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Video trying to find that attacker. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell live at the scene with the very latest. Chris, what can you tell us . Reporter hes a longtime and wellliked Business Owner here in southwest philadelphia. Hes in the hospital tonight after being stabbed more than 20 times. Take look behind me. Crime scene technicians still on the scene at this hour as the victim is fighting for his life. Police are combing for evidence frantic search to find the attacker. Very violent scene. A lot of blood inside. Reporter bloody office, a shattered glass door. Evidence of a violent botched robbery that left southwest philly Business Owner in Critical Condition. Looks like the male stabbed him over 20 times in the head, the arms, the shoulders, the chest, the side violent struggle. Reporter friends identified the victim of 62yearold Patrick Spinosa of chadds ford hes the 40 year owner of southwest auto tags. All does he a work every day. And comes here and works and goes home and takes care of his wife. I mean just a great guy. Reporter police were busy talking with witnesses while detectives were huddled around computer monitor scowering Surveillance Video from nearby businesses. When the male left he lock the door. Thats why we know the officers kicked through that door to actually get to him. Obviously his injuries were devastating. Reporter were told at least one camera captured the suspect leaving the scene of the crime as for the victims friends i hope i dont catch the guy that did it. Thats all i have to say. Reporter back out here live, you see detectives combing over the scene. Police are looking to get a good description of the suspect from video they obtained from a gas station nearby. The victim is listed still in Critical Condition at penn Presbyterian Hospital tonight. Lucy . Hopefully they catch the person who did it soon. Thank you very much chris. On your radar, get ready for rain. But first folks taking advantage of the clear skies. Look at all these people on philly chinatown neighborhood. Wow. Packing in tonight for the chinatown night market. More than 50 vendors are helping to celebrate asian food heritage and the local community. That is something i can get behind, of course, being vietnamese and all here over here. Live look at wilmington. Kathy, the rain is moving in right during the drive home . Umhmm. Absolutely. We could have gone to chinatown for dinner tonight girls. Ultimate doppler showing dry conditions along the coastal plain but look at tour ron tone the great lakes through detroit seeing some rain. This is what is coming our way but some terrible timing associated with rain and also some thunderstorms. Lets take look at the future cast. Now, during the overnight hours, no weather issues. The same goes for tomorrow morning. During good day it will just be mostly cloudy a little breezy. Friday, at about noon, no weather issues either. After that by about the 3 00 oclock hour, the front moves through. Through the Lehigh Valley and our northern and surgeon subur suburbs. By four or 5 00 oclock moving through philadelphia and going to continue to move toward the southeast very quickly speeding up because it should clear the coast by about 7 00 oclock which is about an hour earlier than earlier mad dells were predicting thats good news if youre going out tomorrow night. Morning winds will gust to about 25 miles an hour remember temperatures will soar ahead of the front. So its going to be a mild day. And afternoon rain and a few rumbles of thunder with those thunderstorms expected. Coming up well talk about what comes after the rain. Your game day weather and flirting with the 40s . Too soon for that. Ill see you later in the broadcast with the seven day. I agree completely on that one, kathy. Before the rain hits tomorrow, make sure you download our fox 29 news app. Live look at south philly right now getting live radar and alerts sent right to your phone. Youll find it in the apple and google play stores. New developments tonight in the search for who killed a new jersey woman. Someone found the body of 38yearold Jessica Prusik in Hamilton Township park Tuesday Morning and they called police. Tonight investigators are now looking for a black 1992 ford f150 with an extended cab similar to the one in this picture. Now, they believe it has new jersey plates l44eru. Prusik body was in roebling park. Prosecutors say these two men killed a lower moreland township father and investigat investigators say theres a heartbreaking connection between the victim and one of the accused killers. Fox 29s karen hepp explains. Reporter last night, nadir abdul ali turned himself to face charges of murdering his girlfriends father 11 days ago. Investigators say its a case of Domestic Violence escalating as the victim tried to leave. His former girlfriend wrote to him, you are an abuser and abusers dont get any better. They get worse. You would have killed me so the only option i had was to leave the way i did. Abdul ali only knew his victim for three months but in that short time he allegedly brutally beat and raped her along with this guy desmond smith. She was philadelphia by mr. Abdul ally if she told anyone about that event that he would send dez, did he say fond smith, to shoot her and her family. Reporter both are charged with following through on that threat. Late on sunday the 27th they came to the girlfriends her moreland home and burst in on her family. According to the criminal complaint, a terrified sibling heard gunfire. Her father was shot in the neck. Her mother crawled out on to this roof trying to escape and watched her husband kevin browns last moments as he fell out of this window dying. All the while, the girlfriend coward in the closet with her baby. The only person shot very tragically was mr. Brown. So this young lady, this 18yearold, who tried to get out of a relationship that was violent, that was dangerous, that she knew she did not want to be in very tragically lost her father in the process. Reporter neighbors say the two arrests come as small relief in the face of overwhelming tragedy. We were just shocked. We went over the neck day and consoled the wife and it just its a tragedy. Report. So terrible. Karen hepp reports. Prosecutors believe another person may be involved who theyre still looking for right now. The other two remain in jail with no bail set. Police confirm theyve arrest the the suspect captured in this Surveillance Video. Officers releasing the video last friday in their search for the man who tacked and sexually assaulted a Temple University student right now police tell us the man is under arrest on unrelated charges. Police say the temple student was robbed by a man with a gun and then assaulted early last week. Jawdropping moments caught on surveillance camera as a woman snatches a purse inside a local business, but you can see, she has a child with her as she commits the crime and to make this even worse, inside that purse is something the victim calls irry placeable. Fox 29s bruce gordon spoke to the victim and shocked parents. Hes live at that store in juniata park where this all went down. Bruce . Reporter yeah, dawn, this is lets be clear not the crime of of the century. Literally just a purse snatching but as you said, its the suspected thiefs side kick who has parents tonight shaking their heads. The security cam footage plays out in a master seconds. The woman in the pink jacket walks into cassies world furniture late sunday morning with a young girl no more than five or six by her side. They slip into a rear office where the woman slips an unattended pocketbook in her empty black bag. Voila, a lesson in thievery for an impressionable child. I work very hard and seven days a week. Sheila honk co owns the store and owned the purse. I wouldnt even breathe when i saw that. It just it made me very very upset and then i look at the video again, i said oh moo goodness thats a little girl in there. Reporter took the Security Camera footage to Franklin Square park. Moms and nannies were spending more productive time with their little ones. These women could hardly believe what they were seeing a little girl per happen the womans daughter watches as an Adult Authority figure steals from another. Very sad to see. A child is involved. Thats very i think its horrific. Thats terrible. What kind of mother would do that . Thats a mother without a heart. Reporter sheila honk says she bumped into the woman and child just outside her office moments after they emerged. And they ask me do i sell tv. I said no, we dont sell tv. They walk by me. And i say hi to little girl, and she wouldnt even look at me. Reporter with that the pair scurried from the store down the street. The woman looking nervously behind her. I just feel so bad for the little girl. I think thats just horrible for any kid to see, you know, to through what she went through. Reporter if you recognize the woman in that Security Camera video please call Philadelphia Police. Inside sheilas pocketbook cash, credit cards, a drivers license but also a precious item to sheila a small red envelope filled with money never to be spent a chinese good luck charm of sorts given to her by grandmother who passed away several years ago. Now gone at the hands of a they have as thief as a small child looked on. Dawn. Bruce, thank you during this Domestic Violence Awareness Month the Gloucester Township Police department is rolling out brand new initiative specialized time of officers were focus solely on Domestic Violence. Officers will check in on people who may be in danger and keep in contact with victims and their children. The Program Honors the gloucester township woman whose boyfriend killed her last year. Her sister was at todays announcement. This is amazing, and on behalf of my family, i cant thank you all enough for stepping up to the plate and making this publicly known that this is an issue and that we have to resolve this, and Gloucester Township Police department, you guys were at the forefront. You are doing an amaz an a dog g work not only in honor of my sift but for all victims of Domestic Violence. A former intern helped them come up with the idea for the program back in 2014. Fire forced an evacuation at a Philadelphia High School but everybody is okay. Flames broke out in a fourth floor bathroom at Ben Franklin High School in Spring Garden section. It wasnt big but you can see the smoke in this twitter video. No word yet on what started it. This is the second fire at the school in the past few months. In june, a science lab fire forced students outside. Nobody was hurt in that one either. Flames break out at this gas pump arc motorcycle and its owner on fire. Drivers nearby step in and save his life. What police say that rider did while pumping gas that sparked the fire. Also, one womans laundry room shock. A terrifying discovery as she tried to dry her clothes. Putting the clean clothes into the drier. And i didnt see it. I heard it. What was hidden under her drier that had her immediately dialing 911 . Plus, pressed for answers. This city leader lashes out right on camera. What happens next that landed the commissioner in handcuffs. And special dogs trained to help Wounded Warriors simply make it through their day and night. Meet the local mom and her son working to make sure these animals make it to those who need them most. Search is on for the vandal whos trashed a local ballpark causing thousands of dollars in damage. They hit Black Rock Park in ridley township home to several sports teams for children and really popular place for children to take their little ones. Very very tough for the community to see all of this damage. But as fox 29s Dave Schratwieser shows us the cleanup, well, its already underway. Reporter police say vandals swept through Black Rock Park in ridley township this week leaving thousands of dollars in damage in their wake. What were looking for is to hold someone accountable for this. Reporter contractor jay, and township crews were hard at work thursday repairing the damage after vandals blasted big holes in the dug outs and smashed lights and electrical outlets. Its heartbreaking when you see this much its like do you a lot of stuff down here for the community, and kids come down and vandalize and it breaks your heart. Reporter both dug outs on rogers field sustained today. Roof on the shore taj shed was knocked and in the clubhouse was vandalized. Some kids saw the kids with bats in their hands and they were doing some destruction to the property. Julie krause brings her daughters here to the park. She was upset by the damage she saw here. I cant believe it. Im here all the time. I love it here. I just i cant believe it. Reporter the park is home to several championship baseball and Softball Teams along with the ridley raiders football team. The 12yearold Girls Softball Team that plays here went to the world series in florida this year making the damage here even more disturbing. Parents should watch their children and know what theyre doing. Its sad. You hope its not kids that came through our programs and stuff. You know, that would really break their heart. But, um, kids are just bored. Well police tell our Dave Schratwieser they havent made any arrests yet. If you can help them just call the ridley Township Police dep depth. Brooms, hammers and trash bags believe it or not they are becoming critical Crime Fighting tools in one camden neighborho neighborhood. Work crews including city workers and Camden County Police Officers spending the day boarding up have you can buildings cutting down overgrown trees, burbs and cleaning up all kinds of trash. It was all going on at ninth and chelten where theres been rash of Violent Crime lately much Police Officers say cleaning it all up helps to drive the criminals out. It make it safer environment for our residents and our children and it also makes everyone feel safe. Police officers also handing out crime tip line flyers in the neighborhood. They say todays cleanup is an important step in creating a bond with the residence are residents. Local marines family knows the affects of ptsd all too well but they say their life changed when a four legged companion joined their family. And now theyre hoping to make a difference for others just like them. Thats right. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson shows us how the work this mother and son are doing is giving a lot of Wounded Warriors hope. Its really hard for me to go out in public a lot. Um, unless i have somebody with me. Reporter marine corps veteran robert mark lean know is trying to get his life back with the help of diesel training to become his service dog. Robert serves from ptsd after serving two tours, iraq in 2008 and afghanistan in 2009. Having a battle buddy with me. He calms that they have been. Something to take the focus off of. Reporter diesel is getting the training from Jennifer Green who started alpha bravo k9 an organization that provides service dogs to veterans who suffer from pstd and traumatic brain injury all free of charge. Our dogs have no judgment. They dont care what weve been through. Theyre very accepting of us. Reporter jennifer runs alpha bravo k9 along with her son kevin a marine veteran who suffers from ptsd and traumatic brain injury, too. I was 19 years old, um, accepting the fact that the death of my friends and i was like just another workplace hazard. Trying to sleep at night its really tough because its in a dark quiet room when things are the loudest and it scariest. They came up with the idea to provide service dogs for vets when kevin was in a Mental Hospital at his lowest. There was a therapy dog in the hospital and it kind of like nudged my forehead and looked up at me and kind of said, like, well get through this, and straight from then i kind of realized the connection between Mental Illness and a dog, and what, you know, what good it can do. Reporter diesel is the First Service dog jennifer and kevin are training. Hes learning to get his owners medicine, and keep others at a distance when robert gets overwhelmed. The greeting and obtaining of the answer malls theyre training and medical care can cost up to 20,000 per dog. Jennifer and kevin are making it their mission to see it through all your veterans. I want them to live the life that they deserve and that theyve earned. Thats my hope. Reporter beef and bar fundraiser is being held this week mend south philly to help raise money for alpha bravo k9. If youd like to make a donation or 10 the event go to fox29. Com for details. Shawnette wilson, fox 29 news. Such a worthy cause. Dont forget join us tomorrow as we salute the troops. Come on down to fourth and market. We are going to shut down the entire street and throw a big Old Block Party to honor the men and the women who serve our country. Its tomorrow from 7 00 to 10 00 a. M. Funeral services forgery montgomery desire are next wednesday at Chris Oconnell<\/a> live at the scene with the very latest. Chris, what can you tell us . Reporter hes a longtime and wellliked Business Owner<\/a> here in southwest philadelphia. Hes in the hospital tonight after being stabbed more than 20 times. Take look behind me. Crime scene technicians still on the scene at this hour as the victim is fighting for his life. Police are combing for evidence frantic search to find the attacker. Very violent scene. A lot of blood inside. Reporter bloody office, a shattered glass door. Evidence of a violent botched robbery that left southwest philly Business Owner<\/a> in Critical Condition<\/a>. Looks like the male stabbed him over 20 times in the head, the arms, the shoulders, the chest, the side violent struggle. Reporter friends identified the victim of 62yearold Patrick Spinosa<\/a> of chadds ford hes the 40 year owner of southwest auto tags. All does he a work every day. And comes here and works and goes home and takes care of his wife. I mean just a great guy. Reporter police were busy talking with witnesses while detectives were huddled around computer monitor scowering Surveillance Video<\/a> from nearby businesses. When the male left he lock the door. Thats why we know the officers kicked through that door to actually get to him. Obviously his injuries were devastating. Reporter were told at least one camera captured the suspect leaving the scene of the crime as for the victims friends i hope i dont catch the guy that did it. Thats all i have to say. Reporter back out here live, you see detectives combing over the scene. Police are looking to get a good description of the suspect from video they obtained from a gas station nearby. The victim is listed still in Critical Condition<\/a> at penn Presbyterian Hospital<\/a> tonight. Lucy . Hopefully they catch the person who did it soon. Thank you very much chris. On your radar, get ready for rain. But first folks taking advantage of the clear skies. Look at all these people on philly chinatown neighborhood. Wow. Packing in tonight for the chinatown night market. More than 50 vendors are helping to celebrate asian food heritage and the local community. That is something i can get behind, of course, being vietnamese and all here over here. Live look at wilmington. Kathy, the rain is moving in right during the drive home . Umhmm. Absolutely. We could have gone to chinatown for dinner tonight girls. Ultimate doppler showing dry conditions along the coastal plain but look at tour ron tone the great lakes through detroit seeing some rain. This is what is coming our way but some terrible timing associated with rain and also some thunderstorms. Lets take look at the future cast. Now, during the overnight hours, no weather issues. The same goes for tomorrow morning. During good day it will just be mostly cloudy a little breezy. Friday, at about noon, no weather issues either. After that by about the 3 00 oclock hour, the front moves through. Through the Lehigh Valley<\/a> and our northern and surgeon subur suburbs. By four or 5 00 oclock moving through philadelphia and going to continue to move toward the southeast very quickly speeding up because it should clear the coast by about 7 00 oclock which is about an hour earlier than earlier mad dells were predicting thats good news if youre going out tomorrow night. Morning winds will gust to about 25 miles an hour remember temperatures will soar ahead of the front. So its going to be a mild day. And afternoon rain and a few rumbles of thunder with those thunderstorms expected. Coming up well talk about what comes after the rain. Your game day weather and flirting with the 40s . Too soon for that. Ill see you later in the broadcast with the seven day. I agree completely on that one, kathy. Before the rain hits tomorrow, make sure you download our fox 29 news app. Live look at south philly right now getting live radar and alerts sent right to your phone. Youll find it in the apple and google play stores. New developments tonight in the search for who killed a new jersey woman. Someone found the body of 38yearold Jessica Prusik<\/a> in Hamilton Township<\/a> park Tuesday Morning<\/a> and they called police. Tonight investigators are now looking for a black 1992 ford f150 with an extended cab similar to the one in this picture. Now, they believe it has new jersey plates l44eru. Prusik body was in roebling park. Prosecutors say these two men killed a lower moreland township father and investigat investigators say theres a heartbreaking connection between the victim and one of the accused killers. Fox 29s karen hepp explains. Reporter last night, nadir abdul ali turned himself to face charges of murdering his girlfriends father 11 days ago. Investigators say its a case of Domestic Violence<\/a> escalating as the victim tried to leave. His former girlfriend wrote to him, you are an abuser and abusers dont get any better. They get worse. You would have killed me so the only option i had was to leave the way i did. Abdul ali only knew his victim for three months but in that short time he allegedly brutally beat and raped her along with this guy desmond smith. She was philadelphia by mr. Abdul ally if she told anyone about that event that he would send dez, did he say fond smith, to shoot her and her family. Reporter both are charged with following through on that threat. Late on sunday the 27th they came to the girlfriends her moreland home and burst in on her family. According to the criminal complaint, a terrified sibling heard gunfire. Her father was shot in the neck. Her mother crawled out on to this roof trying to escape and watched her husband kevin browns last moments as he fell out of this window dying. All the while, the girlfriend coward in the closet with her baby. The only person shot very tragically was mr. Brown. So this young lady, this 18yearold, who tried to get out of a relationship that was violent, that was dangerous, that she knew she did not want to be in very tragically lost her father in the process. Reporter neighbors say the two arrests come as small relief in the face of overwhelming tragedy. We were just shocked. We went over the neck day and consoled the wife and it just its a tragedy. Report. So terrible. Karen hepp reports. Prosecutors believe another person may be involved who theyre still looking for right now. The other two remain in jail with no bail set. Police confirm theyve arrest the the suspect captured in this Surveillance Video<\/a>. Officers releasing the video last friday in their search for the man who tacked and sexually assaulted a Temple University<\/a> student right now police tell us the man is under arrest on unrelated charges. Police say the temple student was robbed by a man with a gun and then assaulted early last week. Jawdropping moments caught on surveillance camera as a woman snatches a purse inside a local business, but you can see, she has a child with her as she commits the crime and to make this even worse, inside that purse is something the victim calls irry placeable. Fox 29s bruce gordon spoke to the victim and shocked parents. Hes live at that store in juniata park where this all went down. Bruce . Reporter yeah, dawn, this is lets be clear not the crime of of the century. Literally just a purse snatching but as you said, its the suspected thiefs side kick who has parents tonight shaking their heads. The security cam footage plays out in a master seconds. The woman in the pink jacket walks into cassies world furniture late sunday morning with a young girl no more than five or six by her side. They slip into a rear office where the woman slips an unattended pocketbook in her empty black bag. Voila, a lesson in thievery for an impressionable child. I work very hard and seven days a week. Sheila honk co owns the store and owned the purse. I wouldnt even breathe when i saw that. It just it made me very very upset and then i look at the video again, i said oh moo goodness thats a little girl in there. Reporter took the Security Camera<\/a> footage to Franklin Square<\/a> park. Moms and nannies were spending more productive time with their little ones. These women could hardly believe what they were seeing a little girl per happen the womans daughter watches as an Adult Authority<\/a> figure steals from another. Very sad to see. A child is involved. Thats very i think its horrific. Thats terrible. What kind of mother would do that . Thats a mother without a heart. Reporter sheila honk says she bumped into the woman and child just outside her office moments after they emerged. And they ask me do i sell tv. I said no, we dont sell tv. They walk by me. And i say hi to little girl, and she wouldnt even look at me. Reporter with that the pair scurried from the store down the street. The woman looking nervously behind her. I just feel so bad for the little girl. I think thats just horrible for any kid to see, you know, to through what she went through. Reporter if you recognize the woman in that Security Camera<\/a> video please call Philadelphia Police<\/a>. Inside sheilas pocketbook cash, credit cards, a drivers license but also a precious item to sheila a small red envelope filled with money never to be spent a chinese good luck charm of sorts given to her by grandmother who passed away several years ago. Now gone at the hands of a they have as thief as a small child looked on. Dawn. Bruce, thank you during this Domestic Violence<\/a> Awareness Month<\/a> the Gloucester Township Police<\/a> department is rolling out brand new initiative specialized time of officers were focus solely on Domestic Violence<\/a>. Officers will check in on people who may be in danger and keep in contact with victims and their children. The Program Honors<\/a> the gloucester township woman whose boyfriend killed her last year. Her sister was at todays announcement. This is amazing, and on behalf of my family, i cant thank you all enough for stepping up to the plate and making this publicly known that this is an issue and that we have to resolve this, and Gloucester Township Police<\/a> department, you guys were at the forefront. You are doing an amaz an a dog g work not only in honor of my sift but for all victims of Domestic Violence<\/a>. A former intern helped them come up with the idea for the program back in 2014. Fire forced an evacuation at a Philadelphia High School<\/a> but everybody is okay. Flames broke out in a fourth floor bathroom at Ben Franklin High School<\/a> in Spring Garden<\/a> section. It wasnt big but you can see the smoke in this twitter video. No word yet on what started it. This is the second fire at the school in the past few months. In june, a science lab fire forced students outside. Nobody was hurt in that one either. Flames break out at this gas pump arc motorcycle and its owner on fire. Drivers nearby step in and save his life. What police say that rider did while pumping gas that sparked the fire. Also, one womans laundry room shock. A terrifying discovery as she tried to dry her clothes. Putting the clean clothes into the drier. And i didnt see it. I heard it. What was hidden under her drier that had her immediately dialing 911 . Plus, pressed for answers. This city leader lashes out right on camera. What happens next that landed the commissioner in handcuffs. And special dogs trained to help Wounded Warriors<\/a> simply make it through their day and night. Meet the local mom and her son working to make sure these animals make it to those who need them most. Search is on for the vandal whos trashed a local ballpark causing thousands of dollars in damage. They hit Black Rock Park<\/a> in ridley township home to several sports teams for children and really popular place for children to take their little ones. Very very tough for the community to see all of this damage. But as fox 29s Dave Schratwieser<\/a> shows us the cleanup, well, its already underway. Reporter police say vandals swept through Black Rock Park<\/a> in ridley township this week leaving thousands of dollars in damage in their wake. What were looking for is to hold someone accountable for this. Reporter contractor jay, and township crews were hard at work thursday repairing the damage after vandals blasted big holes in the dug outs and smashed lights and electrical outlets. Its heartbreaking when you see this much its like do you a lot of stuff down here for the community, and kids come down and vandalize and it breaks your heart. Reporter both dug outs on rogers field sustained today. Roof on the shore taj shed was knocked and in the clubhouse was vandalized. Some kids saw the kids with bats in their hands and they were doing some destruction to the property. Julie krause brings her daughters here to the park. She was upset by the damage she saw here. I cant believe it. Im here all the time. I love it here. I just i cant believe it. Reporter the park is home to several championship baseball and Softball Teams<\/a> along with the ridley raiders football team. The 12yearold Girls Softball Team<\/a> that plays here went to the world series in florida this year making the damage here even more disturbing. Parents should watch their children and know what theyre doing. Its sad. You hope its not kids that came through our programs and stuff. You know, that would really break their heart. But, um, kids are just bored. Well police tell our Dave Schratwieser<\/a> they havent made any arrests yet. If you can help them just call the ridley Township Police<\/a> dep depth. Brooms, hammers and trash bags believe it or not they are becoming critical Crime Fighting<\/a> tools in one camden neighborho neighborhood. Work crews including city workers and Camden County<\/a> Police Officers<\/a> spending the day boarding up have you can buildings cutting down overgrown trees, burbs and cleaning up all kinds of trash. It was all going on at ninth and chelten where theres been rash of Violent Crime<\/a> lately much Police Officers<\/a> say cleaning it all up helps to drive the criminals out. It make it safer environment for our residents and our children and it also makes everyone feel safe. Police officers also handing out crime tip line flyers in the neighborhood. They say todays cleanup is an important step in creating a bond with the residence are residents. Local marines family knows the affects of ptsd all too well but they say their life changed when a four legged companion joined their family. And now theyre hoping to make a difference for others just like them. Thats right. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson<\/a> shows us how the work this mother and son are doing is giving a lot of Wounded Warriors<\/a> hope. Its really hard for me to go out in public a lot. Um, unless i have somebody with me. Reporter marine corps veteran robert mark lean know is trying to get his life back with the help of diesel training to become his service dog. Robert serves from ptsd after serving two tours, iraq in 2008 and afghanistan in 2009. Having a battle buddy with me. He calms that they have been. Something to take the focus off of. Reporter diesel is getting the training from Jennifer Green<\/a> who started alpha bravo k9 an organization that provides service dogs to veterans who suffer from pstd and traumatic brain injury all free of charge. Our dogs have no judgment. They dont care what weve been through. Theyre very accepting of us. Reporter jennifer runs alpha bravo k9 along with her son kevin a marine veteran who suffers from ptsd and traumatic brain injury, too. I was 19 years old, um, accepting the fact that the death of my friends and i was like just another workplace hazard. Trying to sleep at night its really tough because its in a dark quiet room when things are the loudest and it scariest. They came up with the idea to provide service dogs for vets when kevin was in a Mental Hospital<\/a> at his lowest. There was a therapy dog in the hospital and it kind of like nudged my forehead and looked up at me and kind of said, like, well get through this, and straight from then i kind of realized the connection between Mental Illness<\/a> and a dog, and what, you know, what good it can do. Reporter diesel is the First Service<\/a> dog jennifer and kevin are training. Hes learning to get his owners medicine, and keep others at a distance when robert gets overwhelmed. The greeting and obtaining of the answer malls theyre training and medical care can cost up to 20,000 per dog. Jennifer and kevin are making it their mission to see it through all your veterans. I want them to live the life that they deserve and that theyve earned. Thats my hope. Reporter beef and bar fundraiser is being held this week mend south philly to help raise money for alpha bravo k9. If youd like to make a donation or 10 the event go to fox29. Com for details. Shawnette wilson, fox 29 news. Such a worthy cause. Dont forget join us tomorrow as we salute the troops. Come on down to fourth and market. We are going to shut down the entire street and throw a big Old Block Party<\/a> to honor the men and the women who serve our country. Its tomorrow from 7 00 to 10 00 a. M. Funeral services forgery montgomery desire are next wednesday at Bright Hope Baptist Church<\/a> in north philadelphia. The former president of the philadelphia naacp passed away sunday after complications from an a aneurysm he led the chapter for 17 years. He was also the founder and publisher of the philadelphia sun and cofounder of the Philadelphia Association<\/a> of black journalists. Funeral is at 11 00 a. M. On wednesday. The viewing is on tuesday evening from 4 00 until 8 00 both services will be at the church on 12th and cecil b. Moore. Montgomery desires family says wednesday is his birthday. He would have turned 66 years old. The woman driving this suv admits going twice the speed limit and all she wants is to get that ticket so she can take off. Why waiting even a few more seconds could have cost the life of the person in her passenger seat. And the College Campus<\/a> party many are calling racist tonight. The fallout from one fraternity kanye western theme party. The dig that turned up hundreds of thousands of dollars in one guys backyard. Huh. Why that man is behind bars tonight. Now with tomorrows traffic, heres bob kelly. Good evening, everybody. We got a shut down of the schuylkill expressway all due to construction. Right now, the eastbound schuylkill expressway is closed at university avenue. All traffic is detoured off at university forcing you over 34th street. That closure will remain in effect until 5 00 oclock tomorrow morning. Also, theyre repaving the roosevelt boulevard the inner drives will be blocked between woodward and rhawn. Not just on the overnight but also all through the weekend. So deep that in mine, and then northbound lanes of 295 watch for some lane restrictions during tomorrow during the day as you approach route 42. Tomorrow, fox 29 salutes the military. Well see you bright and early on good day philadelphia. As the season shifts, change is on its way. And with change, comes opportunity. Its up to you to seize it. This autumn, find your opportunity at cadillac. The 2015 cadillac srx. Get this lowmileage lease from around 399 per month, or purchase with 0 apr financing. Now your wiping lottery numbers. Proof its not a smart idea to leave motorcycle running while filling up the gas tank. Surveillance cameras were rolling as this atlanta gas station as this bikers ride goes up in flames. Firefighters say this guy pumped gas with the and gin running, radio was blasting, too. He couldnt hear other people screaming over the loud music and the bike backfired. Tonight, theyre crediting a Good Samaritan<\/a> for acting fast and helping to save his life. Just so scary. Didnt have a lot time to think about it. The guy was he lit up real fast. I was just trying to i guess i was just trying to help, you know, whatever i could. Billy houston covered the 53yearold man with his sweater and tried to smother the flames. A chopper flew him to the hospital. He has burns all over his body. As for houston bandages are now covering the burns on his hands he says that would not stop him from doing it all over again. The us airman who helped stop a gunman on french train is recovering from surgery tonight. Spence sr. Stone was stabbed during a fight near a bar in sacremento early this morning. Surveillance cameras capturing the violence. Police are searching for two men who took off in a car after the fight. Doctors say stone suffered significant injuries but is expected to survive. A woman went to move her laundry from the washing machine to the drier and wound up with a shock of her life. Yeah, shock her neighbors are actually happy about. Putting the clean clothes into the drier. I didnt see it. I heard it. What she heard was a king cobra. Missing for weeks. Weve been reporting about this guy. Hiding under her drier. The snake escaped from its cage at her neighbors home last month near orlando. The snake who to come to. laughter . Because i dont kill snake. Weve all had to change our lifestyle now its a comfort, whew, i can let the dogs out. I can go for a walk without looking in anybody is moving. Mull vain called police who had Animal Services<\/a> capture it ton night the snake named elvis is back home with his owner. Well thats relief, right . All right. Only on fox, the feds and local police team up. Theyre going after a street gang who they say rules with fear and murder. How theyre taking the fight to the gangs home turf. Pressed for answers city leader lashes out on camera. What happens next that land the the commissioner in handcuffs. We are tracing rain and whipped and even thunderstorms with this front. But what comes behind it may be a bigger story. Thats coming up with the seven day when we come right back. Right now at 10 30 rain on the way. A live look tonight at allento allentown. The rain is expected to hit right during the evening rush tomorrow and it could impact your whole weekend. Kathy orr is putting the final details on your forecast. Its just minutes away. The sentence and local police are targeting a notorious street gang in southwest philadelphia. Investigators say theyre behind at least five murders. Right. A mother of one of those victims says its time to get justice for her son. Onlily on fox Dave Schratwieser<\/a> explains how authorities are going public trying to take the gang down. He was a good son. He was loving person. He was a jokester. He loved to make people laugh. Reporter Markell Wright<\/a> was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire as two rival gangs opened fire outside this corner store at 53rd and greenway three years ago. 38 shots were fired. Markell lost his live at the age of 22. You destroy a whole family. You take life but you take the life from whole family. Reporter there have been five more murders here in recent months. Now, the atf and Philadelphia Police<\/a> are putting up these flyers in the very neighborhood where markell was senselessly killed. Investigators want the publics help as they target the greenway gorilla street gang on their home turf. We have a group out here hell bent on violence. They have access to guns and theyre feuding over money for drugs. It can get ugly. Reporter flyers went wednesday on light poles and storefronts. Many neighbors like Richard Stevenson<\/a> came home to find the flyers in their mailbox or stuffed in their front door. I am really surprised about this. This, um, organization, new york city i dont believe it. I dont. With things happening it dont be people that live around here. It be people live in other hoods and come and hang around and thats how the problems start. Reporter greenway gorillas rule with fear. 21yearold lost his live in hail of gunfire on Wilson Street<\/a> back in july. There are still bullet holes in the storefront where Markell Wright<\/a> was murdered during a gun battle between the gorillas and another gang. The thoughts of what could have been, what should have been if i was there, if they werent there. Reporter police and markells mom believe the public can end the Gang Violence<\/a> lense here and perhaps safe life. Always try to look at it what if it was me . Put yourself in somebody elses shoes. And then youll come up with the answered to the right thing. Reporter investigators say there are 15 to 20 members of the greenway gorillas. Some of them are already in jail. Theyre hoping the community will give them information that will help them take the ref of this crew off the streets. Dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. New procedures are being put in place at a Germantown Elementary School<\/a> after two Young Brothers<\/a> were able to walk several blocks home all alone. Kevin whitehead says his three and fouryearolyearolds sonsd home from wister Elementary School<\/a> on monday afternoon. Now, they somehow wound up in a group of children about to head to the nearby boys and girls clubs after school program. But staffers from that program claim that they noticed the two before they left the property and brought them back inside wister elementary to make sure they were safe. The school says its employees were there and the boys were never brought back in. They plan to review Surveillance Video<\/a> to determine what happened here, what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. Just the sweetest little bo boys. Dawn, my goodness. The weather has been sweet speaking of sweet, kathy. laughter . It certainly has been a beautiful evening to be outdoors, go for a walk, go for a jog. But ill tell you its going to change very quickly come tomorrow morning. Take look at the current temperatures. 63 degrees. The high was 76. Wind is calm no weather issues right now nor early in the morning. It will be dry. 54 already in pottstown with clear skies and light winds. 48 in the pocono mountains and dover it is 60. Were watching this area of low pressure. It will pull through a warm front tomorrow morning with strong winds. During the afternoon this cold front moves through with a few rounds of rain heaviest rain in the afternoon when the front swings through and that will clear the coast by the evening. So if youre going out tomorrow night, i dont think youll have a problem. 8 00 oclock, 9 00 oclock, dry in the city for sure. In the wake of this, some cooler air moving in for your saturday. Good football weather. As far as the rain is concerned, as we advance the clock through the afternoon, about half an inch of rain at best but in some of these thunderstorms you could see more than that. Fox future win shows tomorrow morning a strong southerly wind gusting to 26 miles an hour in the city. Gusting to 25 miles an hour in allentown. So strong winds ahead of that front will keep it warm throughout the day. By noon, still seeing the southerly gusts and then that northerly wind kicks in on the back side of the front on saturday. Cooling us down. So it will be chilly and windy by saturday morning. So big changes coming. Overnight in the city, 61. In our northern and western suburbs 57. It will be partly cloudy. Tomorrow morning, as we salute the military on good day it will be partly cloudy and breezy at 7 00 a. M. 63 by 9 00 a. M. Mostly cloudy. 69 degrees. But it will be dry and by the noon hour warming up really quickly with those southerly wind. The temperature 74 degrees. The high for the day near 80. Thats the warmest well see in the near future thats for sure. Mostly cloudy remember those afternoon showers and storms after the 3 00 oclock hour along the i95 corridor right foul about 5 00 oclock. As we look at the seven day forecast, very warm on friday for the temple game. I think sweater weather. Wear your letters on saturday. Sunday for the birds, looking good. Good tailgating weather. Go out to the linc and see howard eskin or watch it right here on fox. And then temperatures staying pretty comfortable. 70s for most of next week with the exception of wednesday, 68 which happens to be seasonal for this time of year. Were almost halfway threw october and that seven day looks quite good. Where did the time go . I dont think. I cant believe it. Im already thinking about thanksgiving and the holidays. I know crazy. All right. A chase like you have never seen. Police try to pull over two men on horseback and one of them takes off. It only gets more bizarre. Why officers tried to stop them in the first place. It doesnt look lick a high speed chase. Surprise for customers at a local Dunkin Donuts<\/a> much the celebrity working the window and handing out doughnuts. I know you want to know who it is. I do. With the name trusted for nearly 80 years, you have the courage to enjoy the ride. Independence blue cross. Live fearless. One of the weirdest Police Chases<\/a> weve seen. The dash cam video outside of dallas shows an officer trying to pull over these two guys, yes, on horses. One takes off. They had to chase him down through a neighbor. Officers had to tase him to arrest him. What . It turns out investigators say the two had gotten into a fight at a local rodeo. Then they rode off. Theyre facing charges including no surprise here public inn tock indication. All right. In your money, netflix is raising its monthly fee. Most popular streaming package known as the standard plan is going up by a buck making it 9. 99 a month for new members. Some existing customers will get a one year grace pier much its the second time in two years net 96 has raised its prices. What if your boss asked to you work for free. Pretty easy to say thanks but no thanks. Right. Urban outfitters is hoping its workers will say sure, no problem. Outfitters Parent Company<\/a> urbn apparently sent out an email to employees calling on volunteers to keep up with seasonal demand. It asked salaried employees to engage in the quote Team Building<\/a> activity of preparing packages. Team building, okay. Yup urbn is based in philadelphia and also owns free people and anthropology. Urbn says this isnt the first time its asked its employees and its actually gotten quote a tremendous response from both management and hourly employees but the company says it declined offers from the hourly employe employees. Probably just me but it sounds like a bank padding policy. Whatever, okay. Would you be surprised speaking of money, would you be surprised if your neighbor had half a Million Dollars<\/a> buried in the backyard. Id go look for my shovel. Feds wept to a California Home<\/a> unearthed buried treasure. The home belongs to sigh czar yannis a man who pleaded guilty to an armored truck heist in 2014. Stole million buck. Yesterday the fbi dug up 600,000 in tens and 20s. Neighbors say they had no clue. Its something we couldnt imagine, you know. I mean, a lot of money. All i can say they seem like a very nice, regular, normal family. Very polite. The children very polite. So were the lady and husband. 300,000 by the way is still missing. Hmm. The woman driving this suv admits going twice the speed limit and all she wanted was a ticket so she could take off again. Why waiting even just a few more seconds could have cost the life of the person in the passenger seat. The College Campus<\/a> party many are calling racist. The fallout from one fraternit fraternitys kanye western themed party. A woman racing to the hospital, her husband right there in the front seat in bad shape. Hes actually having a heart attack when their pulled over by the police. And she says what happened next with the Detroit Police<\/a> officer almost cost her husband his life. Foxs Charlie Langdon<\/a> has their story. I was waving my arms. I honked the horn saying please let me go, if you want to give me speeding ticket give me the tick. Please let me know. Claudia was rushing her 66 year husband Stanley Christmas<\/a> to beaumont hospital. He thinks hes having a heart attack but claudia is speeding. It was a medical emergency. He was sitting there hunched over. His pants were unzipped. He was moaning in pain. An ambulance is on the way. Okay . If hes having a medical emergency right now can you let us go . Listen. You going kill me. You cannot drive right now. Its about a 6mile trip maybe 10 minute drive at 1 00 in the morning to beaumont hospit hospital. The cops said you were going 56 in a 35. Yes. Yes, i did acknowledge that, and i said were having a medical emergency. Why didnt you just let them go to the hospital. The problem with that, if the driver is continue to drive at that rate shell be putting herself and her passenger and the public in danger by erratic driving. Do you have a history of heart attack. I dont have time to answer your stupid questions get me to the hospital. Checking her license and coming back where they work was irrelevant to the fact there was a medical emergency transpiring right in front of their faces. Give me the ticket bleep. My chest hurts. I dont appreciate you talking to me like that. I dont appreciate talking to you period. Ill be right back. They should always call 911 havent the ambulance respond to their scene. I felt at that time they could have assisted us and i feel like there was a delay in treatment. Stan system now in icu. He had surgery when he finally arrived at beaumont by ambulance. It looks like hell be okay. Did you give them a ticket. No ticket was issue. Why not . Well, there are certain circumstances where officers have discretion and in this case the officer exercised the proper discretion. Reporter in saint claire shores, charlie lang dong fox news. Photographer rule of thumb. Keep the camera rolling and one cameraman caught the moment a city leader in alabama attacked a reporter. Do you have any plans to resign . Excuse me, sir, you cannot you cant do that. How about would you be willing to resign if it would mean a better deal . Let me tell you something. Thats assault. City commissioner amos new some after reporter reporter after reporter ken curtis. The commissioner charge with third degree assault. A Fraternity Party<\/a> went way too far. Ucla students are protesting the kanye western. Dozens of ucla students protested over what they said was an incentive and racist decision by a frat to hold a kanye western party. The daily bruin found these party photos on instagram. One picture shows a group of women with dirt on their faces dressed with minors, the caption referencing the kanye west song gold digger. What do you say to people it was a sense of humor, it wasnt mean spirited. We dont make fun of Hannah Montana<\/a>. I havent a Hannah Montana<\/a> party or justin beiber. Why come in black face. Other photos showed partiers in baggy pants, puffed up lips and padded bottoms. Allah the kardashians outrage and disappearance. Senior arlene in a from seattle says racism is still alive. Deep down, you know, theres that white complex that deep down without western education and culture that black and brown people are actually angry and loud and violent and statue satisfies and slaves. I think the issues are valid and i really feel for them. Im not going to take sides or anything. But i think a line was certainly crossed. The National Headquarters<\/a> of the fraternity put out a statement reading in part building diverse and Inclusive Communities<\/a> is core to our identity as an organization, and we have zero tolerance for racist behavior. Ucla officials are looking into the party. Sigma if i epp pill son its chapter when suspend activities during the schools investigation. Bizarre end to a police chase in australia after a suspected car thief drives the suv right into the owing. The cheer hour chase appeared to be coming to an end after the suspect drove on to the beach he made a last ditch effort driving right smack into the water. He didnt go much further than that. Police caught up with the driver and arrested him. Its a morning some lucky flyers fans in voorhees probably wont soon forget. They are used to seeing hall of fame goalie Bernie Parent<\/a> in net but today he took a spot behind the counter at a Dunkin Donuts<\/a>. He helped serve free medium coffees to everyone in line along with special flyers orange and black doughnuts which goes well for halloween. In fact hes got a bold prediction for the flyers this year and says serving coffee is tougher than pro detectiving the goal. Being on the ice is much easier, believe me. Im telling you theyre busy. Its not like one car every five minutes. Its constant, constant, you know, i enjoyed it. Hopefully ill see those people soon in a parade in philly. There you go. Flyers will be back in town for their first home game on monday. Howard . Well, well talk a little football. Demarco murray seems to have changed his tune about wanting more carries in games. You will hear from the eagles running back and hell explain. And the flyers open the season tonight played the first three on three overtime in history of the nhl. The wild overtime with a flyers penalty shot. Thats coming up in sports. And dont forget join us tomorrow as we salute the troops come on down to fourth and mark. Were going to shut dont the entire street and throw a Huge Block Party<\/a> to honor the men and women who serve our country. It all starts at 7 00 a. M. For the general assembly, will pauls and chris brown claim theyre for us, but we know how to spot a sleight of hand. Theyre bankrolled by groups funded by north jersey casino backers. And you know what that means north jersey casino bigwigs can count on them. But can we . Its a dirty trick. North jersey casinos would take our casinos, and our jobs, and ruin our economy. Will pauls and chris brown. When the chips are down, we cant trust them to stand up against north jersey casinos. Thats a big bull. I think thats old cyrus. 1800 pounds of do whatever the heck i want. Take the long way, huh . Thank you cyrus. Lease an mkc for 299 a month only at your lincoln dealer. Yes, the flyers opened their season tonight on the road. The biggest change the flyers made this season was with their head coach. Lets go to tampa. That head coach will be dave hakstol. Part of the issue the orange tie. You have to wear an orange tie if youre a flyers coach. First period Claude Giroux<\/a> with the penalty shot. Not very good on these thing. He wasnt tonight against bishop. He doesnt score. Lets go to overtime tide twotwo. Three on three hockey instead of four on four. This is scott for the flyers. Actually got a penalty shot in the overtime but hes stopped but in the overtime, the player from tampa kick the puck out and it starts to break the away of the garrison the break away against steve mason he scores tampa wins it threetwo. The city needs a win from the eagles on sunday against new orleans. Eagles are one and three have never gotten to the playoffs way one and four start. More injured players, back on the field jason potters, lane johnson and byron mack well. Still not playing are key company alonso, Michael Kendricks<\/a> and brandon bear. On the practice field Demarco Murray<\/a> he expressed himself aft last game that he didnt think he was getting enough carries. Sounds like hes trying to change his tune and fall in line with his teammates. Theres not certain number. Obviously just more opportunities as offense the more ball you get. Just kind of you know just feel better. I think thats with anyone not just me. Everyone across the team. Give him 20. Coverage eagles and saints starts with fox game day live at 10 00 oclock. Followed by fox nfl sunday at 11 00. Kick off 1 00 oclock and well wrap it up with our post game report at 4 30. More exhibition basketball with the 76ers. Cleveland came to town did not play three of their centers including lebron james. Lets go to the wells fargo sent. Lebron is having a good time. Ex his big basketball you dont want to play. Comes down to the last shot. Sixers made big come back and i never heard of this guy scotty will viocin. He makes the three. The sixers win it 115114. Play off base bail kansas city against houston. The home team has not yet won in the playoffs. George springer hits a homerun are one for the houston astro. Fourtwo in the bottom of the seventh and that would be houston err they are also the road team. Eagles will win on sunday. Dont even worry about it. All right, good. Mark it down. You heard it here. Full hour of Entertainment News<\/a> followed with tmz followed by dish nation, chasing news and the simpsons. You know what time were back here tomorrow . 4 00 a. M. For good day. Sue serio who else . Everybody bob kelly. The whole team. Mike and alec. Yeah. Today on tmz. French montana is trying to drive a wedge between Khloe Kardashian<\/a> and james harden. A camera guy shows him khloe in nike tennis shoes. She can sell whatever she wants. Thats my baby he was like, im going to push her, as the poster child for nike. Its a chess game. Love is a chess game. French montana does not know how to play chess. [laughter] ice cube comes out. We ask him all the pressing ice cube questions. We say, are you optimistic about the lakers this year . His answer . You tell harvey im gonna kick his ass for waking me up this early in the morning. You know how i know he knows it was early . Because hes wearing a star wars shirt oh, no mathew knowles. He can make you beyonce. So hes doing a seminar in","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia801209.us.archive.org\/24\/items\/WTXF_20151009_020000_Fox_29_News_at_10\/WTXF_20151009_020000_Fox_29_News_at_10.thumbs\/WTXF_20151009_020000_Fox_29_News_at_10_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240623T12:35:10+00:00"}