A neighborhood remembers a life lost way too soon. Wondering when will the violence stop . Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Emotional evening in East Germantown. Unable still reeling from a quadruple shooting. Thanks for joining us. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. Family, friends and neighbors came together to call for an end to the violence just 48 hours after a 16yearold died in a shooting. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell joins us live from Philadelphia Police headquarters. Chris . Reporter well, lucy, first of all, Philadelphia Police are still trying to find the person who gunned down that 16yearold East Germantown boy in a quadruple shooting that happened on tuesday night. At the same time deep sadness in that neighborhood as family and friends say the world lost a future leader. This innocent boy, this family aint got no more graduations. Reporter the sound of anger booms through the 100 block of east pastor ya street two nights ago it was the sound of gunfire. We lost a young, good broth brother.
Fox 29s Chris Oconnell joins us live from Police Headquarte headquarters. Absolutely senseless and utterly heartbreaking, chris. Reporter thats right, lucy. Philadelphia police have made no arrests. They have no motive in the shooting death of a wellliked East Germantown teenager, but tonight there is immense sadness over the loss of a kid who was going places. We lost a young, good broth brother. A good warrior. A good soldier, mischief and chaos. The death of 16yearold jy chris to us is a wake up call. Twenty eight tuesday night when he was shot and killed three other teenagers also wounded in the barrage of gunfire. She got shot in her arm in the left arm what were believing is the same bullet that came past her her arm wept into his back. Among those mourning his death, friends, classmates at mathematics civics and Science Charter School an startling number of mother whos lost sons to gun violence. Wake up and understand that the whole no snitching mentality has got to go. Its got
For his killer or killers. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell joins us live from Police Headquarte headquarters. Absolutely senseless and utterly heartbreaking, chris. Reporter thats right, lucy. Philadelphia police have made no arrests. They have no motive in the shooting death of a wellliked East Germantown teenager, but tonight there is immense sadness over the loss of a kid who was going places. We lost a young, good broth brother. A good warrior. A good soldier, mischief and chaos. The death of 16yearold jy chris to us is a wake up call. Twenty eight tuesday night when he was shot and killed three other teenagers also wounded in the barrage of gunfire. She got shot in her arm in the left arm what were believing is the same bullet that came past her her arm wept into his back. Among those mourning his death, friends, classmates at mathematics civics and Science Charter School an startling number of mother whos lost sons to gun violence. Wake up and understand that the whole no snitching mental
Day. Septa says 56,000 kids in philadelphia ride septa to get to school. Roughly 30,000 to district schools, almost 21,000 to charters. The archdiocese was unable to provide us with a number today. Yellow school buses in philadelphia will continue to operate. Septa strike or no strike. But a walkout would ground he city buses, trolleys, the subway and el. It normally takes two transfers for this student to get from southwest to her school at broad and spring garden. If there is a strike my plan is to try to make it but if i dont make it ill just email my teachers. Reporter and theyll send you the information. I didnt feel the School District was unable to tell us if any of its schools had developed any carpool or other alternate plans. But mathematics civic and Science Charter School was preparing. Parents calling staffers today were told the school would open early and close late to accommodate dropoffs and pickup. With many of its kids normally using the subway to get to school, it s
And at this point, passengers really know the drill at this point. They arrived early, they know there are far fewer trains on these tracks. But still, a lot of them were confronted with a very frustrating scene, as they headed to work this morning. Take a look. That is what its like to see your ride to work skip you over, pass you by, because the train is just too full. Septa riders clearly not happy to be late to work once again this morning. And were looking ahead to tonights commute, rush hour back home, and were expecting even more huge crowds at places like suburban station in center city. And this is amid 90degree heat. That makes the underground train platform feel kind of like an oven. And with fewer trains, that means a lot more people standing and waiting. As the day progresses, its going to get hotter. Its going to be a lot of people, youre going to have trouble getting a seat. Reporter and back here live at winwood, yesterdays commute back home also faced a lot of trouble,