lets begin in david henry live in pennsburg. >> reporter: the montgomery county medical examiner left with a little while ago with the body. we were here when they converged on 4th street and the body was found down the hill not far from stone's home. law enforcement raced to the scene after word of a body had been found, it was on the other side of the stream where 4th street comes to an end, down the street from stone's house. he was found with a sword or large knife protruding from the stomach, these pictures were taken by a resident that lives nexts to the woods. a van from the medical examiner's office arrived to retrieve it. yesterday the police used a battering ram to break down stone's front door and now it lays at the foot of a decorated

christmas tree, when police failed to find stone at his house, it was concluded he had likely killed himself. the tactical units and s.w.a.t. teams returned today to continue their search. an unnerving sight for residents. >> my son was upset, he was not even allowed to go to the bus stop, he to be taken into school and that our daughter was there right before this happened scared us all more than you can even imagine. >> some were reassured by the police presence. >> i feel safe that things are happening for the right reasons, i will welcome them to come in because the apartment up top there are three accesses and they can go through and make sure there is nobody there. >> we know he was not there now. two hours into the search the searchers found stone's body in

the woods off this road. now residents can relax knowing the kill ser no longer a danger. >> thank you david. lets switch live to walter perez in eagleville where montgomery district attorney, ferman held a news conference a short time ago. what was the thrust of what she had to say. >> we were given a copy of the search warrant, it reads like a horror story, a mother killed and the children screaming and then the family killed. >> the district attorney says that the man believed to have kill aid family yesterday was found dead of cutting wounds, "action news" was told specifically that brad stone killed himself by laying on to a

sword wearing a camouflage outfit. >> he was found in a wooded neighborhood, in the rear of the 1400 block of 4th street tonight was a location that is approximately a half mile from his home in pennsburg. >> ferman described the rampage in which stone attacked his victims including his ex-wife and her family using firearms and/or some sort of knife. the survivor, 17-year-old anthony flick remains in the hospital with cut wuns to his head and hands. >> they were significant cutting injuries so it appears to us they were defensive in nature and that he was fighting off his attacker. >> an ongoing custody battle with his ex-wife certainly played a role in this case but when asked for a motive she was at a bit of a loss for words.

>> this is a horrific tragedy our community has had to endure, we are numb stands here today. >> meanwhile, a survivors funds is established for the stone's young children and they remain in protective custody and the courts will decide with whom they will stay. bradley stone's picture still hangs on the wall tonight inside of the landsdale american legion, where he was a member, those that knew him there paint a different picture. >> he was always doing things to help the club, the members and the service men, he was always helping us out which never led to to believe he would do anything against the law let alone that. >> he completed his service in 2011 with the rank of sergeant.

kenneth moton is live at the emanuel lutheran church in souderton, where they are beginning a vigil for the victims and sole survivor of the attack. >> so many here are focused on the search for bradley stone, now that is over it's time to start the healing process, people including family members and friends of the victims made their way into the lutheran church for the 6:00 p.m. hour long vigil. it's start to describe what this community went through, even though stone was targeting family, there was a threat to the community. schools were affected and people were told to remain vigilant. four victims, the flicks lived here in souderton. patricia and her husband, aaron and their daughter nina, killed.

anthony is in the hospital still, after we know he tried to fight off stone. >> the flick family was a second home for me and a lot of kids in this community, and they were just great people, they took me in and they helped me out and i just love them dearly and anthony i love you brother and i'm praying and i know you'll make it through this. >> as we take a live look at this church we should mention a go fund me account is set up for survivor, anthony flick, it has already reached more than $7,000, again this community vigil will last until 7:00 p.m. we are live here in souderton, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you kenneth. of course we'll continue to cover all aspects of this murder spree, we are bringing you live video as the updates happen and new details as they break.

keep checking back for updates at 6abc.com. three people suspected of attacking two gay men in center city philadelphia will go on trial. at a preliminary hearing, a philadelphia judge ordered kevin harrigan and katherine knot and kevin williams to stand trial on charges including aggravated assault. authorities say that the buck county trio used gay slurs before beating them on october 2nd. the defense argues that both parties played a role in the confrontation and sexual orientation was not an issue. and now radnor township police came one a sting to bring in people with arrest warrants. sara bloomquist is live with more in wayne. how successful was this operation?

>> reporter: police were pleased to pull this off and with the outcome, people that passed through wayne may have noticed a store front with bureau of unclaimed funds on the door. people came there looking for money they thought they were owed and instead they found police officers waiting for them with handcuffs. >> this is a woman named kristin silk being placed in handcuffs, because she was wanted on a warrant for dui, but before this arrest, police in delaware county couldn't track her down and dozens of others wanted on open warrants, so they got these people to come to them. >> there is greed now in the air with christmas coming about. >> police rented the store front here at the 100 block of westland caster and put a sign on the door. and then sent a letter to 46

people wanted on warrants, the letter said that the so-called bureau uncovered thousands of dollars for them and come to the wayne to claim it. four were wanted for crimes and four for unpaid crimes and one man suspected something was afoot and he brought money to pay the fine on the spot. >> there were some that were taken into custody, and would they still get the check and could they use that as their bail. and we explained the check was fictitious. >> marple police and new town police, were all working together. now that store front has disappeared and is replaced with a legitimate business. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." coming up on "action news" tonight. an upper darby home is heavily damaged by fire and

investigators think that a christmas tree sparked the flames. and a champagne toast in philadelphia. they are celebrating a new tourist attract in center city. steady rain is moving out and i'm tracking the return of rain and even snow in parts of the region over the weekend. >> and ducis rogers has the trifecta, eagles, sixers and flyers. when "action news" continues. ♪

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a former colwyn police officer faces a murder charge tonight for allegedly killing a woman that he had been involved

with last night in glenolden, and prosecutors say that he shot valerie morrow in her home on the 600 block of glen field avenue, she had obtained an order protection against him, the officer fired shots against him in return leaving roz kowski in critical condition. and a fire on the 1100 block of radmore road, upper darby fire chief believe that someone left the christmas tree lights on and the tree had not been watered enough. two dogs were rescued and fortunately nobody was hurt. the family had already left for work and school before the blaze broke out. two more officials from philadelphia are busted in an

undercover sting, seth williams, state representatives waters and vanessa brown, he says that the pair were caught on camera, accepting thoughts of dollars for favors and both admitted to wrongdoing. >> both officials personally appeared before the grand jury and fully, i repeat fully admitted that they knowingly took ill -- illegal cash payments. >> an exphiladelphia traffic court judge was charged back in october. you'll have to look up to see philadelphia's newest tourist attraction, mayor michael nutter announced that an observation deck is coming to one liberty place, the space will give the public a chance to check it out from a height of 57 stories, 56 out of paris operate

the facility, is expected to open next summer.

eagles have an injury problem so if you can't go that is not good news. and the running back robert griffin iii and the birds have to bounce back after losing to straight game for the first time this season. >> the eagles got back to work vowing to put sunday's debacle behind them. is it hard to let that go? >> it's not easy, but have you to do it, it's the culture of this league to do it. and you come back on tuesday, have you to let it go and it affects you next week. >> you have some adversity. first and for most will be a

greatest of what we are made of. >> desean jackson can rain on their parade. he says he doesn't miss the birds the question, do you miss him? >> sometimes you are like dang, wish he was still here. he was a good guy, he was just whatever it was that happened upstairs, whatever -- the disconnect happened. there was plenty of strife between him and jeremy maclin, he said don't believe everything you hear. >> i don't believe it was bad blood or anything, we are both competitive guys and both are capable of being competitive guys in this league and when you have two guys of that caliber on one team, people look for things to pick at and pull you apart but it's not always like that.

the flyers host tampa bay tonight and that may not be a good thing, they have dropped eight of their last nine meetings with the lightning. it doesn't look like vinny lacavalier will be playing his former team. the flyers have turned things around winning three of their last four. >> we are growing as a team and we are playing better and our chemistry on the ice is better, this is a good test for us, we are playing good hockey lately. >> it's a good team, we have to make sure we skate. if we skate we are hard to beat. >> got to skate. another day passed and jimmy rollins is still a philly for now, but rollins may be the first of familiar phillies to go. ruben amaro jr. says all options are on the table. >> the fact of the matter is, we

can't limit ourselves with the opportunity to improve long-term and if it involves players that are popular here and have a great deal of success, that is something we have to at least consider. nerlins noel was a lone bright spot in the loss last night. 30 points off the bench and the sixers loss by 18. they have many losses this season but coach brown says this one is different. >> last night, for me was the most disappointing home game that we have had in a while, for the first time, i didn't recognize us. and that is not this team at all. >> still stuck on just two wins. >> all right ducis. >> hanukkah began at sunset and observances began across the

region, they lit a menorah for the eight day jewish festival and it's the rededication of the temple of jerusalem.

we are trying to usher the rain out of the tri-state area. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that most of the activity right now is across south jersey, the steady, heavy rain has moved off coast and can you see right now bridgeton and

east of glassboro crossing into berlin, new jersey, scattered showers and farther northwest of trenton and longhorn and new hope dealing with showers. so just a few more hours of showers before we clear things out tonight. we did get a little rain today and it was mild and tomorrow temperatures should be if the 50s, as far as the rainfall amounts. lancaster reporting the most a third of an inch, reading less than a quarter inch and philadelphia less than .07 inch and millville a .10 and today made it to 53 degrees, 9 degrees above normal and future tracker showing again tomorrow by lunch time, temperatures rising up into the 50s and another day of mild air, 49 degrees in philadelphia, trenton 46 and allentown 44, reading 44, and we

don't have to worry about icing tonight and there is a problem in the northwest suburbs with fog, visibility down to one mile and lancaster and reading and 3 miles in pottstown and a quarter mile until the poconos and once we get the cold front we'll kick up the winds and get rid of the fog. if you are traveled up there for the next few hours be careful the fog will be dense. the warm front moved through today with the steady rain and cold front moves through later tonight with scattered showers and behind this system tomorrow, again mild, 52 degrees morning clouds giving way to breaks of sunshine. and it's breezy with wins out of the north-northwest 12 to 20 miles per hour. heading into thursday, colder air moves in and the high is only 44 degrees and that is seasonable. and factor in the winds, windchills are not 30s and the high pressure moves into away from us and that sets the stage

for the storm system. looking at the setup, the latest information shows two pieces of energy, one with the southern jet stream and another one in the northern branch, the southern jet stream is so strong it zips the low pressure away, by the time these two get together and they phase they are well north of our region, that means for us we are talking about a weak storm not a blockbuster event. generally light snow and saturday night into sunday morning and rain philadelphia areas south and east that, is the latest information, as we get close to the weekend. early showers and lingering clouds, 37 to 42 and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, mild tomorrow and 52 degrees and windy and clouds breaking for sunshine and thursday the high is 44, windchills in the 30s, brisk and chilly and 43 and we cloud up 40 degrees and saturday night into sunday morning again, the light rain and snow, 43 and tuesday

seasonably chilly, 44 degrees, not a big storm but it's the last weekend before christmas. it can cause problems for traveling and shopping. world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, adam joseph, and ducis rogers and join us for "action news" here at 11:00 on channel 6. for cecily tynan and ducis rogers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

welcome to "world news tonight." and ndz the hor rickic school massacre. more than 140 killed, most of them children. and tonight, the youngest of survivors now describing what they saw as the taliban stormed in. the breaking news tonight. the ominous new threat aimed at movie theaters across america. just before the holidays. late word, what the fbi here in washington is now saying as this hacking scandal widens. the mid-air scare. passengers describing the panic, the prayers. the flight to dallas hitting severe turbulence. many injured. and bill cosby's daughter, breaking her silence. what she's now saying about her father.