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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 July 1, 2017

Pickup truck opened fire on her on a busy local road. That shooter is still out there to tonight. Thanks for joining us. Im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. Today investigators were back on the scene where the deadly road rage shooting happened theyre still looking for clues. Anything that can help them track down a gunman. Our day kinchen is live in west goshen tonight. Dave, that entire community is devastated. Reporter yeah new york city doubt about it. There was a vigil here that started at 9 00 oclock. Where this young lady lived, and while police are mourning here and trying to figure out how this happen, police are ramping up their investigation. Father, we come to you this evening, loving and supporting this family who has suffered such a loss. Reporter raw emotion from family and friends holding a vigil outside the home of 18yearold Bianca Roberson gunned down in a road rage shooting. The vigil comes hours after police announced progress in the investigation releasing this composite of the suspected killer. This is came from an eyewitness in vehicle adjacent to this gentleman during the course of the incident. And its as close that we can get as of right now. Reporter west goshen employees say this man was driving his red faded pickup truck seen in Surveillance Video at the time of the wednesday evening shooting in the area of route 100 just north of route 202. It was basically ill use the term cat and mouse game between two vehicles. Reporter cops were back out there searching for clues with a k9 unit in a case that has captured the nation. This homicide was completely senseless, brutal and tragic. He took a beautiful young lady of 18 years of age in the prime of her life getting ready to go off to college. Reporter investigators say some tips have come in from as far as california with people thinking theyve seen the red pickup truck in road rage cases out west. We have been receiving hundreds of phone calls and hundreds of emails for which we are following up on of one of them. Reporter for now, police and family look for piece a mid such pain. What happened just is unspeakable, and i real pray to this day every moment that we find the person who did this to her. Reporter well there are more than 20 Staff Members agents working on this case between west Goshen Police and the Chester County prosecutors office. Back to you. All right, dave, thanks. Unfortunately, this is not the first time the victims family has experienced tragedy. Fox 29s jeff cole has more now on a family bearing more grief than any ever should. I mean we were just getting over the enact it was just an accident. Reporter for the roberson family of west chester, loss and grief have been constant in recent years. Nearly four years ago, their son passed from heart disease. Now, they must mourn the vibrant lovely 18yearold bianca. She was like a crazy fun, a crazy fun kind of person, and wish she was, um, make you lau laugh. She was just a good girl. Sweetheart. Sweetheart of a girl. Reporter recent graduate of west chester Ruston High School bianca was planning a trip to jacksonville, florida for orientation at the university shed a ten in the fall. Her life goal an fbi agent with a focus on forensics. Devastated, um, senseless. Shes just starting her life. Reporter her i wasnt says, biancas and her brothers deaths are deep wounds. Now her mother is left with only with no children, just a grandchild. Reporter there was counseling friday at ruston where her fellow, 18yearolds beginning a new and exciting time of their lives met grief face to face. When i heard it was murder i just i broke out in tears, like would someone do this to such a promising young girl. I lost it. I didnt know what to do. Even though i wasnt super close to her, just the fact that somebody that i just saw two weeks ago graduate is now gone, and from such a horrick even. Reporter jeff cole, fox 29 news. And stay with fox 29 as this manhunt continues. Were putting updates around the clock on our website, fox 29. C 29. Com. Be sure to sign up for alerts from our fox 29 news app. Happening now Holiday Weekend officially underway. Lots of people headed to the beach for the weekend. Wildwood pretty packed tonight. People hitting the boardwalk ahead of july 4th. Our brad sattin is among the huge crowds down in ocean city, new jersey, but the question on top of everyones mine, how are we looking weather wise for the weekend . We check in with Scott Williams with the answer to that one. Hey, scott. Hi there, chris. Hot upcoming weekend. Right now as we look at ultimate doppler weve been monitoring downpours moving through parts of the area. Earlier in berks county around the reading vicinity i believe we shot some video of really just how all of that heavy rainfall just kind of dumped through sections of berks coun county. But right now, its moving out of the Lehigh Valley, moving through perkasie, also, doylestown, approaching the princeton area right now. But once again, most of that continues to diminish. We do have an aerial flood advisory for sections of berks county, bucks, lehigh, also, part of Montgomery County until 10 30 due to some of that run off with that heavy rain. So what about tomorrow . As we kick off that Holiday Weekend for your saturday, 90 degrees, hot, humid for center city. There will be some afternoon, evening thunderstorms down the shore temperatures top out in the upper 70s. Well keep that breeze also a rip current risk. There could be an evening thunderstorm down the shore. But for the Lehigh Valley we have a Severe Weather threat tomorrow afternoon. High temperatures top out in the 80s. Take look at the areas highlighted in yellow you can see berks county, lancaster, the Lehigh Valley the poconos we have that slight risk for Severe Weather. The main threats tomorrow will be damaging winds downpours and hail. Well time that out coming up. Back over to you. All right, scott, thank you. Well mentee of people of course are heading to the shore this weekend. I know you are as soon as you get out of here. In just a little while. Brad sattin has been there most of the day among the crowds in ocean city, new jersey. Thats where we find him live for more excitement it looks like you got the boardwalk, youre working op your tan earlier tonight. Had the good assignment tonight, brad. Reporter i think i was getting actually a little bit of sunburn earlier. Just been that kind of day. Frankly, its been an absolutely beautiful day. We saw a little bit of breeze through the course of the today, not a cloud in the sky, but around dinnertime it really got down right chilly, cold maybe, windy, but safe to say 150,000 or so visito visitors here to on city, maryland, this holiday dont seem to mine. It was a perfect day on the beach or for abby here a day above the beach flying like the birds. Parasailing on monday. Spent time ever done that before. No, my first time. Reporter and. It was great. Reporter back on the ground we found another abby and her husband who matched up this crab as it was about to become a sea gulls dinner. The kid in inside of us was looking for fun. Abby and her husband were wading in the water we ran into a third abby posing for beach memories with her family. Fun of year. Reporter what do you like about it. The beach and the boardwalk. Reporter nothing quite like the jersey shore. Its the bev place in the whole world. Thats coming from a texas native. Ocean citys two and a half miles of boardwalk 13 had you hundred pieces jam packed for a long weekend. Wild surfing. How are the waves today. Very hard, very chappy. Reporter and for real dare devils, theres a new roller coaster in town. Ahh Reporter City Officials Say theyre on pace to break beach tag sales and parking revenue without raising prices if this summertime weather perfect continues. Too son to show off our sun tans. Lets compare. Ive had a little time, too. Who wins here, im not sure . Austin cant wait to hit the beach for the first time in the morning. Im going to boogie bore. Reporter while his cousin as her mind on Something Else tonight. Pose is a. Reporter many here are wrapping up a perfect week at the shore. Who is ready to go back to work . Its been nice. No work emails. Reporter what do you want to say to your bosses . [ laughter ] reporter probably see you monday. Miss you guys. Reporter see you monday for sure. Hey, they tell me i actually said ocean city, maryland . Is that possible . Of course were in ocean city, new jersey. A big crowd out tonight. There are concerts through the weekend of course july 4th is on tuesday which means there will be fireworks on tuesday night. Plenty of fun here in ocean city, new jersey tonight. Guys, back to you. New jersey. Doesnt matter what state as long as youre in ocean city. Thanks brad. Reporter this out of new york city. Were learning more about the gunman in a deadly shooting at a hospital in the bronx. Tragic story gunman identified as dr. Henry bellow and police say he resign at that same hospital in 2015 in the wake of Sexual Harassment allegations. Investigators sabel low burst into the bronx lebanon hospital this afternoon with an ar15 rival. He killed one doctor and hit hurt six others including doctors who are badly injured. Police sabel low tried to set himself on fire before turning the gun on himself. One witness at the scene describes the panic. They just had everybody told everybody get into the rooms. Stay inside. He was in there with a patient. Thank god this was not an act of terrorism. It is an isolated incident. Appears to be a workplace related matter but that makes it no less tragic or no less horrible. Records show that doctor bellow had a limited permit to practice medicine. Its still unclear what exactly his motive was. A major drug bust in new jersey. Police arrest four men in connection with drug trafficking. Investigators seized more than 250 pounds of heroin worth 9. 6 million. The arrests went down on wednesday in north bergen and thursday in willingboro. All of the men are facing serious drug charges and are awaiting bail hearing. Live look at trenton, n there may be a new jersey government shut down starting at midnight tonight. State legislators are burning the midnight oil tonight hoping to get a budget in mace before the clock strikes 12. When the new fiscal year begins. Theyre hoping to come to an agreement on a proposed 35 billion budget. Much of the stan off is about new jerseys Largest Health care provider horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and how much the government can force it to contribute. And from trenton tox harrisburg, pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says no to President Trump. The pennsylvania governor is rejected the president s Election Integrity panels request for voter information from this past election. In a letter to the pam, wolf raises questions about the quote true intentions of governments search for voter fraud and suggests that the state of pennsylvania would be participatparticipating in the r trend of Voter Suppression if it were to help. Coming up a new warning about a dangerous new trend. Do it yourself dentistry. Why so many people are taking their oral health into their own hands and the painful price straight ahead. And local Police Officer headed to prison. The emotional sentencing hearing in south jersey today. And if you can plan on using step to get to your Holiday Weekend destination, be ready to dig a little deeper into your pockets. How much more it will cost you to get around. What if there was a paint. That had the power to awaken something old. Or painfully dated. Or something you simply thought was lost forever. Because it could form a strong bond, regardless of age. If a paint could give any timeworn surface stunning new life. You have to wonder. Is it still paint . Regal select exterior from benjamin moore®. Only available at independently owned paint and hardware stores. In marcus hook, Delaware County one person is in the hospital after shooting there. Police say someone fired off multiple shots about 10 40 last night at eight plaza street. One person was hit by bullet and was taken to the hospital. Still no word on their conditi condition. Some scary moments in south philadelphia overnight. Check this out. A home partially collapsed. This was just before 2 30 on the 400 block of man ton street. One person was at home at the time during the collapse. Three others from neighboring homes had to leave their houses. Luckily no one was hurt. And police have charge add man with murder in the shooting death avenue military veteran in olney. Police say 25yearold Randy Johnson shot and killed howard white when he intervened in a fight inside a local bar yesterday. After the shooting police say johnson took off and broke into a nearby home where a father and son subdued him until police arrived. White had served in various branches of the military over the past 20 years. And check out this Surveillance Video. Just released by philadelphia police. Investigators are looking for this guy who they say stole cash from a pharmacy. This all happened back on jun june 19th at bert tolino pharmacy on the 1500 block of south 12th street. Police say he walk up to the counter, when and he realized the employee was busy, snatched cash sitting in an envelope and then took off. Happening now, a former Police Officer in south jersey will spent the next four years behind bars after pleading guilty in a drunk driving crash that cost a 27yearold woman her life. Prosecutors say the man behind the wheel was 26yearold Justin Rodriguez an off duty Burlington Township Police Officer at the time of the crash. Fox 29s bruce gordon was at an emotional sentencing hearing today and joins us in stewed eighty seven bruce. Reporter dawn on this Holiday Weekend a heartbreaking, cautionary tale for anyone who thinks they can get liquored up and then get behind the wheel of a car. 26yearold Justin Rodriguez was indeed sentenced to four years in prison this afternoon after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and driving under the influence. Rodriguez was behind the wheel of his acura last september 23rd after spending the evening pounding beers, booze and shots in florence, new jersey, he wrapped his car around utility pole while doing more than 80 miles an hour in a 45 zone. Rodriguez survived the crash but his passenger 27yearold Ariana Williams died at the scene. In court, more than a dozen friends and family members described the pain of losing this loving, caring, vibrant young woman much too soon. You were angry in there. Im angry because they still have a son to see. You may see him in prison. But you can lay your eyes on him. I cant lay my eyes on ariana. Shes gone. I cant describe how i feel about losing my twin sister, um, shes very special to me. Very important to me. Its hard every day to not have her in my life. Really important that people realize that its not a joke. Its really something tragic could happen. And unfortunately take a way someones family member. For me every day is just ha hard. I still have a hole in my heart. I think about my daughter every day. Justin rodriguez was truly and deepldeeply sorry for his actios tonight. His blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit test of the crash. The Williams Family plans to sue the former cop and one of the bars that served him that night. Dawn. Bruce, thank you. Keep us posted. This weekend your fourth of july expenses may start to add up. Be sure to include increased fares if you riding septa. Septa is increasing fares starting tomorrow. As you can imagine riders are not too pleased about paying more money. Shawnette wilson has tonight from september headquarters shawnette. Reporter dawn, it is definitely a concern for many people we talk tonight. Theyre concerned about how it is going to affect them. Especially families with several children who rely on septa every day. I got to work over the weekend well enjoy today while i have off. Reporter jimmy brought his family from delco to center city to get a jump start on the holiday. We jumped on the bus and took the el from 69th street down. Reporter thats fair for himself, his wife and three children. Gianna, chase and sophia. Septa fair that will increase starting tomorrow. We really have no say, because people need to get around for work. Reporter fare hike ranges from a quarter more to five dollars extra depending op your travel and type of pass. Earnest says dont be fooled, though, by the lowest increase of just 25 cents. Some people are on fixed income, and that little quarter that septa see once you add it up over a month time period it may affect their bottom line. Reporter heres a snapshot increases. Cash fair is going up from 2. 25 to 2. 50 accepts. Weekly transpasses that were 24 are now 25. 50. Monthly transpasses that were 91 are now nick dollars. Disable fares go up from one dollar to 1. 25 and single rides with septa key card or token are going up from 2. 25 accepts to 2. 50 accepts. We have two children, mortgage, bills, groceries, a car payment, every little bit we need. Stacey says her husband takes september to to work every day from the northeast. She says theyre definitely going to feel the pinch. I understand that the buses and everything need, upping, fixing and whatever, but they got to understand that everybody that take this bus are hardwo hardworking people. Reporter and for a complete break down of the fair increases just go to fox29. Com for a link. Chris . Shawnette, thanks. Coming up this local teen is, well, amazing. How going out to eat inspired him to help other others now it started a movement. And if you can pick any historical figure to have beer with, who would it be . Well theres a clear winner

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