Transcripts For WPHL Action News At Ten On PHL17 20141217 :

WPHL Action News At Ten On PHL17 December 17, 2014

Good evening, thanks for joining us for action news at ten tonight, so many people still in who can, right now, following that tragic ordeal and wondering how and why, did this all happen. Officials held this evening for six innocent victims and teenager who survived. A souderton church was packed as people mourned this family, ripped apart by what investigators appears to be an act of vicious revenge. Tonight, we have team coverage, Kenneth Moton was at the vigil but first we will begin with can cuellar who has more on how, police track down stones body. He joins us from pennsburg. Reporter well, shirleen, with the 32 hour manhunt over bradley stones home has been boarded up by authorities. Outside, a u. S. Marine flag still hangs, although, now rain soak. And with it, questions, with no answers, on why exactly stone carried out his horrific murder spree. Late today body of 35 yearold bradley stone was removed from a wooded a air were about a half mile from his home. It is not known when, sources say he killed himself by laying in the sword wearing thin colored camouflage which game his name, neighbors breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone is grade that it came to the even. They are not happy how it endedded but everything is getting back to normal. Reporter authorities have a clear picture of how bradley stone carried out his brutal killing spree of his exwife nicole stone and her relatives using firearms and or some kind of a knife, he began in souderton where he killed his exwifes sister tricia flick, her husband, daughter and critically wounding their son. He drove his forward fusion to lansdale where he killed her mother and grandmother. Then he drove to lower salford where he killed nicole stone. Neighbor reports hearing four shots and then kids yelling mommy, mommy no, i want my mom. Stone forcibly removed his two young girls which he later dropped off with a neighbor. Stone left no form of communication explaining his actions but it apparent a custody battle over two children had something to do witt. The Authorities Say bradley stone sought an Emergency Court order last week seeking custody of the children but was denied. He was dissatisfied with that. But there is no excuse, there is no valid explanation, there is no justification, for snuffing out these six innocent lives, and then injuring another child. Reporter if the answers remained illusive, tonight some neighbors brought a candle the to the home on Fourth Street looking for healing and trying to move on. We just felt that we should shed some light and try to bring some pennsylvania peace to the neighborhood and remember those that were lost. Reporter tonight, the stones two children remain in protective custody, a court will later decide who will ultimately get custody. Meanwhile the Souderton Telford rotary is in the process of, establishing a fund, for 29 girls. Were live from pennsburg, dann cuellar for action news at ten on phl17. All right dann, thank you. Now the the search, is over for, bradley stone and time to focus on the healing process. Kenneth moton joins us live, from souderton, kenneth. Reporter shirleen, it was an Emotional Service inside this church tonight. People wanted to let victims family know they are not alone as they deal with this tragedy. Inside of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in souderton, songs and prayer for what this community has endured, for the the amount of loss, no family should ever suffer. Right now it is just pretty much, you know, a waiting game, you know, just kind of taking it day by day right now. That is all we can do. Reporter richs aunt was joann hill, former mother if law of bradley stone. Tomkins was at this vigil, thankful for a community visibly grieving with him and the rest of his family. We appreciate the support from everybody, words just cannot describe what we feel or how any of this. Reporter words of comfort were needed for these residents who have have been on edge since the mass murder and manhunt. But now that it is over, they are trying to come to terms, four victims, the flicks lived in souderton. So many here went to school with 14 year old nina, who was killed, a along with her parents aaron and patricia. They were great people. They took me in. They helped me out. I love them dearly. Reporter seventeen yearold anthony flick, sole survivor, we now know was injured after he tried to fight off his exuncle, relatives say anthony is awake and talking. It is unclear how much he knows about the deadly rampage but as hundreds of his neighbors lit candles to honor him and his family, it is clear that they will be here to help him heel. We will try to do our best as a community to make sure that these kids, you know, they have that sense of community back, that they are taken care of that they know there is people out there that love them whether they know them or not. Reporter go fund me being was set up to help anthony. Right now, it is at more than 10,000. Were told another vigil for bradley stones exwife nicole hill will take place saturday evening at 7 00 at her apartment complex in lower salford township. Reporting live there souderton tonight, Kenneth Moton for action news at ten on phl17. Brian . Kenneth, thank you. As the manhunt has come to an a end we have learned that the Upper Perkiomen School district will, in fact, resume classes tomorrow morning, and officials have made the decision to keep School Closed there today, out of fear that stone might have posed a threat to students and staff. So again, school will will be opened in the Upper Perkiomen School District First thing tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, at nearby Souderton High School today there were grief counselors on hand as kids there tiehl with the death of one fellow student, and shooting of another. Fourteen yearold freshman nina flick was one of five victims of brad stones allege rampage, her 17 yearold Brother Anthony is a junior at souderton high. Remains hospitalized tonight, with a head wound, and grief counselors will remain at that school and in the neighborhood for the next several days. It is really normal to have a really anxious response to feel uncomfortable where they live. It is a scary thing. Offering people support. Of course, back at the big board this is the man, police say caused a all of that grief right here, bradley stone, but tonight so many questions, about who he was, and why he allegedly did this. So, coming up a at 10 30 tonight we will have more on stones military background and hear from another man who called stone a long time friend. All right, brian. Police in Delaware County are investigating a deadly double shooting involving two of their own. Former Colwyn Police officer steven rosscowski faces a murder charge tonight, investigators say he resign from the force and then killed Valerie Murrow inside her glenn olden home last night. He allegedly shot her 15 yearold daughter in the arm. Murrows husband a morton Police Officer fired at the man and critically and he critically injured him. He called for help on a police radio. This is some of that theyre on their way. Is the actor accounted for ,. Investigators say, Valerie Murrow had been romantically involved but she had restraining order begins him. Three people suspected of attacking two gay man in center city will go on trial. Kevin harrigan, Catherine Knott and Philip Williams aggravated assault. They used gay slurs before beating the gay couple on chancellor street in september. One of the men suffered a broken jaw. The Defense Attorneys argued that both parties, played a role if the confrontation and Sexual Orientation was not an issue. Nascar driver curt bushs former girl friend wants nothing to do with him and now shes asking a dell will wear judge, to order that he cut off all contact. The two were in a dover courtroom. Pennsylvania Patricia Driscoll was on the stand for five hours, she said that bush, choke her at Dover International speed way, back in september, and in addition to having no contact, with each other, driscoll wants that nascar superstar, to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Bushs lawyers have denied all of the allegations, the hearing resumes tomorrow morning. New a at 10 00 tonight bill cosby will not face charges for allegedly molesting a teenager back in 1974. Judy hut h claimed that at age 15, cosby forced her to perform a sex act on him at the playboy mansion. Prosecutors have decided not to pursue the case after speaking to huth. At least 15 women claim they were assaulted by the comedian. Tonight cosbys daughter, evan, released a statement in defense of her dad. He is the the father you thought you knew, she said. The cosby show was my todays tv reality show. The rain is moving out, but for some of you fog will be a problem, overnight. Find out, what we can expect in the morning lets check with meteorologist Melissa Magee at the big board, melissa. Shirleen, bulk of that precipitation earl ter day started to exit. As we look at Storm Tracker six live double scan radar you can see heavier rainfall off shore to the east of toms river still sitting in Atlantic City at this hour. We will go tighter on Storm Tracker six live double scan treat level, still some light rain, mist and drizzle across the area light showers, to the south of coatsville to the north of oxford, precipitation down across new jersey and burlington county, close to wrightstown, also close to medford lakes. The the bulk of the precipitation will slowly, and continue to linger, and move out, to a north and east as we get in the rest of tonight but visibility is an issue. Lots of low level moisture. We are down to 3 miles in philadelphia, down to 1. 3 miles there and reading. Down to just a mile in wilmington. Lots of clouds will stick around for the rest of tonight n fact, we will talk about what is ahead as we press forward for the middle half of our workweek. Tracking those clouds and showers that will linger overnight, looks of clouds, even as we get in the day on wednesday but briefly and turning milder, mid week before the cooler air arrives as we close out workweek and tracking wintry precipitation over the weekend. We will talk about those details with the accu Weather Forecast, shirleen. We will see you shine, thank you melissa. Tonight marks the first night of hanukkah, there were observance is a cross the region, action news attended this festival of lights in west chester. Crowd gathered at historic Chester County courthouse and lit a candle. Hanukkah is an eight day celebration. We also stopped by bet h am israel sin gooding in lower merion. Hanukkah commemorates the the rededication of the Second Temple in jer year in the second century bc. And still to come on action news tonight a horrible scene in pakistan as dozens of innocent students are murdered. Tonight we will hear from malala yousafzai, and she knows that kind of, violence firsthand. Police turntables in Delaware County, how they actually got wanted people to come to them. That is coming up at 10 30 tonight. Heres been gone since thanksgiving week but shelley the doggies back home, the heart warming reunion is coming up. Welcome back, you are looking at one of the many tributes, happening, across pakistan, in remembrance of the 141 People Killed today in a Taliban Attack on a school. 132 of those victims were children. The attack happened at a in military run school in a town of peshawar, in the northeastern part of the country. The taliban said the attack was revenge for a Pakistani Military operation, that targeted islamic militants. Authorities say that the gunman, gained access by dressing as a security guard, and then he had explosives, strapped to their bodies as they moved from classroom to classroom. Malala yousafzai said she was heart broken over the attack. Sheet was herself a victim of the taliban shooting and was recently awarded the noble peace prize and liberty medal. All political parties, and everyone, that we should stand up together and fight against terrorism and we should make sure that every child gets a quality education. Seven members of the taliban were killed, one Pakistani Forces ended their siege, of the school. Well, weve got breaking news we have learn that president obama has signed 1. 1 trillion spending bill. He did so with little fanfare tonight but that will keep the the government operating over the next nine months and avoid spector of the government shut down once again. But, lets change gears and talk about the accu Weather Forecast as promised those clouds are back with a little bit of rain, so what does tomorrow have in store. Melissa magee is live at the big board. Hi there brian and shirleen. We are tracking low level moisture overhead but bulk of the precipitation is moving on out. Despite showers and the moisture, we climbed up to 53 degrees today. Average for this time of the year is 44. We were a good 9 degrees above average. The that is not bad, that is mild for the the in of december. Typically we should be in the lower 40s as you can see. Outside tonight still, above where we should be. Fortynine in the city. Fortyfive in allentown. For Lehigh Valley there. Fortyseven in wilmington a long the coast in beach haven, 49. And, so the big concern, for the rest of tonight we have a couple of light showers overhead, but we are dealing with a lot of low level moisture. Visibility will be definitely reduced. Keep that in mind out and about on the roads very late. We have 3 miles visibility n philadelphia. Down to one point in reading. We are down to 3 miles in millville. The clouds, will slowly, lift as we get in to overnight tonight a as we go throughout the day, on wednesday. And heres Satellite Six with action radar. You can see this area of low pressure that were tracking. Center for the most part ace cross the great lakes and bulk on have that precipitation is heading up into canada we are tracking the warm front where it lifts to the north of us. The it will be mild. In the wake of the showers that were track to go day. So, lets take a look the at morning rush, as we are stepping out of the door, tomorrow. Peaks of sunshine, and, mild for december. 6 00 a. M. 42 degrees. 7 00 a. M. 42. We are in the lower 40s at 8 00 oclock tomorrow morning. As we get the call from accu weather north and west of town, lots of clouds, gusty northwesterly breeze and that keeps these temperatures nice and mild. Fortyeight in allentown tomorrow for a high. Fortynine in downingtown, and lancaster coming in with a High Temperature of 48 degrees. Along 95 corridor we are in the lower 50s. Fiftytwo for the high in philadelphia tomorrow. Also 51 in wilmington. Fifty for the High Temperature in west chester. Down across new jersey, toms river 52. 51 degrees for the high in cape may. Limited sunshine but still 9 degrees above average. It stays mild tomorrow, but we are tracking a cool down by the end of the week and wintry precipitation, when were talking about a possible coastal storm. We have updates on that with the accu weather seven day, guys. Thanks much. Tonight, weve got, a reunion. Yes, a dog that was lost, and then found, and then lost again, is finally home, Sharrie Williams was there for the happy home coming. Reporter eight year old ava has not seen her missing dog shell any more than two weeks. The pincher chihuahua mix slipped out of the house thanksgiving week. What has it been like without having her here. Different. Reporter the two were best friend. So she has a special request, to santa. I wish would you come back. Reporter and sometimes wishes actually come true. Yes. Reporter the two are back together and seeing each other for the first time. After being separated for days, there are plenty of kisses, or licks to go around. Sometimes she never will stop. Reporter one day after going missing in northeast philadelphia, a woman found shelley and took her to the brees Animal Hospital in mayfair. Woman knew shelley had a micro chip but she left with the dog and shelley had in the been seen ever since. The story spread quickly on social media, as the push was on to find shelley. There is no telling what all shelley has been through. She was passed around from person to person, and the big break, in finding her, actually came from a little bit of detective work by shelleys owners. On friday, we went to brees and we sat with the vets and the the employees there and went through the surveillance tapes. Reporter with the help of police, they track down the woman, and shelley, and now, shes back where she belongs. To see your child that excited, you just cant explain the feeling especially knowing what she has been through, for a couple of weeks. Reporter and this little girl got her christmas wish. Yes, i love shelley so much. Reporter in northeast philadelphia, Sharrie Williams for action news at ten on phl17. Ahh, glad shelley is back. Cute dog. Now for a first look at sports tonight as eagles get back to practice the with the hopes of saving their season. Ducis rodgers has more from the action news sports center. Despite the fact that they have been talking about their dreams eagles got back to work vowing to put sundays dallas debacle behind them. Is it easy to let that game go knowing they let a playoff birth sl

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