frazier. he did not survive. >> reporter: jim, homicide detectives cannot quite figure out why 14-year-old frazer and his 16-year-old friend would have been targeted. dozens of people were out on the block enjoying the holiday when a gunman stepped out between two cars and opened fire. >> there is great sadness on stella street on the block where 14-year-old frazer lived and a memorial now grows. his mother says her son was a good kid and about to graduate from eighth grade and deciding where to go to high school to play football. >> i'm living a mom's worst nightmare. no mom should have to bury her child especially to no corner gun violence. >> as many as 70 people were out

on the block of orleans enjoying memorial day barbecue, they were walk to the 16-year-old's house to play video games everyone the shooter emerged between two parked cars, a tall thin male wearing a black hoody, firing several shots striking and killing the 14-year-old and injuring the 16-year-old. >> they saw the 14-year-old boy bleeding to death in the street just steps from their home. >> i cried last night with my kids. it could have been someone else's child or my child. >> he lives behind a younger sister and brother. with so many on the street someone must be able to provide information about the shooter. >> you have a 14-year-old who lost his life instead of graduating from only grade and enjoying his summer he is no longer with us. >> tamir is a good kid and did not deserve this.

my son needs justice. there say $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. a vigil is planned on his block. the 2100 block of east stella street for 5:00 tomorrow evening. live at police headquarterses, sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news" a jury was seated for a man accused of sexually assaulting six girls from the same family and fathering children from a 14-year-old. and lee kaplan claims the girls were gifted to him in exchange for his financial help. the girls were found living in kaplan's home in feasterville last summer, opening statements will happen tomorrow. the judge in the david creato murder trial has sent the jury home but ordered them to return tomorrow that after the jury informed him they had

trouble reaching a verdict. creato stands accused of murdering his 3-year-old son. john rawlins is live outside of the camden county courthouse. what are the deal tails? >> reporter: the news came at 4:00, the judge pointed out that jurors in this case took a significant amount of their time not deliberating but rather in open court replaying evidence, given that he is hoping they will come back tomorrow and engage in trying to find consensus. >> it's your juries to consult with one another to reach an agreement. can you do so without violence and individual judgment. each of you must decide the case tore yourself. >> following that formal charge, the judge said. >> i contact that you return tomorrow to make an effort to reach a verdict if you can. >> they began deliberating the case a week ago but due to a

scheduling issue and memorial day they deliberated a little over three days. it's not clear what is dividing the jury. they asked three times in the last three days to replay this video of the video of the defendant creato reacts to being told that his 3-year-old son brendon was found dead in cooper park. >> he answers questions in an hour and once they leave the room they record the defendant sobbing and it's ruled a homicide and not clear what caused it. there is no evidence tying the father to the death and the prosecution says creato killed the boy to maintain a relationship with a then girlfriend who the prosecution said didn't like children. >> the jury is expected to be back here 9:00 at the courthouse. and their admission is to see if they can consider the evidence and come to a verdict. live in camden county, john

rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. pennsylvania's three mile island the site of the worst nuclear power accident in u.s. history may shut down. exlon with a site near harrisburg says it will close in 2019. without a financial rescue from the state. the plant has suffered five years of losses amid a natural gas boom. tmi employees 670 workers and contractors with another 500 local union employees. one the plant's nuclear reactors had a melt down in 1979. police in delaware county are trying to track down a battery thief. we are not talking about double a's he is taking batteries from big trucks and local businesses are suffering the consequences. live at eddie stone police headquarters vernon odom. >> reporter: they are much bigger than double a's and 9

volt batteries. he is moving slowly as he carries the batteries to his get away vehicle. it's thefts of large batteries in the city of chester and surrounding townships in delaware county. the 291 corridor. police here in chester estimate he may have stolen at least $10,000 worth of batteries in recent weeks. the profit margin for each battery is not that high when taken no junk yards so he has to do a lot of stealing to make it worth it. >> $4 or $5, so he has to steal a lot of. >> why so little. a small dollar amount but he has stolen so many that the dollar amount is high for him. making it worth it for him to steal so many batteries. >> in the last week police say

it was the same suspect that stole 20 batteries in eddie stone. causing down time for drivers as they wait for replacements. police say it was the biggest hit so far. we have surveillance video of at tom corbe actor. mid-90s to early 2000s and hitted 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. in the morning. >> reporter: jim, one contractor hit has posted a 900 reward for the arrest and conviction of this thief. new jersey state police showed off how they process guns involved in crimes. it used to take nine months to

process a gun and now it takes just 48 hours. one they collect the forensic evidence they fire the weapon it is then cataloged. if there is a match investigators are notified immediately. former vice president, joe biden changed his plans to attend a ceremony in his home state. veterans and family and the public gathered at the delaware memorial plaza. biden and others honored those that lost their lives in service and thanked those who continue to put their lives on the line today. and biden mentioned he was suppose to be in new york but felt compelled to be in newcastle to honor his son beau who served in the army national guard. >> beau was the attorney general and proud of many things but he is was more proud of putting on the uniform than anything he did in his life. and i'm proud of him and all of

you. and i'm proud to have had the honor of representing you here in the state of delaware for so many years. thanks for letting me come back. today marks two years since beau biden died of brain cancer. coming up fletcher cox gets back on the field and explains why he missed last year's vol teartory workouts. and governor christie announces plans to knock down abandoned houses and better sayty in trenton. and sky 6 hd showing a socked in platt bridge and cool and damp and cloudy and warm sunshine makes a rebound at least briefly. i'll let you know when in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. that and much more when "action news" continues tonight.

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new jersey governor chris christie announce aid series of measures designed to make the city of trenton a better place to live and work and nora muchanic was there for at announcement and has the full story. >> governor christie says that the state will spend $11.5 million on an urban blight program to tear down 500 vacant or abandoned building. >> people will see buildings like the oned around us taken down and clear the way for new development to occur in the city. >> instead of one house here and one house there we can focus on whole blocks at this point. >> and they will provide safety and technical seventiance to provide cameras around the city. >> it's the eye in the sky and

unfortunately that is what we need when you lack witnesses. >> and the board of utilities will evaluate and approve the city's streetlights and expand their patrolled an the transit center and the attorney general's office shooting response team will be activated to handle investigation. >> what we offer it to provide assistance for unsolved murders and shootings. neighbors are optimistic about the plan and they knock them down and bring more houses and make the city better, we are not sure if it will happen. we have heard things like this before and nothing has been done. governor christie says that anyone that doubts this should look at camden once the murder capital of america and crime is down there and has billions of thrasher of investment coming to the city. nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." and burlington county is launching a new tactic to combat violent crime. they announced the enough is enough initiative this

afternoon. he has set aside $50,000 to provide local police departments with additional resources for anti-crime operations. they will be able to borrow officers from other departments for special investigations. >> the assisting departments will be reimbursed for the cost of their officers participating in an operation in another town by our office. >> this money will be available through 2018 unless it runs out sooner. >> philadelphia mayor, jim kenney helped to celebrate a ground breaking program in the city. "action news" was at the win star institute in university city. mayor kenney joined officials from the pennsylvania department of labor to learn about the intoot's entrepreneurship program. the first registered none registered entrepreneurship program of bio research in the country. the famed rocky statue is temporarily off limits to the public.

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eagles back to work today an an important eagle joined them. flexor cox is in the fold. >> let call it what it is. the an involuntarily voluntary workout. they cannot force them to attend but stronger encourage it. darren sproles and marcus smith are missing but look who is here. flexor cox. the tackle took a lot of heat from missing last week's section, the coach was disappointed but now he is happy that the stud run stopper is whack in the fold. he explained he was spending time with his family. >> no, no. it was not an issue a time where my family, my whole family could take off work and it's the time

i get to spend with them. and back again, that is what is important football and my family is important to me and means a lot. >> anything that a coach says whether it's praising a guy for being here or critical for not being here or even sort of excusing a guy that is not here it takes away from the voluntary nature of it. we worked through things like that before. >> first round draft pick darren barnett. they call him as tough as can be he is humble and hungry and ready to work. >> this is the nfl and i have to improve every day. >> are you? >> i'm learning every day yes. and watching film and the next day i correct it. >> tiger woods put out a statement yesterday apologizing for his arrest for driving under the influence and adamant that

alcohol was not involved and the report from the jupiter police department corroborates the assertion. he was found asleep at the wheel and according to police he took two breathalyzer tests and scores 000 both times and had a reaction to prescription medication according to woods. and the phillies lost 23 of their last 29 games and they try it again with the marlins in miami and the lack of offense that did them in. 10 strikeouts and not just him the entire team is struggling at the plate. they managed just four hits in the 4-1 loss. and waiting for word on suspense from this brawl between the giants and nationals. hunter strickland twoing too inside on bryce harper, strickland says he was trying to pitch him tight and they were not buying that assertion and both players were ejected.

>> finally there are home running and home runs, the greens borrow grass hoppers, alex jones drives one to left sender and off the glove of one outfielder and off the chest of another before going over the wall. if we had the benny hill video that would be a home run. rich shay. >> the weather is dreary but that is not stopping a group from hitting the links, horizon house has their outing at the huntington club. all day long groups are golfing and tonight a silence auction. they help disadvantaged adults with adults that are experiencing homelessness. ♪

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do you feel guilty about the weather you gave us for the last three days. >> picks you tired and want to nap doesn't it. >> do you feel guilty? >> i don't make the weather i just forecast it. but there is sun on the way. we really do need it. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have showers around and most of them right now right along the shore. mays landing dorothy, tuckahoe, dealing with showers and the steadiest now is right over atlantic city. you see it's pushing generally to the east-northeast. and ventnor city you have the heavier downpour directly over atlantic avenue and this continues to push up to the northeast and we are grat you'lly drying out somewhat for the middle of the week and we'll all really appreciate it.

we are stuck in the may gloom. seven of the past ten days we are shrouded in clouds and five of the past ten days afternoon highs are only in the 60s. normal high for this time of year is 78 degrees, the past ten days we have more than 3 inches of rain and normal rainfall is 3.7 inches and a wet month. atlantic city 7.5 inches of rain that is the second wettest may in history. and philadelphia ranking the 11th wettest 6.33 and last may was even wetter than this may. wilmington close to 6 inches of rain this month. and trenton more than 5 inches and allentown 4 inches of rain. we need drying out and right now it's damp. the easterly flow off the ocean. ocean temperature is 60. and philadelphia 62 and allentown reading 61 and wilmington and millville 62 and cape may 61.

also, we do have areas of some fog philadelphia the visinterest down to 3 miles we'll see patchy fog in the overnight hours. drizzle and tomorrow some sunshine finally. satellite and radar showing the good thing about this easterly wind it's keeping temperatures cool and any severe weather that is trying to move in from central pennsylvania is just really dying out. it's like kryptonite. future tracker 6 showing by 9:30 tonight, nothing more than a few sprinkles generally to the west and overnight we have a lot of clouds and you wake up tomorrow morning 8:00 still gray and damp, however by the afternoon we get rid of this low level moisture and wind shifts from the west and drys out the atmosphere and we see sunshine by 4:00 but a front approaching from the west brings us a few pop-up showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. you see they are widely scattered and not everyone will get them and there say

possibility that a few could be on the severe side and that puts philadelphia and areas to the west under the threat of isolated severe storms and what this means any storm could contain damaging winds and hail. what this front will do on thursday, is open the door for high pressure to built in. that means the nicest day of the week as we welcome in june. we see a good amount of sunshine and a few fair weather clouds and it's seasonable, 78 degrees finally a dry day, and unfortunately the dry weather does not stick around long and we are back into an upsetled weather pattern into the weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast cloudy in the morning, sunny by the afternoon warmer with a high of 80 and thursday we dry out 78 degrees. ain beautiful day on friday ahead of the next cold front, 83 degrees and the front brings us evening thunderstorms and on saturday, as long as that front will push to the south, we

should dry out. with a mixture of clouds and sunshine 81 degrees, unfortunately a wave of low pressure develops along the front pulling in showers and thunderstorms on sunday and 71. monday and tuesday we stay unsettled with clouds and limited sunshine and a chance of showers with a high of 74. thursday 78 and mostly sunny and we have one really nice day this week. one. >> just the loneliest number. world news tonight with david muir is them on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and ducis rogers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for "action news" i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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tonight, breaking news -- abc news has learned that president trump's personal lawyer is now a focus of the russia investigation. tonight, he's refusing requests from congress to answer and the president's son-in-law jared kushner and reports he wanted to set up with a backchannel with the russians. tonight, did the president know and did he approve. also breaking tonight, for the first time the military intercepts a mock intercontinental missile. tiger woods' dui arrest. police finding him passed out behind the wheel. tonight, his explanation and authorities now say there's dashcam video the outburst late in court. the suspect accused of killing two men on a