plymouth meeting. bob, you've got the full story. >> reporter: jim, good evening. it was really all about quick action. quick action by a neighbor who saw something wrong, called 911 here and got help quick. the home is right behind me. right now police say the suspects selected it at random. it was the end of the road, the final two of four suspects accused of terrorizing a 70-year-old man. their reason police say they simply wanted to rob someone. these four young men from philadelphia all with prior criminal records. >> we think it's a group of four people who were bored got into their truck and drove up to the suburbs of philadelphia. >> reporter: they might have got away with it had it not been for the quick action of the neighbor across the streetcar roll bergman in her morning routine. >> my husband and i were watching television. >> reporter: then she happened to look out the window just as the suspects pulled up in a truck around

8:30 a.m. >> a guy jumped out and he had a hoodie on. >> reporter: next she says she watched as the suspects knocked on the front and back doors with no answer. then they found a window slightly cracked. >> he leaves his windows opened maybe about this much. >> reporter: the homeowner was inside and the crooks immediately pulled a gun on him. >> the first two went in and placed a gun in his mouth and threatened to kill him. >> reporter: when bergman caw the suspects she called 911. the sharp shooter posted up in one of her bedrooms. >> he's all with all his heavy stuff and rifle. >> reporter: the homeowner was able to escape when the police arrived. the two teens tried to run but were caught but the older two, anthony saab tino and anthony ferlano barricaded themselves inside. >> officers responded and approached the house and were confronted hoop pointed a handgun at the officers. >> reporter: after a standoff they came out. they were surrounded with no where else to go.

the homeowner is expected to make a full recovery. he's pretty banged up at the moment. the lesson learned today if you see something suspicious in your neighborhood call police. don't hesitate. for now reporting live in plymouth meeting bob brooks channel6 "action news." jim. >> bob, thank you. a long running neighborhood feud ended in a deadly shooting overnight in west goshen chester county. police say clayton carter shot his next door neighbor in the head at 1 o'clock in the morning. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in the 300 block of box elder drive. a community like this not used to being awakened by deadly gunfire. >> reporter: well, they certainly had some stress here but nothing like this. two distinctly different personalities emerging from this tragedy. the victim described as an easygoing guy friendly well liked. the defendant described as moody frightening and provocative. among the claims made by neighbors to us there have been multiple police calls to

the defendant's house because of his behavior and at least once in the not too distant past he sat outside in front of his house with a firearm next to him. unnerving they said. tears hugs and red rimmed eyes as people comforted one another and tried to process the sudden violent death of a gentleman. 51-year-old brooks jennings. >> he would just the guy who was always getting people together, never had an enemy that i know of. >> reporter: there was one apparently 51-year-old clayton carter a next door neighbor. these anti-trump protest signs made his house easy to spot. other neighbors say carter was often quarrel some but it wasn't politics but some other grudge only carter seemed to understand. >> we steered clear of him. we were frightened of him because he's so unpredictable. >> reporter: today the unpredictable carter warp rained for fatal -- was

arraigned for fatally shooting jennings. everyings had tried to reach out to carter in the past to calm things. >> we both have to live here next to each other. we have to be friends or we can be neighbors and just get along with our lives and he -- that guy didn't really i don't think wanted that. >> reporter: today carter told his attorney the shooting was self-defense. >> my client says that he was justified in doing so because he was under attack by a knife wielding assailant. >> reporter: he says mr. jennings had a knife. >> that's correct. >> reporter: well, the prosecution at this point real jeckd any idea that this was justified in any way. carter is charged with a number of crimes and topping the list is first degree murder. because of that he is not eligible for bail. live in west goshen township john rawlins channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you john. philadelphia police are investigating a drive by shooting in hunting park. fire broke out about an hour ago on the 1200 block of west

tioga. police say a man was shot in the chest. the victim was rushed to temple university hospital. the search continues for the shooter. he is 10 years old from millville and has special needs and according to police, he was also abandoned by his mother. she has been arrested. she was released pending a court date. "action news" reporter walter perez has the full story. >> reporter: debra wisler of millville quickly let us know she has no desire to speak with the media. give you an opportunity to explain what happened that's all. >> i don't want my business all out there, okay. >> reporter: okay. >> leave the property. i'm asking you nicely. >> reporter: thank you. the 39-year-old is accused of abandoning her 10-year-old son who has special needs in this wooded area more than 70 miles from the family home in millville. new jersey state police detectives say they believe that wisler left the youngster in the woods with only his luggage after finding out he was not eligible for a youth

program at the base. this whole thing unfolded last thursday when someone driving by saw the 10-year-old emerge from the woods and then contacted authorities. we spoke with barbara todd who says she was a teacher's aide for the victim when he was in that kindergarten and first grade and she is floored by the accusation. >> i was just so shocked because mom adored him. he was her life and i -- i just can't believe it. >> reporter: and people who live nearby say they are equally stunned. >> if it's true it's pretty sad. it's pathetic. >> very upsetting. i got grand kids that are that age. it's very upsetting. >> reporter: clearly miss wisler was released pending her next court hearing. she faces several charges including endangering the welfare of a child. meanwhile the 10-year-old is now in protective custody and we're happy to report that while he was found scared and hungry he was not injured. reporting from millville, walter perez channel6 "action news". >> investigators searching for

the thief who swiped jewels from a store in cherry hill. these are surveillance pictures of the suspect. authorities say the man walked into the jared jewelry store on the 900 block of haddonfield road yesterday just after 4:00 in the afternoon. the suspect was in the store for about 25 minutes. police say he got away with an undisclosed amount of jewels. he was last seen getting into a gray four door suv. senator chris coons of delaware is on a mission to make sure police officers are proem -- protected across the country. easy cured funding for a bulletproof vest partnership. this afternoon coons was joined by new castle county and wilmington police. wilmington received more than 60 vests last year. new castle as applied for 200. each vest can cost more than $500. coons says they have saved thousands of lives across the country. it seems some diners at a wendy's restaurant were charged the sugary beverage

tax. the problem is the restaurant is in delaware county, not the city of philadelphia. wendy's says the software glitch caused cash registers to add the tax to customers' bills at the ridley township location. wendy's says the glitch occurred for several hours yesterday. it has been corrected. customers with a receipt showing the beverage surcharge can get a refund and a free drink. the chain is also making a donation to the boys and girls club to make good on their mistake. the fate of the controversial dunes project in margate could be decided tomorrow. army corps of engineers has filed a petition with the court asking to be able to resume their work. last week a federal judge ordered a one week injunction. heavy rain yesterday caused another huge moat to form in front of beach block homes. the standing water is now blocking access to some of the beaches. aloe blacc takes the main stage tonight at musikfest in

bethlehem. the singer known for his mega hit wake me up. his performance will be on the sands field stage along with noah cyrus, max and killiam shakespeare. stop by the "action news" booth to meet our reporters and anchors. jeanette reyes was there this afternoon. musikfest runs through sunday and of course you can get all the details about this year's musikfest at 6abc.com. find out more about the performers and all the schedules and how you can win tickets to musikfest. still to come on "action news" tonight, trash trouble. south jersey residents dealing with a stinky situation get some relief today. >> shrimp farming in the middle of pennsauken? yup, that's what's happening. i'm nora muchanic at the big shrimp company where they're raising about a half a million live shrimp at a time in a urban setting. a look behind the scenes is coming up. >> certainly doesn't feel like the dog days of summer. yesterday with all the rain the high only 72. today some sunshine in the

afternoon with high of 80. got some beautiful weather for the next two days but then some changes. i'll explain in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> and eagles getting ready for preseason date with the green bay packers. ducis rodgers with that story and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪

>> this is an "action news" update. the air is bit clearer in somers point after officials resolved a smelly problem. this was the scene last night at the mystic apartments on exton avenue. a garbage truck lost its load of trash in the parking lot and the situation got, well, o

diforous. this time all they left behind was a substance to help soak up the remaining stench. >> ♪ >> and new at 6 o'clock, many people might not associate new jersey with shrimp farming but we paid a visit to a big shrimp company in fact it's called the big shrimp company. new jersey corporate nora muchanic was there. >> reporter: the middle of an urban area is not where you would expect to find shrimp. this warehouse is home to the big shrimp company and on any given day, half a million shrimp in various stages of development. >> we get our post larva shrimp from florida on a monthly basis 150, 200,000 shrimp. >> reporter: he and his business partner eric became

seafood farmers in january when john found these tanks. >> we googled a lot and a lot of time and effort in learning about shrimp. it company trucks in salt water from the barnegat bay which are filtered oxygenated heated to 83 degrees and monitored every hour. >> see them coming in tinier than a mosquito larvae and then four, five months later develop into this. it's pretty nice. >> reporter: when you think of farming you typically picture crops and fields well shrimp farming is a completely different ball game and the folks here have learned a few things along the way. >> there's the food. >> reporter: the shrimp are there is a parent. he can see their insides and what they had for lunch. and those eyes be grateful the heads come off when they're cooked. who wants that looking back at you from your plate of scampi. >> we're the only provider of fresh true in new jersey and there's only two or three in the country. >> reporter: no frozen shrimp here.

the company is selling to several area farmers markets and will be expanding to restaurants. the shrimp are harvested on fridays so if you're in the mood you can visit the farm yourself and pick up your shrimp on site. it doesn't get any fresher than that. in pennsauken, i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news".

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are you ready for football. >> eagles to set on the packers. the eagles confirmed carson wentz will play. we will soon get our first good look at the new look eagles. the birds face the packers thursday night in green bay in the preseason opener. this morning they held one final practice before tomorrow's departure. qb carson wentz has been getting to know his fans at training camp the past few weeks. this little guy from narberth got a couple autographs. a few of the receivers are new. wentz says he likes what he's seen from them thus far. >> the guys look good. i know we talked about it last

week, the competition, bringing in alshon and tori, the coach has done a good job igniting competition. bringing in those veteran guys has ignited everybody to just compete their tails off and everyone realizes nothing is guaranteed. >> a big key to the eagles success this season will be the play of the offensive line and a big key to the o-line success will be lane johnson keeping himself on the football field. jeff skversky goes one-on-one with the right tackle. >> reporter: he went through so much last year and ended up getting suspended. does this completely feel like a different camp for you mentally. >> little bit. i mean, i still feel like i need to go out and play well, just play like i've always played and last year just helped me focus on it when i had that shadow over me. i feel like the shadow is still over me e why do you feel that way. >> it's always going to be there. it's on your record so people are going to always have your haters and your doubters and people that expect you to do this and do that so go out there and go play well.

>> reporter: how does this team look with carson. does he look more comfortable right now. >> yeah. you can definitely see the development from year one to year two. you can see the confidence and growth and just assurance instead of having, you know, eight days to prepare for a season he's had a whole year, had a whole off season. >> reporter: the expectations for this team are so high. do you feel that way, too, that you guys are out here and you can sense something special is going to happen this. >> i try to avoid expectations. i think that puts a gloomy cloud over you and hinders you from performing at your best. don't expect anything and we go out there and surprise people so that's what we want. >> to baseball the phillies in atlanta to face the braves. it's a short two game set this year facing the braves has been a good thing for the phillies. the phils owning nine and two record against them this season. despite being 10 and a half games lined them in the standings. phillies only have a record of one other team this year. zach elf flynn gets the start tonight. >> reporter: harlem

globetrotters known for trick shots. they may have outdone themselves with this one high above the jersey shore. >> hey guys bull here with the world famous harlem globetrotters. i'm in wildwood new jersey for four games we have coming coming up. last year you guys saw my shot off the sky coaster. this year i'm back with something bigger and better the helicopter shot. let's go. >> from 210 feet in the air. are you kidding me? come on. the globetrotters will perform at the wildwood convention center august 16th through the 19th. that is amazing. >> you know, you know video very well. you know all the things you can do with video. >> i think he legitimately did that. >> of course he did. >> i don't know how many takes. >> a south jersey baseball team has one more stop on the road to a national championship. the atlantic shore team boarded a flight this morning at philadelphia international airport. the midatlantic regional

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>> after all the rain the dry weather today was delightful. >> and we saw the sunshine finally. just had to be patient like i said yesterday. the action cam in cooper river park earlier today in pennsauken new jersey and yeah, we did start off very gray but wait for it, wait for it, this afternoon sky6 taking a look live over the commodore barry bridge.

blue skies and sunshine, still some fair weather cumulus clouds around and temperatures comfortably cool, really not typical august weather. average high for this time of the year is 86. philadelphia today we hit 80. currently temperatures across-the-board holding near 80. philadelphia 79, allentown 80 degrees. atlantic city airport 79. and cape may 76. so, if you're heading out tonight, if you have any activities, it's looking really, really nice. temperatures will be holding in the upper to mid 70's in the evening hours as we head through the overnight hours, we'll be dropping into the 60's and the poconos tonight temperatures could actually drop into the 40's. the satellite and action radar showing yes, we had a lot of clouds to start the day but sunshine breaking out in the afternoon and now just a few high thin clouds right along the coast but high pressure is doing its job and that means tonight skies will be clear. there will be moonlight. we're coming off a full moon. 63 in philadelphia allentown 54, cape may 64 and wilmington 60 degrees.

the day planner tomorrow doesn't get much better than this. high pressure right over us, low humidity, sunshine and temperatures again slightly cool for this time of the year. we start off at 64 degrees. at 7 o'clock, we're up to 80 degrees by 1 o'clock. temperatures climbing up into the low 80's about 3 degrees below normal, holding in the low 80's as we head into the evening. if you're down the shore tomorrow plenty of sunshine. we will be getting a bit of a sea breeze kicking up in the afternoon. ocean temperature 73 so the air temperature beach haven 79 degrees, atlantic city 78, ocean city the same 78 and bethany breach 80 degrees. nice day down the shore. hopefully we get this kind of weather on monday august 21st. two weeks from tomorrow this is when we get the total solar eclipse. it passes through 12 states from oregon to south carolina. it happens really quickly. 90 minutes to cross the u.s. and the last time we had a total solar eclipse in the u.s. was 1979. the last time it was coast to

coast was 1918 so this is once in a lifetime opportunity. what happens? that moon passes over the sun and right along the states where you get the totality it will turn darker, like twilight for about two minutes. now, we do not have totality, we have close to 80 percent happening at 2:44 in the afternoon. do not look directly into the sun. you have to get special solar eclipse viewing glasses. i think wal-mart, lowes has them or you can make your own. i posted about that on my facebook page and we also have a a lot of information on 6abc.com, almost two weeks to prepare. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast tomorrow pick of the week. low humidity, sunshine, 83 degrees. thursday pretty nice as well, 85 degrees, low humidity. we'll see a few high thin clouds late in the day. friday partly sunny in the afternoon a few showers popping up 82 degrees. and the weekend will be a little unsettled but not a washout. both days more clouds than sunshine, both days a chance

of some scattered showers and thunderstorms. it will be on the humid side. you'll notice a difference in the air mass, 82 degrees on saturday, 86 degrees on sunday. on monday, it stays humid with a threat of thunderstorm 84 degrees and tuesday we clear the air, sun and clouds with a high of 84 degrees. but tomorrow the pick of the week. get outside enjoy the weather, jim. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> abc world news tonight with david muir next on channel6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 on channel6. for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪

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