happened. reporter: less than a mile away black bunting at springfield township fire company. he was very well like in the community. reporter: the chief remembers a man who served as a first responder, township emergency manager and a man who trained generations of fire fighters. we have several members who actually grew up from being a little kid with roger. it will be a big loss, you know work him not being around. reporter: a big loss, his home, for a beloved father, husband and life long friend. he had many, many friends. reporter: and still no word yet on what caused that lawn mower come bus cause ago this freak accident but new jersey state police are leading that investigation. reporting live, i m steve paterson for cbs-3 eyewitness news . thanks, steve. keep us updated. in other news tonight philadelphia police make an arrest in last weeks attack on the murder of a transgendered woman. eyewitness news reporter rahel solomon was first to report at
there are protecting the dallas cowboys and protecting greg hardy. reporter: wip sports radio host josh ines is often lamb best ted a as a quick witted loud mouth but he is the only one putting his money where his mouth is, and inspiring others to do the same. philadelphia a will come to the rescue. reporter: ines and co host spike eskin started a on line fund by putting in $500 of their own money for a random women s abuse shelter in dallas and asking philadelphians to pitch in. the goal, was $3,000, but by the the start have of show time today guys raised close to $27,000. reporter: with deep appreciation, the the genesis women s shelter in dallas, said in part quote this campaign launched by the team and wip radio in philadelphia shows us that the issue of domestic violence is bigger than a football rivalry and bigger than sports. i want to see something positive come to the ladies in dallas and i want to see something positive come to the people of philadelphi
they are realizing it had been someone who was planning to harm them. this is very dangerous to have officers not paying attention to is what going on around them, they are surrounding and for someone to take a photo of these officers a and they are not aware, they don t wake up or anything, it is a a dangerous situation. reporter: now because these officers identities were not released by the department we weren t able to reach out to them for any possible comment they might have on the picture. meanwhile philadelphia police say while they are trying to pin opinion down exactly how long officers were sleeping and other circumstances they emphasized a as of right now there is no indication that their sleeping in anyway put any citizens in jeopardy, because they may have missed any calls. live from police headquarters, i m walt hunter, cbs-3 eyewitness news . walt, thank you. some big changes are coming in the forecast, our weather team is now tracking rain and tomorr
ridiculous season we had this past week. humidity levels are dropping. we will get gorgeous weather. perfect. lets get to it. what can you expect as we head toward saturday. a gorgeous day, everybody. it is not just saturday but also sunday. lets look at a few things we can count on today. mostly sunny skies. cooler temperatures. isn t that nice? lower humidity. that will make a difference. looking live, at the temperatures this morning, a little bit of 73. seventy-one millville. bensalem 68. cinnaminson at 70 degrees. looking at center city, 72 degrees. we have a little wind, and humidity still up there 76 percent but that will drop off in the morning and sun breaks out. it is going to be a pleasant temperature. less humid, 84 degrees in philadelphia. seventy-seven at the shore. talk about a nice beach day. seventy-five in the poconos. so, fantastic, right. that is exactly what you want. not just today but also tomorrow. thing is, monday, we will start warming up and the
the park and watched the scene unfold. police say the 68 year-old was walking through the park around 2:30 when a masked man tried to rob him. the man shot and killed the attempted robber on the scene. it is in the really a good place to go through anytime. reporter: upper darby resident michael says that he ace afraid to walk through cobbs creek park. he tells eyewitness news that he was mugged there just a few years ago. i was just walking home at night and came up behind me and struck me. reporter: right the now we don t know the a attempted robbers name or victims new but we are told the victim was taken to the local hospital with chest pains. police are still investigating. we are live, dave spunt for cbs-3 eyewitness news . david, thank you. septa safety officials are offering what they hope could be life saving advice for drivers, coming following this deadly commuter train crash last night near new york city. eyewitness news investigative reporter walt