shooting outside d.c. has ties to our area "action news" is next. coal son. "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, czar bloomquist and walter perez. it was a violent weekend in center city, philadelphia police are investigating two separate stabbings, one a deadly relevant i morning attack, the other sent two

people to the hospital. sunday night, the big story on "action news" is the investigation into those two stabbings in philadelphia, in both cases, a suspect is in custody. >> it started with the fatal stabbing at 3:00 this morning on rittenhouse square. this evening, two young men were stabbed near corner of have the broad and arch. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live outside hahnemann hospital where those victims are being treated tonight, jeff? >> reporter: walter, police say victims in the attack will be okay. they were apparently buying drugs from the suspect when things went bad. >> and that guy came out swinging with his knife. >> reporter: witnesses described what they saw just after 6:00 p.m. when a man slashed at least two young men at the broad and arch streets. >> one kid, in his hand and one kid in his mouth. like a slash right here, his lip. nose was like slashed off. right in the mouth, dude. >> came from no where. >> reporter: this man watched as victim then turned the table on the attacker.

>> they got him on the ground and started kicking him. they were all kicking him, you know, i thought they were jumping a homeless guy. >> reporter: police arrested the suspect and called it a drug deal gone bad. witnesses say 18 and 21 year-old victims were part of the group that appeared to be celebrating st. patrick's day. >> all dressed in green, you know, they were out here drinking. you can tell alcohol. >> reporter: earl they're morning a 24 year-old also celebrating the holiday with friend was stabbed and killed in rittenhouse square. the apparent random attack shocks residents of this seemingly safe neighborhood. >> it could happen to anyone, anywhere. that was the history. that is what is scary to me. >> reporter: sources tell "action news" that the police have a suspect in custody, a homeless disabled veteran who is being treated at va. >> you think you are in a safe neighborhood and out here especially and it is definitely teaches you a lesson. >> reporter: police have have not released names of the victims or suspects in either attack, however, young man who

died at rittenhouse square this morning is from bucks county. we are live a at hahnemann, jeff chirico for channel six "action news". >> we are hearing more tonight from the family of the teenager who was gunned down on a porch in west philadelphia the 18 year-old victim was shot at 11:30 last night on the 300 block of north southford street. she died at the hospital a half an hour later. "action news" reporter christie ileto joins us live from police headquarters with more on the victim, christie? >> reporter: walter, family members say her name is nijay seely, she was not the intended target and now her family is struggling to make sense of the gun violence that took her life. >> they killed my baby. >> reporter: that is the sound of the moth ther who has lost her child. family members say nijay seely is late is city victim to gun violence. >> they killed my baby girl. >> i don't know what to say. >> one shot in the chest. >> she was supposed to go to the party but either way she

was sitting on the step. >> reporter: eighteen year-old was with friend when she got caught in the fire and gunshots in southford street, hit by a stray bullet she died at the hospital. >> she was sitting out the on the steps all the time. >> reporter: he tells "action news" that his daughter is a a friend of nijay and it was on his front step that she was shot. >> they found casings, right down there, yes. >> reporter: all the way up to your porch. >> she wanted something different for her life. she went to schooling. i helped her get her business license to prepare. she had so many different talents i was bringing out of her. >> reporter: family and friend are pleading whoever pulled the trying tore come for. >> you took a life that did not need to be taken for something stupid. turn yourself in so her mother and rest of the family can have justice and peace. >> reporter: now the family members will have a candlelight vigil tomorrow evening at the location where nijay was shot. anyone with any information about the shooter or shooters is asked to contact the

detectives. the reporting live from city police headquarters, christie ileto for channel six "action news". >> christie, thank you. we are following developing news out of suburban washington d.c. a police officer was fatally shot the in an unprovoked attack near a police station. it happened around 4:30 in heightsville, maryland 8 miles east of the nation's capitol. the officer, identified as jicai colson was one of two people shot where he was born in boothwyn, delaware county a and went to chichester high school. he was a four year veteran of the force and would have turned 29 this week. two suspects have been taken in custody. what led up to the shooting is still unclear. a man has been arrested in connection with the deadly shooting in delaware county. jermaine crossly, shot and killed a man yesterday a afternoon along 500 block of timberlake road in upper darby. police say crossly had been staying with the victim prior to the shooting. the up investigators have not released any details about a possible motive or rick tim's

identity. mayor of the chester is calling for calm after a police captain was shot in the line of duty. this video obtained exclusively by "action news", shows the yesterday's deadly shoot-out. according to police someone inside a car shot at officers. the captain was hit in the arm and torso, police returned fire. one person inside of the car was killed, and hours later a a fight broke out at the scene. community members insisting that police fired first. today's chester's mayor promises transparent, and honest investigation. >> that we, and when i say we, i mean this mayor, council, law enforcement team wants to see a truthful outcome with all of the information, gathered. >> captain alan davis remains in the hospital tonight in serious condition. one suspect was also in the the hospital, and another is being held, in police custody. police in west goshen are investigating a brawl that broke out in an ice rink in west chester. viewer sent thus video,

tempers flared after a high school hockey game at ice line rink on friday night. police say those injured endured minor injuries. investigation ongoing, springfield school district says it is aware of the incident and is working with the authorities. remembrances for new jersey state trooper sean cullen got underway today. friend, family, colleagues streamed into saint charles borromeo church in cinnaminson this afternoon to pay their respects. this was the the first of two public viewings for trooper cullen who died on tuesday, following a traffic accident on i-95 in west deptford. a second viewing will be held tomorrow morning from 8:00 to 11:00 o'clock. the funeral mass will follow at noon. turning to accu weather and wet wet's ahead for our area we are looking live outside sky 6hd showing you atlantic city. we saw change over from sun to rain today and those showers are expected to stick around making for a wet morning commute. the meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with the first look at the forecast, hi there, melissa. >> sarah a, we have been tracking rain all day and it

will continue throughout the overnight hours and then as you mentioned for the commute tomorrow morning. here's storm tracker six live double scan radar and you do see the light the showers, scattered about, philadelphia, points to the north and west, right the through our northwestern suburbs as well but you also will notice a batch of moisture to the south and west of wilmington and also into vineland press nothing to dover this will move northward as we go throughout the overnight hours. the big picture on storm tracker six, 3-d, showing low pressure over illinois and indiana. the center of the storm system ride off to our north but what we're tracking is this frontal boundary, draped across mid-atlantic region. we have southerly wind pushing this moisture northward as we go truth the overnight hours and into the day on monday. we've got that stiff easterly wind at this hour so temperatures for the most part are holding steady and it the is cooling down. we will see upper 40's in philadelphia, 49 there, 50 in allentown. fifty in cape may, and 48 degrees in lancaster. we will look ahead and talk about what we can expect. on and off showers for the

rest of tonight, how extra time for the commute tomorrow morning and it will be much cooler with that easterly win, coming in off the atlantic. temperatures maxing out the in the upper 40's and definitely a difference from what we have been seeing across the region. we will have more details with the full, exclusive, accu weather forecast. >> thank you, melissa. it was quite the selection sunday for the delaware valley, three local teams from our area heading to the big dance. >> st. joes sealed their tournament birth earl ter day after winning a conference championship. they will be joined by villanova and temple, who could end up facing each other if all goes well. jamie apody here to break it down, jamie, this is exciting. >> why do they do that the selection committee. they love the little will sneaky match ups. >> they do. >> nothing like selection sunday. luckily today all smiles for our local teams. for villanova at shock not so much they didn't get number one seed that much we figured after they lost to seton hall yesterday. the shock is they got shipped to the south region. cats will in the play second

weekend here in philadelphia. a two seed they will take on unc/ashville friday in brooklyn. >> it is really exciting and we have been fortunate enough to do this year after year. i never want anybody to take this for granted. i don't want players to take this for granted. it is a special day. everybody in the country is watching. everybody wants to be part of it. we have been lucky to be part of it the for a long time. >> ironically, the cats with their first win they could have a second round match up with temple. owls breathing a sigh of relief, they got in, tenth seed in the east they will face a tough iowa team, also in brooklyn on friday. >> i didn't know we were going to get in. after what happened last year you have second thoughts, going through your mind. the just grateful to be in and you have got a great team like iowa to have the first challenge a against. >> but hottest team in town, these guys, st. joes, hero's welcome back on campus, just moments ago. this video just into "action news".

they are eighth seed in the west to take on 19 senate any spokane on friday after clinching an automatic birth earlier in the day, beating vcu87-74 for a-10 tournament title their second in three years. >> i am will's delighted for them. i'm delighted for their families and this is about smiles and memories, and they created a lot for a lot of people. >> this is the best time of the year in, my opinion in sports, to have three local teams in the dance. >> we talked bit, if i'm playing st. joes in the tournament i'm afraid. >> they are tough. >> they are hot, a athletic. >> watch out. >> much more to come on "action news" tonight we are following developing news out of turkey. more than 30 people are dead, and more than 100 more are injured after a cash bomb went off in turkey's capitol city. plus the race for the white house, turns ugly. that is the campaign clashes stealing spotlight just days before another round of primaries, when "action news" comes right back.

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we're fog developing news out of turkey tonight and an attack in the country's capitol killed at least 30 people and injured more than 100 others. the tonight turkey's president has vowed to quote bring terrorism to the knees. a car bomb went off tonight near a bus stop and officials believe, that they designed to target civilians. police say kurdish militant carried out suicide attack and say one of the bombers was a woman. it was also a a terror attack to the beach resort town in the nation of ivory coast. group linked to al qaeda has claimed responsibility. fourteen civilians and two soldiers were killed and six a assailants were killed after they entered three hotels shooting at random. u.s. embassy says it has no evidence that any u.s. citizens were targeted or harmed. this is the third attack, now popular tourist locations in the west african nation since november. turning now to the race for the white house, we're

just two days away from yet another super tuesday, and hundreds of delegates up for grabs in five states. >> and two of those states could help decide winner in the race for the republican nomination, and as we approach the next set of primaries, violent confrontations have marred several campaign rallies across the country. >> abc's renaninan reports. >> reporter: democratic candidates for president agree completely on one thing. >> he actually insights violence in the way that he urges his audience on. >> reporter: donald trump toys blame for violent protests at his rallies. >> we want trump. >> trump has got to get on the tv and tell his supporters, that violence in the political process in america is not acceptable, and even of discussion. >> reporter: trump, outside agitators. >> totally organize, troublemakers. they are not protesters. they are disrupters. they are supposed to disrupt. >> reporter: campaign in illinois the republican front

runner was again, repeatedly interrupted by hecklers. >> get them out. now. >> reporter: trump says that he a and his audience are victims of the demonstrators. >> so loud, so vicious, that they stop us from really our first amendment rights. >> reporter: but i think they are gearing up to go head to head in five states. trump a's g.o.p. rivals are cutting him no slack. >> if donald trump is nominee hillary clinton will be the next president of the you had. >> i hope he will change his rhetoric. >> reporter: polls say donald trump will be the biggest winner in tuesday voting. only home state governor john kasich of ohio lead him. hillary clinton hopes for a dramatic sweep, she leads bernie sanders in all five states. their closest fight in illinois where she lead 51 percent to 45 percent, and renanynan, abc news, new york. fire fighters are trying to determine what sparked a fire that destroyed a home in the jersey shore earlier this morning. the investigators say no one was inside the house on the

100 block of forty-fifth street south. they responded to the scene at just after earlier this morning. fire fighters put on the the flames within minutes. they remain on the scene for four hours dousing hot spots but fire also damaged a neighboring home. police in philadelphia started a major crackdown today on dirt bikes and atv's in the city. up investigators seized 53 vehicles a and made three arrests. initiative was part of the coordinated effort by police all across the city. crackdown is designed to make city streets safer. >> very big problem, we have a a lot of complaints from the community, complete lawlessness, these individuals run up and down on the sidewalk, people are a afraid of what their children play in areas that the dirt bikes are arriving and riding. they rip up recreation areas. they rip up parks that they are in. they have no regard for the safety of anyone. >> reporter: dirt bike and a atv's are illegal in philadelphia a unless driven on private property. police encourage everyone to

call 911 if you see any kind of illegal activity in your neighborhood. tomorrow a judge could decide any punishment for a woman quick for her role in an attack on a gay couple in philadelphia a last month catherine knot was sentenced to five years in jail for her part in the the 2014 attack in center city philadelphia. her attorney called the sentence excessive and is pushing for probation instead. tomorrow a judge is expected to hear the motion for resentensing. much more to come tonight, why passengers say engine troubles on their way to new jersey led to a scene like this at an airport in south carolina. we are looking live outside philadelphia international airport, tarmacs are wet, tonight, meteorologist melissa magee a and your exclusive accu weather seven day forecast is next when "action news" returns.

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sincerely, alex payne. "action news" this was the scene in myrtle beach's airport last night after a spirit airlines flight in route to atlantic city had mechanical problems. the flight was already delayed

for hours, back in tampa when it made the unscheduled stop then in south carolina. according to people on board they were left without a place to stay and no assistance from the airlines. >> people, kid, in food, no water, no accommodations. no sympathy. >> they didn't really take care of people the way that they should be. >> "action news" has reached out to spirit airlines for more information, so far, we have not received any response back. time for a check of the accu weather forecast. meteorologist melissa magee. not too bad with a little bit of rain earlier on this week. >> grab rain gear and umbrellas for commute early tomorrow morning but after that, the week it is pretty mild for mid-march. >> good. >> we will show you what is going on, storm tracker six live double scan radar. you can see we have some precipitation right now, across philadelphia, across our northwestern suburbs as well but you will notice a batch of moisture to the south, press nothing to wilmington, vineland, through dover as well with moderate pockets of rainfall. we will go tighter on that in

just a moment but first across philadelphia and immediate suburbs you can see light rain showers along that i-95 corridor through jenkintown, norristown, lansdale, green lane, and pottstown as well but now we will focus down to the south, across south jersey and millville, along route 47, traveling southbound, in cape may, also to the west, and fortecue. we are also dealing with moisture for smyrna, route 300 down into dover and unless to milford. so we're tracking this batch that moves through overnight, and as you wake up tomorrow morning there will be some steady, if not moderate pockets of moisture overhead. we will show you the picture outside action cam was outside earlier tonight there in olde city. we have a couple of rain drops overhead, some light rain, in that picture when that was shot and when it was taken but it the looks like moisture will pick up in intensity throughout the overnight the hours. now despite the cloud and the moisture was a mild day. we had a high in philadelphia of 62 degrees. well a above the normal of 52 for this time of the year.

currently at this hour it is 49. dew point the at 40. air is nice and saturated. the east northeasterly wind at 8 miles an hour this east northeasterly wind will be key as we go throughout the rest of the day on monday. when you factor in those wind coming off the atlantic it makes it feel hike a wind chill of 45. we have a raw feel to the day, come tomorrow. at this hour, it is 48 in dover. forty-nine in the poconos. fifty for allentown, lehigh valley. fifty-one in reading. you can see stiff wind coming off the atlantic and this is going to be a major player throughout the day on monday adding to the moisture mountain air. here's satellite six with action radar. what we are tracking is an area of low pressure over illinois and indiana. you can see that is where you'll fine center of the the storm. this will ride off to the north and is there a frontal boundary draped across mid-atlantic region. we are tracking this moisture coming out of delaware that will pull north ward throughout the rest of the overnight hours. we will get moisture off the atlantic adding to the the

moisture in the the atmosphere. future tracker six, timing it out 2:30 in the morning. we have that moisture, taking it slow for the commute tomorrow morning. 1:00 o'clock in the morning note that is steady rain overhead especially for city, points to the south and east and then it will taper off to some showers as we go throughout the afternoon hours and it the will continue as we get into monday evening with some residual moisture left over by tuesday morning before we get clearing by tuesday a afternoon. what to expect? wet for the commute tomorrow morning that rain will taper to a couple showers by midday, a raw, cool feel to the day with an easterly wind and an additional half inch of precipitation on the way. when this is all said and done. a accu weather forecast showing you cooler tomorrow, high of just 49. on tuesday early shower turning sunny, 26. seventy-three on wednesday, and then upper 60's as we get into st. patrick's day and spring, next sunday. >> what a change from last year. >> good job good thanks, melissa. >> you got it.

reminder to find the seven day forecast and live look at storm tracker six live double scan radar anytime of the day at six abc.com/weather. much more to come on "action news", jamie apody has sports. >> it is selection sunday and a few local teams are earning a spot in the big dance? jamie has more when we come right back. man: my kids have taught me how to live in the now. you know, life gets so busy with work and responsibilities and things you want to check off your list. it's really hard to just kind of put that all aside

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time for a check on sports, jamie apody is here and it is most wonderful time of the year. >> especially on a day like today, three, big five teams work big dance dreams and they all get in. selection sunday does not get better than. that i guess it could have had villanova been a number one seed. >> in brooklyn, new york in the number two seed in the south, the wildcats of villanova a. >> two seed for wildcats, unc/ashville friday in brooklyn. that wasn't the big surprise, big surprise is they were shipped to the south region. they will not get a chance to play in fill at second weekend. loss to seton hall in the big east final put them in selection. committee didn't want to give a competitive advantage from the two seed over a