a delaware county doctor entrusted with the safety and care of his patients is now facing criminal charges for what he allegedly did to two women in the examining roof. that doctor is charged indecent assault in upper darby and happened at two separate oceans at the doctor's office. sara bloomquist is live now with more tonight on the story. >> reporter: rick and monica, this is the upper darby medical office where the doctor allegedly fondled two of his female patients and police want to know now if other patients were victimized. the doctor of media is charged with two counts of indecent assault. in recent months two patients called to tell them the doctor touched them inappropriately while they were getting visits

here in upper darby. >> both were credible and legitimate for them to be put in fear of the violation of trust. you trust your doctor especially someone that is going to do a physical exam. >> the first victim told police on july 3rd that the doctor reached up under her shirt while talking to her inappropriately for a physician and the 25-year-old pushed him away and called police. earlier this month a 52-year-old patient called police to tell that the doctor fondled her chest during a physical. >> she pushed him away and he whispered if her ear, i like it. and she panics and goes out of the office. >> he was really close, very inappropriate. >> rowena a patient called police today after hearing what the two women alleged.

she started to rethink her encounters with the physician. >> is old and doesn't realize his mannerisms. not like he was young, he is 80 something and you don't think it was being fresh but it was uncomfortable. >> we went to the doctor's home. a woman first told us he was there and then a man's voice shouted telling us to go away. >> doctor can we talk to you? >> my concern is are there other victims out there. obviously when you deal with an issue like this, there are always other victims. >> reporter: upper darby police of course want to hear from any other patients that feel they were victimized and the doctor has another office in north philadelphia. he did sounder to upper darby police along with an attorney and bail was set at 10% of $50,000 which he posted and was

released. sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." >> in philadelphia a serious crash involving a school bus and car stopped traffic here along delaware avenue at lunch time. chopper 6 hd was overhead many port richmond it's unclear what led up to the crash, the car and bus hit head-on. we are told one person in the car was hurt. the driver of the bus was the only one on board. >> a bucks county father charged with the connection of the death of his son. christopher coon was charged at the arraignment. he was charged with killing his son kaden following a crash if tullytown and he just stole speakers from wal-mart and tried to leave the scene and flipped his suv. he is currently held on $5 million bail. a man was left to die on a german town street early this

morning and so far philadelphia police don't know who is responsible. officers responded to a 911 call and found the 41-year-old victim lying in the unit block of east garfield street with several gunshot wounds and he was rushed to einstein but did not survive. so far there is no information about a suspect or motive. >> president trump's trusted advisers continue to drum up support for the gop tax plan in the region. and today kellyanne conway visited with people to talk about their concerns. vernon odom is live with more on that. >> hi monica, conway's appearance here in robbinsville today was the third and final new jersey stop of this day, she was here to promote tax reform republican style and would not discussion other issues from roy moore to the russian investigation. >> there are meaningful and questionsal tax cuts for all.

kellyanne conway came to central new jersey to promote the tax plan in a the gop and president are pushing, the setting a popular robbinsville eatery called pop a's tomato pies. it was tightly orchestrated. >> and trying to do away with many credits and deductions and exceptions that in large part favor the well connected and wealthy. >> say they this is a big gift for the wealthy and will raise taxes on the middle class especially democratic states. >> and the evidence indicates that potentially millions of middle class taxpayers they will not get a tax cut but a tax increase. >> that is just unacceptable. >> during the round table conway answers questions about a select group of business people saying how lower taxes would benefit

them and then a call from vice president pence sent her scurrying for the room. and she returned to have the vice president talk about the tax plan. >> the president's plan is focused on lowering taxes for working class families. >> with that reporters were ushered out and told conway would not have time to take questions about issues like the gop's alabama candidate for senator, roy moore or the russian investigation by robert mueller. >> thank you. >> reporter: and with that the hamilton new jersey native, headed quickly to washington to get ready for president trump's return from the far east where they will be confronted with the very issues that she was dodging here today. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" in robbinsville new jersey. >> thank you. in other news tonight it was a week ago today that all of major league baseball and the

phillies were shocked by the sudden death of pitching ace, roy halladay, field fellow players and fans and even strangers gathered in clearwater, florida to say a fond farewell to the man that gave us so many great memories. jeff skversky is live now with more. >> reporter: hey rick roy halladay's memorial service is going on behind me. chase utley talked about the first time he met halladay here in clearwater and how he came in at 5:45 in the morning and halladay was finished his workout and how much he loved him as a teammate and person. >> thousands of people have come out to pay their respects to doc halladay, who pass addeded away a week ago. from fans to former teammates and his loved ones, his wife and sons and parents are here to say

their good-byes and among those that spokes with phillies owner, he had this to share. >> roy was one of those exceptional athletes you don't need to be a baseball fan to know who doc was and the ideals for which he stood. a standard for baseball players are judged but athletes in general. >> a live look back here in clearwater, spectrum field. charlie emanuel is fow at the podium saying his parting words for roy halladay and the mound you see the number 34 with the phillies and 32 he wore with the blue jays is painted on the mown where he helped to become one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. watch the entire service at 6abc.com. as we conclude here in clearwater. >> thank you. the celebration of the life is

of roy halladay continues on 6abc.com. you can see photos of his baseball career and read comments from some of his former teammates. in other news, penndot helped to break ground on a new housing development. the la salle station apartments will be built next to the train station and slated to open in the fall of next year 181 apartments will be available to call home. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report tuesday night. >> lets take you live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> a lot of people are heading to their homes on this tuesday evening tonight. and on the way they encounter issues slowing them down and in the first state in delaware a crash on 95 southbound past 202 the concord pike and a couple of right lanes blocked and single digit speeds coming southbound from marsh road and 95 northbound. this is 95 in port richmond

where beyond the truck a disabled vehicle blocking the lanes here in the southbound side of 95 and police are helping out as you can see. it's a very slow pace coming south of bridge street from this point at allegheny towards center city. heading toward 95 northbound the crash on the vine eastbound not much left just one vehicle off to the side and we still have big delays crossing town back on the schuylkill expressway and there is still a crash on the boulevard northbound on third street slowing us down and now on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound by norristown taking out the right lane and slow east of valley forge and the turnpike in bucks county and not route 1, there is a crash there by 95. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you. >> still ahead on "action news" fear has again gripped the tampa neighborhood after another person was found dead, what police are saying about this case and if they think it was linked to a serial killer.

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police in florida are investigating a murder that could be the fourth of a serial killer. the victim is a 60-year-old man, he was walking across the street when a gunman came up behind him and fired. the man shooting is being linked to last month's 10 day spree where three people were killed. the previous victims were alone and just gotten off a bus in the same neighborhood whip they were gunned down at night. none of them was robbed. turning to health check tonight. we are taking a closer look at blood pressure guidelines and what they mean for you. >> health reporter ali gorman joins us at the big board with more. >> so the guidelines lower the threshold for what is considered

high blood pressure and it was 140 over 90 and now 130 over 80 and also doing away with the term prehypertension. that means you either have high blood pressure or you don't. and that doesn't necessarily mean that more people will take medication. >> an additional 30 million americans will now meet the criteria for having high blood pressure. new died lines set the target to 130 over 80. and now the director at temple says that the change underscores the potential dangers of uncontrolled high blood pressure. hypertension and high blood pressure is a contributor to death and other problems. and this doesn't open the door to prescribing more medication, people that may not be high risk at that particular time in their

life there is going to be a discussion or should be about lifestyle modification and a trial period. many may be encouraged to make behavioral changes, losing weight, being more active, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol and reducing stress and sodium can all help lower blood pressure. for people that already have heart problems or are at a greater risk or at the high end of the spectrum treatment will also include lifestyle changes and possibly also medication. >> and what is important every patient is different, what is right for one may not be good for another. that is why it's important to have your blood pressure routinely checked and talk to your health care provider about what is best for you. >> thank you. police are planning an event to honor a wounded pennsylvania state trooper. there will be a blood driver in

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atlantic city is the setting of a big reveal today. they took the wraps off the sign for the upcoming hard rock hold hotel and casino. 500 jobs are expected. philadelphia remains focused on protecting the environment from climate change, that was the message from city leaders and the nonprofit called organizing for america. in june the trump administration announced they would seek all participation in the paris agreement on climate change and the group on its own will make other commitments to cut carbon pollution and promote clean energy. tonight at 11:00 paying thousands of dollars for trash, investigative reporter wendy saltzman goes undercover to investigate claims that a local repair shop charged an unsuspecting customer a premium

for used parts. >> normally you can see if a part is rusty or used but watch out. our hidden camera investigation show a shop that charged for a rebuilt transmission but it was junk. "action news" went under cover to find out why the 3,000 there's in repairs had tell tale signs it was junk yard parts. >> this tells others they may not have gotten what they paid for too. and what happened when we went looking for answers. i'm wenty sals man don't miss my report transition trash tonight at 11:00.

time now for the accuweather forecast meteorologist, cecily tynan, here now with the details. saw a little bit of sunshine today. >> a little bit here and there, more south and east. south jersey i-95 northwest suburbs a lot of clouds and heading over to the "action news" weather center, i love this photo. keith posted this on my facebook page. the blue jay looking at the fall foliage on this cool day. a dry day though and we'll keep it dry through tomorrow. this is the chance of rain tomorrow 0% chance. and wednesday night a cold front

that could touch off showers early thursday morning and 40% chance bad timing for the weekend and the best chance of rain will be coming on saturday. with another front that will be moving in. right now temperatures on the cool side again. 48 degrees in philadelphia. down from the high of 50 that is seven degrees below normal. allentown 46 and trenton 46 and cape may the same 46 and 46 degrees, popular number, it's starting to feel like the holidays, look at this, we have to get ready. thanksgiving is only nine days away. and christmas get the list for san santa, 41 days away. and the battle with the sun clearing across south jersey and the radar echos, ground clutter it's rainy out there. we won't be getting the folk lying last night. partly cloudy and 36 in

philadelphia and cape may 39 and wilmington 33 and allentown down to 28 degrees and reading and lancaster down to 29 and bundle up tonight. tomorrow like today. sunshine early and the clouds roll in and it's a cool day temperatures only climbing around 50 degrees late in the afternoon. future tracker 6 showing as we head through the day 4:00 is when we see the clouds beginning to build especially i-95 and areas to the east and the cold front moves through and 5:00 in the morning scattered showers and they don't last long 9:00 we are drying out and the wins of change picking up by thursday afternoon. the five-day at 5:00, showing partly sunny and more clouds during the day and the high is warmer than today on the cool side. 58 degrees and thursday morning clouds give way to afternoon sunshine and windy though. wind gusts 35 miles per hour and the high 58 degrees and back down to 50 on friday and mostly sunny skies and saturday for the

temple game the rain is developing, 57 degrees and sunday philadelphia marathon weekend it's going to be chilly and windy again a high of only 50 degrees and temperatures drop even more early next week. adam will talk about that in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you. more ahead on "action news" at 5:30. three american basketball players are headed back home after being detained in china. how president trump may have helped with their release. >> and pennsylvania's house speaker makes a major announcement about next year's gubernatorial race and a car crashed into three cars what happened before the collision.

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. hello again. attorney general, jeff sessions, pushes back as he faces tough questioning on capitol hill about the russian investigation and other controversial topics and investigators in new jersey try to track down who is behind

graffiti images of racial slurs and symbols and they spent a month raising money to a good cause and how hundreds of philadelphia students were rewarded for all of their hard work. >> and developments from capitol hill where jeff sessions was pressed whether he lied about trump campaign contacts with russians and whether the justice department is used to do the president's political bidding. >> reporter: monica good evening. two big questions took center stage here today. one did attorney general, jeff sessions purger himself when he said he was unaware of trump contacts with russia and looking into the clinton foundation politically motivated. >> the nation's top law enforcement official facing tough questions, first to defend himself. democrats demanding answers

whether attorney general, jeff sessions lied last month when he testified he was not aware of trump campaign contacts with russians. >> the campaign had communications through the russians through mr. papadopoulos and others and you were aware of the fact at the time. >> a guilty plea from george papadopoulos reveal that during this meeting he was aware of papadopoulos trying to arrange a meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin. >> i will reject accusations that i ever lied. i believe i wanted to make clear to him he was not authorized to represent the campaign with the russian government -- >> and questions swirling around new revelations that sessions authorized federal prosecutors to examine donations around the clinton foundation through the obama administration to buy the nuclear one company and any

merit to apply a special counsel whether the independent justice department is caving to the president. >> is it normal for the -- to retaliate against his political opponent. >> the department of justice can never be used to retaliate politically against opponents and that would be wrong. >> and it wasn't just democrats with tough questions, one republican congressman wanted to know why a special counsel was not appointed to investigate hillary clinton and former fbi director james comey, there would need to be a factual bases and proper standard for that to happen. channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. world news tonight with david muir has more reaction from lawmakers from attorney general, jeff session's testimony and an update on the deadly shooting in california

that injured several elementary students tonight at 6:30 after "action news." in other news, three ucla basketball players detained in china under suspicion of shoplifting are headed back to the u.s. and may have president trump to thank. it has been resolved to the satisfaction of the chinese authorities, the three fetsch man were accused of shoplifting designer sun grasses from a louis vuitton store. he asked china's president for a quick resolution to the case. >> the president is terrific on the subject. that is not a good subject. not something that should have happened. >> the players are expected to speak about the incident tomorrow. hate graffiti that is the term police in burlington county, new jersey, are calling several incidents where racial

licensetive symbols and words are painted one at the school in palmyra where one spray painted a racial slur and swastika and 666 were painted on the pavement. nobody pained a specific threat. >> it appears to be from juveniles on mischief night and it could escalate further. the police take it seriously. >> the graffiti has since been removed and the police do not know if it was done in one night or over several days. the pennsylvania house speaker announced he planned to run for governor. he will speak the republican nomination in may's election to challenge tom wolf who is seeking a second term. the 58-year-old joined three others in the republican primary field. a 24-year-old man from wilmington is accused of

shooting his ex-girlfriend's car while she drove away from d and south streets at 1:00 yesterday afternoon. the police charged the man with reckless endangerment and first degree assault and the bullet went through the back of the car and hit the driver's side head rest and suffer aid graze wound to the back of her head. no word on the motive. and police hope to identify four people using a stolen considered to buy more than a $1,000 worth of merchandise. they have video of the suspects, they are accused of taking a credit card from the victim's vehicle and using it to shop at wal-mart in levitt town. anyone that can identified the suspects is asked to call police. and a wheel went flying off the back of a tractor trailer and smashed into three other vehicles in newcastle. the impact severely damaged the vehicles on 13 near memorial

drive. and thankfully the injuries are not considered serious, the tractor trailer driver did stop so far no word on possible charges. >> there was a grill-abrasion for more than 10 schools across the city that raised the most money during the dollar defense program to benefit komen philadelphia were treated to a hot dog lunch and the students raised more than $12,000. good job. reducing carbon emissions in philadelphia by 80% by the year 2050. that is mayor jim kenney's goal as he laid out his strategies for businesses and other stake holders and that includes city wide solar energy. and low carbon energy. it's open for public comment through january 31st. time to check out the condition of the roads on a tuesday. lets go to matt pellman in the

traffic center the latest. looks like some problems there behind you on 202. >> i'm sure the public has comments on this as well. they are probably not favorable. this is 202 in delaware where it meets up on 95 and the big delay on 202 southbound is because of that crash i have been telling you about all afternoon on 95 itself. southbound just beyond 202 the concord pike and lanes are still blocked and speeds of 9 miles per hour from marsh road. stay on 495, not 202 the concord pike through delaware. this is 95 through bridesburg southbound side still extra heavy from past cotman on down to the girard and at least a broke ebb down vehicle from allegheny is gone and single digit speeds towards the villanova basketball game this evening. eastbound by norristown is cleared out of the way. and speeds are just as slow if

not slower on the schuylkill expressway and in bucks curb a wreck on the southbound side of route 1 the not so super highway cleared out and slow speeds there from the trentonville mar ris town bridge, i would stick with it 95 as slowing towards the scutter falls bridge. >> thank you matt. still to come on "action news" the coverage of roy halladay's celebration of life continues. jeff skversky will join us live again with the touching tributes from florida. and a local program aims to save edible unsellable food. the ugly produce in the hungry series and adam joseph tracking the latest in the weather center. >> sun here in spots, temperatures above where they were yesterday and a little bit of improvement during the day today. 48 philadelphia and 46 allentown and trenton and we'll talk about the 50s and more sunshine and a 50/50 weekend ahead in the seven-day forecast.

and we'll check sports with jaime apody on "action news" in a minute.

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of apples coming in they donate them to philabundance and other times it's so-called ugly produce. >> misshapen and oddly sized. >> but nutritious and healthy the markets are helping philabundance donating 2 million pounds of produce a year. >> there are a lot of people in the area that don't have access to fresh produce and it's our responsibility to do what we can to help those in need. >> the new partnership is a win win. produce past its prime goes to a farm in south jersey for feed and compost costing the market hundreds of thousands a year in hauling fees. >> the humanitarian benefit of helping people in need and reduces our trash cost and reduces our carbon footprint. if you want to make a difference go to 6abc.com and connect share and give this holiday season. matt o'donnell, channel 6

"action news." and here at 6 abc we are once again lending a hand to raise money to help our neighbors in need during the holiday, join us tomorrow for the annual holiday food drive phone bank from 4:00 until 6:30 p.m. and jaime apody is here with the special tribute in florida to roy halladay with the phillies. >> one week ago today we were all shocked to hear that former phillies ace was killed in a plane crash at just 40 years ole and fans and former teammates celebrate his amazing life. jeff skversky is live in clearwater, florida. how many times we saw halladay pitch on that field in spring training now seeing him remembered there today. heart breaking. >> very remotional stories being shared today from former phillies to former blue jays teammates now speaking behind the mound is his wife brandy and spoke about how they met in denver and they fell in love and

it grew into what they have today. among the speakers charlie emanuel and cole hamels expressing their love for halladay as a baseball player and as a person. >> roy's relentless work ethic and discipline and determination was a small piece of his mastery of baseball. >> he is very missed in my life. there are not many days you get to be around someone like roy halladay. i know every day when i look back on the experiences i had with roy, i will cherish those moments. >> reporter: and cole hamels adds that halladay was his mentor and the most humble human being i have ever met. back here live in clearwater, roy halladay's wife brandy is finishing up her speech and remembering her husband roy halladay that died a week ago in

a plane crash. jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. an emotional day indeed. switching gears to the eagles there is nothing like cowboys week when the birds have a chance to just end the season for their bitter rivals. already in week ten, zach ertz looks like he is penciling in a w. >> we take the field and expect to win that is our confidence in our ability as a team and we have seven games left but as a group we are confident right now. >> the wild rematch for the flyers when they continue their home at minnesota and lost 1-0 in philadelphia. and they got back to the winning we are getting used to last night in l.a., joel embiid a season high 28 points and robert covington added 21 with a triple with 32 seconds to go and gave the sixers the lead for good.

they did something they could not do last year. next up the lakers tomorrow. and a great day tore local golf fan as the pga made an announcement. get out your clan ars, they will host the 2027 pga championship and the 2017 womens pga championship and aronimink will host it next year. love when big time golf comes to philadelphia. >> we'll take a quick break. and check the accuweather forecast. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! dad, i already took out ben. it's not funny.

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a little more than an hour a berwyn microbiologist will battle it out for a chance to win $250,000 on jeopardy. lease is one of those trying to make it to the semi finals. she will take on a fourth grade teacher tonight and alec trebek share aid thought about the tournament and one about the eagles. >> viewers really liked this tournament. and there is more to come of course, because it will play out for the remainder of this week. and the finale, you are going to love. some sports casters were making predictions about the super bowl. and they were saying

philadelphia is going to be there. that would be nice. >> that would be amazing. you can watch lisa compete on jeopardy at 7:00 tonight here on 6 abc. >> all right time now for a check of accuweather forecast. adam joseph is here now and we have sunshine today. >> peeking through the cloud cover here. and more tomorrow. yes. more thursday afternoon, lets take a look live on sky 6 hd the sun has set 4:00 or 5:00, a pretty picture here on the center city skyline. a chill in the air out there. we are not dealing with the thick fog that we had this time last night going into the evening hours. 46 in allentown and 42 in wilmington and the cold 43 right now dover 47 at the atlantic city airport. feeling very november like. and speaking of november the coming weekend is the philadelphia marathon, and you want to freshen up the legs if

you are participating in that early tomorrow morning a bit cold though, 37 first thing and warming up 9:00, 42 degrees and 11:00 mid-40s. as we look at satellite and radar this afternoon a fight going on between the cloud cover and sunshine. you can see in the afternoon we broke apart that cloud cover especially new jersey, southern delaware and clouds to the northern and west saying i'm still in charge. the blip you see popping up on the radar that is not rain just exploding that is what we call ground clutter just the radar beam seeing a bit of debris in the atmosphere. overnight tonight partly cloudy once again. going down into the 20s in the suburbs, 36 with the north wind 3 to 6 miles per hour. and high pressure is in control tomorrow meaning a lack of cloud cover for the first part of the day and clouds coming in wrapping in across the ocean and

arriving in south jersey and delaware and marshing their way to the north and west. linking with the front from the ohio valley. and late wednesday night early on thursday morning. a cloudy start thursday morning by the time we get up and out the door. roadways are damp from the showers and thursday afternoon sunshine returns and warmer and breezy as we get into the afternoon and evening hours. thursday at 1:00 winds gusting at 37 and 31 for philadelphia and allentown they go higher here especially southeast closer to the shore. 45 miles per hour millville and dover and near 29 in the lehigh valley. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow 53 degrees and partly sunny in the morning and clouds increasing late day and early clouds breaking sun in the afternoon the winds kick up at 52 degrees and drop 8 degrees on friday

still bright out there and at least on the windy side. rain develops on saturday 57 degrees but kick the rain out for the philadelphia marathon but a chilly wind 50 but feeling well into the low 40s and speaking of 40s we are there again, a little bit brisk on monday and dry and a little sun on tuesday with temperatures back up to 50 degrees. >> thank you. >> it will be a family affair at the american music awards this weekend. today it was announce that tracy ellis ross will blackish will host the award show. she will take the stage as her mother diana ross receives the award for lifetime achievement. the american music awards airs live this sunday at 8:00 here on 6 abc.

today crews broke ground on ballet x's center for world choreography in philadelphia. the new center on the 1900 block of washington avenue represents new chapter of building strong communities through the art of dance. >> right now jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. and these stories about murder in a new jersey town that has not had one in more than a decade and played out in a public place unfortunately. an applebees restaurant. and police charge a doctor with having inappropriate contact with his patients. >> and billboards saying free meek mill has appeared around town today. now for the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams have a nice evening. good night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jl. jim gardner. tuesday night a philadelphia police officer is under arrest following drug charges and singer dion warwick is set to receive the marion anderson award. but the big story the latest on an overnight homicide many a place where homicides rarely if ever happen. it was 12:25 this morning when a man sitting at the bar in applebees in lawrenceville, new

jersey was fatally shot in the head. it happened on busy route 1 although not typically so busy at 12:25 in the morning. bob brooks live at the scene. do police think this was a targeted attack? >> reporter: jim, i can tell you that there are some good news the county prosecutor says they are hopeful for an arrest soon. but first, i'll step out of the way and show you a vigil of the victim's friends and family just gathered outside of the applebees here after what was a disturbing crime again. he was shot and killed while sitting at the bar and i am told he is devon smith 23 years old and a father and he will be greatly missed. >> it's scary because you never know when it is going to happen. >> you feel like you can't go anywhere anymore. >> a crime that cast doubt on neighbors and their general safety. a gunman