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WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 May 12, 2016

Disturbing. Its appalling. It is. It is very troubling, lucy. Police are investigating. They say they cannot believe that no one stepped in to help. Now the man who shot the alarming video talked to us about the beating want he witnessed did he not want his face shown an camera. We want to warn you the video is difficult to watch. This was the disturbing seen this morning in the 200 block of ontario street in the citys kensington neighborhood. The man who shot this video of a brutal beating right in the street does not want his face shown but did talk to us. The guy was actually on top of the girl and just beating on her. Reporter the woman is on the ground and you can see the man repeatedly slapping her and punching the victim. I heard a commotion earlier but i didnt pay no mind. I came out a guy on. To girl. Reporter the witness who shot the video says the beating went on for some time. He says maybe 20 to 30 minutes. Did anybody try to help the woman . No one. Bystanders just smiling, laughing and just standing around like a normal day. Like nothing was happening. Reporter you can see from the video that no one appears to try to intervene or help the woman. People are on their cell phones and just watching her being beaten. We dont know if they were possibly afraid for their own safety. We do know someone on the block called police. I dont want to jump and be a hero and just get hurt, you know. Bad out here. Reporter do you know the girl . No, i do not. I guess im used to seeing stuff like that around here. Its sad. Reporter did anybody call the police . Yeah, they showed up short time later. Reporter police did respond to the scene and caught up to the man in the video who told them a completel completelt that the woman actually assaul assaulted him. After seeing that video, however, police say its clear the man was beating the woman and he will face charges. They just tracked down the victim a short time ago to find out what happened to hear her side of it and say shes in the hospital right now being treated for her injuries. Lucy . Well, dawn, coming up at 5 30 well revisit this issue talk to psychologist how things like this can happen. And why no one stepped in to help. Breaking news now Police Involved shooting in wilmington, delaware. State department of justice has released their findings into that september 2015 shooting of a man in a wheelchair. The officers accused of of shooting him will not be charged but the doj does have a recommendation for one of them. The shooting death of jerry mcdole was caught on cell phone video. Officers encountered mcdole after a 911 call came in about a man who had shot himself and was still armed. A bystanders phone video showed the police repeatedly telling mcdole to drop his weapon and raise his hands. It shows him reaching before his waist before shots fired. Shorts say they recovered a handgun near mcdoles body. Now the doj says that four officers who shot mcdole will not be charged. They say three of four officers believe their lives were in danger. The office does say the fourth officer Corporal Joseph dulles should not be employed by the Wilmington Police department in any roll where he would carry a gun. Also, released today, 911 calls that start before the Police Arrived. Please send somebody quick he shot himself, man maam . Yes, please, yes and he still has a gun. Hes moving a little bit. He shot himself. Hes on the ground and hes moving around and he has a weapon in this hand. Minutes later on that call you can hear Police Arrive and then gunfire. Keep yourself covered. Stay out of the line. Oh i think they just took him out. Oh, my god. They shot him. Police just shot him now. The goj doj investigation found serious deficiencies in the Police Departments use of force policies and training in a statement the city says it disagrees with the criticisms of its officers and the city agrees in not charging the officers involved. The family of Jeremy Mcdole releasing this statement reading in part our family disagrees with the conclusions of the report not to charge any officer with a crime which seems to reflect the historic fact that we believe that no Police Officer in delaware has ever been charged with a crime for the fatal use of force on a civilian. The family is already suing the city over the shooting. Torments night a city is pausing to mark the one Year Anniversary of the amtrak derailment. The images are haunting. A passenger train twisted lying on its side in the middle of the night. Eight people died when amtrak train 188 careened off the tracks more than 200 people were hurt and in the aftermath, we learned the train entered the curve at more than twice the speed limit. Were still waiting to hear an official cause. In the meantime those whos lives were changed forever that night are still on the road to recovery. Heres fox 29s dave schratwieser. Ive got 15 month old granddaughter. I cant even pick her up and hold her. I cant play with her. Bob hewitt has spent the last year courageously fight fighting through the catastrophic injuries he suffered when he was thrown from amtrak train 188 after it careened off the tracks last may. I have pain 24 7. I have problems breathing because almost my entire ribcage was shattered. It didnt heal properly film it was horrible. Seeing him in a coma and to bring my kids there to see that. Reporter we first met the 58yearold hewitt last november while he was recovering at home from 23 fractured ribs, a lacerated kidney and a collapsed lung. He spent seven weeks in a medically induced coma. 10 weeks on dialysis and months in rehab. When we met bob hewitt again thursday, he was still wondering why amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian has not been charged criminally in the crash. His actions took eight lives. Dozens hundreds of others are impacted by it. Reporter investigators say bostian wasnt texting, emailing or talking on his cell phone as fox 291st reported he wasnt drunk or on drugs either based on toxicology tests. He was simply driving the train twice the speed limit. He changed our lives. Theres no reason why hes going that fast. Reporter seconds before the fatal crash the ntsb has said bostian was frantically trying to slow the train down. He was quickly approaching that big left hand curve where the speed limit was 50 miles per hour. It is not enough to say that mr. Bostian lot of quote the situation awareness end of quo quote. People want to know why he did what he did. Reporter why bostian was traveling so fast, why he didnt slow down earlier and exactly what happened in the seconds leading up to the crash are still a mystery. The ntsb is set to release the results of its year long investigation on may 17th at a public hearing in washington. The District Attorney and police are still investigating. Bostian isnt talking except to say he doesnt remember. Mr. Bostians actions that day not only derailed the train, it derailed lives. Reporter attorneys tom klein and robert monk lewis see represent many of the families of the eight passengers who were killed and the 200 passengers who were injured. We see a devastating tragedy which will reshape for the worst the lives of many people and many families. Its been a long road. And they wonder if its ever going to get better. Reporter the lawsuits against amtrak are moving through the court system. Lawyers expect the damages to reach 295 million. The federal cap for damages in a train crash. In the meantime, hewitt, his wife and daughter emily came to philadelphia thursday hoping to deliver a thank to you the First Responders in this picture scene carrying hewitt from the crash site. Im just very grateful. Thank you for saving him. Without them finding him so quickly and them doing all they did, he wouldnt be here. Bob hewitt says he still suffers from post Traumatic Stress and has nightmares about the crash. He still goes to dr. Appointments several times a month and he says hes anxiously awaiting the out come of the criminal investigation. The District Attorneys office would only say that it continues to investigate and would not answer any questions about specifics concerning the investigation. Dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. Amtrak released a Statement Today that reads in part our thoughts and prayers go out to the families who suffered a loss, the passengers and employees who were injured and to everyone on board the train. Our goal is to fully understand what happened and how we can prevent a similar tragedy from occurring in the future. And coming up tonight at 7 00 a vigil at the scene of the derailment for the dead, the injured and the First Responders. Our crew will be there and we will bring you live reports. A lottery player just won a Million Dollars for the second time. But when you learn a little more about him youll understand why he really needs this money. Plus you okay, maam . No a woman sobbing after discovering a man hiding in the back seat of her car. All the doors were lock. All the windows were up. How did he get in . Weve got the answer. Kathy . I always worry about that. In weather were talking about not one front moving through with rain but two and thats just in time for the weekend. Details on when it moves in, when it moves out and much cooler air that lags behind. Ill be back with the seven day after this. And coming up at 6 00 all new police want to you take a good look at this picture. Why theyre hoping his name could solve a big expensive mystery at a local record store. Route 15 trolley collides with a car in north philadelphia. It happened late this afternoon at the intersection of ninth and girard. Three people on that troll hal to be taken to jefferson with minor injuries. The driver of that car also taken to the hospital. He is now listed in stable condition. Traffic is shut down in both directions at ninth and girard. Caught on camera in north philadelphia, a barrage of bullets just flying out of a mini van. Take look here. Police are looking for two men who were in a green mini van. Surveillance camera caught them driving up to the 3700 block of north seventh street and firing several shots toward a group of people. At one point the driver of the van got out and fired shots right down the street. The two then took off. Bullets hit a bunch of cars but no people. So what was going on here . Dont know as of yet. Any information give police a call. A Chester County High School Student is facing charges to night School Officials say he made a bomb threat at phoeni phoenixville Senior High School this morning. Statement from the school says another student overheard a tenth grade boy say he had a bomb in his backpack. The school went on lock down when police combed the campus they did not find any explosiv explosives. Prosecutors are charging the boy as juvenile. Philadelphia police are searching for 24yearold Khalil Robinson right now. He escaped custody from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in university city. Police say he was arres arrester dui and dane to the hospital just after midnight. Somehow he was able to escape and run towards the 3800 block of warren street. A philadelphia Police Officer is in the hot seat after a possible dispute with contract contractors. Peacing together just what happened. No charges as of yet. Lets get right to our karen hepp live at physical police headquarters. All right, karen washington you got . Reporter well, we know the officer has been put on desk duty. And we also spoke with the officials here at the philadelphia police. Theyre taking this very serio seriously. A philadelphia Police Officer is on desk duty right now as several different departments investigate an alleged incident. The bucks county District Attorney confirms Bristol Police were call last thursday to levittown where the officer lives for a dispute involving contractors. The District Attorney is reviewing the case right now. Philadelphia police say they were notified. As a result of that notification, an internal investigation will take place. And thats underway at this particular time but theyre monitoring the outside investigation, if you will, in terms of any criminal component. Reporter officer neighbors dont know what to make of these allegations. Hard to believe. Yeah, cause since hes been here hes been very good neighbor. That is shocking. We dont know him well but he seems like a fairly great guy. Reporter a couple of things here theres no issue at all with officer living in levittown in the first place they got rid of those rules that required officers to live in the city a number years ago. Thats in the clear on that one. The District Attorney says theyve been doing a number of interviews and gathering a lot of evidence and they expect theyll know one way or another if theyll be charges pretty shortly within the next day or so. Thats the very latest from outside police headquarters. Iain, back to you. Karen, thank you. A judge in berks county accused of stealing money to pay his own bills. The state Attorney Generals Office announcing charges today against district judge timothy dougherty. The 56yearold pictured here on the website for berks county government accuse evidence taking 15,000 from his court and another 90 grand from the why ya miss sing Fire Department where he served as treasurer. Prosecutors say the judge had trouble paying his own bills including his mortgage. He is now facing a list of charges. Sounds like something out of a nightmare or urban legend a woman walked to her car and saw a man hiding in the back seat. She called 911 and you can feel the frantic fear in the conversation that followed. Heres foxs claire sims. 911. 91 wasnt call captures the frantic moments after a shopper at this beauford tj maxx discovers a man hiding in her suv. You okay, maam . No crying . Police corporal says the woman had shopped in the store for about 40 minutes tuesday evening before returning to the parking lot with her purchases. The suspect possibly entered her car through the open sun roof of her vehicle because she said all of her doors were lock. Victim told police it wasnt until she got into the front seat that she saw the man looking at her in the rear view mirror. As soon as the woman look in her rear view mirror and saw the suspect she began yelling. She began screaming for people to call 911 and she immediately exited her vehicle in order to gain distance between herself and the strange man in her back seat. That was everything right. Reporter witnesses dialed 911 and watched as the man cal andly got into his own car and drove away. They described the man as young, in his 20s, white, with short dark hair wearing a tshirt and shorts. Police arent sure what may have motivated thyme get into the womans car or what he planned to do next. But they believe it was an isolated incident. The victim got the mans tag number and officers hope to track him down soon. In gwynned county, claire sims, fox5 news. Its a big year for politics especially here in philadelphia. Today a big announcement as our city gets ready for the Democratic National convention. Philly will be hosting political fest this summer during the dnc. Mayor jim kenney made the announcement today at the National Constitution center. This nonpartisan festival will celebrate political history, government and elections. Mayor kenney says it will help philadelphia shine on the world stage. Its always nice to kind of reestablish and rebrand your city in front of the world. Obviously this is not just the National Event but interNational Event with jim lifts coming from around the globe to cover philadelphia and cover the convention. Political fest first happened here back in 2000 sand when philly hosted the Republican National convention. George zimmerman was apparently hoping to make some money from selling the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin. But that just got little more complicated for him. Well explain. And were some Philadelphia Water Department workers paid to party . Fox 29 investigates went to the top to find out. Was everybody off the clock . Got some concerns about some folks and were looking into that. What our questions uncovered fox 29 investigates is ahead. Plus imagine hearing Classical Music right now its drifting through the streets of one city. But the motives arent so pure. Who the music is supposed to keep away. Powerful earthquake rocked taiwan overnight. A 5. 6 magnitude quake shook the northeastern part of the count country. So far no reports of any injuries. Collapsed buildings or other damage. Wonderful thing because in february a 6. 4 magnitude quake rocked the country toppling an apartment complex and killing more than 100 people. A Police Pursuit spanning two states now has investigators looking into possible excessive use force by police. Chopper per video captured this chase. It began in holden massachusetts and ended an hour later in a neighborhood in massachusetts. The guy theyre after is richard simon. You see him get out of the pick up drop to his hands and knees. Police move in and punch him. Authorities are vesting in there was excessive force. George zimmerman wants to make some money off the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin but he said a it slight roadblo roadblock. The gun was setting to up for bid this morning but that auction never happened. Back in 2013 he was found not guilty of Second Degree murder and manslaughter i

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