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WTXF FOX 29 News At 11 February 16, 2018

About the 17 students and adults taken far too soon. Im iain page thanks for joining us. The victims stories touching many across the country. Chris oconnell joins us in our operations center. Chris . Tonight was a night for the victims remembering the spoken to lives, remembering who they were, and what they may have become. Their ages, 14 to 49 years old. Each of the victims with the story each of them with a family grieving. I know hes with god, and he is, among them the mother of al isa, a 14yearold freshman, amazing soccer player, a better person. So smart, beautiful. Creative, out going this is jamie gutenber, her father, my heart is broken, i lost my baby girl to a violent shooting, she was killed along with her friend gina, their friends called them angels on earth, nicholas, a senior star swimmer irwho just celebrated getting a swimming scholarship to the university of indianapolis. Assistant football coach the parttime Security Guard being credited for using his body as a human shield to protect students they loved people. He loved the kids that he worked with at the school. And that he wasnt afraid. You know, to protect. Geography teacher scott bagel students say he avoid add locked classroom to avoid the shooter. The self less act. Chris hickman a 49yearold former u. S. Naval reservist, with each of the 17 victims there are more stories to tell as the Community Begins to come to grips with the precious lives lost, an Emotional Message for the killer. We certainly cant forget about the eventful others who were injured in this attack. Couple that have since been released from the hospital. Several of them still are fighting for their lives in south florida hospitals tonight iain thank you. Thousands packed a vigil honoring those 17 victims, the space, barely big enough for the crowd. Joseph roads. Reporter a sea of light during a time of darkness. Candles radiating from park land theater. My home away from home was attacked brutally and tragically emotions raw to remember every life lost peter wing hearts heavy in this crowd looking for comfort. Fearing the pain from a father, jamie gut berg speaking out on the shooting. It is impossible, my girl. My 14yearold baby. For those of you who know my jamie, she was the life of the party. The energy in the room. Reporter on stage, 17 anyone r angels representing those killed wednesday. Crosses dot, the field, a fate these teenagers never thought theyd see. Not in a million years. Reporter students reliving the trauma as they find friends they havent seen since the gunman opened fire in the halls of their school wednesday. My friends are dead. Peter, martin, theyre dead. And those are my good friends. Our home we go every day and to take that from us, its the scariest thing. Reporter a powerful message from Broward County sheriff. If youre an elected official and you want to keep things the way they are. If you want to keep the gun laws as they are, you will not get reelected in Broward County. Reporter followed by lives forever altered from children to parents nothing will ever be the same, ever. President trump spoke for the first time today about the tragedy in florida. To every parent, teacher and child, who is hurting so badly, we are here for you whatever you need. Whatever we can do. To ease your pain. We are all joined together as one american family. And your suffering is our burden also. No child, teacher should ever be in danger in an american oxon hill. No parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them goodbye in the morning. The president said he will travel to florida to meet with the victims and their family. The massacre one of the worst deadliest shootings in the united states. Were learning more and one place he went after the shooting. Lauren blanchard is in broward coununty with details. Hes sad mournful, remorseful. He is fully aware of what is going on. And hes just put a broken human being. Reporter the parkland commute in morning. This after 19yearold nicholas cruise makes his First Court Appearance thursday charged with 17 counts of pro meditated murder taking an uber to the school entering with a duffle bag. He proceeded to set off the fire alarm before using his ar15 oh open fire. According to the sheriff, cruise was only in the school about seven minutes before fleeing the scene he crossed fields and ran west along with others fleeing and tried to mix in with the grownup that were running away. Firing. Reporter the shooter went to walmart store. He was detained boy an Officer Police department. When learning more about the shooters troubled past he lost beneath r both of his adopted parents, his mother dying in november and in september, fbi officials received a tip about a comment posted to you tube no Additional Information was found to positively to identify the person who posted this he has been placed on suicide watch and is suffering from Mental Illness his entire life, in parkland florida Lauren Blanchard a group of local High School Students are starting a club. Plymouth white marsh, marissa is feels so strongly about keeping guns out of schools, she and classmate started an antigun Violence Club to get a dialogue started and potentially save lives. You should be safe. You shouldnt even think that you could get killed going to school its scary that could happen anywhere and School Shootings keep happening. No one can stop them the school has a lot of security measures in place to keep students safe holding regular drills what to do in case of an active shooter. As the story continues to unfold. Fox 29 will stay on top of new enforcing for around the clock updates, head to the website at fox29. Com. Turning to weather, a live look outside in doylestown. Rain in our area, scott this morning commute could get messy were looking at showers lingering into the first part of the day tomorrow. Before all is said and done about quarter to throw quarts of an inch of rain. Ultimate doppler will take a tour you can see around Philadelphia Center City Crossing over into sections of south jersey looking at the wet weather, north and west, Lehigh Valley and poconos look at the temperatures, its 65 degrees in dover, 62 in wildwood. Mid 50s along that 95 corridor. For tonight be overnight low temperatures comfortable in the 50s, but youre dodging the showers. First thing tomorrow morning. A taste of spring in the sevenday but also, yes, coming up. Well time out that saturday night snow and talk about how much will fall in your backyard. Back over to you. Thanks. A chaotic scene. Neighbors jump no action. And a few officers and dispatchers. Reporter it was a huge honor how some used their own money. To help families in need. Well get a sneak peak in costumes to watching weapons this is a show you dont want to miss. Tomorrow runs through february 19th. Youre looking at video from south florida for where a vigil has just wrapped up. Hard wrenching stories of lives lost. Fox 29 will be continuing to follow this, be sure to catch good day philadelphia at 4 00 a. M. Tragedy in camden after car flips on to a sidewalk killing an 8yearold girl. Investigators say the girl was riding her bike when the guy lost control of his car. Then hit the curb and flipped over. Our dave kinchen joins us in camden with more. Reporter sadness isnt even the word to describe what so many people in a tight knit neighborhood are gusting through with the 8yearold who had her whole life before her sounded like it was gunshot. And everybody ran over. Reporter a scene of devastation in camden. Its where an 8yearold girl was riding her bike on the sidewalk when struck by a car that would later take her life she had been crying, what about if that would have been me . Reporter it was around 4 15 when investigators say a car driven by a man in his 80s lost control striking the girl and another person, the scene turned the little girl died from her injuries at the hospital im very hurt. I know her mom and dad is exhausted now. And god help them is it heart to process when you see Something Like this. The second person was a man sitting on the steps when the car came his away according to police hes in stable condition, were told, appears this time the driver will not face any charges. The investigation is ongoing. Driver had injuries as well. Back to you. Thank you. This as 23yearold diana the new jersey attorney general said she stole 78,000 from her 86 aunt who got dementia. Days later, investigators say she is started withdrawing large amounts of cash from her aunts account and writing checks to herself, boyfriend and father shes now facing charges. A big honor for officers in Camden County who went above and beyond, out of their way to help had a mom struggling to feed her kids. Shawnette wilson is live in run need. Reporter it is amazing and in any got a standing ovation. But the officers and that dispatcher are very humble. They say this was just part of the job they do every day. A mother doing her job getting help from her children. Reporter Police Dispatcher remembers the call that came in to 911. From a mother who said she didnt have food to feed her children and was looking for resources somebody to come out. Kind of trying to find food for my childrens my kids have not eat yesterday four children hungry and they hadnt eaten was heartbreaking officer david hints to the home we couldnt let them be hungry. Reporter they were honored for what they did for the family. Officer hint end first took a fast food meal and decided along with dispatcher bag beau and her mom who was a lieutenant to take bags of groceries to the family that night. Money out of their own pocket. Children were lined up behind her and excitement to receive the groceries, they were very, very excited and happy. Reporter they received a plaque, this department is something we would do every day. Reporter and the mother wasnt really looking for what the officers in that dispatcher did, she was just looking for a referable for services. But they wanted to step in. Back to you. Great act kindness. Showers across allentown and lehigh count its something for everyone, High Temperatures in the low 60s for philadelphia. Tomorrow well hit an early High Temperature of 60, but a cold front will sweep through winds will pick up out of the north and west and the temperatures will tumble. 38 for the High Temperature on saturday. Looking at the wintery mix, upper 40s by sunday, for the holiday on monday, president day, temperatures in low 50s with a shower chance, lock at ultimate doppler lit up, north and west, mount pocono, the Lehigh Valley, moving towards southeastern pennsylvania that i95 corridor stretchering into burlington county, Camden County. Looking at the bulk of the rainfall, not a whole lot yet and also places like Atlantic City and cape may but the coverage will fill in during the overnight as the rainfall continues to evolve from west to east. Friday it will be a mild start, leftover showers the temperatures will drop. 55 in philadelphia down the road look at norfolk, virginia, 70 at this hour, 67 in roanoke, 67 in charlotte 40 in detroit and chicago, minneapolis 25, if you see the colder air. Temperatures stay mild. Low 50s, north and west, 55 the low in philadelphia, 56 in millville, temperatures top out around 60 before the drop out and the temperatures will fall. What about this snowfall were looking at High Pressure giving ace break early saturday. The moisture moves in. The clock moves in, 6 00, 7 00, moderate snow. Especially because its falling at night. Temperatures will be marginal, were looking at rain to wet snow, self inches possible sticking to grassy untreated surfaces, temperatures will be marginal in the low to mid 30s. Around the i95 corridor, one to two inches lesser amounts as you move closer to the shore, hire amounts two to four inches north and w. The Weather Authority sevenday forecast showing you temperatures tumbling tomorrow upper 30s saturday. Upper 40s as we move towards sunday, 52 for president day but look at tuesday, High Temperature of 70 iain youll like that, 66 degrees. By the middle of next week. Something for everyone. Thats over to you. Thanks. All i see is 70. Whats coming up in sports its time for the eagles to start considering moves here in the off season and t took a full week about the confetti finally been swept off broad street and were officially in the off season. Naturally the talk is about what moves the eagles will make, who they will sign and trade and a lot of people are bringing up potentially training nick foles. My answer, no way. Heres why. I get the eagles are in a position where they have the last pick in the first round of the draft and finally another pick in the fourth. Its not ideal. Maybe if your a team that need a quarterback like denver. There may be a trade. You cant rely on carson wentz just yet. Even if hes healthy he will have 0 practice preseason, he likely wont be able to start with eagles from the getgo. With wentz still on his rookie contract its a steal keeping both guys 15 million. Its a backup coming in handy. Bottom line, nick foles cant go just yet. Iain. Sewell new jersey is one happy mom got a great bracelet bag she bought for her son for christmas, 16yearold mike lost it in the crowd of hundreds of thousands of eagles fans last thursday, a strange found it posted a picture of it on fake and mailed it back fee im glad i got it back and went through the effort. I know my philly people. Theyre were all good possibly and a very small percentage i believe gets a lot of the negative tea. Thank you to joe, whoever you are. Thank you, joe. Talking about the power of social media, his original post was shared more than 6700 times. Pretty good good story can you believe it it was just last week feels like months ago at this point. Super bowl years ago. Theres still the chance. Heres another look at the 17 victims who lost their lives wednesday. We, of course, will continue to follow this developing story and look for more information on good day philadelphia starting at 4 00 a. M. Thanks for watching, have a great night. Was like really tragically to take that, it is the scary thing in the world. A sea of light during time of darkness can also radiating from the tragedy in park land, florida as thousands turnout to remember victim who in one of the nations Deadliest School shooting. Also ahead on good day philadelphia, opened for business, one of the first medical marijuana dispensar iness pennsylvania set to opened today and guess what we will take you inside live. Also ahead do you have your tickets . We are talking about one of the most anticipated movies of the year, black panter, it opened up at midnight but for many people the new super hero movie is so much more. I have my tickets i will see you there. 3 59, friday tgif, bob kellys off, mike masseo is in, good to see you. Karen hepp is off as well. Sue serio decided to join us. They are dropping like flies. Yes. Mike masso is helping. Lets check the roadness a moment. We have weird ape whacky forecast. Ups and down with temperatures, spooky outside right now with the fog, and the rain but it vice mild. We will give you, again i forgot, okay we will get with seven, we will see how it goes yeah, you know i didnt change bus stop buddys outfit from yesterday but umbrella is still a good idea, we have, rain, every where, lets say from New Castle County delaware northward and it is spreading, further into the area, kind of yucky out there right new but mild, 54 degrees and a lot of fog, in the area, wilmington, in philadelphia, reduced visibility around trenton area, very foggy up around allentown, so, allow some extra time this morning and prepare for at least a chance of a shower throughout the afternoon, and then temperatures will drop, pretty drum particularly for saturday so, lots of changes coming up in that seven day forecast and we will talk about them, just ahead, so hopefully folks are careful out there mike, on the roads. You will need to be careful very slick with overnight rain and still raining coming down but also now the fog, kind of messing up the visibility that is 95 at Commodore Barry bridge, you can see again low visibility this morning we are all watching construction related delays across town this morning, mostly right around 42 freeway, Biggest Issue between 130 and 295 knocking out two lanes, so you have to get around one lane so be careful. Were looking at cameras we are not seeing issues on the 42 freeway this morning, as we head toward philadelphia, with , you know,

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