>> "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live in philadelphia tonight with the latest, dann. >> well, rick, police are still on the scene here at the corner north broad and park processing the crime scene. they have been collecting some bullet casings that fell on the sidewalk here from the shooting. this happened right across the street from kip charter school. the cool with 360 kids, grades 5 through 8 and this second shooting that broke out here today police say this one broke out shortly before 3:00 as kids were in the playground. kids hit the ground and stayed there until police arrived and took them back inside the school building. a number of park vehicles were hit by bullets and police could find no victims. they think this could be tied to another shooting here this morning where a man was killed. kids were not ayoued to get off buses until police gave the all clear. police believe this may all stem from some sort of drug war going on here in the neighborhood.

heres more from some of the residents. >> it's been terrible i mean i'm scared to walk to the store. that's how bad it's been. there's been shootings night and day and even when the -- we had the police, the mobile van over there, still didn't make no difference. >> i'm from the suburbs. i'm not used to this. ways walking up broad last week and there were shots fired. i hit the ground. that's all i can tell you. >> back live on the scene at north broad and park you see the detectives here working on this investigation. and the buses rights across from them where students have been let out of school beginning at 4:30 and staggered form one bus at a time just to make sure that everything is a-okay and of course administrators are nerve us about all this going on out here and fortunately no kids injured and rash of shootings here all within a twelve hour period.. live in north philadelphia i'm dann cuellar, "channel 6 action

news." >> all right, thank you, dann. the reward is growing tonight for information on a gunman that ambushed two pennsylvania state troopers killing one of them. "action news" reporter chad pradelli live in wynnefield heights with the latest thon, chad pradelli. >> monica that reward stands at $75,000. state police hld a press conference a short time ago and new details are emerging about the shooting and investigators believe the shooter is pro efficient in weapon and he used 308 rifle and he could be from law enforcement or military and likely practiced with that weapon at local shooting range. they say he hid, fired several shots and then ran off with that weapon. shell casings were found at the scene. he may have an ongoing problem with state police there in blooming grove and he may have visited that barracks shortly before the shooting. >> corporal brian dixon's time and troop k bar mount barracks in philadelphia was brief a year. his fellow troopers say he made an impact.

>> the men he worked with on the midnight rotation all loved him. he was a mentor. he took a deep interest in their lives as nroyvrz and tried to make them better. >> corporal dix and alex douglass were gunned down near scranton outside the barracks. they had no chance to defend they willself. the shooter escaped. details have been scarce. trooper douglass survived. state police say they received a steady stream of leads and this afternoon they had a message for the shooter. >> first of all, i want to say to you you're a kourd. you committed this vineless act and attacked detenless troopers. shot them they had no opportunities to defend themselves and you did it from a place of hiding and then ran. >> we all share the same risks. and it's true when we're near our station we feel a little

more secure. but in this day and age we even lost that. >> corporal dixon is former u.s. marine and graduate of opinion state university survived by wife and two children. u.s. senator bob casey from the scan ton area all the shooting historic tragedy. >> it's so horrific and i know i join everybody in the state in expressing done doleens to the trooper's family that lost their life. >> there will be a viewing in dunmore near can ton wednesdaych the funeral is scheduled for thursday. live in wynnefield heights, chad pradelli, "channel 6 action news." >> all right. thank you. a reward of $40,000 is offered tonight in the search for the gunman that shot and killed a pregnant woman in frankford. 257-year-old megan doto was shot as sitting out along adams avenue. she was rushed to the hospital and her baby was delivered by

emergency c-sectionch the baby died overnight. bullets were fired a block away and do. it o was not intended target. we'll have more on the investigation coming up tonight on "action news" at 6. >> and the nfl makes big changes to staffing today. hiring several women to come on board as it scrambles to address heavy rit six for handling of domestic violence commissioner aups noed four women will help shape policies on domestic violence and assault. it kill comprise of three members and an aisaac sop will take on vice-president of social responsibility. the move comes one week after a video surfaced showing nfl running back ray rice violently punching his now wife. the other situation playing the league is raid even peterson and his arrest on charge of child abuse against his 4-year-old

son. he was deactivated yesterday but today, we learn that the team has allowed him back on the practice field and he's expected to play this week as the judicial process plays out. he's accused of hitting his son repeatedly with a tree brand: he released a statement. no one can understand the hurt that i feel for my son and for the harm i caused him. my goal was always to teach my son right from wrong and that is what i tried do that day. "abc worls news" with david muir has the details on continuing nfl investigations live tonight at 6:30 on "action news" at 6. >> haverford township police caught the man that tried toburg rise a home this evening. as police responded to a report after tementd burglary. a homeowner saw a suspect and he ran off only to be caught a few

hours later. the suspect is 30-year-old paul gilano also of havertown. >> in south philadelphia fire officials were going door to do in wake of fire over the weekend. they were providing materials. part of the program choose as i neighbor from each block to receive e-mails and updates from the fire department and homes that did not have smoke detectors received one as well. sdoon an elderly woman died in a house fire on the seat to. >> here. >> concerns over the quality of care of veteran afires office i have received nothing sxlaipts at local agency. they promised improvements including hire are more staff and reducing delays for vet rapz to receive care. well miss new york kira kazantsev continued to celebrate

after being crowned miss america. she morning she followed tradition and dipped her toes into the atlantic ocean. she's the third straight new yorker to win the crown. coming up hear from kira as trying you to mack a stand against domestic violence. >> first 'roid aim of the season. >> exciting stuff. hi there. >> hey there, guys it's the only show in town monday night football all of eyes of the world will watch and what i think we'll look for is that eagles past defense ranged worst in the nfl after andrew luck a pretty darn good quarterback. >> they'll be tested tonight. according to all indications eagle he's a good week of practice and they needed to consider the fact it's worth make working with an" ten receive line. it's difficult to win open the

road. they have a dynamic quarterback in andrew luck. the eagles know they're in for a challenge tonight. >> they're a solid group. big up front. you know they play well against the run. i think it's a good match-up. obviously they have a good offense. it as a lot of pressure off the defense you know and i think it will be a shootout i really do. >> they play to the whistle. i got a lot of respect to them after watching that film but because -- it's going to be tough. >> reporter: it will be tough and we'll be here to break it all down you to. tune into our pregame show, "countdown to kickoff" and then of course it's eagles, colts "monday night football" that starts at 8:00 on phl17. >> during the game, jamie you and i will tweet long with jeff skversky during the game #6abc eagles. >> tweet thumbs. >> i'm working on it.

>> for jamie apody, i'm ducis rogers. live in india thanks for you guys. >> less go live with matt pellman and tell us you're tweeting trat traffic reports. >> sendinging out a few tweetsw here and. there we're trying to oiled hon to thoughts of pleasant weekend cheering unpleasant evening ride home 95 delco what a mess. hours later we have northbound accident just past 320 headed to the blue route involving that box truck and still had right lane blocked and still giving us massive delays coming out of the state of delaware and this point highland avenue scene 320, 31 minutes should be 8 or nine minutes. you don't want to get stuck in this mess. stay local through chester roads like 13 or think outside the box a bit maybe over in energy annual and 295 northbound or stay up on route 1 baltimore pike through delaware county. elsewhere on 95 southbound near the walt whitman bridge this accident taking outright lane

giving slow speeds south of penns landing and upper providence 42 watch for crash along egypt roadsideer mill road. on mass transit front new schedules in effect septa regional rails and adjusted schedule took effect this afternoon on patco. we'll check it again, rick and monica in the next half hour. >> okay. thank you, matt, much more to come on "action news" monday night respiratory virus that has hospitalized hundreds of children is spreading. and health reporter ali gorman has the latest coming up next in "healthcheck". cecily. >> dry and sunday monday we're tracking tuesday showers on the way. details on the timing in the accuweather forecast. monica. >> cecily, plus "dancing with the stars" is back and we're liver with a preview of the star-studded debut. that's coming up in the next half hour. don't miss it. >> all right. those stories and more when >> all right. those stories and more when "action news" at 5:00 continues

>> helm check ton the respiratory virus sending hundreds to the hospital continues to spread. >> health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the big board. >> we're still waiting for results on the cdc for samples

it grew grew over the weekend. clusters of virus now reported in 21 states. now cdc cop firmed it in 6 states to be entrovirus 68. is it tarts like common cold but can get worse. so far there's no reported cases in new jersey or pennsylvania but experts believe that will change. so the best thing for parents do now is to stress prevention. make sure kids are washing hands. try tone courage them not to touch eyes, nose or mouth and stay away from others who are sick. and entrovirus 68 can cause serious illness for some kids especially kids with asthma. some have been hospitalized. but there have been no reported deaths. and in other infection news some doctors are sounding alarm again about over use of antibiotics this time with kids. they crunch numbers of antibiotics given from hospital and say 11 million of prescriptions given to children

may have been unnecessary. now antibiotics work against bacteria not viruses if they're over used it can create resistance meaning they'll stop working. as a nurse for kids and adults if your healthcare provider tells us you have a virus don't ask for antibiotic it don't help and could hurt in the long run. and finally if you are a runner in philadelphia, friday is your lucky day. it's run to workday. it's an effort started by be well philly. philadelphia runner and run 215 to celebrate philadelphia as running city. a petition was started ago mayor nutter to officially sanctionson the day that has not happened but this friday they're taking the idea for a run through so to speak. and if you don't have a shower at work, sweat fitness is letting people use their locker rooms free of charge and you have all the information on 6abc.com. >> rick and monica. >> awesome ideas. >> run to work.

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>> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board, meteorologist cecily tynan here. >> the fall feeling is coming sglom yesterday in the morning we dropped down to 53 in philadelphia. that's the coldest we've been since middle of may. it won't be quite as cool tonight. but today the normal high this time of year is 78 degrees. right now, it's only 71 in philadelphia. so definitely on the cool side. wilmington 72. millville 71. allentown 69.

trenton 69 and boardwalk in atlantic city currently 68 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing here plenty of sunshine. if you look out to the west you can see that line of clouds and some broken showers that is moving to the east. that's a cold front that will be moving through in the early morning hours tomorrow. not a tremendous amount of moisture to deal with. the problem though is the timing. future tracker showing the showers will be here for the first part of the morning rush. rain in the morning. always slows things down for the morning commute. allow ca time in the morning. watch "action news" beginning 4:30 good news out of here before lunchtime. this is a quick hit of showers and again we're not looking at very heavy rains. this is what to expect for tomorrow it will be a damp morning rush we're looking at tenth to quarter inch of rain generally light rain and sunshine back by lunchtime and afternoon is looking really nice tomorrow. and actually rest of the week is looking beautiful. in the meantime tropics are

heating up hurricane edward maximum sustained winds 110 miles an hour it's a healthy looking storm. edward will be curving out to sea. this is what is known as fish storm. really no threat to any land. but big problems in the west coast. this is hurricane odil and odil came ashore as category 3 hurricane in cabo this ties strongest ever to hit the baha region and this is video out of cabo with maximum sustained winds 1 25 miles an hour. it cautioned damage and heavy rain. the problem is that all that heavy rain will move into new mixco and arizona on wednesday and thursday the same area that dealt with record flooding last week and flooding will be a big concern there. back at home tonight, no flooding. we well have showers developing late tonight. clouds start to roll in this evening. 59 in philadelphia. allentown 53.

millville 5. dover 51 and cape may 61. cool night. not as quite as chilly at last night. >> 5 day at five shows morning showers in the afternoon. 75. wednesday, sunshine 74. thursday 75. friday we cool down to 71. saturday 74 degrees and do you miss temperatures in the 80s though in if you do, adam has good news for you in the accuweather 7-day forecast, guys. >> i like it. >> i like it do. >> i like the way it is now. >> rick finally likes something. >> good to know that. >> it could be better but -- >> see. >> quick (postal worker) hey! millers!

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plus a new season for one of america's favorite shows. we have a back stage pass foryou to dancing with the stars ahead of tonight's premiere. >> details. yet another blow to atlantic city now fragile economy the trump plaza casino is shutting doors more than 1 hours from now leaving a thousand and people out of jobs and loyal customers for fewer options with entertainment. today they came to say good-bye. live in ac tonight and with the story. vernon. >> just about twelve hours the slot machines and gambling tables will shut down at trump applause a. the hotel later on in the day. one more blow to the south jersey economy. most of the final overnight guests were leaving the trump applause ahotel casino today. freak wept visitors from far and near say they love the food and service here. >> i hate to see that happen and