lakers guard wayne ellington had just been part of the team's first win this season. right after the game, he heard the news. his father, wayne ellington srhad been shot and killed back in philadelphia. >> i went from a very high feeling of excitement and joy to the lowest i've ever felt in my lifism philadelphia police say ellington sr. was found inside his car on the 5200 block of marion street. he had been shot in the head. ellington's wife of 34 years got the news over the phone. >> i could hear crying, screaming and crying in the background so i knew it wasn't good news and they called me back to let me know that it was worse than what we thought. >> reporter: ellington jr. explains this father played a huge role in his basketball career first putting a ball in his hands at five years old. he later was a standout player at episcopal academy, went on to north carolina to play before being drafted. his father would always text him before his games. sunday was the last time. >> i don't think it really set into me yet that my next game my dad's not going to text me. >> reporter: and the family wants answers, so do police. if you have any

wayne ellington reflects on the text-message. it was from his biggest fan, wayne ellington sr. >> he was the person that gave me the basketball, put me in the league at 5 years old. they won the game on sunday. after the victory, he got the message that his father was shot. >> it's tough and unbelievable. it was crazy. i went to a very high feeling of excitement and joy to the lowest i ever felt in my life. >>reporter:ellington sr. was found inside of his car with a bullet to his head. ellington's wife of 34 years got the news over the phone. >> i heard crying in the background. they called me back to let me know it was worse than they thought. >>reporter:the police rushed him to hospital for treatment but he died. they are investigating the shooting as a murder. >> he was smart and funny. he loved his family a lot. >>reporter:ellington jr. was drafted in the nba making his father proud. the basketball player is on leave to grieve with his father. they hope to get answers. >> at some point, whoever did this, they are going to get what they deserve in whatever way it is. >>repo

wayne ellington jr. is on a leave of absence now from the nba after his father was murdered here over the weekend. investigators say 57-year-old wayne ellington sr. was found shot in the head in the driver's seat of a car on marion street in germantown. his son is in his first year with the lakers. he played at the university of north carolina after finishing an all-star high school career at episcopal academy in marion. >>> this morning, police have a man in custody, charged with vandalizing the graves of veterans at two local cemeteries. bensalem police arrested anthony carter yesterday after connecting him with five arsons that happened over the summer. police say those fires destroyed american flags and veterans' grave markers at rosedale memorial park and roosevelt memorial. investigators say carter voluntarily gave them a dna swab when an officer noticed him acting suspiciously in a cemetery late at night. >> they matched to the stems of the flags when he was pulling the flags out of the ground. he must have left his dna actually on the wood. >> investigators tell us carter being arrested on veterans day yesterday was just a coincidence. t

lakers guard wayne ellington played in his team's first win of the season sunday night. he heard the news. his father wayne ellington, srbeen shot and killed back in philadelphia. like always, he had just heard from his father right before the game. >> he text me like he always does before the game. just said ball hard. get this first win tonight. philadelphia police say ellington sr. was found inside his car on the 5200 block of marion street in germantown just after 8:00 p.m. he had been shot in the head. >> he was smart. he was funny. and he loved his family a lot. >> reporter: ellington jr. explains his father played a huge role in his basketball career first putting a ball in his hands at five years old. he later was a standout player at episcopal academy, went on to play at unc before being drafted. his father would always text him before his games. sunday was the last time. >> i don't think it really set into me yet that my next game my dad's not going to text me because somebody decided to take his life. >> reporter: and again, so far no arrests in this case. ellington is on leave from the team while he grieves

. >>> a man murdered on sunday in philadelphia was a father of wayne ellington sr.sitting in his car. they have not made any arrests. wayne has taken indefinite leave of absence. >>> it shutdown highway 206 in princeton after school. they are not planning to issue an summons this this investigation. >>> parts of the michigan and wisconsin are buried under snow. it's bringing snow and cooler temperatures. we are in for chilly weather later this week. >> on this veteran's day we pay tribute all the brave many women that have fought in the name of our freedom. they have pictures of their loved ones that served in branches of the military. to each of these men and women we give unending thanks. the police have given families cause for celebration. they say that they got the man that has been vandalizing veteran's gravesites. here is the suspect. 20-year-old anthony carter. he vandalized gravesites on five occasions in two different cemeteries. rosedale memorial and roosevelt park. american flags used to mark veterans' graves were set ablaze. they got d.n.a. from a handl

wayne ellington sr. was shot to death on tuesday night. he is a player for the los angeles lakers. he is on leave to grieve with his family. >>> a woman was killed trying to cross a busy highway in bensalem, the victim is maria fayer. she was hit by a chevy pickup truck crossing route 1, she was not using a designated crosswalk and may have been using her cell phone, the driver did stop and is cooperating with the investigation. >>> the state police barracks in blooming grove, pennsylvania is reopening today two months after a sniper attack. one state trooper was killed and another wounded allegedly at the hands of eric frein. >>> today a chester woman is the first person sentenced under the new brad fox law. the law was named for brad fox shot to death in the line of duty, by someone that obtained a gun in an illegal straw purchase. prosecutors say she brought two guns for her boyfriend a convicted felon. >>> the president reached a deal with china, they agreed to lower gas emissions in a news conference today. they are trying to reach goals not to pump as much carbon monoxide in

wayne ellington jr. is on leave of absence from the nba after his father was murdered here over the weekend. investigators say 57-year-old wayne ellington srn the driver's seat of a car on marion street in german nan town. his son is in his first year with the lakers. he played ball at the university of north carolina after finishing his high school career at persiepiscopal academy. >>> a school in massachusetts now has an automated system that can detect and track a gunman on campus. the active shooter detection system was installed in response to the school shooting in newtown, connecticut, back in december of 2012, when 26 children and adults were killed. the system's sensors can detect the sound of a gunshot and alert authorities. they also allow police to track the shooter before entering a building. >>> pennsylvania governor-elect tom wolf will take the oath of office january 20th, and he's asking members of his transition team to make a pledge of their own. wolf is requiring team members to sign an agreement to obey an ethical code of conduct. signers would have to disclose any potential or actual conflicts of interest and report an

the victim was wayne ellington sr. his son wayne jr. in bucks county karen after fatal accident. >> it's been a major jam in bensalem bucks county. a disabled tractor-trailer, you can see it right here, this is the on-ramp from street road to route 1 northbound so that's new. the jam-up here on route one southbound has been jammed all morning from 213 to old lincoln highway. people just started moving and that's because of that blockage of route 1 southbound at old lincoln highway due to that fatal accident involving a pedestrian. so, instead of this you can stick to your alternates. you can use bustleton pike or hulmeville road as your alternates. also in northeast philadelphia still have cottman avenue blocked because of this nasty accident between algon avenue and summerdale. tam here stick to rhawn street as an option. >> we could see all the fog that's still out there. let's go out to meteorologist, david murphy and talk about that. good morning. >> some of the thickest fog is improving a little bit right now, tam. take a look at m

wayne elton, sr. the father of lakers guard wayne ellington was shot in car and later died at einstein. right now there are no suspects. the younger ellington played his high school ball at episcopal academy. >> arrest warrant is issued for the husband accused of of plunging his wife's sports car into the delaware river all because of a divorce dispute. and tonight, we're hearing from both sides. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is life at northeast detectives with new details. todd? >> reporter: jessica, tonight when we talk to john kramer over the phone, he said, he was some four states away and that he's shocked police are looking to arrest him. a little red corvette is the centerpiece of a very big marital fight. we spoke to the man at the center of it all, john kramer. and asked why he rolled his estranged wife's car into the delaware. >> i didn't know i was doing anything wrong. i thought it was my car. i wanted to get rid of the dammed thing. i couldn't take this arguing over the thing when i was just trying to get my mini van. >> reporter: that mini van is in his wife's