tonight is breaking news in the port richmond section of philadelphia. chopper 6 is live over amber and vernager streets where two people were shot to death. this happened 40 minutes ago. police responded to reports of gunshots and found the victims dead inside the suv. as you can see, the search for the gunman sp unde is under way. >> tonight a small victory for the law against gun violence. >> police in chester arrested a man for purchasing six guns for sale on the street. reporter dann cuellar is live at chester police headquarters. what's the story? >> jim, authorities continue to go hard after straw gun purchases under the brad fox law. the latest is a man that knew he

was buying guns for criminals but was doing it because he was down on his luck. if you are going to buy a gun and give it to a felon, we are coming after you under the brad fox law. >> he's bought eight guns stating he bought them for himself when instead he bought them for criminals. that's known as a straw purchase. >> we have tracked them to assaults and a homicide case. >> citizens of chester have been ravaged by gun violence for quite a while. this year alone, 27 homicides in the city. >> every one of them was a gun killing and everyone, i bet, was an illegal gun transfer. >> the brad fox law mandates fav

years prison. it is named after the officer killed by andrew thomas who was prohibited from having a gun but paid someone to buy it for him. >> jackson says he was down on his luck and needed cash. >> he's making excuses saying i needed money for food or electricity. there is no excuse for this. there are puc public services fr people down on their luck. >> kenneth jackson is being held on 10% of $500,000 bail which he can't post and faces a minimum of five years prison on each of the eight guns if quicked. >> i'm dann cuellar, channel6 "action news." >> bristol police are searching

for a man in his 20s who tried to lure a ten-year-old girl into his car on the way home from school this after. she was able to run away and the suspect is described as having an indian accent and was driving a new silver sedan with a square white stickner the window. >> we have an update on the arson in delaware. state fire marshall arrested christopher greg who lived in the home on van dyke green spring road and was the one to set fire to the building and barn at 8:00 this morning. the property is on the national register of historic places. the blaze caused a quarter of a million dollars in damage. >> a camden police officer was shot last night. they took a november will approach in trying to get

information about what went down. at the same time, the wounded law man is doing well tonight. christie ileto is live at cooper university hospital where officer patrick oh has not lan ioh haso'hanlon isbeing treated. >> what's the latest there? >> rather than going with a strong show of enforcement, we are coaskin coalescing with the community. >> it's a stark contrast of flashing lights and crime scene tape 24 hours earlier. >> it woke me up. >> 21-year-old officer o'hanlon

disarmed mahan. he doesn't represent the neighborhood and we are not treating the neighborhood in the way the suspect treated us. officers barbequed for residents on the same corner of the shooting, hoping to bridge the gap between those that wear the badge and those they serve. >> it's fun because it's not safe out here on the streets, and we are actually having fun. >> they do this type of outreach

daily in some shape or form. the officer could be released from the hospital in the next day or so. live in camden, christie ileto, channel6 "action news." >> thank you. in lower manhattan about a hundred new yorkers walked the bike path the scene of carnage two days ago. police say sayfullo saipov drove into the bike path and started mowing people down. eight people were killed. the mourners ended the demonstration near pier 25. president trump tweeted that the 29-year-old immigrant should get the death penalty. he has only been charged and some defense attorneys say the president has poisoned the

possible juror's minds and they should not seek the death penalty. >> meteorologist cecily tynan is outside with the latest from accuweather. >> november 2nd and not even needing a jacket. highs more like september than november. philadelphia, 17-degree, 14 above normal. wilmington 76 and a atlantic ciy 75-degrees. double sedan live showing moisture across the great lake. that's a cold front bringing temperatures for saturday. it stays warm. that's a combination for fog. that's a good idea to allow areas of fog. philadelphia, 61. cooler temperatures and rain in the forecast. >> thank you, cecily.

experts are trying to determine if the republic tax plan helps the middle class like the president says it does. with a dramatic drop in the corporate income tax, it should certainly help business. the questions being will that trickle down to americans in the form of jobs? monica malpass lays it out for us. >> the 429 page plan has tax cuts for many americans. the middle class savings would dry up soon while corporations and the wealthy keep benefiting. >> president trump kissed a postcard showing that people can file taxes on a simple note card because of streamlining, four rates instead of 7, 12%, 24%, 37

and 39.6% for the wealthiest americans. the standard deduction doubles, $12,000 for singles, $24,000 for couples. credits, $1,000 to $1,600. filers can no longer deduct interest from student loans or state or local income or sales taxes. property taxes capped at $10,000. filers lose personal exemption and new home interest only deducted for the first $500,000. the rate drops from 35% to 25% and taxes phased out for the wealthy over six years. 401 retirement accounts see no change. >> this is america. this is the opportunity to make tax reform a reality.

>> i believe we'll have it done before christmas. i consider that to be one of the great christmas presents. >> democrats are not convinced. >> corporations count far more than kids in this bill. >> there are roadblocks that could stop the bill. it could run up deficits that would be paid by social security. the gop says they'll force an amendment if more revenue needs to be generated. >> we'll see what happens. >> pennsylvania governor tom wolf sports jim kenney's call to return the schools to local control. it happened during a city council meet. the over sight board has been in charge 16 years. kenny says the school district should be accountable to local

leaders. the mayor is asking for a nine member school board appointed by himself in september. the src will vote whether to dissolve itself on the 16th. >> coming up, a troubleshooter story from nydia han. >> there was a point for consumers looking to buy a used car. watch what happens when we compare the ad to the report. we call the sellers with interesting results. >> when you grab a fire extinguisher in an emergency, you expect it to work. 40,000,000 of them might not. >> the average high, 61 yesterday. today, 75-degrees. i'm tracking cooler weather and rain on the way. >> jeff skversky with meet the manager of the new phillies skipper introduced today when

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strayer university. a consumer alert tonight, 40,000,000 fire extinguishers are being recalled. the safety commission says the extinguishers plastic nozzles could become clogged and fail to activate when you need them most. this cites the death of a 22-year-old man in malvern. police tried to save him with the defective extinguishers, but they didn't work. his family received a settlement. >> consumers are buying just about everything online these days including used cars. it's convenient way to search and could save you money.

before you shop, troubleshooter nydia han has the investigation you want to see. >> the troubleshooters went under cover posing as consumers on craigs list. with 63,000,000 cars in the u.s. with unaddressed safety recalls, we expected we might find questionable advertising claims, but we didn't expect explanations look this. >> he who hesitates is lost. >> in the movie, hot shot rudy employs all kinds of stunts, but going to a dealership like this is old school. the modern way to shop for a new car is online. >> that price is too high. >> it really makes it the wild west of car shopping. with little regulation, there are opportunities for people to

rip you off. experts say a growing number of consumers are being misled. >> this jeep wrangler was advertised on craig's list as being good condition. when we meet he backs up the add failing to mention what was on the report. >> so you forgot? >> yes, honestly. >> do you think it's misleading when you say it has no accidents when it does. >> yes. >> why would you do that? >> it slipped my mind. >> this car was advertised as excellent condition but clearly, it's not. it has multiple recalls. >> the seller sent us to what looked like a used car

dealership. >> do yo do you know when he wie here? he can call the number oos. no phone call. >> next we check out this jeep h well maintained and no issues whatever. >> the vehicle history report shows it was declared a total lost seven years ago, then had a second accident and the airbags deployed. >> it was totally fixed and reregistered in another state. it went through the inspecks atioinspectionsas well. >> if someone sold you a car and you found out it was declare add total loss, would that bother you? >> i would check it out and move on. >> buyers won't check for

repairs. a the best advice from someone who should mow best. >> they ca check it out yoursel. take it to a mechanic. >> that is exactly right. do a test drive. get a vehicle report and have a used car certified by a mechanic before you buy it. right now, with the recent hurricanes, look for cars with flood damage. how to get a vehicle history report for free on "6abc".com. nydia han, "action news." >> you start online but you have to do a lot of inperson investigation. >> i saw a lot of convertibles top down. things will be changing live on sky 6, commodore barry bridge with fog likely to develop

overnight. nice weather today. if you like things on the warm side, raffl ralph posted from b, delaware. it looks like fall. it doesn't feel like fall, but it will for the weekend. a cold front through the afternoon bringing a cooldown saturday. it will be a pretty nice day, mix of sun and clouds and sunshine and rain moving in at night. that's the warm front bringing higher conditions sunday. 67 and a shower. temperatures right now h very, y mild. 63-degrees. the normal high, 61. allentown, 65. reading 65. wilmington, 61.

pocono, 68. satellite and radar showing that ribbon of showers, that's the cold front moving through in the afternoon. most of the moisture evaporates with it. ahead of it, a surge of warm air. calm winds, use caution, patchy dense fog. use low beams. if you put high beams on, it reflects off the water droplets. a good idea to tune into "action news" at 4:30. phil 76. millville, 77. allentown, 72. wilmington, 75-degrees. the front tomorrow night, comes through dry. high pressure saturday, seasonably cool, 60-degrees and the warm front brings us showers saturday night into sunday

morning. saturday night, we end daylight savings time this weekend. turn the clocks back one hour. sunday sunset, 4:53. 76 tomorrow. 60 saturday. 67 sunday. we get a blast of chilly air tuesday, election day. thursday, it stays cool and we clear with a high of 56. very warm tomorrow but more typical of november by saturday. >> thank you, cecily. no secret that i-phone users are among the first to get a handset. standing in line overnight has become something of a tradition. the line was forming in ardmore

at 5:00 tonight. the tens are being released tomorrow. folks lying down blankets because they are spending the night. philadelphia fund alliance is helping with the gala for a local charity. the organization provides closing, toys and educational tools to children living in shelters. >> a new high-rise has become part of the skyline in university city in philadelphia. today marked the opening of view 32 at 32nd and race. there are 164

>> philadelphia ro ho magazine held the 2017 blue sapphire award ceremony tonight. rewards for those that have helped the city. icons include chubby checker and philly fanatics. we meet gabe ca gabe kapler ther of the phillies today. he's ultracompetitive. how does manager gabe kapler describe himself? intense, passionate, a guy who likes to win. sounds like he will fit in fine. sporting number 22. he remembers growing up watching players like mike schmidt and larry boa and says this phil's

team will play like another favorite, chase utley. >> i saw him prepare in the clubhouse. it was unbelievable how much intent and intensity that he prepared for the game with. during the game, how much effort he put in. he led by example. that's how we are going to play baseball with the philadelphia phillies. >> sounds passionate. flyers with an old friend. flyer in st. louis against schenn. sean ouch. the leading goal scorer knocked down by schenn. picking up 30 seconds into the second period, 1-0 flyers. that's all the flyers need because michael comes up with 33 saves and a shutout and stoned

schenn. flyers win 2-0 beating the

>> well, this could be the last thing carson wednesday and the eagles need, a another player to catch the bug. the offense has to make adjustments. new running back jay ajayi

learning the play book. will he take plays from la garrett blunt, and is he worried about it? >> me personally, i'm worried about me, what i can control. grinding everyday and the catches will come. >> frank throws a career high, four touchdowns, you are an adonis baby, temple wins 34-26. that's a goodwin for temple football at home at the link oosm thank you, jeff. "jimmy kimmel live" followed by "nightline." jennifer lawrence with guests kim kardashian and music from lincoln bridge. for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner.

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