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this as investigators try to piece together the event that led to the shooting death of 15-year-old girl and left a 19-year-old male in critical condition. >> police say they began receiving numerous calls to 911 about a large crowd gathered outside the septa transportation septemberer broad and olney 4:15 this afternoon. >> a large crowd of juveniles and young adults were rowdy. they were unruly that was radio call and walking south from broad and olney right towards sign stein hospital minutes later the shots rang sglout when smoke cleared a 15-year-old girl and 19-year-old male were critically wounded in front of sign sign medical center the gill later died inside the emergency room and the 19-year-old police say is fighting for his life in critical condition. and police say there were numerous witnesses to the bizarre shooting outside the hospital. >> we also have at least five young adults and juveniles who we believe were with the shooter or shooters at the time of this
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dispute. we're pretty confident the five young adults we have in custody who were apprehended immediately broad and olney were with the crowd involved in the shooting. >> back live here in front of ip stein medical sent you you see a cellphone on the ground. part of this crime scene here in front of the hospital. police have very little information about the gunman believed to be a 17-year-old plaque male wearing a black tank top with possible tattoos on his neck. he was seen running old york road towards olney and still very much an active crime scene as police try to piece this together. live at einstein medical center dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, dann the the latest into the investigation of yesterday's traumatic accident involving a tour bus in newcastle, delaware. two people were killed when the bus flipped over route 1 exit ram to route 13, 20 other passengers being treated at
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christiana hospital and that's where "action news" reporter david henery is now live. david, what's the latest there. >> well the numbers are going down, jim, about 23 passengers have been released from the hospital. 20 remain here under treatment. one of them in critical condition. that investigation continues and the focus is now on the bus driver. >> first respopers arrived on the scene to find dozens of injured passengers calling for help. two of the passengers were killed. they've been identified as 30-year-old idel becausey and us tan bull turkey and yw chen of new york. they and 49 passenger where on three day sight seeing tour new york to washington. they were on their way home when the bus flipped over on the ramp southbound route 1 to route 1 and driver has been identified as 56-year-old jean lee jou of flushing new york he was wearing a seatbelt and was treated for mostly minor injuries. investigators say drug or
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alcohol were not a contributing factor to the crash. they're looking into the driver's logs to determine how long he had been on the road without a break. state police and federal investigators are looking at the bus itself for any evidence of mechanical failure and federal records show the bus company afm u.s. a express has an safety record average and there's within one other accident and cited twice for not keeping driver logs current. no one answered phone at the bus company today. ntsb says it should have preliminary nawry report on cause of the accident in about ten days. more than 40 passengers were rushed to local hospitals after the accident. that put a significant dent in local blood supplies. delmarva blood bank says it now has a 1 day supply on happened and it's asking for help if dope orr's. live in christiana. david henrey, "channel 6 action
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news," jim. >> thank you, david, we first brought you word of crash this weekend on new 6abc.com and that's where you can find cop tipping updates open investigation and plus a slide show of images from the crash site. it's all there now at 6abc.com. >> a $2 per pack tax on the sale of cigarettes in philadelphia is a step close toer to reality. less than an hour ago got house in harrisburg passed measure by vote of 114 to 48 and the senate is is scheduled to take up the bill tomorrow or wednesday. the tax is expected to raise about 80 million for the crash strapped philadelphia public school district a year and we're approaching end of second day of nurse's strike crozer chestner up land, delaware county and those striking nurses created their own opportunity today to speak their mind. let's go live to the hospital and "action news" reporter vernon odom. vernon. >> reporter: jim, this labor
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impasse is becoming increasingly bitter tonight and strikeers say they're being locked out because of strike that is supposed to last two days but they'll be off the job five days in full. >> what do we want. >> safe. >> now. >> a huge crowd turned out at the corzer-chester medical september are late today to support the 550 corzer-chester nurse who's walked off the job yesterday for what they want to be a two day strike. they've been working without a contract since early june as medicalment demand pay and benefit costs. this is not about paychecks but grave concerns of staffing levels they want more nurses hired. >> some patients take more than one nurse to take care of them. we have patients on my floor that take two or three nurses to take care of one patient. >> the management says staffing levels exceed the national arm and nurses average more than 100,000 a year in wajs and they
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contracted with a company to fly in replacement nurses and claim everything is going just fine. >> we're showing competency in services and all services are open and we open for business and we welcome anyone to accepting new patients so we're ready and things have been going smoothly. >> i have reports that patients are waiting for medications and their -- are not being answered and the steps were not really given orientation so they don't understand our computer system. >> the management hired replacement nurses five days claiming that is necessary to get a top flight team of nurses here from out of town. union says that it's a lockout to punish strikeers and strikeers will not be able to go back to work until friday morning. jim to show you just how bitter this thing has become or is becoming three times corzer-chester helicopter has
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landed on pad over that hill there and drowning out the demonstrateers and protesters and the strikeers as they've been holding rally. nobody got out -- nobody -- patient were taken out and delivered into the hospital. perhaps they're practicing rehearsals for emergency landings but we don't know we have not heard from hospital but that's the only contention it was done to harrah them. contract negotiations are set to resume tomorrow. today's strikeers will continue picketing here until they're allowed to return to squbz and that's as best we know now would got be until 7 a.m. friday. live in upland, vernon odom, "channel 6 action news." >> vernon, thank you. three delaware teenagers arrested for beating up a mentally challenged man face additional more serious charges tonight. today attorney general beau biden filed felony hate crime charges and abuse of impaired adults charges and the 13 and 14-year-old boys are among the attackers seen in this infamous
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viral video. the victim suffers from williams syndrome and has mental capacity of a second grader. they are looking for tam lee in connection for murders of two brother from paoli. last month three men were stabbed and dumped into the schuylkill along kelly drive. one man survived and alerted police and investigators say two of the men gamble away drug money and third brought cash to save them but it was not enough. a 40,000 reward is offered for arrest and conviction of lee. >> reports tonight say that state police are getting closer to locating eric frein. alleged killer of state trooper ten days ago in blooming grove pennsylvania. investigators are focusing on area near the monroe pike county border in northeastern pennsylvania after several sightings. over the weekend, trackers discovered items that frein left happened including ak-47 style
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assault rifle and ammunition. frein is now on fbi ten most wanted lists and rewards totaling 175,000 were posted for his capture. >> police in new castle county delaware made police work of nabbinging a suspect that came after a crash today. police were sure suing silver sedan which it crashed into a tree skull bell and cardinal nrodz bear. the suspect got out and ran but was app helped aid short time later and police have not yet said why they were chasing the driver in the first place. >> coming up on "action news" tonight delaware state police are looking for the vandals who doused dozens of new vehicles with acid and injury update from the eagles. it is not pretty. ducis rodgers has that story. >> mid-atlantic temperatures anywhere from 5 to 20 degrees cooler than this time yesterday and real chilly air arrived tonight. first night of fall. details in the accuweather forecast.
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a case of car vand flix millcreek. somebody put an acid-based solution the exteriors of 54 vehicles at share i dan ford kirkwood highway. walter perez has the details. >> it happened sometime between closing thyme past saturday night and this morning when employees of share i dan ford arrived to see dozens of vehicles damaged.
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it is about 100,000 in damage. we'll work on getting vehicles repaired gene from there. >> someone walked along the lot and dumped acid on 60 vehicles and some vehicles were used many were brand new. it's going to take time before we get cars back up for sale. >> it's so many cars that you got to do a lot of paint work and it's not just the hoods it's quarter panels on new cars it's a lot of lift gates which are little more difficult to paint. >> the good news sheridan ford skp equipped with surveillance cameras. it's likely they were caught on tape. >> we're going through that as we speak and the area is covered it's a question of figuring out when between saturday night and this morning when it happened. and once we figure that out we'll work way back with surveillance. >> the sure i dan family is posting a 5,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of those responsible.
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>> we're taking it very seriously and they've been in business 30 years and nothing quite like this happened before. anyone with any information is asked to call delaware state police. walter perez, "channel 6 action news." >> better news here greenwood charter school in philadelphia is is living up to the green in its name. today students looked on as giant solar panel was installed at the school. it will supply the school with clean renewable energy and the school plans on using money saved on electric bills towards student field study exertions and the project is funded by a 30,000 donation from green mountain energy sun club. >> a former world war ii veteran from delaware county was awarded a number of medals posthumously for his service today sergeant howard wilson served in army air
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corps during war time and today his family ak is semed awards including purple heart for bravery and he also received air medal european african middle eastern campaign medal and victory medle and prisoner of war medal he die >> even in the jubilation of
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yesterday's win there's tough news to report. >> every week we're talking about another guy that goes down. eagles linemen are dropping left being right and setser and jason kelce is out with a sports hernia that will require surgery and no timetable for his return. it occurred 3rd quarter of yesterday's game and the remainder of the game only two starters remain along the eagles offensive line. a player turning on a coach is quicket way to derail a team season. eagles are quick to quell any talk of that. jamie apody has what cary
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williams said yesterday and what chip kelly is saying today. >> you think after big come from behind a big win when you move to 3-0 eagles would be off miles but there was nonto be found at cary williams locker. >> hopefully we can get reenergized and come out with more effort. >> the out spoken quarterback blamed energy i on practices it's hard to fight for 60 minutes when you're fighting throughout the week to make it through one practice we have to start taking care of the guys throughout the week to be productive and have more energy on sundays you satisfied you have to be smart as coaching staff and players and williams added he is not the only player that thinks this just the one man enough to stand up here and address the issue. >> i met with cary a little while ago. i think he was frustrated. and i understand that. cary is competitor i have no issues use with him. >> some might. a couple went on record that say they do not share his views. sure they practice hard but they
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out scored opponent and it paid off in the standings as well. >> newspaper of this would have been an issue if he discussed it privately instead of airing feelings to the media i asked chip kelly if that bothered him. >> no you guys are everywhere. it really doesn't. no. >> one thing about williams he'll continue to talk to anybody. with eagles jamie apody, channel 6 ak us in. >> we're still waiting to see when the nfl reaction will be to the brawl in yesterday's contest. 4th quarter red skin defensive lineman baker took a cheap shot on foles. he was penalized and ejected and jason peters was ejected from retaliating. and aft game baker showed he is i'mer delusional or oblivious. >> i made a football play and i got punched in the face. i didn't do anything wrong besides make a football play and defend myself after getting hit. butfy could do it again i'd do it again i didn't do anything
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sglong did you ever thought in your mind when you saw him get hit, i'm going after the guy. >> no, lyric i sid, i reacted. didn't plan. it i seen him cheap shot him and took off after him. >> i didn't see that happen i saw that after the fight. and love jason peters to death. >> and over the weekend, espn reported it found purpose full misinformation and misdirection employed by ravens and nfl in months before the ray rice incident involving the then fee an stay in elevator much senderd around what they knew and when they knew it and the owner refuted much in the report but offered this. >> there is no excuse for me to have not demanded that video except i was not concerned or interested enough to demand it. never crossed my mind. i'm sorry for that. dooply sorry for that. if i -- if it crossed my mind i would have demanded it. if i had demanded it i would have gotten it. and if i had gotten it i would have forwarded it to the nfl and it would have turned into
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unprecedented suspension for ray. >> i am sure a lot of people wished things wept differently. >> lighter members of the philadelphia fire department received bragging rights today. they took home the victory frov trophy in the 28th annual battle of the badges weight loss competition. each year fire and police departments square off to see who can drop the most pounds for charity. weight watchers, which spoption orr's the event donated 10,000 to the hero thrill show this year in the name of this to the hero thrill show this year in the name of this competition.
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>> it's fall not only on the calendar but outside. >> in four hours it's fall. it officials arrives. feels like it already. it will tonight. form tracker double scan showing rain free conditions tonight and pretty much cloud free this evening. but earlier today the action cam taking a look over the schuylkill river. the schuylkill river trail and you can see that we did have some fair weather cumulous popping up in the afternoon and they're clearing out tonight and winds are diminishing and this will lead to a very cool night. and the weather highlights show that fall does officially arrive at 10:29 tonight along with it coldest air since may. and the next three months this is kind of depressing looking stats we'll lose two hours and 50 minute of daylight and average highs drop from 76 today to 43 degrees on december 21 and that's when winter will officially begin. tonight, though, it's going to
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feel like fall. overnight low dropping down to 51 degrees. forecasting low of 42 allentown and 47 in wilmington and 53 cape may. so tomorrow torng morning you may want to find a jacket or sweater it will be chilly. right now temperatures generally in the 60s. philadelphia 69. never made it out of the 70s today. allentown 64. wilmington 68. a sea isle 68. satellite 6 and action radar showing again clouds bubbling up this afternoon. they're all clearing out. and the winds out of the northwest thanks to that cold front that moved through last night and this is what is really opening the door for high pressure to build over us and bring us another day of sunshine but cool temperatures. 71 degrees and forecasting for tomorrow that's 5 degrees below normal and it ill with be a prettycy day the first day of fall. lots of sunshine. definitely open the cool side. as we head to wednesday, few things happen. first of all this high pressure
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moves north and east. low pressure develops south and what this does is pull the winds off the ocean and that will bring us more clouds and it will be breezy, 75 degrees. thursday, watching this coastal low, where it heads will depend really decide whether we get the rain or if that's storm system moves offshore could just be brushed with clouds. tomorrow, though, wall to wall sunshine. 7:00, 2. by 10:00, 60 by 1:00, 67 and by 4:00, 71 degrees for the first day of fall. so the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast a pretty day tomorrow. but a cool day. high of 71 degrees and on wednesday, clouds increase and it will be breezy, high of 74. it looks like dry start to russia shauna and thursday watching the coast. and is it shows heavy breeze coming in and there's two models that show that rain president bushing us and hissing offshore. this depends on track. it will keep you posted and no matter what happens on thursday,
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friday, sunshine is back. 78 degrees. you like summer, summer makes a come back next weekend. 81 on saturday. still close -- don't close the pool yet if you can sunday, 82 degrees and monday temperatures above normal high of 79 degrees. so a chilly start to the week. a warm end and i will have an update on that potential coastal system on thursday coming up tonight on "action news" at 11. >> thank you, cecily. >> "abc worls news" tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff, shirleen alicott, and adam joseph and ducis rogers. and then please joins us or "action news" at 11 on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you join us at 11.
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welcome to "world news tonight." this evening, new videos showing the increasing danger to americans from isis. three american cities where they've seen -- brian ross is rear. and the armed intruder, running across the white house lawn. what was discovered in his car. were warning signs ignored? and what the ravens are now saying after claims they tried to cover up this video.