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news" tonight and breaking news in collingswood, camden county. violencet rupt tonight in a high-rise unit along white horse pike at collings avenue. this is where police say one person has been pronounced dead at the scene. a second person has been rushed to cooper university hospital in extremely critical condition. no word what led up to the violence. stay with "action news" on air and online for updated information as soon as it becomeveilable. meanwhile, homicide detectives have taken ov the case in old city which is now a murder. witnesses tell "action news" it all stte th an argument that quickly escalated. tonight the investigation continues into what led to the stabbing death of a camden county man inside the blue martini club. "action news" reporter christie iletoaldo the victim's family tonight and joins us live outside philadelphia police headquarters with details. christie. monica, andrew hazelton's family is trying to make sense of what happened. they believe he got caught in
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the middle of an argument between a woman trying to make her boyfriend jealous and he ended up paying for it with his life. 8-year-old charish chokes down tears as dozens of family and friend it's gather by candlelight to pray 4 her father, andrew hazelton. >> yesterday my mom told me. she said he got into an accident. >> reporter: detectives say an argumentued and ended with the 33-year-old stabbed the neck with a bottle. >> some girl was trying to make her boyfriend mad. they had just got in the bar. she went and danced on them. >> reporter: smith is halton's sister-in-law. >> he was caught in the middle of something he honestly didn' know nhig about. >> reporter: hazelton died sundayrhis injuries making him the city's fourth homicide. >> he was such a lovable guy, like lovable, funny, great, great, great father. >> he's in a better place.
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and i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: cherish, who admits she's still texting her father says she swants oevedid this to he conscience. >> turn elf ande jail r rest ofis lif >> reporter: now, monica, it's tragic this 8-year-old has to deal with somethinli that. so far no arrests have been made and anyone with information about who may be responsible is asked to contact police. reporting live here at police headquarters, christie ileto, "chann action ws monica? >> thank you, christie. a bridgeton police officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop on new year's eve in 2014 will not face federal charges. new jersey prosecutors announced their decision today. the incident was captured on dash cam video. officers found a handgun in 36-year-old jerame reid's glove box.
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he was told to put his hands and up not to move but he st. petersburged out of the vehicle anay with his hands up. that is when he was shot. prosecutors determined there was insufficient evidence to pursue criminal charges. police have now released a mug shot of the south jersey man accused of beating his girlfriend's toddler to death. this is the face of zachary tricoche, the 24-year-old accused of murdering a 2-year-old over the weekend. the pence saucon man is in the camden county jail tonight awaiting a hearing tomorrow. dann cuellar joins us in the satellite center with the latest on this disturbing case. dann. >> monica, as too often is the case, the mother's boyfriend has been charged in the heino crime. he will, of cour, haveis d in court. reason offered thacould even remotely begin to explain such an inexplicable crime. >> reporter: this is the man who has been charged in the murder of the 2-year-old. he is identified as 24-year-old zachary tricoche, the boyfend of the boy's mother. it was just before 11:30 saturday night that the
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paramedics rushed to the apartment in the 5900 block of mansion boulevard in pennsauken. this after the mother made a frantic call to 911. >> my boyfriend is like trying to get him to wake up. >> can you see if -- can you feel if he's breathing? >> he ain't moving. >> reporter: paramedics transported the boy to keeper -- cooper university hospital where he was pronounced dead about a half-hour later. joe holly lives in the house right next door. >> it's sad. it was sad, and you hear -it's not -- don't catch me by surprise. you hear it every day. it's always some tragedy going on so -- should not be, but it happens. >> reporter: tricoche is being held on charges on first degree murder in connection with the fatal beating. the child who has not been identified does have siblings but it's unclear who wasome the time or if the other children were also subjected to abuse. zachary tricoche will have his first court appearance tomorrow afternoon in camden. at that time we expect to learn more about this alleged crime.
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live here, i'm dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, dann. crews had to help passengers off this stuck roller coaster today at hershey park. 27 riders carefully climbed off the sidewinder this afternoon at about 4:00 after it stopped working. the steel coast serknown for its twists and turns. fortunately, no one was hurt. the malfunction is being investigated tonight. on friday, another roller coaster at that park also became stuck mid-ride for about six minutes. we are finally experiencing some relief from the extreme heat and high humidity. tonight, the streets in rittenhouse square were full of folks venturing outside to enjoy the cooler temperatures. cecily tynan live at the "action news" big board with details of how long this comfortable weather will stick around. we love it. >> it certainly is a nice change, isn't it? today's high, 83 degrees. that's two degrees below normal. and that came with dew points in the 50s a. that's a very dry air mass.
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that's why it felt so good. the reason why satellite 6 along with action radar showing that cold front that moved through last night that brought us some heavy rain has really cleared the door, opened the door for this high pressure to build in and as it binlds -- builds right over us tonight, with the calm winds, clear skies and that high pressure, it's actually going to be a bit on the cool side. the low i'm expecting philadelphia 62 degrees will be the coldest night since june 18th . that's more than two months ago. so if you don't have allergies, it's a great night to turn off the air-conditioning units, open up the windows, if you haven't done so already. and tomorrow morning, the morning rush, don't forget the sun gases. we'll have blue skies, lots of sunshine. it will be comfortable, cool, 6:00 through 8:00, temperatures only in the 60s. i am tracking the return of warmer air and more muggy conditions. i'll let y know wn in the accuweather seven-day foreca. monica? >> thank you, cecily. and, of course, 6abc.com/weather is always a step ahead when you are making your plans. you can rely on the power of
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stormtracker 6 live radar 24 hours a day and take advantage of facebook and twuter as well. follow each of our meteorologists for regular updates. president obama will be in louisiana tomorrow taking a trip to see the flooding devastation firsthand. almost 3,000 people are still living in shelters more than a week after the storm. others are still stuck in their neighborhoods surrounded by high water that has not yet receded. >> i didn't go to school the last couple of days because all the water. >> roads including major highways are still closed while that cleanup continues. state officials say $20 million in aid has been awarded so far and more is on the way. dozens of fires are burning across the western part of the country. can to save homes in nine states from california to nevada. dry and windy conditions are fueling these large flames in oregon where hundreds of people are being told to evacuate now.
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one of the fires grew 20 times its size in only a few hours. meanwhile, crews are finally gaining ground on a fire in california that destroyed 100 homes just last week. for the first time in eight years, casino profits in atlantic city are increasing. the division of game enforcement says the city's eight casinos saw profits rise by 21% in the first six months of this year. it is a sign the struggling industry may be stabilizing. the borgata reported biggest increase with a 27% jump from last year followed by the tropicana posting a 26% increase. an alarming mail sercausing controversy and raising high brows as it circulates among parents in northampton county. it is questioning the safety of liberty high school and even urging families to send their teens to a new charter school instead. the advertisement makes reference to a student's drug arrest last year.
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it then says "why worry about this type of student at school? come visit arts academy charter school." the bethlehem school superintendent is appalled. >> liberty high school students, families, parents, grandparents who have gone to liberty high school deserve better than basically a political hit piece that came through the mail. >> officials with the charter school strongly denied they had anything to do with it. the state auditor general said he's committed to finding out who sent that mailing and why. dredge something uerway right now o the coast of long beach island. "action news" got a firsthand look at the process aboard the lynn ert island. it's one of the three vessels currently working on a $138 million project to build berms and dunes to protect the coast from hurricane and storm damage. once the sand arrives on the beach, bulldozers, of course, move it around and when they're finished, the beach will be extended by several hundred feet. >> starting with about an 8 million cubic yards of sand
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and then some the storm damage we had through the winter, we're actually going to go back and fix areas, till we get to 11 million cubic yards of sand. >> the long beach island beach replenishment project is expectd be finished by the end of the year. still to come on "action news," donald trump cancels a planned speech on immigration. plus -- we're hearing from the drel student who says she was attacked by an uber driver. and a new study out tonight says instagram pictures can predict depression. we'll explain. cecily? >> well, our seventh tropical storm gastone. i'll explain in the accuweather seven-day forecast. plus, eagles plar cars wentz is ill dealing with a rib injury but he did low from the side today. ducis rodgers has eagles coverage and more in sports when "action news" continues in a moment.
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and. >> ooh ride home changed a college's student's life. she said she was sexually assaulted by an uber driver. the driver dropped other people off first then allegedly started touching her. she was able to get out of the car at a red light and screamed for help. the drexel university student wanted to talk about what happened but did not want her identity shown. >> i remember being pressed up against he rn of the car and sayin plse stop,lease >> reporter: it s right he ever since i was -- i'm terrified of the strangers and anyone who even looks like him. >> both the company and philadelphia police are investigating the incident which happened last month. so far the driver hasn't been fired but has not been charged with a crime. the victim urges people to never ride in an ubor alone. -- uber alone. in the race for the white
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house tonight, donald trump has canceled plans to deliver a major speech on immigration this thursday. questions are looming as to whether or not he's softening his plan to deportmms of undocumented immigrants. he met with his hispanic advisory council over the weekend. a campaign source says trump is still fine-tuning the plan. trump says he wants to come up with a fair but firm immigration policy. republicans are stepping up attacks on hillary clinton's handling of sensitive government information. some congressional republicans issued subpoenas today to three technology companies that either made or serviced the private email server clinton used while she was secretary of state. at the same time, a federal judge is ordering the state department to look at nearly 15,000fbi documents from its investigation into the emails. former democratic congresswoman gabby giffords is endorsing the re-election bid of republican senator pat toomomey. giffords made that endorsement today citing toomey's record on
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gun control. jerry sandusky iback in court today forhe seco day of his three-day appeals hearing. the former penn state assistant football coach wants his child molestation conviction overturned because he says his original lawyer did not adequately represent him. today, his new lawyer spoke on conflicting statements from a man who said an assistant coach saw him being sexually abused by san dus any a penn state shower. so-called victim number two settled abuse claims with penn state but did not testify against sandusky at trial. sandusky testified during the first day of this hearing and strongly denied any guilt. sandusky is currently serving a 30 to 60-year sentence. a final report out tonight on the deadly alligator attack at disney that left a toddler dead says little could be done to prevent what happened.
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wildlife officials say the seven-foot alligator grabbed 2-year-old lane thomas when he bent down. a report says the child's father tried to pry open that gator's mouth, but the animal broke away. trappers have killed six alligators since the attack. a federal judge in texas blocked the obama's policy on transgender bathrooms. they directed public schools across the country to allow children to use bathroomles their choice. but a judge put that ruling on hold. that means federal agencies cannot take action against public schools that choose not to follow that directive. u.s. olympic swimmer ryan lochte lost two sponsor today. the swimmer and three teammates lied about an armed robbery at the olympics in brazil.
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lochte has since apologized for embellishing what officials now say was really a dispute over vandalism by the swimmers at a gas station. health officials say the zika virus could soon spread beyond florida. so far two neighborhoods in miami have been identified as zika hot zones. the cdc has issued a new warning for pregnant women telling them to avoid traveling to miami-dade county. health officials are worried that the zika virus could spread to the gulf coast, which has been hit by recent flooding. the mos quito population there is expected to grow because of all the standing water. >> whenever you have a situation of floodin it leaves areas behind where mosquitoes can breed. and until you get that water cleaned up, it's a hot spot for zika, for west nile. >> president barack obama request an emergency $1.9 billion in february for mosquito control and vaccine development. but lawmakers left washington for their summer recess without
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approving that money. in tonight's "healthcheck," a new study finds instagram pictures can actually predict depression. researchers at harvard university looked at nearly 44,000 instagram photos from volunteers, some of whom had a history of depression, and they found that people who are depressed posted pictures that were less bright, not saturated with color. the studies will found depressed people post more frequently and apply more filters. time to get a check on the accuweather forecast, something everyby isoingo love, another one just like today. >> yes. today was beautiful. very comfortable. tomorrow will be as well. and tonight, little bit on the cool side. >> nice. >> may want to put an extra comforter on the bed. >> how about that? >> there is no rain out there at all. very little moisture in the air, so it feels great. and the action cam taking a look at the city skyline which is blight and clear with the low humidity with dew points in the
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50s. we're nogetting that hayes that we really have been getting for most of this month with the heat and the humidity. right now temperatures already dropping down into the 50s had tannersville. it's 59. 57 degrees in quakertown. the poconos will drop down to the 40s tonight. pottstown, 57. center city, we've got that urban heat island effect. so not quite as cool. 71 degrees. interior south jerse temperatures in the 60s. hammonton, 63. browns mill, 62. hockessin, 67 degrees. and along the coast, the ocean temperature, 73. temperatures there in the low 70s. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have high pressure that's moving right over us. and that is squeezing all the moisture out of the atmosphere. not a cloud in the sky. and with that high pressure, temperatures really taking a tumble tonight. 62 degrees in philadelphia, the low. that's five degrees below normal. but many suburbs in the 50s. allentown, 51.
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reading, 52. trenton, 57. millville dropping all the way down to 56 degrees. so really a great night to give the air conditioners a break. and tomorrow is going to be very similar to today. plenty of sunshine. today's high, 83. tomorrow may be 82 degrees. with that high pressure right over us so it won't be quite as breezy as today. but this high pressure is on the move. on wednesday, it starts to migrate to the east. and what that does, we get the return flow out of the south. so it will begin to warm up. still humidity should be the dew points in the 50s. 87 degrees. but before that cold front moves through late in the day on friday, temperatures will be spiking in the 90s with an increase in humidity. if you are down the shore tomorrow, enjoy. it's going to be beautiful. put the 61screen on. plenty of sunshine. winds out of the northeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. well, we are getting close to the peak of tropical storm season. there are three systems in the atlantic. tropical depression fiona is falling apart.
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gaston just named will be a fish storm. so no threat to land. what i'm track something this tropical wave, got a 50% chance of becoming a tropical storm and some computer models do bring it near florida by early next week so that's something i'll continue to monitor. back at home, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, just gorgeous, 82 degrees. low humidity tomorrow. wednesday, humidity stilin check. and warms up to 87. thursday, getting more muggy, 89 degrees. and then on friday, hazy, hot and humid, 93. a cold front moves through bringing us a possibility of some scattered showers and storms late in the day. behind that system, still on the warm side on saturday, 90. sunday and monday, it will be warm. it will be on the humid side with highs in the upper 90s. but tonight almost a taste of fall. and tomorrow should be gorgeous. thigh to get outside and enjoy that weather. >> all right. thank you, cecily. parents, students, even coaches got an important lesson about brain injuries tonight in newtown, bucks county. they took pa in a concussion
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ducis is here with sports. >> we're soon going to see the final on this team. the eagles will visit the colts on saturday with preseason game number three. we will see most of the starters but we will not see carson wentz. he is still recoverincover fromt rib fracture. he did do some throwing over the weekend and he is improving. the team is hopeful he'll be able to play in the final preseason game september 1st. >> that's the goal. but again, it's one of tho things yjt t to wait d see, do anher sc and jt re-evaluate here probably i about wek. >> i w ay cited for i knew i'det my chance to finally goout the and play. obviouslyt. i was caught little short. -- caught little short. but it is what it is. i know that everything happens for a reason so i'm just trying to make the most of these mental reps and still get better at the same time. the eagles have signed
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linebacker stephen tulloch. the signing was in response to joe walker's season-endingnee injury. the 31-year-old will be rieu nighted with eagles defensive coordinator jim schwartz. he has been a starter most of his career, most receny wi the deo on >> he's coming in to compete for that linebacker spot there in the middle, and it's just unfortunate with the loss of joe right now, we just need depth to fill that spot. so anytime offensively, defensively, or even in special teams, if you can grab a player you've worked with in the past that knows your terminology, knows your system, i think it's no different than chase daniel on offense for me. still ahead, the union are gearing up for a tough task. plus, a minor league player hits a ho
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the phillies have the nigh lucky th tomorwell be in chigo for a short two-game set with the white sox. the union are prepping for two matches in four days. wednesday at columbus. over the weekend the uon were beaten souly by roo. the head coach is confident his guys will bounce back. >> they'll be readyo go. they're itching to get the bad taste out of their mouth after the toronto game. it's about being hot at thtime and a team that's not conceding goals. we've continued to do that. penn state's basketball team has announced they will play game in our backyard. january 7th , the nittany lions will face michigan state at the palestra. yesterday the pocono was postpod til today. sparks were
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still flyin'. alexander rossi tagged by charlie kimbell. and fortunately no injurs there. your winner is will power, still one of the best names in sports. past sixres.rth viorin the finlonight, when is hitting ame run n a good thing? last night brandon thomas of the gateway grizzly's minor league baseball team hit a grant slam. the only problem he broke a truck's windshield, his own truck's windshield! >> no! >> thomas said he was thinking of parking in the same spot. baseball players are superstitious but he cited the $1,000 deductible was a reason not to park in that same spot ever again. >> i bet. finally tonight, a florida couple has been eating the same cake for more than six decades. every year, the couple celebrates their wedding anniversary by taking a little bite from the original fruit cake on their wedding day. can you imagine? they keep the cake -- look at it. ugh -- wrapped in a coffee tin that stays in a cupboard above
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their refrigerator. each year they unwrap it, slice off a little piece and enjoy the cake with some champagne. that's a nice idea. all right. "jimmy kimmel live" ne here on channel 6 followed by "nightline." jimmy's guests tonight hillary clinton and john kerzinski. "action news" continues at 4:30 a.m. now for cecily, ducis, jim gardner, the entire "action news" team, have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow night.
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