pedestrians, in chestnut hill. it happened around 4:15 at the intersection of the germantown avenue and east griffith lane. both were transported to einstein medical center with unknown injuries. allegations are disturbing, philadelphia mother is facing murder charges in the suffocation deaths of her two young children. they were found dead in the home of a relative in miramar, florida. eyewitness news reporter joe holden is in frankford right now where he spoke with the suspect s devastated relatives, joe. reporter: ukee, good evening. sophia hines called this neighborhood home with her two children and husband and other extended family. tonight they live behind me and they are grief stricken. i just spoke to one of those family members who tells me that they are unable to eat and really unable to process all of this. tonight there are really no answers to the question of why. he just started smiling and jumping, and this all happened. reporter: that is how family
whipped and robbed overnight. and remembering a legend, thousands of people are paying respects to muhammad ali at this hour. but the big story on action news is a philadelphia mother facing murder charges in the death of they are two children. sophia barnes is in jail in broward county charged with two counts of murder. i spoke to her husband this morning. he is in absolute shock. relatives of sophia haines says she did not drink or two drugs and has no history of mental illness, but authorities in florida say haines admits to suffocating her two young kids. the last thing i would expect. anthony singleton can t believe it, his wife of 4 months, sophia haines of frankford is charged in south florida on two counts of murder for the deaths of her two children. his child was the youngest of the two. this is the last person i would think would do something to our son and our daughter. haines has two adult children that live in jamaica, police say she was visiting
sophia haines. confessing to suffocating the children with a bed sheet. this is the last person i would think would do something like this to my son, to her daughter. he last saw her last week, she was a doting mother who didn t drink, smoke or suffer from mental conditions. why she would take the life of her children is baffling. always how is the baby? how is the kids? i don t see how anybody could have seen this coming. they were so sweet. i can t believe it. yesterday afternoon haines called her relative in florida, and said come home now, when the relative arrive, she saw haines crying and the two children unresponsive on the bed. haines was taken into custody and arrested and gave police no explanation for her actions. i cannot wrap my mind around it. we are not naming the 3-year-old daughter or the father of that child has not been notified. police tell me he is in jamaica and they are having a difficult time reaching him. chad thanks. new at 4:00, pres
a gunshot and felt the impact when the bullet hit the right wheel of the car. they put out the composite sketch reporting he or she was involved in an incident with a guy matching the sketch. he was involved in another incident where the tip was called in the day before. we are investigating that incident to see what occurred at that time. police developed a suspect and picked him up in philadelphia this morning. he added, i didn t do it on purpose. i didn t do it on purpose. i didn t do it the man is not charged and that is expected to happen this evening. there are multiple incidents like these recently. sara thank you. 17-year-old hamilton will spend 75 to 80 years in prison for his role in a deadly robbery last year. last march james stoleman was walking his dog when police say that hamilton and two other boys tried to rob him and they negotiated a plea deal. tonight we hear from the local man whose son was the victim of a tragic murder in florida. the person
trail to the walnut street bridge when a man slashed her in the forehead just like that. no warning, no conscience. it is thursday night and the big story on action news tonight is the search for an attacker. after an assault that once again brings into question the safety of the schuylkill river trail. action news reporter christie ileto is live at the scene of the attack. and christie, you ve got the full story. that s right, jim. police say that she and another person were walking up these steps when they realized that they were being followed. moments later, the 24-year-old woman had a 3-inch gash on her face. at 3:00 this afternoon there was a it is all people are talking about on the schuylkill river trail. detectives say a 24-year-old woman attacked in broad daylight today. today? yeah, at 3:00. oh, my gosh. the victim and her friend were climbing these steps that led to walnut street when the suspect wearing a dark hoodie began to follow. and he rep