murray. >> i could see my best friend on the floor, and akira just looking lifeless, and at that pointy was just like i really don't think i'm going to get out of here, you know, and i made peace with god within myself, i said, you know, god, if this is time, if this is moth time to go, if this is how i have to go, just please take me, like i don't want any more shot. so i was just begging god to just please take me and i just wanted to close my eyes and just let him just literally take the soul out my body, was begging god to take the soul out of my body. didn't want to feel any more pain. i didn't want any more shots. >> most compelling interview i've ever heard. this is her friend 18 year old akira murray youngest of the victims, and of the people who died and this is her picture when she graduated from west catholic prep just last week. now, patience also said she believed akira was talking to someone else and at least one other person had to be involved. we were all griped by every word that patience spoke at that press conference, as we watched it live here at fox 29. you will hea

and and then there is akira murray. she graduated from west catholic prep high school last week it was his star player on the best vaulting. there's also been one more victim of this, young woman and her name was keisha, she was shot in the leg and she lives in philadelphia. she is also 29. >> it hit so close to home. it's one of the eerie things i heard heard coming out of this is when some of the first responders reported that they sounds he could hear as they were cleaning up her cell phones that were ringing of the victims. i don't know if you heard that, it's so horrific. i will tell you this, think you're getting as much sadness and thoughts and prayers as you are getting anger. people saying that we are outreach. this can happen. >> one positive thing that is coming out of this, is that yesterday when is on facebook for example, i got pop up left and right for my friends in florida saying, this person registered safe, facebook has no put in this material where you can go online as a here i am, and safe. so that y

. >> patience was there with her friends 18 year old akira murray, pictured here at hess west catholic prep graduation, the youngest of the victims to die. patience also said she believed the killer was talking to someone else and other people had to be involved. >> alex, mike? >> we shall see about that. authorities still looking into that. 6:07. well, the orlando attack has ignite add war of words between president obama and donald trump yesterday. why the presumptive gop nominee says the president's anger is directed at the wrong people. >> and the search for a killer continues after a gruesome find in a normally peaceful park. what police are saying about the woman whose body was found in fairmount park yesterday. apparently, people think i'm too perky. so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. >>> that woman who philadelphia police found handcuffed and murdered yesterday morning in fairmount park, she has been identified. >> so, couple on their way to work spotted the body around 8:00 a.m., just off

this is patience's friend 18 year old akira murray the youngest of the victims to die. she is picture here, just about a week ago, at her west catholic prep graduation last week. and patience also says she believed the killer was talking to someone else and that there must be at least one other person involved in this. by the way she got out but went back in to save her friend so she is being described as a hero, as women, fox news is actually just talking about her there. she even wrote a poem talking about the guilt of surviving when so many died. you will be hearing that all morning here on the news and good day philadelphia. >> she started yesterday by addressing everyone there with that poem. then she went into that account of what had happened. then she finally broke down, can you imagine, she had just had surgery the day before. she had been shot the day before that. and you can see, this is just come out of the philadelphia inquirer, and look at that tender picture of the doctor there, trying to comfort patience as she broke down yesterday. >> we have much more

. >> now, the family of akira murray, a vigil taking place at her former high school, dave kinchen live in west philadelphia for us. dave, good morning. >> reporter: chris, lauren, good morning to you. friends and former classmates of akira murray gathered here at west catholic prep high school yesterday to remember the star athlete, and are still trying to process her death. >> this was akira's less than two weeks ago, at her graduation from west catholic prep, where she ac sold in academics, graduated third in her class, it is the very same place where hundreds of students, staff and alumni, attended a vigil to remember her, to reflect and to console so much other, a national tragedy truely with a local impact. eighteen year old was shot in the arm and was the youngest of the victims to die in the orlando tragedy. now, whether in class or on the basketball court, those we spoke with say akira was a leader in every way. >> she really never mean to anybody. she tried to cheer everybody up. she was a very good leader. it is sad that this happened, it doesn't really seem real. >> during m

we've been telling you about her this evening akira murray is her name. she was killed in the orlando shooting. she had just graduate add week ago. today, from west catholic preparator high school that was last monday. you're looking at the picture from graduation. she was an honor student there and was also a 1,000-point scorer on the lady basketball team. school officials say akira was in orlando on a family veigh takes ka* asian to celebrate graduation and visit her broth brother. the principal at the school tells me that akira was determined to succeed. >> akira stands out amongst everybody. um, but she did it quietly. she led by example. she was a quiet leader who didn't need to use her words because you recognized akira in how see serious she was in her commitment to academics and her commitment to using academics as a way to -- using athletics to get her to college. >> reporter: and again as iain mentioned akira had planned to attend mercy hurts college and signed a lester intent. we're told she was going on a full athletic scholarship. this pictur

among the dead, promising young basketball star from west catholic, 18 year old akira murray who never thought that night out would be her last. (names red allow). >> city hall monday, almost 1,000 miles from orlando, a show of grief and of support for the 49 people who lost their lives in the pulse night club shooting. name after name was red. and then came one that some in this crowd new very well. >> i've known akira almost her whole life. >> eighteen year old akira new west catholic grad was on vacation in orlando last weekends, was at pulse with a cousin and friend. murray was shot and later died. a family friend used face time to connect murray's mother to the vigil. >> she had a full scholarship that she will not be able to use. >> murray's lost touching even mayor jim kenney saw her allen. >> she was beautiful athlete. i watched her play many times against neumann-goretti which happened to be my team, but she was the best player on that squad, a thousand points scorer. >> the large crowd soon found solace in song. >> ♪ >> then spontaneous tribute from murray's west catholic t

. >> now tonight at the basilica will specifically remember akira murray, the 18-year-old was a graduate of west catholic prep and was the youngest victim in the shooting. reporting live in logan square, andrea cline thomas, nbc news. >> we apologize for some of the technical issues. >>> rescue and recovery teams pulled a damaged suv from the delaware river today hours after witnesses reported seeing it disappear from oregon avenue. police are still looking for the driver. witnesses feared someone could have been trapped after watching part of the accident play out around 3:00 this morning. >> a car comes flying by, silver, not sure of the model. it just comes flying by, so not paying attention i heard a crash. i thought it crashed another car and i looked and i saw the gate missing and i heard a splash. >> it's possible someone was ejected from the suv when it crashed into the water. >> new at 6:00, tires slashed on dozens of vehicles against warminister bucks county. we found damaged cars in at least three parking lots today. tires were slashed on west street road. in some cases, all f

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their friend, 18 year old akira murray, did not. kenneth craig, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> there are several tributes to the orlando shooting victims around our area tonight. the ben franklin bridge will be lit in rainbow colors starting tonight through saturday. >> in delaware county, a vigil starts at 5:30 tonight. people will gather in front of the delaware county courthouse in media. they will read the names of the 49 victims and push for tighter gun control laws. >>> and, there is another candlelight remembrance at the intersection of state and main streets in doylestown. the orkneys ers say you should bring a candle and a friend, starting at 8:00 tonight. >> in campaign 2016, both presumptive presidential nominees are on the move today, with republican donald trump hosting a rally any minute. now, trump's rally at the fox theater peachtree street started at noon today. columnist and radio hot herman n kane is opening the event right now. earlier, trump said he would meet with the national rifle association to discuss wa

murray. >> the guilt of being alive is heavy. >> reporter: such a heartbreaking story. tonight we know more than 20 people are hospitalized being treated for their injuries, six listed in critical condition. live in orlando, michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >>> bolstered by the outcry after this massacre, california lawmakers today approved new restrictions on gun sales. the senate and assembly public safety committees passed a dozen gun control bills. they still must be approved by the full assembly and state senate. if passed, they'll go to the governor. among other things, legislation would further regulate ammunition sales and people with high-capacity magazines would be required to turn them in. gun control opponents say these new proposals will do nothing to protect the public. >> we think that the ar 15 used by this criminal because of its effectiveness, but you have to look at the other side. it is also an effective tool for law abiding citizens to protect themselves and defend themselves against one and multiple criminal attacks. >> this new package of bill

murray. >> the guilt of being alive is heavy. >> reporter: trauma doctors are talking about going from surgery to surgery. today they performed eight and likely more to come. live in orlando tonight, michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, michelle. >>> nbc news has learned that the wife of the orlando shooter told the fbi she tried to prevent her husband from carrying out that attack. federal prosecutors are considering filing charges against her for failing to alert authorities and potentially saving lives. mark, i know you have information on the feds? >> reporter: we do. we're on the street where the wife of the shooter's mother lives. just a few moments ago fbi agents left the house. we have pictures of them leaving. they were at the house for about an hour. two women, one man, you see the car pulling away. that's the latest. far more significant is what noor mateen is telling the fbi. the gunman's wife was with her husband when he went to the gun store to buy ammo and a holster. she suspected he might attack the club because she once dropped him off there after he said

murray from philadelphia the youngest victim just 18 and a basketball star graduated third in her class a week ago today and went to orlando to celebrate. 20 year old omar capox worked at calvin klein and hoped to some day become famous, tonight his family said they hope the world remembers their omar, not the man who took his life. >> police released the last of the 49 victims names tonight meaning every family has now been notified of their loss and can begin trying to heal. reporting live, wusa 9. >> we know it will not be easy, garret. in times of tragedy many people want to help and help the victims and families of the victims but they aren't sure how to do that. wusa 9 allyson barber is at national harbor to explain how you can step up, even if your miles away from orlando. >> this is beautiful yet heart breaking reminder of the massacre in orlando but remembering is the simple part. for most of us it's impossible to forget that almost two days ago one man gunned down 49 innocent people and many of us want to do much more than just remember. >> it's the people who sacrifice their

both parker and carter were injured in the attack but akira murray lost her life. so our heart breaks, everyone in this chamber, everyone for parker and carter as they recover. a year ago this friday marks the one-year anniversary of the massacre at emanuel a.m.e. church in charleston, south carolina. at this historically african-american church, the oldest a.m.e. church in the south, often referred to as mother emanuel, a racist young man with hate in his heart opened fire and took nine shots. we all know the very moving speech that the president gave that day or the days after, but he said, one of the things the president said was we have to recognize the uncomfortable truth of that tragedy, and that truth is staring us in the face today. it still stares us in the face. so i think we must act when you consider 33,000 killed every year by gun violence, 43,000 hate crimes with a firearm over the course of just four years. 43,000 hate crimes over four years with a firearm. when you consider those numbers, we have a long way to go. so i ask my colleague from connecti

>> carter with tiara parker and akira murray were among those held hostage. >> i could see piles of body laying over the toilet seat. slumped over in the bottom of the toilet which is covered with hand prints and blood. >> reporter: when the gunman first opened fire, carter and murray escaped outside. they became trapped when they reentered the club to find parker. parker survived. murray who had just celebrated her 18th birthday was the youngest of the 49 victims to die. >> i could see my best friend on the floor. and akyra looking lifeless. at that pin the i was look i don't think i am really going to get out of here you. know, i made peace with god within myself. >> i look over and he shoots the girl next to me. and i'm just there laying down, thinking, i'm next. i'm dead. angel colon said he was helpless on the floor of the club after he was shot about three times in the leg. the gunman took aim at him again. >> i don't know how -- but by the glory of god he shoots toward my head, but it hits my hand. then he shoots me again. it hits the side of my hip. >> colon one of 44 victims tra

>> carter with tiara parker and akira murray were among those held hostage. laying over the toilet seat. slumped over in the bottom of the toilet which is covered with hand prints and blood. >> reporter: when the gunman first opened fire, carter and murray escaped outside. they became trapped when they reentered the club to find parker. parker survived. murray who had just celebrated her 18th birthday was the youngest of the 49 victims to die. >> i could see my best friend on the floor. and akyra looking lifeless. at that pin the i was look i don't think i am really going to get out of here you. know, i made peace with god within myself. >> i look over and he shoots the girl next to me. and i'm just there laying down, thinking, i'm next. i'm dead. angel colon said he was helpless on the floor of the club after he was shot about three times in the leg. the gunman took aim at him again. >> i don't know how -- but by the glory of god he shoots towar my head, but it hits my hand. then he shoots me again. it hits the side of my hip. >> colon one of 44 victims tran

. >> carter and parker made it out alive and akira murray their friend did not. she was celebrating a recent graduation from high school and her basketball scholarship to mercy college. >> now they are grieving the again of their daughter. >> it's emptiness knowing our daughter is not coming home with us is the saddest part. >> snowing she is gone i just keep seeing her face. >> the murrays say they are trying to find solis in the fact that her daughter died trying to save her cousin and her friend. >> and we are hearing more from the doctors that handled the flood of victims in orlando. they described the scene as chaotic and overwhelming. >> people in pain and people worrying about their loved ones not knowing before their loved ones are. >> tonight 27 patients remain hospitalized. six are in intensive care, since the shooting, doctors at orlando regional medical center have performed more than 30 surgeries. ali gorman continues our coverage from the big board now with more on that medical response. >> reporter: yes, it is a level one trauma center they are use

murray. >> that is my reality. i have to speak at her funeral. i have to do her hair and makeup. that will be the last time i get to see her i know she cannot talk back. >> just 18 years old. she was the youngest of the 49 people killed by the gunman. she had graduated third in her class from high school in philadelphia and had gone to orlando to celebrate. she was a star basketball player who had a full college scholarship. >> following those events in orlando, security at the pride celebration will be ramped up for more on that and the other stories let's go to dave clark. >> it is a top priority and that memorial in the district is growing honoring the people shot and killed in orlando. >> new safety measures will be in place and for the first time ever metal detectors will be installed at plaza. bars and restaurants, they are adding other security measures. >> they will wait and we will have will not allow backpacks and there will be security at the door. >> there will be overtime for some police officers, vaca

>> carter with tiara parker and akira murray were among those held hostage. >> i could see piles of body laying over the toilet seat. slumped over in the bottom of the toilet which is covered with hand prints and blood. >> reporter: when the gunman first opened fire, carter and murray escaped outside. they became trapped when they reentered the club to find parker. parker survived. murray who had just celebrated her 18th birthday was the youngest of the 49 victims to die. >> i could see my best friend on the floor. and akyra looking lifeless. at that pin the i was look i don't think i am really going to get out of here you. know, i made peace with god within myself. >> i look over and he shoots the girl next to me. and i'm just there laying down, thinking, i'm next. i'm dead. angel colon said he was helpless on the floor of the club after he was shot about three times in the leg. the gunman took aim at him again. >> i don't know how -- but by the glory of god he shoots >>> survivors of the orlando massacre are sharing their terrifying experiences. scott pelley spoke to one young man who

murray was one of the 49 people killed in the club murray graduated last monday this picture is from the ceremony. she had signed a national letter of intent to attend mercy hertz college and play basketball on a full athletic scholarship. west catholic prep is now planning a vigil in her memory for wednesday. we've got team coverage for tonight. bill anderson has been learning about other local connections to this tragedy. shawnette wilson is at city hall where there will be a vigil tonight but let's begin tonight with chris oh connell in orlando with the latest. chris? >> reporter: iain, an extraordinary painful day for the families of the victims of the the pulse nightclub massac massacre. many of those family members arriving here to this ordalian dough senior center throughout the day getting here finding out the devastating news. one by one family members of the victims in the pulse nightclub shooting are he is cored away by volunteers. each of them just finding out the fate of their sons, their daughters, their sisters and brothers. >> right now at the moment we need everybody

." >> 18-year-old akira murray was among the youngest people killed. she was in orlando celebrating her high school graduation. the eldest victim was 50. she was a mother who beat cancer twice but was no match for an ar-15. she had gone dancing with her 21-year-old son. he survived, she did not. they are described as beloved sons and daughters and friends and they are people who worked in travel industry and pharmacies. they were students at florida universities and beyond. some of them died alongside their best friends. one was a social worker who worked with the elderly, even lived with his grandmother. he could take care of her. >>> you can read more about the victims and tributes that poured out. you see them here on air and online. lady gaga was out and this morning we saw prince william signing a condolence book. >> france lit up the eiffel tower. it's worldwide. 49 people you know. gone like that. >> right. there are so few degrees of separation. two victims were part of the nbc universal telemundo family, one working at the harry potter exhibit

. >>> loved ones paid tribute to akira murray during the funeral services yesterday in philadelphia. it's been two weeks since she was killed in the mass shooting rampage in orlando. patience carter was wounded by gunfire during the nightclub attack. she was with akira and another friend in florida. akira was 18 years old and graduated from west catholic earlier this month. >>> west virginia is dealing with devastating flooding. at least 23 people are dead and there are worries that the number could continue to grow. the raging flood waters ripped through whatever is standing in their way, even pushing this burning home down a creek. crews had to build a if you road to rescue hundreds who were stranded at a shopping center after water tore apart the bridge that provided the only way in or out. among those two died. two young boys, 4 and 8 years old, both swept away by flood waters. >> being a small town, might not know everybody's name but you're still familiar with faces, and it hits you where it hurts. >> the governor has declared a state of emergency, deploying 500 national guard

she did not make it out alive. 18-year-old akira murray. >> friday is going to be my reality. i got to speak at her funeral. i have to do her hair. i have to do her makeup. that will be the last time i get to see her. she can't talk back. >> absolutely heartbreaking. at 18 years order, murray is the youngest of the 49 people killed by the gunman. she had just graduated. she was third in her class from a high school in philadelphia, had just gone to orlando to celebrate of the she was a star basketball player with a full college scholarship. >>> time is now 8:10. security at this weekend's san francisco pride celebration is a top priority. it's coming just two weeks art orlando nightclub shootings. a memorial in the castro district is growing honoring the 49 people shot and killed in orlando. it's still fresh in everybody's mind and new safety measures are being put into place at this year's san francisco pride celebration. for the first time ever, metal detectors will be installed at civic senator plaza. >> you go to sports events, there are metal detectors. you go to the airp

. >> meantime this is her friend, 18 year old akira murray pictured at west catholic prep graduation just last week. she was the youngest of the victims to die. patience says that she also believes the killer was talking to someone else, and that other people had to be involved, and of course we've been griped by every word she said in the press conference, even wrote a poem about feeling guilt for surviving whether so many died. >> touching poem. also, we've been talking g to her since this happened, and she has made very letter she wanted to memorialize acure, a also talk about acure a didn't want to focus on her, the fact that she start off with a poem about what happened, mentioned akira and everything. >> yes, she said this is how she heals, her, too, how she seems by writing, you can only imagine that process. >> i didn't know she was such a writer. she is pretty good. >> beautiful poem. >> we continue with this story, turning attention now to not this woman. >> the ex-wife. >> but the current wife of omar mateen. there is indication, doug luzader, that she new this was about t

want to tell you about the 18-year-old, akira murray. she was in orlando just after graduation, celebrating that high school graduation with her family and told she was a standout basketball player, and actually signed a letter of intent to play at the collegiate level and her high school coaches are the ones who spoke up in memory of her. >> top three in the class. very respectful to everybody. she just embraced everybody here, and treated everybody as an equal. >> she had everything going for her. everything. perfect student. mannerism, top-notch. you can't ask for more anything better from a high school kid, like i akyra murray. >> bright future ahead for sure. also i want to tell you about 49 brenda mccool, mother of 11 children and at the club with one of her sons. we're told that when the gunman started shooting in the club, her mother instincts just pushed in. she pushed her son out of the way so he could get to safety, and she was shot of course, you can imagine now her children are speaking out, calling her a super hero. also, g

. >> akira and her cousin tiara parker and friend patience carter, begged the murrays to go to the pulse nightclub. it was a place that 18-year-olds could attend. >> i didn't really want her to go. dad take me. dad -- >> i said to myself she is on vacation. the murrays dropped her off and then at 2:00 a.m. they got the text messages. come get us now please they shooting. they jumped in the car and frank particularly drove to pulse. >> i receive aid phone call from daughter, saying mom i have been shot in the arm help me please i'm scared. i'm bleeding so bad please help me call the cops and at this point she was in the bathroom and i guess the assailant guy was there with them. >> it was chaos and those with akira say she stayed on the phone with police and directing them to where they were held as hostages in the stall by mateen. they were should close but so far and did not learn of akir's death for 36 hours. they still don't know how she died an autopsy is pending. the loss is unbelievable. >> i have to know that she died for a good cause, saving her cousins and friends and was happy

that was certainly the case for akyra murray. she was just 18 and had graduated from high school in philadelphia and had gotten a full basketball scholarship for college. she was in orlando on a family vacation. akira was with her cousin and another friend at pulse when the shooting began. she sent text messages to her mom reading, please come get us now. please. they're shooting. her cousin, who survived the shooting, told cnn's don lemon that they hid in a bathroom and that akira pleaded with the gunman. >> at some point we started to like just give out. like our bodies just started giving in because we were hit. everybody was injured. my cousin was pleading with him, trying to bargain with him. he's like, you know, he wasn't responding right. >> what was he say something. >> so he didn't say anything, but my cousin was more like so -- >> which cousin? >> akira. >> what was she say something she was saying, please, we're hurt. we're hurt. please don't. please. just leave us. she was just begging and pleading with him. he didn't