Is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Talking to police. This man speaks to philadelphia officers tonight as part of the investigation into a center city attack on a samesex couple. He is one of several people that have been questioned in connection with the case. Good evening, im chris may. Im jessica dean. Officers say many of the people captured on Surveillance Video just before that attack were identified with the help of social media. Eyewitness News Reporter matt rivers joins us now live from central detectives with an update on the investigation. Matt. Reporter chris and jessica, we know several of the persons of interest in this case were questioned throughout the day. The latest one coming here to central detectives just after 8 00 p. M. A person of interest in this case choosing not to speak with Eyewitness News wednesday night. He walked into central detectives to be questioned about the severe beating of a gay couple in Rittenhouse Square last thursday. His lawyer, brian mcmann, would only say this. Im sure the police will make an announcement. Reporter this comes after an assault on these two gay men put one of them in the hospital for three days. The pair says people from this group seen on Surveillance Video shouted gay slurs as they attacked. This photo circulated on certainly media shows the group eating dinner before the attack. A twitter user helped identify some of the group who had checked in at the restaurant on facebook. Most of them would have pictures of people from the video with their names tagged. Reporter police are still putting a case together and no charges have been filed yet but if they do come down no one involved can be charged with a hate crime. Under current law only crimes motivated by race religion or ethnicity can be prosecuted as a hate crime. Something we can all agree is that no one should be physically attacked because of their Sexual Orientation. Reporter state representative Brendan Boyle proposed a law in 2009 that would add Sexual Orientation to the hate crime statute. It has never made it out of committee. Theres no question that if this was called up for a vote tomorrow it would pass and it would pass overwhelmingly. Reporter just minutes ago we heard from an official with the catholic archdiocese in philadelphia. He tells us one of the persons somehow connected to this case was working as an assistant basketball coach at archbishop high school. He was not a teach. That official tells us that that person who is connected somehow to this case has been terminated and will no longer be allowed to work after any archdiocesan school. No charges will be filed in this case until they have a clear picture of what happened. Matt rivers, Eyewitness News at 10 00 on the cw philly matt thank you very much. Right now a man hunter continues for the suspect who shot two Pennsylvania State troopers killing one of them. Hundreds of officers are searching for that killer tonight in Blooming Grove pike county, thats about 10 miles from the shooting scene in the town of hally. Diana rocco is in the sat center with more. Chris, that suspect eric frein is believed to be armed with two high powered weapons. Police also believe that he may have shaved his head on both sides and is wearing a hairstyle similar to a mohawk. They say tonight he could be anywhere. Wednesday the Pennsylvania StatePolice Released new photos of the alleged cop killer eric frein. I want you to know one thing, eric, we are coming for you. Reporter for days hundreds of troopers have been searching a heavily wooded terrain in rural pennsylvania after police say the 31yearold ambushed two troopers friday night killing Corporal Bryon Dixon and seriously injuring another. Its a cowardly act. You know, as we said before the troopers did not have a chance. Reporter investigators say the son of a retired army major has a longstanding grudge against law enforcement. Frein once played a soldier in a 2007 german short film and hes a member avenue group that dresses in Eastern European military garb and plays war games. There were shell casings in freins belongings inside his car. Hes believed to be armed with an ak47 an hunting rifle with a scope. In nearby towns schools remain closed. His wanted picture hangs in store front windows and restaurants and many are staying home. If he goes after police officers, then he can do anything to anybody. You hear everybody talking about it and people are concerned that something is going to happen to them. Reporter and the poconos School District has canceled school for tomorrow again. Frein has been described by his own father as a marksman who never misses. In the sat center tonight, im diana rocco for Eyewitness News on the cw philly diana thank you. A tragic accident in West Philadelphia as a child falls out of a window and plunges nine stories to her death. Authorities say the eightyearold was looking at something out her fathers apartment window just before she fell. This happened at the Fairfax Apartments in the 4200 block of locust street. Police say the victims 11yearold sister may be the only eyewitness to this accident. Sources close to the victim say her father is a doting single father of two and that he was a penn graduate student. Chopper three over a crash involving a Pennsylvania State trooper on interstate 95. This happened in the southbound lanes in tinicum township near the bartram avenue exit. The trooper from belmont barracks was taken to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. Well, the nightmare of a season continues for the nfl tonight as more players face charges for Domestic Violence. Today alone the Minnesota Vikings and the Carolina Panthers sidelined players for Domestic Violence cases and now police in phoenix say they have just arrested a player for the cardinals. Reporter Danielle Nottingham has more. Jonathan whats your side. Reporter Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer is the latest nfl player to face charges of Domestic Violence. Phoenix Police Arrested him wednesday afternoon and charged him with assaulting a woman in his home causing a fracture and aggravated assault on a child. After she was physically assaulted, he had took a shoe and threw it at their 18 month old child. He has admitted that these incidents occurred. However he has denied that he has physically assaulted the victim in this particular case. Reporter the arrest came just hours after the Minnesota Vikings explained their reversal on running back adrian peterson. We made a mistake. And we needed to get this right. Reporter the team benched peterson last sunday after he was indicted for whipping his four year old son with a tree branch. He was slated to play this week but now hes on paid leave, still concerning his usual 691,000 a week. The Carolina Panthers put defensive end greg lady on paid leave wednesday. He was convicted in july of assaulting his exgirlfriend and threatening her life. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell is under fire for the leagues response to Domestic Violence. Some of that pressure is coming from sponsors. Anheuser bush, fed ex, mcdonalds, pepsi and visa have told the league theyre watching how it handles these cases. Danielle nottingham for Eyewitness News on the cw philly. Police are trying to track down a suspect who held up a philadelphia market. He didnt use a gun, though. Take a look at this and Pay Attention over here to these bananas. The suspect comes in grabs a banana. This is on a store on popular street. He stuffs the banana in his pocket and demands money from the cashier. The suspect took off after getting money and cigarettes. He then gets onto his bike and peels away on that bike. Were asking for the publics help. Hes a neighborhood resident. He did put these people in fear as they cannot tell what the item was when he demanded money claiming he had a gun. The robbery happened yesterday morning around 9 00. If you recognize the suspect, contact police. Well, more candidates are joining the race seacock seed philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter next year. Eyewitness news has learned that former philadelphia d. A. Lynn abraham will run for mayor. Although her official announcement has not been made. The democrat tells us shes meeting with advisors and trying to raise funds for the race. Attorney ken trujillo became the latest democrat to formally enter the race today. He made his announcement outside of philadelphia School District headquarters. He says that he would abolish the School Reform commission. He of course was City Solicitor under former mayor john street. Earlier this month terry gillen is the former director of the philadelphia redevelopment authority. Other candidates are expected to join this race by years end. Well, in harrisburg today, lawmakers postponed a vote until monday on the cigarette tax designed to help Fund Philadelphia schools. Lawmakers in the house were to vote on that bill today. There is no official word on why the vote was postponed. This latest piece of legislation, though, does strip out other unrelated provisions which involve local hotel taxes and an expansion of an Economic Development program for small cities. Septa is getting nearly 90 million from the federal government to reprayer infrastructure damaged during hurricane sandy. A large portion of the money will be used for flood mitigation as well as signal and power improvements. Officials say theyll work to make their current infrastructure resistent to future damage from weather. The largest gift ever in the history of drexel law school. Tom kline pledged 50 million to that school. The school is now named the Thomas R Kline school of law. The gift includes the beneficial saving fund Society Building at 12th and chestnut. What would a redesigned love park look like to you . City officials gathered suggestions from the public today. Many wrote their ideas on paper, others drew them out. If you couldnt get over to love park to share your ideas today, dont worry. The city is doing this again on saturday. Well, a fathers punishment gone too far. Still to come here on Eyewitness News a tennessee man is facing charges for what he calls teaching his son a lesson. And moments of panic as a stroller rolls to the edge of a Railroad Platform in australia. Kathy. We have a cold front thats going to be approaching from the north and west. The full impact not felt tomorrow but on friday. Ill explain that in the forecast coming up. And, yes, it may need a little work but this 68 convertible means the world to one man. Well tell you why he thought he may never see a 10 nd father is facing serious charges tonight after he punished his son much police say that the 35yearold mark hughes forced his teenager to drink alcohol until he passed out. Hughes calls it a lesson after he caught the 15yearold with alcohol. Officers were called to the home over the weekend. They found the boy unresponsive. Try to teach the youth dont be drinking, dont be doing drug and here you got a parent contributing to the problem. The teenager was air lifted to a hospital. Hes oakton night. Police say hughes was also drunk and that he began fighting with other people in the house who tried to stop him. He faces charges of child abuse and neglect. A terrifying sight at a train station in mel burn australia. Watch as his stroller rolls off the platform and down onto the tracks. According to reports from there, the parents of that toddler were drunk at the time. You can see several people rush to help after it happened. The child did suffer some minor injuries. Its not clear tonight whether charges have been filed. A plans prized possession stolen. Now more than four decades after it was first taken hell soon have an amazing reunion with his classic car. In 1968 this jaguar convertible was swiped outside of 82yearold ivan schneiders manhattan apartment. At the time it was only six months old. He thought he would never see it again. Last month the car turned up at the port of los angeles and was identified as stolen. Schneider couldnt believe it. I couldnt believe it. Im sitting here now talking to you and i still dont believe it. Its a miracle. I was heartbroken to say the least. Never in anybodys lifetime did i think i would see that car. How about that . Schneider needs to finish up some more paperwork before he gets the car back but then he plans to have it refurbished. Authorities are still trying to figure out who stole it. Apple hats released ios8, its newest operating system for the iphone, ipad and ipod touch. Yes. Here is the web site that outlines the upgrades that will overhaul the functions and feel of many apple devices. Apple says theres a new help app, more photo Editing Options an way to turn off group sex messages. The iphones will come preloaded with ios8. Beyonce and jayz reportedly renewed their plows a commitment ceremony. This reportedly took place on the island of corsica where beyonce celebrated her 33rd birthday this month. A small group of friends and family were there including her daughter. She may be destined to be a giant beltway but right now shes about as tiny as they come. Take a look at a new female giant panda born monday night at an Animal Center in china. She weighed in at just three and a half ounces. She and mom are in Great Condition tonight. It will take about a week but the newborn will start to look a lot more like a panda with black patches forming and hair starting to grow. New tonight, great music filled the hyatt at the bellevue in center city. Eyewitness news at the Second Annual phillys pop ball. The 65 piece orchestra was led by maestro. Our own Pat Ciarrocchi hosted tonight. Cbs3 and the cw philly are proud to be Media Partners of the pops. A great evening to be outdoors across the delaware valley. Temperatures pretty pleasant out there now and look at some of these High Temperatures. In hamilton, new jersey, 78 today, newtown at George School 78. Even as we travel to royersford, Evans Elementary School 76 and deptford at the township high school, 75 degrees. So, a nice warm day after a real cool night last night and another cool night that will be on tap. Now, temperatures have been employee average this entire week and they are going to really bottom out on friday. You can see its well below the average of 78. The reason why is a cold front. That cold front is traveling from canada. Not a lot of moisture with it. You can see the cloud cover stretches right through toronto. This moves through tomorrow. Could bring a sprinkle south and east of philadelphia. A few clouds perhaps. Thats just about it. But whats behind this front will be the big story and that will be the cooldown. Take a look outside. Right now were looking at temperatures that are basically in the 60s out there and it will continue to get cooler mainly in the 50s and 40s overnight tonight. And as we look ahead, we will see these temperatures falling fast with light winds. In philadelphia right now it is 64 degrees at the airport, 45 in the poconos, 55 in allentown, 57 degrees in reading. Throughout the state, same story. Some 60s and some 50s. State college 55. 58 in pittsburgh. So you know that that cold is coming. Well watch this front sneak through thursday. You may not even notice it. Maybe a few extra cumulus clouds. Temperatures in the 70s. Behind that, though, this cool area of high pressure, a strong high moves in. We get a flow off the ocean, an easterly flow and temperatures struggling to reach 70. In the city well make it. The suburbs probably only in the 60s. Then well warm up. Its the last weekend of summer and it will feel like it. Saturday in the 70s and by sunday in the 80s. One last summer like day on the last day of summer. Very appropriate. Overnight mainly clear. The low 57 in the city. Some 40s and 30s in our suburbs. Poconos 43 degrees but on those higher hill tops talking about 30s. Allentown reading lancaster in the 40s and 50s to the south and east for now. During the day tomorrow we warm up very quickly with plenty of sunshine, the High Temperature 76. On the exclusive eyewitness weather sevenday forecast friday 70 so thats where we bottom out temperaturewise. Then it warms up nicely for the weekend. A few showers with another front for monday as fall begins in the evening. Tuesday cool. Wednesday temperatures staying in the lower 70s. At least we have a quiet weather pattern. Thats what we like to see. Be sure to wake up with Eyewitness News in the morning. Katie will track tomorrows weather. The team starts at 4 30 on our sister station cbs3 and then continues right here on the cw beginning at 7 00. Quiet weather is nice weather i think. Yeah, we can focus on other things like sports. Exactly. Like baseball. Like the late game tonight. That is late, my gosh. Yeah, well have a quick check on the game plus well tell you about another suspension in the Jonathan Papelbon situation. You know he made that gesture. And hes back. The eagles preparing for Desean Jackson. This sunday well hear from the pro b i know. This third shift is rough. Its just a few more weeks max what are you doing up . Its late. I just wanted to have breakast wih you. A Division Rivalry and the return of Desean Jackson for eagles fans theres plenty of hype coming into sundays game with washington. The birds getting back to work with a short week after monday nights wip over the colts. Word is jackson will be on the field come game time despite going down with that sprained shoulder last sunday against jacksonville. Obviously a lot of history with his old team and he plans to bring his best. You know, im not here to be buddy buddy. I want to win Football Games tour this team here so once game time comes, you know, i could careless about anything else. We expect for him to have a good game. At least to have a good game, try to. Hes a good player, you know, but overall we wip the game, its the only thing that matters. I hope hes healthy. I hope he can come in here and play but i know hes going to be hype, i know he is. Also today linebacker michael kedric set out from practice. If he cant cant go casey manuals or emanuel ocho will get the start. Billy davis is confident either player will get the job done. Theyre both very intelligent guys. They understand the defense thoroughly. Theyre very distinctive between the box. Theyre good tacklers. Theyre very similar skill sets. Not a whole lot of difference between the three of them. Exton native and Penn Charter High School graduate matt ryan will start for the falcons as they host the buccaneers. I need your help. Where should i take my live crew for the friday football frenzy. Choices are upper merion at plymouth whitemarsh, chichester at radnor or cheltenham at upper dublin. Ill announce the winner to my night. Phillies and padres just getting under way a few minutes ago. Ben revere already has a hit with his first time at the plate. So far still scoreless in the bottom of the first. 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