A man was shot and killed in Philadelphia Saturday night.
The man, who police say was in his mid to late 30’s, was on the 7100 block of Greenway Avenue at 8:02 p.m. when an unidentified gunman opened fire. The man was struck twice in the chest. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:31 p.m.
No weapons have been recovered and no arrests have been made.
Philadelphia Police are searching for a missing endangered woman.
Chaniece Benn, 20, was last seen leaving Mercy Hospital on 501 S. 54th Street Saturday at 3:54 a.m. with an unidentified man. Benn, who lives on the 3800 block of Aspen Street, suffers from cerebral palsy and has a diminished mental capacity.
Benn is described as a medium-built black woman standing 5-foot-1 and weighing 130 pounds with brown eyes, light brown complexion and straight black shoulder-length hair. She was last seen wearing a black hooded jacket, khaki pants, black shirt and black sneakers with a silver stripe.
The person she was seen leaving the hospital with is described as a black male standing 5-foot-5 with a medium build and medium complexion. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black shoes.
Bundle up! We’re in for cold temperatures over the next few nights throughout the region.
Temperatures dropped to 38 degrees in the Philadelphia area, 30 degrees in the north and west suburbs and the Lehigh Valley and the mid-20’s in the Poconos overnight.
A Freeze Warning is in effect until 9 a.m. Sunday and from midnight Sunday to 9 a.m. Monday for western Ocean, Cumberland and Atlantic counties, southeastern Burlington, Berks, Lehigh and Northampton counties, and western Chester, Montgomery and Upper Bucks counties.
A Frost Advisory is in effect until 9 a.m. Sunday and from midnight Sunday to 9 a.m. Monday for New Castle, Salem, Gloucester and Camden counties as well as eastern Montgomery and Lower Bucks counties.
Two men were shot and killed in Chester County Saturday night.
A witness told NBC10 both men were inside a van on Nichols Avenue in Valley Township shortly before 7:30 p.m. when an unidentified gunman opened fire. The two men were struck in the shooting and later died from their injuries.
Police are not releasing the victims’ identities pending the notification of their family members. No arrests have been made. Chester County detectives and Valley Township Police officers are investigating.
Dozens of American Airlines passengers stranded at Philadelphia International Airport overnight during a six-hour delay landed safely in Tampa Sunday morning.
The flight, American Airlines Flight 1953, was scheduled to leave Philadelphia at 8:30 p.m. But after delays that one passenger -- who asked NBC10 to withhold her name -- said were blamed on a myriad of reasons, the flight didn't take off until just after 2:30 a.m.
The passenger told NBC10 some people on the flight dubbed it the "flight from hell." Passengers were told first that the flight was delayed because there was no crew for the flight and later due to computer glitches.
American Airlines spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said early Sunday morning that the flight delays were not related to American's merger with US Airways, which was completed Saturday morning when the last US Airways flight landed in Philadelphia.
She said despite yesterday's merger, 92 percent of departures were on time. For Flight 1953, though, she said an issue with a crew being delayed arriving back at PHL caused the first delay. Crews are required to "time out" after flying a certain amount of time for safety reasons, so instead of canceling the flight altogether, Lupica said, the airline did what it could to get another crew.
Lupica said American Airlines' philosophy is that "one customer is too many" when it comes to complaints. She said the airline is investigating claims by passengers that a ground crew member for the airline was sleeping during the delay and apologized to passengers.
About 1:30 a.m., the passenger said, the airline gave the stranded passengers crackers and other refreshments.
Once the flight took off, no additional problems were reported. It touched down in Tampa at 4:42 a.m., according to Flight Aware.
Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze at a well-known Montgomery County country club Sunday.
The fire erupted at the clubhouse at LuLu Country Club, along Limekiln Pike and Jenkintown Road in Upper Dublin, about 6:30 a.m., according to Montgomery County Fire Radio.
No one was seriously injured during the fire.
NBC10's Aundrea Cline-Thomas reported from the scene that about noon, roughly 100 firefighters were at the clubhouse fighting the blaze. The flames, which tore from the basement through the roof at one point, were knocked down by that point, and firefighters continued to put water on hot spots.
The building's old construction and a lack of a water source nearby created problems for firefighters trying to douse the massive blaze, officials said. Authorities believed the fire originated in the basement of the building and were investigating to determine what caused it later Sunday.
Sunday afternoon, a message posted on LuLu Country Club's Facebook page thanked the community for love and support. A photo of a rainbow cutting across the smoke from the fire was posted along with the message.
"As this picture shows, there is always light and hope," the post read. "We are and will always be here to serve our membership and our community.
"We will get through all of this strong and together," the message ended.
LuLu Country Club is located on the site of an old farm, according to the club's website. The club has been open since 1912.
Two men died in separate shootings within a few hours of each other in Philadelphia Saturday night.
Police in Southwest Philadelphia discovered the first homicide just after 8 p.m. when they were called to Greenway Avenue near 71st Street for the report of a shooting. On that block, they found a 43-year-old man lying on the sidewalk, bleeding from several gunshot wounds to his chest, police said. The man was taken to Presbyterian Medical Center and pronounced dead there at 8:31 p.m.
Police have not yet released the victim's identity and said an investigation is ongoing in the deadly shooting.
Just about three hours later, shortly after 11 p.m., officers in a different section of the city were called for a person with a gun. When the officers arrived on Camac Street near Windrim, in Logan, they found a 30-year-old man lying on the ground, shot in the chest, face and neck, police said.
Medics took the man to nearby Albert Einstein Medical Center, but he did not survive. Doctors pronounced him dead at 11:37 p.m., police said.
Police said they were withholding that victim's identity pending notification of his family. They said an investigation is continuing into the homicide and no arrests have been made.
Three fires at a Wilmington trailer park were being investigated as cases of arson on Sunday, authorities said.
Firefighters from the Mill Creek Fire Company responded just after 2 a.m. for a trailer on fire on Indiana Road in the Park Place Trailer Park, according to a statement released by the assistant state fire marshal.
When they got to the trailer park, firefighters found three trailers ablaze on the block.
They worked to put the fires out, authorities said, and deputy fire marshals arrived to investigate. The fire marshals "determined that all three fires were separate and distinct" and ruled them arsons, officials said.
One of the trailers, where nine people were staying at the time of the blaze, was completely destroyed, according to the fire marshal. The two others were moderately damaged. In all, officials said, 12 people were displaced by the fires.
The overall damage was estimated at $40,000, officials said. A criminal investigation into the fires is ongoing.
Tipsters should contact the state fire marshal's office New Castle Division at 302-323-5375 or call Crime Stoppers at 800-TIP-3333.
The Fireman’s Hall Museum put on a show for families and kids of all ages on Sunday, hosting the Fire Safety Exposition and Muster at the Philadelphia Fire Academy.
The event, which emphasizes fire safety and education, demonstrated what a fire looks like in a building that had no sprinkler system, and then compared it to a fire in a building that does have a sprinkler system, according to a release.
The event was free, and proceeds from food sales benefited the museum, and also were contributed to purchasing smoke alarms for low income families.
The event included live burn sprinkler demonstrations, fire fighter contests, a health fair, equipment demonstrations, and many more activities.
