Bryan Levash, manager of Philly Style Pizza, points to the crack where he could see an ember that could have caused the smoke to start Sunday morning. | Julie Christie TTN

Patrons and workers in Philly Style Pizza evacuated the store early Sunday after smoke appeared to be coming out of the building’s basement.

The incident started just after 2 a.m. when smoke filled the restaurant, located at 2010 N. Broad St.

There was no damage to the building, and the restaurant will run normally, said Bryan Levash, manager of Philly Style.

“You could seen an ember,” Levash said, pointing to a small crack between the doorway and the stairs leading to the restaurant. “A cigarette must have rolled down there and started it.”

Firefighters sprayed water down the crack, which led to the basement of the building. There was no fire in the basement, Levash said, but there was smoke, which firefighters cleared out with a fan.

Liam Baron, a freshman sports management major, was inside Philly Style when the smoke started coming out of the basement.

“It was really smoky in there,” he said. “There was smoke going all over the place and they told me to get out. They gave me my pizza before I left….The cops came in and were like, ‘You guys gotta get out.”

Levash said the event was “not a huge thing” and added he appreciated the fire department’s quick response. After police and firefighter presence was gone, the restaurant offered free pizza to people passing by.

“They just evacuated everybody tonight, and when I asked [police and firefighters] they were like, ‘It’s two o’clock, you’re going to be open for another half an hour, it’d just be safer to get everybody out,” he said.

Police and fire trucks left the restaurant at 2:30 a.m., opening up the southbound lane of Broad Street.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

Philadelphia Police released a video with images of the five boys who broke into and vandalized property inside Pearson-McGonigle Hall four weeks ago.

The video showed five juveniles break into the building and walk along a stairway in Pearson-McGonigle.

Temple Police may have identified two of the suspects, said Charlie Leone, the executive director of Campus Safety Services. He added Temple Police and Philadelphia Police are working together on the investigation.

The videos were released after detectives led a local search for the suspects, and are now released to the public to aid identification, Philadelphia Police Officer Christine O’Brien said.

She added said media advisories have been a “tremendous” help with identifying suspects.

“Everybody watches TV, so they see someone and realize, ‘Hey, that person lives down the street from me,’ or it’s a family member and they call in,” O’Brien said.

The five juveniles broke into Pearson-McGonigle Saturday Jan. 9 where they broke mirrors in the men’s gymnastics practice room and spray-painted on floors and computers inside the building, causing over $5,000 of damage.

“People don’t realize the camera is right there, so it seems like they’re looking right at it in the video,” O’Brien said. “Not everything is a clear video, so we seek other visuals, which could take a while. But I think these are really good images.”

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

UPDATE: A university spokesman released a statement earlier this evening concerning the employee, who was identified as Steven Shedrick.

“We are deeply saddened by the death of Steven Shedrick, a Temple University employee of 31 years based at the Wachman Hall Digital Print Center and a longtime and well-respected delegate of District 1199C, representing clerical employees at Temple. Mr. Shedrick, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, Jan. 28. He was 58 years old. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and colleagues.”

A Temple employee was found dead in his car early this morning, according to Temple Police.

Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said someone reported a person sleeping in a car around 7:45 a.m. on Montgomery Avenue near Broad Street.

“When we arrived on the scene, we banged on the window and he was unresponsive, so we had to break it,” Leone said. He added the medical examiner pronounced him dead on the scene.

Leone said the employee was in his late 50s, and that police think the man died of natural causes.

“We didn’t find anything suspicious,” Leone said.

The name of the employee will not be released until after his family have been notified, he added.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

UPDATE: Ray Betzner, associate vice president of strategic marketing and communications, released a statement after the conclusion of Tuesday’s executive committee meeting.

“Temple University continues to carefully examine its options as we consider a future football venue,” the statement read. “This is an important decision. The university’s Board of Trustees and administration is moving forward with care, knowing that this decision will impact students, alumni, fans and our North Philadelphia neighbors for years to come. We continue to engage the community and draw together the information we need to make the best possible decision.”

The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees did not vote to allocate funds for a stadium architect Tuesday afternoon.

The Inquirer reported from an anonymous source Saturday a vote would be made on Jan. 19.

A university spokesman said they do not know who told the Inquirer a vote would be made.

After several hours in executive session, in which no one but committee members are allowed, the committee publicly passed one vote to apply for a loan to improve water quality at the university.

It is unknown whether the committee discussed funds for a stadium architect, as trustees at the meeting declined to comment.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.