>> saturday night, i'm walter perez a bear in allentown gives people a scare taking a stroll through the streets of downtown.

a violent night in dallas, texas where a man opens fire on the police headquarters. in the news, a dangerous standoff involving a man in a home in port richmond. shots were fired at police and neighbors were evacuated and s.w.a.t teams were called to the scene. when it was over, two people were dead. dann cuellar is live at the scene with the tbul -- full story, dann. >> reporter: walter, investigators remain on the scene trying to figure out what set off this intense situation the two police cars that were struck by gunfire remain on the scene, the two officers fired upon but not struck give a harrowing tale of what happened after they avid -- arrived at 2:00 p.m. two responding police officers tell us about what happened when

they arrived. >> when we arrived shots were fired at our vehicle. >> as soon as i heard the shots i wanted to get out of the vehicle and get behind cover. >> reporter: the two took cover behind the patrol car and waited for swat officers to arrive because they were pinned down by the gunman who was firing. >> they waited for the arrival of the swat armored vehicle to come on the block, they were place understand vehicle and taken out of the line of fire. officers evacuated residents including children. s.w.a.t team members heard more gunfire coming from the home. fearing that someone was shot they did this. >> we inserted a robot with a camera. there were two men inside the home. two responding officers frazzled and doing okay.

>> i'm glad we had a quick police response and no officers or civilians in the neighborhood were injured. >> reporter: back live on the scene, where you see the police car cruiser 24-a with the driver window blown out by gunfire. police trying to figure out what set off this deadly dispute inside a home. 3500 block of emerald, a man firing at police, they would learn he shot and killed a man inside before killing himself and apparent murder suicide. we're live in port richmond, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> thanks for that report. police in dallas, texas dealt with a dangerous situation themselves as a man inside a van opened fire on their headquarters. we were told he planted explosives outside the buildings, as well. it started after midnight. the suspect fired on the buildings repeatedly and fired on officers, he took off police cornered him in a parking lot. after a standoff investigators

shot and killed the man and explosives were donated i told. it is thought that the suspect blamed police for losing custody of his son. we'll have more in dallas on "world news" at 6:30. it was warm one out there today, but not as humid as yesterday. there could pop-up thunderstorms on the way. even though it was cooler today it was a great day to enjoy the ocean. if you couldn't make it to the shore, a pool is a good option like these little ones are doing at the swim club. melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: we went from seemy yesterday across the delaware and lehigh valleys to a nice start to the weekend today. you can tell the humidity has lowered characterrably -- considerably from where we were

creditor. 86 in sea isle. out to the west in lancaster 81 degrees, you look at the 24 hour temperature change keep in mind yesterday we had the hottest temperature so far this year with a high of 95. so today it's a good 6 degrees warmer in philadelphia than this time yesterday. 7 degrees warmer up to the north in the poconos. when you look at the humidity scale you can see we have dewpoint temperatures ranging from 60 to 65 degrees for the city points to the north. it's slightly humid for those locations, but there is a frontal boundary off to the west down across dover so there the humidity is still on the high side. looking at the evening planner 7:00 p.m., temperatures around 85. sunny at 8:00 p.m. 85 degrees, partly cloudy sky at 9 and 10:00 p.m. with the temperatures in the lower 80s. we'll talk about what's ahead it's a dry and quiet night and goz not as warm -- good news not as warm tonight as yesterday. we're tracking pop-up showers and thunderstorms for the second

half of the weekend. we'll go over that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> talk to you in a bit. 6abc.com and mobile apps can help you stay ahead for the latest changes in the weather. you can find storm tracker 6 live street radar and our live 6 cameras give you a first look at conditions before you head out. a three-alarm fire at a highrise apartment complex in montgomery county ended with seven people injured and serious damage to several units. annie mccormick is live in cheltenham with full details. >> reporter: walter that's right, seven people were taken to the hospital we are told that most of the people suffered from smoke inhalation, now a number of residents will return to the building. you can see the bulk of the damage there where the windows are boarded up. that's the 11th floor where the fire broke out. the fire marshal believes it's an accident, but the investigation is still on going.

fire crews break through windows on the 11th floor dousing the flames that that were in the kitchen of this unit. >> when when we got here there were heavy smoke in the hallways people couldn't goat out of their rooms. >> we did see people hanging on the balcony earlier they were hanging on the balcony asking for help. >> i help a couple of people down in wheelchairs and the stairs were full of smoke. >> reporter: seven people were taken to the hospital, including one firefighter. >> i grabbed from an and ran the other -- fran and ran the other way. tony burnett was on the floor and got out in time. she thought the fire alarms was a drill. until her dog alerted her.

multiple companies responded to the fire and crews got it under control in an hour, the high temperature made fighting the fire even harder. >> we called that straight alarm immediately because it's labor intensive everybody has to climb 11 stories. the haz/mat team was out here, they have special vests for firefighters to wear that helped cool them down. the red paw relief team was out here they were able to rescue several pellets. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thank you annie an alleged home invasion suspect remains in critical condition after a homeowner shot him. investigators say a man woke up inside his home on the 5900 block of d street in the city's olney section torched an intruder standing in the bedroom doorway. a struggle ensued and the homeowner fired his gun. the suspect was shot in the

abdomin and rushed to the hospital. no word on the charges or the identity of the suspect. suspected drunk driver left behind a trail of destruction along the street in the city's somerton section. the man drove his pick up truck into 9 different vehicles. 8 of the vehicles intiewrld serious damage -- endured serious damage. the driver was arrested and charged with dui. in camden a similar scene along the 700 block of walnut. just before 3:00 a.m. a driver reportedly high on heroin lost control of the car and slammed into five vehicles. the driver was rushed to cooper hospital. no word on his condition no other injuries reported. it was an unusual sight for people in downtown allentown when a bear decided to take a walk through town. the bear was spotted about a block away where organizers were setting up for a blues festival. the bear looks to be about a

year old and likely recently separated from his mom. they say he feels looking for a good meal. he will be tagged and released back into the wild. a door to door campaign to save liervels what -- lives what the red cross did in camden. it was great way to celebrate a long life well lived. well introduce you to three local women whose birthday candles added up to 103. phillies pitcher gets into a heated argument with the coach. that and more when "action news" comes right back.

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it was a fierce day of competition at the university of delaware. today was day two for this year's special olympics delaware games. they had power lifting and sort of ball and tennis and bocci. itit is 45 year tradition. >> phillies won. >> reporter: that's progress. no runs in 13 innings progress. the phillies are the worst team in baseball. things don't get any easier after playing until 1:00 a.m. last night now they have to face the best pitcher in baseball today facing garrett cole. you don't have to worry about cooling off the phillies. chase you tellly who has the worst batting average in

baseball returns to the lineup. phils take a 1-0 lead. they scored 2 runs over the last 24 innings. you tellly not in time, run in. next batter, you mean the middle, under the circumstancesly involved. what a play -- you you utley. again involved, what a play. they are down 2 in the 7th. ken giles not only threw the heated pirates hitter. things got heated in the 8th after committing a throwing error. he was intentionally to walk the batter. he did not agree. they tried to calm him down, after he got out of a bases loaded jam. he showed his frustration.

ryan sandberg showing a rare sign of emotion and mccorrespond comes over and they start yelling at each other. gi les said my emotions got the best of me it's never going to happen again. wheel has never played a down nfl season game. chip kelly may joke his team is better by 1,000 percent after all the changes. the eagles coach ripped apart the roster. tray thomas said the season will come down to protecting that quarterback. we know that we have solid running backs in the backfield we made some decisions we have some receivers, the question is how is the secondary going to

produce and will we protect the quarterback, if we can protect bradford he cannot take the hits that a lot of guys have taken. we've gone through two years without our starting quarterback, we don't want a third. 18 years ago to the day. steve kurr made a huge adjustment in game four, the former sixers kept labron james in check but had a season high 22. helping the warriors evening the series with the cav. kurr lied about whether iguadola will start again. >> unfortunately the dynamics are tricky. if i say anything, i'm guessing it might get back to david i'll just say that i've established

my penchant for mike, no matter how i answer you should not answer anyway. >> how about some truth game five will be on 6abc tomorrow night at 8:00. game five in the nhl final between tampa and chicago, as well. >> the fine line between lying and strategy. >> reporter: it's strategy. >> those are the people, including our own nora muchanic got up for a great cause, it was the walk-a-thon in lumber ton new jersey. folks had the's of biking up to 100 miles all proceeds go to the gibson center dedicated to helping individuals with disabilitiesing and supporting their families. up next, melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

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>> meteorologist melissa magee has the accuweather forecast. things could become quite unstable melissa is quite stable. i'm talking about the showers or thunderstorms. some days are better than others. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar, it's dry and quiet. it turned out to be a beautiful day across the delaware and lehigh valleys. we'll show you the picture outside, the action cam was outside looking up at the sun. we had pleasant of sun today

temperatures above average. normal for us this time of year is 82. we were overachievers once again today. thursday, high of 92. yesterday was the hottest day so far this year in philadelphia at 95. we did not make a heat wave today with a high temperature of just 88 degrees, remember you need three consecutive days to have an official heat wave that was not the case once again. today in philadelphia, 84 in allentown. the winds are out of the north at this hour that is lowering the humidity across the delaware and lehigh valleys. the southerly brees along the coast. 76 in sea isle and 74 in beach haven. we have a frontal boundary to the south of the region for a good chunk of the day. west we're tracking showers and

storms coming out of the ohio valley. this boundary will lift to the north as we go throughout the day tomorrow. with that said there's the risk of findings severe weather. in fact the storm prediction center has placed our region in a low probability of finding severe weather. the biggest threat is damaging winds and hail. the biggest concern is north and west of the i-95 corridor from wilmington, lancaster and up through the poconos we'll be tracking showers and storms firing up. tomorrow it's warm and once more humid, we have a warm front lift to the north. 835 degrees and we're tracking late-day showers and storms. most of the day tomorrow will be dry, as we get into the evening hours after 6:00, 7:00 p.m. we'll track the moisture west/east direction. sunday 74 degrees a mixture of sunshine and clouds, a mostly sunny day, down the shore the ocean temperature coming in at

65 degrees. on the beach and sand sunny with an afternoon sea breeze kicking in. the temperature of 76. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast call from accuweather tonight, partly cloudy and not as warm. 635 in the suburbs and 70 in philadelphia. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow, humid with a late-day shower or thunderstorm. high temperature of # 5. some of them could turn severe if you're west of the city tomorrow. monday stays unsettled with showers and storms firing up. 86 tuesday very warm and humid, 89. wednesday, sun and clouds that looks like a nice day 86 degrees, thursday seasonable sunny, high temperature of 85. clouds and sun on friday, 86 degrees, there might be a stray shower at that point. on saturday, warm with a thunderstorm possible and at 88. we're tracking a thunderstorm for tomorrow walter. today we say happy birthday to three lovely ladies, you'll never guess that josephine is

100 years old. she danced the day away in cape may. she asked josephine her secret to living a long life. she keeps going going an takes care of herself. meanwhile, lots of people lined up to hug and kills this birthday girl. laura turned 100. her family and friends gathered for a big party in northeast philadelphia. amy, celebrated a belated 100th birthday as well. today her five children threw her a party at the upper chichester community service center. the secret to a longer life is surrounding herself with young people. she doesn't eat junk food but likes a rum and coke everyday. that's it for "action

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