Everybody loved her, everybody just adored her. Reporter akyra wouldnt survive, back home her close friend, said the lost cannot be described. She kept everybodys heart in the game, even if we were losing, she would have our spirits up, all the time. Reporter west catholic basketball stand out graduated last week. Her close friend from overbrook just cant comprehend what happened. It is hard to imagine a whole bunch of people in the bathroom trying to get help. I cant even imagine that. Reporter akyra murray was heading to mercyhurst this fall on a basketball scholarship. She had recently netted 1,000 points, her future was bright, and now family and friend are devastate todd hear how a night of fun changed so drastically. It will be hard for her to put on a brave face for someone like her. Im just sorry that shes gone. Hopefully shes watching down on all of us. Reporter akyras friend tell us they feel lost without her, she was the strong one in the crowd young woman full of life, they
Bit hard for me to understand. Reporter now in the 11th hour, opposition intensefies as Small Businesses fear losing money and customers worry that distributors will leave them to foot the bill. Keeps taxing us. Its ridiculous. We dont have the money. Reporter theres also hope especially at the smart center because more money means the facility will be able to get some of the 60 kids off the waiting list and into these classrooms. Discussion does not end after tomorrows vote. Im told that hearings have been scheduled for later on this summer. Hearings will be scheduled later on this summer. So the council can discuss specifically how the money will be spent. Reporting live in logan square, nbc10 news. Tonight, four young people are recovering after they were shot in a wilmington neighborhood. Nbc10 cameras were on the scene at elm and South Van Buren streets last night. We counted more than 15 shell case markings. All of the victims are between 12 and 16 years old. One grandmother told
But first, they called her a superstar. Tonight, a Philadelphia High School honors the youngest victim killed in the terror in orlando. 17yearold akyra murray lost her life just days after she graduated from west catholic prep. Im jacqueline london. Tomorrow president obama and Vice President biden will visit orlando to honor akyra and 48 others killed at the pulse nightclub shootings last weekend as the investigation into the terror attack continues. The shooter omar mateen posted to facebook before and after the attack about the, quote, filthy ways of the west. Meanwhile, the fbi is not speculating on possible charges in the shooting. We do know theyre looking into what mateens wife knew ahead of time. Tonight, the senate is asking the fbi to turn over its files about earlier investigations of the gunman. Lets go live to nbc 10s Brandon Hudson at west catholic prep where students are honoring that victim tonight. Brandon . Reporter jacqueline, one student said he saw akyra murray at
This area is littered with bricks and mortar. No one wants to get close enough to the building to clean it up. You can see the bill whole there see the big hole there. It wouldnt have been that big of a deal. This building is an empty shell. But when we got a look at the video, we got a surprise. Watch the Security Camera video closely. The big brick wall to the right. A crack begins to open. Just as that silver s. U. V. Appears. And then it falls. As a massive slab. Somehow the driver has the presence of mind to move out of the way quickly enough as the wall sends debris and dust flying. Another angle from a high mounted camera. Look at the number of cars that pass by just before the wall crumbles. Fortunately nobody is hurt. Including ron torres, who watched from his perch a half a block away. I started to glance over. Windows, started collapsing. Like an explosion happened. The whole wall caved into the ground. Brad well, back live now, you see the big crack in the brick that is Sti
Has take an look at the truck and there is no anthrax on the scene and no anthrax in the truck. We dont know if the all clear has been given at this point. The gentleman is in Police Custody but they are continuing to investigate. That is the situation as have it now. Police on the scene and they have not given the allclear but they are telling us there is no anthrax in the truck and on the scene. Horace holmes, abc7 news. Jonathan when you say abundance of caution, how far away are you . They look like they made two lines to rope off things. Horace yeah. We are about two or three blocks away from where the truck is. The truck is parked in front of the capital. We are going to move after we finish here to get closer with another Vantage Point of that. They are using caution. They did not know what they were experiencing when they first got here. They have been able to take a look in the truck and through it. And no signs of anthrax, which michelle its tough to pinpoint the exact vehicl