. >> tyfine hamilton. this is his picture. he should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> the teenage suspect on the run tonight is accused of botching a robbery and shooting the victim. police say tyfine hamilton and a group of friends were playing basketball last week when they decided to rob somebody. >> they were playing basketball to committing murder. >> they chose their victim 51-year-old james stuhlman because he looked old and his dog looked weak. >> at one point he pled for his life and said please don't shoot me, please don't shoot me. nothing was taken. nothing was taken at all and he lost his life. >> detectives found surveillance video showing the teens near the overbrook crime scene. using that video they tracked

updating our breaking news right now, "eyewitness news" has learned exclusively, 15 year old tyfine hamilton has surrendered to police overnight. hamilton and brandon smith charged as adults in the murder of a man walking his dog in overbrook last week. a 14 year old faces lesser charges. >> suspect in custody after confrontation near 22nd and indianna in north philly. police officers were called by neighbors who saw a man with a shotgun and when he refused to drop it, police fired a shot. that suspect was apprehended. the confrontation was just blocks from our office of robert wilson shot and killed earlier this month. >> the villanova wildcats hit from every corner of the court and beat the 16th seed lafayette leopards last night in march madness. coach jay wright and his wildcats play north carolina state tomorrow night. there is another full flight of basketball beginning today at noon right here on cbs-3. >> 45:00; time for check on business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york torque stock exchange, where amazon, you might say are droning on about their new del

the 15-year-old is tyfine hamilton. police say they were in tyfine's neighborhood this morning preparing to pick him up. they saw his father. he helped facilitate the arrest at a different location. investigators tell us hamilton and his friend 15-year-old brandon smith, chose to rob stuhlman because he appeared old and his dog appeared weak. police spent the past week reviewing individual tape. sources tell us they spotted the teens in the area yesterday and arrested them. 14-year-old who witnessed the murder is cooperating with police and also faces charges. stuhlman was found shot in the chest, his dog molly by his side near 64 and woodcrest thursday night. nothing was taken from him. now we're also talking to investigators about where they are now in the investigation as far as identifying the handgun used. we'll have that for you in 25 minutes. live for now outside police headquarters monique braxton, nbc 10 fuse. >> thank you, monique. this other breaking news from overnight, a man police say was roaming the street

police say tyfine hamilton and a group of friends were playing basketball last week when they decided to rob somebody. >> they were playing basketball to committing murder. >> they chose their victim 51-year-old james stuhlman because he looked old and his dog looked weak. >> at one point he pled for his life and said please don't shoot me, please don't shoot me. nothing was taken. nothing was taken at all and he lost his life. >> detectives found surveillance video showing the teens near the overbrook crime scene. using that video they tracked down 15-year-old brandon smith, an accomplice now charged with murder, but police want the triggerman behind bars tyfine hamilton is still on the run and detectives have a message for him. >> to turn himself in to come see us before we come see you. we know who you are. all of the police in the districts will be looking for you. >> in addition to those two teenagers, a 14-year-old boy was also arrested by police and that boy will be facing lesser charges. police say he is cooperating. >> live in philadelphia randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> po

expressway back to you. >> fifteen year old murder suspect tyfine hamilton turned himself in overnight say hamilton shot and killed an overbrook man last week. hamilton and another teenage remember charged as adult. >> also, breaking, police shoot at man who they say would not drop a shotgun in north philadelphia. the man was not hit and was arrested a short time later. this all happened just blocks from where officer robert wilson was killed on march 5th. >> and investigators say the origin of this deadly south philadelphia fire is suspicious. the fire started on south warn okay street around 11:00. the victim has not been identified. we'll be rigight back. >> we have our eye on this rather late winter storm. snow is on the way. we should start seeing first flakes in the next hour. katie will have tracking coming up on the 3's. >> and, new this morning, a cafe in sydney reopens, three month after a gunman took 18 people hostage. two people died in that siege. hundreds of people wait in the line to enter lint cafe this morning, december stand-off ended after police stormed that shop in

police went to find this 15-year-old tyfine hamilton.ectives say he and two others shot and killed stuhlman. hamilton was the trigger person and he is still on the run. >> it's a tragedy, not a crime. those words from philadelphia's district attorney today, after the investigation of a police-involved shooting. seth williams says tate brown was reaching for a gun in his car after police pulled him over in december. brown's family wants access to police surveillance video from that night and the nbc 10 first alert radar is tracking the snow for much of the area tomorrow. meteorologist brightttney shipp will join us with snow totals. >>> an historic drought out west all wild weather eventses so what does spring hold in store for us this year? dare we even ask? mark barter takes a look at the forecast for spring. >> reporter: winter snows are giving way to floods this week in parts of the ohio valley even as spring approaches. >> the 22 years i've been here yes, this is the worst this part here has been. >> reporter: residents in western ne

short time ago, our camera was rolling when detectives searched one of the places 15-year-old tyfine hamilton lived. we found him in 29the 2100 block of wanamaker. police sources say they're looking for the deadly weapon. it is being described as a revolver. a woman who answered the door told us she's hamilton's stepmother and she's sorry. police sources also say his father helped facilitate hamilton's arrest overnight. we spoke with commissioner ramsey about that. >> this child murdered someone. and i would hope that a parent would step up and take their kid in so they can be you know dealt with accordingly. >> reporter: investigators also tell us hamilton and his friend 15-year-old brandon smith, chose to rob stuhlman because he appeared old and his dog appear appeared weak. a 14-year-old who witnessed the murder is cooperating with police and faces charges. back out here live now, stuhlman was found shot near this hydrant in the chest. his dog molly was right beside him. stuhlman was still holding his leash. he also had a flashlight. although nothing was taken, investigators say they're st

. >> 15-year-old tyfine hamilton is one of three teenagers charged and in custody. we have reaction from philadelphia's police commissioner. >> and the city's top cop isn't holding back. >> reporter: he's not. he calls this murder senseless and stupid. if you take a look at the scene where the 51-year-old man was killed a week ago, people have left tributes to him. philadelphia's police commissioner saying he hopes the suspects spend the rest of their lives in prison. >> here's a guy that, according to what i'm hearing ask they not kill him and they shot him anyway. >> reporter: 51-year-old james stuhlman died after police say this man, tyfine hamilton, shot him in the chest in a botched robbery attempt as he was walking his dog. >> how much money can you possibly have walking your dog? anybody that has a dog knows -- the most you've got your keys with you. you're walking your dog, so what are you going to get from something like that? it's just stupid. >> reporter: sources tell nbc10 hamilton is talking to investigators telling his version of what happened here las

only "eyewitness news" was there as tyfine hamilton arrived at police headquarters moments ago. spoke exclusively with his family. her live report coming up in just a moment. >> and our other top story this morning, we have our eye on the storm spring starts this evening but winter is not going quietly. live look now at storm scan3 showing the system expected to bring snow in just a few hours. >> oh, the last thing you want on the first day of spring. >> from old-man-winter. good morning it is friday, march 20th i'm erika von tell. >> we'll have more on our breaking news, first let's get the latest

sources say both tyfine hamilton and brandon smith have confessed their roles in the murtd of james stuhlman who was walking his dog when the teens went to rob him. police are working on the case despite the reported confessions, and where the teens got their hands on the guns used to commit the crime. >> hopefully they spent the rest of their lives in jail. i have no sympathy for them none at all. >> reporter: the commissioner says all the sympathy goes to the family of stuhlman whose wife and daughter who will never see him again. reporting live in overbrook, deanna durante, "nbc10 news." >>> we have new information now on a woman found murdered inside a boarding house. she was found shot inside a home on spruce street in west philadelphia. police say her body was found this morning under a burned mattress. we've now learned the victim is a woman named geneva owens. police are looking for her killer. >>> a war of words today from two candidates in the philadelphia city council district 7 case. manny morales spoke today about what his manager calls a facebook fiasco. morales says he wants t

. >> not do you that and the neighborhood where the victim lived as well, chris. 15-year-old tyfine hamilton surrender to do police squat team and homicide detectives around 2:00 o'clock this morning without incident. he was not armed. to note investigators tell us he's upstairs here at the police department -- police headquarters in the homicide unit giving homicide detectives a full confession. >> he was around the wrong environment. >> reporter: it didn't take long for hamilton to open up to homicide investigators about his role in the murder of 5184 old james stuhlman during a robbery gone bad in overbrook. >> he's upstairs in homicide now giving a full confession. my understanding he's telling us where the gun is. >> reporter: hamilton's parents convinced the high school freshman to surrender early friday morning after police released his photo and charged him with murder. they say he was the trigger man had shot stuhlman to death while he was out walking his dog on woodcrest avenue. >> he looks like a little kid that should be playing play station with his friends not someone spending

high school freshman tyfine hamilton is accused of killing james patrick stuhlman. nbc 10 was there as police searched hamilton's family home in west philadelphia earlier today. >> how much money can you possibly have walking your dog? at most, you have your keys with you. but you're walking your dog. what are you going to get from something like that? it's just stupid. >> brandon smith was also arrested in connection with the murder earlier this week. a 14-year-old is charged with lesser crimes. >>> messages of protests found scrawled across the ground in front of philadelphia police headquarters today. it reads, killer cops destroying communities. followed by by #whokilledbrandontatebrown. it comes a day after two officers were cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the shooting death of brandon tate-brown. prosecutors say tate-brown did not comply with police requests and was reaching for a gun in his car when officers shot him. >>> last night, we showed you how loud protests interrupted a community policing meeting in northeast philadelphia. the protesters were angry

police say the overnight arrest of 15-year-old tyfine hamilton wraps up their manhunt for three murder suspects. james stuhlman was shot and killed last week as he walked his dog through his neighborhood. with surveillance video police were soon able to focus on hamilton and his overbrook high school mate brandon smith who was locked up earlier. a 14-year-old is also in custody. overnight in the 2800 block of midvale avenue, hamils parents surrendered him to a heavily armed couldn't tin gender of police. >> the father went and swat went and i believe homicide detectives met him there and there was an exchange without incident. >> reporter: hamilton and smith are charged as adults in a botched robbery attempt that found in murder. during the police investigation a raid on the girard avenue home of the 14-year-old yielded a large cache of weapons includesying assault rifles and handguns. atf is investigating. 15-year-olds are no strangers to police. >> both of the 15-year-olds do have prior records. >> for? >> robbery and different things of that natch but they have robberies in their ba

updating exclusive breaking news this morning family members tell us that 15 year old murder suspect tyfine hamilton has turned himself into police office over. officers say hamilton watt the gunman who shot and killed a man in overbrook last week. hamilton and another teenage remember charged as adults. >> police open fire on man caring a shotgun near 22nd and indianna about 1:00 this morning. that man was apprehended a short time later. now the confrontation took place just blocks from where officer robert wilson was gunned down on march 5th. >> and investigators say that this deadly fire on warn okay street south philadelphia is suspicious. the victim has not yet been identified. >> 5:17 right now. somebody in our area is a multi-millionaire. and they might not even know it yet. can you imagine waking to up that news? >> some fantastic news. >> we'll let you know where the winning lottery ticket was sold. >> also, march madness lives up to the hype and then some. the history just made in the ncaa tournament after several thrilling finishes. the latest on this, coming up. >> one in our area is hol

they're still looking for a third teen however to tyfine hamilton. officers cleave believe he pulled the trigger. investigators it tell us the teenagers were playing basketball when they decided to rob someone. the say the boys went after james stuhlman because he looked like an easy target. >>> on to march madness now and villanova is off and running in the ncaa tournament. the wildcats rolling in their first round game against another local team laugh fayette out of easton. keith jones joins us live from pittsburgh. keith, what's going on there after that nova victory headed for a second round matchup now, right? >> that's right, chris. two teams who fan bases from eastern pennsylvania on this saturday with nothing to do. -- on this friday. i'm jumping ahead. villanova waiting for the game tomorrow night. laugh fayette fans perhaps thinking they were going to be here longer. so it leaves them with a day in pittsburgh. what do you do? we did in depth reporting. i swear to you guys, this is a real tough gig, but we went out in pittsburgh and discover

now detectives released his picture yesterday, the young man they're looking for, tyfine hamilton, a15-year-old freshman at overbrook high. investigators say he and the two other teens were playing basketball last thursday when they decided to rob someone. they say the boys went after 51-year-old james stuhlman walking his dog on woodcrest avenue. >> they pulled the gun op him and he instantly it turned and they said empty your pockets. he probably tried to reach out for them or whatever a slight struggle and ultimately shot him one time. >> police arrested 15-year-old brandon smith charging him as an adult with murder. officers also arrested a 14-year-old on lesser charges. >>> 4:07. time to move on to march madness and villanova is moving on off and running in the ncaa tournament. the wildcats rolling in the first round game against another local team lafayette. nbc 10 keith jones joining us live from pittsburgh. keith, first of all in the it interest of transparency we have to remind everyone you are a proud villanova alum. are you run fog a lot of other fans local fans out there?

. >> reporter: erika, good morning, i was able to speak to the suspect tyfine hamilton's family earlier this morning. his aunt was here with his mother. they tell me that the 15 year old murder suspect turned himself into police overnight. they were obviously distraut about the entire situation and wanted to issue apology to the victim's familiment take a look at the video. this is the person we're talking about this morning police say hamilton was the triggerman, in last week's deadly shooting in overbrook investigators say, he along with 15 year old brandon smith, and 14 year old were all playing basketball before they decided to rob someone. their victim police say, 51 year old james stole-man, out walking his dog molly on woodcrest avenue. after he was shot once in the chest, police say the teens made off with nothing. now, investigators say the 14 year old is cooperating and being charged with robbery as a juvenile. smith, 15, being charged as an adult, with murder and robbery, and again hamilton's family tells thus morning he turned himself in overnight they say he was off his med

they're still looking for a third teen to tyfine hamilton. officers believe he pulled the trigger in the shooting last week. investigators tell us the teenagers were playing basketball when they decided to rob someone. they say the boys went after 51-year-old james stuhlman because he looked like an easy target. >>> new this morning, delaware governor jack markell says no new charter schools should be approved until a study is done on what students need. he says education officials will do a comprehensive needs assessment to get that information. once that study is complete the state will come up with a plan for how all schools can offer students the services they may not be getting. governor markell says the state should not be authorizing new charters. >>> cherry hill superintendent of schools is stepping down. marine reusche says she's resigning to take another job in education. we don't know where. she lives in delaware county and serves with the radnor school district before going to cherry hill. >>> this morning a new effort to keep dri

detectives released this picture yesterday to tyfine hamilton is a freshman at overbrook high school. investigators say he and two other teens were playing basketball last thursday when they decided to rob someone. they say the boys went after 51-year-old james stuhlman out walking his dog on woodcrest avenue. >> they pulled the gun on him. he instantly turned. they said empty your products. he probably tried to reach out for them or whatever a slight struggle and then ultimately shot him. >> and he pleaded for his life. police arrested 15-year-old brandon smith and scharnlgdss charged him as an adult with murder and officers arrested a 14-year-old on lesser charges. >>> police say they will not file criminal charges against the driver involved in last month's fiery tanker truck crash. sky force 10 over that scene in pennsauken on february 3rd. the truck carrying 8,000 gallons of fuel when it crushed to u.s. 130. the fire caused heavy damage to the road and also damage to nearby homes. investigators say the driver brian urban, was going too fast around the ramp. police issued several

fifteen year old tyfine hamilton surrendered at police headquarters this morning.e shot james stoleman walking his dog on woodcrest avenue. fifteen year old brandon smith was arrested wednesday along with 14 year old. police say robbery was the motive. >> million dollars police arrest a man caring a shotgun. officer confronted him 22nd and allegheny and told the man to drop his with weapon. when they didn't they fired a shot and missed. police caught up with the suspect at 23rd and clear feel after he ran into a bar. >> clark withing police after disrupting town hall style meeting lawncrest rec center last night. group upset district attorney sit williams declined to bring charges against the officers who fatally shot brandon tate boyde during a traffic stop in december. ten demonstrators were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. the focus that far meeting was on how the to improve police relationships in the community. >> our next update is at 7:55. up next on cbs this morning was robert durst planning to lever the count troy escape murder charges? we'll

tyfine hamilton turn himself in.old classmate brandon smith and a 14 year-old were already in custody. >> seth williams just told bus this, all three now. >> yes. >> you have in custody. >> only two charged with murder. >> terrible tragedy, as of right now. fifty-one year-old man should be able to just walk his dog and go home to his daughter. these three young men good teenagers. >> a 14 year-old and two, 15 years old playing basketball decided they want to go rob are somebody. they shot him in the chest. just a senseless act. he was begging and pleading for his life and they left him there. >> tyfind is the one that pulled the trigger. >> we believe hamilton is the one who pulled the trigger. again he was a truant. every time i'm on this shoe i'm talk about how truancy, people who not graduate high school is number one indicate or of criminal behavior in philadelphia. >> they are just playing basketball, one happens to have a gun. lets go rob somebody. sit the true you they were kind of following a different guy wh

. >> reporter: it didn't take long for 15-year-old tyfine hamilton to open up to homicide investigatorsbout his role in the murder of 51-year-old james stuhlman during a robbery gone bad in overbrook. >> he's upstairs in homicide giving a full confession. my understanding he's telling russ the gun is. >> reporter: hamilton's parents convinced the high school freshman to surrender early friday morning after police released his photo and charged him with murder. they say he was the trigger man who shot stuhlman to death while he was out walking his dog on woodcrest avenue. >> he looks like a little kid that should be playing play station with his friends not someone spending the rest of his life for in jail for murder. >> reporter: no one answered the door friday but police say he didn't spend much time there lately. he hung out at this home on girard avenue where investigator investigators found five weapons wednesday night. >> he was never going to school from what we heard. he was hanging out with bad kids and ultimately now you see the did he mice. >> look at hamilton's facebook page

our cameras were rolling when police searched the home of 15-year-old tyfine hamilton's family in west philadelphia. police say hamilton shot james stuhlman in the chest during a botched robbery attempt last thursday night. >> how much money can you possibly have walking your dog? i mean anybody that's a dog -- most you got your keys with you, but you're walking your dog. so, what are you going to get from something like that? it's just stupid. >> 15-year-old brandon smith was arrested in connection to the murder earlier this week. a 14-year-old is charged with lesser crimes. >>> protesting a penn state fraternity. today dozens of students came together to demonstrate against capita delta roe. this is what it looked like at state college today. the fraternity accused of posting photos of naked or nearly nakd women on a facebook page. some of the women were asleep or passed out. protesters say they want to show supported for the victims and also urge the university administration to take more action. state college chapter of kappa delta rho has been suspended for a year. the university

police say the overnight arrest of 15-year-old tyfine hamilton wraps up their week long manhunt for three murder suspects. over brook's james stuhlman was shot and killed as he walked his dog through the neighborhood. surveillance video indicated it was a robbery attempt. police were soon able to focus on hamilton and his high school mate brandon smith who is locked up as well. a 14-year-old is also in custody. overnight in the 2800 block of midvale hamilton's parents surrendered him to a heavily armed contingent of police. >> they saw the father, they actually talked to the father. the father said he's not here but he called the mother who lives up in the west oak lane area and they arranged for a meet in the 2800 block of midvale avenue. >> reporter: hamilton and smith are charged here as adults. both police say have prior arrest records for robbery. during the police investigation a raid on the girard avenue home of the 14-year-old yielded a large cache of weapons including ass salt rifles and handguns. >> obviously we'll turn the information over to the atf and they'll start an invest

. >> another teen arrested in connection to a murder in overbrook. 15-year-old tyfine hamilton surrendered to police. investigators say he pulled the trigger in the shooting death of james stuhlman who was killed while walking his dog last week. police believe it was an attempt robbery. another 15-year-old was arrested yesterday on murder charges for his alleged involvement. a third teen is in custody for lesser charges. >>> police are trying to solve a murder mystery today in west philadelphia. they found a woman shot to death inside a boarding house on spruce street. now they want to know who killed her and why. wendy saltzman is live at police headquarters with more on this investigation. wendy. >> reporter: few details are available to us at this hour. police tell me they are interviewing five other people who live in that home here at police headquarters but no one is in custody. police say this house on the 5100 block of spruce street is is a boarding home with numerous people living in separate bedrooms inside. at 6:42 this morning detectives were called here following a report of a

tyfine hamilton turned himself in overnight one of three teens taken into custody of james stuhlman. to rob someone. police believe hamilton was the shooter. another update in 25 minutes. back to the "today" show. see you then. ♪ >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up good buy white house, aloha hawaii? could the obamas be heading west to live in the magnum p.i. house after they leave washington? >>> then making millions off youtube. meet the family that turned how to turn child's play into big bucks. >>> and kickoff to spring. derek hough and the rock ketettes help us kick off the season. >>> feeling lucky to be in new york city! >> ringing in my 40s today on the "today" show! >> go memphis tigers! >> i love the "today" show! >> woo! >>> good morning, everyone. it is march 20th, 2015. it is the first day of spring and look what has sprung on our plaza. >> it is all fun and games. >> i think this is real grass. >> it is. >> what do you think? >> yeah. >> no. it is really good synthetic. >> really really really good. >> it is very springy. >> spring comes in at 6:45 tonight officially. >