Im rosemary conners. Today marks the unofficial start of the Summer Season. It certainly feels like summer and as matt delucia reports from ocean city the crowds down the shore are taking advantage of it. Reporter a few people on the boardwalk tell me this is the best memorial day weekend weather theyve seen in recent memory and that can translate into big business but will it last . I found it. Reporter whether its finding seashells. Just came to celebrate memorial day and enjoy nature. Reporter or collecting something a little bigger. Have a little bit of fun. Try to find some money, diamond rings. Reporter the not so Hidden Treasure this weekend has been that the sun and surf are spot on. This is the start of the summer, so we want to start off with a bang. Reporter at the original fudge kitchen, these ladies have been waiting for the season to begin. This is the weekend that some shop owners use to gauge the rest of the summer at the shore. Some folks say business was slow the year
Arrive, but those suspect were able to flee the scene. But not before leaving behind a shotgun and a large bag at the scene of their crime. Now, back out live, the search is very active this Morning Police cruisers, and k9s are circling this area, we are told those men made their way from the home, to leonard street in that area there. The relief, nothing taken no injuries to report. As we said earlier, this is a known block to police, they know the mo, where crimes happen in this area. Live at oxford circle, justin finch, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Justin, well get back to you, see you in a bit. Weather wise get the fans out crank up the air the heat is on. Lets check in with katie with the forecast. Steamy change. Absolutely. Hot yesterday. Wasnt quite as sticky as todays going to be. Certainly wasnt quite as hot. We did end up reaking out upper 80s on the thermometer in philadelphia yesterday. But today will be even hotter than that, now you factor in the humidity it starts to get awful
Just moved through allentown. This is actually severe. The National Weather service has a Severe Thunderstorm Warning out for this storm until 6 15 as it moves slowly to the southeast about 20 miles an hour. That is the core of the storm. It is west of allentown. A likely seeing hail with this storm and wind gusts damaging wind gusts close to 50 miles an hour as it moves southeast about 20 miles an hour. So timing of this as these storms push south allentown about 6 07. And then moving through Lehigh County into upper Montgomery County by about 6 30 or so. The warning only in effect until 6 15 definitely a strong storm here very small as it moves to the southeast. Now this is a line developing here. Concern with this because of the shape of this. Means the bow out could get organize. We could see significant wind damage as this pushes through these western suburbs. There is some lightning these are thunderstorms moving through Lancaster County and well continue to move into western che
Street surf shop catching fire just before 8 00 oclock tonight. Viewer video showing us a firefighter pulling a rack of wet suits out of that burning store. It appears that fire is now out and police say no one is hurt. Theres no word right now on what starter the fire but we will of course keep you updated. Also developing tonight a pickup truck smashes into Montgomery County high school killing the driver. As you can see here that truck went completely inside the building. And the truck came dangerously close to people who were inside the school. Fox 29s brad sattin has been on the scene all evening. Brad, what have you learned tonight about the driver . Reporter dawn, we are starting to get some information about that driver. We know hes a 32yearold male living out of state but in recent times had been living not far from here. We also know that the cleanup here has been going on now for hours. You see the big hole there. That is where this pickup truck went through around 1 30 this
Possibility that this attack may be connected to an attempted rape that happened two months ago just a few blocks away from here. The connector in all of this Police Believe the suspect was wearing red gloves in both of those attacks. Lucy iain. Lets hope they can find him soon. Chris, thanks so much. Gunshots on the streets of north philadelphia earlier today and now one man is in the hospital on this holiday. Police say someone shot a 27yearold man twice once in the head, once in the arm. Right near 28th and allegheny. Investigators say it happened on the street right around lunch. The victim is at Temple University hospital in stable condition. Police say he knows who shot him and they are now looking for that man. On this and every memorial day we take time to honor hes who have made the ultimate sacrifice to serve our country. For a korean war vet from philadelphias fishtown neighborhood, death came more than 60 years ago but for the family of Robert Higgins closure came many year