>> good afternoon, the big story on "action news," breaking news out of montgomery county at this hour, five people have been found shot ded at three different locations and police believe all the shooting are connected to the same suspect. >> there's no word on the identity of the suspect, but police has said they believe him to be a military veteran. swat teams are surrounding two homes, one in lower sal folder township, the other in pennsberg. the victim was tuned in three communities, the first in an apartment complex in lower salford township off main street and two bodies on west 5th street in landslide daily and two more in souderton. >> we have team coverage.

we begin with david henry, david what's the latest from there. >> reporter: we're live in souderton where the s.w.a.t team was surrounding the house for the past four hours or so. , just a short while ago we got the first indication that things might be coming to a head. we heard what sounded like a percussion bomb. take a listener. that device may have been been what they call a flash bang, s.w.a.t teams use those devices before they go into a house to startle a suspect. you look down the street, some of the vehicles down the corner two blocks from where they played out here this morning. now, we are told that they spotted somebody in the house, and this is what one of the local police chiefs had to say about that. >> do you think it's the suspect or other people injured.

>> reporter: they are not sure, it could be the suspect or someone else. they were not getting a responsibilities from that person, so they are working back words on this trying to get in touch with somebody and make entry to make sure everything is okay. >> reporter: now we can tell you that just a short while ago after the percussion bomb sounded one of our photographs caught activity down the corner where a stretcher came out somebody was put in the ambulance and taken away. we're not sure what has developed, but something is going on. the police are not community communicating with us. the entire neighborhood has been shut down, resident were evacuated from their homes arena arena -- and others were told to stay in place. you can see one of the members of the s.w.a.t team walking

towards us, leaving that scene. it apples something happened. we saw a military-style vehicle leaving the scene, so they may have wrapped up what they were trying to do whether or not the person who left in the ambulance is the suspect, we still don't know, but there appears to be a conclusion of some kind and this appears to be wrapping up and we will, of course, stay here and keep you posted on any breaking developments as they occur. a tense scene that disrupted the town of souderton hopefully coming to an end. live in souderton, david henry. >> all right, david welcome back to you if the events warrant. we're looking live at the lower salford police department where a news conference will be held on the killing spree we'll bring

that to you live on the air and 6abc.com. >> reporter: now we go live to annie mccormick in lower salford township where a victim was found. >> reporter: we're waiting to hear from lower salford police, this is where the deadly rampage began, the two little girls who were taken from the apartment were found safe. a neighbor said she heard the chaos and moments afternoon she saw the suspected gunman. according to police the first shooting was reported athesant run apartments. police discovered a woman in the room with four gun shots to the head. i heard the children saying mommy mommy no.

>> reporter: original reports is said to be the father of two daughters and fled from the home with the young girls. >> i heard him say let's go i got to go in the car. i asked if everything was okay and i saw the kids and the kids' father exiting the house. they didn't have any coats on or anything. he said we have to go. she also hurt pretty bad we have to leave. he got in the car and sped off. >> another neighbor described the victim as a caring mother who discussed custody efforts in the past. >> i asked about him, he was in the military, i don't know why he left, but he has issues stemming from that. >> reporter: back out here live, lower salve ford police are holding -- salford police are holding the scene. we're waiting to hear from the

press conference about the still developing story. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we continue our team coverage now, now lansdale an "action news" reporter, walter perez, walter, two victims found in that home. >> reporter: that's right, sarah we are still putting all the peelses together at this time. we'll give you a live look at the crime scene a police officer is on guard outside the house, the victims who were killed are inside the house, as well. police have been coming and going since we arrived here this morning. now, we confirmed that the woman who liervelings at that address is -- lives at that address is 57-year-old patricia hill and we spoke to joyce goreman who is a friend of patricia hill. she was concerned about a male relationship tied to the daughter, but wouldn't elaborate. the 30-something-year-old

daughter has an ex-husband who is a marine who lives in pennsberg where another crime scene is linked to the case. goreman said she was struck with fear when she heard the story on the news this morning. >> i was concerned i couldn't get ahold of her, she didn't call me back. we speak every couple of days, i spoke we are yesterday. >> we spoke to a neighbor who said hill's daughter and ex-husband was embroiled in a bitter custody dispute over the children. there were no dust ups, as of late. stick with "action news" and 6abc.com for the information as it becomes available. >> you walter perez. >> we were streaming live as the s.w.a.t team moved into one of the homes, we have posted votes from the scene always police responded all at 6abc.com. >> in other news police in

philadelphia are trying to figure out how a traffic stop led to a deadly shooting new york g this morning. officers ended up killing a driver after they say he reached for a gun. vernon odem is live on frankford avenue mayfair where this all unfolded. >> reporter: police department's internal affairs bureau suspect investigating a shooting death of a 26-year-old motorist who died at the hands of a police officer during a traffic stop. it happened on frankford avenue before 3:00 a.m. police say the incident occurred around 2:45 in the 6700 block of frankford avenue. they also this dodge charger with a florida tag was driving without headlights and pulled over by police. police say they saw a handgun in the area around the center console. police say the man got out of the car on their orderers a struggle ensued the man went back to the car they believe to get the gun when one of the cops

fired once hitting the man in the head. >> it started with a traffic stop and the officer involved in a struggle end heed up is a shooting with the suspect. there was a gun recovered from the vehicle. >> the suspect was shot in the head by the discharging officer. i must point out we do have a gun that was actually found in the suspect's car. >> reporter: police recovered the gun at the scene where the suspect was pronounced dead. the gun is 22 caliber that contain 8 live rounds. the 26-year-old suspect was twice arrested on attempted murder charges and weapons violations. they have not released name, but he lives in north philadelphia. i have just spoken with the family of thed, they

believe the killing was unjustified, he was driving a rents car owned by the bucks county company where he was employed. vernon odem channel 6 "action news." >> to accuweather another cloudy day where temperatures are holding tight, we're looking to see the sunshine soon, let's head outside to karen rogers. we've been waiting over a week for the sunshine. it's been a gloomy period. i can see lots of the clouds and glimpse of blue, let's look at satellite and radar. we can some breaks to the southwest and some to the east. i want to go in tighter, i've got storm tracker 6 live double scan we're looking at the visibility cloud cover, the areas that are dark those are the thick clouds coming through the area. we're seeing one or two breaks in parts of south jersey and wilmington, south philadelphia, maybe a quick break, trenton we've clouded up, belmawr, new

york city they have bright sunshine. the thick cloud cover is covering much of our region continuing right now. we'll see glimpse of sunshine east of the city. the temperatures are 234089 bad. 45 degrees in philadelphia. 43 in allentown, reading, 44 in millville. 44 in ac. you woke up this morning, 43 degrees was the overnight low. it was a little bit of a cool breeze no windchill playing a factor. as you head out later on for the afternoon comiewt -- commute, mostly cloudy skies, 4:00 p.m., 47. 5:30, 43 degrees, and 7:00 p.m. coming down from a high of 48. lots of clouds today maybe a glimpse of sunshine here or there and the rain comes tomorrow, details on the timing of the rain when i come in and step inside in a few minutes with the seven-day forecast. >> there's much more to come on "action news" at noon.

we have the latest on the developing story out of sydney australia where a gunman has been holding dozens of people hostage for hours be there was late-breaking developments. we have the latest coming up. >> karen rogers comes back with the full accuweather forecast when we come right back.

>> now to breaking news we're live from chopper 6hd over souderton in montgomery county. we've been following the latest developments in a killing spree that has unfolded in the county. at this location two people were found dead. the s.w.a.t team has been on the scene throughout the morning. they believe the gunman in the series of killings may be barricaded inside a home. teams on the scene did hear a loud boom a short time ago. david henry reported there maybe indications an on going standoff may be coming to an end smed this -- this is one of the three locations in the county. in lansdale they found two people dead. in lower salford township, a woman was found dead. two girls were taken from the home, but found safe a short distance away. we're following the killing

spree in montgomery county, a number of locations, we've been waiting throughout the morning for a news conference from authorities, if we get that we'll bring it on air and online where you can find all the latest developments only the story at 6abc.com. >> overseas now we're following a developing story from sydney, australia. the hostage situation at a downtown cafe has couple to a dramatic end 16 hours after it starred. a short time ago several captives fled the building running with their hands up before heavily armed police moved in. we know some of the hostage also were injured. medic also rushed two people out on stretchers. police confirmed the operation was over and would not release any details built fate of the gunman. the suspect we're told is 50-year-old native of iran identified as man haron monis said to be a muslim cleric.

he forced the hostage also to hold a black flag exclaiming the islamic declaration of faith. president obama is coming to new jersey today to thank men and women for serving our county. the president will travel to adjacent base mcguire and for the -- fort dix lakehurst. new jersey governor chris christie will expected to join the president at the base. we'll have coverage later today on "action news" at 4:00.

>> headlight czech this noon, a man whose four -- "healthcheck" this noon, a man whose four brothers died from a rare heart condition has undergone a transplant. his father has not heard his son speak, but i did wink after surgery and his son's eyes filled with tears. doctors give him a good prognosis now that he has a new heart. the "action news" team is working on new stories for the "action news" at 4:00 p.m. uber raised prices in australia

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lower your blood sugar with invokana®. imagine loving your numbers. ask your doctor about invokana®. >> karen is here with accuweather, i think this is what the song is about a bleak midwinter. >> reporter: it is hard for a little people it's a tough time of the year when it's groomy out there and it's staying gloomy today. storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region we're dry. that's a ray of sunshine i guess i can give you. let's go outside and see what it looks like. sky 6 looking live at the center city skyline, trying to brighten

a little bit, we can see shades of blue mixing with the clouds. we have lots of clouds holding tough through much. region. we have lots of clouds over the next couple of days, showers come tomorrow, today is dry, showers come tomorrow, the next three days we have above-average temperatures. temperatures are treating us right. overnight lows of 30s is the unusual, not today, 43 degrees, 43 in wildwood. 41 in millville. since that time temperatures have not bundle, we're still in the 40s. 45 degrees in philadelphia. which is the average high we'll be better than that this afternoon. 43234 allentown, 44 in millville. new jersey. here's the satellite image. at satellite and radar shows cloud cover.

they have sunny skies in new york and washington, d.c. we can see the breaks east of the city of philadelphia. we're watching some of those breaks here and there are for many of us we're keeping a good moment of cloud cover. 3:00 p.m., mostly cloudy skies in spots, east of the city, you can get sunshine peeking through, 47 degrees, temperatures are not bad, a couple of degrees above average. 5:00 p.m., 46. 7:00 p.m., 43. 9:00 p.m., 42. it will get chillier tonight than last night. last night we were in the 40 lings tonight 35 degrees and the skies will part a little bit. satellite and radar we're watching an area of low pressure you can see the turning right there, a cold front to our west, it will drift toward our region and give us a bit of rain. the high will shift to the east, the area of low pressure will move in. it's not a significant amount of rain, lelings than half an -- less an half an inch. future tracker 6 shows the

afternoon hours will cloud up again, you'll get the rain northwest by 3:30. you'll have the rain west of the city through the evening drive time it will be wet before it clears out at 9:00 a.m. let's look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. mostly cloudy skies 48 degrees is the high, you're at least dry, rain arrives tomorrow, the afternoon and evening hours, it will be wet for the first day of hanukkah. 50 degrees, wednesday, best day of the week. 52. thursday, a drop, 42. brisk and chilly. friday, stays chilly, 41. we're watching for the potential of a nor'easter saturday and sunday, looks like we'll stay off dry, we may get a period of rain changing to wintry mix saturday night and ending as a cold rain sunday high of 38. we'll be following that possible nor'easter for the weekend. >> thank you are karen. much more still ahead at 1:30. >> we'll have the latest on the

breaking story, the killings of five people at three locations in montgomery county. we continue our team coverage when "action news" comes right back.

>> we are continuing to follow our breaking story this noon, the deaths of five people in three communities in time killing spree in northern mccounty. >> one you have the dead was

tbownd in lower -- found in lower sal folder, two in lansdale and another in souderton. >> the "action news" team has been on the story since it unfolded around dawn. we're waiting for a news conference from the lower salford township police department. we expect to bring that to you live when it happens on air enonline. annie mccormick is lower salford where the first victim was found "action news" reporter, david henry is in souderton where two victims were found and walter perez is lansdale the scene of two other killings, let's begin with annie. >> reporter: at this point many neighbors are telling us this is an on going custody issue between the mother and father of her children. the good news is that the two little girls who were taken 0 from the home were found safe