intensifies. as police say this is the man they are looking for in connection to a killing in delaware county and a shooting in philadelphia. investigators stress he is armed and dangerous. >> it is tuesday afternoon, i'm sharrie williams. >> and i'm rick williams, in for brian taff. the big story on "action news" is the rapidly evolving search for derek rollins wanted for saturday's violence. sara bloomquist is live at southeast detectives with the breaking developments. >> that is right, police, u.s. marshals and the fbi now using every available resource to track down darren rollins, they believe he is here in the city but has can'ts elsewhere in the state and given what he is accused he is likely armed and extremely dangerous. this is darrenral ins. he is believed to be the suspect

captured in this photo. in the murder of john lee in haverford township. >> this guy is a dangerous individual and we are not sure what he is capable. we need him off the street. >> police say that he fired multiple shots at neighbors that followed him to 73rd and sherwood after spotting him peeking into a window. when they asked rollins what he was up to he pulled a guchb. >> he fired shots into the passenger door. rollins driving his gray volvo followed the victim into haverford. and then he showed up at a pizza shop and john lee was shot at a nearby apartment complex. police believe that the deadly shooting was random possibly a robbery attempt gone wrong and a tip call led police to rollin's volvo in the 5100 block of

locust. >> we will not stop until we have this individual. we have law enforcement looking for him and we think he is a danger, we don't know what he will do. >> as well as the 40 hundred block of north a street. the s.w.a.t. team did go into an address on locust and he was not there. ballistic testing show that the bullets were the same guns used in haverford township. police believe that rollins still armed with that weapon. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> sara, thank you. the former mayor of reading appeared before a federal judge this afternoon to face corruption charges. vaughn spencer pleaded not guilty to allegations he sold the power of his office in exchange for campaign contributions, his lawyer says they are ready to fight the

charges and spencer remains free until his charges. the mayor of allentown pled not guilty to similar charges last week. and the owner of a day care admitted her role in a baby's death. sharon ballic plead guilty. makayla died at her first day of the day care. and her business violated regulations by placing her facedown at her nap time. she was left unsupervised and was found unresponsive. the state shut down the day care and shut down the license. and developments in a jersey shore town. the army corps brought in pumps to start drainage but homeowners cannot access their beaches. it's dubbed lake margate.

john rawlins live with the latest. >> reporter: a number of moving parts. the pumping situation hit a snag and at this point they will work into the night to try to get the water out of these basins, and there is a question the mayor here in nature gait. he is questioning about the quality of the water pumped out of these basins and into the ocean, he has preliminary notices there is contamination, and we are waiting for final results on the water quality reports but it looks like at one point that water will end up in the atlanticic ocean. >> it was not suppose to look like this. they were suppose to work as short time buffers and rain runoff was to drain away in 24 to 36 hours into the sand but days after the storms stagnant ponds persist and frustrated long-term residents know dig deep enough at the beach you hit

water. >> any elementary school kid would have known that the area was saturated sand it could not absorb anymore. it was impossible. >> as a remedial fix pumps were brought in to move the water to newly constructed dunes but plan b is to pump the basin water directly into the ocean. some beach walkways were closed people made it to margate shore but only a fraction of a normal summer crowd. >> ten times more. a lot of people. >> the beach dune project is controversial. it has angered residents and now talk of going to court to stop the current work. says the mayor. >> we are having a special meeting tomorrow at that point whether to hire an attorney to apply for a temporary restraining order. >> at this point, i am positive that will pass. >> reporter: margate and its residents have twice before tried to stop this overall dune

replenishment project before it began and now they are looking to stop it mid stream. live in margate, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. for your tuesday afternoon. >> let take a look outside where meteorologist, adam joseph, is with the forecast for us. >> it's hot and humid, more than yesterday. you can feel the difference outside and the numbers hit 90 in a couple of locations. in philadelphia so far 90 for a high. it's 89 in reading and 89 in allentown and trenton 89 and cape may hit 90 within the last hour. and now a sea breeze trying to kick in back to 85 degrees and if you are down at the beach the sunshine and warm temperature in the water of 79 degrees. warm here and cumulous clouds and downpours popping in the mountainous range, that was

expected to be confined to the poconos and parts of the lehigh valley getting hit by a shower or two. mot inch lightning but heavy downpours in carbon and monroe counties. it stays dry, 85 at 7:00. and 83 at 8:00 and finally dropping into the upper 70s by 10:00 and 11:00. and stays warm and 73 and on the humid side we'll talk about heat wave number six and the changes coming in for the weekend. coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> we are hoping for good. see you adam in a bit. protecting the air we breathe is a new lawsuit by pennsylvania, delaware and 13 other states. josh shapiro and governor tom wolf stood along the schuylkill river to announce the details, suing the epa because they delayed the tougher air quality

standards. they say they should reduce the levels because of harmful smog. 7800 pennsylvanians suffer an early death because of high levels of smog. that is the second highest number in the entire country after only the state of california. >> the epa has no response to the lawsuit. it's called philadelphia's most notorious stretch of squalor and finally being cleaned up. work got underway to clean up a drug den in kensington. it's frequented drug addicts that left behind trash and close to a half million used syringes. conrail and the city teamed up to move the debris and fences will be installed to keep the intruders from returning. time now for the "action

news" traffic report. matt pellman has the the low down on the slow down. >> on the westbound lanes rick, first afternoon commute of august and tonight is national night out and you'll see that in many communities that could lead to street closures, at this point nothing closed or blocked along 76 just a lot of westbound traffic coming out of town past montgomery drive from this point past the boulevard and gladwyne. it doesn't help us out they are doing the milling work from city avenue no belmont. it's a bumpy ride. slowing us down. and 95 delays are cropping up and walt whitman bridge is slowing into new jersey and a crash on 42 by 676 where that comes in and that is now cleared out of the way. we are watching emergency road work in the pottstown area, 422 westbound near 724, single digit

speeds there just 5 miles per hour. and you may want to use 724, stay local through pottstown and high street. over in hammonton we have a downed tree blocking northbound 54, 12th street by first road and if you keep going on the a.c. expressway up to 42 it's nice and clear this afternoon unlike this morning. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. if you are headed to the king of prussia mall reports of a major crash along north golf road. we'll check it again in the next half hour. still ahead on "action news" at 4:00, amazon is ready to hire 50,000 new employees and hundreds of those jobs are offered tomorrow right here in our area. we have the details coming up. >> jeff skversky is live in south philadelphia as the eagles wrap up full contact practice. >> hey guys the eagles tackling

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can you believe preseason around the corner. time to check in on the eagles for training camp, today's practice is the first that allows contact drills, and that real game type feeling. jeff skversky is live at the nova care facility down in south philadelphia. jeff, how did the birds look today? >> reporter: they looked good sharrie, they were getting physical live tackling for the grown the first time. the eagles were without some of their biggest stars on offense, both severs, alshon jeffrey and

smith out with injuries. and here is the eagles today some live tackling to the ground for the first time doing a few drills they didn't go that hard but brandon graham says it's good to do this. it feels like football again. and coach doug peterson says camps will help prepare this team for the coming season. >> i think it's great it fuels some emotion. you know, positively. it fuelled the competition and good to see. >> guys are struggling to make the team or trying to get evaluated, tackling is a huge part of our game and the only way to get those opportunities is in periods like this. >> you want to compete and push the guys and show the coaches with pads on or live or whatever if might be i'm ready for it. >> peterson just reminded the players though before practice be careful. hit the guys high do not hit

them low, we want to make sure nobody gets hurt. >> coming up we'll introduce you to a long shot trying to catch a roster spot on the team. we'll hear from a guy undrafted trying to get a shot to make the 53 man roster. jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." all right busy day down there thank you. to a bit of basketball news, we got a first look at the 76ers new uniforms the picture of the home and away jerseys. philadelphia is on the front and back and marketultz putting on his jersey. and stubhub the sponsor. >> and brotherly love near the

bottom. >> we'll play as hard as we can and the potential is high. >> that is markelle fultz and his thoughts of getting brotherly love on the jersey. they are made by nike and be worn at the start of the season. news out of washington this afternoon. mitch mcconnell is responding to president trump's calls for a change in senate rules. mcconnell says the reason that it chances was not because of democrats, he went on to say they didn't have 50 republicans on board. the president has said the republicans should change the rules to change the 50 vote threshold to change the votes needed. >> and mike pence made the comments in a trip in the country of georgia. he confirms that the president will sign the sanctions into law soon adding that the united states condemns the occupation as part of russia.

>> the president and our congress are unified in our message to russia. a better relationship the lifting of sanctions will require russia to reverse the actions that caused the sanctions to be imposed in the first place. >> congress overwhelmingly approved the legislation last week while in georgia pence took time out to meet with u.s. troops stationed there. >> if you are looking for a job. here is a heads up. amazon is getting ready for a major hiring event tomorrow. looking to fill 50,000 positions. the jobs are at 10 fulfillment centers including the one in robbinsville. and it goes from 8:00 in the morning until noon and they are ready to hire hundreds of candidates on the spot and many are full-time offering health insurance and retirement and savings plans and other benefits. if you are interested and want

more information go to our website at 6abc.com. lisa blunt rochester was in wilmington to celebrate small businesses she stopped by next fab, ideas to launch entrepreneurs. and tools and 3-d printers. and today ez visit is to generate support for startup communes across the country. >> adam is here with more on the forecast. i'm looking at the temperature we are sitting at 90 i see already. >> back to the 90 degree threshold and expect that the rest of the week and the changes come in for the weekend. if you like the heat and humidity you like this picture, spring mountain live on sky 6 hd. and typically we show this picture and the slopes are snow covers and today a glorious day there and you can go there and still hit their zip line canopy tours and it's a lot of fun and

place to check out in the winter season. in philadelphia on the brink of that for reading and allentown and trenton, 88 in wilmington and cooler but still very nice at the shore today. temperatures there in the low to mid-80s with the ocean temperature nearing 80 degrees. as we look at the next eight hours as we go through this evening, upper 80s through 6:00 and then it slides a bit and we don't get into the upper 70s through 8:00 tonight through the midnight hour and temperatures slowly drop into the mid to low 70s for the rest of the overnight. dew points that measure how it feels outside. 60 degrees is technically not all that humid in philadelphia and slightly humid for trenton and allentown and 67 for lancaster and dover and close to that in wilmington and more humid in delaware and southwest of the city in philadelphia. satellite and radar a few thunderstorms popping up in the poconos and downpours but the biggest concentration continues

to be along the appalachians in west virginia and into kentucky. it's a good thing because we need a break from some of that rain coming off the month of july. and the first day of august we look back at last month, atlantic city came in with 10 inks of rain in july alone. 8.5 inches for reading and 8 inches for allentown and philadelphia over 5 inches of rain during the month of july. quiet here for tonight. warm and muggy. and 68 in the lehigh valley. and 74 philadelphia and 70 degrees for cape may. tomorrow it's pretty easy. more of the same the hazy sunshine a tad bit humid and temperatures climbing into the 80s as we get into the late morning hours and touching 90 degrees by the middle part of the afternoon and like today a pop-up up toward the poconos and the lehigh valley. i want to show you tropical depression emily not getting its act together. the national weather center expected this to turn back into a tropical storm but that

doesn't look the case and heading out to sea and may not even bring the rip current threats to the shores. that is good news there. forecast wednesday, thursday and friday, hot and humid and more pop-ups coming into thursday and friday especially and now saturday not looking bad and sunshine returning and temperatures dropping down to 84 degrees. the rest of the seven day in the next half hour. well, flying can be stressful but one little boy is showing sometimes it's the little things that could puts a smile on your face. that is what the toddler did on a recent flight as he boarded the plane he fist bumped anyone and everyone willing to do t it continued aisle to aisle and spreading joy along the way.

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. it's 4:30 and brian is off and rick williams joins us and "action news" continues with the reason that the nfl may start allowing some of its players to use drugs. >> and a north carolina woman says that this powder is part of a fake can she used to conceal valuables while traveling but officials in honduras says it's cocaine. that means she has to stay locked up until someone figures out what it is. and a couple says they took away their two sons because they

were not intelligent enough to take care of them coming up in big talkers. but first -- >> on top of the clock tower at city hall in philadelphia. >> and that according to police was the problem. an urban explorer scaled 550 feet without safety equipment and without fear and most importantly without permission. >> the photographer made his way up one of the most famous landmarks by stair and by scaffolding without a singing person stopping him. with more on how the daredevil performed this stunt. we turn to vernon odom outside of police headquarters. >> reporter: good afternoon sharrie. police are looking for him. this is a serious situation in their opinion. they said what he did is dangerous and illegal. and maybe not a criminal matter meaning jail time, but they want to encourage him not to do it

here again. this is video taken by the mysterious rooftop climber as he goes up a ladder to eventually make his way atop the clock tower. sometime before june 21st while scaffolding was around the statue of william pen. >> he shows his feet dangling 500 feet aboveground because it gave him a sense of freedom he said. reaction to the video from a lifelong philadelphia in dillworth park today. >> it's a crazy thing to do. you are risking your life doing something like that. he says his name is carson kin and lives in washington, d.c. in the seven minute video he goes up the stairway and enters the door and goes to the stairway to the observation deck. and climbs out on to the scaffolding surrounding the bronze statue of william penn.

he says he passed no, no, no trespassing signs. >> it's very, very dangerous. i can't stress that enough. and also possibly illegal. we are looking at it from a trespassing standpoint. >> but some find it amusing. >> i wouldn't do it myself but makes for a hell of a video i would say. >> you give him props? >> i definitely would. hopefully the police don't find him. >> rick, police say the city hall scaffolding was taken down on june 21st. he would have had to do this before then. perhaps a weekend when city hall is closed. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon, thank you. we are following new developments into a murder investigation into swedesboro, gloucester county. investigators are back on forest

court this afternoon but did not say why. sean dalton told "action news" he would release new details about the case tomorrow morning. 47-year-old michelle long was founded in her pool on june 17th and an autopsy revealed she died of blunt force trauma. a case of animal cruelty is under investigation after someone shared video of the incident on snap chat. showing young men forcing a baby alligator to drink alcohol and then putting a cigarette in its mouth. they are trying to find out who they are and where at abuse took place. >> those things done would be considered violations under pennsylvania law. people think they are bullet proof and don't go to the eventual end results and we get a lot of cases on social media of people doing heinous things, whether it be to an animal or

person. and the shock value is going down and down. >> once authorities locate the alligator, the spca may seize it from its owner. one of the main routes into the city of wilmington was blocked after a bridge got stuck if the up position. "action news" was on the scene as officials kept drivers from passing over the south walnut treat draw bridge at noon time. the main corridor using route 13 north. it took del/dot officials roughly an hour to get it to lower. and runners and walkers and cyclists have to find a new way to access the schuylkill river trail. they closed the crosses gates this morning. and csx is replacing rail ties in the area and the overhead bridge near the crossing is still open for people to access the trail. another hot day if you spend time outside find a cool spot

and drink water. meteorologist, adam joseph, is here now with more on what is a very humid day compared to yesterday. >> coming up a bit. temperatures of 90 this afternoon and more of it to come the rest of the week. if you like august it's here on the calendar and here when you step out. right now we look at the temperatures, 90 degrees still at 5:00, by 6:00, 88 degrees and finally to 80 degrees but takes until 10:00 tonight to lower the temperatures just a little bit. as we take a live look now at sky 6 hd from the temple university camera, haze in the atmosphere and lots of sunshine and just a few high clouds at times as well as a cumulous cloud here or there. and overall a clean picture. temperature in philadelphia 90 degrees and summer like across the eastern half of the country and nothing too up bearable we don't have a core of heat and dallas matching the temperature for new orleans.

now that it is august, it's 35 days away from labor day. 53 days away from the first day of fall and 62 days for the last pitch of the phillies here at home. when i come back we'll look at the seven-day forecast and we are going to cool things off in the seven day in time for the weekend i'll have the details in just a little bit. >> thank you. dozens of millennials were under one roof in delawares, the young professionals heard from a panel of politicians be business leaders in the chase center. the first annual summit was a chance to network with their peers and grow outside of work. all right, well you probably noticed spending time outdoors can leave you with mosquito bites and raising concern about the spread of west nile virus. monica malpass is live with more on that. >> that is right. mosquitos in our area were tested and dozens of them turned

out positive for west nile virus and the good news about this right now no humans reported cases and coming up tonight at 5:00, health reporter and registered nurse tell us which type of mosquito is the culprit and what to do to keep yourself from being bitten and the faulty takata airbags and now the federal government may not get them replaced by their own deadline. we'll have details on that coming up tonight at 5:00. that and more in a little bit. we'll see you then rick. >> thank you monica. a happy homecoming today for sheldon the tortoise in claymont delaware, she was missing for more than a month and the family that owns her launched a viral search and sheldon slowly wandered away and ended up at a reptile sanctuary. and thanks to a social media push she was returned to her

family today and was given a nice treat. no reason why she wondered off in the first place. maybe just for the shell of it. sorry. a birthday cake in south jersey. look at that, milly wore a sparkley tiara as she blew out her birthday candles. the senior living facility brought in live music for the special occasion. a big happy birthday tilly from all of us at "action news." more ahead on "action news" at 4:30, including a break down of retailers offering the best back to school sales already. and controversy, an oregon couple says it was not abuse but their low iq that lost a couple

their children. and meteorologist, adam joseph, will be back with the full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues next.

a man hiding in a closet was taken down by police in arkansas accused of breaking in while two teenagers were home alone. >> he was in my house. i just walked in the bedroom. >> is your sister home? >> yes but she is autistic. i don't think she knows what is happening. >> that is the voice of a 14-year-old boy worried about his safety and the safety of his 17-year-old sister who is diagnosed with auto tim. police arrive and this video is captured by their body cameras with guns drawn while they look for the home intruder -- >> 22-year-old quenton barlow

was arrested and deputies say he had stolen prescription drugs from the home, and the teens who were home alone were not hurt. travellers are getting a friendly reminder before heading out the door for summer vacation. they are warning people traveling by train to watch for heavy luggage showing people falling down and hurting themselves, with large luggage at an escalator. they are asking them to bring the baggage on the elevator instead. nobody was seriously hurt in the travel tumbles. the nfl is apparently reversing field on a major medical issue using marijuana for pain management. they offered to work with the player as association to study medical marijuana for acute and chronic conditions. right now all marijuana use is banned by the league and in

april commissioner roger goodell says that he sees no medical benefits in its use. over at the big board, with the big talkers beginning with the controversial custody decision, an oregon couple says this their two young sons were taken away because they scored too low on an iq test. they lost custody of their first child four years ago after he was born. this after a friend contacted child services about concerns about neglect and their second son also taken into state custody as a newborn never even making it out of the hospital. according to court documents officials fear that the couple cannot create a safe environment because they have iqs of near 70. >> we don't think that iqs

should have anything to do with it. as long as you the qualities to support your child and care for your child. >> the couple says they fulfilled the state's request to take parenting, cpr and nutrition classes but are not reunited with their boys yet and the agency overseeing their case say they cannot comment on the case. but intelligence is not the only factor for removing a child from a home. a woman says that the powder of this can safe here, a device used to conceal valuables is just a plastic lining, but authorities in honduras say it's cocaine. >> she was looking to buy a rental property and used the can safe that looks and feels like a can of iced tea to store her jewelry away from her hotel

room, but when she tried to go back to the united states a drug dog started to sniff near her bag and they went through her luggage and found the can when they cut it open white particles poured out and authorities assumed the powered was cocaine and arrested his wife charging her are drug trafficking. >> they are holding me in an 8 by 12 pen. unair conditioning no bed or mattresses and no ventilation, just one window with bars and the door. >> authorities in honduras at the airport there don't have field testing kits for cocaine and say it could be up to 10 days before lab results are finalized in the meantime lawmakers in north carolina have reached out to the u.s. embassy trying to offer up some help. we are waiting to hear if she will be released before the lab

tests come back. she is stuck down there for now. >> quite a story. lets get a check of of the highways, matt pellman is back in the traffic center with the latest. >> a lot of people stuck in traffic here. nonetheless not too pleasant in center city. the good news is all the lanes are open but there is a lot of tuesday afternoon volume especially on the eastbound side as you come away from the schuylkill out to 95. where you join up with the normal 95 delay heading down to girard avenue. speaking of work zones there is one here tonight and the vine closes in both directions at 5:00. and the one in queensville able continues, down to 1 lane by scene street. and the emergency work on the sinkhole continues at crumbous boulevard. and this wrapped up in upper

more land-they opened the bridge over pennypack creek and now the 16,000 of you that used to use it can go back to using it again. and pottstown it cleared and picking up the pace. and upper chichester a bad crash at beth eland mill and a jove turned vehicle at 206. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. >> busy afternoon thank you. meteorologist, adam joseph, is back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

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first day of august. adam joseph is here. i can't believe the first day of august. first day of a heat wave and we

should 90 degrees for the the next three days. hot and humid typical for the first week of august. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are dealing with some downpours and thunderstorms popping up closer towards the poconos and a few now starting to drag themselves down into the northwestern part of the lehigh valley and north and west of allentown and on the corner of northern berks county and they flair up and rain themselves out and don't last that long and slowly drifting and staying in the region. overnight tonight, for most of us warm and humid and partly cloudy and 74 degrees. 68 in allentown 71 in wilmington and 66 in northern parts of ocean county. more of the same today. hazy sunshine and a tad humid, there could be an isolated downpour north and west in the afternoon. and most areas look to stay dry and the temperatures running at 90 degree orz or so.

current temperatures 90 in philadelphia and close to it for many other cities, lehigh valley and trenton and not far from that in wilmington 88 degrees and the boardwalk toward long beach island the place to beat the heat at 82 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar we see again the mountain downpours and thunderstorms firing up. as we head to the south what was tropical storm emily as it made landfall just in yesterday morning south of tampa slowly drifting into the southern parts of south carolina off that coast in north carolina. it's a tropical depression now not expected to strengthen again as it moves out to sea. future tracker 6 for tomorrow afternoon. we could see again some flair-ups north and west of philadelphia. not everyone is hit by a downpour, a few that develop but a few of us feel the heat and

humidity and cold front to the north and west and a new low develops over the great lakes and keeping the haze and humidity and an isolated storm north and west on thursday a high of 91. light southerly wind tomorrow and temperatures there in the low 80s, low risk for rip currents, ocean is warm. cape may 82. and nice in the beaches in delaware tomorrow too. a similar story wednesday, thursday and friday hot and humid right around 90 degrees and peeks at the end of the week. and stopups around thursday and friday. and early on saturday, could be a quick shower and clouds but now everything wants to whisk its way out of here and dropping humidity and temperatures and sunday breathtaking at 82 glorious degrees and monday and tuesday next week not too bad

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like paper, notebooks and pens and pencils, wal-mart a close second and amazon will not have the best prices unless are you buying in bulk, not a bad idea unless you have a big family or buying with other families. and shop for the best price online. wicky buy is a price comparison line. could have saved $50 on average by buying for other retailers, wicky buy says that if everything fifth grader buys their backpack they overpay $19 million this year alone and early bird shoppers pay the most on amazon and the price for items were highest in the morning. amazon tells us that their research is flaw and misleading

and our customers expect to come to amazon to find the lowest prices and we try to meet them. we put the full statement and response on 6abc.com. i'm nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. for rick williams and brian taff, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph, i'm sharrie williams. join me along with brian and adam tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. "action news" at 5:00 is next.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. breaking news out of of montgomery county, where a woman was sexually assaulted at gun point while running at a park. and a suspect remains on the loose tonight. the big store on "action news" is the attack at forest town park. officials say she is still in the hospital and christie aleto is live at the park on upper farm road. >> reporter: that is right, for the last several hours authorities are trying to piece together what happened and side of this park.

it's normally open from sunrise to sunset is indefinitely closed to the public. >> the calls for help came before 11:00 this morning. >> the black male subject with a hood over his face and the female in the park with a gun. >> that female was a 19-year-old jogger, she dialed 911 after she was allegedly sexually assaulted at gun point inside of the norristown farm park. cop cars and flashing lights flooded the area and the victim was taken to einstein hospital and the incident left that use the parka larged. >> nervous to go back out there. i'll share it and hopefully we'll buddy up and not walk alone. >> we are here all the time. it's just, it's a nice neighborhood and everything like that. i never saw anything to worry about here. >> again,