Anything that happens here. I am a part of the community. Residents living in chester Delaware County are fed up. Federal officials already consider it one of the most violent cities in the country and so far this year things are worse than before. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. Community members came together to try to stop the violence that is killing their friends, their family and their neighbors. Our bruce gordon is live in chester. Bruce, what an a emotion packed evening. Reporter yeah, it sure was. Look, seven weeks into the new year and already seven homicides in a steve 34,000 people. To night as you say some of those people came here to city hall to say theyve had enough. Youve heard the expression, preaching to the choir . Well, meet the choir. More than 100 chester residents who care enough about their community to come out on a bitter cold night to search for solutions to an out of control crime problem. In the middle of the chaos, theres the
Standard medical care. It is very, very unfortunate. Reporter andrew stern represented the family in a lawsuit against chop. He a said by the time shemir got blood work and other testing it was just too late. It is next excusable negligence and what is really sad is it would have been so easy for this to have been corrected for him to get the right treatment. All he needed was antibiotics. Reporter jury awarded the family ten milliondollar, shemir will need life long care. I want to do everything that i can do. Reporter he wearing hearing aids but it does not help much. He communicate was signing. However you dont need word to know that this is an adorable little boy. High five. High five again. Good job. Reporter he is precious. Cbs3 reached out to Childrens Hospital for reaction, spokesperson says that the hospital does not comment on litigation. Such a tragic situation but that little boy is really a trooper. We can see that, no doubt. Thanks, stephanie. Tonight there are new develo
Funded in the Mayors Office budget. And that is the request for additional staff that includes benefits and overtime. It doesnt include the overtime. It includes the three additional personnel and overtime and salaries and benefits. So can you give the break down and why this is a significant component to the department . Absolutely. Colleagues i know there are some challenges. You know im a former commissioner for the department and this particular Department Needs Additional Support and so i am hoping that this information thats provided to us would give you a clear understanding why we need to make changes to the Fire Departments budget in order to potentially include a request that could help in that regard. Its a very important department. Its not funded at appropriate levels, but i think we need to do something about that particular issue, and so i am hoping that we can get that information sooner than later. Absolutely. This afternoon. Okay. Thank you. Supervisor mar. Yes. Thank
Right now on nbc 10 news today, a final farewell to a fallen nypd officer. Many will gather at a funeral for one of those killed in last weeks deadly ambush. Some at the funeral today will be from philadelphias police department. Well have a live report. Plus a 93yearold woman wakes up in the middle of the night to a pickup truck crashed in her bedroom. She wasnt hurt but died hours later. Now the District Attorney has to determine if the driver will face charges. Well have this story coming up. Its going to be a little bit warmer today than its been over the past few days. Heres a live look at the center city skyline. We are going to see the sunshine today, but it will not last for long. Weve got some clouds and rain on the way. Well have more in the 7day forecast. Good morning. Welcome back to nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its just after 5 00 a. M. On a saturday. Lets get to that weather with cheryl grossman. When i saw 50s for today, i was shocked. I couldnt believe it. We
Freezing mark in some spots. Well have the details coming up next. New from overnight, Philadelphia Police are investigating an Armed Robbery in the a rite aid. The robbery was reported around 5 15 this morning. Police havent said how many robbers were involved or exactly what was taken. What we do know is no one was hurt. A car crash overnight in philadelphia has left two people hurt. Police were on the scene of chilton head avenue and beverly lane where two cars collided around 2 30 this morning. The accident happened when one car pulled in front of the other. Both victims went to area hospitals with minor injuries. Today, thousands of Law Enforcement officers from all across the country are in new york to honor rafael ramos of the nypd. His Funeral Service will begin in about an hour at a church in queens. A gunman killed officer ramos and his partner, wenjian liu, while they were inside their patrol car one week ago today. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live in philadelphia where some bus