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KYW Eyewitness News At 6 August 22, 2014

Shooter remained on location, turn the weapon over to police and voluntarily came with us to homicide. They believe he came upon him and shot suspected thief f thats the case authorities will have to decide if hes protected under pennsylvania Lawmakers Said it is okay to use deadly force to protect yourself from tack err but not necessarily property. Detective worked throughout the night gathering evidence. Both sides of the driveway, that are operational, unknown at this time if they recorded the shooting. They say they didnt know at that time if the man had this gun legally, if he had a right to carry permit. They say that theyre going to hold them until able to discuss this with the district attorneys offers, right now, they havent been able to provide any information about the shooting victim. Live in the northeast, Eyewitness News. More breaking news right now in the mayfair section of northeast philadelphia. Police are looking for two suspects, who robbed the red robin diner on frankford avenue at gunpoint overnight. Were told the diner was open for business at the time of the robbery. And there were some customers inside. The men got away with unknown amount of cash. No one wason tape whether wall collapses during a house fire in camden. Just narrowly missing firefighter. You can see the fourth actually knocked him to the grounds right there. Was checked out at the scene, is expected to be okay. Treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. Live picture as firefighters continue to deal with the fire on south Fourth Street. The two vacant homes appear to be just destroyed by the fire, that broke out once again around 4 00 this morning, you can still see smoke billowing out of the top of the building t reached two alarms, so far, it is still not declared under control. 6 03, to katie on the skydeck a lot of rain overnight. Quite a bit of it. If you look hine me off in the distance see somehow low the cowed cover is settling in here for us, over center city, so, we have a lot of moisture thats still out there steamy where i am standing, dew points, fog, visibilities will tell us that story, storm scan3, though, showing thankfully the retreat of the heaviest of the first batch. And i say first batch because not going to be completely in the clear today same system, slugger to retreat. Still additional showers, not even few thunderstorms that fire up here today. Sort of it any time, i would say, umbrella not worse idea, right now mount pocono, well you can barely see your hands in front of your face, very poor visibility, and theyve been changing all morning, though, so depending on your location you may run into some, goes away, then may run into another patch. Beware i of that. Definitely, make sure that you slow things down if you do in fact run into that fog. Cloud cover today, more clouds than sun, but little hint of that sunlight, so it will help warms things up at least initially. Well get to the low 80s at best today. Meanwhile, upper 70s, will generally be the norm for the better part of the day. Clouds, a little sun, and couple of additional showers if not thunderstorm to dodge. Look at that any time, bob . 6 04, good morning, everybody, tgif. Were in for a wet friday morning rush hour. Lets go outside, live look at i95 begin first disable tractortrailer northbound off to the right shoulder right near 322. Be ready to hit your brakes, see the wet surface here, and do you have contend with some puddles along the way. Look out in the work zones. Some of those drainage greats located, actually in the travel lanes, like 95, between cottman avenue and girard avenue. Speaking of 59. Come fog philadelphia, no problems yet from light volume, friday mornings, in the summertime, typically lighter than the other four work days during the week. It is friday afternoon, when things get a little crazy and heavy. An accident out here in hat fields, lied i rode near cow path road. If you use patco, good news, beginning today, new schedule gets inch mr. Meanted when more trains and fewer and shorter gaps within those trains. Grab new schedule as you watt for the patco train this morning. Back over to you. Bob, thank you so much. Well, great run for phillies own taney dragons, so proud of them. But their championship dreams in the limb League World Series ended when six to five lost to chicago, take you back to the game. Dragons started strong in the first inning, Zion Spearman scored two runs, the Jackie Robinson team scored stronger, tape did i attempt a come back, team came close, chicago wins this 16 to five. Thanked them for best summer of my life. Great job. Beyond your expectations didnt expect to be here. This was always something oh, well try make a run at this. Chicago now faces las vegas for the us title tomorrow. Group of taney supporters watched the game at the mayors Reception Room in city hall. Despite the outcome, the dragons season left local fans extremely proud. Those who know the players, including pitcher mone davis, say even though they lost last nights game, the dragons really won. Im proud of mone, she handled it well, just very humble. Actually dont like all of the attention shes. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter says theyll get a celebration when they return well deserved celebration indeed. Great. 6 06 right now. Police from districts across the city are looking for two men, in a rash of robberies, targeting the elderly. Their mo, following victims home from the bank, and then robbing them. Eyewitness News Reporter elizabeth hur, spoke with two of those victims, shes in the northeast, with their stories. Punch me in the face. For his protection, we are not naming this 08 year old victim. Drove up the driveway very quiet. Or showing the face of this 87 year old. I was trying to open the door, in the back, and he came out of no where. I said get out of here, get out of here. Thats when he came and punched me. They, according to police, are two. At least 11 victims targeted by two men, seen in the Surveillance Videos, all of the Victims Police say had just taken money out of banks in northeast philadelphia, juniata and northern liberties. They were watching me, this new what to do. Followed home, and accosted and then sometimes beaten, sometimes push over, sometimes the money just grabbed. Police say the oldest victim is 96 years old, 11 robberies took place between june 3rd and august 13th, and thanks to surveillance cameras, investigators managed to zero in on their primary suspect. Who drives a silver sherrie malibu or a white vehicle. I didnt think this would happen to plea. Reason why the 80 year olds agreed talk us to, he is hoping by sharing his story he can help police track down their suspects. Now, meantime, we are told investigators from philadelphias east detectives as well as northeast detectives are on this case. Anyone with information about the skulls expect asked to call the police. Reporting from northeast philadelphia, elizabeth hur, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Altercation on the temple campus under investigation. Reportedly involved jewish student, pro palestinian student. It happened during wednesdays move in day at a table featuring members of the Group Students for justice in palestine an argument started and the jewish student was reportedly funds offered in the face. University police trying to determine if the incident involved racial slurs and if it macons tuesday a hate crime. Saying we were terrorists and that like our table supported hamas, and other violent organizations. Approached in a very peaceful way. They responded when antisemetic slurs. Temple officials want to hear from anyone who witnessed that incident. Well, also with tensions in ferguson, missouri easing, National Guard troops are beginning to pull out that far area. But, protesters continue to call for justice over the Fatal Shooting every michael brown, by police officer, darren wilson. Demonstrators are calling for the prosecutors removal in this case. They allege he cant judge without bias because every his ties to law enforcement. All right, right now, it is 6 09. And the ice bucket challenge goes terribly wrong for group every firefighters. See what happened next. Plus, dramatic moments caught on camera, when flashfloods turn highway into more after raging river. Hear from the airman who rescued a couple just moments before their car drifted away. And it seems almost impossible. Doctors removed a 20pound tumor from a mans stomach. How he could live with it and not even know he had it. Details coming up. Storm clouds over atlantic city, possibly more rain in the forecast. Well check go with katie fehlinger, see whats in for your friday. It is 10 00, back in a moment. Whos more excited about back to school sthe moms . Staples . Or the dads . With guaranteed low prices on sharpies, its definitely the dads. Staples. Make more happen for less. Do you remember when seven airman were trapped . Now being recognized for their bravery, by the clark county commissioners. The air men were driving home, from air air force base wn river brought traffic along i95 to a stop. They dont consider themselves heroes, but the video shows otherwise. We didnt even know at the time we were getting captured on video, so we werent expecting any of this agents ben a certain real experience. More trained for battle than public appearances, accepted the applause, and the thanks of their community. 6 13, watching that rain. Little lull for your morning commute. It is still damp outside, definately kind of clammy, muggy outside. But you can see the retreat at this point of all of the heavy rain and thunderstorms, too, that were embedded within this, not totally in the clear just yet. What happened is this very sluggish system weve been tracking now for couple every days, slow to retreat, so another day today that will fit your additional showers, not a wash out, showers linger tomorrow, every passing day gets nicer and nicer because High Pressure will finally start to bill back in. So sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday right now, look like nice four day stretch of real nice weather. Just got to get through the next two daysment as i said it will get better in time. Just little damp out there for the next few days, by thursday, it will feel a little more steamy, to us, starting to wrap up the month of august. Hot, humid, maybe some showers and storms, that day, too, well keep an eye on that, back to you. 6 14, live look at i95, most of the rain moved out of here leaving wet roadways. Northbound near 322, disable tractortrailer off to the should their with his blinkers on, live look, from our airport camera, take a look at the dark skies here, behind you over southwest philly, the platt bridge, though, looking good between southwest philly and philly international. If you are catching a flight out of the airport this morning, no major delays, may just want to double check with the airline itself. Make sure there arent any Early Morning delays with the rain, that rolled through. Germantown pike at johnson road off the midcounty interchange. Also a crash for the gang up in trenton here, i195, right near Hamilton Square road. Otherwise the schuylkill looking good this morning, no problems to report. Blue route looking good between Delaware County all the way up to the midcounty tomes. Natasha, back over to you. Bob, thank you so much. Four firefighters meantime are injured, two seriously, after helping with a ice bucket challenge. This is a photo of campbells Ville University marching band right before tragedy he struck. Just doused the student with water, when the bucket got too close to voltage wires. We were in our room. We saw big flash. We just heard loud noise look a boom and the light went out. One firefighter critically burned, another in stable condition. Two firefighters on the gown were treated and released for their injuries. We have some breaking news right now, topping our headlines. A home owner is in Police Custody after he admitted to shooting an alleged thief and killing him. Investigators say the frankford man thought the 30 year old victim was burglarizing his truck. And another breaking story were following, manhunt underway for the two men who robbed the red robin diner on frankford avenue. Police say one of the men may have been caring a gun. And firefighter and another person were evaluated after a wall came crashing down during a frightening fire i in camden. 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Teams first preseason home game, quarterback nick foles led the eagles starters to three touchdowns if the first half. The first one of them went to shady mccoy. He showed no ill effect from his tow injury, but left with a thumb injury. Experts say hell be okay, dont worry. Kept them off the board until the second half. Eagles win this 3121, jets in town next thursday. And there are reports the six letters trade forward that young for the minnesota timberwolfs. In exchange, for two players, with expiring contract, and a 20,151st round draft pick that originally belonged to the miami heat. That is bit complicated but all part of threeteam deal to bring center kevin lover to the cavaliers. It will all work out in the end. Speaking of the phillies, this he were taking advantage of last nights night off. Yes, still involved with diamonds, not baseball diamonds. The fancier kind. Eyewitness news the fifth annual Hamels Foundation diamonds and dim invent. Denim and diamonds, enjoyed, auction and performance by the group lady antbellu back from williamsport, ryan howard was there, and benefitting philadelphia public schools. Just wonderful event every years. Loverly. Nothing wrong with little denim and diamonds. Coming up well tell you how random act every kindness in a starbucks drivethru added up to 400 free cups of coffee. Love to hear about that casino of stuff. Also, new york man lucky to alive after doctors remove a 20pound tumor from his stomach. You can see the xray right there. Now, Everyone Wants to know how he can car that i thing around without ever knowing. His story is coming up after the break. Have you seen tom corbetts negative ad with this actress. Its just not true. And more of the same from corbett. Tom Wolfs Company is headquartered and files taxes right here in pennsylvania. And its tom wolf wholl be the governor we need. Hell make the Gas Companies pay up to fund our schools. Build a 21st century infrastructure. And restore manufacturing for the jobs we need today. Take a look at his plan for yourself. Tom wolf. A fresh start for pennsylvania. Weve had couple of awesome fridays lately, right . But at least, again, week send here, i come bearing Better Weather news. The progression here for the weather pattern, only gets nicer, but hey as bob would say, who took the skyline . Cant see anything out there, any part of the comcast building or liberty place. All skewed, by that lowlying and very dense cloud cover. Luckily, it is not terribly low to the ground, but our humidity is up there. We jump all the way to sunday. What if i promise you it will get nicer and nicer. Union has half in chester, looks like nice evening, modest winds, low mid 70s kick off at 8 00 p. M. Sunday night. I have to take a naphtha day. Friday, saturday, sunday, nicer and nicer, still shower, storm, to dodge any time today. Saturday lingering showers, as well. But brightening up. With time. Bob . If your office is in the fog out area, you dont have to show up for work today. Oh, ya, right . Roosevelt boulevard, southbound, again, light volume this morning, everybody wet, damp from all of the rain we had on the overnight. Also, getting word after accident on the lincoln drive near rittenhouse, and south 95 heavy betsy in through girard avenue. Mass transit, though, looking good, no delays. Erika, back over to you. Thank you cbs3 health watch this morning, centers for Disease Control rolls out new website. It is all to help parents choose the right back to School Vaccinations for their children. The site provides printable list of vaccines, break it down by age, too, cdc urges everyone to try to still to the recommendations in order to keep certain illnesses under control in the u. S. Also, on the health watch this morning, doctors in new york city, they save a man with an extremely rare cancer. That patient a 20pound tumor growing inside of his stomach, and he says he didnt even know tcbs news correspondent Craig Boswell with more on this extraordinary case. Seventysix years old frank didnt think he would be playing with his grandkids this summer. I honestly didnt think i had a chance. 20pound tumor. He didnt realize he had the massive tumor until he had an xray after a fall. This is the entire mass. So essentially replacing the entire left half of his body. The basketball size growth was a soft tissue cancer called lipo czar comb a it is em teamly rare, especially this size. I think one of the things that surprised us was the size of the tumor, and what it look like on your imaging, and the lack of symptoms. When surgeons at nyu lan gone Medical Center removed the tumor they also had to take out one of franks kidneys, his spleen, part of his adrenal glands. What you dont want to do is tug an

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