>> saturday night, walter is off, in the news, a rescue at a

local ymca. a murder suspect's killing confession leads police back to a delaware county park. a 3-year-old was shot and killed by a 3 a stray bullet. tynirah borum was killed while sitting on on the porch last night. "action news" reporter, kenneth moten has new information only the investigation, he joins us live at philadelphia police headquarters. kenneth. >> reporter: sarah, homicide detectives say they are questioning the person of interest. the mother of the three-year-old victim went down to the street to get her hair done and didn't come back. >> if you know any information say something. this was the scene of anger and

sadness in grays ferry. community leaders speaking out, upset residents expressing their frustration. philadelphia police say shots were fired on this morocco on south etting street friday night. the result, 3-year-old tynirah borum was struck in the chest and killed. >> i heard gunshots, i was asking everybody where my baby was at, and nobody say nothing, and somebody came over and say she got hit. saturday, the mother was back in the neighborhood where two men got into an argument one pulled out a gun and opened fire on his target a 22-year-old man shot in the in the head. with bullets flying, three others were hit including tynirah borum who was sitting on

the porch getting her hair braided. >> she was a gift from god. >> reporter: 23-year-old was hit in the arm and 21-year-old man was shot in the leg. the gunman was shot in the leg. while the community rallied once more in the wake of violence, officers watch over the area. there's a memorial where the life of the girl was taken. >> put the guns down. >> reporter: a person of interest is in custody, but police are looking for others, we're told that 24-year-old intended target had surgery he is not breathing on his own, sara. reporting live outside philadelphia police headquarters, kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >> one man was pulled from a swimming pool at a ymca at delaware county.

police got the call before 4:30. they also a 67-year-old man was swimming lapse -- laps, when lifeguards noticed a problem. we'll bring you updates as we get them. police in delaware county spent the day digging at a park where a murder suspect said he buried two bodies in the woods. john gantz said he killed the man and woman two years ago. >> reporter: authorities tell me their goal was to expand the search area and dig deeper. now they are you can woulding to see if the information, the chilling confession is credible. upper darby township police were back at it again in springfield township indian rock park digging for two parties that were buried here.

>> hoping it's not true and he made it up for some reason. we can't lock our doors any more than they are. >> reporter: unsettles for neighbors when out of the blue, john gantz claims he stabbed to death a female prosecute and her mail pimp in 201 and drove their car to the park where where he murdered them. >> he murdered them inside the apartment in a bathtub, used a hack saw and packaged them. a cadaver dog got a partial dig in the area, authorities brought in a backhoe, the crime scene unit and several police officers and detectives.

crews stopped saturday without finding anything. gantz is waiting trial on the murders of two teenage brothers and a rape in maryland and home invasion in upper darby. gantz wants to clear his conscience. my question was why are you telling us this. >> reporter: they are looking into other parts of the investigation, they may search the apartment where he claimed that the murder occurred. he said it was important to start first to see if thect in fact find the bodies. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> annie, thank you. the doctor infected with the ebola virus is being treated on american soil. dr. kent brandtly wore full

protective gear as he walked into the hospital today. branltly was infected while treating patients in liberia. he was flown to the u.s. on the 3reu69 air ambulance. another aid worker who contracted the virus in liberia will be taken to the same hospital in the coming days. israel continued to pound hamas targets in gaza today. le there are signs israel could be getting read to scale back the offensive. prime minister netanyahu said the army will reassess it's position once hamas tunnels are destroyed. he said israel will not take part in any cease-fire negotiations. they will not stop attacking even if israel decides to pull back. both side stressed they are leaving all options on the table.

[chnt chanting. >> reporter: protesters march to the u.s. capital. "world news" will have more on the situation this gaza along with the update on the ebola virus patient coming up at 6:30 after "action news." police are trying to figure out who killed a 30-year-old man in a south philadelphia neighborhood. the victim was shot at 1th and catherine street. they haven't released the victim's name or a possible motive and no arrests have been made. three people were shot in chester on the 1100 block of john is an street. the action cam caught a frightening moment on the delaware river. the dragon boat races, with one

of the boat capsized sending everybody on board into the water. police said people in another boat got everyone to safety, nobody was hurt. it wasn't exactly a washout, but it has been a gray saturday across the region. the cloudy skies made it a quiet beach in cape may. as we look live at cape may, at wet weather for the second half of the weekend. >> reporter: the weekend started with moist with a cloudy and wet start across the delaware and lehigh valley. as you look at the rainfall totals, definitely weather along the coastal commutes in wildwood today. you picked up 2.53 inches of rain. 2 in atlantic city, dover, 2.4 inches. in philadelphia, .3 of an inch of rain and a trace in the poconos.

as you look at storm tracker 6 live double scan radar we're tracking earlier today. him we had a batch of showrs thanks to a -- showers thanks to a frontal boundary. we're tracking no moisture moving across north carolina and virginia. this moisture will continue to move to the north, but stay to the east than the first batch. you look up to the west there's no moisture across the ohio valleys, definitely an unsettled start to the weekend and unsettled finish, as well. as you look at the temperature, outside with the clouds and moisture overhead. 75 in the city, 72 in the poconos. you have that humidity to contend with, staying slightly humid for the rest of the of night. in musikfest it's all about all american rejects. we'll be back with the the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> stay on top with the changing weather situation with

the new 6abc.com, visit 6abc.com/weather, there you'll find storm tracker 6 live and the hourly and seven-day forecast and the latest video from our "action news" meteorologist. firefighters discover a body inside a burning home in delaware. also upper darby students create a robot with a minds of its own, and jeff skeverski has phillies action in sports when "action news" continues.

>> firefighters discovered a person dead inside a burning home in new castle county. tonight an autopsy is underway to determine how the person died. the body was discovered as crews battled the flames on cedar avenue. the flames caused significant damage to the house, the red cross is helping the family who

lives there. >> in salem, new jersey, a woman is critical condition after falling out of a three story window on east broadway. the victim is at memorial hospital. police have not told us her name, they are trying to figure out how this happened. families dealing with childhood cancer got help today thanks to alex's lemonade stand the childhood cancer simple sym. it gives families a chance to know how to learn about care. it was responded by the lemon society of philadelphia. a group that supports alex's lemonade foundation. cellars live hosted an open house. students got to use pa robot that could shoot a basketball

and another cruised a iphone. >> it's comes down to science and math. it's about what this learn in school and how it will be used in the world. it's partly of a competition, students are issued a specific challenge at the beginning of year and then they have 6 weeks to build the robots. the injury that everybody is talking about, the recovery update on pacer star paul george when "action news" comes right back. ♪

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>> jeff here with the phillies back in action. >> reporter: they are playing better, they have to do tonight without dom brown who is out with strep throat. the phillies are playing much

better lately. they have won 6 of their last nine games. the phillies are starting to heat up, how long this guys remains a philly, marlin byrd hit his 21st homer last night. hernandez does the rest. phils catch a a break and maybe they will catch the rest too. the. >> last night we put all the thing together and tonight we made it count. >> the phils need all the help they can get to ton this around. nolan is which he woulded -- scheduled to pitch in reading on wednesday. it is eagles first preseason

game is next friday. when the eagles take the field come weekend one against jacksonville, all eyes are on chip kelly and nick foles. foles and kelly have to figure out how to adjust now that opposing teams know their offense a little better. >> when you're five for five, you're not going to call it again, they have to stop you in certain situations. it's still football, that's just the talking season, where guys will say they have time to figure out. we are not doing anything revolutionary offensively. >> chip kelly is probably happen they have never had a face like this guy. phil humphrey helped vick vermeil and the eagles get to

the 1981 super bowl. one of the nba rising stars paul george suffers a gruesome right leg injury take a look at what happens. running back on defense, is he jumps up he lappedz -- he lands where his foot gets stuck between the basket. >> my prayers go out to george's family and all the organization, it's tough to see, coming back from that injury, i know i wish the best for him. >> reporter: we caught up with noelle down the shore, he is

high fiving sixers fans. everybody is having a great weekend. >> reporter: cleveland finished the regular season with an afl record 17 win. there's nascar, watch out. the stricty triangle a little tricky today, dylan, chip kelly is not finish or participate in the race. >> that would be a sports story. >> thank you, jeff. day dreaming again?

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>> melissa here with accuweather, we knew at some point our streak of lovely weekends would have to come to an end. >> reporter: we had a lot of clouds and rain showers especially along the coast. we'll show you what's going on. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. earlier this morning, if you're in south jersey along the jersey shore, we had rain, that's moving out and moisture moves in overnights -- overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning. sky6 live hd we're giving you a nice shot of the center city skyline on this saturday evening. a mostly cloudy sky. mainly dry the rest of the night. 10 degrees below where we should be. coming in at # #.

the record -- 77 dpreez, degrees, cooler with the clouds and the moisture overhead. philadelphia, 75, up in allentown and lehigh valley, 76 degrees, beach haven, 69 along the coast in sea isle city, 73. we're tracking this frontal boundary that has stalled out across the mid atlantic region. moisture move we had earlier today is moving offshore. there's another batch moving off north carolina an virginia. the first batch we had earlier, now you focus your attention as we press i inland. this will move through tomorrow afternoon. 4:00 a.m., it's mostly cloudy, you watch that batch moisture

from lakehurst to atlantic city and areas in delaware, as well. 9:00 a.m., that moisture moves to the north an east, mostly cloudy, pockets of sunshine, things we fire from the west as we track that trough of low pressure over the ohio as the moves east ward. showers and storms firing up by the afternoon hours as you have a lot of warmth and humidity overhead. the shore, 77 degrees, showers around. north of the city for the sunday it's a big nascar race weekend. it looks cloudy with thunderstorms likely. 9:00 a.m., 67 degrees, 73 is the number at 1:00 a.m. in the afternoon. here's the call from accuweather for the rest of the night. cloudy, stray showers, most will stay dry. 68 in the city. 64 in the suburbs. it's humid tomorrow, thundershowers likely by the

afternoon, high of 81. a spotty thunderstorm possible by monday, most of the day is dry, high of 86678 warmer on tuesday, 89. 86 on wednesday another frontal boundary moving on through, less humid thursday, high of 83. lower 80s when we get to friday. >> as long as as i can get to the farmer's market. >> reporter: you'll be okay. >> "world news" is next. we're back on 6abc at 11:00 p.m. for mel melissa -- melissa maged jeff skeverski, i'm sarah bloomquist, we'll see you back here at 11:00 p.m. #

welcome to "world news." tonight, ebola in america. the doctor stricken with the deadly virus landing after that flight from africa, now in total isolation. can his life be saved without risking the lives of others? what you need to know. our dr. besser is at the hospital tonight. state of emergency. a major american city declaring its water contaminated, people rushing to stores, finding shelves empty, restaurants shut down. the national guard on its way right now, bringing in supplies. washout. monsoon thunderstorms in the southwest, torrential rains in the east, and this, as tropical storm bertha churns in the caribbean. where it's heading tonight. and,