deputy. one of the suspects died. i'm rick williams in for brian taff and the big story is the ongoing investigation surrounding the deadly crash. trish hartman is live at the intersection of main and hamilton streets right now with the details. >> reporter: rick, the district attorney's office is investigating this deadly crash, authorities say that one person is dead and several others were hospitalized after one of the vehicles involved fled from police. traffic is moving once again behind me as you can see and this intersection was closed for most of date while detectives worked to see what happens. >> tracy angelo was working at fredo's pizza. and saw the crash. >> i saw the suv and car hint lock and hit and spin out of control.

>> police were called for the report of suspicious activity. when the light colored sedan sped away and ran a red light at hamilton street. both ended up on the lawn of charles moles. and ran up to the black suburban. >> i got to them and saw the bulletproof vest. >> and i said are you a cop? >> and he said a sheriff. >> he was on his way to work in his personal vehicle. surveillance video shows debris flies on to the lawn. and one person being taken by police and later a person taken away on a stretcher. and four people in the sedan were taken to the hospital. and a gray safe was removed from the car and wrapped up to be taken into evidence. >> people watched while the

police worked. >> seeing the reconstruction and the glass and hood across the lawn it's really sad. >> now, authorities have not yet released the victim's name and the sheriff's deputy was treated and released from the hospital. it's too early in the investigation to determine if charges will be filed and police were not chasing the sedan at the time of the crash. channel 6 "action news." we are following breaking news from massachusetts where a 20-year-old woman was sentenced in the last hour for encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide. michelle carter was convicted in june of involuntarily manslaughter. her boyfriend, conrad roy died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 2014 and found dead in his truck. it was later reveal that carter sent him a string of text messages to do and including one to get back into the truck. the judge gave carter a two and

a half year sentence and may only have to serve 15 months however. we'll have more on the story coming up in the next half hour. the philadelphia day care owner accused of sexually assaulting two children at his business is out on bail. duncan round was arrested a week after the allegations were reported. and he owns sprouts day care on 9th street in south philadelphia. the victims are a boy and girl both age 5. round is a british citizen and has an address in medford, new jersey. a former police officer accused of killing his friend get a new trial. that james stewart is entitled to a new trial because there were errors during jury instruction. for the death of david compton. he said he didn't know the gun was loaded and never would have hurt his friend. now the court says that the

panel should have been told not to consider the charges together. he was already sentenced to 30 years in prison without patrol. philadelphia mayor, jim kenney has endorsed a candidate in the city's district attorney's race. larry krasner is the democratic nominee and the mayor called him a reasonable and fair arbitrator of justice. they share the same goal of knocking down bullies. one person was injured in a house fire early this morning in philadelphia. the action cam was on the 200 block of south 60th street. as firefighter responds at 5:00 a.m. the fire marshall was called in to investigate the cause. the action cam was in wilmington after a dramatic rescue here. strong currents left a man stranded near a big rock in the brandywine river. the crew was coming back from

another call when they saw the man needed help using ropes and special rigging they reached the man and put a life jacket on him and safely brought him back to shore. we don't know how long the man was stranded or how he got there. time for a check of the accuweather forecast. we are down at the shore today. >> meteorologist, adam joseph, is for sure. he is live at island water sports in stone harbor with a nice thursday afternoon. nice way to spend thursday adam? >> reporter: not bad this is the place where you cool off a bit. this is basically a water playground for kids and some adults alike. >> some. >> and it's turning cloudy here and we have a storm over the bay coming in. lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we start north of the city near philadelphia near bensalem and bucks county and right around bayberry road and

there you can see heavy rainfall inundating the roadways as with we begin the evening rush hour. and then head over the bay here from stone harbor, cape may you see the rain on the verge here and a lot of lightning over the bay and especially into kent county along 113 in canterbury we'll watch the storm. the heat indexes we are fueling the pop-ups it feels like 90 or so along i-95 all points to the south, very humid today and if you step out this evening, 7:00, 84 degrees with scattered thunderstorms around and 8:00 p.m. 83 and dropping to the low 80s at 9:00. once the sunsets we'll lose onups like the last few nights and turns clear 10:00 and 11:00 with temperatures in the upper 70s. there you see the storm rolling in from the bay and we'll keep our eyes on it. as of right now kids are still allow in the bay here. and we'll have the full accuweather forecast. if you head down to the shore this weekend.

stay in the city or the poconos -- we'll have much more in the full accuweather forecast. in just a little bit. >> he has fans. >> all right keel see you in a bit. late this afternoon a judge ordered all work on margate's controversial dune project to stop at least for now. he sided with the town granting the request for a one week injunction, at issue is the flooding that the dunes are allegedly creating when it rains, leaving large areas of standing water that block beach access. the judge wants state officials and the town to work together to come up with drainage solutions, margate's mayor is happy with today's decision. turning now to coverage of the eagles training camp as we inch closer to the preseason games. >> today was another one with full pads and full contact.

ducis rogers is here with more. >> a bitter sweet thing, you want live tackling but you don't want anybody to get hurt. there are only four more practices before the preseason game, that is slated a week from today against the green bay packers. full pads and tackling the order of the day got busy at 8:15 this morning. alshon jeffrey missed practice because of a shoulder issue and lucky fans got to meet carson wentz and doug meter son rubbed shoulders with the fans as well. >> do you think you are going to the playoffs this year? >> do i think so? i believe it in my heart we are. we do. we have to believe it. if you believe it, i think anything is possible. >> i like that answer. >> coach then stuck around and signed an autograph for the youngster. coach will make his year if that playoff prediction comes true.

wait and see. >> i like that answer too. >> thank you. time now for the "action news" traffic report. lets go to matt pellman. you think the eagles will make the playoffs this year? >> we can certainly hope. tackling major delays this afternoon along i-95, southbound lanes here, you see the stand still. it's from approaching cotman to girard avenue, an accident in the work zone blocking two lanes for about a half hour. they got the accident towed out of the way and 55 minutes on the southbound travel time. the first number should be a 1 not 15 or 55. jammed solid southbound on 95, if you want to stay on the boulevard southbound a crash over at woodward earlier that is cleared and the boulevard or frankford avenue could be alternates. watching a crash on the blue

route 476 at broomall is off to the side and speeds in the teens there coming down from villanova. a wreck at 95, just 8 miles per hour there because the left lane is blocked. farther north in bucks county. one of two lanes closed because of construction. toward the scutter falls bridge. and a nasty accident along newtown road at the newton bypass. watching a crash along the new jersey turnpike close to exit 7. one lane out of commission there. the commuter report on this thursday almost friday afternoon a crash reported in fullerton along 22 eastbound along olympic drive. we are dealing with slowing in that area as well. we'll check it again sharrie and rick in the next half hour. >> thanks matt. >> next on "action news" at 4:00, the proposal to increase safety on the roads, why

pennsylvania drivers will soon be told to put down the phone. >> and also robbers only act like they have a gun but there is no denying this woman was really armed. her crime at a cell phone store including an assault rifle. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network.

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new at 4:00 today pennsylvania lawmakers are looking to change the rules of the road when it comes to cell phone use behind the wheel. the new bill would require hands free technology for adults and be stricter on young drivers. vernon odom is live now in havertown. how are drivers reacting to this news. >> reporter: the random reaction we gathered today is any firm

indication of the public sentiment by in large, this could build plenty of momentum by the time a full vote goes to the general assembly. in delaware county suburban adults on the cell phones as they travel the busy streets. ignoring or not bothering with hands free technology. a no no in philadelphia already even tore adults over 18 and could be gone with the wind in pennsylvania soon. good for road safety. >> people don't pay attention. at all. i see it every day. >> in addition another part of the plan is to ban drivers under the able of 18 from using the phone in the car at all. >> it's not a bad idea from banning young drivers from using their phones at all. >> the bill was introduced in the house last week with a dozen sponsors all to generate more traffic safety already

forbidding drivers from using hand held phone. including new york, new jersey, maryland and west virginia. here is the bill, no person should operate a motor vehicle on the highway using a hand held phone to engage in a call while the vehicle is in motion. >> don't drive with a cell phone. >> at all? >> at all. i pull over if i need to make a phone call. >> if you use blue tooth that is one thing but if you are holding it, it's distracting. >> and no person 18 years of able or younger can use a phone while operating a motor vehicle. >> my son just got his license yesterday and we talked to him about not using his cell phone while he is driving. >> reporter: rick, the sponsors hope that this bill will be voted on and implemented before the end of the year.

i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon thank you. here is a look at the day's closing numbers for your thursday afternoon. a mixed bag on wall street. the dow closed up above the 22,000 mark. up almost 10 points. and nasdaq down 22 and change and s&p 500 down almost 5.5. president trump announced new steps to expand health care services to american veterans by focusing on telehealth technologies, using diagnostic tools for medical exams and mobile devices to schedule, reschedule or cancel appointments with the va doctor to improve access to health care for veterans across the country including rural areas. >> these accomplishments are only the beginning we will not rest until all of america's

great veterans receive the care they so greatly deserve. >> the president will make a big announcements tonight at a rally planned in west virginia. >> well, a team of ntsb investigators are in minneapolis looking into a deadly school explosion. that is the jurisdiction over gas pipelines, a receptionist and janitor were killed and many others injured. >> they said we are smelling gas we need everyone out and seconds after that there was a big explosion. >> a huge explosion and smoke went up and knocked most of us back. >> officials are trying to figure out what caused the gas line to erupt the community is in mourning. they came together last night to remember the victims. >> police in north carolina are looking for a woman that robbed a store using an assault rifle. there is video to go with this.

surveillance pictures show the suspect in the store earlier this week clearly holding the large military style long gun. fayetteville investigators say she demanded the employee to hand over the cell phones and then the suspect took off and has not been seen since. dramatic video shows a speed boat engulfed in flames in los angeles. at first a nearby lifeguard boat was not equipped to fight the fire and when the firefighters arrived the boat was a total loss. officials say they don't believe anyone was on board when it caught fire and no one was hurt. time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. meteorologist, cecily tynan standing by. >> reporter: hi guys we have pop-up thunderstorms developing not nearly as active as this time last night. last night we had a piece of energy moving through now just basically a pop-up air mass thunderstorms. they are dropping a lot of rain. this cluster is near langhorne

moving north and east. and a little lightning. one lightning strike. and they are unleashing a lot of rain and another cell we are tracking moving out of kent and sussex county delaware. they issued a flash flood warning for kent county until after 8:00 tonight. they received close to 3 inches of rain and part of the reason why, if you look at this it's not moving much. moving northeast at 6 miles per hour. so it's just kind of sitting there. and flash flooding turn around don't drown. and we have the cell moving towards south jersey. as far as temperatures warm and humid and not a heat wave. monday 89 and tuesday 91 and yesterday 89 and normal high 87. and three days in a row to make it a heat wave. we are close but not there. philadelphia 87 and cape may 86

and wilmington 85. and we have thunderstorms developing this afternoon and they will be lasting into the evening hours. not as widespread as last night but any storm can have heavy downpours and vivid lightning and get inside when you hear the thunder. 67 in the suburbs and 71 for center city. for your friday, hey it's friday. it's going to be warm and humid and a high near 90. wilmington 87 and cape may cooler, 81 degrees and again we see pop-up thunderstorms developing late in the day. your saturday weekend kickoff. a cold front moving through. best chance will be at the shore. doesn't look to be heavy and doesn't look to be lasting too long. 83 degrees with sunshine in the afternoon. 84. and the poconos 72 degrees, nice weather, sunday looks better and i'm tracking a stormy start to next week. we'll talk about that coming up in the full accuweather

forecast. >> thank you cecily. >> "action news" at 4:00 will be right back.

an $80,000 donation will go a long way to eagle town entertainment. they help teens with disabilitied they will use it to help the greenhouse and garden program. the chef from park bistro was there to help teach kids to cook with fresh summer produce. looking good. a nice afternoon for a picnic especially one that is a tradition. state senator sponsored this get together at norris square park. plenty of treatments for young and old including rita's water ice. a great way to meet constituents and a sense of unity to the neighborho

neighborhoods. this has been held here for close to a decade now. those being honored on the philadelphia walk of fame is announced today. the class of 2017 during an event at independence mall. the honorees will be inducted in october along the avenue of the arts. jill scott, patti labelle, sara dash and nona hendrix. sister rosetta tharp and soul survivors. >> ten days of food and fun begins tomorrow in the lehigh valley. musikfest is if bethlehem and offers free live music and performances each day all day long and then the biggest names in music stake the stage. santana and toby keith will sing

on the sand steel stage. 6 abc is a proud sponsor and official sponsor of sand steel stage and you never go hungry, there is anything from lobster mac and cheese to pies in a cone and pig candy bacon also. figure out what that is. >> can you get the details at our website at 6abc.com. find out more about the performancers scheduled to appear and now you can win tickets. >> fun event. fried oreos too you ever had those? >> i like those. more ahead including the latest on a teenager september to prison for urging her boyfriend to commit suicide. i'm nydia han if you are using your same old credit cards it may be time to make a switch.

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> hello again it's 4:30 and i'm rick williams in for brian taff and "action news" continues with a story that may have you going to the store. you won't believe how often you have to replace your kitchen sponge. plus this mom to be says it's never too late to fat shame or fit shame. her message to critics that say it's unhealthy to have six-pack abs when six months pregnant.

>> and the first ever travel advisory for a u.s. state. why it's dangerous for black people to go to missouri. we begin to the end of a sad saga in massachusetts. late today a young woman was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in connection to her boyfriend's suicide. beside the fact she was more than 30 minutes away from him at the time of his death. sara bloomquist is here to explain the story. >> this is a dramatic end to a court case that drew national attention. michelle carter faced 20 years behind bar and she was sentenced to two and a half years and may spend half of that. michelle carter learned her fate for a crime no unwas convicted of before. relatives of conrad roy iii say they are haunted by the 18-year-old's suicide by carbon

monoxide poisoning in 2014. >> it's crazy to think wherever i needed him he was always here for me and crazier now wherever i need him he will not be there for me. >> i cannot begin to describe the despair of the loss of my son. imagine the worst emotional pain you ever experienced and multiply it an infin ate number of times. >> roy filled his truck cab with toxic fumes and suffered from depression and at first rule aid suicide until they found hundreds of chilling texts between the two teenagers, carter was on the phone with roy at the time he died urging him to get back in the truck. >> your honor read thousands of text messages the defendant undertook a deliberate well thought out campaign to cause the death of conrad henry roy.

>> the prosecution recommended 7 to 12 years in prison and carter's lawyer asked for probation. >> this was out of of character for michelle carter she was struggling at the time and the judge sentenced her to two and a half years. the judge made it clear that he intended to sentence carter as a juvenile as this crime was committed when she was 17. she and her family cannot profit from the story. she does remain free as the appeal makes its way through the appeals court system. >> a first of its kind type of case. world news with david muir has the the latest on the texting suicide sentence. this begins after "action news" at 6:00 here on 6 abc. back here authorities in bucks county identify aid man

accused of stealing baby formula from area targets thanks to your tips. they issued the warrant for the arrest of this man. that he stole formula from bensalem and upper township. that his crimes are to fuel a drug habit and not to feed a child. philadelphia police have released more information about the off duty officer accused of damaging several cars while allegedly drunk. authorities identified the officer as nicholas harper, they say he drove his car into several parked vehicles along the 1600 block of north sixth street early yesterday morning. when taken into custody. officer harper's blood alcohol content was .198. >> five military cargo planes

grounded at dover air base because of mechanical problems are being repaired. the air mobility plan says that the nose gear on the super galaxy air lifters with were not fully descending and the parts have been ordered and as soon as the work is cleat the planes will be back in the sky. time to get a check of the forecast. we know there are showers moving into the area. keeping our eye to the sky tonight meteorologist, cecily tynan, in with the very latest. >> it's a theme this week we get the pop-up showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon not as widespread as last night but double scan storm tracker showing we have some heavy downpours this one cell i'm tracking it's moving through the trenton area right now, yardley and not a lot of lightning with this, only one lightning strike and it's producing heavy downpours and i want to go down to the south, this slow moving cell that is moving out of kent county, delaware and actually that is not the right graphic, dover, route 1 right now moving

over kent county delaware moving into the mouth of the delaware bay and producing a lot of rain up to 3 inches of rain has fallen and we are getting the flash flooding. flash flood warning is posted until 8:15 for parts of kent county and sussex county delaware and that system continues to push toward south jersey. part of the reason why we get some much rain the dew points are high and the atmosphere is loaded with moisture. 68 degrees in philadelphia. we keep those dew points tomorrow and the humts take a break in time for the weekend. how about that is for timing dew points dropping back into the the low 50s and comfortable before they move back into the 70s on monday. we could see a few showers early on saturday. i'll talk more about that.

youngsters laced up their shoes and took the track. this is the camden district unified special olympics more than 300 students from the various programs teamed up for all sorts of track and field events and plenty of school spirit and fun to be had this is one event where everyone was a winner today. a 9-year-old boy from florida is making a difference on a six week road trip that involves the deliver riff a whole lot of donuts. tyler of bratt florida is going across the country to bring doughnuts to police officers, and today it brought him to buena vista in galloway township. they were eating a year ago in a local store and saw four police officers. >> he said mom cops favorite drink was coffee and favorite food was donuts.

>> and he asked for his allowance to buy them donuts and i said of course you can. >> why do you do this? >> they are my best friends. and they say thank you for what you do and being nice. >> tyler says he has delivered about 22,000 donuts so far and is not done yet. his travels will take him to 13 states and if you wonder what tyler's fancy cape says, it says i don't need a reason to thank a cop. also decorated with donuts. >> nice story. still to come kitchen shocker, scientists reveal how often you should toss the sponge and guarantee you are not following the recommendations. >> suppose to toss it? >> if you are like millions of american you never changed your preferred credit card and you could miss out on cold hard cash. and she may be 7 months pregnant but this model mom's

abs put many gym rats to shame. some say she is putting her baby at risk with the workout. and cecily tynan is back with the full forecast when "action news" at 4:00 continues tonight.

a man hanging upside down in the air is rescued after a fair ride malfunctioned. the man was dangling from a bungee jump ride. they had to attach themselveses to a harness and lure themselves down by rope and thankfully nobody was injured in a visit to

a massage parlor when from relaxing to tension because a little boy got his head stuck in a massage table. he was imitating his mother's massage and his heat got stuck. they tried to cut the table's fabric and then had to cut through the fabric with a saw and they were careful to protect the boy from the blade obviously. and a crowbar finally got the boy free. and the kitchen sponge is a bacteria hot spot and a new study from germany shows how hot it is. one sponge can contain 54 billion bacteria cells more than expected. most don't cause you to get sick but it rises if someone in your house who has been sick handles it and microwaving or boiling

sponges doesn't kill most germs, they recommend changing them weekly. >> more than i do all right. the big board now with big talkers, beginning with a dramatic announcement. don't go to missouri. it's dangerous for black people. that strong statement was issued by the naacp, a civil rights group that advocated for equality for people of color. the organization put out its first ever travel warning for a state and all centers around recent legislation signed by the governor. for anyone wishing to file a discrimination lawsuit. the naacp is calling it legal discrimination, and supporters say this could help cut down on frivolous auto suits and put missouri in line were federal standards and tells travelers to exercise extreme caution and could be suggest to discrimination and harassment

and the travel advisory coming after an attorney general's report showing black drivers were 75% more likely to be pulled over in the state than last year. senate bill 43 woulds in effect late august. the model mother making waves for showing off her wash board abs. she is doing workouts on instagram. the controversy surrounds the fact that she does these exercises while she is 7 months pregnant. meet sara stage, known as the six-pack mom online. she earned that nickname for maintaining her defines abs while pregnant with her first son. this is a picture of her 9 months pregnant in 2015, despite hearing from critics she is back

at it again. posting photos online and as for those shaming her, the mom says she trusts her own intinges and works with her doctor who told her to stop doing crunches in her third trimester, she says she has a plan and feels great to prove ignorant people wrong with her healthy happy kids. that is her opinion and heard from those with their opinion too. >> i exercise with a six-pack too. one can of beer here and one there. >> that i can visualize. >> there is an insult there somewhere. moving along a check of the highways tonight matt pellman is back in the traffic center. >> try two cans in each hand. we expect bundles of traffic along the blue route 476 northbound side this afternoon because of this nasty crash

between route 30 villanova and the schuylkill expressway traffic is only squeezing by on the far right side of the roadway, north of broomall you hit the wall of traffic through this point approaching the schuylkill on the blue route northbound you may want to think about coming up 320 or 252 instead. accident on 95 over the state line is pushed to the side and speeds in the 20s spilling on to 495 northbound. it was blocking a couple of lanes for quite a while. and we started with a crash on 95 southbound in fishtown by girard and you see the residual delays along cotman avenue down toward center city. 95 in bucks county issues for you but it's construction here on the northbound side headed towards scutter falls bridge and only one of two lanes is open. and that is why you see speeds in the 20s. and yardley road at newtown

bypass. we are watching a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound direction in malvern and speeds in the 30s west of valley forge. but in hamilton township 130 southbound is blocked single digit speed as approaching the closure point and head for the new jersey turnpike southbound where the crash there is gone. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you matt. stepping outside thousand with a live look from sky 6 hd giving us the view in cape may. looks like a bit of water here on the camera lens. >> kind of windy too you can tell from the flag under the label there. meteorologist, cecily tynan, has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. "feeling alright" plays ]

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meteorologist, cecily tynan is back with the forecast. not out of the woods as far as precipitation. >> we have two areas of thunderstorms i am watching and tomorrow again and this weekend we'll get a break. looking at the center city skyline we have a good amount of sunshine and building cumulous clouds as the atmosphere begins to destabilize in the heating of the day and we have a flash flood warning until 8:15 for parts of kent and sussex county delaware this is where they are inundated with rain. this system is moving slowly. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that this band of of showers and thunderstorms slowly moving over delaware bay. they update on the air and you see how it's creeping toward the

east-northeast at 15 miles per hour. it will be moving into southern new jersey and very slow and they are getting rain now in sea isle city and also in cape may. this is also a cell i am tracking that moved now toward the trenton area and actually blossomed. we only have one lightning strike a half hour ago and now up to 10, bristol crossing i-276 heavy rain and vivid lightning, part of the reason why the dew points there is plenty of moisture in the air. look at the dew points right now. philadelphia, 68 degrees and wilmington 71 and reading 70 wherever you get dew points close to 70 degrees that is an oppressive tropical air mass and add that to the temperature and upper 90s in philadelphia, feels like 91, wilmington and trenton feels like 90 and notice dover rain cooled it feels like 79.

really the wider view, that will bring us an end to the unsettled weather is a cold front and now near chicago. moving through until early saturday morning. until then we stay warm and stay humid with the risk of thunderstorms. the next 12 hours a few evening thunderstorms otherwise partly cloudy and muggy and 67 in the suburbs and 71 for center city. we do it again hazy hot and humid with late thunderstorms developing. this cold front sliding through saturday morning. could bring us showers down the shore. and generally showers in the morning. giving way to sunshine in the afternoon, 84 degrees and dew points dropping into the 50s and high pressure over us on sun and sunday is gorgeous. ocean temperatures 78 degrees, and mixture of clouds and sunshine and 81 degrees and good chance of morning showers and 83 and sunshine late in the day and sunday just beautiful sunny and a high of 80 degrees.

mountains look nice with temperatures in the 70s and humid with thunderstorms tomorrow and 79 degrees and saturday and sunday loads of sunshine afternoon highs in the low 70s. so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast you like today you'll like tomorrow. warm and muggy and late day thunderstorms, a high of 90, saturday a few morning showers are possible and then sunshine humidity dropping through the day 84 degrees and on sunday gorgeous and low humidity and 84 and monday it getted humid and mostly cloudy and thunderstorms are developing in the afternoon and could be a day similar to yesterday and 79 degrees and tuesday, wednesday and thursday should be dry and temperatures holding into the low 80s. a lot cooler next week than this week. >> okay. saturday morning a little rain and then the rest of the weekend is great. >> the timing we have two days low humidity. thank you mother nature. is it time to get a new

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>> reporter: well, as you mentioned the major development into the story is that that day care is now shut down. pennsylvania dhs notified parents about the closure and working with the parents to find other child care options meantime the suspect's neighbors are reacting to the allegations. >> 53-year-old day care owner duncan round is accused of sexually abusing two children at his day care in south philadelphia. we went to his home to get a response and many neighbors refused to talk on camera but janelle jamison spoke to us and she was shaken by the news. >> we were shocked to hear about it we don't know them well. in any neighborhood that would be a shock especially when you have little kids. >> off camera neighbors tell me that round has been living in the neighborhood for tee