Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20160607 : vimarsana.c

Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20160607

Protect their kids. The incident left a fiveyearold boy wounded. Good evening, im iain page. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Lucy is off. Now that boys distraught mom is speaking out about what happened as she tried to protect her own children. Lets get straight out to bruce gordon live in chester, Delaware County, tonight. That little boy is still recovering from his injuries, bruce . Reporter he sure is, yeah, Chester Police say a shooter or shooters sprayed at least 25 shots into a chester Public Housing complex late last night. One of those shots as you say found a fiveyearold boy whos mom may well have saved his life. A shattered rear window and series of shell casing markers just about all thats left to remind a horrified mother the incident that nearly took the child away. Theres one other grim soup near. My little son will still have a bullet lodged in the side of him because of this ridiculousness. Just before 11 00 monday night latasha haze what in her kitchen with four fee an san toy younger children making late dinner when shots rang out. Me and my kids hit the floor. Nothing else we can do. When i pulled my son down the bullet hit him in his chest and went up to armpit and thats where its lodged out. Four year old mariah was unharm but fiveyearold mark andrews, jr. Was struck. What did your son say to you at that point . Anything . He said mom, im shot. Thats what he is he. Reporter Chester Police are calling it a drive by shooting. Say latasha and her children were not the intended targets. Cold comfort to mom who spent the day in the hospital as her fiveyearold recovers from gunshot wound. Im raising great kids. Check their track record. They should not be going through no trauma like this. This is ridiculous. Reporter year ago latash latashas car was shot up. Shes been trying for months to get the Chester Housing authority to move her and her family to a safer neighborhood. Now her mother marks grandmother has had enough. People just to need start talking. This got to stop. You know, somebody else child going to be tonight or tomorrow. You know what im saying . Its got to stop. This violence. Reporter little mark could be released from the hospital as early as tomorrow morning. Mom says hes been in good spirits. Still not sure whats going to happen to that bullet whether it will be remove or whether it will remain inside his body. But again the little boys parent until good spirits planning for a sixth Birthday Party next month. But mom says she wants justice says the little boy who wants whoever shot him to be found and jailed. Dawn . Ill bet does he, thank you, bruce. Turning to your Weather Authority now, were tracking some spotty storms. People in old city had their umbrellas out as the storms rolled in this afternoon. Kathy orr has more now on when the storms will move out. I saw those raindrops falling, kathy. Pretty fast and furious out there, dawn. You can see the line is weakened somewhat moving into parts of burlington counsel teen upper part of ocean county and right here especially in Atlantic County right along the expressway were seeing heavy rain egg harbor city, mullica and heading toward mays landing and toward Atlantic City. So if you know anybody on the expressway, thats in ac heading home, give them call let them know theyll head into heavy rain thunderstorms. Also in cape may county, some heavy rain moving out of the Maurice River area toward cape may and i do think these will hold together. So some heavy downpours a few more scattered showers expected during the Late Afternoon early evening period and then a few more tomorrow. But we have a front moving through and much cooler windier conditions expected tomorrow. Down to 71 rain cooled degrees in philadelphia. 82 in Atlantic City. Where we havent seen the storms just yet a few more scattered showers everything ends by 7 00 oclock. 9 00 oclock partly cloudy mostly cloudy in the 60s by 11 00 if youre going to the phils game, everything will be fine by then. Ill see you later in there broadcast with your weekend weather forecast. Thanks, kathy. A teenaged suspect last weeks murder of a 78yearold southwest philadelphia man turns himself in to police. 18yearold quintus clark went to Police Headquarters late last night where he was formally charged with murder, robbery and other offenses. Police say the teenager beat and strangled joseph daily one week ago on the 6300 block of theodore street. Neighbors say the victim was a veteran and was hard working and friendly. Turning to you decide tonight the final states are pick their candidates to lead their parties to the race for the white house. Our crews caught voters casting their ballots at cherry hill recreation today. Hillary clinton is hoping to become the Presumptive Democratic nominee tonight although Bernie Sanders is promising to hold out through the convention right here in philadelphia. Foxs joel waldman reports. Reporter voters in six states including california, new jersey are hitting the polls today. But even before some are finish cast their ballots Hillary Clinton has already been declared the Presumptive Democratic nominee according to the Associated Press. A defiant Bernie Sanders still saying he has no plans to drop out of the race. Theres nothing to concede. Secretary clinton will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to win the democratic nomination. She will be dependent on super delegates. Reporter one of those super delegates is president barack obama representing illinois. The white house saying today the president is not ready to endorse either democratic candidate yet. No one at the white house has labeled either candidate the presumptive nom 93 at this point. Reporter donald trump meanwhile refuse to go back down after making what many view as racially charged comments. The presumptive gop nominee saying a Mexican American judge born in indiana should not preside over Court Cases Involving Trump University because of his heritage. Republican House Speaker paul ryan initially reluctant to endorse trump blasting the billionaire as democrats piled on also. Claiming a person cant do the job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of racist comment. We as a people Must Immediately and unconditionally condemn and reject the type of blatant racism weve heard in the last few days. Reporter republican new Jersey Governor Chris Christie who has strongly supported donald trump says he knows him well and hes not a racist. In washington, joel waldman, fox news. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie cast his ballot today at a firehouse in morris county. He then defended president ial candidate Donald Trumps right to free speech. Traumalys latest controversy surveillance sounds a civil lawsuit over his Trump University and the presiding judge in that suit. Trump has mentioned the judges bias against him because of his mexican heritage. Those of donalds opinion. He has the right to express th them. The way anybody has a writ to express their views rashed out their treated in civil war criminal courts in this country thats parts of what free speech is all about. Governor christie part of Transition Team for donald tru trump. In north ham town county students heading at a field trip never make it after their bus gets in an accident. Ahh pretty scary video taken at the moment of the crash from inside the bus. This crash happened on i78 around 10 30 this morning when a tractor trailer sideswiped a bus in lower saucon township. A fed ex tractor trailer a tanker truck carrying oil as well as a contracted charter bus all involved. Five students and two adults were taken to the hospital. No word on how badly they were hurt. A deliveryman is in the hospital tonight after being shot in the head. Police found the victim a 34yearold on the 1600 block of south 59th street just after 10 00 last night. Police say he was delivering food about block away when two men approached him and demanded money. They shot him in the head then got away with his car wallet and cell phone. That car was recovered a few blocks away. The victim is in stable condition tonight and police are searching for those suspects. We first showed you this sign last night. It was posted on the side of the road in falls township. Today, police are speaking out saying this is no prank. Police say whoever is responsible could face charges for making terroristic threats. Lets get out to Bill Anderson in the newsroom and, bill, this sign has ignited quite a debate on social media. Reporter dawn, it has. I think its because in todays society, many are aware of the conflicts between police and some communities, but being aware of conflict and then seeing it first hand can be very different. A local community was shocked by the blatant disregard for police that a posted sign showed and now theyre looking for answers. Sign posted on route 1 in falls township angered at least one local resident and has police wondering if the sign was a poor example of a prank or a serious threat. Five minutes to 6 00 i was heading to home depot and saw a sign, the only good cop is a dead cop and that really upset me, you know, first thing in the morning the. Reporter after seeing the sign mike flagged down an officer and the two of them removed it. He said the sign bothered him because thats not how residents feel about their local police. Ive lived in this area 20 years and ive never known a Falls Township Police to do harm to anybody. Reporter the sign gained additional exposure when Police Posted it to facebook and challenged whoever did it to come and have a face to face discussion. Although the tone was stern, police tell me it was about getting the suspect off the street and any help that they may need. I think depending on the person who comes in here, we can certainly share with anybody in our community the way we police the community and why we do the things that we do and in this particular case this may indicate some Mental Illness on the part of the person that put it up. If thats the case id like to connect that person with help. There are services where they can get help and not feel the need to nail a sign to pole. Reporter the discussion on social Media Centers around whether anyone should face charges for the strong words on the sign. Police told me even though initially no one was hurt, they are not downplaying the incide incident. For us we do take it seriously much this is a threat, and were investigating it. Reporter now, as you pointed out, dawn, there is debate because as shocking as the sign seems, some online are arguing that its repulse seive but its protected by the right to freedom of speech. Tell us what you think on our fox 29 facebook page. Or fox 29 philly twitter account. Now ill be back at 6 00 with more information on possible charges and if they will face them. Iain . Bill, thank you. Busy Summer Travel season is getting underway at the nations airports and now lawmakers are demanding something be done about those long screening lines. What the tsa says it needs to make things better. Plus, the nation is preparing to say goodbye to another icon. Memorial services are planned for muhammed ali later this week. How the legend actuall actuallya hand in the planning. And police say a burglar got away with more than cash when he broke into this tioga business. What he stole that could put you at serious risk. And new at 6 00, a black bear enjoying free time on local lawn. Where the animal was first spotted and it wasnt in someones backyard. Later this week the nation will say their final goodbyes to muhammed ali. Two Memorial Services be set and tickets are now being made table available to the public much his family says the icon has actually been planning this moment for years. The plans were finalized shortly before his death. The service will take place in home state of kentucky and as laura ingle his family says ali want his fans to be there. Reporter it will be a starstudded send off for muhammed ali. The boxer known as the greatest will be remembered this week in his hometown of louisville, kentucky. He understood that the eyes of the world would follow him to where he have he was finally laid to rest. And we really appreciate the champ and lonnie giving his hometown one more gift. Reporter fans will be able to say goodbye at an Islamic Funeral Service at the citys freedom hall. Its where ali fought and won his first professional fight as cassius clay in 1960. Muhammeds casket will be present at the gentlemen nas is a. And understandin understanding e of the event to the muslim faith we will make every effort for all muslims to attend. Reporter funeral procession passing by alis childhood home will take place friday morning. Followed by an inter faith memorial at the kfc yum center. Will smith who starred in the movie ali and former heavyweight champion boxer len knock lewis will serve as paul bearers. Former president bill clinton and actor comedian Billy Crystal are set to speak. Turkeys president and jordans king had also been schedule to address the crowd but were bumped due to timing concerns. More than 30,000 free tickets will be available on a first come first serve basis. Fans unable to go to Fridays Service will be able to watch it on the jumbo tron outside the arena. In new york, laura ingle, fox news. A Montgomery County judge unsealed Surveillance Video that shows the moments a baby was abducted from the king of prussia mall. It happened back in march. Prosecutors say sheree am more approached the mother of a seven week old boy and started up a conversation. Minutes later, the video shows her walking off with the infant and quickly exiting the mall. The skin triggered amber alert means say fortunately they found the baby. It was about four hours later at am mores tredyffrin home. Am more is facing a list of charges. She waived a formal arraignment that was scheduled for later this month. No word on exactly when she will be back in court. Were getting a look at the man arrested by Philadelphia Police whose accused of of sexually assaulting a woman behind a Shopping Center in torresdale. 44yearold felix ramos facing a tempted rape and related charges to night. Investigators say he assaulted a 29yearold woman in the woods behind dell air Shopping Center on state road around 6 00 last night. Police arrested ramos minutes later blocks away from that alleged attack. Philadelphia police are trying to figure out who broke into an office in the citys tioga section and got away with customers Tax Information. It happened on may 28th inside the Liberty Tax Service along the 1400 block of west erie avenue. Police just released this Surveillance Video today. Cops say the man took several files containing Tax Information as well as 100 in cash so if you know who he is, please call police. A big name is behind an investigation into contaminated Drinking Water in pennsylvania. The law firm tied to the eric brokovich case says it is looking into contaminated water in horsham, warrington and warminster. This comes after new epa guidelines showed several towns in the state have elevated levels of cancer causing chemicals. Those chemicals are found in foam used during Fire Fighting at current and former military bases. Meanwhile pennsylvania congressman Brendon Boyle is calling for congressional hearing into possible contaminated ground water at military installations across the country and among them the Horsham Air Guard station. The congressman appeared on good day this morning to talk about the parallels to whats happening there and whats happening in flint, michigan. I want to be careful in saying this. Im nervous that it could become a flint thing. It is like it is not like flint in the sense of the scope and i actually met a number of those individuals prototypes and literally you can point to kids who have now died because of the water. We dont have that. It is, though, like flint in the sense that it smacks of wait a minute, it turns out people in government new about this well before we were lead to believe. Right. The congressman says hes getting bipartisan support for the hearing is working with other congressional leaders on when to schedule it. With summer approaching fire officials in philadelphia are urging the public to make sure they are safe and prepared in the event of an emergency. Fire commissioner releasing a troubling figure today. So far in 2016 the same number of people 12 have died in fires than in all of 2015. Hes urging everyone to use caution when grilling outside ton never leave things unattended when youre cooking. Officials also reminding families to have an skit plan and of course make sure you have working Smoke Detectors. If do you not have a Smoke Detector you can call 3

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