getting more violent and that is next. she was just waiting for a bus this morning at 12th and jefferson in north philadelphia suddenly a man walks up to 56 year-old kim jones and shoots her in the head. one bullet, one life. tonight, police are trying to find the killer.

it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the investigation into a bus stop execution. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at police headquarters, dann what is the latest here. >> reporter: jim homicide detective making progress tonight in this horrific, shocking execution style murder. sources say she was target had and however did this, it was personal very personal. >> we knew she was targeted for whatever reason. we do not believe it was robbery. >> reporter: fifty-six year-old kim jones never saw or heard it coming. she was wearing headphones as she waited for number 23 septa a bus at the corner of 12th and jefferson around 9:15 this morning. police say it was a routine for years as she traveled into center city to her job at turning point for children social services program on south 15th but this morning police say someone walk up from behind and shot her point blank in the back of the head. >> she had a purse, a cell phone. she had jewelry on, none of which was taken or disturb.

>> reporter: her ex-husband and two adult sons declined to speak with action naus but her long time neighbors are asking who would want to kill her. >> that is what i want to know? who is her enemy? this is a quiet neighborhood. i can't figure that out. >> it just doesn't make any sense. the it is a waste, terrible, terrible waste. >> reporter: her boss say kim jones job at the a agency was not the job where she encountered disgruntled or unhappy people. in signs of any trouble. >> no, no. happy. the recently married in december. she had a twinge until her eye. very happy lately. i will miss her so much. >> reporter: authorities are going through surveillance footage to see if they captured images of a black heavy set man wearing dark clothing and carrying a black duffle bag who was seen fleeing the scene. investigators say jones has been divorced from her ex-husband for over 25 years and recently remarried just before christmas. >> for whatever reason she was targeted. it is not a random act. we don't know why she was

targeted. we will get to the bottom of that and we will get the person responsible for this very quickly. >> reporter: city is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. police have been interviewing family members trying to get leads and they seem pleased with the progress that they are making tonight. we are live at police headquarters, i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dann. kyle crosby of mount laurel, new jersey has been charged with the murder of his wife. erika crippen crosby has been missing since new years eve. her husband was apprehended last night during a traffic stop. the prosecutor said that police found evidence in his car that is consistent with his wife's disappearance. crosby had has long had a criminal history that includes narcotics and burglary convictions. he is being held on 1.2 million-dollar bail tonight. it looks like some of the southern and coastal portions of our viewing area could get some snow cover early

tomorrow. lets check with meteorologist cecily tynan at the "action news" big board cecily. >> jim, it is cold enough for snow. we have another frigid night. philadelphia 22. allentown 15. reading is 18 degrees. then you factor in the wind, wind chill generally in the teens. it feels like 3 degrees in allentown. the right the now that cold air is in place. now we need moisture to get some snow. storm tracker six live double scan showing low pressure i'm tracking well down to the south off the coast of georgia. south of where i'm drawing it. what this will do is move up to the north and east. you can see that moisture beginning to build in parts of the virginia and maryland. it is a weak system. it will throw some moisture across parts of our region, mainly south and east of philadelphia we're not talking about a lot of snow. morning rush hour, some snow showers, south. mainly we're talking about central delaware and parts of the new jersey. i'll show you map for accu weather seven day forecast could leave a quick coating.

it could be a a few slick spots. i will talk with this. and finally a gradual warm upcoming up in the the exclusive seven day forecast, jim. >> thanks cecily. "action news" morning team will be on starting at 4:30 to track wintry weather and let you know any effect on traffic and transit. a grocery store owner got into a gun battle with a would be robber tonight, in the kensington section of philadelphia. police say the shoot-out happened inside the stevens grocery store on the 2900 block of d street at 7:00 o'clock. the owner rafael martinez was struck in the right shoulder. he is in good condition tonight the at temple university hospital. two suspects are on the loose. philadelphia police are trying to track down a bandit who has been hitting pharmacies retail stores, and fast food restaurants, mostly on city avenue. there have been at least ten hold ups including two this past weekend and one yesterday. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live at the mcdonald's at city avenue and

haverford, one of the targets sharrie, who is this guy and what do police know about him. >> reporter: jim, his name is cartell wright, he has had run ins with the the police in the past so they are aware of who he is. he does not wear a mask or cover his face when he goes into terrorize these different businesses but tonight police warning the people in the a area that he is still out there and he is escalating in his violence. sunday in the middle of the afternoon a business, held up by this man philadelphia police say he is 49 year-old cartell wright and he is no stranger to police. video captures him walking in the rite aide on the 5400 block of land down and demand cigarettes and cash. >> he has his hand in the pocket. indicates he has a weapon and threatening to shoot the employees. >> reporter: police say after leaving the rite aide wright carjacked the the six five-year old man and took off and then less than two hours later police say he robbed a mcdonald's on the 7500 block

of sit have have avenue in overbrook park. detectives say wright has committed ten robberies in the city since march including this rite aide at 5040 city avenue four times. >> we believe this male is increasing in his intensity and desperation. we know people know this individual is. we know he is operate nothing west philadelphia and southwest philadelphia. >> reporter: police say the 49 year-old is becoming more violent in his approach. detective say this is wright kicking in the glass door at the mcdonald's at 52nd and chestnut monday morning. once inside he demanded the employees to get on the ground. he even grabbed one by her face and threw her down. >> he has been more aggressive recently. you can see the changeness his physical appearance. he seems addicted to crack cocaine or some other type of narcotic. >> reporter: police telling me tonight that this is very frustrating because they want this man off of the streets. patrol officers are aware of who he is and looking for him at this point jim, rite aide offered a $5,000 reward.

live from overbrook park, sharrie williams for channel six "action news". >> thank you, sharrie. central bucks school district tonight terminated a cbw guidance counselor for her controversial facebook post. mary kate blankenberg allegedly threatened to shoot protesters in the die in demonstration outside of an eagles game last month. montgomery county investigators determined no criminal charges were warranted but the school board decided it should cost her her job. with the stroke of the pen, officials in the coatsville area school district hope to put a painful chapter behind them. representatives from the district along with the state's human relations commission naacp, the department of justice and the the center for safe schools signed an action plan tonight to curb discrimination. in 2013 the district was rocked by revelations that its former school superintendent, and former athletic director exchanged racist text

messages. about a dozen people rallied outside city council meet initial bridgeton, new jersey tonight they demonstrated against the the police shooting death of jeremy reid two weeks ago. reid was shot and killed during a traffic stop on henry street. it is still not clear what led up to the shooting. his family has launched an independent investigation. one of philadelphia's famed cheese stake moguls has died, avnor silver was co founder of jim's steaks at fourth and south street. seventy-nine year-old silver passed away today have after self years of fighting alzheimer's disease. opened up black and white tiled restaurant in the 1970's with william, who died several years ago. silver also founded avnor's steaks in university city but sold that in the 1990's. tributes are coming up across social media tonight. two camden residents, with several camden county police officers, have been recognized for their heroic teamwork

during their fire on new years eve. tameika paulson and her son tim saw a fire on atlantic avenue and ran to the burning home. together the paulson's and officers caught two young children and their moth ther who were forced to jump from the second floor. more than 100 environmental activist took to the streets of philadelphia tonight protesting the keystone xl pipeline. it began with the rally a at love park calling on president obama to veto congressional legislation on the controversial pipeline as he has pledged to do. then they marched along market street to senator bob casey's office urging him not to cast a vote in favor of fossil fumes. still to come on "action news" tonight the reason why stopping a cancer drug trial years early is a good thing. that is tonight's health check. plus the plot to kill the speaker of the house, police know the bizarre motive. dog day afternoon man's best friend learning how to ride the bus alone, cecily.

three dog night, very cold tonight, i am will's tracking cloud and snow showers from this system but after tomorrow get ready for slightly warmer air, i'll explain in the accu weather forecast. jeff skversky with the streaking sixers taking on the best in the east when "action news" continues tonight. hey, cal. snap out of it buddy. sorry. just day dreaming. about a classic truck with flames? yeah! custom chrome... right! and one more to complete the collection. (laughing) alright. how'd you know? you've got the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. yeah. $1,000,000 super cash, with top prizes of $1 million. (male announcer) want to see your dreams come to life? you could scratch your way to instant winning. the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life.

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remain. meanwhile satyrical magazine charlie hebdo has printed 3 million copies of the the first post attack magazine. the normal circulation is 60,000. cover de picks the caricature of the prophet mohammad and immediately drew threats of more violence. is there a new threat aimed at u.s. airports tonight. al qaeda's magazine inspire contains a step by step guide to making bombs which can only be detect by full body scanners. many small airports don't have those machines. as a result the department of home land security has ramped up searches of passengers and luggage. woman who died in the smoke filled subway car in washington yesterday has been identified. she was 61 year-old carol glover, a computer consultant from virginia. more than 80 others were sent to the hospital, when an electrical malfunction flooded smoke into the metro train. it took fire fighters 45 minutes to rescue passengers

who described the scene of fear and chaos, on the train. well a former bartender at john boehner's country club has been indicted on charges of threatening to kill the the house speaker. in record made public today charges say michael hoyt possibly tried to poison boehner a's drink at weatherington golf club in ohio. court papers say hoyt told a police officer he was jesus christ and wow kill babier because boehner was responsible for ebola. president obama made a new push for legislation to better secure cyberspace. the the president says hackers are growing ever more sophisticated. legislation would increase information sharing between companies and the government about threats. of course this comes as day after a twitter and you tube feed of the u.s. central command were taken over by hackers claiming to be working on behalf of the islamic state. now hiring, american

employers advertised more job openings then in nearly 14 years. the latest numbers released by the labor department are from november. analyst say that the fact that there were nearly 5 million vacant jobs while unemployment has been falling could lead to higher wages as companies compete to lure candidates. meanwhile the the federal government today announce aid grant of up to 29 million-dollar to help thousands of atlantic city's laid off casino workers find new jobs. retaining program and retraining program, made three million-dollar a available immediately with another 16 million as the need arises. governor chris christie sounded much like a presidential candidate during his state of the state address today in trenton. he seemed to stretch the the boundaries of his vision, beyond the borders of the garden state when he said we need a new jersey renewal and we need an american renewal. the christie even spoke about his vision of america's problems internationally. >> america's leadership in the

world is called into question because of a pattern of indecision and inconsistency. >> he went on to say quote we are a nation be set by anxiety, understandable because economic growth is low by post war recovery standard. the christie did outline efforts on the part of the state to relive camden but he said nothing about the economic crisis facing atlantic city. christie said that despite state's economic and fiscal problems it is far better off then when he first took a office. on health check tonight an experimental drug for lung cancer is working so well, researchers stopped the trial two years early. the drug is called opdeave, being tested for non-cell small cell lung cancer, common in smokers or former smokers and there have not been any other treatment break throughs for years. drug helps patients own immune system fight the cancer. nasa says 2015 is off to a blazing start.

this is first big solar flare of the year. it happened almost 24 hours ago, in fact almost exactly at 11:24 last night. nasa's solar dynamics observatory stairs at our sun around the clock and recorded burst of radiation, and while spectacular the flare was a mid level flare not among most intense and will not harm us on earth, which is more than comforting news. >> good news. >> kind of warming to look at that isn't it. >> yes, it is. >> we saw the sun for the first time in a long time. >> it didn't warm us up much only made it to 32 degrees this afternoon. storm tracker six live double scan is showing dry conditions tonight but by tomorrow morning the far southern zones in our viewing area will see a few snow showers. tonight though action cam is taking a look above the schuylkill expressway seeing the center city sky line and we have dry road out there

tonight. we have cloud beginning to move in and temperatures yet again are falling. it is going to be another cold night. philadelphia 22 degrees currently. wilmington 23. allentown 15. trenton 17. reading 18 degrees. wind not that strong. we have wind at five to 10 miles an hour but still has an i'm pack with the wind chill. wind chill ten in philadelphia a, seven in trenton, three in allentown and two below zero in the poconos. satellite six with action radar showing cloud tossed up from the south. some moisture beginning to gather off the the coast of the carolinas. this is from low pressure off the coast of georgia. not an intense system. this will be just grazing our region early tomorrow morning. future tracker showing most of the area are just talking about some cloud but there is moisture that does just clip far southern new jersey and central delaware. some snow showers tomorrow could create a coating basically from surf city,

millville smyrna and all areas down to the south. problem is the fact that this happens during the morning rush hour. be careful if you live there there could be slick road. elsewhere it is just cloudy and cold tomorrow morning. at 6:00 o'clock 20 degrees. by 8:00, 21 degrees and like this morning wind chills in the single digits and teens. bundle up the kid as they helped to the school bus and bundle up your self as well because it stays coal all day tomorrow. 32 degrees. the mostly cloudy skies. few snow showers south. that low pressure moves away us from on thursday, high pressure builds in. this will bring us sun and cloud. not as chilly 37 degrees, ahead of that cold front friday temperatures should manage to make it up to 40 degrees and sunday will be a lot warmer. it does get better. so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast tomorrow 32 degrees. cold day. that brush of snow south of philadelphia thursday, mix of cloud and sunshine 37 degrees.

friday looking really nice, breezy and seasonal 40 degrees ahead of the cold front and behind it on saturday, lots of sunshine just a touch cooler 38 degrees. sunday will be mild 49 degrees but it cloud up ape latest computer models are indicating we could have some rain on sunday afternoon and sunday evening ahead of the cold front behind that temperatures tropical back down in the 30's for mlk day of service, on monday 39 degrees. tuesday we will drop down to 36 degrees. so david murphy will be tracking snow showers on storm tracker six live beginning at 4:30 tomorrow morning. >> yes he will, thank you. jimmy kimmel live coming up a at 11:35 right after "action news". here's jimmy with a preview of tonight's show. >> thanks jim, hello philadelphia the here's what is waiting for you after the news. >> i got help in hysterical

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night for free library of philadelphia's new art exhibit. this is art for justice, featuring works by artists serving time in prison. project aims to show humanity of people behind bars, and to promote a dialogue about the criminal justice system. sixers trying to extend that winning streak to three tonight. >> it has been a year since they have done. that they have looked better. rome was not built in the day and sixers rebuild, well, that may take longer but sixers can take a giant step tonight with the win over the best team in the eastern conference. ron jaworski on hand as sixers go for three in a row. jaws will smile about this. michael carter williams drives scores in the first. mcw had 20. end of the half kyle korver shoots from king of prussia look at that, one of his four, three's. third quarter sixers down by 15. kj mcdaniels with the dunk but they cannot hang with atlanta even elton brand another former sixer scores. sixers winning streak over.

they lose by 18. nothing fun bye this. they lose garden to i wroten to a knee sprain. he will miss tomorrow's game in toronto. >> you know them going up 12 at the half hurt us and we fell a sleep a little bit and kyle korver and i think somebody else hit a three and it was a nine-point swing. it was tough. >> remember when larry brown ripped his former team saying he hated what was going on here in philly with the sixers and it made him sick to his stomach. perhaps brownies feeling better about it right now. southern methodist church actually took his team to the sixers game tonight. brown and smu in town to play temple tomorrow. while he smoothed things over with the front office he is still not hundred percent about the sixers philosophy. >> i don't get an lit innings, and i never will. my gut is this is a basketball city that appreciate good basketball. when they lose you're in the

happy bit. they've got joe he will, they have a lot of great young players. i want to see them win. >> brown may in the think much of the sixers but he loves fran dunphy. he calls him one of the most under rated coaches out there. look at fran today. the 66 year-old doing push-ups with his players. seventeen 18, 19 still going. he will still be doing push-ups.

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wow, yet another injury for the flyers. brayden coburn will now miss four weeks with a left foot injury. he joins steve mason and nik grossman on the trainers table right now. coburn blocked a puck with his left foot, same left foot last night that he broke in the beginning of the season which kept him out 12 games. carlo will take his place tomorrow in washington, he has

not played in two months. former eagles defensive coordinator and temple started to bowls will be the next head coach of the new york jets according to espn. everyone is wondering is what next for chip kelly's favorite college quarterback marcus mariota. heisman trophy winner had has until thursday to declare for the the draft. if he leaves oregon he is expect to be one of the topics and it sound like kelly would love to coach him again. >> someone that thinks like that, thinks like payton manning and has that athletic ability where he can beat with you his arms and legs. he is a special package. he is one for the ages. >> before everyone gets their hopes up, eagles pick 20th, and very, very difficult for them to move up in the draft to one, two or even in the top five. >> four or 51st round draft choices. >> the whole future. finally tonight, a dog that has learned a unique trick, she takes the bus to

the dog park. by herself. we want to introduce to you eclipse. sheops right on searches for a seat sometimes greets other passengers. when she spots the dog park she knows, she knows it is time to get off. eclipse started riding the bus to the park with her owner but one day he took too long getting to the bus and so she took matters into her own hands into her own paws, right. jimmy kim ill live next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guest jessica chastane patricia arquette, music from childish gambino. "action news" begins at 4:30 with tamala edward matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner good night. >> ♪♪ >> "action news" is sponsored in part by elkins chef sleigh test drive equinox at south jersey's premiere dealership

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