"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon rick and sara are off and i'm matt o'donnell the search for clues in the case of a drexel graduate found beaten and stabbed in her apartment. but the big story on "action news" is the motivation behind a mass murder in tennessee and if it was an act of terror. they are looking for clues on the computer of 24-year-old muhammad aziz. he killed four marines yesterday on a rampage yesterday in

chattanooga. we are joined now live with new information about the gunman and his victims. >> it is being called an act of domestic terrorism and law enforcement is on high alert across the country. >> after the horrific shooting rampage at two centers in chattanooga, tennessee we are learning more about his tours in iraq. and a second victim has been identified as skill wells of marietta georgia. >> it's heart breaking circumstances for these individuals who have served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion. >> reporter: in the light of day sullivan, wells were killed and

two others were injured in the fire fight. minutes before the same shooter pulled up to this navy recruiting center shooting one officer in the leg and taking off before anybody could respond and now we learn more information about the accused killers, described by classmates as an all american kid. she was in the class when they saw the planes hit the world trade center on 9/11. >> it was hard for everyone including muhammad. >> he was not even on the foib's watch list. back to you. >> thank you. >> police in darby bureau just arrested this man again accusing him of a second attempted abduction, they said that isaac approached a 10-year-old girl asking if she

wanted to get in his work van she was walking along darby terrace and ran home crying and her mom called 911. he is facing charges for stalking and trying to lure a child. now video you'll see on "action news." the suspects were brought to new town square to appear before a judge last night. they say that three women offered sex to law enforcement in exchange for money and arrested two men saying they knowingly drove the women to the hotel for the acts. an innocent woman drove into the crossfire of gun fire in philadelphia. one sliced into the back of her car and then into her back. she had to have surgery and police are still looking for the shooter. trish is live with the full story. >> reporter: well police say

that a 32-year-old woman from olney was driving at 17thth susquehanna was driving when a stray bullet pierced the back of her car and her back, but it was not until she got here to diamond until she realized she was hit. the victim heard shots while she was driving and one bullet hit her mazda. >> it was struck one time in the rear trunk area, it went through the seat and drivers seat and struck her in the back. >> police found evidence that ten shots were fired from a semi automatic weapon and vials of what appears to be crack cocaine believing it to be drug related. those passengers are talking to police. >> the rear seat passenger was very fortunate and lucky to be sitting on the passenger side rear of the vehicle, several feet away, about two feet away, if she was sitting behind the

driver she could have been shot in the back. >> officers say it was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. when the victim was taken to the hospital she was in critical condition and is now updated to stable condition police don't have any suspects if you anything about what happened police would like to hear from you. trish hartman, channel 6 "action news." >> thanks trish. two fathers from south jersey are accused of brawling at a softball tournament in convenientner. their daughters were former teammates and that barbela drove there for a dispute and this show its escalating into a bloody bruising fight and police criticized the man that recorded the video he should have dialed

911 instead of recording it. >> it's not my business it's not my beef, i just want to see the fight. >> they are each charged with assault and disorderly conduct. >> police are searching for the droifer that blazed a path of destruction through newcastle this morning the driver was behind the wheel that crashed into several other cars. >> i was driving up 13 just up the side of me on the left hand side and sideswiped the car and took the mirror off. the driver traveled on to route 73 and struck a minivan that struck a telephone pole be the driver bailed and ran and was last seen in neighborhoods along basin road. turning to accuweather we are taking thing up to another notch, we are taking a live look at sky 6 hd at pens landing you

may feel more heat when we start a heat wave that could start this weekend. melissa magee is in for david murphy with an accuweather preview. >> it's a nice finish to our work week, a sunshine and puffy cumulous clouds. it's 80 in philadelphia at this hour 70 at the poconos and 79 in beach haven and 76 out to the west in lancaster we are actually tapping into the southerly wind flow and the dew point numbers are coming up from where they were yesterday. any time you have dew point temperature its from 60 to 65 degrees it's slightly humid overhead but nothing unbearable. still comfortable and not bad as 59 if you are at the shore or the poconos, a few afternoon clouds, sunny and 84 and sunny and nice at the shore at 78 and sun to clouds at the poconos a temperature of 75.

here is stormtracker 6 live double scan we do have some changes on the way, it is dry right now across most of the mid-atlantic region we are tracking this frontal boundary from the great lakes to the ohio valley and a piece of that makes its way eastward tonight and for the start of the weekend, we are tracking a shower a spotty one at that later tonight and then after that, the heat is on. with that we are tracking the heat and humidity and the return of 90s with higher heat indexes. we'll look at that with the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. as you make your plans for the weekend check 6abc.com/weather you'll find street level radar for right where you live, the hourly forecast from accuweather and more and follow our team of meteorologists from facebook and twitter. >> for the latest information when severe weather happens. still to come on "action news" at noon, an emergency dispatcher may have made a

deadly mistake and why a 911 call may have lost a woman her life. and a man fesses up to stealing a hearse during a funeral and why the auto theft was so enticing.

violent storms left plenty of damage in illinois the national weather service will decide how many tornadoes swept through the state last night. the town of cameron was hit hard only 600 people live there and nobody can return until they finish checking for gas leaks and other dangers the last time a tornado touched down there was in 1989. this is one year since malaysia flight mh 17 was shut down over the ukraine, the disaster hit that country the hardest. 298 people were killed in the crash and the plane went down during the rising conflict between it russia and ukraine, the team of investigators are working to find out exactly who shot it down, their report is expected sometime next year. we have reports of lasers being pointed at commercial flights over new jersey this week, 11

incidents were reported on wednesday night and the faa says there were 23 additional cases and they all happened the same night and spread out across the country, federal authorities have not figured out where the lasers were coming from and if they are all related. the fbi is investigating. a 911 dispatcher may have led to a woman's death. tammy ford called 911 because she was having trouble breathing, crews were sent to a different apartment complex. when ems arrived it was too late family members and even the firefighters who responded believe the lost time could have made a difference between life and death. the man in upstate new york was accused of stealing a hearse during a funeral. police say that michael healy got behind the wheel while the family was at church, he decided

on the hearse because he knew the keys were inside. they found the hearse 15 miles away and placed healy under arrest. drivers hit the jackpot inside of the baltimore tunnel this week, cash started to spill out of the back of an armored truck and it it was spread out through the whole mile and a half tube. and in the men time the tunnel had to be closed. drivers who stopped to help clean the mess have been ordered to return the stolen cash tore face charges of theft. still on "action news," details on a massive chicken recall because of salmonella fears and the reason this girl is smiling, it's because of a medical break through that changed her life and her grades.

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>> well, no doubt you notice the rising cost of eggs at the grocery store and a new report confirms that prices have indeed made a jump, a record one. the u.s. you department of labor says that the price of chicken eggs when up 84% since the month of june, and you can blame the increase on the bird flu the disease killed nearly 50 million chickens and turkeys. american airlines are row

warding two hackers that found problems in the kpouter systems, they each got 1 million frequent flyer miles. united would not say what flaws the hackers found but added they are confident that the airline systems are now secure. health check at noon, another company has recalled chicken because of possible salmonella contamination this is raw and frozen chicken items made by aspen foods all are marked with p-1358. and federal officials have linked three ill ntss in minnesota to the products earlier this week barber foods recall ared 2 million pounds of chicken also over salmonella concerns. a medical break through has changed the life a 12-year-old girl. holly hudson had a rare brain tumor that caused her to have 50

seizures per month a first of its kind treatment in arizona eliminated them all together they used laser guided technology to shrink the tumor and now holly is seizure free and does not suffer from mood swings or difficulty learning and is bringing home better grades. >> since it was removed i got my first b in math yea celebrate. >> they got it done at the neurological institute in phoenix. she own needed three stitches and one night in the hospital. the "action news" team is working on some new stories for tonight at 4:00, including a story of a woman that was declared dead, but the mistake meant she couldn't get her tax return or a credit card or her

driver's license. and a local shop specializing in unique desserts how one family is creating sweet treats and how they honor their heritage. boy oh bo what a great day on the beach in cape may, new jersey that is sky 6 hd live, the seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

>> melissa joins us we could have a heat wave and it has been a while. >> yes, if we hit the heat wave it will be the second one of our summer season, the first one was back in june, june 21st. we'll heat things up into the weekend stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see it's dry and quiet and no issues with precipitation yet but as we go through late tonight into the overnight hours there will be showers to watch out for. and in the near term, the picture outside chopper 6 hd high above the sky looking at the center stow sky line center city philadelphia looking at gorgeous tonights puffy

cumulous clouds moving on through and it will continue to move across the mid-atlantic region through the rest of our day. the dew point is 61 and pretty comfortable for this time of year. yesterday it was nice and comfortable, low humidity levels, right now we are creeping up from 60 to 65 degrees across the area, as far as the dew points are concerned. winds from the south southwest at 9 miles per hour and the barometer holding steady outside 75 in allentown and 75 in reading and 76 along the coast in sea isle city, a pair of 7's. and here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's quiet across the region we had sunshine earlier today and you notice a fair amount of cloud cover trickling on in we are tracking the frontal boundary from the eastern great lakes and back through the ohio valley, this will continue to pivot eastward as we go through the

rest of the overnight hours and the first half of the morning on saturday. future tracker 6 has you covered. mostly cloudy at 9:00 and tracking the showers to the left approaching lancaster and berks county as well. during the overnight hours stepping out late on the town, mostly cloudy with spotty showers around and as we get into 6:00 in the morning still a little bit of sunsetled weather, as we go through the afternoon hours clouds break through the sunshine. the heat and humidity will work its way into the region, the setup over the weekend the upper level pattern, jet stream migrates to the north and high pressure over eastern texas acting as a heat pump, the winds are around the high and hazy hot and humid over the weekend, we are talking about heat indexes both tomorrow from 95 to 105 degrees, currently no heat

advisories or watched in effect but i would not be surprised to see them issues with the heat overhead. in the poconos tomorrow saturday humid with a thunderstorm overhead, high temperature of 80 degrees and sunday it's warm and muggy for the poconos, temperature at 84 and down the shore over the weekend 73 will be the ocean temperature but as you head inland on the beach and sand, warm and humid both days, both days temperatures in the 80s, the call from accuweather shows as we get into the day, today's high high, 84 degrees across the area and as we get into the weekend, there we go. the heat is on as we get into saturday matt, temperatures will be at 90 and then 95 keep in

mind heat index from 95 to 105, scientists are buzzing about a dinosaur discovery in china. scientists stumbled upon the new species a raptor with wings the relative of the raptors depicted in jurassic park, it had long feathers on its arms and tails and another piece of evidence with a link between dinosaurs and modern birds. new jersey governor, chris christie, says what me worry? why he is not concerned about low poll numbers. plus rejected. hillary clinton gives a gift back to a well known lawmakers in the lehigh valley. those stories and much more next.

"action news" at 12:30 continues. >> hello again rick and sara are off and i'm matt o'donnell. here are the stories i am following for you police are searching for what happened to a woman after she was found strangled and beaten in her apartment, she just graduated from drexel universe just weeks ago and in tennessee, police are looking for clues in yesterday's mass murder were tied to threats over the 4th of july and the

three similar but separate crashes overnight. detectives are still trying to piece together the last moments of a drexel university graduate found dead in her apartment. jasmine wright was founded in her apartment she had been beaten and strangled. david henry is live with the story. >> >> reporter: we are learning more about the murder investigation into the death of this young woman who seemed to have everything going for her after graduating from drexel with a masters degree just four weeks ago. 27-year-old jasmine wright was found dead in the rear bedroom of her apartment she appears to have been strangled and suffocated. she was fully clothed and no signs of sexual assault and it appears she knew her killer because there was no signs of forced