catholic community in fishtown fighting for a historic church.

>> a community stunned before a successful businessman shoots his wife and turns the gun on himself. the struggle to understand why is just beginning. walter is off and brian taff joins us this evening. the big story on "action news" is rare murder-suicide in quiet northampton township community. >> a long time philadelphia businessman shot and killed his wife ape then himself. "action news" reporter sken live at the scene. kenneth, you have the details tonight. >> brian and sarah investigators are still working to figure out the circumstances surrounding this apparent murder sued side. residents and friends say these are the neighbors that wanted a wife grandmother a long time philadelphia jeweler. it was a son-in-law that made the horrible discovery inside the holland northampton township home. an apparent murder-suicide on quiet limpa road in suburban bucks county. >> it's unbelievable we're trying to deal with it. >> investigators searched this

split level home for clues but appears the 65-year-old husband shot and killed his 61-year-old wife around 4 p.m. before turning the gun on himself. stunned neighbors officer them at enaa and boris serena. >> he was battling cancer for a few years and i heard he took a turn for the worst recently. maybe he was depressed, we're not sure. >> they were nice. we didn't get a chance to talk to them much. they would always wave us to as i said and seemed really friendly. >> "action news" learned the husband was a long-time owner of sereda enterprise as i fine jewelry maker south 7th september are city. he was in business on jeweler's road more than three decades. >> years years, family business, good guy, no complaints, no issues. never a problem. >> neighbors say they would see his wife walking with the grandchildren on this street. as county detectives and police brought out boxes of evidence

sunday night a man who spoke with sereda sunday is trying to wrap his head around the tragic incident. >> how was that conversation. >> normal conversation, normal day, that caught everyone on this block off guard. just shock. and we know the couple's daughter september her husband here to check on parents. she had not heard from them. police say bodies were discovered on the second floor and a handgun was recovered. sarah. reporting live in hol happened, bucks county, kenneth moton "channel 6 action news." >> kenneth, thank you. philadelphia recorded its 6th fire fatality of the year tonightch the deadly blaze spread through this apartment building 4600 block of polaski avenue germantown 7:15. smoke alarms alerted the mother and child to get out on time. firefighters did not realize right away there was a victim still inside. >> and they did a primary search

which was negative meaning they did not find anybody on the primary search. they did a secondary search and didn't find anybody. we went in a third time to make sure and we found an old area adult female in third floor bathroom. >> authority have not yet identified the woman or determined the cause of the fire. >> a 1-year-old boy who tried to rescue his mother from a violence encounter with exboyfriend is recovering from a gun shot wound to the leg. tonight the man police say did it is in custody. it happened earlier this morning 3500 block of jamie street in city's port richd monday section. a 23-year-old jhamiel start carter showed up at ex's home and began beating her and the woman's 12-year-old son stepped in. investigators say carter fired a shot hitting the boy in the thigh. >> why shoot the kid. you could have easily over powered the child and just pushed him to the side and walk

away. once you see the kid come in the room leave. make the problem somewhere else. >> carter turned himself in tonight. we'll have more on the story coming up at 11:30. >> in west philadelphia a man was shot and killed inside a barber shop this afternoon it happened in the 600 block of north press ton street. police say a man inside the barbershop got into an argument and started shooting at the owner. i customer licensed to carry a gun shot the gunman. the suspect turned himself a short time later. investigators have got released names of victim or suspect. >> and philadelphia police are also investigating the shooting of man in the point breeze section today. it happened just before 6:30 this evening intersection of 20 and morris. officers responded to the scene to find a 26-year-old man with a gun shot wound to stomach. he was rushed to the hospital but we still don't know his condition or his name the gunman still on the loose. >> a woman's body has been found in east norriton township.

police believe it is that of missing montgomery county woman. she was last seen on february 26 walking out of einstein hospital. searchers found the body during search of wooded area near taft road today. investigators say the woman's clothing and other items ipd date could be tilette. an autopsy is being done to determine the cause of death. >> a catholic church that stood in fishtown since 1800s will have a date with wrecking ball. archdioceses announced st. archdioceses announced st. laurentius is too expensive to repair and will be torn down. nora muchanic has the full story from the church tonight. >> basically they keep lying to everybody. >> that's reaction from parishioners at st. laurentius in fishtown which was merged by holy name of jesus parish. they got news of demolish of the church built in the 1800s.

>> we're appealing to vatican and waiting for a reply. it has not come back yet. they're jumping the gun basically and violating cannon law. >> the archdioceses said it would cost 3.5 millionto restore the church and towers and to attempt that would jeopardize the fiscal welfare of parish and future existence. but the friends of st. but the friends of st. laurentius say repairs can be done under a million and paintings and hand crafted alter should be preserved. >> the archdioceses seems to have blatant disregard for this cultural artistic and architectural masterpiece. >> ken swarz was baptized and spent his life here and he said maybe it's time for the church to come down. >> buildings and people die you you know are we have to learn to accept it am i upset and going to be crying when the wrecking ball comes, absolutely. but, sometimes in life, we have to make these hard choices. >> you don't want to see any

catholic church torn down today. but. >> but it's i des it's what it is. >> archdioceses says st. >> archdioceses says st. laurentius school will remain open but the move to demolish the church reman's a controversial one. nora muchanic, "channel 6 action news." >> an offensive tweet targeting monet davis has gotten bloomsburg university athlete kicked off his baseball team. screen grab from his now deleted twitter account show the junior used derogatoryy term to criticize news dave sis subject of disney channel poofy. cassillbury is from montgomery county and bloomsburg tweeted a response saying we take this seriously and address the issue with the student athlete, coach and team. and philadelphia's monet davis was first girl to earn a win and face a shut yot in the little league world siri. >> a camden county child about to undergo brain surgey got a

special visit today. reilly carter was excited when dozens of first restoppeders showed up to his in west vel. he's a fan of public safety personnel look at the smile on his face from this visit. reilly suffers from a brain condition and tomorrow, he'll have an operation that doctors hope will stop his seizures. and police, firefighters, medics and border patrol agents came out to wish him well today. >> and i was just tweeting with his family. he's in good spirits tonight. best of luck to all of them. >> much more to come on "action news" tonight. a baroneer has a different story than officers that left the uva student bloodyes during an arrest what he saw. >> first a teenith comes near inches from plunging his car into icy river. melissa. >> sarah mostly clear and quiet night overhead. but that chill is definitely stick ago around and it looks like it stays put just in time for the start of the first full week of spring. those details coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather

forecast. >> jamie apody has sports and we'll hear from villanova head coach when "action news" comes right back tonight wrooiingt

>> talk about living on the edge a teenager walked aaway from this precarious situation. the 17-year-old hit a snow bank and sailed into air. you can seat rear of his car was

dangling over the river. he was as you might guess, quite shaken up. but good news he was unharmed. two orlando florida tonight where a helicopter crashed into up scale neighborhood into garage apartment. luckily the resident was not home at the time. after 2:00 this afternoon the chopper wentz down to parts of a million dollar estates. parts of aircraft were scun throughout the block. one person was killed. authorities revealed later tonight that it was, in fact, the pilot of that helicopter. the investigation is underway into what caused that chopper to come down. >> we now know tonight what caused the ski lift accident this weekend that injured 7 people. the terrifying moments were caught on video as a chair lift went haywire at sugarloaf moun than maine. the gear box malfunctioned which dace able two brake systems and third backup brake did not deploy properly the chair slid

450 feet backward down the mountain before coming to a halt. we're getting more reaction and hearing more reaction regarding a video showing is bloody arrest of a student at the university of vir vivrm the owner of the pub that denied him entery in speaking out. kevin badkey said johnson could not tell him the zip code on identification he presented so he did not let him nx the police report described him as dlij rant. >> he was just dispointed he deposit get in acting like normal college kid i didn't think he was intoxicated at all he was cordial. >> he says he want back to carding other patients and heard the commotion which left him bleeding from head. the 20-year-old was charged with public intoxication and obstruction of justice. virginia governor called for independent investigation to be conducted by state police. baristas at starbucks will no longer write the words race

together on cover he cups. company is ending short and largey mall aligned initiative. they say it was insensitive. the ceo says they planned to phase the program out and is not doing so as results of all that criticism. folks showed a lot of heart tonight for people battling kidney disease. they came out for 5th annual benefit dinner and silent auction to raise money for marian luckers kidney foundation vrn the fundraiser at the crown applause ain wynnefield heights was a way for dialysis patients to meet and bond with each other. >> hundreds of people got rear in gear today in the city fairmont section. that was name of four mile run to fight colon cancer. it kicked off bright and early belmont avenue. annie mccormick served as event emcee. >> still to come tonight on "action news" a rare site in the skies over our area tonight. the action cam caught this scene

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>> well, if you looked in the sky this was hard to miss. if you did. it will be back tomorrow night. not only brilliantly bright cresting waxing moon but that

super bright object there too is venus. the celestial dance will play out as moon and venus appear to get closer. the northern hemisphere is getting best view of this celestial event. we this time around are in luck. >> we saw a lot of sun today. but sure didn't help us temperature wise. >> it didn't warm us up. for the first full week of spring at least for the start temperatures will be below average. we'll talk about the numbers. stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you it is dry and quiet. we had high pressure in control today. remaining dominant tomorrow. but it will be cooler than normal. we'll show you picture outside. sky6 live in hd it's a nice shot down the shore in atlantic city. we have mostly clear skies overhead. and that clear sky will really cause temperatures to drop off tonight. currently in philadelphia, we're coming in at 39 degrees. wind chills are in the lower 30s in the city. 30 allentown with the wind chill

of 20. and 19 in poconos and 32 in trenton and 36 beach haven and wilmington and dover coming in at 37. look at the sustained wind speeldz across the region. not bad. earlier today winds gusting from 25 to 35 miles an hour and you notice winds will continue to subside the rest of tonight. you look at wind particles and wind direction coming in from the north and that helps to drain down cooler air from the north that plunges southward this part of the region. satellite 6 and action radar hows us clear skies across the eastern great lakes to canada and across areas of new england down across the mid-atlantic region. ridge of high pressure stays in control. one thing it does is help suppress the moisture to the south. clouds stay away. folks to west in chicago land could find a few inches of snow on the ground as they wake up tomorrow morning. that snow stays away and chills stick around. not a spring feeling day

tomorrow. more of winter like day overhead. and here's the setup tomorrow. high pressure stays in control. we'll max out at 42 degrees. full day of sunshine but wind chills by the afternoon will be be in the 30s. and here's future tracker 6 timing it out for you. extra layers will be needed as you step out the doors. 6:00 in the morning the numbers north and west of town in the teens. the high teens and 0s along the 95 corridor and lower teens south and east of city by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon most locations will have wind chills feeling like 30s. upper 20s allentown and teens in the poconos. we're content with 15 as below average for the start of the workweek. here's the 7 day forecast. monday sunshine, chilly, high of 42. make sure you have thick coats an standby tomorrow. tuesday, still below average. high temperature 46. we'll get milder on wednesday. clouds move on in. high temperature 5. warm front actually moves

through midweek. showers are likely by then. on thursday it's mild, up to 66. but rain is likely on thursday. then behind that we cool down friday in at 52ment looks like another shot of cool air moves in for next weekend with temperatures then only in the 40s for saturday and then up to 50 on sunday. we're up and down for the first week of spring. they'll be bright spots with temperatures moderating. >> this is march. >> it happens. >> thank you melissa. >> it's a campout at the king of prussia mall. a money safari was set up animals included to promote the new resort coming to the poconos in junech the company won travel awards for indoor water parks with outdoorsy african theme. >> and up next, on "action news" 207b9, jamie apody has sports. >> and villanova may have lost. there's a college neem our area that is still winning in postseason play. that story when "action news" comes right

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back in town tonight. ville november and all of us really wondering what could have been. one of their crushed young fans there to greet them with smile as bus pulled in around noon today. wildcats finish with best record in school history. one tournament win to show for it. huge disappointment with team for final four aspirations and march sadness written all over jay wright's face. >> these guys still hurting and they got you know got to -- we all have to own this. you know? we failed and we don't feel fear failure. we failed one game you know? they're not failures. they had a great season. we have to accept our fate here and we have to own it. and then we'll come back. we'll start building again. >> and in the past 30 years only 17 out of 123 top seeds lost. sadly villanova one of them.

virginia like wildcats last night could not get things going offensively with michigan state. they shot 30% in the field. to delight of magic johnson who sent the cavaliers home for second year in a row. 60-54 for the first time a decade top two seeds failed to advance to tweet 16. sixers fans here's a guy you may want to root for the rest of the way. okafor had 26 points. freshman big man projected as top pick in nba draft and along with him is chucky the dad. he's git quite the dancer. it would be nice see him bring the moves to the wells fargo center. >> temple is dancing and they're still playing. early morning action when "action news" returns.