Closure and for us to be able to put this behind us and for them to be able to you know, find some closure in this case i think is important. Reporter the lawyer who handled the lawsuit for the geer family says the provide some relief after an 18month battle for justice. The nightmare will never completely be over. I think theyll sleep a little better tonight. Reporter the lawyer says the 3 million will also help fulfill one of john geers greatest dreams, that his daughters have a fully paid for college education. While nothing will ever replace john and theres no hint that that money could ever do that one of his dreams at least will be fulfilled through this settlement. Reporter john geers father was not available to speak on camera but told me over the phone its a step up the ladder on getting to the top and getting to final closure. We still have a ways to go. The other step is whether criminal charges we filed against the officer who shot geer. The u. S. Justice department and the
That humidity ramps up. All this moisture being built up that by the time we hit Late Afternoon storms we have been calling for, they will move in and because we have so much moisture they will probably dump some downpours on us. Now, right the now it does look like the bulk of the activity is going to be confined off across the north and western suburbs. When i say that we are talking about heavier rain. Storm scan three showing signs of life here. The northwestern, pennsylvania. Kind of like what we saw yesterday as the warm front lifts through but eventually it will swing a cold front through our area so we will do have wet weather ourselves. We will break this down in a mina head, give you a sense of the timing and having else that comes with it. Also how is the weekend shaping up. We are getting closer and closer. We will have a preview coming up. Thank you. In the news and developing right now part of the heavily traveled road in Montgomery County just reopened after it was damag
Street. You can rest easy today. More importantly, this young professional woman, and her family, can begin to rebuild. Reporter so how did police catch an accused rape is in less than three days . They say, three reasons a cooperative victim, traceable technology, great detectives. It is good investigative work. Good instincts by the investigators having the right people there at the right time. Reporter twentyeight yearold Milton Mateo Garcia identified, arrested and charged. Police say this is him, Early Saturday Morning on spruce, forcing the victim into her apartment before police say he beats, rapes, and then robs her. This appears to have been a crime of opportunity. Reporter police say have after the attack garcia stole her keys and her phone. They traced it here to this neighborhood in south philadelphia. Detectives pinpointed this home on eighth street, where garcia was living with at least three other men, and this woman. In spanish, she tells us that she didnt want to give
We have some breaking news. Police are on the scene of the reported double stabbing in the 5900 block of north fourth street. This is just coming in and Eyewitness News. Heres what we know at this time. Man in his 60s and woman in their 07s, were told they were stabbed in the head chest and arms. Both were being rushed to the hospital. We will get you more information as soon as it comes into us. Our other top story storm scan three showing summer storms heading our way later today. Lets check with katie and bob. Katie, dont be fooled because it is nice right now. When you walk outside the door it will feel pretty sticky as well. This will be a day that just build up atmosphere with lots of moisture and ushering in some showers and heavy thunderstorms. We are already seeing signs of life on the radar. We can start off quickly taking you out to the camera view. Things are getting cloudy out there maybe we will go there maybe we wont. But we are starting off dry for new and eventually th
The king of pop taking us to a place with no name. Twitter with a blockbuster new debut overnight,. A rare behind the scenes video of Michael Jackson now revealed. Dont stop until you get enough. It is a good morning on this friday eve and the hits, they just keep coming. Incredible thing about Michael Jackson, right. Makes us a little sad we dont have him anymore but we have his music. Yeah. This video created using rare footage from when he shot, remember, in the closet. So they took outtakes from that and put it all together and well talk about that more. Were going to get to so much this morning. Beginning with that flash flooding. Two months worth of rain fall overnight in some areas and i know youve been tracking this, ginger. If you add july and august their average is up. In portland, maine, thats what fell in hours overnight so this is the scene there. Look at this from rhode island. Water rescues going on so many places in new england, receiving anywhere from 3 to, yes, over