What could happen if he was here, thats horrible. Students were released at their normal time. As the story unfolded locally it also played out across the sbinlt. Stephens use of social media to broadcast his crime gave him a platform to be heard virtually around the world. Nbc10s George Spencer report now more and more criminals are using that social media mega phone. Reporter speaking directly to an audience of online viewers. Im always the bad guy. Reporter Steve Stephens narrated his Easter Sunday murder in cleveland even attempting to explain to his viewers and his victim that his heinous crime was because of a woman. Shes the reason why this happened to you. Reporter for experts now studying crime and social media, stephens clearly fits the new pattern of criminals using social media nearly unfettered expression to tell their stories without a censor exactly as they want them told. This provides the platform for him to get his message across. He doesnt have to rely on an intermed
Moving in overhead right now in philadelphia. I think the main shower activity, though, is going to hold off for a while. Later this morning well see that pop through. Theres an additional shower up to the north. That is aiming on allentown. Most of the stuff fairly light. As we look at the west. There are additional showers south of pittsburgh and looks like some of that will cruise in later in the morning and early afternoon. Eventually later today we hope to get on the other side of that and return sunshine into play. 65 in philadelphia. 57 in allentown. All these very nice numbers, were not looking at much wind this morning. Fairly comfortable as you step outside. As we roll through the afternoon wont be as mild as Easter Sunday when you got up in the 80s were looking at a high of 74 at 4 00 p. M. The pollen count is running high the next several days, keep that in mind allergy sufferers. Temperatures going up and down as we roll through the workweek. Ill have more on that in the e
Imagine, chaotic scene it all started here at Fairmount Park around 12 30 police are telling us that multiple calls came in saying that the Cleveland Facebook shooter was at the park or may have been at the park in this area of the belmont plateau here as we mentioned we got a few different descriptions of a vehicle. We know at one point police were looking for 2016 white forward for fusion but, again, in the end, they found nothing. From the ground and from the air, Philadelphia Police did not take the tips lightly. Even if the chances remote the search was on despite normal activities continuing along the belmont plateau. Theyre doing their due diligence. If they caught oh samba bin laden they can catch this guy. More than 30 schools went into lock down ordered by the Philadelphia Police department. The lock down was lifted just before 3 00 p. M. Some parents did receive calls asking if they wanted their kids to proceed to their normal after school activities. They said they received
Why one group thinks they are being kept in the dark. Nbc 10 news starts now. They just dont know what he took from us. He just dont know. A family grieves and the manhunt grows. The search for the facebook murder suspect has stretched into a second night and right into philadelphia. Good evening im jacqueline london. A reported sighting of Steve Stevens put schools on lockdown. But the reports turned up nothing and police do not believe stephens is in philadelphia. Right now the search is focused on five states. His cell phone signal was last detected in erie, pennsylvania. Police have dozens of tips and are checking on all of them. But they will not say what motivated this murder on social media. An execution in the middle of the day on easter sunday. Im going to kill this guy right here. A video shows Steve Stevens getting out of his cash and approaching Robert Godwin apparently chosen at random telling his victim he is going to kill him because of a woman. The victim tries to cover
Nearly 400 tips came in from texas to philadelphia. A lot of possible sightings, but nothing confirmed until today. I want to officially announce that the search for Steve Stephens has ended. A little after 11 00 today Pennsylvania State Police Officers received a tip that the vehicle that we were looking for, the white ford fusion informs a mcdonalds parking lot near erie, pennsylvania. Those officers responded. The vehicle fled from that area. There was a a short pursuit in which the vehicle was stopped. The officers approached that vehicle. Steve stephens took his ovwn life. The governor tweeted his thanks saying thank you to the brave police. Troopers for their lance in pursuing the facebook killer. No one in p. A. Was hurt. For now, erin coleman, nbc 10 news. Chopper 10 over breaking news. Within the last hour police are on the scene here of what is a barricade situation. We are being told that a man with a knife is sitting in a window. Reportedly threatening his girlfriend. We ca