Were street racing on roosevelt boulevard back in july 2013. Tamara banks and her children were crossing a busy intersection when they were hit. The oldest son survived that crash. Last year philadelphia renamed a crosswalk in honor of banks. A man accused of shooting a Camden County Police Officer is behind bars today after going to court. Unless he can come up with serious cash thats where he will be staying. A judge doubled victor bennetts bail to 2 million at a hearing this morning. We counted at least 20 Camden County Police Officers on hand for todays hearing. Among them was officer prince reed, seen here leaving the courtroom. Police say bennett shot reed last wednesday night on kenwood avenue while the officer was working undercover. Officer reed took a bullet fragment in the arm. Authorities captured bennett after a chase in collingswood. Prosecutors want to make sure this man stays locked up. With regard to whether or not the defendant is a flight risk i dont think theres any
This afternoon. Then well be watching for scattered showers and some thunderstorms a possibility today. Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Right now, traffic time. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Well do a check on the area bridges first. Well start things off on the walt whitman. Currently no problems in the clear there. Construction on the ben franklin bridge, two lanes blocked headed westbound into philadelphia. Scheduled for an opening for the tacony palmyra at 6 00 a. M. Were monitoring our cameras in new jersey around the area to make sure youre not going to be stuck in too much backup. This would have been the schuylkill expressway right around route 1. There it goes. Im actually taking this camera because i wanted to show you the reduced visibility and rain hitting the area. Either direction not a whole lot of volume. Definitely something to watch out for, might set you back a little bit with the rain falling right now.
With. Thats according to a 2005 deposition obtained by the associated press. The documents were made public today after the aps courts to have them revealed. Cosbys objected to that move. More than dozen women accused cosby of Sexual Assault but not criminally charged. Happening now the search for the person who stabbed and killed teenage mother. Memorial growing tonight outside anita cottons home what started as a fight in the parking lot of pharmacy ended when cotton losing her life. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser joins us at Police Headquarters tonight we hear this may have start from the previous fight the same night . Reporter it does fight on south street in fact iaian tonight homicides detective reviewing Surveillance Video from south street to subway system and a walgreens parking lot where this young lady lost her life. They say they are certain they will identify all of the teen girls involved in the fight including the young lady, who stabbed anita cotton to death. Neighbors at b
An American Idol audition. Victim is 20 yearold natasha, of bloom field, new jersey. Police say she was riding in the suv going at a high rate of speed at i95 in bucks county. Car flipped over, and went in the shoulder to change lanes. Five others in the car were injured. The investigation is ongoing. Chopper three over a fire in an olde city apartment building, Fire Fighters were called to the unit block of north third street around 1 15 and quickly struck a second alarm. No injuries were reported as crews battled the flames. Causes under investigation. Samantha simon shared this eyewitness picture with us. You can see black smoke from the high rise as crews rush to the scene. Rich, posted this picture of the fire on twitter with the caption, this cant be good. The view from talk radio, 1210 studios. A local offduty Police Officer is being called a hero after he intervened to save a woman being attacked in new york it the i. Eyewitness News Reporter chief brian is live at Police Headq
It. It got to the point where his clothes were slowing him down so he started shucking clothes. Reporter by the time the coast guard rescue swimmer and pilot arrived in a helicopter, Good Samaritans on another vessel had found the man in the water and helped get him back on his own boat. Lynch was lowered down and quickly determined the victim needed medical attention. He was wrapped up in a blanket on his couch and just kind of convulsing. Reporter the victim was in no condition to operate the boat and his buddy didnt know how. That created a serious challenge. As soon as we started moving in the boat started spinning rapidly beneath us. With the boat spinning like that its very hard to do a safe [ inaudible ]. Reporter with the choppers fuel starting to run low, lynch managed to get the man in a rescue sling attached to the helicopter and they were both lifted to safety. This guy is incredibly lucky and blessed. Reporter the victims name has not been made public. He was taken to the