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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 June 16, 2016

Gathered together tonight to come together to pray and real toll make sense of a senseless tragedy that claimed the life of a stand out student athlete. It was less than two weeks ago akyra murray was here graduating third in her class from west cathedral rick prep high school. Tonight, former classmates, teachers and alumni pour into the very same building to honor her memory. As the flags fly at half staff. Everybody wanted to be like her. Reporter monique barracks was murrays teammate on the lady birds basketball team. She would keep our hearts and heads into every game win organize losing, and she just knew the right words to say and how to build us up to as team. Reporter hundreds fill the auditorium in a private vigil led by School President brother Richard Kessler who himself struggled to find the words of comfort for the west catholic family. One of the characteristics of the school is that we are a family when this type of situation happens in any family, family gathers together and gets strength from one another. The whole opportunity for us students tour speak and be strengthened by one another is the reason for doing it. Reporter most everyone here not only knew akyra but she helped them like the leader she was either in the classroom or on the basketball court. She just did everything the right way. How she lived. Everybody just saw. She stood out. It doesnt really seem real, cause you wouldnt think of this. She would go on and do and play basketball and be another leader somewhere else but its like i dont know. It doesnt seem real to me. Reporter well, akyra murrays immediate family was not here tonight. Theyre still in orlando. As a matter of fact, at the very same time this vigil was going on, akyras body was being released by the fbi back to the family to be brought back to philadelphia. Lucy . Chris, ill take it, thank you. Tragic. Dozens still recovering in the hospital after sundays morning massacre. Vigils happening around the country and here at home canal dells lit in south philadelphia in honor of the 49 lives lost and dozens of others hurt. To night authorities are one step closer to charging the gunmans wife in connection to that shooting. Noor salman was reportedly with omar mateen when he cased possible targets including Walt Disneyworld and the pulse nightclub. The feds have reportedly convened a grand jury to investigate salman. She could be charged as accessories to 49 counts of murder and 53 counts of attempted murder. Fox news is now reporting gunman posted on facebook during the standoff pledging his loyal tie to isis and threatening more attacks. Meanwhile Authorities Say mateen was likely self radicalized as the investigation continues, and more details emerge, you can find the information on our website at fox29. Com. A medical examiner is performing an autopsy on the body of a twoyearold nebraska boy killed by an alligator a disneyworld rei sore. He was body was found think afternoon. Orange county Sheriffs Office released this photo of lane graves this evening. They say he was playing in the water last night when the alligator dragged him under. His father tried to save him but he just could not. Searchers used sonar equipment to scower the lagoon. They found the little boy right around 1 30 this afternoon. He was win the immediate area of where he was last seen. Took some timing to through and make certain the waters is kind of murky but our divers were able to locate the body. The Graves Family is speaking to night through the Sheriffs Office. They say they very much appreciate the support theyre receiving but they are asking for privacy. As they grieve their son. The sheriff says the childs body was intact. Wildlife officials removed five alligators from the lagoon and euthanized each of them for analysis. The chairman and ceo of Walt Disney Company released this statement short timing a. The question many are asking how does this happen . Is anyone to blame . Tomorrow morning on good day were talking to an attorney. Are no swimming signs enough protect. Tune in starting at 7am. On your radar rain is on the wage heres a live look at trenton on the top right and penns landing in the bottom box. Heavy right as you leave for work. Kathy, this could cause few problems. It certainly could, iain. Right now were seeing storms moving toward the east. Patch of heavy right now in Lancaster County moving east at 35 miles an hour heading towards parts of Chester County and Delaware County within the next couple of hours you may see moderate rain out of that. Right now 71 in pottstown. 72 in philadelphia. Some 60s to the south. It will be cooling down as we go through the morning, well watch the showers move through overnight and another round tomorrow morning slowing things down. Of course, bob and sue will have the latest tomorrow morning beginning at 4 00 a. M. A wet commute so it could be slow commute. Warming again and coming up the fathers day forecast. Ill have that later in the broadcast. See you then. Talk to you soon kathy. To a developing story. A deadly hitandrun a mini van hit a 17yearold girl last night in the kressonville section of northeast philadelphia. She was in a crosswawalk just trying to cross the street. The driver never stopped. Search is on for the person who took this young womans life just as she was about to begin a new chapter. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson live from the scene. Shawnette. Police desperately want this solved they hope someone knows something about the mini van or the driver that took this teens life. It happened a day before she was set to graduate. Roxanne day saw this video on the news early tuesday morning, it nearly made her heart stop. Seeing shoes. That look like mikayla shoes. No, because she wouldnt be on adams avenue. Turns out it was her 17yearold granddaughter march Kayla Jackson who had just started working at marshalls nearby and was leaving work a driver hit her around 11 30 monday night. When police say she was in the crosswalk at adams and the boulevard. The driver kept going. Very heartbreaking for me. For the family, for all of us. I just want the person who did it to come forward, you know. Please come forward. Reporter today Police Released Surveillance Video that shows a silver early 2000 model chevy venture mini van traveling northbound on the boulevard. It eventually made a turn on to adams avenue where police say the driver hit jackson throwing her body 200 feet. Very shocked. Its surreal. Its something that you really dont expect from someone who is that young to pass away or be killed. Life was just beginning for march kayla supposed to graduate from George Washington Carver High School the day after she was killed. She wanted to go to college to study fashion design. The family also wants something done about safety on the boulevard. Theres been many lives lost unnecessarily because its not safe to cross the street on roosevelt boulevard. Reporter and back here live, police say the mini van should have heavy front end damage and shattered windshield. In the meantime the family is in the process of planning a vigil for march kayla later this week. Iain. Shawnette thank you noisy afternoon for some residents in the grays ferry neighborhood of the city after an explosion at the viola Energy Facility along grays ferry avenue. Officials say a pressurized piece of machinery gave way that started the blast. Neighbors say the ground shook and windows on some homes even shattered. Any way this is the first time actual damage was done but our house is shaken on, i dont know, maybe every month or so, and, you know, loud rumbles that come out of the power plant, and any way, so this is the first time there was actually physical damage. Authorities say one worker was injured but that worker was treated on the scene and is ok okay. Right now in Wilmington Police are working to figure out who shot and injured three boys an girl. Oldest victim is only 16. The youngest 12 years old. Now you saw it here breaking last night on fox 29 news at 10 00. Neighbors say they heard several shots last night just past 9 00 on south van bury street. Police are asking anyone who knows anything about this to please come forward. Fox 29 has been talking with grandmother of the 12yearold victim and neighbors who say they are sick and tired of all the violence in their neighborhood. He was in shock. He had, um, gunshot in this leg and he had a gunshot in his thigh. Always a reason to really watch what youre doing every second to really look behind your shoulder look over your shoulders, yes. Reporter no way to live. Its not. The not. Im ready to move out of here so quick. A 15yearold victim in last nights shooting remains in Critical Condition tonight two victims including the 12yearold are stable. Doctors treated and released a 13yearold girl. Funeral range. Being finalized for local singer gunned down after a concert. Viewing and Memorial Service is now set for friday in medford new jersey for Christina Grimmie her burial will be private. Grimmie was marlton native who rose to face on the sickth season of the voice. She was shot last weekend as she was signing autographs in orlando. Police say she was shot at point blank range but does it appear the shooting suspect new grimmie personally. Video captures the moment that Good Samaritan wrestled the gun away from a guy opening fire inside a school. Doesnt end there. What that hero does next police say saved countless lives and we were real close. Im going to say it like that. We were real close. She was staning in the way. What that guy decided to do that landed him in jail. Howard . The tweet from eagles quarterback carson wentz that just keeps on giving. Seems he had a little problem at a gas station in new jersey. Were all over it and that the phillies coming up in sports. What a city trash truck smashed into her car the woman was at least to find a note that is until she tried to get her money. I sent multiple emails, calls, i left voicemails. And then finally i got on the phone with someone who told me that the city wasnt responsib responsible. Until fox 29 investigates stepped in. New tonight fbi and Philadelphia Police are looking for four guys accused of robbing a bank in wind field. They say two of them even took to dressing like women to try to hide their department at the. Police considered them armed and dangerous. Lets get out to Dave Schratwieser who is live outside of fbi headquarters in center city. Dave . Reporter iain, this daring bank robbery took place in broad daylight just before noon in a busy parking lot right next to a popular restaurant and a hotel. The telle tell complied with thr demands after she was handed a threatening note. The bank robbers were dressed in black from head to toe when they enter thed td bank Late Wednesday morning and slipped the teller a threatening note. Surprising and kind of scary. Reporter hours later the bank was back home for business and Bank Customers were surprised. Robbers picked this busy shopping area next to the tgi fridays to pull a hold up. Kind of shocked, you know. This area is pretty nice usually. But, you know, i guess it doesnt matter where when it happens. The thing that gets me in this environment you suspect nothing like that at all. Reporter Philadelphia Police and fbi released four pictures of the ban dates they made their way into the bank around 11 25. One sat down near the front door. The other wept directly to the counter and produced a handwritten demand note that said, give me the money or ill kill you. Oh wow. Hands over the money. Thats a shame. They did this in broad daylight. Reporter 11 30 this morning. Oh, god. Reporter investigators say the teller hand over 800 in cash and a dye pack. Two suspects turned and headed for the front door. They escaped into the parking lot where they met two more suspects waiting in a black chevy impala. Most of the robbery was caught on video cameras. Look at the camera oh, yeah, hello and keep on going. So i mean as much as i hate to say this, theres no deterrent. Reporter one of the bandits also wore some covering over his hands. Possibly to hide some tattoos on his hands. Fbi says this pair is armed and dangerous. Even though they did not show a weapon inside the bank that note was threatening enough. Lucy . All right, thank you, dave. The school board of one new castle county, delaware, School District voted to end using the red skins as its mascot. That vote came tonight for Conrad High School and red clay School District. Its a controversy that began will over a year ago. Mascot came under fire after the administration and board said the redskin mascot is a incentive to american history. Alumni showed up in force fighting to protect the long standing mascot. No word on what the schools new mascot will be. Philadelphia city council expected to vote tomorrow on that controversial drink tax. Last Week City Council members gave a preliminary thumbs up to the tax on regular and diet sodas and sugary drinks. Mayor kenney had pitch the tax as a money maker for expanding pre k programs. We learn last week that over the next five years, millions of dollars of that revenue will go towards insuring up the citys general fund balance. If passed every ounce of the affected drinks would be taxed one and a half cents. Olney a crash involving a Police Cruiser sent two weeks on to the front lawn of a church. Skyfox over the scene this afternoon at the Philadelphia Police suv and a car collided. Medics had to rush four people including two officers to the hospital. Our karen hepp talked to witnesses who saw the whole thing happen. Reporter a police suv and a black maxima collided so hard today they bounced off each other and wound up on op sid sides of the First Presbyterian church of olney. The accident very bad. Reporter everyone was injured. Skyfox was overheard as officers were loaded on to stretches to be taken to einstein hospital. One of the officers wasnt moving either. They said one is pinned in the car and she said her face looked like its swollen. I said that might be from the impact, because you her the impact. Just sounded like the doors were shaking real hard. When the pastor reverend randy got outside to inspect the damage he couldnt believe it. The church was spared. But the cars and the people were pretty banked up. I did see Police Officer that seemed to be injured and that person in the other car seemed to be injured as well. Reporter all the victims were rushed to einstein. Investigators tried to sort through exactly what happened. Police say the officers from the 35 district were on their way to an assist with an arrest when the crash happened right here at third and west taber. You know, boom, you know, but we before the crash hit, we heard we saw the cars flying down the street. Reporter with both cars winding up on the steps of a Popular Church people stared from their cars. Jaws dropping. My daughter called me. She said theres an accident in front of your church. First Presbyterian Church of olney. Oh, my god, i said, my car is parked across the street. Reporter this is that womans car. Turns out its just fine. The last time we check on the victims in this case all them were in stable condition and the Accident Investigation Division aid we call it is taking a look at this whole case to figure out exactly what happened. Thats the latest from olney, karen hepp, fox 29 news. Several still in the hospital tonight recovering from this weekends mass shooting. One of those survivors is patience carter a fox 29 intern. Yesterday carter spoke from the hospital where she still being treated for a gunshot to her leg and we have been in Constant Contact with patience of course a member of our fox 29 familiarly. She spoke to our mike jerrick, alex holly and karen hepp on good day this morning. You are so brave. Seeing you yesterday and i want you to know all of philly youve got overwhelming respon response. Have you realized how many people are behind you . Yeah, i really have, and its really the support is so great to have, and in the midst of like some people who think that this tragedy was a hoax or think thats correct upping, some people are lying about this tragic event like philadelphia and you guys supporting me up lifts my spirits right now. So thank you very much for continuing to support me. Patience says she might be able to leave the hospital as soon as tomorrow. Of course, well follow her recovery and we all look forward to her return right here at fox 29. Check out this jawdropping video. Shows a car slamming into a bicyclist sending him cart wheeling through the air. Hes okay tonight incredibly why police say his girlfriend ran him down. A guy marches into the pizza hospital and demanded cash he reached into the register then took off. What he used forget away thats a little strange. Mug shot made him famous. Hes officially a hod mod debt tonight. See his first professional picture that already has the internet talking. Now, with tomorrows traffic, heres bob kelly. Good evening, everybody. Get ready for some new traffic patterns on the passyunk avenue bridge into and out of southwest philly also midday work coming tomorrow route 322 at 452 in aston Delaware County thursday means a new breakfast spot. Tomorrow morning were going to go to the living room cafe. Fifth street in south philadelphia. Bring your appetite. Ill bring the tv cameras. Well see you right and early from the living room cafe at 9 00 now your winning lottery n

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