was found on a piece of playground equipment. chad pradelli is live now. investigators are calling this a suspicious death. >> reporter: that is about all police are saying at this time. the body was found by a passerby on the top of that slide. investigators were out here all day, they left about 15 minces ago and now an autopsy will be performed. investigators deployed a drone to search camby park from above and they used metal detecters looking for evidence. >> and it appears that some of the woman's clothing was around her ankles on a park bench nearby it looks like what appeared to be identification cards and police with not comment on what they found at the crime scene. >> at this point the investigation is called as a suspicious death. we have been working the scone all day long and the medical

examiner has arrived and we hope to have more on the cause of death and the manner of death at some point that evening. >> and detectives and the attorney general's office gathered evidence and neighbors stood by and watched. they would not let me get my car and i talked to an officer and they said they found a dead body. >> you never expect to see a dead body, it's kind of you know scary it takes you back a step. >> tim walsh says that the park is usually bustling with children during the day but today it was quiet and a maze of crime scene tape and evidence markers. >> it's horrifying, i came home and they have the whole park blocked off. >> this section of the park is now reopen and the name of the victim has not been released. i'm chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> chad thank you. >> three people are dead two others are injured after a violent night in philadelphia one man was killed at 1:00 this

morning, at the cologne section of the city, a 15-year-old boy nearby suffered i graze wound and two 21-year-old men were killed in separate shootings one on howard street and the other in the tacony section on the 4600 block. >> now to the video taped arrest that drewal grations of police brutality in the city of chester county d.a. jack walen gave a statement on the case. >> reporter: the district attorney says he is still reviewing the case but from what he has seen so far the officers acted properly dealing with a dangerous situation, my row view of the circumstances of this case is he very dangerous the struggle was captured on cell phone video the police were

responding to a duringry call, when they discovered walter mote driving the wrong way and when they stopped him they say he was trying to conceal something in his belt and when they took the gun mote started swinging. >> he got punched in the face first and the second officer is in the process of removing the gun and the struggle ensues near the car. >> other officers arrived to help and police say mote struggled with them violently and would not stop even after they used a taser on him several times. >> this is a dangerous individual and the police were lucky to apprehend him without further incidents in this case. >> he has a long record he has been arrested more than four dozen times and convictions for violent crimes and resisting arrest. and the d.a. says mote knew he was going back to jail

especially because he was illegally armed with a handgun that was stolen. >> police are authorized to use force when making an arrest. the question here is was it excessive force. >> nothing i have seen at this point in time from my evaluation in the use of force in the execution and arrest in this case. there is nothing improper of what they have done. >> walen says he has to interview some witnesses before he makes a final determination. in the meantime the officers involved remain in active duty. live in media david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a wilmington man was killed in a two vehicle crash this morning in newcastle delaware chopper 6 hd over the scene just after 7:00 this morning on i-245, wilbur mabel was driving in the lane and swerved and

struck the median and hit a vehicle driving in the southbound lane, four people including three children in that car were injured. the crash closed down the southbound lanes for more than three hours, a bandit that tried to hide his face with a clear bag over his head robbed a dunkin' donuts in south philadelphia early monday morning and surveillance cameras caught him outside of the store where his face can be more easily seen, he jumped the counter and took the cash box, he got away but cameras caught him casing the store before the robbery. if you have information please call police. we are three months away from electing a new mayor in philadelphia. they put a browsing primary battle behind them endorsing jim kenny and melissa bailey is lodging her fight.

>> we have not seen each other in a while and looking forward to move forward in the general election. >> the first time that the would be mayors came together since the last debate in may, they all emerged to get behind the odds on favor to win the so the. all eyes are on tony williams who was the frontrunner before his fortunes fell in the home stretch. >> i have known kenny for a long time. >> two are happy that the primary did not fall into a racially charged slugfest. >> many of us were around during the wilson battle and there was a lot that came out of that and extremely racial. >> all of these candidates, our focus is probably the most civilized campaign that focused on the issues rather than each other. >> melissa bailey murray is

running hard on the gop side albeit with little campaign money and a whopper registration gap, she says she is a reformer running against the usual city hall crowd. >> as i'm talking to people i know they want to see something different looking for someone that is willing to stand up to the political machine and they see that in me. >> reporter: compared to the bitter battles in the 60s, 70s and 90s, this is comparatively peaceful. >> fairmount park, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> one more political note, tom wolf's chief of staff mcgwinnty has resigned. she will make an announcement to her open future soon but is giving serious consideration for rubbing for united states senate in 2016, she would challenge joe

sestak in the primary, wolf already named mary eisenhower to row place mccgwinnty as his chief of staff. and old city gets a historic designation and you only have to look up to know why. and one individual takes on an incredible athletic feat. low humidity and highs in the 80s but i'm tracking heat and humidity i'll let you know when. meantime beautiful weather down at the shore. melissa? >> reporter: it's gorgeous these guys are having a good time, it's mary's birthday she is 11 years old today. give it a flip. we'll have more on your shore forecast down at the shore. >> they are having too much fun down there. thank you melissa, those stories and more when "action news"

continues on this beautiful summer night. well be right back.

a pretty sizeable water main break made a slash on the 3500 block of scotts lane and the water was shooting in the air at one point and a nearby shopping center was without water because of problem now the water department expects all everyone to get their service back at some point this evening. a south philadelphia area is one against dealing with a water main break it sent water

nooding into the basement of homes, the water department is working to fix it and service is expected to be restored sometime this evening. >> new at 6:00 tonight, the sistine chapel brings thousands of variety visitor each year and the church may draw crowds as well. now officially the oldest in america, eva pilgram stakes us there. walking through the doors of saint augustist even is like taking a step back in time. >> it's like a snapshot of 1848, that is what we see the kind of art here and the architectural style. >> the church for masses every day. >> father bill waters works in the church every day, he knows this church play a part in the

history. and some of the beautiful art is certified as historic these are painted by nicholas moncase. he was called over from italy because he does this kind of work he paints in the same style as rafael did and he became wildly popular in the philadelphia upper class. >> we don't have any philadelphia houses left with these, and at one time if you were in the elite class of philadelphia you had one of these in your hom. it survived the decorating trends and today some of the oldest in the country the oldest in any church. >> it's unusual. it's very unusual. >> this the first place they came to in this country and because of that, it's good for us. and certainly now the professionals had certified as historic and it's important for

us. it's a move to protect the history and protect the past for future generation, eva pilgram channel 6 "action news." >> just beautiful, meanwhile the world renowned street artist istist re reveals his latest work on the graham building on south 15th street it merges photography with street art and this is his first project in philadelphia.

jeff skversky is in for ducis rogers tonight and comes as welcome news to philadelphia sports fans to turn our attention away from baseball and toward football. >> lets get going there are so many question marks for chip kelly's third season. sam bradford is expected to be

healthy and ready to roll. broad ford will be a full participant on camp on august 2nd. is he working his way back from back to back torn acl's and the playoff hopes come down to his health. >> if you look at the playoff scenario in the nfc you have grown bay and seattle and a whole lot of teams in the middle trialing to get into the top tier. in the nfc the eagles are right there, if they stay healthy things go right with bradford they can make noise in the division. >> speaking of eagles quarterback tim tebow trying to make the team is working on his mechanics with renowned coach howe. he worked with tom brady and drew brees. >> biking is hard enough if are

you healthy but for a local man is he exercising to the emtreme. >> there was a points in his life he thought he would not wake up to see another day he had beaten non-hodgkins lymphoma. >> it damages my heart and in the final days before he received my heart trance plants i was practically a vegetable and four and a half year later he is biking across the country, 45 days ago on the beach in santa monica california, they dipped their wheels in the pacific ocean and have ridden every day without rest since. >> the monument valley and riding through sedona and the rocky mountains at wolf creek pass. and this week they finally made

it back to philadelphia and got a hero's sendoff from penn medicine. and then they arrived in avalon new jersey to finish what they started. they raised aware and and money for heart disease, and he proved anybody can go a long way and it begins with a single step. >> the small steps add up and pretty soon you ride from coast-to-coast and do you an iron man you get up out of bed and you do the same thing and just keep moving forward. >> what a story. the red hot phillies have the night off and they start a series against the cubs tomorrow and when they return home a week from today the phils could look completely different with the trade deadline. check out in japan a high school baseball player every

pitch goes through a song and dance, how about the nun chuck route even. watch out for the umpire and catcher, how about that the jump. now he is ready to hit. can you imagine if are you the pitcher and how annoy that would be. >> i'm out of breath watching that. >> the east brandywine bulls, 12 and under baseball team boarded buses for aberdeen maryland and the boys are representing the mid-atlantic region in the cal ripkin series the first stop was to the underarmor headquarters the bulls play in the game tomorrow night versus hartford county maryland and we are rooting for our guys from downingtown.

now to meteorologist cecily tynan, i was going to say we were being spoiled but we deserve it. >> we do deserve it. the next few days low humidity and then it gets warmer. we have dry conditions out there tonight, very enjoyable. and i want to share with our viewers, this photo that was tweeted out by the harvey cedars beach patrol and some say why does it look like there is a rainbow in the sky there is no rain out there, this is known as iridescent clouds the clouds contain water drop lets and ice

crystals and they act like little prisms and create the rainbow that reflects the light and if you are on the beach take a look at that. a great day to be on the beach. a sea breeze is kicking up and ocean gate and margate, 77 degrees, and cape may 79 and inland comfortable 82 in philadelphia down from the high of 83 4 degrees below normal and allentown and trenton below normal and wilmington 81 and the poconos 83 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing us the high pressure is bringing us wind from the northwest and it protects us like a dome and this is keeping any cloud cover and scattered showers well to the south and suppressing heat and humidity and eventually it will return but not until the second half of the weekend. tonight another very enjoyable night, a great night to turn off the air conditioning and open up the windows and comfortable and

68 degrees in philadelphia and allentown 57 and trenton 62 and millville 60 and cape may 67 degrees, high pressure is still in control of our weather the next two days and that will keep us in lots of sunshine and temperatures in the mid to upper 80s so a little bit warmer things change as we head to sunday it gets more humid and with the cold front moving in we have the possibility of scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and the afternoon high up near 90 degrees and it gets hotter in the middle of next week the poconos beautiful tomorrow and sunshine and 77 and saturday sun and fair weather clouds and 80 and sun a possibility of thunderstorms with a high of 79 degrees, the place to be down the shore meteorologist, melissa magee this makes up for all the down the shores you did this season when it was cold and windy and rainy and you get the pay back now it's beautiful. >> it is gorgeous here cecily in

stone harbor i got my buddy scotty and we have cj and mom heather they are in stone harbor for two weeks and it's an awesome place to be and we have fantastic weather, tomorrow beautiful by the afternoon gorgeous high temperature of 83 and saturday maxing out at 83 degrees and sun high pressure moves off the coast and more clouds mixing in and a high of 81 degrees and the ocean temperature at 74. it's going to be a good weekend right heather? >> yes. >> we'll send it back in to you cecily. >> have you to come back by the way. you want to stay there it's so beautiful. >> no! >> the exclusive accuweather forecast tomorrow, 87 degrees and low humidity and warmer on saturday but the humidity is still in check 88 degrees, sun it gets hot and more humid with a spotty thunderstorm, and 90 and muggy on monday with

isolated thunderstorms possible and 88 degrees and then it looks like we could be head nothing heat wave number three on tuesday 90 and wednesday 92 and thursday a scorecher with a high of 94 degrees, enjoy the next couple of days. abc world news tonight with david muir next on channel 6 and then join me and adam joseph and ducis rogers on phl 17 at 10:00. for jim gardner cecily tynan jeff skversky and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. hope to see you tonight.

tonight, two massive fires burning as we come on the air. the family escaping. >> oh my gosh. go. >> the famous national park families, tourists racing. and the other giant wildfire moving in on hundreds of homes, evacuations at this hour. also tonight, the crash-landing. the passenger jet slamming down onto the runway. passengers panicked. that video, and now the new conclusion. what happened seconds before? donald trump touches down and heads right for the mexican border. and just before our cameras capturing this. authorities say two men trying to run across the border into the u.s. the trouble on the tracks. he tries to stop the train. the limousine with the sweet 16 party stuck. the train barrelling right into it. the unbelievable ending. and rushing out of the water today in the northeast.