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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 March 14, 2015

West philadelphia funeral home today to pay respects to officer Robert Wilson iii. At one point today the line wrapped around the block all to honor the man who lost his life protecting this community. G evening, im Chris Oconnell good evening im dawn timmeney. A city in mourning begins its final farewell to officer wilson wilson. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live outside the funeral home where tonights viewing wrapped all little while ago. Shawnette, a tough night for phillys finest. Reporter no question about that dawn it wrapped up after 8 00 oclock tonight. And let me tell you a lot of teary eyes, heavy hearts as you can imagine from those who knew officer wilson even those who did not but were certainly touched by what happened. Steady stream of people in and out of this West Philadelphia funeral home at 52nd and witness guy the end to emotional day of people paying respect and honor to Fallen Police officer Robert Wilson. He was killed in the line of duty last thursday sending the city into mourning. You see the signatures theyve written their heart, you know felt feelings and expressions and time of healing. This sketch of a portrait of officer wilson stood outside near the funeral home. The artist plans to present it to officer wilsons family for his two young children. I created the piece in his honor you know. Robert wilsons honor. To sustain this legacy for his children. Earlier this afternoon skyfox captured emotionally moving procession of Law Enforcement. Officers stood in formation commissioner ramsay stood with them. Ive only been here seven years, and this is the eighth time ive had to bury one of my officers. So its hard. Its very hard. Reporter crowd of Community Members also gathered to express their couldnt dell lenses they say officer wilson zahir row for giving his life to save others in the store during the robbery the day he was killed. Courageous young man. Look at you will the people he saved in that store. You know, could have been a whole lot of other ones. A real sad day. But i pray for him and his family. I just hope everything work out in the long run. Reporter commissioner ramsay says the Community Support means a lot to police but also to officer wilsons family. Thats really what matters right now is just the family being able to know that he made a difference and i think that when they look back on this theyll really come to realize just how important he was to the city and to his department. Reporter and again officer wilson leaves behind two young children. The city certainly praying for the both of them as well as the rest of his family final farewells will be said tomorrow. Dawn . All right, thank you shawnette. Tomorrow there will be a procession from the francis funeral home to the university of pennsylvania palestra where a second viewing is scheduled to be held from 7 00 until 10 00 tomorrow morning located at 235 south 33rd street. Funeral services will begin shortly after that about 10 30 also at the palestra. Now there is a gofundme page set up for donations for officer wilsons two young sons. If you would like to make a donation you can head to my pox. Com and click on the scene on tv section. And breaking right now skyfox over an incident in broomall. There are reports someone was hit by a car and then trapped underneath. Authorities are still out on the scene. They cannot confirm how serious those injuries are. Of course, we will stay on top this story and bring an update as soon as we have it one. On your radar tonight rain, live look outside. The roads are looking dry right now, but not for long. Scott now rain starting soon im assuming . Its already begun to move to areas just south and west of philadelphia, chris. As we look at ultimate doppler right now you can see that rainfall moving toward our area. Well zoom in a little closer right now. You can see around lancaster. Coatesville also wilmington reporting a little bit of light rain and that continues to move into Delaware County then eventually Philadelphia County over the next hour or so. So if you have those late evening and overnight plans definitely pack the rain gear as we take a look at all of the green you can see this is the moisture that will impact your upcoming weekend. As we roll the clock ahead, you can see by midnight 1am were looking at wet conditions already in the philadelphia area. Moving into south jersey north and west. By 3am on your saturday morning you can see all of the green overtaking the area so were looking at that light rain by 8 00 a. M. When youre watching the fox 29 weekend news were looking at some pockets of heavier rain that yellow shade that you see on the map and then were still stuck with the clouds and showers into the early afternoon time frame. 43 degrees right now humidity starting to rise at about 53 . So your saturday snapshot low 40s in the morning. Widespread rainfall the heaviest rain tomorrow morning. Then by the afternoon more in the way of scattered showers out there. 57 degrees will be the high temperature. When that rainfall moves out the new expected rainfall totals and also a look at your sunday forecast coming up. Chris and dawn. All right. Sto t scott thanks. Find out when the rain will stop in your neighborhood tomorrow. Fox 29 weekend sweet your questions to the Weather Authority tomorrow morning using the fox29weekend. Starting at 8 00 oclock they may just answer your weather questions. A close call for a little girl in West Philadelphia who was accidentally shot in the face with a beebee gun. Authorities say the little girl is okay tonight but many are worried about whos getting their hands on these kinds of weapons. Fox 29s brad sattin reports on this disturbing trend. Report. I had two kids get shot in the face with beebee guns tonight. Reporter these are the remnants of one of the guns broken apart by an angry parent this afternoon after two close calls outside the West Mill Creek rec center. These are the pellets. Its been happening for the last two weeks weve been chasing the kids out with the beebee guns. Reporter 10yearold girl was hit in the face around 4 00 this afternoon. 2. 5 hours later this nineyearold was hit. I had my hoodie on. I was hiding my face thats when the gun shoot inside and hit me in my eye ball. Reporter her eye is okay but paramedic and police were called her mom outraged. Im mad. Im angry. Reporter she didnt want to be on camera but this rec Center Volunteer says about 40 kids were playing outside a handful of boys with the pellet guns shooting at people. Some shots even fired into the building. Minimal impact when the pellets bounce off layers of clothing but she worries the horse play could turn a lot more dangerous as the weather improves. Thank god they were plastic pellets. The next time they might be metal pellets or the rubber ones. She could have lost her eye. Reporter she blames parents not supervising their children and vows to find the source of the guns tomorrow. Theres a store somewhere in the area thats selling them to the children and we need to find out what store actually selling them to these children then need to be shut down. Report. Philadelphia police tell our brad sattin these beebee guns and air guns are illegal and you could face fines and more serious penalties if someone gets hurt. Well take a look at these flames shooting from a south jersey hospital earlier this evening. Raging fire skyfox over barlow avenue in woodbury lights just after 5 00 that home located in gloucester county. No reports tonight of any injuries. A story still developing to night. A Community Gathering in philadelphias overbrook neighborhood to remember a man gunned down on the sidewalk. The victim out for a walk with his dog when that gunman opened fire. At this point investigators dont know if this was random or was he targeted. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser spoke to stunned neighbors. We never had anybody shot or anything close to that. Reporter carmen, was stunned by his neighbors murder thursday night just a few doors down from where he lives. Its changed over the years and you hate seeing some of like this. One of the nicest guys you want to know. Reporter Andrew Andrews was out walking his dog mr. Cocoa on woodcrest friday morning just like james stoleman was thursday night when he was shot to death a lock from his home. A nice guy. Landscaper. Always with his daughter and his wife. Reporter stoleman walk his dog molly every night. He was shocked by the murder. I was upset. Couldnt hold it in. Detectives say stoleman was found unresponsive on the ground around mid block on woodcrest just after 8 30 thursday night. His dog molly sitting right next to him. Thats when police discovered he had been shot in the chest. It does not appear to be a robbery however his wallet was still on him. Did he have cash on him. Reporter police a woke to find Police Bulletins on their windshield. They say violence is extremely rare. Car break ins and burglaries are and the crimes in this area. Hes walking his dog in the neighborhood. Someone comes up and kills him. Its tragic, very sad. Well get to the bomb to have of it very quickly. Mario was out walking his dog friday morning. He was stunned by the murder and the familys loss. Its a shame. I feel for them. It breaks your heart it really does. Reporter Dave Schratwieser fox 29 news. Authorities say a new jersey marine was one of 11 Armed Service members on board a helicopter that crashed earlier this week. Captain Stafford Henry shaw iii from bassing rid new jersey somerset county. He was among the seven marines and four National Guard soul so much injuries killed when their helicopter went down during a Training Mission on tuesday night. Recovery crews are working to salvage all of the wreckage from the crash. The investigation into why the chopper went down continues. Police in missouri are tracking down leads tonight to find the person who shot two officers earlier this week. That as dozens gather nothing sing and pray last night calling for peace. The officers were shot right outside the Ferguson Police station. They were standing guard over a protest. Tensions remain high in ferguson in the wake of the scathing Justice Department report on racial bias in the Law Enforcement practices. Something Police Officials say they are working on. Really the number one priority on the Police Department right now is to make sure that we continue a tempo of service and protection and relationships in the ferguson area. One officer was shot in the shoulder. The other in the face. Both were released from the hospital and are recovering at their homes. So far no arrests have been made made. A driver barrels into a pizza shop slamming through a plate glass window with a woman on the hood of the car. Shes okay tonight. What that driver did seconds before this jawdropping crash. And are you going to chase me all the way home . Bleep you this woman not too happy. She just got out of jail accused of drunk driving and plowing into a cop and that is not all. Plus, a berks county familys fight to help their daughter. She needs treatment at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia every week. The one thing they need to do tonight to get their daughter the help she so relies on. Sean. A lot of talk where march cause mariota will end up in the draft. He has an opinion. Where does he want to play . Mariota gives us an answer later in sports. Take a good look at the guy in these surveillance images. Police say hes responsible for a string of robberies in northeast philadelphia. In just over two weeks Authorities Say he knock off eight different businesses each time the same suspect handing a note to the employee demanding money. Hes still on the run tonight. Anyone who recognizes this guy in the video should definitely give police a call. A man is under arrest tonight accused of tricking his way into a tanning salon and assaulting a woman inside. Police say Marshall Gibson asked to use the restroom inside the salon. Once inside, he showed the victim a knife threatened her and demanded she perform a sex act. According to investigators, it happened last month at the Montgomery Township business. Gibson is facing numerous charges including rape. Hes behind bars on 25,000 bond. Part of the bridge over Plymouth Creek in Montgomery County is broken up into chunks it wont be open for at least week. Sky fox over the damage there. You can see it. Penndot says it crumbled on plymouth road between i476 and butler pike. And now the stability of the bridge is in question. A survey will be done to see the extent of the damage and traffic will have to follow detours until the situation is corrected corrected. A berks county family needs a pick me up literally. The special van they use to drive their daughter to Childrens Hospital of philadelphia for treatment has taken a real beating beating. Fixing it an extra expense already on top of grueling medical bills. Fox 29s Joanne Pileggi is live outside of chop tonight with more on the struggle to get their daughter the help she desperately needs. Joanne . Reporter chris dawn, as you know countless families bring their Sick Children here to chop all the time and for this family is a 100mile round trip for from their home in berk county. But that is next to impossible right now because the van theyve been using to bring their daughter here shouldnt be on the road and they need help. She has cerebral pal associate epilepsy, chronic kidney disease. Reporter there is nothing easy about the care needed for 17yearold elena who lives in suburban berks county. And now getting her to her doctors at chop has become a major problem. The familys 13yearold Wheelchair Accessible van is not safe to drive. They looked at our van and they were like saying we shouldnt drive it again. That its the whole bottom carriage is rusted. Reporter the van is in bad shape. Chris says the mechanic wanted it off the road. Were not driving it any more. Its too risky to take my family out in this. Reporter so they need a new van period. But as you can imagine their mountain of medical bills and hospital visits for their quadriplegic daughter they just cant avenue for it. We dont have 50,000 or more to pay for a van. We just dont have it. We know that god gave her to us and were going to take care of her. Reporter the family has applied for grants and has reached out to Community Groups for help. They have a Facebook Page for elena who must go to the hospital at least two days a week for various treatments including a pi to you wary brain tumor and right now she cant get there. Were just thankful that the community and hoping that this will get out there and some of her doctors or, you know, someone will find in their heart to help us. Reporter the family has a small Family Business and they didnt want to ask for help. Now they feel they have to continue to give elena the treatment she needs. If youd like to help out you can go to myfoxphilly. Com and click on the scene on tv to find the links to help elena. Chris, dawn. Thank you so much joanne. Well, another day another set back in the attempted sale of the former revel casino in Atlantic City. A bankruptcy judge denying the sale to a florida developer today saying she doesnt have the jurisdiction to approve the 82 million deal. The sale was set to close at the end of the month. Todays ruling now puts that in jeopardy. Revel closed back in september after being open for just two years. Well philadelphia has a Little Something for everybody but now it seems to be getting more consideration from a younger generation. Popular website has taken a one step further asking users which cities 20 something should pack up and move to. Fox 29s weekend Bill Anderson takes a look how philadelphia stacks up. Reporter depending on what day you ask people, philly is either the city of brotherly love or a city that a lot of people are afraid of but us real philadelphians know everything that philly has to offer and now apparently so does the website buzz feed. Because of our sites our bars and how close we are to both new york and the beaches buzz feed says were one of the top locations for 20 somethings to relocate. To thats what buzz feed thinks. I want to find out what you think. Theres affordable living. Theyre plenty of jobs and the big thing for me is the restaurants are all incredible. You can get a good meal for 30 bucks. You can spend 300 bucks and get a world class meal. A big city but it has locations that are small. In south philly and old city theyre all like own little space and theyre fabulous. Final al review that doesnt talk about our fans booing santa claus like 30 years ago. And recognizes that weve got neighborhoods, weve got museums and, yes weve got quality people. 20 something is a big i guess age group right now. Honestly were doing a lot of positive things an lot of good things are happening. If you look at music fashion industry everybody is close around the same age. Were actually making a pretty big impact and philadelphia is a staple for. Reporter philadelphia has spent millions rehabbing and expanding the city and christina would know from the chamber of commerce Young Professionals said its paying off. On any given night of the week you can go to a fr

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