tonight. the nearby saint malaki school was on lockdown for a time. police were searching the area for video and fearing retaliatory violence. they were all friends buddies and all four are well known to police and come in can t with us on many occurrences. and police have not locked down a motive for the executions. a fourth victim remains hospitalized in critical condition. police say there is a history of gans violence in this part of town, it would be over a war of drug turf or something as insults on social media. in broad daylight 24 rounds fired it could hit an innocent kid or person. we feed the help we can get to get these individuals off the street. reporter: rick an anti-violence vigil is expected to begin at 11th and styles in about a half hour. vernon odom, channel 6 action news. thank you. in other news tonight the trial of eric frein the man accused of ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers underway. frein opened fire on douglas and dickson las
drag her inside. and she told how she was afraid for her life. and after dickson was shot. trooper alex douglas was shot by the same sniper and he crawled inside to safety. the jury that arrived in vans are from chester county. given the notoriety in pike county it was decided to use an out of town jury. and there is a sense of tension with police patrolling around the courthouse with rifles and a temporary screen was put in to move frein in and out of the building. and in the opening the prosecution put a hand written note allegedly written by frein, it reads in part, got a shot and took it. and how the victim fell and yelled and the writer expressing surprise at how fast he fell. and watched as the lawyer told the jury frein would not take the stand. but statements will be played in open court. other evidence displayed today in open court from frein s computer a letter to his parents reportedly explaining this to his parents. starting to start a fire and win back certai
just wow. you know and the children, you know, i just it was a mind blower. it s a shame. that s all i got to say right in front of this big school. reporter: police say two unknown men walked up to a group unleashed up to 25 gunshots on the crowd killing gentleman par, ronald fenwick and marcello robertson. their ages between 20 and 32. a fourth man was critically injured. they were all friends. they were all buddies. however, all four of them very well known to police. they have come in contact with us on many occurrences. reporter: victims have various drug, gun, violent crime charges on their files according to homicide detectives who also say the surviving victim has not been overly cooperative so far. police are also scowering for surveillance video to keep give them leads with zero tips pouring in on the alleged killers as of tuesday afternoon. they had no concern for human life and it s our job to very quickly get these individuals off the street and that
in north philadelphia the scene of yesterday s carnage but the two gunman are still out there, out there somewhere. it is tuesday night the big story on action news tonight is the frantic effort to track down two killers. there is nothing to suggest right now that police are close. action news reporter dann cuellar is live at police headquarters dann what is the latest on this? reporter: well jim as police continue to search for the two killers reward leading to arrest has grown to 70,000. it is now believed that rivalry between two groups led to the execution style killings. for most of the day and night a heavy police presence lined several block of harrison plaza pha apartments as police worried about a retaliatory attack. we will flood the area with police and always worried about retaliation and always worried about them coming back and shooting and injuring more individuals in the area. reporter: at least 25 shots were fired in broad daylight by two men in a small g
with tampax pearl. you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days and smooth removal for your lightest. tampax pearl and pocket pearl for on the go. action news delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. this is where it happened two gunmen spray up to 25 bullets striking four men, three are dead, the fourth is in the hospital. this is the harrison public housing project on west styles in north philadelphia the scene of yesterday s carnage but the two gunman are still out there, out there somewhere. it is tuesday night the big story on action news tonight is the frantic effort to track down two killers. there is nothing to suggest right now that police are close. action news reporter dann cuellar is live at police headquarters dann what is the latest on this? reporter: well jim as police continue to search for the two killers reward leading to arrest has grown to 70,000. it is now believed that rivalry between two groups led to the execution style killin