firing at the van and was then shot and killed by police. one police source says that this was likely a terrorist act but there is no official confirmation of that by parition authorities. they do also say that the assailant was previously flagged as an extremist. here again as in so many assaults the attacker was known to local authorities. of course the shooting comes three days before france's presidential election. world news tonight with david muir has the latest developments from paris next at 6:30 here on channel 6. both sides presented their opening statements in camden today in the trial of 23-year-old david creato charged with murdering his 3-year-old

son. sara bloomquist is live outside of the camden county courthouse. sara opening statements and the beginning of testimony what did you learn today. >> reporter: jim only a few witnesses were called today following the opening statements. the most interesting testimony came from brendon creato's mother that the defendant david creato suggested that his son was drawn to the woods by spirits where his body was found. he sat motionless as the trial got underway in camden county court. they toll the case that was carefully instructed to make his client look guilty but he is not. >> he goes by dj david jr. and the accused of -- is the most heinous thing a person can be accused of. but he is innocent. >> jurors heard creato's 911

call when he told police he woke up and found his son missing. hours later brendon was found partially submerged in a creek more than a half mile from his father's apartment. and christine shaw refuted the idea that he walked there on his own the boy's socks were clean and he feared the dark. >> if there is one thing -- brendon loved brendon one thing we'll all agree to -- >> brendon's mother says that creato offered a bizarre explanation weeks after his son's death. >> he told me, that a spirit told him to walk down to the woods which is -- completely

odd -- not logical -- not likely to happen. >> the prosecutor added the testimony and show that david creato was having trouble paying for day care and that his 17-year-old would leave him because she didn't like being around children. testimony resumes on tuesday. live in camden, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. defense attorneys for eric frein are now working to spare his life. frein was convicted yesterday of killing a pennsylvania state trooper and injuring another in an ambush at the baracks in 2014 and the penalty phase got underway this afternoon and corporal byron dickson's wife, tiffany took the stand and talked about how her life changed. and a philadelphia soccer coach is accused of sexually

assaulting a former player and fathering her 7-month-old child. francisco contreras was arrested yesterday and faces statutory sexual assault. and a 15-year-old tells police that he cohersed her to have sex for money. today we have learned more about the circumstances leading up to police shooting and killing a criminal suspect yesterday in bellefonte, delaware. that is where "action news" reporter vernon odom is live tonight. what is the real story? >> jim, the suspect's name released this afternoon keith price. he was from wilmington delaware and wanted in connection with an attempted murder earlier this month april 9th in fact and now dead at the hands of police.

police officers utilizing fully marked patrol vehicles attempted to stop keith price at 24th street and market street. >> newcastle police gave their account of what led to the shooting of keith price after a pair of confrontations with price sandwiched that started in wilmington. and there was a warn out for price in connection with the shooting on lamson lane in newcastle. when police spotted him they ordered him to get out of his vehicle and then police said he refused to surrender. >> keith price refused to comply with officer's commands and instead drove his vehicle toward the officers which resulted in an officer firing their handgun at keith price. >> and a chase ensued and a cruiser crash add long the way

and price crash nood a civilian vehicle in bellefonte and fled on foot and through this church parking lot and hid in bushes. >> keith price reappeared and pointed a handgun at the officer which resulted in the officer firing their departmentally issued handgun striking keith price. >> reporter: jim, police say that price was pronounced here at the scene. police say they have recovered the handgun they say that he pointed at the officer yesterday. live in bellefonte, delaware, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a woman was seriously hurt after she was accidently struck by her own vehicle this morning. it happened gist before 9:30 on brook road in plymouth township. investigators say she was getting out of her vehicle when some how her clothing became stuck in the door. the vehicle didn't stop and ran

her down. the woman was taken to pentress tearan hospital where she is in critical condition. >> there hasn't been many joyful days for atlantic city but this was one. they broke ground on a $20 million satellite campus for stockton university. >> reporter: the trio wore hard hats a good look for the rollout of this $21 million construction project dubbed atlantic city's gateway. >> this project demonstrates we turned the corner in our commitment to revitalize atlantic city. >> this is already a sprawling construction site it houses 200 corporate staffers of south jersey gas and next door dorm space for 500 stockton students and classrooms across the street for 1800 more and shuttles

provide a link to the campus. and tourism classes and business and more. >> i would like to see marine science and oceanography here we have one of the premier programs in environmental sciences. >> and they hope this will park year round energy. >> there are be 2,000 people coming and going class and teach and work and come to a coffee shop and they need to go out and get a sub or something to eat after work. >> and he hopes the gate way project and similar developments will help bring people into his neighborhood. >> the people from schools will be spending money locally and i hope it brings down the tax rate in the city. >> the gateway on a fast track build and stockton hopes to welcome the first students at the beginning of the 2018-2019 year. john rawlins, channel 6 "action

news." >> and coming up on "action news" tonight. a look at the eagles needs, one week before the nfl draft in philadelphia. >> a 20-year-old woman from south jersey has undergone a kidney transplant that involved an aunt from california and a burlington county freeholders and more than a dozen others. i'll sort this all out for you next. we got a bit of unsettled weather from the west and details on the timing and the latest on the rain chance in the accuweather forecast.

volunteers from several volunteer water companies pitched in to spruce up the park in camden. they raked up the last of winter's leaves and planned 200 new plants and the facility will include new rain gardens as well as natural play spaces for children. next the story about giving and receiving. in this case giving and receiving a life saving organ. a particularly good story because april is national donate life month. new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic has the story. >> jaime is recovering from a life saving kidney transplant she underwent march 21st at the university of pennsylvania medical center. it includes 14 recipients around the country including an aunt in california. >> i can't even explain that link, someone giving their organ for you.

it's amazing. >> jaime was diagnosed with kidney failure days before she was to start the nursing program at stockton university. >> she is my daughter and that is all i wanted to be able to finish college and have a great life and not be on dialysis. >> one was burlington county freeholder linda hughes who turned out to be a match. they found a better match and hughes decided to donate a kidney nany way and will be par of a chain to donate kidneys around the nation. hughes will miss four weeks of work at health care in evesham. >> in return i am giving someone decaded of new life. >> they are grateful that the chain of donations and

transplants went well. a new kidney means a new life for her. >> thank you. i can't explain like how amazing that is. >> at this point between the two donation chains, 15 people are getting life saving kidney transplants. nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news."

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about it and that is a position of strength in the draft. you get the opportunity, i think like we have had at different positions at every round you'll see a tal ened guy in the position. it's how the board plays out. >> one is dalvin cook. and eagles did bring him in for an interview but off the field a few run-ins with the law and addressed those today. >> i was opening and willing at the combine, i was opening and willing truthfully to talk about everything that happened. i moved on from it and i wouldn't have taken the next stop that they would invest to me a great person off the field and ready to represent the organization right in the community and have a positive spotlight. that is what i'm willing to bring to the table. >> the draft coverage starts with our sports special draft preview party. we are joined by analyst ron

jaworsky. and it comes on 7:30 p.m. on channel 6. and we know the who and then the where and when when it comes to the eagles schedule but some have been leaked. espn reporting they will start the season in washington against the red skins. zach ertz back from his honeymoon. carson went did not attend his tight end's ceremony. but it excites him as they enter the second season together. >> it's going to be huge, when carson was drafted from the receivers to the tight end that was one thing we were excited about, we knew for the next five, ten, 20 years in philadelphia we knew who our quarterback would be. and the guy is an unbelievable player. >> they are no longer the defending champions and won't have chris jienkins or kevin hat

but bruhnson returns. finally i am amazing and grateful today with the power of "action news" more so the power of you, our viewers. we brought you the story of corey kelly who along with his siblings are fighting a rare disease ahl. that took the life of his father and the not covered by insurance and now on his go fund me page the donations more than doubled. channel 6 viewers are the best if i may say so myself. and corey is very grateful. >> it's great. >> thank you jaime. lots of golfers are taking their first swings of the season this time of year and for one group the first swing marks a real new beginning. patients gathered at the golf center in northeast philadelphia to learn to hit a golf ball. the program lets people who live

with disabilitied learn they can achieve more than they might think. and when participants hit the first ball everything changes. >> i hit the golf ball and the eyes light up. their whole personality changes for a while they have done this thing they now the they could never do. >> he have a veteran and double amputee whose passion for golf is inspiring a whole new generation of players. hey allergy muddlers

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arboretum in chestnut hill. beautiful sites from drone 6. we saw dogwood trees and a cherry tree here that is still in bloom. no forsythia because it got warm and then cold and froze off the forsythia. >> that makes my eyes warm up completely. >> don't look. >> we need rain to water the pollen out of the area. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing not here yet. there is a cluster near gettysburg that is moving through later on this evening and the accuweather highlights show i'll be watching the radar tonight and showers and thunderstorms i want to stress they are scattered and not widespread and not everyone will see them and those that do expect a brief heavy downpour and the potential for small hail. and tomorrow a big range in

temperatures, south of philadelphia and dover you'll likely hit 80 degrees and philadelphia 10 degrees warmer than average at 76 and allentown and trenton temperatures likely will only climb into the upper 60s, right now mild and philadelphia 75 degrees down from the high of 77. and allentown 72 and the cool spot along the coast with the ocean temperature 53 degrees and cape may 59. cooler in cape may than in the poconos. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we started the day with clouds and early showers and got peeks of sunshine mid-day and that is a cluster i'm tracking moving through this evening and then a cold front that will push in later on in the overnight hours, it could bring showers for the morning north of philadelphia. future tracker 6 timing it out at 9:00 and we'll see showers and thunderstorms to the west moving through philadelphia at

11:00. tomorrow morning plenty of clouds and lingering showers and perhaps an embedded thunderstorm in berks county and the lehigh valley and the poconos and then by the afternoon we should see peeks of sunshine and then it will be unsettled. so a few pop-ups mainly across seasonal tomorrow afternoon and again tomorrow temperatures should be relatively mild. saturday though behind the cold front, temperatures drop about 10 degrees in philadelphia. and 66, which is seasonable. and we could see sunshine early and it clouds up quickly and showers developing late in the day and saturday night the low pressure the latest trends with the low moving in quicker and also pushing it to the south, that means the soaking rain i was expecting on sunday looks to be missing us to the south and we see showers and it doesn't look nearly as wet as it was yesterday and by the afternoon could see peeks of sunshine. tropical storm arlene the first storm of the atlantic hurricane

season formed today with 45 miles per hour winds in the north atlantic and the very rare for tropical storm to be named in april. the last time was 14 years ago and the good news is arlene is a fish storm and no threat to land and should be dissipated tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast very warm tomorrow and scattered showers and thunderstorms 76 and much cooler saturday and 66 and clouds up and showers arriving late in the day. and sunday showers early and if the trends continue to push the low to the south late in the afternoon we should see breaks of sunshine and 60 and bump it up to 66 on monday and mostly cloudy and a shower on tuesday and 63 and wednesday really nice and 5-and good news for the nfl draft on thursday partly sunny and warm with a high of 77. not a perfect weekend but not a washout on sunday. >> thank you. there is nothing much sweeter than donuts and spending time with dad. this morning youngsters in delaware county got to do both.

the chester community charter school hosted their annual donuts for dads event. 150 kindergartners and first graders got to spend quality time with their dads and uncles and male guardians and they read books and ate donuts. the event is a way to say thank you for support. >> abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams and adam joseph and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, jaime apody, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. congressman macarthur promised to protect our health care.

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tonight, breaking news. the apparent terror attack in paris. two officers targeted. isis claiming responsibility. just a short time ago. one officer, killed. one wounded. authorities swarming one of the most famous tourist locations in the world. our foreign correspondent standing by. the discovery in this country. the teacher accused of kidnapping his former student is under arrest tonight. the 15-year-old girl is found. authorities on the scene, where they discovered them more than 2,000 miles away. two officers, shot in seattle. authorities say a botched robbery. the manhunt right now for at least one suspect. we have new reporting on what could be a big payout at fox. after bill o'reilly is fired. tonight, reports he could be walking away with up to $25