medics shot the driver on the scene, matt pellman will tell us how to get around this wreck in just a few minutes. it's wednesday afternoon i'm brian taff. >> i'm shirleen allicot, we are following a deadly fire at a montgomery county apartment complex. the fire started at the norris apartments on swede street in norristown. a viewer gave us video trying to get the people out of building safely, they tried to get one person down the ladder. one person died at the hospital, three people were hurt including a firefighter who burned his hand trying to save someone inside. dozens of others cannot get back in their homes this afternoon. john rawlins is live now with more on the many people affected by this. >> reporter: let me bring you up

to date on the latest the bureau is bringing in a demolition company, the top floor of this building is unstable and the demolition is trying to take the fourth floor down and that work we are told could start as early as this evening, as for the people that lived here about 30 people wfr displaced half of them with the red cross those that survived describe the confusing smoke filled escapes. >> the smoke was coming in a way that if you laid eyes on it you knew it was serious, had you to run out. >> edward is thankful to be alive today he had just gone to bed when he heard an alarm and escaped with his i.d. and a few other items. pamela davis was alerted by her neighbor after going back to get shoes on she was disoriented by the thickening smoke.

>> by the time i went to get my hats and socks on there was smoke and i got panicky and luckily he was there. and i was hollering for someone to help me i went in the opposite direction. and i came in and got me. >> the shelter is set up at the norristown high school and richard mason donated boxes of warm clothes from the fire victims. >> i just took in 12 or 15 boxes of hoodies and t-shirts to help out. >> stuff that people may have lost in the fire. >> correct. >> police have not identified the fatality of this case, they were a resident. and the borough is bringing in a demolition company and they will start to demolish the fourth

floor, it's unstable and they are trying to get that portion down as soon as possible. live in norristown, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. our coverage of this fire continues online today can you see the pictures from the scene as firefighters battle the flames, you'll find it all now on 6abc.com. fire investigators are on the scene in new york trying to find out what caused a fiery wreck that left six people dead. elizabeth herr is live in valhalla where the investigation is going on now. >> reporter: just minutes ago that abc news confirmed the name of the driver killed in this crash, she is ellen brody a mother of three from edgemont what is happening behind me investigators brought in a crane, this to begin the work of movie brody's suv and begin to

look into how she got stuck on the tracks. >> a first look at the wreckage for federal investigators now on the grown their task is collecting and documenting the evidence from a fiery crash that killed six people. >> we have one possibly trapped in the train possibly alive and a doa in the train as well. we are trying to get everyone down now. >> nearly 700 passengers were on the metro north commuter train when it struck an suv stuck on the tracks just north of new york city. >> it was a loud jarring boom, a jolt that got me out of my seat. the vehicle was pushed at least eight car lengths and sparked this massive fire, people were falling over each other and someone fell on me as that happened, i just saw chaos and

flame. it was about a foot from my face. >> so far investigators located and secured the train's recorders to hopefully know the speed and if the horn and brakes worked properly. >> we want to find out what happened and offer recommendations to keep this from happening again. >> reporter: and as for the injured victims, we know that at least a dozen people were take and to the hospital and doctors say they were treated for various injuries and at this time one remains in critical condition. that is the latest live here from valhalla new york. back to you. >> elizabeth thank you. he is talking about it for a week now but jim kenny, former city councilman is running for mayor. he threw in his hat last month he resigned his seat on city

council so would be eligible to run. it's a big field of candidates some jumping in and others gotting out quickly. there are four democratic candidates. >> lynn abraham, nelson diaz and williams and soon there could be six mayor michael nutter's former press secretary doug oliver and milton street is expected to enter the race later this month. we now have the accuweather forecast, there are smiles on our face, adam joseph is at the big board. could you make this last longer? >> sorry i have to turn that smile upside down to a frown but it's not all that half, 46 degrees that is why you are smiling that was the high in philadelphia, a break in the cold the warmest day in a week and a half in philadelphia, if

we make one more degree out of this if we get to 47 it will be the warmest day in a month. stormtracker 6 live double scan a front pressing through chicago detroit and cleveland this is sinking to the south overnight, and it's bark is worse than its bite. if we look at future tracker as the front progresses through the moisture will begin to evaporate and pull apart as it pushes through philadelphia the concentrated snow showers will be from new york city to new england, they will be developing a coastal low off the coast and that will rob the energy and that is why the snow showers will genally fall apart. here are the pros for tomorrow morning, they are be scattered and brief and the main roads will be treated shouldn't be issues, the cons if you hit a snow shower it will quickly

reduce visibility and could create slick spots but doesn't look like a big deal for tomorrow morning, the big concern is the drop in temperatures and the windchills into the afternoon at 5:00, the windchill 7 in allentown and 8 in reading and 13 in philadelphia right now 46 and tomorrow it will feel like 13 at the same time. when i come back we'll talk about another big jump in temperature for the weekend. the roller coaster ride continues. >> with the snow moving in the early team is getting an early start, matt david and tam and karen will be on at 4:00 a.m. by the end of tonight you could be $317 million richer that is the total jackpot for the power ball drawing the largest in almost a year, people were buying up tickets for the

big drawing. can you watch it here on 6 abc it airs during "action news" at 11:00. >> good luck. including us. time now for the "action news" traffic report lets go to mat pellman. >> i'm ready 220 million sounds good to me. we are not exactly having a ball on the schuylkill expressway, here in king of prussia we continue to watch the overturned tractor trailer, you can see the wreckage at the bottom of the screen, the westbound side of the schuylkill by mall boulevard where you get off to go to the king of prussia mall, they have the left lane and right lane blocked and are you jammed solid going westbound on the schuylkill, from the ramps through gulf road as you head towards the pennsylvania turnpike expect delays but you can get by stay left in that inner drive instead, by the way hearing they were carrying girl scout cookies in this overturned

truck that makes this story extra sad. in phoenixville, route 23 by the pizza hut a wreck. and a crash in upper moreland at james road and normal delays speeds in the teens along 95 and a wrk in fronk ford at larue, and a crash in pine land and one in elmer street. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon happy hump day, rough ride on the lincoln drive we are watching a pothole along mid land avenue and the traffic is moving better through east falls than it was this morning. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> up next the next in the fight against isis and the fallout from the brutal execution that was held hostage.

>> and stunning video a plane flies into a highway and crashes into a river we have the latest on the accident and the ongoing search for survivors. >> we want to tell you about a special web chat we are hosting right now today we are talking about knee pain, doctors from main line health are taking your questions and talking about options you can get involved right now at 6abc.com.

the fire erupts in media at 9:00 this morning, it spread to a neighbor's house before crews got this one under control and no one was hurt in the blaze and investigators tell us that another providence police officer sped off in an icy patch on west valley road and the officer was taken to the hospital with back pain.

>> they promised revenge, promising the pilot that was burned in a cage would not die in vein today the jordanian officials made good on that promise. yesterday isis showed the execution of the pilot and it's so gruesome, we will not show it. and today jordan executed two prisoners on death road, one prisoner was the woman that isis tried to get released in exchange for that pilot. >> at that point that kind of act backfires on isis, at the end of the day they need recruits and to be able to have influence when they so isolate themselves with barbaric acts like this they undercut their ownviablity.

>> u.s. officials say that an american woman is still held by isis but there is a grade deal of concern and action being take and right now. >> there is trouble on the home front for new jersey governor, chris christie a new monmouth university poll shows that his approval rating is 48%, with 47% saying they disprove of the job he is doing but two-thirds of the registered voters say that he is more concerned about his own political future than new jersey. and 65% said he only when to england this week to boost his own presidential ambitions and not the state as fortunes. >> scientists created new technology to make sure that the fish you buy is the fish you get. john rawlins live now with more on this.

>> something fishy going on at the michigan market or stores these days, the fish may not be what you think you are getting. they are doing interesting work at the university of south florida, they are using hand sensors to see if the fish you purchase matches the labels. grouper is fraudulently mislabeled and can be substituted by asian catch fish or tilapia. ali gorman will tell us tonight how the sensor works and why it's important for fish buyers. back to you in the studio. >> thank you rick. to business now t. was a mixed day on wall street but markets were mostly flat, the dow was up just 6 points and the nasdaq dropped 11 and the s&p up 8.5. one of the big of the office supply companies is swallowing up one of its main rivals

staples will buy office depot for $6 billion, and it's one of the biggest names in office supply since they bought office max, and they will always combine under the staples name and they will close and combine locations that executives say will save a billion dollars. adam is back with the accuweather forecast including snow that will make for a tricky commute. >> and a taste of hollywood we have details on the new rocky movie filming in town this week.

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today's mild weather made for a perfect day to check out the atlantic city boat show and dream of that shiny new boat and take advantage of the all new progressive boat show, it's docked here through sunday and tickets for adults are $15 and

kids 15 and younger are free. >> you have to dream about that boat weather because it's off there is snow in the accuweather forecast. lets go to adam joseph. >> it's hard to not imagine yourself sitting on a boat on the beach as we look at sky 6 hd, when we get another arctic blast tomorrow. it's pretty nice in philadelphia 46 degrees, 47 in wilmington and down to the south wildwood 41 and 47 in dover but as you head to the north allentown 33 degrees with a bit of a deeper snow pack and i use that term deep lightly, because we are seeing a tremendous amount of snow this winter season has been a straight shot west to east line, to chicago where over 12 inches of snow is on the ground right now and as you lift to the north near

allentown, we have 4 to 6 inches of snow on the ground and as you head to the north east of cleveland, 18 plus inches on the ground and new york city, as you head into new england, two feet of snow on the ground right now, the storms are just a little too far to the north can you see how far you go from nothing to being buried to the northeast. as we look to the north and west. charleston 52 degrees and minus 2 degrees in international falls, a strong arctic front is bringing dropping temperatures and snow showers around cincinnati to chicago and st. louis. as this pushes to the east, watch what happens on future tracker it basically falls apart. the best place to see snow showers is north of philadelphia most areas of

philadelphia south will not even see a flake fall tomorrow morning. some sunshine will break out but as the colder winds push in there could be a scattered snow shower tomorrow afternoon. as we look at philadelphia and the four different models, with the scattered snow showers two models say nothing tomorrow in philadelphia and on the euro, barely a coating of snow in areas especially to the north and west. 32 is the low in philadelphia and 32 in cape may. the temperatures fall as the winds pick up tomorrow. 33 falling into the 20s in the afternoon and friday it's bright and chilly a high of just 31 and saturday we rebound quickly to 42 but a healthy amount of cloud cover and northboundry comes through and it looks light with the precipitation with a mix of rain in philadelphia maybe mixing of snow in the lehigh valley, and above freezing on

sunday as well. >> thank you adam. alicia going to the big board now. what you got cooking? >> you are digging around the office looking for the much needed candy bar or salty chips or just craving a juicy red steak, from sweet to salty to fatty treats we are decoding your food cravings. >> a lot of times it's because we are stressed and sometimes we are upset and craving the comfort foods there are instances where perhaps you are lacking a particular nutrient. >> what do the cravings mean for you, what do they say about your body are you feeling a psychological, emotional need or could your body be sending you a message. doctors track it down for you only on "action news" at 11:00 and the buzz is coming up after the back.

>> time now for the buzz, actor

johnny depp and model amber herd are tying the knot. they met while filming the rum diaries, this is his second marriage and depp has not said anything about this. we'll see if "people" magazine is on target with that. a brand new sitcom called "fresh off the boat" you meet the wong family, a chinese family that moves to orlando and eddie has to adjust to the fact that no one in his town looks like him. it's hilarious can you catch it tonight on 6 abc at 8:30 and modern family and a fresh off the boat at 9:30, very funny stuff. and then at 10:00 nashville is back, when we last saw raina

she called off her wedding to luke, who is having a confrontation with the other man in her life, decon. watch with us and tweet with us it's happening at 10:00 i love watching this show after being on the set and inside of decon's house, i sat on the couch. >> they came to the studio, there was a melt down here. >> all the ladies. >> and a new show, "fresh off the boat" thank you alicia. there is more ahead on "action news" at 4:00 including a look at the bst places to travel on a budget this year. and a california group of cub scouts on a hike accidentally ended up on a nude beach. ble network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. can we sleep over? please! come on!

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"action news" continues. >> it is 4:30 and "action news" continues with a pony tale how a single father and navy vet went from clueless dad to beauty school super star. >> and can you sue a parent for refusing to vaccinate their child. the answer is yes but experts say it's not an easy fight even if it means protecting kids from measles. >> a plane dips and crashes over a city, what the dramatic dash-cam video shows about the final minutes. breaking news from upper

dash where police say a 68-year-old man turned the tables on a would be robbers and killed him. he was walking near harrison avenue at 2:30 when two masks men pulled out a toy gun but the senior citizen was scarying a real gun and fatally shot one of the suspects no word on the second suspect, the victim was licensed to carry a gun and is being checked at the hospital for chest pains. kenneth moton will have more on this coming up at 5:00. to central jersey where a routine police stop ended up with to people in the hospital, this is what it looked like when a suspect barrelled through a hamilton neighborhood, and before running into cars, he tried to rundown an officer, nora muchanic is live in trenton with this story. >> reporter: hi there it was a wild morning here this involved a shooting by police it

happened on the unit block of chestnut avenue in trenton and then a chase through union city and into hamilton and ended where the suspect smashed his car. >> there was shooting going on pow pow pow. >> it was 1:16 this morning within residents on chestnut avenue heard the gun fire. >> heard the shots and i ducked down because you never know. >> the gun fire was from two police detectives that approached a vehicle parked in the street when the occupant in the car hit the gas the car was aimed at the officers and one officer was struck. >> the suspect was shot in the neck and arm and he drove away from the scene and went on an almost two mile street and ended

up on east state street in hamilton. >> came in and saw the car in the street and was turned sideways and all the cops got out of car and was pointing a gun at the guy. >> sanchez was taken to the medical center for treatment of his wounds the detective struck was treated at another hospital and released. sanchez left a trail of damaged cars on state street and he had smashed his car into at least four vehicles seriously damaging them. >> totalled. >> dante kelly says his sister just purchased this silver altima, and it's a mangled mess. >> she is upset she just got the car it's like some things you just got to deal with. >> back live, jeremiah sanchez is facing two counts of attempted murder and multiple agencies are investigating the

shooting including the mercer county prosecutors office. i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. north philadelphia toddler is back home today after slipping away from her grandmother's house, the 2-year-old girl was found wandering the street near 21st and norris just before 1:00 this afternoon. police picked that pajama clad toddler up and brought her to police headquarters the toddler was not hurt but dhs is investigating. an overturned tractor trailer is making a mess of westbound i-76 chopper 6 hd was over the area of mall boulevard in upper merion, the truck flipped on to its side just after 1:00 this afternoon and the driver was treated at the scene and we learned that a portion of westbound 76 will stay closed until 5:30 impacting the evening commute and matt pellman has details in

the "action news" traffic report. >> and messy parts of the lehigh and delaware valley may be dealing with a rough drive tomorrow but right now -- >> it's temperatures in the 40s and lets take it in and look at the shots on sky 6 hd in center city. 46 and it's dew point 46 and winds 10 miles per hour from the south and not much of a windchill. and still a little snow on the grown in northwestern chester county and a glow on the horizon and it's wind is calm and the dew point is coming up a bit to 23 double scan live radar will show that we have an arctic front marching into the ohio valley and a stripe of snow from cleveland and cincinnati, as the front pushes through here tomorrow morning, a lot of this moisture is going to fall apart. if you want to see an inch or so of snow, get in your car and drive to pennsylvania north and

west that is the best opportunity of seeing that tomorrow morning. >> there is another front that is linking with moisture sunday into monday. we'll let you know what we are thinking coming up. >> wherever winter weather hits keep an eye on our 6 abc storm tracker app, and we have your hourly and seven-day forecast along with your team of meteorologists here on "action news" and the "action news" morning team will be up early tomorrow join matt tam and david and karen at 4:00 a.m. the most bizarre story you'll hear all day. an upper darby man is facing charges because of a bathroom room emergency he pulled the fire alarm because his toilet

was stuffed with potatoes he is charged with making a false alarm and disorderly conduct, he looks none too pleased. it forced the evacuation of that complex in 12 degree weather. >> you done hear that every day. the civil rights at the university got a big boost from a prominent dwradate. the nelson diaz chair the first endowed chair for the study of latino civil rights diaz graduated from temple in 1972 and is now a democratic candidate in the philadelphia mayoral race. delaware is testing out a new way to reunite lost pets with their owners, the no lost dog program relies on front yard signs like this one anyone that finds a wandering dog needs to

turn it over to animal control and they will put a sign outside of your yard with a description. >> the first night we did this, i picked up a dog i put the sign on the front yard and the people who were out looking for the dog they saw it and the dog was returned within two hours. >> the program was brought to delaware after a similar program had success in arizona. turning now to the return of philadelphia's son rocky balboa, the next movie is filming in our area and eva pilgram got a sneak peek at the locations, she joins us from the steps made famous by sylvester stallone. >> it's 38 years since rocky ran up these iconic steps and jumped around here at the top. well sylvester stallone is back here if philadelphia filming a

spinoff movie creed. in kensington it will be closed down starting tomorrow. >> kensington and all that is one of our things we are proud of. >> joe black is a trainer at front street gym where the filming begins tomorrow and he got us inside to show us where the cameras will be. >> i saw real fighters. >> are you excited. >> jim has owned the gym for 25 years and boxing starts here back in the 50s. lots of boxers came through here hank quinn a lot of good fighters came out of here. >> it's an old school boxing gym, just the essentials and now movie props all the pictures on frank's office wall are for the movie. >> we are losing the fight game again, hopefully it will bring something back.

>> for neighbors it brings a renewed sense of pride. >> it's something new and there is a lot of negativity down here and when we see something positive it's good for the neighborhood. >> when there is a movie around here it's good for the neighborhood and it keeps peace p everybody likes to get together. >> everybody is waiting to see this movie it will be out just in time for the holidays expected to be released on thanksgiving. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> you nailed that rocky thing at the top of the stairs. >> i looked so awkward. >> we are totally saving that tape. >> the franklin intoot is celebrating one of the world's favorite toys, a work created entirely from legos made its debut, the art of the brick features lifestyle sculptures including remakes of masterpieces including the mona lisa. the dazzling display opens to

the public on saturday and runs through september 6th. >> definitely want to check that out. very cool. >> my legos are very simple. nothing quite like that. hair hero, still ahead a dad goes to learn a simple braid and turned into a beauty school super star. >> and dramatic dash-cam shows a plane slamming into a river what we know about the victims and survivors. >> frightening video some people are considering taking legal action to stem the spread of measles, experts weigh in on whether parents that don't vaccinate their kids can be sued. and adam joseph is back with the full accuweather forecast. change is coming once again. "action news" continues on this wednesday afternoon.

25 people are confirmed dead after a plane crash in taiwan it was captured on dash-cam video, 51 people were on board and it banked sharply and clipped the bridge and crashed into the river rescuers initially pulled 15 people from the wreckage alive, the death toll is expected to rise as crews search for the submerged fuselage. the pilot radios that he lost an and begin just before that crash. turning now to another scandal brewing in the nfl arthur blank the owner of the atlantic falcons admitted that they piped fake crowd noises into the georgia dome for the home games and was going on for the past two years the nfl is trying to decide how the falcons will be punished. the team could be fined or lose a draft pick. here at the big board with

the big talkers the latest outbreak of measles is causing a discussion between parents. can your child get sick from an older child getting sick from a younger child not vaccinated. with measles cases on the rise there could be an uptick with civil actions. there are exceptions for students with religious objections. some southern california parents are furious after their cub scouts saw a whole lot more than what was on the itinerary for the trip. it happens to be a nude beach, the fourth graders were exposed to dozens of fully exposed beach

goers and some parents are outraged. >> what are you doing? we are in the middle of a nudist beach, and they are like this is a natural beach. >> the organization says that the scouts were rerouted to avoid the naturalist beach and after the meeting the parents said it was determined that it was proper protocol followed but i don't know if they get a badge for that one but the kids had some excursion. and what some dads do for their daughters this dad in colorado is raising the bar one braid and bun at a time. this is greg, he was having a tough time doing little izzy's hair up dos and braids it's hard for a guy. he went to learn from the pros at a cosmetology class and he has skills. >> you want a bun?

a pony tail. >> just learning how to do it taking the time to lrn how to do it. now it's simple to do these styles. >> is he cool or what? he shows off his fancy work on his facebook page and the images are pretty cool, he manages to get the bun the french twist, he is getting creative there. >> my dad tried to do my hair. >> how did he do? >> not too good and did not try like this dad to improve. >> alicia thank you lets get a check of the roads. matt pellman is until the traffic isn'ter with an update for us. >> traffic is tied in knots in fact brian and shirleen because of this overturned tractor trailer westbound schuylkill approaching mall boulevard hearing that the tractor trailer was carrying girl scout cookies not a load you want to spill out for sure. the traffic on it is jammed

solid from the new rams at south gulph road and henderson road and they may block all lanes entirely on the westbound schuylkill, if you are headed westbound and you use the chink between the blue route and the pennsylvania turnpike i recommend you don't bail out on the blue route and head to mid county and from there you can jump on the pennsylvania turnpike or if are you trying to get to paoli get on the 30 and run that to chester county and it's getting lifted after this morning's awful fire at the apartment complex. a crash in abington at 611 at the starbucks and on the big picture, a crash has cleared and there is a water main break at south philadelphia by amato's deli we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> thanks very much, adam joseph

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adam joseph says if you have not gotten outside to enjoy the day, take the opportunity. >> the warmest day in a month we have 47 degrees this afternoon and it felt really nice a day ago. and more coming in tomorrow as we look at double scan radar the arctic outbreak, nothing going on radar wise as we have a decent amount of sun today. 47 in wilmington and dover and millville 46 degrees, as you look to the north, you see 30s in allentown and the snow pack is deeper and that has an influence on the surface temperature will or will not do. that is why it's colder to the

north, as we look to the south we have a strong jet stream in the southern part of the united states with a lot of moisture, that stays separate from the arctic front and the energy coming in from chicago, as it pushes in from the south and east, the low will develop and kind of steal and rob the moisture from the front, as we look at future tracker at 7:30 tomorrow morning up until then, it's generally cloudy in the area, scattered snow showers in the poconos and the lehigh valley and as this line progresses towards philadelphia, all the snow pretty much evaporates and is robbed by that storm and generally cloudy tomorrow morning and philadelphia down to the south and in the afternoon the sun returns and as the winter winds whip back in there could be scattered snow showers in the afternoon with the stronger winds and dropping temperatures tomorrow morning will be above

freezing in the morning at 33 degrees, and 10:00, 30 and by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, temperatures are tumbling close to 10 degrees, and in edition to the temperatures the winds pick up 21 in atlantic city and 34 in the poconos and that creates windchills in the teens tomorrow afternoon then we speed up time to sunday and friday looking good and saturday looks good and strong to the north with cold air and a stalled boundary draped pretty close to our area it's the battle of the mild air to the cold air and with ripples of energy that stay week as they pass along this front. we see light precipitation on sunday and depending on where the front sets up some could see light snow showers and some could see light rain showers to end the weekend. tonight turning cloudy and not as cold, 27 to 32 for the overnight low the exclusive

accuweather forecast, the big story is the drop in temperature and the kickup, falling into the 20s in the afternoon and bright and chilly on friday and 31 and the weekend we bounce back into the 40s under a mainly cloudy skies and light rain for the city of philadelphia and as it looks right now a mix in the lehigh valley of 38 degrees and the winter mix continues as the front doesn't move all that much on monday and tuesday and wednesday we start to clear things up and the temperatures stay below normal between 35 and 37 degrees, as of right now in the seven day nothing looks like that big snow storm we are hoping for. >> yet. >> who is hoping? >> a lot of people on twitter and facebook. they want it. >> saving with 6 abc is coming up.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. wednesday night and the big story on "action news" is breaking news from upper darby police tell us that a 68-year-old man shot and killed one of two men that tried to rob him while he was taking a walk. kenneth moton is live at the scene with the latest tonight. >> reporter: rick and monica, it's an active scene in upper darby, this all happened across the street of this row of homes

on the 6700 block of church lane,ality 2:00 p.m. inside of this block two men armed with a stick and guns ran up to the man and demanded cash. >> it was an easy walk in the park or so a 68-year-old man thought when he went for a walk, investigators say a man was on a path when the masks men put toy guns in his face and unfortunately for them the man had a real weapon and opened fire and killed one of the robbers. >> i'm glad they shot him. this is a dangerous park, my neighbor was robbed in the park and they almost killed him. >> after he ran into the park and spotted the suspected robber dead. >> i knew he was dead and he wasn't moving and i called 911. >> upper