Just because he deserves it. Reporter a procession of hundreds of Police Officers from several states waited in line to pay their respects to wilsons family who sat outside before going in the funeral home. Like i just said to his grandmother she just gained 7,000 additional family members. Wilson died after trying to stop an Armed Robbery at this game stop last thursday. Wilson was buying a game for his son when detectives say brothers carlton hips and Ramon Williams came in and tried to rob the place. He sacrificed his life for others. We deserve to pay him respect. Reporter eagles head coach chip kelly even stopped by. He dropped off a signed football for wilsons 10yearold son. Leaving two young boys behind behind. One, 10yearold not had enough time with his dad but a oneyearold that will never have any real memories of him and thats tragic. Reporter commissioner ramsay tonight said in his seven years in philadelphia he has lost eight officers under his watch in the line of duty. A lot of people out there tonight even more expected tomorrow morning at the palestra palestra. We are live in university city, david spunt cbs3 Eyewitness News. Okay, david, thank you. A show of support tonight in the mayfair neighborhood for officer wilsons family. At frankford and cottman officers from the 22nd Police District sold t shirts. Proceeds are going to the officers family. A second viewing and the funeral will be held tomorrow morning at the palestra on south 33rd street. That viewing is scheduled to take place at 7 00 oclock. The funeral will be were told at 10 30. Actually at 10 30. Well be streaming this service as it happens on our website cbsphilly. Com. Well we are tracking heavy rain that is moving in right now. It could affect your plans for the morning and the weekend. Meteorologist kathy orr is in the weather sent now. Shes got her eye on the storm. Kathy . It is moving in as we speak chris. Were talking about rain that will become heavy at times slowing you down through the day on saturday. Take look at storm scan3. It is filtering through the Delaware Valley with reports of rain and New Castle County moving into philadelphia as you look closely in the dark green and yellow areas that is where we have some of the heaviest rain moving through south jersey, New Castle County, delaware, and filtering toward the south and east. Overnight tonight it all will lift northward and we will all be seeing that rain come tomorrow morning. We have a freezing rain advisory in effect for the poconos for a glaze of ice with those cold temperatures. This is between 2 00 and 6am. And then well warm it up above freezing there. Elsewhere, everyone will just be seeing precipitation precipitation in the lick wide form of rain. Overnight the rainfall heavy at times right through tomorrow morning extending in to the afternoon hours. Now, we do anticipate about an inch of rain throughout a good part of the Delaware Valley watch out for ponding on the roads, poor drainage flooding temperatures will be mild in the 50s. Coming up well talk about when the heaviest rain will fall it finally moves out and the better part of weekend. Ill see you later in the broadcast. Okay kathy thank you. New tonight he is a oneman crime wave. Philadelphia police asking for the publics help to capture a serial robbery suspect in the northeast. Our Natasha Brown is live at northeast detectives with more tonight. Natasha . Reporter well this is a very brazen robbery suspect. He never seems to shield his face from cameras inside these businesses. Some of these robberies have happened in the middle of the afternoon. Some of them on the very same day. A frightening encounter for a store employee at this Little Caesars in the 5600 block of rising sun avenue. Surveillance video captures a man walking in trying to rob the place. Scared for her. Reporter mia is the manager and she was in the back of the pizza shop during the robbery. Her employee wasnt able to open the Cash Register and the suspect left. He say open or i going to hurt you. She says, i cannot just the manager. And another guy came in and he gets scared and he just left. Reporter this image one of eight robberies taking place between february 23rd to march 10th. Police say in each of these cases the suspect hands over a threatening note demanding money money. Officers also believe all of these incidents involved the same suspect. It was very unfortunate because i work hard for my money. You know im coming in here to get a treat for my children and im not looking to be robbed or somebody to take from me what ive worked so hard for. Reporter this rite aid on East Allegheny avenue a burger king and cvs a block apart along rising sun. A pay less shoe store targets for this suspect. I wouldnt imagine Something Like that right here. Surveillance video is giving northeast deck as clear view of the suspects face and the exchange that ultimately leads to the robberyies. Well no one has been injured during these robberies but police are concerned about the frequency in which theyre happening. Also, hoping that things dont escalate as this suspect continues on. If you have any information about these cases or this suspect, please Contact Police right away. Were live here at northeast decks to night Natasha Brown cbs3 Eyewitness News. Natasha, thank you. Well tonight in overbrook people are remembering a neighbor who was shot and kill while out walking his dog. Dozens turned out for a candlelight vigil with their dogs in the 6400 block of woodcrest avenue. Thats where 51yearold james stoleman was shot and killed around 8 30 last night. Neighbors say he usually took his young daughter and his lab bra doodle on a night the walk but last night his daughter was not with him. Just a man making his way through live trying to provide for his family doing nothing but walking his dog. Thats what inspired me today. We cant be afraid to go out and walk. We have to be able to walk our doing. We have to be to be able to live in our commune n lets go walk dogs tonight guys and we got a good response. The search continues for his killer to tonight. Robbery does not believe to be a motive here. He still had his wallet on him and there was cash inside. Vehicular homicide charges are filed against south jersey mother. Police say she was texting on her cell phone when she crashed killing her daughter. A white cross mark the spot where allegeyearold Morgan Ferguson died in an accident last july. Police have now filed charges against her mother kristin williams. She was texting behind the wheel when she hit a utility pole on route 47 in middle township killing morgan. Supposed to be focused on the road. Unfortunately when youre distracted youre taking the focus off the road and putting it on something else. Morgans aunt and father were too upset to talk with Eyewitness News today. Williams was charged and release released so far no date for her next court appearance. Well the Defense Department says that a new jersey man was among the marines killed in a black hawk Helicopter Crash off the florida panhandle. Hes been identified as apartment Stanford Henry shaw of bass king Ridge Somerset county. Seven special forces marines and four louisiana guardsmen were on board that chopper. It was hoisted from the bay today. Investigators say the chopper went down in dense fog during a Training Mission on tuesday night. What caused that crash is not yet known. Widow of a man who was fatally shot by Bridgeton Police during a traffic stop is suing the city now for more than a million dollars. The death of jerome read was captured on Police Dash Cam back on december 30th. This federal lawsuit names the two Police Officers involved. Reads widow claims the officers violated her husbands rights to be free from an unreasonable seizure and excessive use of force that. Shooting continues to be under investigation. Theres now a 10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who shot two police in ferguson, missouri missouri. The manhunt is on as protesters continue to gather in the city torn by racial tension. They want the mayor to resign. The two Police Officers were shot during a protest in front of Police Headquarters wednesday wednesday. They are expected to recover. Were in the house at the time. Weve got several leads since then. I cannot tell you at this point that an arrest is eminent. Theres certainly nobody in custody. Protests were sparked by the Fatal Police Shooting of Michael Brown last august. Several city officials have since resigned much. It appears isis is expanding from the middle east into west africa. The Extremist Group said to be teaming up with terrorists in nigeria. Theyve accept add pledge allegiance from the Nigerian Terror Group known as boko haram theyre responsible for the killings of 10,000 people last year and behind the kidnappings of hundreds of schoolgirls. Security analysts say that joining forces gives isis a big boost. Youre in this struggle with alqaida for leadership of the global jihad different movement and theyve got one of the most terrorist groups in the world one of the largest 10,000 fighters to sign up with them. Experts believe the new alliance with isis could give boko haram more money and recruits to attack western targets. A new interview with the pope has been released tonight and in it he reveals some surprisingsurprising thoughts on how long he thighs hell serve and the one thing hed like to do in the future without being recognized. Well tell you all about that. And are you looking for a lone maybe for a project maybe something you unique. Maybe you need it quickly. Banks arent the only place you can go. Three on your side with an alternative way to borrow. Thats neck. Kathy. Jess a lot of moisture with this system. This is our water vip pour imagery thats tapping in the gulf of mexico. So lots of moisture moving our way. Get ready for a saturday soaker coming up well take a look at when it all dries out. And hes the man many believe chip kelly would love to have under center. Marcus mariota is in the area tonight. Beasley will tell us why when eye some Surprising New revelations tonight from pope francis in a new tv interview one that comes on the second anniversary of his papacy. Francis says hes enjoyed his first two years as pope but that he doesnt think hell be in the job for more than five years. He said its like the psychology of the gambler who convinces himself he will lose so he wont be disappointed and if he wins hes happy he also said hed like to be able to one day go out and get pizza and not be recognized. Theres a lot of good pizza here in philadelphia. Hell take part in the celebration of family live on saturday september 26th also celebrate mass on sunday september 27th. Both of those events will be head held on the parkway. They are expected to draw millions to philadelphia. Weve got much more on the popes up coming trip to philadelphia. Just go to cbsphilly. Com and click on the papal visit tab. No deal a bankruptcy judge has put the sale of Atlantic Citys revel casino on hold. The judge gloria burns said she does not have the jurisdiction to approve the 82 million sale to florida developer glenn straub because several aspects of that sale were made on appeal appeal. Straub will now submit a motion asking burns to reconsider her decision. The 2. 4 billion hotel and casino shut down in december. General motors is recalling the chevy bolt. The car maker says the bolt is so quiet people forget to turn it off. Now that can cause a dangerous build up of Carbon Monoxide if the vehicle is parked in a garage. Gm is offering a Free Software update that will automatically shut that car down fit i dells for more than 90 minutes. Well, when you think of taking out a loan, do you automatically think of heading to the bank . Well as three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan found out these days more and more people are heading on the online marketplace especially if the lone is for non traditional reasons. When tj clayton and his wife were looking to adopt they found theyd have at least a year to save up. But when they got the good news their baby was coming in a matter of weeks they needed funds fast. My first reaction was wow we dont have the time to save and to plan that i thought we were going to have. Tj says because the quick timeline traditional adoption grants and lopes werent an option for him. So he went online for a marketplace loan. It was a Pretty Simple process. Once known as peer to peer lending, now more Institutional Investors are putting money into these types of consumer loans. Meaning theres more cash available for borrowers like tj who apply online. The benefits of this type of lone according to the companies lower Interest Rates and speed. Borrowers can log on from anywhere. From their home, from their desk top and from a mobile device. 24 hours a day. They can share information with us, we can make officers every offs for credit and we can often fund the request for a lone in three or four days. Investors that are funding loans are directly connected to the borrowers in terms of the funds. So its an incredibly efficient system and the net result of that is borrowers get far lower rates. Reporter Interest Rates can vary widely. Ranging from about five to 30 depending on the borough we lone origination fees usually between one and 6 . As with any loan, though Financial Adviser bob says its important to read the fine print in the contract. And understand the risks of borrowing money and do your research. If a company is just starting look closely and make sure that thats the type of company you want to be working with. Reporter market mace loans are often used to fund big purchase that you may not typically think of getting a lone for including home repair elective medical procedures or as in tjs case even adoption. Reporting for three on your side sidem jim donovan. We got a little taste of spring this week but the rain is coming full force tomorrow. You see it behind kathy on storm scan. It is everywhere right now kathy. The rain is here. It will be a Super Saturday soaker and im already hearing reports of rain falling in northeast philadelphia, rain falling in reading and one of the reports says little bit icy so we can see some of our outlying areas maybe a little freezing rain micking in with the rain but we are expecting that warmer air to be reinforcingreinforcing the air thats there right now. Temperatures in the 40s and rising overnight. You can see that heavier rain highlighted in yellow going right through New Castle County and this is all lifting up toward the north and toward the east. So we are looking at some heavy rain overnight tonight. Our eyewitness weather watchers are telling us some places seeing the rain. Some maces not just yet. Well take a zoom into our northern and western suburbs and hit right there near whitemarsh the temperature is 40 degrees in blue bell. And jerry is saying, yes, we have some rain falling right now. The barometric pressure is falling near bensalem the temperature 41 as well. Tanya reporting in a temperature of 41 but saying this pressure is steady at this point. Lets go a little bit further to the south where the temperature is 40 degrees and jim is reporting in some light rain in media. Outside our studios were seeing a little bit of light rain as well. Our weather watchers hard at work with with their observations and youll see them at the bottom of your screen. In center city some light rain but its going get heavy overnight the temperature is 40. In reading 38 degrees. 41 in allentown and 38 in wilmington. As we take into our suburb doylestown only 37. Quakertown and pottstown sitting at 39. Our storm will drag some mild air toward us during the overnight and during the day tomorrow. With plenty of moisture as it taps into the gulf of mexico. Once this moves out late saturday night sunday well clear it out. It will be comfortable with temperatures rising through the 40s into the 50s but windy with gusts to about 30 miles an hour. Our future weather tracks that heavy band of rain that will be lifting toward the north during the overnight. Rain heavy at times saturday morning. Till around the noon hour. Thought we see some dry slots beginning to work its way in from the west. It becomes intermittent some periods of rain in the afternoon if youre going out saturday evening, bring the umbrella. Just in case you get underneath one of these bands. But by sunday morning, we dry it out and the sun returns as we get ready for the philadelphia st. Patricks day parade. Rainfall still a general consensus with our late models coming on in between about three quarters of an inch to an inch of rain forecast through late saturday night. As far as flooding flooding is concerned concerned throughout the region we need more than an inch of rain to have some flooding but i do think well see an elevation of our streams and our creeks so please be aware of that. Overnight cloudy with rain the low temperature in the city 40. Rising temperatures saturday morning periods of rain. Some heavy. The High Temperature 57. And for the philadelphia st. Patricks day parade sunday at 1 00 oclock look at these temperatures. Pretty nice. 50 but it will be windy. So just dress properly and well have a great