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WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 October 3, 2017

Then all of a sudden it was rapid fire. And were still you know we dont know where or what it is. Then all of a sudden you realize that it was gunfire and it sounded like it was coming off of everywhere around you because thats how bad the echoing was. And it was terrifying and we all just started running to the closest exit that we can get to. Katie says she ran because of her kids. Shes happy to be holding them close tonight. Live Team Coverage we begin tonight with foxs Caroline Shively reporting life. Reporter police in multiple states are now searching homes and questioning acquaintances of 64yearold Stephen Paddock. Dozens are dead. Hundreds more wounded. But officials still dont know what prompted the deadly lee yesterday mats shooting in american hit reach survivors now coming forward describing the chaos that erupted when the attack started. All of a sudden, you hear this sun as fast as it can come. Theyre crying. Theyre panicking. People are screaming. Still several hundred victims in area hospitals doctors say the injuries are more severe than most gunshots. Due to the types of guns used in the attack. These were quite large wounds that we saw. The fracture and shrapnel from the high velocity rounds created kind of a different pattern. Reporter Las Vegas Police and fbi investigators now combing the shooting scene as they continue looking into Stephen Paddock the lone gunman behind the attack. Fox news has learned he sent tens of thousands of dollars overseas but its not clear if those payments were linked to the attack. Officials say theyre still looking for motive. Were using the best Practice Technology to ensure that we have complete documentation. Thats why its taken a longer period of time. Reporter President Trump is set to visit las vegas tomorrow. He will speak with local officials First Responders and victims. Reporting live in las vegas, Caroline Shively, fox news. And now the faces, the names, the lives of the victims are coming to light. People like sonny milton newlywed from tennessee die whod protecting his wife heather. Rachel parker. Susan smith was an employee with the seem my Valley School district in california some of the dozens murdered sunday nig night. One of the victims is a local man Shippensburg Police identified bill wolf, jr. , as a victim in the Las Vegas Massac massacre. Wolf was a wrestling coach in shippensburg. Friends and family made a gofundme page to help raise money for the family. Wolf and his wife robin were at the concert when the gunshots began. Robin is okay. Fox 29s dave kinchen is in las vegas tonight with more on how people are looking to hem out. Dave . Reporter iain, weve seen the images of the chaos, carnage and confusion over the last couple of days. Well today a different and frankly a heart warmin warming. People literall literally givinf themselves here at a blood drive. Las vegas strong. Two days after sundays concert massacre hundreds line up to give blood at places like United Blood Services. Many here showed up yesterday and waited for hours only to be told to come back today. Committed to making a difference, showing the bright side of humanity its just what they did. I just moved from pittsburgh to phoenix, and i felt i came this far recently. I might as well drive the extra way don what i can for the people in las vegas. Its nice to see people saving lives. Just wanted to be here, cause seemed like a relatively easy thing to do. To help in a crisis and when theres something i can do to help, then thats what im going to do. Reporter and the organizer heres at United Blood Services say that theyve been able to meet that critical need with all of the donations but its not stopping people still coming in as you can see here only one of many ways people are trying to help out and give back. Back to you. All right, dave. As we continue to see all those Great Stories thank you we continue to hear stories of heartbreak and courage from those who were at that concert in las vegas including from people in our area. Now back home trying to make sense of what they witnessed. Our bruce gordon spent this day in wilmington with a couple of friends still wondering how they made it out of las vegas alive. Bruce. Reporter lucy, so many emotions including oddly enough guilt. These two friends are wondering how they survived when so many other doctors not. Im Walking Around but some people arent that lucky. Reporter 42yearold steve gold knew exactly where he needed to be. Back on the field at the wilmington blue rocks frawley stadium where he serves as head grounds keeper. To be back here doing this is this is your release. Yeah. Reporter comfort zone . I think so. Reporter just two days removed from the las vegas Country Music festival now drenched in infamy. Gold attend the vegas concerts with his friend meghan odonne odonnell. Both say the music was great. The beer was cold and the crowd was friendly. And then the shooting started. And the music was drowned out by the rat at a time at a time of seemingly endless gunfire and the screams of the dying. Concert goers scrambled desperately for cover. As odonnell ran through the darkness, her leg scraped and bleeding, backpack covered in blood, her mind turned to her twin 11yearold daughters back in delaware. Im sorry. They were the first things that i thought about when i said we have to go. I have to make it home to my babies. Reporter gold helped others scramble over a fence to safety. He was led along with hundreds of others to a nearby shelter a casino. Where he met a young woman. She looks up at me. She goes by my boyfriend is de dead. He cant be alive. She didnt know but she was thinking he was dead. And just shes sitting on casino floor crying. I sat there with her for a couple hours. Worst part about it was, write your name down and ill contact you. Ill let you know what happens. I just wright cowboy steve and my monday. Cowboy steve received a text in that young woman monday nig night. It said cowboy she told me she lost him. He was gone . When gold left the casino that sunday night, he ripped his expensive concert bracelet tick off his wrist. Now its back on as a tribute to those who never made it home. This is something at one important i was hating even during the three days it was on my hand i was like this thing is so uncomfortable. But now its just now to me its love. Reporter both gold and odonnell say despite this horrific memory neither will stop going to big outdoor concerts. To do that says meghan would mean he, the shooter, wins. And hes already taken far too much. Lucy . Isnt that the truth, bruce. Lets take live look now outside Philadelphia City hall. That is where Governor Tom Wolf and mayor jim kenney will join people tonight for vigil remembering the victims of the mass shooting in las vegas this begins very soon. At 6 00 oclock. Skyfox over the scene where Temple University says a student fell out of a window on cam pumps the University Says 19yearold richard daal court has died in a statement it says daal court fell out of a window in his Residence Hall at 1900 montgomery walk today. He was a First Year Student at the Temple College of engineering. The university is Offering Counseling for students Temple Police and Philadelphia Police are investigating how exactly that could have happened. Two people are recovering after being shot in allentown this afternoon. Skyfox caught the scene at the fourth and washington streets. Police say the victims were shot just afternoon. Both were taken to a local hospital. Theyre now in stable condition. So far no arrests have been ma made. Some breaking news now out of south philadelphia where fire and hazmat crews are working on a chemical leak. Skyfox over the scene just a few minutes ago on Christopher Columbus boulevard. Fire officials are telling fox 29 they got call about half hour ago to ashland Chemical Plant and they say a chemical leaked from a tank and if it touches water it could become acidic right now no word on any injuries. Philadelphia police are looking for a man armed with a knife who robbed a dollar general. They say saturday night the man you see here jumped the counter of the store in Northern Liberties on Spring Garden street. Police say he grabbed money from the register, took off. If you know anything about this because it will be hard to recognize him, give police a call. Coming up theyre not even four years old jet he 80 these tripe lets have moved theyve gotten even more fight than them than lost grown ups. President trump visits puerto rico but his comments have some outraged. What is your death count as of this moment . 17 . 16, sir. 16 people certified. 16 people versus in the thousands. You can be very proud. What else the president said that set social media a blaze. Got your outdoor weddings. We hads in a church, of course. Or even on a beach. But the place this couple tied the knot, pretty unusual. After 8 years of chris christie, is kim guadagno the change new jersey really needs . Guadagno is christies handpicked successor. Says shes proud to be part of the christie administration. Guadagno was Chris Christies right hand as our schools came under attack, Critical Services were underfunded, and our Credit Rating was downgraded. 11 times. From the bridge to the beach, weve seen it all, and weve had enough. Kim guadagno isnt the change we need. Police are still investigating why a plan opened fire on a packed concert in las vegas in the nations worst mass shooting in modern history. Officials say they found 23 guns in Stephen Paddocks hotel room. 19 guns with multiple rounds at his home. Paddock also two accessories that could have allowed semi automatic rifle to fire rapidly and authorities are now saying theyve identified all but three of the 59 victims that died more than 500 others were hurt. The mass shooting in las vegas has many shaken to their core. Not just the victims. But Good Samaritans, first responderrings even strangers impacted by the horror that played out. Joyce evans youve been speaking with local counselors how to deal with this tragedy. Its really really tough. Actually lucy and iain we are are affected in some kind of w way. Whether turn there. Whether you lost somebody you just keep watching in disbelief as it all unfolds on your tv or online. You can just hear the rounds like creeping up on you. Feels like theyre hunting you down. You can hear them coming closer. You go the to move lets go. You dont prepare for it. You just fight or flight. So i just kept thinking, like, we just need to get home to our kids. Unimaginable survivor stories gut wrenching to see and hear. The shots just kept coming. I saw people in front of me get hit with bullets. Drexel University Family therapist rg allen says they and their loved ones are not the only ones suffering permanent emotional damage. And while there is healing there is transformation, we can assume that these people will never be what they were. Reporter she says neither will the Good Samaritans who saved lives First Responders even reporters, doctors and nurses. Triage. Who is dying the fastest and trying to get those patients in to an operating room to take care of them. They are also going to be experiencing vicarious trauma then need healing and support, too. Reporter how do we all get through the denial, anger, selfblame and depression . To a place where we can move on. Youre not just going to get over it and youre just going to pass through it. Youll grow through it, but its going to take some time so you have to be patient with yourse yourself. Forgiveness is a process but what i will tell you is it is the most healing experience that any of us can have. Reporter but what do you tell your children now while youre working on yourself . If you cant help them, because youre not emotionally well enough to do that, then find someone who is. Create a safe environment. Ask them open ended questions and allow them to answer. Dont ever assume that they dont know. Reporter now the city of philadelphia has forwarded us a list of City Services and resources that they are encouraging all of to us use. They are free of charge and guys you can find a link to that on our website fox29. Com. Invaluable resource. Incredible. We heard from tiara parker yesterday who was in that orlando shooting. More than year still thinks about it all the time. Exactly right. But were inundated with it all day. All the video of day. Think about it. Joyce, thank you. A data breach targeting Sensitive Information is now bigger than we originally equifax says the number of people affected now 145 and a half million thats 2. 5 million more than originally thought nearly half the population of the u. S. Former ceo Richard Smith testified before a house energy and Commerce Committee today and said that human error and Technology Failures are to blame for the hack. 13 days after Hurricane Maria ravaged the us territory of puerto rico and President Trump is now visiting. He met with local officials today and talk to americans who call the island home. Foxs Rick Leventhal is in new york with details on the president s visit. Reporter President Trump in puerto rico meeting with storm victims and assessing damages. Two weeks after a direct hit from Hurricane Maria. Now, i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but youve thrown our budget a little out of whack. [ laughter ] because weve spent a lot of money on puerto rico, and thats fine. We saved a lot of lives. Reporter during his visit the president met briefly with the mayor and said shes quote doing a good job. This after the mayor recently criticized the speed of the federal storm response. Every death is a horror, but if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, what is your death count as of this moment, 17 . 16, sir. 16 people certified. 16 people versus in the thousands. Your people, all of our peoplef working together. Reporter 95 of Puerto Ricans still have no power and there are many long lines for the basics like Cell Phone Service and gasoline. We dont have Internet Service and almost everything now no electricity. Reporter there are now more than 10,000 federal officials on the ground and the Trump Administration has transferred more than 20. 5 million in federal funds to puerto rico to defray disaster expenses. There are some signs of progress federal Officials Say 60 of gas stations are back open and 45 of people now have access to drinking water. In new york, Rick Leventhal, fox news. Lets check on your fox 29 Weather Authority as we take live look at sunny reading out there. Nice day to open up the windows and breathe in fresh air. Absolutely. Kathy orr is here now. All right. So kathy, things are warming up from here on out not through im guessing november but, new york city. In the short term. Okay. Not the long term but thats good enough, right. Thats right. Absolutely. Especial follow the month of objection looking good out that. Looking at sunshine and mild temperatures. Consider these morning lows. 52 in philadelphia. 42 in pottstown. 35 in the poconos. 49 in dover and 45 in wrightstown. Wont be quite that cool tomorrow morning but still we will be in the 50s. Afternoon highs looking good. 64 in the poconos. 72 in philadelphia. 72 in millville. Down the shore in the 60s right now. In dover it is 69 degrees. Down the shore today little bit breezy with on shore flow temperatures in the 60s with plenty of sunshine look at the ocean water temperature already down to skate degrees. Now, during the evening temperatures will be falling from the 70s. By 9 00 oclock well be in the 60s and by the 11 00 oclock hour, right around 60, 61 degrees. Overnight tonight, it is going to get cool, clear skies a chance of patchy fog, tomorrow night well look at temperatures that are warmer but overnight tonight the poconos 47. 54 in philadelphia. 49 in millville. Tomorrow morning waking up to 5. But guess what happens after that . A major warmup. Well be talking about humidity again. Tropical . Wow do you like those words iain. I do. Theyre coming our way. Well talk about that with the seven day. All right. Thank you very much. Coming up a look back at the incredible musical journey an american i couldnt. Remembering the one and only tom petty. Thats next. Im free, free falling rock star tom petty has died after heart attack at his home in malibu. Yesterday we told you at 5 00 he was at a california hospital in full cardiac arrest. The 66yearold has passed on but the qu

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