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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 August 26, 2016

Live from center city in philadelphia, this is fox 29 news at 10. We start tonight with breaking news. An entire city block evacuated over a possible gas leak. Skyfox is live over the scene along the 3600 block of g street in kensington. Police say a large tank is leaking some kind of liquid. Again it may be gas and that has the potential to explode. Firefighters and hazmat crews are on the scene and they say the situation is under control, but the block is still evacuated. We do have a crew on the way. Well bring you more details as soon as we get them. Tolls night were seeing for the very first time a beautiful little girl, the latest victim of a stray bullet. The eightyearold is still fighting for her life as Police Search for the gunman who opened fire hitting little gabbie in the head. That story is still developing tonight. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Officials are offering 6,000 to catch the gunman while friends and family struggle to understand exactly what happened. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live at Cooper University hospital where that little girl is tonight. Chris . Reporter heartbreaking iain i can tell you family, friends, tell me that that little girl, that eightyearold girl, remains in Critical Condition here at cooper hospital tonight fighting for her life after being shot in the head. Meanwhile, Camden Police are doing whatever they can to try to find the man who pulled the trigger. Gabbie dont deserve this. Like she was a great little girl. Reporter tears still flow from children at the very spot where their eightyearold friend was shot in the head just 24 hours earlier. She didnt deserve that at all. She didnt deserve that at all. Reporter a 15 in a hall lives just next door and baby sits the little girlfriends have identified as gabbie. Hall ran to the girls side when she was shot while riding her bike on the corner of eighth and spruce. I seen the hole in the baby head and i checked to see was she breathing and stuff. Its just wrong. It shouldnt have happened. Reporter Camden Police are flooding the neighborhood. Theres a reward. Going door to door and stopping cars asking anyone who may have information and offering a 6,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the suspect. The little girl was hit by stray bullet during a Shootout Police say there was a target but it wasnt her. We believe that this has Gang Activity tied to this, um, you know like i said this is on hands on deck. Reporter back at the girls home neighbors gather still in shock. Violence around here is nothing knew but a victim this young has the neighborhood shaken. My daughter is in there crying all morning. Like my son telling me he just hope he could live to be an old man. Why are kids feeling like kids shouldnt have to go through this. Reporter Camden Police say they are working several leads. Theyve gotten over the past 24 hours. Theyre also looking at Surveillance Video that captured at least some of the shootings aftermath. So far police not releasing that video. Theyly encourage anyone with any information to come forward. Lucy . Its just so tragic. All right, chris. On your radar another heat wave is about to hit. Looking live at wilmington as most of us hover around 80 degrees this will be the coolest weather we see for days. Not that 80 is really cool but you know what i mean. People are out enjoying the last of these mild temperatures relatively speaking along the ben franklin parkway tonight. Very nice outside. Moving life to south philly get ready for those temps to start climbing as of tomorrow were back into the 90s for a few days. Our kathy orr just back from the shore where it was so pleasant for you. It was very pleasant for me, yeah, there was a nice sea breeze down there, not so much tomorrow. Ultimate doppler showing clouds approaching from the west. This is associated with a cold front theres no cold air behind it and these showers are going to fade as they move a little bit closer toward the philadelphia region. So we stay high and dry tonight. Still 80 in philadelphia. 70 in the poconos. 75 degrees to the south and you can see in millville its only 75 degrees as well. As we look ahead tomorrow morning, waking up to more humid conditions and some mild temperatures. 74 in the city. 74 in wrightstown, trenton, Atlantic City, wilmington and 73 degrees in lancaster. During the day tomorrow, temperatures starting off in the 70s. By the afternoon were at 94 degrees. The first of at least a trio of 90degree days making it another heat wave. Look at that evening temperatu temperature. 89 degrees at 7 00 p. M. Coming up well talk about the peak of the heat and humidity. When that occurs. Turning hot tomorrow. But for how long . Heat wave number six will roll on possibly into next week. Ill see you later in the broadcast with the seven day forecast. All right, talk to you then, kathy. A fire at a New Castle County manufacturing plant has sent three firefighters and a teen to the hospital. Skyfox over the scene this afternoon on the 100 block of hay road in edgemoor. You can see firefighters battling the fire at ike manufacturing. Paramedic tell us all of the injuries are heat related. With one, 34yearold firefighter in Critical Condition. The two others including a 16yearold boy are stable. Authorities say welding pipes inside one of the buildings started the fire. Concern is growing in one Burlington County town over the quality of the towns water. This all started as photos and videos started to surface showing the water looking brown and tonight town officials and the Community Came together hoping for some answers. Our Sabina Kuriakose was at that meeting to night in maple shade. This is coming out of our faucets. Reporter this was last week. It was dark brown and it was disgusting. Reporter thursday bennie showed us how mom has been making him skip a tap for the filtered fridge. People in maple shade none too pleased with the murky mess making it clear at tonights council meeting. Do you have a question . Yes i do. Ask it. Why is it clogging my fauce faucets. Residents say the discoloration has been happening on and off for years. Officials telling fox 29 last week, its a result of sediment in the in the aging pipes and its harmless. Yet tonights meeting answers left crystal clear. Council members admitting they dont know. What is causing it . I can promise well get to the bottom of it and find out weights. The township utility engineers thinks it may be rusty cast iron pipes. The licensed water contractor promises the water is safe to drink. The brown stuff mostly gone for now, but not the questions. What am i children drinking . Well i think its not good for you. Sabina reports the township is working with a water contractor to try and figure out whats causing the problem and once they figure it out theyll try a better fix. The township insists that the water meets state and federal safety standards. Police have found the family avenue young boy wandering alone in Delaware County but hes not going back to them just yet. Police say they found the little guy walking near septa train tracks on mc cade boulevard in collingdale this morning terribly dangerous. Authorities say his uncle was supposed to be watching him but the department of Youth Services now has the little guy while investigators figure out what happened here. Police are crediting a witness who called 911 who helped save the little boy. Im glad that woman stepped up and found him and called 911. The business there is gave us the video footage look at what direction he came from, its a win win today. Good guys in the public won. Police do not believe anyone will face criminal charges. This is the second boy found wandering alone in collingdale this year. You decide 2016. Hillary clinton unleashing a new attack on donald trump trying to link the republican president ial nominee to hate groups. But trump isnt wasting any time striking back against former secretary of state. It started with clinton release agnew web video tying trump to White Supremacists. Hillary clinton is attacking her rival over the alternative right group all right for short led by trumps new campaign ceo stave bannon the former editor of bright part. Hes accusing trump of taking a hate movement main stream. This is someone who retweets White Supremacists online, like the user who goes by the name White Genocide tm. Trump took this fringe bigot with a few dozen followers and spread his message to 11 million people. Today clinton dodged questions about the scandal surrounding the clinton foundation. While campaigning in New Hampshire donald trump accused his rival campaign of playing dirty. Trump insists clintons comments connecting him to White Supremacy groups are the last refuge of a discredited politician. A day after calling the former secretary of state a bigot, trump accused democrats as paining his supporters as racists. Its the oldest play in the democratic playbook. When democratic policies fail, they are left with only this one tired argument youre racist, youre racist, youre racist. Trump double down on his pay to play comments about the clinton foundation. He said its hard to tell where the foundation ended and the state department began. In Louisiana Residents are recovering after a series of tornadoes through that area. Storms did major damage. Starbucks in cocoa ma indiana leveled by tornado on wednesday. This was just one of a dozen tornadoes in the state. Indiana governor and republican vicepresident ial nominee mike pence toward the destruction today. The National Weather service is reporting a massive super cell thunderstorm produced at least eight tornadoes with winds around 165 miles an hour. Authorities say the storm injured about a dozen people. Nothing like construction throwing a wrench into your commute. Brace yourself for a month long project near Villanova University starting tomorrow the eastbound lane of lancaster avenue between route 320 and barley comb lane will periodically close so crews can white widen it. Closures will happen weekdays from 9 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. Through early december. Video is tough to watch but the victim is okay. A local Police Sergeant standing on the street when an suv slams into him, hits him so hard hes knock right out of the his shoes. What a witness did next to help catch the driver who took off. Trapped in a burning car until one officer jumps in to help. What he didnt realize this decision was about to get a whole lot worse. And she stops at the atm after trip to the doctor. She was only taken out 20. What she saw on her receipt left her floored. Why she says she was out more than 100 buck. And this local hospital turned storybook fairy tail castles and all giving children with Serious Health problems an escape. Were taking you through the enchanted halls of the place families called truly magical. For senate, a clear difference. Katie mcginty for background checks, for banning assault weapons, and banning highcapacity ammunition clips. And pat toomey . Against an assault weapons ban and against banning high capacity ammo clips like those used in the orlando massacre. Listen to pat toomey brag i have had a perfect record with the nra. Pat toomey gets an a from the nra. Hes not for you. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Philadelphia Police Sergeant incredibly is up and talking after a car slammed into him. The video is tough to watch. The sergeant talking to another cop when the driver comes out of nowhere sending that sergeant flying. Well tonight we know that sergeant is 55yearold joseph cane, jr. , a 26 year veteran of the department. The driver who hit him took off. Fox 29s karen hepp explains how a witness helped catch the guy before he got too far. Reporter sergeant was struck so hard he was knocked out of his shoe and hat. A hitandrun driver plowed into him early this morning around 1am. Heres how it happened. The sergeant stopped on his way back to the Fifth District to check on his officer whos were making a traffic stop on the main drag of the manayunk. As hes standing talking to the officer in the car, he is struck by a suspected drunk driver and hit so hard his hat flys off. Hes thrown 15 feet out of view. Workers from the late night pizza joint were horrified. They came outside because they heard the noise. When they came out they seen the Police Officer on the ground screaming. Reporter you can see the other officer immediately put owl a flash description of the suspect and vehicle. Amazingly a tow truck driver heard it on the scanner. Thank god that tow truck operator was in that area to be able to listen to what was being provided over police radio, and able to be alert enough to know that was the vehicle and being able to flag down one of our Police Officers and be able to stop this individual before he could hurt somebody else. Reporter Police Caught up with the 21yearold suspect colin murphy schwenksville. Heres his rav four with front end damage. Hes facing a whole host of charges including driving under the influence and aggravated assault. The sergeant is severely injured but is expected to recover. Im told his spirits are pretty high. He sustained pretty rough injuries, broken collarbone, broken ribs and internal issues as well. So its going to be a little bit but luckily hes still with you and hell be able to recover. Reporter we know that the sergeant was did he se dated overnight but right now hes in stable condition. He is awake. He is alert and he is able to talk with members of his family. Hes been on the force for 26 years. Aisle outside police headquarters, im kare karen heg 229 news. Authorities in New Castle County released the dent of a woman who died after falling at a ziplining course. State police say 59yearold tina werner of felton died after she fell 35 feet from the top of a platform. Investigators say she was waiting to go down a zipline at the go ape rope course at the state park. She died at a local hospital. Go ape releasing a statement saying the woman did complete training that instructed her to stay harnassed into a Safety System but quote participant witnesses have stated that at the time of the accident the participant had unfortunately disconnected herself from the Safety System. They say theyre thoughts are with the victims friend and family. After labor day, septa will start a new express bus service during morning and evening rush hours. Septa says the new routes designed to give you more travel options while crews continue to repair the silver liner train five cars much this Service Gives you flexibility and more frequent service. Regular transit fairs apply. The bus route starts september sickth. A familiar scene in philadelphia. Crime seen tape marking one of the citys latest deadly shootings. But behind every incident, theres a story of a life cut short. Tonight one father wants you to know his son is more than just a murder victim. Fox 29s bruce gordon sat down with that dad with a story he hopes brings action. Its indescribable. Its just all you feel is pain. Reporter inside a steamy north philadelphia apartment Anthony Robinson eulogized his murdered son. Music was his thing. He loved music. Dancing. He loved music. He loved dancing. Reporter 21 year Nasir Robinson loved to dance. Anywhere at any time in front of friends and strangers alike. He would teach them and he had time for everybody. He wasnt the kind of kid that he would shun anyone. You know, like whoever you were, if you wanted to learn this dance move he had time for you. Reporter nasirs time came just before 1 00 a. M. Last saturday. As he was preparing to enter this deli at the corner of g and hilton. Someone shot him repeatedly in the head, neck and face. He was rushed to Temple University hospital. We didnt know anything until the detectives talk to us when i realized the shirt said homicide i knew i lost my son. Reporter Anthony Robinson visitor the crime scene later that same day. He could not bear to watch the surveillance tape of the murder but want the to be there nonetheless. I wanted to know. Every parent you want to know what happened. You want to know how did this happen . Reporter Nasir Robinson leaves behind a oneyearold son and another son born just days before his own murder. It hurts he wont see his dad tomorrow. He wont know his laugh. Reporter hell never see his father dance in person. There were people in the Music Industry that were trying to, um, get him to actually go on tour with them so it was things happening in his life. Doors were opening, and he never got a chance to walk through those doors. Reporter Philadelphia Police have no motives no suspects in this case. They have not released that Surveillance Video of the incident. There is a 20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and cop vection. Anthony robinson hopes if you know anything youll view his son as more than another crime statistic and pick up the phone. At police headquarters, im Bruce Gordon Fox 29 news. A dramatic scene plays out on busy city street. The pavement just opens up trapping a bus with water spewing from the ground. The one piece of good news as

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