the city created a mural in their honor. >> my cousin was doing something to help the community. we wants to continue on their legacy. >> on behalf of everyone in mural arts i meant to play respect to the williams and reid and moore family we are honored and humble to create this mural in service to you and the entire community. >> >> reporter: the city honored michael kevin williams killed in the same lot a year before. the city of philadelphia mural arts program created the loving memory mural project the project was designed with family community and input and painted by the youth violence reduction partnership members. family members prayed and hugged and hoping this is a place they can go

. >>> this morning police may have found the suv used to mow down a woman in the city's tioga nicetown section. a tip call brought police to back alley in fern rock. you can see the front end of the suv is damaged. it has been towed to the city's impound lot while police investigate. they are figure out if this was the same vehicle used to hit deedee spence. police say she was hit outside her home by a romantic rival. walter perez spoke with distraught friends and family members abbey have more. >> reporter: family and friends of 24-year-old deedee spence say they cannot believe the circumstances that ended with dd in the hospital with critical injuries. >> she ran her over. she ran her over. >> reporter: and the same friends and family know who did it. the woman identified as precious were employed in -- embroiled in a bitter dispute over a man they both dated. the woman waited for dd to come out of the house. they can hear the whole thing unfold. >> i heard a car rev up. i heard a bunch of people screaming. the suspect drove up on sidewalk and ran her over leaving her unconscious and

investigators say she mowed down bee pristine deedeespence in the tioga-nicetown section. it was a dispute over emotions of man -- affections of a man. they left dinner burning on the stove, causing their home to catch fire. >> bucks county police are investigating a collision that resulted in death of pedestrian. it happened before 2:30 this afternoon 4300 block of route 313 and plumstead. the pedestrian was crossing the street in the westbound lanes and stepped right into the path ever a pickup truck the victim was 59-year-old than doylestown and not yet oyvrd this is heavy traveled roadway tough to walk across. >> and the church near st. joe's prep people came out to honor ryan gilyard. he is a freshman and collapsed during training practice and could not be revived. >> 37,000 runsers will take part in the tomorrow's boston marathon second running since bombing that killed three spectators. 25 runners at the finish line when the bombs went offer were treated to pasta dibber. team 4 15 formed last year when marathoners were admitted free into the race. there's no word of

. >> reporter: breaking here, fire gutted a leather repair business in tioga nicetown this morning. the action cam was on germantown at 3:30 a.m. fire damaged the vacant home above the business, nobody was hurt. >> city leaders are glad that the second night of unrest was calm. >>> a prisoner in the police van said gray was banging against the walls in the police van trying to intentionally hurt himself. the report on gray was supposed to to go public and now it will stay private. >> i hope we remember trying to change culture and habits does not happen overnight it's not going to be solved overnight we have a lot of more work that we needed to. >> reporter: pennsylvania governor tom would feel is sending three hundred state police in to keep the peace in baltimore. they will head to maryland to be part of the emergency assistance. >>> protests will takes place in cities across the country. police arrested 60 protesters in new york city yesterday they stepped in when crowds started blocking traffic a crooning- union square. >>> our coverage of the unrest in baltimore and elsewhere c

suv with woman they identified only as precious behind the wheel hit 24-year-old beatrice spence in tioga-nicetown section alleged motive suspect thought spence was vying for her man. spence denied that. >> she ran me over and took my leg mom and i was not going with him. nobody won't want me now because i got one leg. >> police say anonymous tip led them to this durango with front end damage. during the chaos of the hit-and-run they forgot about dinner tack tooking on the stove that developed to a terrible fire that destroyed the spence family home. more at 11:30. >> police were looking for that suspect tomorrow morning and dozens were mourning loss of little boy killed by another hit and i run. "action news" was there and invited to greater bible okay temple church in west philadelphia for 4-year-old latif wilson's memorial service. he died after running into traffic 57 and lynch field streets monday nights and investigators already made contact with suspected driver's attorney but she has not yet been arrested. and wilson's grief stricken grandmother says her family needs justice and closure >>

bromide is being used to treat produce, 31 of the top users are in the delaware valley including the the tioga marine terminal. according to date, 40 percent of all chile produce that comes in the you had does so through philadelphia and 90 percent of the bromide used is used to treat those grapes. that is because grapes are a especially vulnerable to pest and diseases that if untreated could devastate domestic crops. >> we have in this country a huge chemical dependent system of agriculture. >> reporter: while edmond story hit headlines another within right here at home, another one did not. >> we had five or six of these guys. >> reporter: several years ago philadelphia based martin law represented a group of dock workers. they say that are clients were caught down wind of the bromide foundation site near marcus hook. >> the results are drastic, and completely disable some of the people that we represented. >> reporter: one of the men he says lost his teeth. as recovery continues for the edmonds family one member told "eyewitness news", they hope that their story makes others aware of the da

investigators say she mowed down beat rise dee dee jernigan spence in the tioga-nicetown section motive was dispute over affections of man. during the chaos following the crash spence's family left dinner burning open the stove causing their home to catch fire. >>> investigators in delaware are trying to piece together what led up to shooting on campus of philadelphia university that -- delaware university annie mccormick has more from dover. >> after saturday night shooting three people were transported to the hospital. we're now told none of them were students here at the university. >> gunfire and chaos erupted on campus of delaware state university during a sanctioned student greek cookout event on campus just after 8 p.m. saturday nighting. it was people running and fearing someone got trampled and i heard gunshots taken was horrific event. >> according to the university three people were shot and transported to kept general hospital. party goers took to social media to show the moments after. and students we spoke to that did not want to be identified, say numerous fights then bro

it is friday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is a assault by auto in the tioga nicetown section of philadelphia. live at einstein medical center tonight "action news" reporter walter perez walter. >> reporter: jim, anyway you look at it this was a senseless crime. friend and neighbors say it started as a spat over a man and ended with a grizzly hit and run. twenty-four year-old victim losing her leg. then a devastating house fire. family and friend of the 24 year-old beatrice spence affectionately known as dedesay they cannot believe the the circumstance that he is ended with dedein the hospital with critical injuries. >> she ran her over. she ran her over. she ran her over. she ran her over. >> reporter: those same friend and family say they know who did it. they say dede, and a woman identified only as precious were embroiled in the bitter dispute over a man they both dated. investigators say tensions bowled over this afternoon when the the suspect pulled up down the street in this white durango waiting for dedeto come outside her house on north 17th street. neighbors

but the big story on "action news" is suspect in custody for hit and run that occurred in the cities tioga nicetown section last night severing a woman's leg. the investigators say suspect intentionally plowed down, a 24 year-old woman with whom she had an ongoing dispute. the not only did the victim suffer a critical injury but chaos triggered a chain reaction that led to the woman's home catching fire. "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live at 35th headquarters in logan with the are latest, annie. >> reporter: walter, philadelphia police tell us that the offend der turn herself in around 11:00 a.m. at 35th district. at this point she has not been officially charged. victim's family told me earlier today they were relieved to hear already early this morning very early this morning there was already significant progress being made in this case. saturday evening police drove a woman believed to be the suspect in friday's hit and run out of the 35th district. saturday morning victim's mother had this to say. >> all i want to do is get her and see her in court. >> reporter: witnesses

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investigators say mcmillan pulled a knife and threatened the driver aboard the route 23 bus in tioga last month. police released this video monday hoping someone would recognize the suspect. the suspect recognized himself and turned himself in. >>> in the atlantic city casino crisis, a judge could rule today on the sale of the bankrupt revel casino. the main lender wells fargo, wants a judge to approve the sale to a developer. they claim new bidders are not serious. wells fargo says it has already spent more than $60 million on the revel bankruptcy proceedings and cannot wait any longer. >>> happening today, college students will protest an obstacle to a new branch campus on the atlantic city boardwalk. students at stockton university plan to march from the closed showboat casino to the trump taj mahal this afternoon. they're protesting taj's refusal to allow stockton to turn the showboat into a satellite campus. the owners of the taj said last week that having college students next door would be bad for business. the taj is enforceing an old agreement that says the showboat will onl

reporter: for the past year there was nothing beautiful about the corner of germantown and allegheny in tioga until today. last july this was the scene of a vehicle that slammed into a fruit stand ran by mother and siblings. the family was trying to raise money to build a playground. today family and friends played in the spot where the city created a mural in their honor. >> my cousin was doing something to help the community. we wanted to continue on their legacy. >> on behalf of everyone in mural arts i want to pay respect to the williams and reid and moore family we are honored and humble to create this mural as a service to you and the entire community. >> reporter: the city honored murder victim michael kevin williams, killed in the same lot a year before. the city of philadelphia mural arts program created the loving memories mural project designed by amber art and design with family community input and painted by the youth violence reduction partnership members. family members prayed hugged and sang and telling us they are hoping this is a place they can go to to remember the loved on

in fern rock where police think they have found the white durango that was used in a hit-and-run in tioga nicetown yesterday. that left a woman severely injured. police tell "action news" they received an anonymous tip. deedee spence lost her log after she was hit by a romantic rival on north 17 the street yesterday. walter perez has the details on the horrifying ordeal. >> reporter: family and friends of 24-year-old deedee spence said they cannot believe the circumstances that ended with her in the hospital with critical injuries. >> she ran her over, she ran her over. >> reporter: the same friends and family said they know who did it. they say deedee spence and a woman known as precious was employed in a bitter dispute over a man they both dated. the woman waited for deedee spence to come outside her house on north 17th street. neighbors say they could hold the thing unfold. >> i heard a car rev up. i heard everybody scheming. >> reporter: the suspect drove on the sidewalk and drove over deedee spence and left her unconscious and badly injured. she came back and drove away. in a cruel t

methyl bromide is being used to treat produce, 3169 top users are in the delaware valley including the tiogacording to data given to the u.s. da, 40% of all chilean produce had a comes into the united states does so through philadelphia. and 90% of the met ill bromide used is used to treat those grapes. that's because grapes are specially vulnerable to pest and disease it is un-treat cod devastate domestic crops. >> we have huge chemical dependence on agriculture. >> another one right here at home did not -- >> we had about five, six of these guys. >> several years ago the philadelphia based martin law represented a group of dock workers. they say their clients were caught down wind after met ill bromide fumigation site near marcus hook. >> the results are drastic completely disable some of the people that we have represented. >> one of the men he says lost his teeth. as recovery continues for the esmond family, one men told "eyewitness news", they hope their story makes others aware of the dangers of met ill bromide. >> according to the u.s. da, the level used on produce is not harmful for