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Look for the shooters. Natasha . Reporter well, police tell us as many as nine shots were fired during this drive by shooting in southwest philadelphia and two little girls found themselves dodging bullets not meant for them. For these four and sixyearold little girls an innocent evening in front of the television is shattered by bullets crashing through their grandmothers window right over their heads. You guys okay . Yes. Reporter debra evans was upstairs when she her the gut wrenching screams of her granddaughter. Bullet came straight through the window. They hollered, the scream was devastating. The way they screamed iran downstairs. They ducked and then they got up and they ran and in in the kitchen and hid behind the refrigerator. Reporter police were scowering the neighbor just after 7 00 looking for witnesses to a shooting that began in the 2500 block of millick street. Shooters aiming at two men sitting outside but their bullets have no boundaries. Its very volatile at this point. Were looking for neighbors help. Anyone has information at this point we cant allow our children in the city sitting in homes on beautiful days and bullets crashing through their windows. It uld happen to me. Could it happen to him. Any of us sitting out here. Reporter neighbors are rattled by the second shooting in as many days along the 6,000 block of elmwood avenue. The daily violence prompting debra to teach her two kids the unimage able how to dodge bullets at a young age. Devastating. I always tell my grandchildren when something happened we duck and we keep it moving. You know, and thats how i told them. Thats exactly what they did. It saved their lives. Reporter well right now police have just a vague description of a white car scene leaving this scene. They do however believe there were a number of witnesses possibly in this neighborhood. It was a warm evening here on a wednesday evening and they do believe that several people were out and about at this time. So theyre asking anyone who has any information to please come forward. Were live here at southwest detectives tonight natasha brown, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Natasha, thank you. Breaking news right now a missing philadelphia boy was just found. 10yearold james jones jr. Was found tonight by septa police on a trolley near 75th and lansdowne. Jones, jr. Never came home from John Marshall Elementary School in philadelphia today. He is now on his way home. The video game chain game stop is making a large donation to the family of Slain Philadelphia Police officer Robert Wilson iii. Eyewitness news at 54th and locust tonight where members of the community gathered for a prayer vigil to remember officer wilson in his cobbs creek neighbor. The veteran officer and father of two was shot and killed inside a game stop in north philadelphia on thursday. He had stopped in to buy his son a video game when two brothers walked in and tried to rob the store. Game stop executives visited fop headquarters today. Very easily easily could have ducked by a pillar but he stayed in the gun fight and she realize that and protected their associates and they wanted to give something back. To do what he did it goes beyond understanding but it take a brief man and i think it takes a very spiritual prayer full man man. Game stop is also setting up donation jars in its stores up and down the east coast. Proceeds from that will go to officer wilsons memorial fund. A 17yearold student is now facing murder charges after police say the gun he was playing with went off and killed his friend. That shooting happened inside a home on susquehanna avenue in kensington thursday. Police say 17yearold ivan was playing with a gun he told police he found on the street. It went off shooting james becker once in the stomach. Today the victims father talk to Eyewitness News about his son. He wasnt selfish. He loved his friends and his family. I remember saying good night love you. Something we did every night when he wept to bed. I would go in his room and say good night buddy love you. He said love you dad. Beckers school is Offering Counseling to classmates who may need it. New at 11 00 oclock tonight tonight, some controversial ads could soon be coming to a septa bus near you. A judge has decided that these ads though offensive are protected by the First Amendment amendment. Eyewitness News Reporter diana rocco joins us live from septa headquarters with more on these ads that have left a lot of people upset. Diana . Reporter chris these ads may still be at the very least a few weeks or months away and while they may be shocking, tonight a judge has ruled they are not unconstitutional. You may not see them now but soon anti islamic ads like these could be coming to septa buses near you. A philadelphia judge sided with the New Hampshire based Group Running the ad that likens Adolph Hitler to muslims. These ads are false and hateful, but the First Amendment protects falls hateful speech along with good speech. Reporter ryan cooper from the council on American Islamic relations says they cant stop the ads but they can educate the community. We have 32 major religious leader whos have come together to condemn these ads. Reporter the judge says buses are public space and septa has been ordered to run the ads paid for by the American Freedom Defense Initiative citing freedom speech. The ads include images of Adolph Hitler and read islamic jew hate tread its in the quran. Septa who initiately refused to run the ads says it disparages disparages muslims. While respect the courts decision were disappointed. An attorney representing the American Freedom Defense Initiative responded. Theres too much Political Correctness going on particularly whats going on in the mill east and my client she speaks truth to power and thats the whole point of these message messages. Certainly they are provocative because they want to stir people to think. To think about what these particular issues are. Reporter and the American Freedom Defense Initiative has challenged at least half a dozen other major cities refuseing to run this ad. The group has won in court every time much septa says while theyre still weighing their options its possible they may appeal. Were live in center city tonight. Im diana rocco cbs3 Eyewitness News. All right diana. Thank you. National leaders of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the university of texas officials are investigating whether the racist chant used in oklahoma was used by members of other chapters. Meanwhile leaders of sae said quote a horrible cancer entered into the Oklahoma Chapter three to fear years ago and that it was not immediately stopped. And now former university of Oklahoma Fraternity members shown in that video has issued an apology along with the parents of a second student. Two students have been expelled from the university. Tonight Embattled Police chief tom jackson resigned from the Ferguson Police dem much this comes in the wake of a scathing report in which the Justice Department found a pattern of racial bias within the department. Protesters have been calling for jacksons resignation since the Fatal Police Shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown last summer. City officials called this resignation a mutual decision. The city of ferguson looks to become an example how a community can move for in the face of adversities. We are committed to keeping keeping our Police Department and having one that exhibits the highest degree of professionalism and fairness. Ferguson city manager and municipal judge have resign this week a city clerk has been fired fired. The personal and political future of pennsylvanias attorney general Kathleen Kane is in the hands of the Supreme Court tonight. Her attorney today hoped to convince the states five justices that a special prosecutor investigating kane for leaking confidential grand jury information was improperly appointed. A grand jury formed by that special prosecutor recommended criminal charges against kane. Are you eager to hear what the court will say . Yes were going to let the court make their own decision and cautiously hopeful. Now if the justices rule against kane, all eyes will turn to the Montgomery County District Attorney risa vet free ferman. She would decide if the charges recommended by the grand jury would be filed against the attorney general. New tonight head football coach at Haverford High School is sentenced to up to six months at county prison. Joseph gallagher was sentenced to 72 hours to six months in prison. He pleaded guilty to charges of driving under the influence and failing to stop and render aid. 59yearold from aston was charged after fleeing the scene of an accident at lincoln and fourth avenues in Prospect Park back in november. The eagles head coach chip kelly played a little defense today following some personnel moves have that left some fans scratching their heads. These are the new players in chips plan quarterback sam with regarded to and Byron Maxwell in the middle are officially eagles eagles. There are reports the birds will soon well cup the running back Ryan Matthews on the right and late tonight perhaps another big name is involve in the mix. Our sports director Beasley Reece is live in the Digital Center to make sense of chips plan. Beasley. Chris, that big name could be Demarco Murray of the dallas cowboys. He reportedly will visit the eagles on thursday to talk parent he will he got a low ball offer from the boys. Well see what happens there. Now, cliff did leave the media and sports fans speculating on a lot of important topics. He explain his moves and dispelled the main rumor more. According to the coach weve been chasing ghosts when it comes to the much talked about push for quarterback marcus mariota. Lets dispel that right now. I think that stuff is crazy. You guys have been going with that stuff all along. Marcus is the best quarterback in the draft. Well never mortgage our future to go all the way to get somebody like that. He has that quarter bag and that quarterback is still rehab rehabbing his second serious knee injury. Weve been taking it kind of day to day week to week im sure when i get here to start rehab ill sit down with the Training Staff here and well come up with a plan. Chip also explained the loss of Jeremy Maclin as a money issue. And shady mccoy as an asset that netted two good players for a team with as many potholes to fill as our streets. The result of the money that was freed up and the way we look at it we got alonso and maxwell for lesean mccoy. Chip has flooded the local market with eagles jerseys suddenly dropped in value. Mccoys number 25 still represents the franchise alltime leading rusher but his two can be bought at a discount. Despite the coachs best efforts to explain his decisions some eagles fans still have roughlied feathers. Theyre dumb for trading aware their best player and getting people who are injured for the past five years. I dont understand whats going on. So im kind of hoping well get a good team. Of year ive rooted for them, been here, what, 40 years in philadelphia region, and weve yet to win a super bowl. All right. Later in sports, chip will clear up his expanded duties and how that all came about. Did he push Howie Roseman out of office . Thats ahead in sports. So many pressing questions. Beasley reece the sports director for us. Well see in you a bit. What do you think of chip kellys moves all these new players with the birds . Whats going to happen next . Connect with us on our Facebook Page or tweet us at cbs philly and use that hash tag cbs3 chat. A lot to talk about there. One local Community Wants to put your home surveillance cameras into action. Well tell where you police are asking for home and Business Owners to help them out. Plus her amazing story of survival captivate captived headlines and tonight a father comforts his little girl hes calling his miracle child. Also on the way tonight weve got important new information about security for the popes visit to philadelphia. Kathy . Dry for now but not for long. Some rain will be moving our way way. Right now bubbling up in the deep south. Well talk about that as it moves our way towards the weekend. And do you want someone special in your life but you just cant seem to find the right person . Maybe you should just create your own. Up next, why people are opting for the invisible partner well tonight the Us Coast Guard is searching 50 square miles around an island in florida where u. S. Military helicopter crashed. But all 11 on board are presumed dead. That chopper went down last night during a Training Exercise exercise. Seven marines and four Army National guard members were on board. The National Weather service has issued a dense fog advisory at the time of the crash. Visibility was said to be 2 miles or less. Well tonight a father is all smiles as he holds what he calls his miracle child baby lilly. This 18 month old was released from Salt Lake City hospital today after surviving a car crash that killed her mother on friday night. That little girl was founding upside down inside the car after it flipped into air riff. Investigators believe she was inside for 14 hours until that car was finally found by a fisherman. Secret service is facing another serious investigation. Two Senior Secret Service are accused of crashing a car into a White House Security barrier on march 4th. The Washington Post is reporting this happened following a night of drinking and one of the agents involved in the second in command on president obamas security detail. The department of Homeland Security is leading that investigation. Some new information tonight about septembers papal visit and the world meeting of families. It has been designated a National Security event meaning secret service Homeland Security and fbi will all be deployed to philadelphia. That designation was revealed at a world meeting Event Community members came together to support committees drafted for every aspect of this meeting. Security is top priority because of the crowds. We started off with about 450,000 expectation. Were expecting well over a Million People for saturday evening right now. That evening will include 90 minutes with pope francis on stage and as many as 2 Million People are expected for the papal mass on the parkway the next day sunday september 27 many. For more on the papal visit and the world meeting of families we have set up a special page for you on our website. Just check it out. It is cbsphilly. Com pope. New tonight police in moorestown are asking homeowners and Business Owners to register their surveillance cameras. Theres no question that footage captured by those cameras can be vital in solving crimes. Weve seen it happen over and over again. Police say that having people register their cameras can save time and will allow officers to more easily track down video evidence. Were not going to access your system. Were going to contact you if we think your camera may have captured something and make arrangements with you to view the video if you so desire. Well if you live in or have a business in moorestown and would like more information on registering your camera just go to cbs phil. Com. Some call them the perfect relationships. Partners who are attentive considerate, like they were made just for you. And in truth they were. With a new app that lets you create an invisible partner. He loves to ski and go horseback riding. This woman is talking about her new boyfriend. We met at school. She doesnt want her identity revealed because shes been lying to her friends and family. Because he doesnt really exist. My mother is always asking, when are you going to get married or are you seeing anybody . She created her special someone through a new app developed by matt hoe man. You get to create your girlfriend or boyfriend choose their picture. Build a relationship story of how you met. Peck their personality. Users get 100 Text Messages a handwritten note and weekly voicemails from their fake boyfriend or fake girl friend. Hey, i just wanted to call and tell you i miss you. This busy College Student did it because she was tired of people pesters her to go on dates. The imaginary boyfriend or girlfriend really serves as a defense. It keeps people away. It back them up. Relationship expert dr. Jane greer adds that being less than truthful may ultimately do more harm than good. You want to be able to be honest with yourself and with other people and not put energy into having to lie and pretend. Divorceeddivorced mother mary wheeler didnt want to succumb to dating pressure but she didnt want to lie. My initial thought was to pretend but i couldnt do that. She told family and friends about her invisible boyfriend. And she says she kept up the relationship because she enjoyed the teching teching inter act. Its like i invented this person and the conversation is better than i had anticipate. While dr. Greer says she may be wasting her time on a boyfriend that doesnt exist all the energy thats going into this fake relationship is lost on the opportunity to meet somebody who is present and available. Wheeler says the Service Provides a very real benefit for her. This is a stepping stone for me. An exercise in positive communication. That i think will benefit me a lot. There you go. The invisible boyfriend girlfriend app will cost you 24. 99 a month. They plan to roll out Additional Services Services Like flower deliveries in the near future. So something to consider. Look, theres someone for everyone out that. Real or not. You got to go out and find them. No doubt about it. A day like you could have gone out to rittenhouse square. The park. Or washington square. Maybe meet somebody. Start something up. Yeah. Nice, its warm out there kathy. And maybe it could have been a date a love match. Thats right. Save the 24. 99 for lunch. Great idea. There you go. Take a look behind me. Storm scan3 is clear as a bell not a cloud in the sky. That means temperatures will be falling pretty quickly during the Early Morning hours down into the 30s through most locations. I wet weather watchers are showing us temperatures that are quite mild for this time of evening and youll see those observations at bottom your screen. Lets take a zoom in and see what everyone is saying. 42 degrees right now being reported by barbara shes in willow grove. Well go to the south in wilmington the temperature is 48 degrees with clear skies and light winds. Greg reporting in temperatures that are pretty mild for this time of evening. And he sent in great picture. This is all actually the raging muddy Red Clay Creek after the rain. You can see how the river has swollen. It will be dry for at least a day or so but then more rain heading our way. Take look outside where for now its dry and its cool. But not as cool as its going to be. This is a view of center is he stood from our skycam3. Philadelphia Still Holding oh and to 51. But it is 41 in the poconos. 45 in reading and 40 in lancaster and some cooler air to the north and west and this will be invading the Delaware Valley overnight. High pressure builds into the north. Tomorrow a cooler day but it will be seasonal with highs in the 50s. Pl teen of sunshine. Height moves off the new england coast an louse the rain to approach friday. The rain holds off till the evening so clouds increase with temperatures 40s to around 50 for friday. Saturday the storm is to the west. So we stay on the mile side. Temperatures will be in the mid 50s but well see some rain especially heavy in the morning. Future weather take to us friday morning. Were looking at sunshine. Some high clouds filter in during the day. After 7 00 p. M. If youre going out friday night youll need the umbrella. Rain falling heavy at time through saturday morning. So any Outdoor Activities for saturday, tee ball, baseball will he cross soccer could be canceled it will be pretty wet rain tapes per off in the afternoon. Saturday looking at rain heavy at times especially in the morning. Up to an inch accumulateing ponding on roads but at least its mild in the 50s. Overnight tonight the low temperature in the city 34 degrees. Its the winds continue to diminish. During the day tomorrow the high 51 which is seasonal but 10 degrees cooler than today. On the seven day forecast pretty nice for friday. Rain saturday. Sunday the philadelphia Saint Patrick day parade looks dry but windy. The temperature 50 degrees. Thats a look at your eyewitness weather seven day forecast. Well be back with beasley and sports right after this. Chip kelly and the eagles still at it. Reports say Demarco Murray from the cowboys will visit on sunday sunday. They have signed running back Ryan Matthews from the chargers and today was the first time chip kelly talked after he took over player personnel duties from Howie Roseman earlier this season. Chip says, he and howie have no problems. We have a great working relationship just like i do with everybody else in this building and howie the same thing hell tell you ill physical you. Were trying to win a championship here and whats the best way we can to win a championship and hes been outstanding with trying to provide us way lot of resources. Hes done a wonderful job with the cap. Im excited to work with him. Walter thurman of the giants will joy see hawk byron mack well. Maxwell was the highest rate rated cornerback in the free agent class and he wants to mentor the younger players. Experience only help. Maybe i can give some to a younger guy, you know, that he didnt have and so i only see positives and leadership comeing from my experience. Sixers in action tonight at the Center Taking on the chicago bulls. Here we go. Sixers trailed by 14 in the fourth quarter. Hollis thompson made a layup and sixers took one point lead. Bench pumped up looking at a victory. Final minute. Game sixers up by three. Aaron brooks hit a triple to tie the game and send it to overtime overtime. Chicago took over. Brooks driving the paint there. Scored. He led the bulls with 31 points. The bulls eat beat the sixers 10495. Patriots League Championship lafayette hosting american and nick linder in the final minute of the game made a layup and was foul. Lafayette held ton beat american 6563 to win their championship. They are headed to the big dance. Now to baseball. The phillies taking on the pirates down in sunny clearwater clearwater. Cole hamels got the start this afternoon. He went three innings a allowing this two run homerun to jordy mercer in the top of the third. The phillies came back, though. Jeff francoeur hit a single to left. And the sixth inning scoring hernandez as the phillies beat pittsburgh threetwo. More news when we come b well the philly pops has announce the its upcoming season. It includes a celebration of old blue eyes. Frank sinatra singer Michael Andrew helped the philly pops announce the highlights of its new season today. The pops will commemorate sinatras 100th birthday in october. They will j