"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon we have a developing story police have identified the man who opened fire in a low lieu movie theater. john russell houser fired 13 rounds from a handgun, killing two women and injuring at least nine other people and then police say he tried to escape and had his car waiting near the exit door and the offices arrived so quickly he turned the

gun on himself instead. he don't know why he was in louisiana but was staying in a hotel the last few weeks. >> reporter: investigators are still at the scene of the movie theater shooting in louisiana a keep that could have been far worse were it not for the heroic efforts of two teachers. >> gun fire ripping through this louisiana movie thoughter last night. two killed and nine injured. dozens of owners running for their life. >> i saw a woman with blood all over their leg i grabbed my child and ran. they say that this money, john russell houser stands up during the showing of the comedy trainwreck pulled out a semi automatic handgun and then starts shooting. >> 28-year-old macy broet do

iing at the scene and jillian johnson died at the hospital two of the injured were teachers one taking the bullet for the other both praised as heroes. >> the second teacher thought that bullet would have hit her in the head if that friend had not jumped on her and the teacher shot in the leg had the presence of mind to pull the fire alarm. >> and they searched his hotel finding disguises including wigs and glasses, they believe that houser planned to escape but instead taking his own life after responding in a minute after the first 911 call. >> the response pushed him back into the theater, and at which time he shot himself. >> police say he switched his license plates and left his car in the parking lot next to the money exit, they have searched the vehicle and no clear sign of

his motive. >> mary thank you. our coverage of the movie theater shooting continues at 6abc.com, with updates on the investigation including a gallery of images including the gunman and victims and the heroic teacher that shouldered her friend from a bullet. and jasmine wright was found broughtly beaten to death in her apartment last week, vernon odom is following the investigation and is live at police headquarters with new information. >> reporter: rick, police say they have their man connected to this grizzly murder case. they plan to release his name and mugshot this afternoon. authorities say that jasmine wright was beaten and strangled

and also raped during this awful case. the suspect is held on burglary charged for nearly a week and is described as a 56-year-old career criminal hired to do mainance work at wright's building the suspect whose name i am withholding at present has a long violent history, including the murder of his father and the sexual assault an 15-year-old girl. >> sources tell me that he was just ejected from an apartment near wright's apartment. >> and traffic came to a stand still in the northbound lanes of the pennsylvania turnpike the

tractor trailer overturned spilling its load of lumber and police excrated to people inside of the tractor trailer, but there were in critical injuries. >> a major power outage at la guardia's airport is causing dozens of flight canlations, at least 44 flights are canceled and a handful of others are delays two hours. the power went out in the delta terminal, generators were brought in to help resume operations. locking live at philadelphia international airport, the issues to the north could be causing a ripple effect here as always travelers can cause the number on your screen, 1-800-phl-gate. to get information on any possible delays. talking about temperatures outside to sky 6 hd looking live at the jersey shore atlantic city is already bustling with

beach goers the string of wonderful weather continues and should extend through part of the weekend, get out and enjoy it. melissa magee is outside with the latest from accuweather. >> happy friday rick, i think i want to stay out and enjoy the comfortable conditions and the stretch of low humidity. we'll look at the numbers, 82 in philadelphia 71 in the poconos and along the coast in beach haven, nice 80 degrees, winds come in from the north northwesterly direction that is pumping in all the dry weather, 80 in lancaster a nice day with sunshine, time to head no the pool a reminder even though we are dealing with nice conditions sunscreen is a must if you are outdoors for an extended period of time. nice and warm by noon temperatures in the lower 80s and 4:00 this afternoon around

87, we have the call from accuweather if you are stepping out later on 3:00 mostly sunny and 85 and sunshine and clouds sharing the sky as we get no 5:00 in the evening, 86 and 9:00 p.m. 79 it's beautiful for us on our friday and then things are changing as we get into sunday things start to heat up and we are sweating with an incross in humidity and we are tracking another heat wave as we get into the beginning of next week. we'll talk about the details in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >> this reminder check in of at 6abc.com, our storm tracker images shows what is happening out there and follow the "action news" team for real time updates. a teenager is fighting for his life after a shootout in the

tioga-nicetown section, here on the 400 block of lenox afternoon. he was shot by another man that claimed self-defense he says she was protecting himself after the teen opened fire on him. he has a license to carry and the teen was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >> flames tore through a home in lyndonwald county the blaze broke out just before 7:00 last night. firefighters say it spread from one condo to several others 63-year-old cathy tortalo was worried about her pet cats. >> i don't care about anything but those two cats. i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry ma'am. >> i know they are doing the best they can. >> officials say the fire started in the second floor bedroom there was one minor injury to a firefighter that suffered heat exhaustion and

"action news" reporter trish hartman will have an update from the scene on "action news" at 12:30. reinforcements from montana, after the fire burning in glacier national park. firefighters plan to attack the part of the fire that is posing a threat to a hotel and campground. and now evacuated residents are allowed back to their homes in napa valley. coming up in a full report on "action news" at 12:30. back here the pennsylvania convention center's plan to become more efficient was recognized today peco presented the board with a rebate check of over $60,000, it's part of peco's smart ideas program, they have installed you new led throughout the facility and in

the 12th street tunnel. dozens of students in center city philadelphia have dedicated their summer to scamming an issue as part of the 2016 presidential race, the debate is income disparities and income ideals it provides an opportunity for access training and skill development usually only provided to debate clubs and a dramatic car crash and rescue good samaritans rushed to get a motorcycle off arider. and melissa magee is back with the full accuweather forecast.

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police officers firefighters and passers by rushed to get the heavy vehicle off the driver. once i saw the people i thought there was definitely enough people to lift a four door sedan, i told the firefighter there is enough of us here to lift it up lets go. >> several people pulled the woman out of the car as it was lifted from her body, the woman is recovering from her injuries but was amazingly not serious hurt. the driver of the car was cited for failing to signal. five people are dead after this seven car pileup in indiana, a tractor trailer reended another vehicle late last night. it caused a chain reaction five people were killed including the driver of a minivan and another vehicle. and honor guard escorted two

bodies from dover air force base they escorted them to the philadelphia international airport, they escorted them to the blue bell overpass from the airport, the service members will continue to their final resting places the three were victims in the attack on military recruiting facilities in chattanooga. president obama is on his way to kenya on his first trip to africa he is not expected to arrive until later today and will attend a business summit with kenya's president and then on sunday will fly to ethiopia to talk to the president of the union. he is the first sitting president to visit both of those countries. still to come the importance of knowing c px r, what researchers found when more people know how to perform this life saving procedure. and an iconic sneaker gets a makeover for the first time, we'll he show you the new chuck taylors coming up.

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those suffering from cardiac arrest were twice as likely to survive and leave the hospital without severe disability. >> the "action news" team is out working on stories for tonight beginning at 4:00. like this one, the investigation connected to the deadly rain derail many. now they are looking into accusations from several airlines and a local group is invited to play a concert during the world meeting of families. why it's so significant and we'll give you a preview performance. we are looking live from sky 6 hd at penn's landing, meteorologist, melissa magee will have the seven-day forecast for you when we come right back. n clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ...stelara® helps me be in season.

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a driver was caught in flood waters after heavy rains in missouri yesterday, some were able to navigate the water covered roads but some cars like this white one stalled out in the waters. crews are out today assessing the damage from the flooding. back here we are flooded with sunshine and through the weekend. >> it's been a roly nice stretch rick it started on wednesday and continues today and into our weekend too.

stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see it's dry and quiet and high pressure is dominating our region and it will continue to do so even as we head into the first half of our weekend tomorrow we'll show you the picture outside and the action cam was outside today and early this morning, the fountains there and a comfortable afternoon with a bright blue sky overhead and a few bright blue cirrus clouds. any time you have dew points 60 or below it's really dry outside and that is what we are dealing with at 50 degrees the wibds are from the north and that is why it is so dry. the pressure 29.97 and holding steady. 82 in the city 79 in allentown and out to the west in lancaster the same thing along the coach 81 in beach haven and 81 in surf city and dover 81. and here is satellite 6 along

with action radar we had high pressure yesterday over the ohio valley, but as we go through the weekend, the ridge of high pressure works its way eastward and we'll tap into a return flow and you'll notice a slight uptick but until then enjoy the rest of today sunshine and nice and warm and seasonable, the temperature of 87 degrees, that is where we should be for this time of year, winds from the northwest at 6 to 12 miles per hour we'll drop down to 68 in the city. high pressure stays put with low humidity we match out at 88 degrees in philadelphia we'll track this front however, for the second half of the weekend. you'll notice an increase in humidity with a high of 90 in philadelphia and a pop-up shower and thunderstorm as we get into the afternoon hours with so much building heat and humidity up in the poconos today abundant

sunshine 77 degrees, saturday sunshine and a few afternoon clouds and in at 80 and sunday 89 for the high and a pop-up shower or thunderstorm is likely. down at the shore ocean temperature in the lower 70s and the beach it's gorgeous 83 and if you have the weekend off it stays beautiful tomorrow in at 83 and clouds and sunshine on sunday with a temperature of 81. a few more clouds will drift in during the second half off our weekend. sunny and comfortable today 87 and a nice finish to the work week here and on saturday it's warm but still nice, in at 88 and on sunday a bit more humid and it's hot a pop-up or stray shower is likely by then. on monday it's warm and humid in at 88 degrees, with a threat of a pop-up shower or storm tuesday hot and sticky at 90 wednesday it's sunny and hot and 91 and thursdays still hot under

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wilmingtonp a powerful blaze forces people to evacuate their homes in south jersey. but first we follow the developing story out of louisiana where a lone gunman opened fire at a movie theater in lafayette. this man 59-year-old john houser of alabama stood up 20 minutes into the movie train wreck and started shooting he fired 13 rounds in the crowd. two people were killed and nine others were wounded. at one point someone pulled the fire alarm that helped to evacuate the movie goers and trap the gunman and then houser turned the gun on himself. police say he was a lone staying in a hotel for the last couple of week sfwlz we found wigs and disguises in his ro