believe a chainsaw was used in the crime. a south jersey chief caught on tape dropping his pants steps down next. we shackled them to a post in the middle of town. i don't know what they loved more the shackling or the pool. my money's on the shackling. with so much to do stay where the action is. book one of our hotels at colonialwilliamsburg.com. ♪♪ "action news," delaware valley's leading news program. with jim gardner. it is one of the most gruesome crimes in recent memory. a couple killed and mutilated in their montgomery home and police believe the weapon may have been a chainsaw. even worse, it was their son who

stumbled across the grisly murder scene. his mother and father both dead. tuesday night jim is off, i'm rick williams. the big story on "action news" is the house of horrors in lower moreland township. kenneth moton on the scene all evening long in the 1100 block of country lane. what is the latest tonight? >> because of the horrific nature of the scene investigatoring taking their time inside the home tonight. at this point they know it appears the wife was killed but are not ready to call it a murder-suicide just yet. a gruesome and horrifying scene in this lower moreland township home. a young boy discovered it his parents dead bodies mutilated. >> it is an awful thing. it's surreal. like a spielberg movie. i can't believe it. >> the son called 911 around 1:00 p.m. first responders police and montgomery county detectives

swarmed the property tucked away on country lane. investigators say the 48-year-old husband and his 43-year-old wife had severe cuts. it appears that the weapon was a chainsaw. >> the death of the female seems to be apparent homicide. however investigation is continuing. this is preliminary at this point. >> the district attorney's office has not released the names of the homeowners but family and friends say they were chris and nicole peppelman who ran this escavating company. and eric shallcross went to high school with nicole. >> out going, everybody loved her. honestly, knock -- nothing bad to say about her. >> he was a great guy to his friend, really to the guys who knew him a good person. >> and the family friends say the marriage was in trouble and the wife along with their three sons, moved out. and the police had responded in the past for domestic issues.

tuesday night at the family anticipatesfamily's church those who knew them prayed. >> we will miss them. they are beautiful people beautiful children and it is absolutely awful. >> there's no word on how long investigators will be on this scene tonight. autopsies are scheduled for tomorrow to determine the cause of this death, risk. reporting live in lower moreland township, kenneth moton channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and northeast philadelphia this traffic scene when a car slammed into a nail salon killing one person inside. police say it happened just before noon today when the vehicle crashed through cindy's nail salon on bustleton avenue. a customer was killed. and elderly driver hit the gas instead of the brakes driving into the shop. she was not hurt. no word yet on what charges she will face. the investigation into why a

disgruntled former volume fear firefighter took severe action today. he returned to his old job with a gun and held four former co-workers hostage for several minutes. and dann cuellar is live with more. >> the former firefighter has not been charged so we are not releasing his name. upon his arrest making disturbing statements and was immediately transferred to a psychiatric facility. police converged on the la mott firehouse after getting a call at 10:39 a.m. of a man holding four firefighters hostage. jay davis was walking into the firehouse when things got crazy. >> i was walking in trying to get my community service and the firefighters came up and told me to run. >> a former volunteer firefighter who was just let go came in with a gun holding four

firefighters hostage in the business, firing into the wall to make sure they up into he was business. >> he was a marine for 21 years and is a firefighter. to be in a situation like this you don't know. >> and robinson's mother watching television seeing the breaking alert. >> i watched and oh, my god that's the place where my son work at. and i didn't know that was him until later on when they started bringing out hostages. >> and a negligenter talked with the gunman asking him to come to his senses. and then he let win hostage go and then two, and then surrendered. >> and he gave up to the swat team without fight. no problem. all host averages unharmed he was unharmed. >> they say he was a good guy but distraught about losing his firefighter job a day earlier. the company would not say why. >> they are going through a bad time right now, we will give

them a little space and let them go and see what's good for them right now. >> they do a tough job with no money and no pay, but they are dedicated. so when you get terminated or you lose that job for some reason, it is very traumatic for the firefighter. >> according to his facebook page he worked for the philadelphia housing authorities, previously worked for the salvation army and served in the u.s. army. police say charges against him are pending tonight. live in elkins park dann cuellar, channel 6 news." >> thank you. murder charges filed against the girlfriend of a police officer, according to court documents tyaina finch first told authorities she accidentally shot her boyfriend, officer mark hudson inside of his glenolden home on saturday. she said the gun accidentally went off when she removed it from their dog's mouth. the authority say the next day the story was that she acted in self-defense and she is felt

without bail. the knock-out blow at a septa stop that we reported at 11:00 caught on surveillance camera. the sucker punch attack at 15th and market yesterday. minutes before the cameras on the train captured a verbal altercation between the young suspects in the blue hoodie and backpack and 60-year-old punch victim in brown jacket and briefcase. the victim was knocked unconscious and in the hospital with a broken jaw. things back to normal along westbound i-78 after a deadly crash early this morning of the driver of a fedex truck killed in the chain-reaction collision in the westbound lanes of i-78 in greenwich township. it started with a disabled car in the far left lane. most vehicles swerved around it but one truck stopped behind it and was hit from behind by the fedex truck. it caused miles of back up and no word on the identity of the

fedex driver who died at the scene. shocking news tonight from lufthanza. officials admit they knew the co-pilot of the crashed germanwings plane suffered from severe depression but they hired him anyway. andreas lubitz informed the airline of his troubles during flight training in 2009. he is the man the investigators say committed suicide and mass murder by crashing the airbus into the french alps one week ago killing all 150 people aboard. now we learned at least one of the passengers recorded the final terrifying moments on a cell phone video. investigateors will not confirm it but others watched it 15 seconds of panic. >> you here the sounds that we believe are the knocking on the door. you see the chaotic scene. you're able to tell that there are people although fortunately

i might say you are not able to identify any of them. you know it is a very disturbing scene. >> as investigators dig deeper into lubitz's life before he was a pilot he was treated for suicide tendencies. even up to the day to the crash the doctors issued him a sick note that would have kept him out of the cockpit. the investigation into the death of a vineland new jersey man dying while in police custody. officers are not disclosing the man's identity or the situation that led to his arrest. sources fell "action news" the man was taken into custody in the 100 block of grape street. police say the man was not shot. new jersey state police are assisting the cumberland county's prosecutors office in the investigation. the south jersey fire chief caught on camera dropping his pants has resigned. the atlantic city fire chief dennis brooks put on administrative leave when the

video was released. a security guard asked brooks to remove all metal items and he dropped his pants of the incident happened in february in the atlantic city public safety building. a 14-year-old boy has been shot at 13th and christian in the hawthorne section of south philadelphia earlier today. the boy was shot in the back side and rushed to children's hospital for treatment. police are searching for three juveniles who fled the scene. tonight we learned a body pulled from the schuylkill river friday was that of a missing northeast philadelphia man. 69 year old veto maglio disappeared in december. and a few days later his s.u.v. found abandoned and torched. and he died to multiple gunshot wounds to the head a homicide. the police have not made arrests or figured out the motive. from the delaware news room the results of a commission evaluating the wilmington police department were released this evening. the consultant found the

defendant has the resources to adequately fight crime. however areas needing change include personnel management better targeting known-crime areas and training in new technologies. well some other interested parties may want to bet on the revel. court finding finds a billionaire manhattan developer teaming up with an executive from new jersey to bid on the former casino. planning to offer $88 million to beat the $82 million bid from florida developer glenn straub. and they say another unnamed one submitted an offer. medford new jersey may be going into the cemetery business. the town council tonight voted to enter a non-binding letter of intent to purchase the parkview cemetery. officials have a 45-day period to work out an agreement for purchase and can still back out.

medford looking for new ways to generate revenue following a $6 million deficit they have been digging out of since 2012. mlbajor league baseball stadiums came a long way from selling just peanuts and cracker jacks. and the new menu and more. a new season of food fashion and fun for phillies fans. >> baseball and good eats go hand-in-hand. ask connor wilkinson. >> i ate a pretzel, pizza and doughnut and popcorn. >> and new food for the phillies fans heading to citizens bank park. season ticket holders with a sneak peek at what is new at the party at the hall of fame club. >> the sandwich with the fried egg was very good. >> there you knew hot dogs like

the new england dog. and old favorites like the south philly dog and cheesesteak dog. >> i ate everything. i will pay for it later, but just the different versions of cheesesteaks were excellent. the new cajun chicken phenomenal. >> way back burgers serve the old burgers and the triple-triple. it has nine patties of beef. nine as in nine innings. >> we are a full-ticket holder and love coming into games and being out there is great. >> also new at the ballpark is a red wine exclusively for phillie fans. look for that at section 142. >> the fan experience is the up the most importance. year after year it is our focus. and we will strive to do what we can to neighboringmake sure they get what

they deserve. >> and a social media day, fans check in on the ballpark app, win prizes and connect to the video wall streaming content everything phillies on social media. sharrie williams for channel 6 "action news." >> it looks delicious. still to come on "action news," under pressure indiana's governor talking about fixing the controversial religious freedom law. jumping ship. the coast guard rescue video involving of all things an old-time pirate vessel. no rush where philadelphia ranks on the new list for the worst traffic. now that the rain and snow moved on i am tracking temperatures near 70. letting you know when if arrivals and how long it sticks along. not long. in the seven-day forecast. and going deep ducis rodgers has the eagles making a deal with a wide receiver and are toer division rival when "action news" at 11:00 comes right back. hasan

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not your typical rescue for the u.s. coast guard after the coast of massachusetts. enduring 10-foot waves and gusting winds, they rushed to the aid of a stranded pirate ship and its crew members. the sails were wrapped around the mast and they tried to tow it back to shore but the line broke due to the dangerous sea conditions. so one by one the stranded crew members had to jump onto motorized life boats. one man suffered a head injury during the leap and had to be air lifted to the hospital. no one else was hurt. indiana's governor admitted he mishandled the passage of a religious freedom law, allowing people and companies to choose who they do business with based on their personal religious beliefs. critics argue that the law would allow businesses to turn away gays and lesbians.

after first standing his ground the governor now sense that it is time to amend the law. >> it would be helpful to move legislation this week that makes it clear that this law does not give business as right to deny services to anyone. >> the governor wants a reinvestigation in the law's language sent to his desk by the end of the week. more than a dozen other states have similar laws already in place. and today arkansas lawmakers passed their own version of the religious freedom bill causing so much controversy in indiana. legislation meant by protest and criticism in the state capital today. it now goes to the republican governor who said in the past that he could sign such a measure. and terri schiavo's memory honored today. today is the 10th anniversary of her death. the event benefits the terri schiavo life and hope network, free resource for patients and families facing life hospital threatening situations.

terri schiavo a montgomery county native brain damaged from cardiac arrest and died in 2005 when her husband won the right to have her feeding tube remove. "healthcheck" at 11:00, the definition of hypertension come under pressure. through threshold for patients with hard disease. 140 over 90 now 130 over 80. and that change can lead to more medication prescribed. the good news there are many ways to lower blood pressure besides drug as always diet and exercise are key. the topic of raising blood pressure, philadelphia's traffic may come to mind. g.p.s. company tom tom reported the city is 20th on the list of america's worse rush hours. that is not bad as they are the fifth largest city. los angeles tops it as worst.

and count on the morning team to let you know the latest to are i don't you are commute. they are on beginning at 4:30 a.m. meteorologist cecily tynan is back now. tomorrow is april fool's day. give us a forecast no fooling. >> no joke in the weather. the morning commute shouldn't be a problem at all. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the clipper bringing rain and snow to the region moved offshore. and from the poconos, sent in on my facebook page by steven this afternoon. the snow coating the ground and trees. and the poconos, jack frost and big bolder four inches of snow. the ski resort still open. martins creek a half inch and lehigh valley altitude .4 of an inch of snow. they could have a few slick spots tomorrow morning as temperatures really begin to

drop. philadelphia down to 39 degrees. millville 40. trenton 36. allentown also 36. and the poconos right now still feeling like winter 29 degrees. satellite 6 and action radar showing the moisture moving off. we still have thin clouds that are breaking up overnight as the high pressure builds in. bringing us a pretty nice first day of april. it will be on the chilly side. 52 degrees. feeling even cooler with a breeze out of the northwest. with the high pressure over us that causes the sinking air meaning wall-to-wall sunshine. leave the umbrellas at home tomorrow, don't forget sunglasses. and thursday not only likely the nicest day of the week but of the year this far. and 66 degrees, coming with a lot of sunshine. and warming up more on friday ahead of the cool front. that will also bring us clouds and showers. we have temperatures up near 70 on friday. the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast no fooling, the first day of april pretty nice. lots of sunshine. a little on the chilly side 52. thursday breezy and warm get outside and enjoy it. 66. and good friday even warmer 70. but it will come with cloud and occasional showers. passover begins is the sundown and could have steady rain friday night. saturday a transition day. few lingering showers in the morning and cloud break to sunshine. windy and cooler 64 degrees. easter sunday i think you will want the winter coats for the sunrise services. it is cool but a dry day within increasing clouds. easter bunny hopping with the nice forecast. 54 degrees. monday the phillies home opener looking pretty nice. lots of clouds 55 degrees. and tuesday, cloudy with some showers and high of 55 degrees. and thursday 66. hit with a lot of sunshine. nicest day of the year should

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sports tonight, the eagles have miles to go before they are done making deals, huh? how long did you work on that line? >> all night. >> pretty good. >> i will use it tomorrow too. the eagles have a pretty interesting recruiting system in place. sam bradford called murray lobbying to join the birds. and murray causing austin to do the same and it worked. inking him to a one-year deal. the veteran last season with the browns, 47 balls and two

touchdowns. and 215 pounds and sounds like a team guy. >> i always had the same mindset of doing what i can to make the team better. and making myself better at every opportunity. i felt like it was a great chance to win here. i think it is a great team already and i just wanted to add whatever i could add. i don't know exactly what that role is going to be. jordan matthews in philadelphia, and he and verizon partnered to raise awareness of domestic violence. and the number one receiver meaning a lot more balls should be thrown his way. >> i feel like i am a piece of the puzzle man. i feel like i just work enter twined with everybody else to make the offense go. and a lot of times we get stuck on labels and wide receivers number one and number ones all that stuff, i don't really get caught up in that. and fran dunphy admits the owls were devastated left out of

the ncaa tournament and took out from us tryings in the n.i.t. facing miami in the finals tie game second half. check out the senior cummings pulling the owls within 1. the canes answer and barnett at the other end. miami back up 3. a three-point game in closing seconds and the shot to force overtime -- shooting 2-19 from three-point land and that's the storiland losing 60-57. >> the three-point shot didn't help us but i thought we were at the rim a number of times. half a dozen times at the rim. i thought they made some great blocks. i thought maybe we got bumped a little bit, but it wasn't meant to be. still to come the phillies send one player to the disabled list with a lingering injury and another player with a new injury. and the same old story in terms of wins and losses.

dom brown hopeful he would not end on the disabled list his hopes are dashed. starting on the 15-day d.l. left achilles' tendon is sore. and they will exercise caution before bringing him back.

who we places brown? sizemore one in contention. and three hits and drives in a run in the fifth inning. and the bad news in the eighth. stud reliever giles leaving with tightness in his lower back and the phillies lose. all right, thank you. jimmy kimmel live next. and his guest tonight kurt russell and van halen. and "action news" continuing tomorrow morning. now for meteorologist cecily tynan, ducis rodgers jim gardner the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams. have a good night and we'll see you tomorrow. ♪♪

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