gunman. david henry is live. >> reporter: yaden police and county detectives are pursuing leads as they work to track down the suspect, who is responsible for the execution-style murder. >> he was cold bloodedly executed at close range. >> it happened at this warehouse complex. charles aston was getting ready for a delivery run to new york and he had logged in and was heading back to his truck and was shot twice in the head. investigators believe it was a holdup and childs boss says it started as a routine day like any other. >> he leaves at like 3:30 in the morning to beat the traffic in the morning, he has been doing this two or three time a week for 15 years. >> another driver came face-to-face with the suspect moments from the shooting and

the person seemed to be pulling a gun from his pocket so he drove away and called police and circled back and saw childs had had been shot. is he about 5'5" with a gray mustache wearing a hoody. >> it's a sign of times it's dangerous and rampant gun violence is an issue. >> he is a family man and his boss said he did not carry cash, and his wallet was found if his pocket when he was found. >> a senseless situation and i don't think he had any money on him. we don't understand it. >> police need help from the public and ask if you recognize that guy in the sketch you call and get him off the street you can get a closer look at that

sketch at 6abc.com. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david. >> a sizable sinkhole continues to cause major traffic delays tonight on the northeast extension, chopper 6 hd was over the southbound lanes in minneapolis county last night's rain caused the sinkhole to open up in a construction zone and crews are working to repair filling the hole with concrete and southbound drivers are forced to exit at landsdale be that is causing a massive backup stretching for miles the southbound lanes are not expected to reopen until after the evening rush hour, police are questioning a suspect wanted to firing a gun at the bank of america branch in plymouth meeting last week. >> after they released this surveillance video tips came in naming the 38-year-old suspect and was arrested at his

apartment in norristown police say he was home with his wife that is 9 months pregnant and authorities say they recovered a gun and they expect to charge the gunman tonight and they say he been out of work for months and faced minimum of 10 years in prison for firing the weapon. a jury sentenced marcel johnson to death today for the murder of 4-year-old manny rankins and received a life sentence for her mother. and police say that xron son stabbed the two in 2013 and set fire to their levittown apartment to cover up the killings. a 37-year-old mother accused of having sex with a 17-year-old boy plead guilty today. she pled to a lesser crime and

sending explicit photos of herself. she was sentenced to five years probation and fined $1500 and police arrested gibany in november after they she was allegedly caught with a teenager in a public park and he said he met her when she volunteered at a pottsgrove high school football game. in delaware the search is on for an inmate that walked away from a work detail in wilmington this morning. police are trying to track done bysay isiah thompson. thompson is currently serving a level four sentence of work release for an attempted carjacking. a local actor was the victim of a hit and run accident on the 1100 block of market street in philadelphia doctors had to

amputate the leg of 6-year-old michael toner and police are trying to track down the motorist that maimed him. vernon odom is live at the scene of the hit and run. >>. >> reporter: police say they have no firm leads yet michael toner is a well known actor here in philadelphia and new york especially for his portrayals of irish and irish american characters, he remains in critical condition unable so far to tell police what happened on market east. this is veteran stage actor michael toner well known and there is great concern about him. on the 1100 block in a driving rain storm he is the victim of a hit and run driver that remains at large they say he was crossing market when he was hit by a vehicle and his injuries so severe doctors had

to amputate his right leg. where we found him was halfway -- toner say vietnam veteran, this is video of him performing in a play in 1991. the subject was war veterans. toner was slated to begin rehearsals at the walnut street theater of a eugene o'neil play. for now police are looking for the motorist that left him in the street failing to give assist an to a severely injured person. >> and it was raining at 1:00 in the morning probably did not have time to stop. >> he knew he hit something?

>> yes, i would say he knew he hit something. >> police are asking any witnesses that may have seen something along market east or may have relevant video to contact them right away. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the reward has increased to $30,000 and a renewed push to find a delaware woman that went missing last year. nefertiti trader went missing in 2013, police say she was taken by force and the fbi has joined the investigation and authorities plan to run electronic billboard messages from delaware to connecticut. and the supreme court sided with chris christie over pension funds. christie reduced the state's contribution last year to help balance the budget and union workers sid christie was bound

by a deal he made in 2011 to make the extra payments and a lower court sided with the unions and today the supreme court reversed the ruling and union leaders responded say it's time the state upheld its bargain. >> what the state today is a slap in the face for every public employee in new jersey and they have made every sacrifice every year for the past four years and every year before that and i am furious and my members are fewerrous. >> he called it an important decision for taxpayers and it's time to move forward and find a tangible solution to make the public employee and health benefit costs affordable and sustainable. it was not just students celebrating the last day of school in wilmington today -- ♪♪ good-bye ♪♪

>> the teacher of baird middle school gave their students a fitting sendoff, today was the last day of school for the 1700 students in the christina school district. plans are revealed for the new hotel that replaces the four seasons in logan scare and a teenager is credited for his heroics on the baseball field and not just his athletic skills. >> the humidity is dropping and don't get used to it i'm tracking what could be our first heat wave of the year, details in the accuweather forecast. >> ducis rogers with move from the eagles ota when "action news" continues tonight.

we are getting major traffic release on the northeast extension southbound they have reopened one lane through the construction zone, this is where there was a major sink hole and as we showed you a short while ago they were filling that sink hole with concrete or asphalt or blacktop, whatever now it's just one lane through the construction zone that is .40 an of a mile but the southbound lanes are open, because there was a backup that when for miles. we'll begin to see that move now. a hotel that closed its doors this past weekend in philadelphia is reopening with a new name and a new look, the four seasons at one lowing began scare is re this is an are theists rendering

of what the new lobby will look like and it will have an art interpretation on modern luxury and is slated to open in the fall. this is a story they will talk about in the sharon hill area for years a 16-year-old member of a local baseball team is hailed as a life saver and indeed that is what he is and the life he saved? the umpires. >> michael just hit a nice double while playing a league game just off fullcroft, moments later the umpire collapsed and coaches and teammates rushed to help his lips were blue and i said guys check for a pulse and they didn't find one, i think we should start cpr. >> michael is a 16-year-old high school student but also a member of the darby fire company still while he knew exactly what to do

he admits -- >> i was nervous but i was in the zone, i feel like it's my job. >> a job he did well, michael's efforts help to stabilize the umpire who was suffering a heart attack and this teenager is now being held a hero darby fire lieutenant said he is quickly proving himself a pillar of the community. >> this makes everyone proud knowing people like him are protecting him. >> meanwhile his baseball coach who witnessed the whole thing can only say -- >> he is amazing, i said on the field great but especially off the field if he wasn't there i don't know what we would have done. >> mean with while the umpire was taken to mercy general and

was transferred to the universe of pennsylvania. the university of pennsylvania is helping five students from five local high schools tonight cut down on their college costs the school awarded the students non-tuition scholarships it covered expenses like books and supplies and health insurance and they chose the students based on their grades and history of community service.

eagles back out on the practice field always matters of intrigue and interest. >> jim this latest ota's go until thursday they are are working on the little things and today we focus on the eagles defense and last season they were awful against the pass, they added keiko alongsoalonso. and they believe that the tal enand po tepgs are here and they need to put it all together.

>> this defense can be releat, the way we work and come out every day and don't complain about nothing and we work and know we have to get better i like the group. >> they say this defense can be elite do you see this too? >> i think so, that is what we are working to to be an elite defense the league doesn't all measure in yards i think we need to do to win is taking the ball away and winning on third down and really that will take care of itself. >> kerry williams was released by the eagles three months ago but still has chip kelly and the birds on his mind, he is now a seahawk and was contacted about his two seasons here on the radio, radio. >> i didn't believe it. whatever it was, we went to one playoff game and had a home playoff game and we lost that

towards the end of the year, we were exhausted and we got out coached. >> out coached hmm. the nba finals are at a pivotal point on the cavs home extort, steph curry was just 5 of 23 from the floor, and 2 of 15 from three point land, but that doesn't mean they are panicking. >> we have been here before we would have liked to have come on the road 2-0, but being 1-1, we have to be ourselves and play harder and more intense and we'll be fine. >> a lot of people kind of always questioned him and things of that nature and our team is great at accepting the challenge and moment. >> lebron james very monotone

today. >> what will happen in game three watch it here on abc at 9:00. and phillies go against the red, last night they lost to cincinnati 6-4 and two run single in the fourth for ruiz, his first rbis in nearly two weeks. cole hamels was not sharp and jesus jr. gave up the big blow and hamel suffered his first loss in 15 career starts against the reds. and baseball fans are a notoriously superstitious burge and they go to the 20th degree if i counted that correctly. guess what? it works tc wins 5-4 in 16 innings to advance. >> i like that look on you i

think it will be attractive. >> cover my bald spot. >> don't talk about bald spots. pope francis will not be in our area for another few months but a pop-up pope is making a special experience this life size cutout of pope francis welcomed cyclists in wynnewood today, they are taking part in the biking for vocations ride, they are traveling 1400 miles from florida to new york in 29 days to raise awareness for priest vocations.

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beautiful day tomorrow and tomorrow is gorgeous and then it gets steamy by thursday, the first heat wave of the season. >> tomorrow is nice, the short-term, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have mainly dry conditions, nothing more than a stray isolated sprinkle out there and the action cam is taking a look at the ben franklin parkway and the clouds are clearing out in the afternoon and the humidity is dropping and the temperatures were on the warm side, it's starting to feel nice out there. the accuweather highlights show you that the humidity is definitely dropping today or tony say and through the day tomorrow we are looking at dew points below 60 degrees, when you get dew points below 60 this time of year, it will feel comfort. it's warm and more comfortable than today. don't get used to it by 3:00 on thursday afternoon philadelphia up to 90 degree and this could

be the first of three days with temperatures in the low 90s and if we hit that it will be our officials official heat way of the year. 83 in philadelphia down from our high of 86 allentown 78 millville 84 and wilmington 83 and with the winds generally out of the west, we get a land broez breeze temperatures not as warm as inland and the boardwalk 81 degrees satellite 6 along with action radar showing if are you looking for showers and thunderstorms and you see the spin, the upper level low, that is a good soaking for parts of new york state and new england. we have the soaking last night but a cold front is moving through and behind that it will feel nice tonight, a good night to turn off the air conditioner and open the windows and overnight low is 55 in the cooler suburbs, 64 degrees for

accepter city, a pretty nice night. through the day high pressure is in control and warm like today and 86 degrees and low humidity and wall-to-wall sunshine i think tomorrow will be the nicest day of the week, on thursday, a head of a cold front we get winds from the west and that heats things up and brings the humidity back and 92 degrees and behind the front temperatures cool off to 90 degrees on friday and saturday. we have three days potentially in the 90s, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, take advantage of tomorrow if you can with the low humidity even 86 will feel nice to most people and lots of sunshine and thursday the humidity creeps back up 92 degrees and a few garden variety pop-up thunderstorms possible and a repeat performance on friday temperatures just a little bit lower with a high of 90. saturday 90 if we hit that, it's officially the first heat wave of the year and the cold front will likely bring us showers and

thunderstorms late on saturday and saturday night and the best chance of storms sun is stays above normal as far as temperatures and kinds of taking the edge off the heat and partly sunny and 84 and tuesday sun mixing with clouds and a high of 86 degrees, comfortable tomorrow and we are heading into the steam bath. abc world news is next on channel 6, "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and ducis rogers and join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

breaking news tonight. the officer now seen by millions, stepping down. it comes after he was accused of throwing that teenage girl to the ground sitting on her, then picking out his gun. late details coming in now. zeroing in. the your jebt manhunt for those two escaped killers. and tonight here face to face. you will hear from witnesses who say they saw the fugitives in their backyard. and what they said to each other. also seen for the first time since the scandal, the former speaker, dennis hastert, in his suv with his wife. today, showing up to federal court. our brian ross right there with the tough questions. >> is there anything at all you want to say, sir? >> reporter: and the rush hour road rage. a van nearly hits one of them. when rage puts the rest of us in danger.