the entire property. and i'm talking the entire property but the mess left behind will not be there for very long. >> how could anybody do something like this. >> that was jerry's reaction when she found out that the swim club in langhorne was vandalized. her brother called her sunday morning saying the property was covered in graffiti. but she never dreamed it was this bad. >> it took my breath away and broke my heart. there was graffiti everywhere you could look. >> the vandals had sprayed everything from the bathroom sinks to the pool house wall decorated by children and to the pool itself that was recently drained for winter. jerry didn't know what to do. >> we are a nonprofit and we had no money. >> but responding officers told jerry about a little known

program called tag, it's towns against graffiti. it's run by anthony hartman and his job is to remove and cover up graffiti as quickly as possible. for hartman it's a labor of love. >> i when to bensalem high school and it's gratifying to me to help beautify and keep buck county as beautiful and it has been and should be. >> he says this job is particularly bad but should be as good as new by the end of the week. this is music to jerry's ears. >> you feel so much better, it's a wonderful program. yes, there is a happy ending. >> now tag is funded through donations and grants but any time the vandal is cost, they are handed a bill to pay for the entire cleanup. anyone with any information about this case is asked to call

police. reporting live from south ham fon, walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> all right walter. two philadelphia neighborhoods are on alert tonight after a string of armed robbery, in all five homes and businesses were targeted in fairmount and spring garden in he less than a month. some in the middle of the afternoon. police say that this video shows two suspects they are looking for. bob brooks has reaction from the neighborhood as the investigation continues, bob's story is coming up at 6:00. the search is on for two armed suspects that broke into a center city home in broad daylight. and one person a student at the university of the arts was home at is the time. sara bloomquist is live now at the scene at broad and lot board and sara you spoke to the victim's roommate? >> reporter: just moments ago sharrie. this is a neighbor add on edge

after this college student became the victim of a home invasion right in the middle of the day today and right here on lombard off of broad street. we spoke to the victim's roommate and she says the victim is doing okay but she is quite shaken up. this 19-year-old university of the arts student lives in the apartment where two armed men barged in this morning looking to rob the place and she didn't want to be identified. she happened to be in class at the time. her roommate another university of the art student was home alone in the apartment on the 1400 block of lombard. >> someone knocked on the door and she opened it and they barged their way in and they were like -- they were asking her for money and they like ransacked the place looking. >> the two men got away in the car heading westbound on lombard

police believe it this was a crime of opportunity. >> they strike wherever they can. it's a crime of opportunity. >> i don't think it was directed towards us but i think it was a random act. >> word spread quickly about what had happened. >> i think it's crazy i never had issues with violence or anything around here. >> it's weird, i felt like this was an okay neighborhood. >> the place was ransacked and dusted for fingertiped. the roommates will be staying elsewhere for a while. >> they set us up with a room for a couple of weeks before we get back together. >> reporter:p the suspects got away with the student's rent money and also a phone and xbox and other personal items, police will be checking for surveillance video on this block of course and they will definitely be running the

fingerprints they found. live in center city, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police are looking for the gunman that shot and killed a man on his birthday. at 11:30 last night. the 30-year-old victim was shot multiple times on the 700 block of east allegheny avenue in kensington. police believe the shooting stems from an earlier argument. a philadelphia police officer is dead tonight after suffering a heart attack at the criminal justice center this morning. officer justin vanburger was on duty and was a 16 year veteran of the philadelphia police department. in less than 12 hours, faculty at more than a dozen pennsylvania state universities will walk off the job unless their union reaches a new contract deal. the main sticking points are benefit costs and workload assignments and issues related to the classroom and the union is meeting behind closed doors

and more than 100,000 students will be affected if the strike happens and the deadline is 5:00 tomorrow morning. >> all right politics tonight. we are exact three weeks and counting until election day and the push for pennsylvania continues. former president, bill clinton appeared at an event in blue bell to campaign for his wife, hillary clinton. in south philadelphia meantime several demonstrators rallied outside a donald trump campaign office. it was part of gop hands off me. protesters around the country called for republicans to reject trump as their nominee in light of his lewd comments about women. nationwide all eyes are on nevada for the third and final debate. it has only been nine days sin the last debate but in that time both campaigns face new scandals and tough questions. monica malpass is live in las

vegas with a preview. >> reporter: hi rick and sharrie, the thomas mack center buzzing with media and security personnel and as well as political advance teams for both candidates, this is where clinton and trump stage their final showdown, the stakes are high, not the typical boxing match they are used to in las vegas, hundreds of media from around the globe are setting up their equipment. satellite farms sprung up in the parking lot for live coverage, but inside there are two key areas, the spin room where our desks are, there are 19 rows of journalists and then the debate stage and organizers are working hard. it has taken a year of planning to build the set. they accomplished all of that as well as accommodating 3,000 media members from around the world.

>> the little things like security and logistics, for tens of millions of people around the world. if everything goes well you never notice. >> reporter: so the final light and sound checks were done today. a pair of standins rehearsed and it may need last minute tweaks, and audience of 90 million will be watching, it's garnering high ratings we think. they are sweeping at arena doing a 12 hour check and we'll have to clear out shortly and we'll be back. they don't want issues when the stakes are so high for both sides. reporting live i'm monica malpass back to you. >> of course join "action news" for local analysis of the debate. matt o'donnell hosts a special debate edition of inside story after "action news" at 11:00. we are gearing up for the

second senatoral debate here in pennsylvania. submit your questions by using #6abcaction, and email your questions to jointheaction@6abc.com. and our very own jim gardner moderates that debate live next monday at 7:00 right here on 6 abc. time now to see how much action is out on the highways and by ways, in our "action news" traffic report. >> autumn marisa is in now for matt pellman. >> reporter: hi sharrie and rick, we are dealing with that out on the roadways now just a lot of volume. but no major incidents no report. but a slow go on the schuylkill expressway as you can expect. and taking 30 minutes to go from the vine to the blue route and the same in reverse. jumping on to the vine to 95 northbound also slow going. travel times and speeds, on the big picture, we are in the low teens in areas and single digits on 95 northbound making your way

up to woodhaven right now. a few incidents to tell you about. many heller town 78 eastbound one lane is closed because of an accident and over into new jersey, 295 northbound at 541 staying in new jersey looking good on the 42 freeway. we'll bring you an update in the next half hour. >> still more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. an alleged meth lab it was busted up today in delaware county. ahead at 9:30, the three people facing charges because of an observation by an eagle eyes pharmacist. well, our taste of sum under october continues, i'm tracking another day of record warmth tomorrow and then a dramatic cool down right in time for your weekend. i'll explain in the accuweather forecast. i'll explain when "action news" returns.

it has been more than two months since an elevator accidents since he -- their emergency response. today that elevator bank remains closed. and a sheriff's deputy inside of the elevator at the time is

still on a long road to recovery. >> sergeant owens remains hospitalized. vernon odom has the story tonight. >> his spirit is high and is he trying to recover. >> chef jewel williams describes his visit to sergeant owens, he was injured in early august when an elevator at the justice center crashed. he was in an induced coma for a long period and many fears he would not survive, and now he is in a rehab center with his full faculties but paralyzed. they will hold a beef and beer fundraiser at the fop lodge in the northeast. >> the goal is to help the family offset some of the costs and help his wife get around. it's a long road to recovery so she needs the support.

>> the cost to fix the elevator rising out of control, the accidents is still under investigation. the elevator used excusely for judges and court employees is facing major changes in the way people are moved around in the busy cjc. >> because of us using other areas understood to move people up and down the building, but we continue to work with what we have. >> the owens family said nothing publically about the accident itself or their subsequent ordeal. they have filed a lawsuit again the government and the elevator company. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> breaking news now, an off duty crossing guard has been hit while crossing a street in south philadelphia. it happened less than an hour ago on the 100 block of schneider avenue, the 70-year-old woman was attempting to cross the street and was hit

by a freightliner truck who was attempting to make a turn on to schneider, she went to hahnemann with a broken thigh bone. no word on her condition and the investigation continues tonight. former phillies pitcher, curt shilling wants to add a new line, u.s. senator. the republican and three times u.s. champ wants to run against massachusetts senator, elizabeth warren. last year he was fired from espn after making a facebook post critical of transgender rights and back in 2012, shilling's video came company went bankrupt leaving a $75 million loan unpaid. the poll puts him behind warren by 19 points. some young gymnasts put their tumbling skills to the test. 2012 olympic gold medalist

jordan weaver was on hand to watch them compete against one another. she is in town ahead of the tour of gym thist champions that comes to pennsylvania next month. >> and this is on display at dillworth park, trying to set a record for the longest putting green. here is the catch, someone needs to sink a hole in one for this record to count. hundreds lined up for a chance but so far no one has been successful. [ keyboard typing ]

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health check tonight. federal money to fight the zika virus will soon be on its way to our area. ali gorman is at the "action news" big board to tell us how much is coming. >> reporter: the funds are from the zika funding bill that finally cleared congress next month. texas and california get the biggest amounts more than $3 million, and pennsylvania gets $1.7 million and new jersey $1.3 million and delaware $143,000. today they announced that two pregnant women are among the cases of the new section of miami where zika has popped up. and if you have expired or

unused medication as the home. this weekend you can get rid of it safely. saturday is national prescription drug take back day. the location is set up and you can drop off the drugs no questions asked. four out of five people addicted to heroin started with prescription medication, it stops those drugs from falling into the wrong hands. we have times and locations at 6abc.com. and we all know that stying hydrates is good for your body but cannot drinking enough cause you to gain weight? one study says yes. it found people that didn't drink enough water were more likely to be overweight. the reason is our bodies confuse thirst with hunger. >> you end up picking up food but you are actually dehydrated. >> there is no signs by how many you need to drink every day, that depends on weight and

activity level and other factors, you should drink enough that you rarely feel thirsty and the color of your urine is light. and water is the best option but drink decaffeinated tea or carbonated water or eating fruits and vegetables will help keep you hydrated. >> what about diet drinks. >> not so much. >> okay got to move on. looking live outside. sky 6 hd showing you atlantic city tonight. not a bad sight for a tuesday evening. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast. and the warming temperatures.

time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board. meteorologist cecily tynan, has the very warm forecast. did we break a record today? >> not yet in philadelphia. so far 83 degrees. but we set new records in allentown 85 and trenton 83 and wilmington 82. and so far the high in philadelphia 83 but we'll get the official high in a few hours and see if we hit higher than that between hours. right now 82 in philadelphia, allentown 83 and trenton 81 and wilmington 81, we see the winds

out of the south off the ocean and quite a bit cooler in cape may, the current temperature is 69 degrees and october so far in philadelphia running two and a half degrees above normal. if you look globally we keep breaking records, september of 2016, the warmest september on record across the planet. most of the warmer was across the northern hemisphere instead of southern hemisphere. they date back to 1880 and the past 12 months globally we set record highs, that is astounding. we have 6300 weather stations across the world and we get data from buoys and ships and research stations in the antarctic and 2016 will go down on the warmest in record globally beating 2015. back home satellite 6 along with action radar showing high pressure dominating our weather and keeping that cold front at

bay. that front will slowly creep towards us and once it passes through, that will bring down the cooler air. it's not arriving tonight though, the overnight low for philadelphia 66 and you know what our normal high is? 66. our lows are typical of normal highs. allentown 63 and wilmington 64 and cape may 65 and like last night we start off clear and fog developing by early tomorrow morning. tomorrow's temperatures are off to the races, i think the heat will be peaking in philadelphia calling for a high of 85 degrees, many allentown and trenton and atlantic city airport also likely to at least tie the record highs. but it comes at a cost. on thursday future tracker 6 showing clouds are rolling in as the front gets closer and as it gets closer could have a few showers developing and again on friday the possibility of some showers. the five-day at 5:00, feels like

summer again, 85 degrees and thursday mild and 78 and scattered showers and friday the same at 73. look at this on saturday. it stays cool on sunday and we'll let you know if the cool weather lasts into next week in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. "action news" at 5:00 will be right back. yeah. we love low prices. no bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. my giant. vo: donald trump and pat toomey anhave plenty in common --. they're both putting pennsylvania women at risk. even after trump bragged about sexually assaulting women, toomey stood by him. on women's health - both trump and

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again monica is on assignment and sharrie williams is joining us tonight. here is what is happening on "action news" this evening. president obama takes a jab at donald trump and trump says that they could be behind the accusers. and can you help the people down south that lost everything to the devastating floods to hurricane matthew. the presidential nominee, donald trump is campaigning in colorado and melania trump spoke out about his lewd sexual talk and called it boy talk.

>> and hillary clinton is behind closed doors. and president obama disputed donald trump's remarks that the presidential election is rigged and spoke to abc news about the claims of him sexually assaulting women. >> you start whining before the game is even over, whenever things are going badly and you lose you start blaming everything else. then you don't have what it takes to be in this job. >> i have tremendous respect for women and they come out for a little fame or maybe they are part of the clinton campaign. >> while hillary clinton preps for the debate her daughter and husband are on the campaign trail today. former president, bill clinton, wrapped up a speech in montgomery county a short time ago. that is where we find john rawlins live in blue bell, you spoke with several pennsylvania voters today. >> reporter: that is correct. hi guys, the former president

spoke for 30 minutes off the cuff. and he had harsh words for corporations sending jobs overseas and focused on the carrier cops, that is one of donald trump's favorite whipping boys but he was not here to praise donald trump but rather reckless individual and here of course to talk up his wife, hillary. the latest public poll in pennsylvania shows hillary clinton up by of points, at stops like this one, her husband's job to seal the deal, for those that say they are likely to vote for delicious will actually do it. >> i want you to vote for hillary because you have the best economic plan and because she has a plan for an inclusive society. >> likely voters we met outside of this montgomery county supermarket say they are warn out by the ugly campaign

rhetoric. >> it has gotten on my nerves it's so foolish. >> they consider not voting for trump or clinton but will do so reluctantly. >> i felt like there are two people here and it's not a nice thing, but which one is the less evil. >> it's the lesser of two evils. >> yes. that is how i'm looking at it. >> as crowds gather for bill clinton, to miles away the montgomery county gop working on its get out and vote efforts, mailings and door notes and certain number of the faithful could sit out the vote? no. >> i think the enthusiasm gap is bigger on the democratic side than the republican side, i think just working here every day and seeing people really motivated by trump and other officers as well. >> in the warm-up time during the clinton speech here one democratic official says that as

the philadelphia suburbs go so will go the state of pennsylvania. this is a battleground area and turnout is critical 21 days from now and you'll hear a lot between now and then about go tv, that is get out to vote. >> already john thank you. the third and final debate is tomorrow night in las vegas. "action news" is there, anchor monica malpass is live there, and her reports continue in our next half hour. in other news three people were arrested in delaware county for allegedly making methamphetamine at a home inside of collingdale. they were taken into custody after the investigation that lasted more than 12 hours. "action news" reporter annie mccormick tells us about the series of events that led to the discovery and arrest. >> collingdale police arrested two people after discovering a

meth lab on the rear side of this duplex. this man and woman shared the apartment with a third man that police took into custody early this morning. overnight police came to it's home and a unit including a chemist confirming it was drugs. >> they confirm a meth lab, one pot nazi meth lab. >> a domino of events led to the discovery. an alert pharmacy clerk at cvs told a police officer at the store that a man was trying to buy overthe counter medication and was denied and he ran with the merchandise. a collingdale police officer spotted him entering this homeless than a mile from the store. >> that is small town police officers, everybody knows the back streets and back short cuts and officer mccauley knew where to go. he when to the back alleyway and

there he was. he suspected a drug operation and called for help. police -- they were relieved nobody was hurt . you know never know what is going on with other people. >> the department of health is expected to come out to decide whether or not to condemn this home and that police officer inside of the cvs that got the heads up from the clerk, he was there buying an anniversary card for his wife. annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." a man charged with using a cross bow to murder his wife will go to trial. 40-year-old paul cuzzon was in court accused of killing pamela nightinger in the couple's home back in june. they were married only for

anybody days. a man broke into a grocery store in logan by breaking through a wall. police revealed this video after he got inside of lolita grocery. the man loaded up trash bags with cigarettes and cash and took off. if anyone has information about the break-in and burglary you are asked to call police. flooding from hurricane matthew caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damage and residents are in great need of help. lets go live with our sister station is holding a food drive for victims of hurricane matthew, this is going on all day and if you would like to contribute log on to our website at 6abc.com. you remember last week we went to lumberton, new jersey, where they are having their own collection drive for their sister city in lumberton, north carolina. the residents there have helped

residents here including after superstorm sandy. you can send a donation to the food drive in raleigh by 7:00 tonight by logging on to 6abc.com. it's time to get a check on the afternoon commute. lets go to autumn marisa in the traffic center. >> reporter: hi rick and sharrie we are busy out there, lots of volume on the roadways and the bigger delays are 95 northbound from the vine street expressway up to woodhaven, taking you 35 minutes to do the commute. southbound not looking too bad. looking at the big picture, low speeds out there especially on the schuylkill expressway and vine street expressway eastbound as you approach 95 nice and slow and the boulevard from the schuylkill up to broad street, you can tap the brakes there. really looking again quite busy out there. and we have an accident to report to you on 422 westbound as you approach 29. always busy on 422 now and that is adding to the problems. 295 southbound approaching 73 we

have an accident to report as well. taking a look at the 42 freeway, a live shot for you. southbound at 130, there was an accident and that pushed off to the side of the road. back to you rick and sharrie. >> thank you. still more to come on "action news" at 5:00 an attempt to wind surf failed when a man's surf board broke. find out how the coast guard was alerted to the rescue. and president obama says chou to white house state dinners, find out who is cooking for the event for the first family and their star studded guests. >> and 80s in the mid-atlantic and a big change on the way in time for the weekend. look at this cold air moving in our direction. we'll talk about the drastic change in the seven-day forecast. and we'll have that and much more plus sports with jaime apody. when "action news" at 5:00 comes back. it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands.

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it shows how ozone amounts change over the seasons. jam jaime is here and the eagles are off today but they getting ready for another opponents. >> the meaningless weekly power ranking fell in most of them lowest of all nfc east teams and they welcome a team that is number one or number two. they have sam bradford and the 5-0 vikings will visit the linc. these guys have the best defense the only team to hold every opponent under 20 points, but have yet to turn the ball over and well rested coming off the by and he is provide info on his former team. >> sam as a good understanding and knowledge of what we do on both sides of the ball. i think where it becomes available for a coach when a player knows you is just knowing

personnel. i think just understanding the types of guys that are here. >> the flyers are 0-1 in chicago to face the black hawks and the sixers six days away from their season opener. joel embiid is living by the model, easing himself in and averaging double digits despite limited minutes. >> my legs are still heavy, so i have to take care of my body. take it easy. it's a process and you got to trust it. >> he is a goofball too. part of us feels like chris jenkins shot just went through the net, we are a month away from villanova basketball. of course they lost a couple of stars but still returned jenkins

now a living legend and josh hart from last year's team. the wildcats are picked unanimously to win the title for the third season, and the coaches poll. >> we have to put out of our head all the accolades and all of the compliments but we don't have to put out of our heads the experience and lessons we learned. through the termments, that is what we are trying to do hold on to the lessons and experience and let the praise go right over our head. >> what an experience for the temple owls they had the most exciting win of all of college football this weekend. the owls back to work and on winning track after a thrilling victory against ufc. did you see it he pulled the winning grab with one second left on the clock to move them to 4-3, to save their season? maybe they have to move ton south florida on friday.

>> find out a way to make one more play and they did. it was exciting and now it's over. i know our kids are excited to come back home and play in fronts of our crowd. another night game, we are trying to heal up and rest up. and penn state faces their toughest test, against ohio state. can they pull off a monumental upset. kick off saturday night at 8:00 p.m. the shipyard in delaware is being brought back to life and that is reason to celebrate. it's home to the nickel tall ship and the shipyard went through a sustainable landscaping project. the shipyard is the recreated 17th century port for that ship but the site is also used for educational programs. still ahead on "action news" tonight. another check of the summer like forecast for you. stepping outside and taking a

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meteorologist, adam joseph is here now with a closer look at the record breaking forecast. >> we have records that fell today and more records to fall

tomorrow and speaking of falling the temperatures will do just that. as we look at double scan live radar, lots of sunshine little in the way of cloud cover and the action cam capturing the blue sky as above and in a pumpkin field where there is plenty to choose from. and need a home before this halloween season. so you can cut them to jack-o-lanterns. numbers across the region, topping off at 84 degrees, it was 1 degree below the record of 85. but we broke the record in allen tonight as well as reading at 85 degrees and broke a record in trend ornat 83 and same for wilmington of 83 degrees. presently we have 80s on the board and the sun soon to set. 80 for you and millville the coolest spot is along the shore, wind kicking in off the water temperatures in the upper 60s.

a lot of sun and high pressure is in control. the front is to the north and west with clouds and showers that have erupted this afternoon and the front is going to slowly work its way in here. as it pushes through, or comes close toward us. it throws more cloud ours way unlike our cloudless sky, stays clear and patchy fog developing and lows are closer to the typical high temperatures for this time of year and 66 in philadelphia and 62 for the suburbs. if you are in the lehigh valley, sun and clouds, 83 degrees and breaking the old record from 1963. if you are going to be in the city of philadelphia, records smashing around here, the old record 1947 going 5 degrees above that with the north northern westerly wind and down the shore tomorrow right along the immediate coastline not as warm as the on shore breeze and temperatures are held around 77 degrees and jumping into the 80s

as you head even 5 to 10 miles inland. as we get into thursday, low pressure will develop along the boundary coming in a quick round of rain north and west of the city, and depending on where this front sets up shop here, 78 is the average on thursday, north of the city it could be much cooler than that. and warmer south of the city it all depends on where that front drapes itself. future tracker temperatures here on your thursday, will show starting at 53 in allentown and 64 in millville. as we take a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast again tomorrow records will fall, rather cloudy with a couple of showers early thursday, and 78 and cooler to the north and warmer to the south, some sun with a left over shower and 73 and saturday it's windy and chilly and gray. our high temperature only in the 50s. with limited sunshine.

and even though we do gain the sunshine back on sunday, monday and tuesday, a true fall chill is in the air and we are well below that in the second half of the seven-day forecast. from one extreme to the next we go. >> adam thank you. we invite to you keep track of the record breaking warmth at 6abc.com/weather, use it's hourly forecast to find out how warm it will get or also cold later in the week. can you connect also with our team of meteorologists on facebook and twitter. >> coming up tonight on 6 abc, an all american episode of housewife. the second heaviest housewife in the upscale town of connecticut. many of katie's perfectionist neighbors try to knock her for her size but takes it in stride an at butte that makes her character so relatable. >> she is not always correct or

always saying the right thing but she has a heart of gold. >> an all new american housewife airs tonight at 8:30 after the middle and the real o'neals at 9:30, and marvel "agents of s.h.i.e.l.d." at 10:00 and "action news" at 11:00. [ roars ]

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finally at 5:00, look at this beauty. this navy fighter jet is pretty in pink for breast cancer awareness month. the cougar's new pain job was revealed on the lexington in corpus christi, texas. it will be pink by the end of the month and then do a special procedure to remove the pink paint. pretty. >> looks nice. jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with these stories and more next at 6:00. police are investigating a string of armed robberies in

fairmount. >> and the stage is set for the third presidential debate. we'll have a live report from las vegas. >> that and much more coming up next. for the entire team i'm rick williams, have a nice evening. good night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. tuesday night and faculty at 14 pennsylvania state universities can walk off the job in less than 12 hours. and vandals cover a bucks county

pool in graffiti. but the big story on "action news" tonight is two philadelphia neighborhoods are being victimized by armed holdups. this is the holdup at 20th and brandywine, all the incidents have taken place within blocks of each other and lawmen want to get the perpetrators off the streets and fast. bob brooks is live with more. talk about a community on edge. >> reporter: good evening. absolutely you shouldn't have to worry about walking out the front door, but essentially people are being held up for this. they are enjoying their evening on fairmount avenue and we spoke to people that are pretty scared. >> lauren lives in spring garden and walks her newborn outside every day because she feels it's safe. >> how does that make you feel?