and local community 2 grieving tonight of a high school freshman collapses and dies during spring football practice. >> a freshman member of st. joe prep football team collapses and

dies on the field during spring training and tonight the school community is remembering a young life gone way too soon. saturday night i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is tragedy that has shaken up this close nit cool community. the training is usually a time filled with excitement and anticipation. tonight they're mourning at the prep. "action news" reporter kenneth moton has the story from north philadelphia. >> we spoke off camera with the father of ryan gillyard he said teenager was simply a good kid and like so many waiting for autopsy results to find out how his son died. >> it was emotional saturday on the campus of st. joe prep as football coaches parents and student athletes graph well loss of 15-year-old freshman ryan gillyard ryan back erin running back was on this 11th and cecil b. moore practice field for morning conditioning workout when collapsed in front of

teammates. they ran to help and could not revive the team. he was rushed to temple where he was pronounced dead. his grief stricken father told "action news" he was at the practice and hospital when his son died and ryan had no preexisting medical condition and he's been playing football since 3rd grade. ryan's love of the game and talents brought him to this renowned athletics program. st. joe's expressed condolences to upper darby delaware county 15-year-old who played cyo basketball st. dennis in havertown. ryans with a great person and someone we were proud to have as part of the community and do whatever we can to support family and friends especially members of freshman class and football team of which he was a member. head football coach gabe afante and staff walked out after spending time with players day. grief counselors will be available all weekend as the community kopz with the loss of the young student athlete. >> on campus there is private

service scheduled sunday morning to honor ryan. st. joe's says counselors will be on hand for students faculty and staff on monday. reporting in north philadelphia, kenneth moton, "channel 6 action news." >> a little girl was critically injured after being attacked by a dog while visiting her grandmother in west philadelphia. after 5:00 this evening the 3-year-old girl was mauled by this kahne corso the little girl was held by 84-year-old grandmother and that's what police said led to the attack. >> we're making assertion that dog got jealous and that the grand mother was holding the child and dog attacked the child mauling it about the head area. >> investigators say the 84-year-old grandmother tried to protect the toddler and she was injured in the process. investigators say that dog had never been a problem before. and no criminal charges are expected. police rushed the little girl to children's hospital where she was taken into surgery right away. tonight she remains in critical condition. >> a suspect is in custody

tonight the day after hit-and-run that severed a woman's leg. investigators say the offender turned herself in this morning. though she's not yet formally charged witnesses of yesterday's incident say a white suv with woman they identified only as precious behind the wheel hit 24-year-old beatrice spence in tioga-nicetown section alleged motive suspect thought spence was vying for her man. spence denied that. >> she ran me over and took my leg mom and i was not going with him. nobody won't want me now because i got one leg. >> police say anonymous tip led them to this durango with front end damage. during the chaos of the hit-and-run they forgot about dinner tack tooking on the stove that developed to a terrible fire that destroyed the spence family home. more at 11:30. >> police were looking for that suspect tomorrow morning and dozens were mourning loss of

little boy killed by another hit and i run. "action news" was there and invited to greater bible okay temple church in west philadelphia for 4-year-old latif wilson's memorial service. he died after running into traffic 57 and lynch field streets monday nights and investigators already made contact with suspected driver's attorney but she has not yet been arrested. and wilson's grief stricken grandmother says her family needs justice and closure >> it was an accident. we should have kept moving. it is what it is. >> after the memorial mourn ares released balloons in the youngster's honor. >> developing story tonight out of delaware where police are investigating a shooting on college campus. it happened about 8:30 on campus of delaware state university in dover. investigators confirmed there's been a shooting. but it's not yet known if anyone

was injured. we'll keep you posted as more information becomes available about the case. >> police in bensalem arrested a man they say tried to lure an 8-year-old girl into his vehicle when she refused police say he exposed himself. investigators say 22-year-old juan perez schwar he's tried to get the little girl to his vehicle on 3200 block of claire ridge road the girl's father saw what happened and confronted him. the girl's father crashed into a hole pole. he kept driving and crashed again a short time later. they arrived and made an arrest. >> warm, dry conditions earlier today triggered red flag warning for increased risk of brush fires. that's what happened in bensalem buck county. this video was taken by a viewer. it broke out 5 p.m. near richmond road bensalem ipt change of pennsylvania turnpike. took firefighters several hours to get this under control and no injuries reported. >> meanwhile fire also broke out at the frank farley service

applause aac expressway earlier today. a storage shed behind the gas station there caught fire. both gas station and convenience store remain open and nobody was injured. >> well severe storms swept through houston area last night causing quite a panic at the circus. check this out. witnesses say the powerful winds tore apart the big top as people fled the scene. the city ended up flooding under torrent of rain and hail and in fact the downpours came on so fast the commuters with left to weighed across parking lots and streets after their cars stalled out. >> for us, though, a mild evening out there after a picture perfect day. karen rogers in for melissa magee with the accuweather forecast. >> it was a gate day wasn't it, walter? how about today's high, 81. the first 80-degree since september 28. it's been a while since we had that kind of warmth. hopefully you're out there to enjoy. it things change before you know. it not just 81 in philadelphia

but 80 in the lehigh valley. 74 mount pocono. we didn't hit any records but 80 trenton. 74 atlantic city airport. it was 77 today in millville. since that time it is still pretty comfortable out there. currently 71 here in philadelphia. 67 in new york city. the change though will be coming and winds in process of switching today they were out of southwest giving nice mild flow tomorrow out of the northeast. that's going to be a real difference for us. we'll get influence of ocean and temperatures will drop and clouds increase. so we have a bit of change coming your way. you'll certainly feel the difference tomorrow. satellite 6 and action radar showing nice and clear. here you go. now you watch over the past 12 hours clouds filled n they're high, thin cirrus clouds. it's still not a bad evening out there. certainly mild. tomorrow although we'll be back to reality you see the sunshine filter through the crowd. soggy monday and cooler air arrives.

looks like it could stick around. details on that in the 7 day forecast, walter. >> sounds good, thank you karen. police of music philadelphia history had a date with wrecking ball today former center city location of philadelphia international records are which was birth place of the iconic soychbd of philadelphia the company was owned by kenny gamble and leon huff. it was damaged by arsonist five years ago and sthoon site will become location of new hotel and copied min yumz. >> please touch museum opened doors exclusively tonight for children with autism and families. this was variety of children charities fourth annual autism awareness night. kids enjoyed all hands on and family friendly exhibits. it benefits variety the children's charity. more to come on "action news" tonight the dramatic body cam video as murder suspect rushes police officers. this man what he was trying to do and why the officer is praised for his actions. >> first a close call for a

group of college kids when the bus they were riding burst into flames. we'll show you the dramatic escape with just seconds to spare. >> and plus the phillies get a w on the road. jeff skversky has highlights and sports when "action news" comes right l

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>> only seconds to spare dozens of college kids scrambled to evacuate this bus in massachusetts as smoke filled the cabin. 52 students from university of connecticut had little time to make it to safety before flames engulfed the vehicle. amazingly nobody was injured and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. we'll hear from the witnesses m coming up at 11:30. >> here you are have a massive fireball that sounded look a freight train when a natural gas line skloded in fresno, california. a backhoe clipped a 12" line at sheriff gun range shooting flames hundreds of feet in the air. four of 11 peoplehurst since released from the hospital. but two including prison inmate and public works employee reneighbor critical condition. well the body camera used by police officer in ohio caught the apprehension of a suspected

killer. >> shoot me, shoot me, shoot me. >> get down now back up. back up. >> dramatic confrontation shows 27-year-old michael will cox daring officer to shoot him he refuses but keeps the gun trained on will cox. will cox surrendered and was arrested for fatally shooting 25-year-old fiancee and suspend suspected in shooting death of another man. will cox pled guilty to charges. >> investigators arrived to find something unusual now they're asking for you to help them solve mystery. here is rick williams with at some time's crime fighter's report. at about 8 p.m. surngsd january 4, 2014 police were called to the 6200 block of media street in philadelphia's overbrook section for a shooting. >> there's a coutd of people there. they find out that there was a big shooting. there and there's shell casings

all over the place. >> police say there were no victims. >> they're told there was a honda civic gray in color that went over to the hospital. police go over to the hospital. the honda civic is parngd there. it's got gun shots and all kinds of damage. >> officials say three men were taken inside lankanau hospital for gun shot wounds. two victims died. >> somebody wanted to do them in. >> is they of philadelphia is offering reward of up to $20,000 through citizen crime commission for arrest and conviction of person responsible. al you need to do is make a call to either 2 15-546 tips or 2 15, 686 tips. >> you don't have to give your name just give us information we'll give you a code number that identifies you. >> all calls remain anonymous. for "crime fighters" i'm rick williams "channel 6 action news." >>

>> former make a wish foundation client took time today to give back to this wonderful organization. first ever wish art party took place in willow grove, montgomery county, nine families took part in afternoon full of artistic ak of it 'tis. this event was designed to recognize each child that at one time fought with valor against a life-threatening illness. it was also designed to say thank you to make a wish foundation. >> students and staff from upper darby showed off their creativity this afternoon fromer is amics to mosaics and pen and

pencil design and many displays there at the upper darby arts display. it made room for spur of the moment artwork. it provided opportunity to be work of art themselves with face painting. >> meteorologist karen rogers it was nice today. >> wow like another. >> yes. >> you can't have it. >> we'll have a nice day tomorrow. >> that was not cool. >> i am a little mean. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan around the region dry tonight. we have a nice evening ahead. tomorrow we're dry during the daytime. we're tracking heavy rain on the way. let's look outside right now and show what you it looks like. action cam was out about in center city and the fountains are frozen. winter it's nice to see people enjoying time outside. it's really a nice evening to do just about anything if you're out and b let's look at past few days. we had quite the spring warm-up. normally this time of year high of 65.

wednesday we were 70. thursday 71. slow and easy climb up. friday 74. today's high 81. so temperatures nearly 20 above average today. hope fellly you enjoyed. it even now 71 in philadelphia. 62 allentown 66 reading. 62 millville. 67 trenton. little klool cooler along the coast. upper 50s this time of year at this hour feels good. satellite 6 and action radar showing clouds rolling in. this is what it looks like today. bright sunshine. now you see the clouds filtering in. those are cirrus clouds, high, thin clouds, you'll see sunshine mixing through them tomorrow. if you head to union game it's nice day. back to reality. 62 degrees at start time at 5:00 at the 90th minute, 59. nice day sunshine, clouds and light winds out there. clouds will slowly increase through the day and lower and thickening as well. and that's ahead of the next storm system we're seeing heavy rain out here. terrible storms in dallas and

heavy in new orleans and that's pulling up into the region monday. monday will be a real soaker, talking 1 to 2" of rain and future tracker 6 timing it out in time for morning commute. 6:00 monday, wet, the way you want to start the week and ever hade rain that comes through 9:30 in the morning. get the commute in nice and early. 9:30 if inside and in the afternoon. 3:00 clouds, showers, not bad. trouble is watch this line of storms. that comes through. we'll see thunderstorms. this is look at 11:00 at night. and making a real difference until 1:30 in the morning heavy rain coming your way. tomorrow cooler, nice, 64. overnight sundays to monday. heavy rain, 7 for high. even thunderstorms at night. tuesday, breezy and pleasant. 67. we see temperatures drop, wednesday, nice, chance for shower lights in the day. 66. thursday 60. how about friday, sunny and cool, only 58 degrees. and saturday sunshine, clouds, and 62.

so while we showed you with he had nice stretch of 70 plus degree weather even 81 today we're talking upper 50s by end of 7 day. >> up next on "action news," jeff skversky has sports. former eagle quarterback michael vick weighs in all the changes on birds roster. we'll tell what you he had to say. tonight's powerball numbers

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>> time for a check on sports. jeff skversky is here for phillies action on the road. >> finding ways to score runs. big issue so far on for the phils. doing it on the road at this rate will be a long season. we're 12 games into phillies and have already had a six game losing streak. finally their worst start to the season on the road in 27 years is over. 6 now, how can this guy subject his dog to this kind of facebook. phils in washington today looking for first win on the road. fifth inning tied at 2. run in. freddie with yes two hits today. bottom five. ut oh, bryce harper facing

aaron herang gone. like that we're tied at 3. herang gives up all three. here comes ben revere. revere not even in the starting lineup but third straight game making a difference. how about chase utley hitting how about chase utley hitting .119. doesn't take it with him to the field. what a play, two on in the 7th. fill liz win 5-3 ending losing streak and first w on the road. >> it's big. hopefully we come back tomorrow and tie the series up. everybody pitched great. everybody did the right things special" on that one play. game over game end and that's what small ball is all about. >> well scary moment ninth umpire brian knight taking 97 mile an hour fast ball to the face. as you see there again jose

lobtone just missed it. knight left the game. >> flyers could not catch a break this season. why would tonight's draft lottery be different. flyers had a 6.5% shot at number one overall pick. it's not nakar. they'll pick 7th in the draft. while dispointed flyers general manager says number 7 is his lucky number maybe he'll luck out. he plans top build through draft period. >> we're not going to throw away our future to try to win the stanley cup next year i can assure you that r we going to try to win the stanley cup yes yes we are along with 29 other teams. but we're not going to trade top young players. >> got it. nfl draft less than two weeks away. everyone wonder what in the world is eagles' coach chip

kelly do? will he find a way to get his college quarterback marcus mariota. >> we asked free agent qb vick about chip getting rid of stars this off is. >> it's tough to let players like that go. premiere players in the league. but you 2340e obviously he has a plan. all those guys landed on their feet. that's a positive. >> i think it's you know all about what he believes in and you know wi8 be an opportunity for him to show he knows what he's doing. vick still looking for a job after a dispointsing season with the jets. >> still to come in sports who needs a baseball glove. cubs fan makes catch of lifetime. cheers to that. we're right back.