News at 6 30 right here after Eyewitness News at 6 00. Also breaking news a verdict has been reach in the colorado Movie Theater shooting trials. James holmes is charged with killing 12 people and injuring 70 others when he walk in the colorado theater and opened fire in july 2012. Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. After nearly three months of testimony, a verdict was reached after just a day and a half of deliberations. The decision will be announced sometime after 6 00 oclock tonight. Laser danger in the skies the faa says pilots of 11 commercial flights over new jersey reported having laser pointed at them last night. Creating potentially dangerous situations. It is an issue Eyewitness News has been fog for some time now and we will get more from new jersey reporter cleve bryan, live from Egg Harbor Township cleve. Reporter late this afternoon faa amending their press release to say there were 12 flights including an aircraft coming from the air station, near Atlantic
Many are still in shock over what happen. A memorial for those killed has already been started at one of the shooting scenes. So far there is no word, on a motive here, and we do know that federal agents are heading up this investigation. Live from the sat center ims Charlotte Hoffman for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you for that. For more on this developing story stay tuned for the evening news at 6 30 with scott pelley. A person claiming to have a bomb robbed a northeast Philadelphia Bank this afternoon. That hold up occurred just before 1 00 in the afternoon at the Citizens Bank on the 1100 block of roosevelt boulevard. Police say the robber was dressed in full female clothing. Eyewitness news spoke to the fbi and spokesmen said they believe this incident is connected to the string of robberies in the northeast. Tonight a new warning from the faa about laser danger in the sky. Pilots reported having laser pointed at them flying over new jersey. It is an issue Eyewitness News has been
Questioning the motive behind the latest mass shooting. Dave wagner, nbc news. Lets turn to our chattanooga affiliate and listen live to their coverage. Who are right next door to the Armed Forces Career center they explained to me some offcamera, they were too shaken up, they didnt want to go on camera and explain what happened but they told me that they saw this guy with the gun and he pointed it at the Armed Forces Career center he just started firing. If you take a look at that door over there, you can just see bullet holes right over there but folks again, the Community Needs to come together in prayer tonight. I will send it back to you guys in the studio. They are still putting together the pieces from one of the crime scenes. Back here at home we spoke with the commander of philadelphia metro recruitment for the u. S. Army. He said recruit operations will continue as usual and they wont reveal any security measures that might be taken in response to this shooting spree. Nbc 10
Other parts of town. Reporter the gunman also died in the attack. U. S. Official identifying him as 24yearold Mohammed Abdullah zis born in kuwait. Investigators do not yet know if he was a u. S. Citizen. Now the us attorney for eastern tennessee says his office is investigating the shootings as an act of domestic terrorism. Fbi is also on the scene the department of Homeland Security is involved and we are told the president obama has been getting updates all day long. So far no information about any of the victims is being released. In the newsroom, dawn timmeney, fox 29 news. Were also following breaking news out of could it to into tonight a jury has reached a verdict in the Movie Theater shooting trial of james holmes. Its been nearly three years to the day since holmes killed 12 people and injured 70 others. It happened during a showing of the dark knight rises. The jury is expected to read that verdict 6 15 p. M. And we will bring that to you as it happens. Also, coming up at fi
Philadelphia apartment building. Tonight police are trying to figure out who killed a recent graduate of drexel university. The 27yearold woman was found beaten in her bedroom. Hello, im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Neighbors are shocked by what happened in their quiet community. They tell us the vick tum was always friendly and kept to herself. Natasha brown is live outside Police Headquarters with the latest on this investigation. Natasha . Reporter jessica neighbors tell us about the vick toy. They say she garaged in june. She kept to herself all the time. She was very quite. Never bothered anyone which leads police with the question who want to kill her and why . Its just sad because she was a very quiet to herself person. Reporter shocked and saddened neighbors had nothing but kind words for the 27yearold woman found dead inside her third floor apartment in the 200 block of south 50th street. Keith hooks describes a quiet, pleasant unassuming young woman now the victim of an