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 walked into the

lawrenceville applebees and shot a patron in the head. the young man was simply sitting at the bar and now identified as 23-year-old devon smith. >> i can't imagine. i am shocked. >> that is katie stunned about what happened. she frequents the neighborhood restaurants with her famply. >> i live five minutes down the road and here with my husband and kids all the time. >> and hopes the suspect is caught quick. according to the prosecutor, the investigation is young but moving quickly and successfully. >> we have several promising leads and hopeful of an arrest toon. >> he ran out of the doors of the applebees and got into an suv waiting in the parking lot. the restaurant was about to close in a half hour at 1:00. some customers finishing up inside had to be helped to their

cars physically shaken over what happened. they will have a hard time getting over a tragedy so close to home. >> reporter: and northern live look at the vigil, there are a few dozen people and the victim 23-year-old devon smith, according to those a father a little girl who is also a big time eagles fan. reporting live in lawrenceville, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, bob. a philadelphia police officer has been arrested and charged with conspiring to possess and distribute heroin and cocaine. 33-year-old 33-year-old eric troy snell planned to sell the drugs obtained by the drug trace task force in baltimore. that is the alligation. snell was a baltimore cop until 2008 and met his alleged partner in crime at the baltimore police

academy. snell joined in 2014 and has been suspended and will be dismissed in 30 days. bristol township police are on the lookout for the driver of the 2003 buick rendezvous they say was involved in a road rage incident last night. as two vehicles exited on to route 13 on to i-95 north. the drive of the buick pulled out a gun and fired two shots at the car and fort fatally the two people were not hurt. an out of control vehicle slammed into the spring dale farm market in cherry hill and the accident happened at 12:30 this afternoon on spring dale road and the impact damaged poles and a glass awning and police are trying to determine what led to the crash. in upper darky police have charge aid doctor for two counts

of indecent assault for fondling patients and the doctor is 82. sara bloomquist is live outside. the doctors office. have you the full story. >> reporter: that is right. this is the office where the doctor practiced here in upper darby. recently two women came forward and contacted police claiming that the doctor touched them inappropriately during a physical exam and now investigators want to know if any other patients were victimized. >> 82-year-old doctor is charged with two counts of indecent assault after two women went to police to report that the physician fondled them during a physical exam at his long lane medical sentner upper darby. >> both were very credible and legitimate so for them to be put in fear of the violation of trust. you trust your doctor especially someone that will do a physical exam. >> on july 3rd.

a 25-year-old philadelphia woman called police to report that the doctor fondled her chest and spoke to her inappropriately during a physical. and earlier this month a 52-year-old woman told police that the physician grabbed her chest in a sexual manner. >> she pushed him away and he whispered in her ear, hmm i like it. she panics and runs outs of the office. >> rowena is a long time patient of the doctor and called police today after hearing what the two women allege she is recalling all the times she felt uncomfortable around the physician. >> he is 80 something and you don't think he is being fresh. but it was uncomfortable. >> we went to the doctor's home in media. >> a woman first told us he was there and then a man's voice shouted telling us to go away. >> if there are any other

victims out there we want to hear from them so we can evaluate it. >> this doctor has another office on front street in north philadelphia. he surrendered to police in upper darby this morning with his attorney. bail was set at 10% of $50,000 which he posted and he was free to go. live in upper darby, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the attorney for rapper, meek mill, officially file aid motion for the recontusional of judge brinkley this afternoon. this comes a day after fans and athletes and fellow rappers rallied calling for meek mill's 2 to 4 year sentence to be overturned. he was convicted of gun and judge charged in 2008 and the judge revoked the probation and the billboards supporting the release of mill popped up today. the jury in the bribery trial of senator bob mendez

ended another day without a verdict. today was the second full day of deliberations since an alternate juror was dismissed last week to go on vacation. the jury told the judge they were deadlocked and the young reminded them it takes time for a jury to come to a consensus. >> and they found major lapses in amtrak safety culture it came today as the national safety board unveiled their findings in last year's deadly amtrak accident in delaware county. two maintenance workers were killed when a train slammed into a backhoe and the ntsb says they uncovered more than two dozen unsafe conditions at the work zone and site that amtrak procedures that may have encouraged work arounds to get the job done. brex drexel university is

home to a new -- discovery part of the national network. the mission is to commercialize high tech fabrics that can do things such as restore energy and communicate and see and hear. and made possible by the grant by the department of defense and governor tom wolf and mayor jim kenney and university president john fry were on hand for at announcement. >> students at cabrini university in radnor spent the day honoring the namesake, they did it by celebrating multiculturism. they put together presentations from victim blaming to the doca appeal. and the prestigious marion anderson ward will be hand the

out. singing star and new jerseyan diane warwick is the recipient. she is at a loss for words for the honor tonight. >> to be mentioned in the same breath as marion anderson, is overwhelming. it's wonderful. what can i say? >> the five time grammy award winner is honored not only for her talents but for just as importantly and more so for her humanitarian efforts. and coming up on "action news" tonight. it's beginning to look like the holidays around philadelphia. the massive tree arrives at the top of the art museum steps. jeff skversky is live in clearwater florida for the remembrance of roy halladay. >> reporter: roy halladay's 94 minute memorial ceremony just concluded behind me in

clearwater and there were emotional speeches and hear from some of those including former phillies teammates and his wife. and after four afternoons stuck in the 40s finally made tup to 50 degrees and still on the cool side. i'm tracking warmer weather and winds of change and weekend rain. i'll have it all in the exclusive accuweather forecast. that and more when "action news" continues tonight. sorry. i can't make it.

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which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. maybe you should ask your doctor? go to eczemaexposed.com to learn more. dozens of people gathered in cherry hill for an early celebration and they host the the turkey lunch for 125 people and the over 60 crowd was treated to a meal of turkey,

stuffing and cranberry and beans and for dessert they feasted on apple pie. and we here at channel 6 are once again lending a hand to raise money for our neighbors in need this holiday season. please join us tomorrow for the annual food drive food bank, volunteers and special guests will be on the phones taking your donations, it happened between 4:00 and 6:30 p.m. just log on to 6abc.com for more information on how you can connect, share and give. and it's beginning to look like the holiday season in front of the philadelphia museum of art because they raised a gorgeous christmas tree on the east terrace this morning. katherine scott was right there. >> it is an adventure. >> reporter: an adventure for this 54 white fir from the

allegheny mountains and ended up on the east terrace of the philadelphia museum of art. the 7,000 pound tree made the eight hour trek on monday bundled up on the flat bed and crews gathered bright and early and uncovered the fir and hoist tropical disturban ed it in the air. >> we have smaller trees because of the height of our ceilings but this is fantastic. >> drone 6 was capturing the preparation. comes courtesy of pmc property group and others, and it's a careful process and time consuming and each branch needs to be unwrapped and more than 10,000 lights will be strung on and the tree will be topped with a star. >> it will look nice when it's done and the art museum behind it it will look great. >> nice, the best part is the

tree lighting and they say hit the light and hit the switch and the lights come on. >> the tree lighting takes place on november 22nd and everyone is invited. there will be performances and hot chocolate and cookies and watch it on 6 abc. at the art museum. channel 6 "action news"

. they came to. press grief over his death and celebrate his life. we are talking about roy halladay in clearwater, florida. >> tears and laughs and a lot of great stories. roy halladay was remembered at a ceremony in clearwater florida. that is where we join jeff skversky live with more. >> reporter: ducis the stories the memories, were just endless today. the outpouring of love for roy halladay went on and on and on for those that spoke of course

laughs and tears and chase utley tearing up talking to his two sons telling them your father is the best teammate i ever had and halladay's family grieving like everyone else from his sons to his wife brandy on hand for the public memorial today here in clearwater. former phillies charlie emanuel and chase utley were among those that spoke including his wife brandy and how his memory will live on through his two boys. >> he exemplifies the best and most humble and loving person it's something i know that i strive to tell my boys in trying to be the best. strive for excellence. >> everyone here loved roy and knew him in various and different aspects of his life. as a teammate. i saw every day what it took to be a man among boys. >> he was beautiful inside and

out. without saying a word. seems always to have the right thing to say. when he did speak people listened. >> and among those listening today were the former prospects he was teaching down here in clearwater, he worked for the phillies as a mental skills coach and they listened when halladay spoke. >> thank you jeff. to football the eagles made a minor move today signing will beady formerly of the giants and released taylor hart. the main story line of the week and set to visit dallas this week following their by week. >> most guys are chomping at the bit to get in the groove and time is great to have off but looking to get back into the groove. and the cowboys this week we are excited about the match-up.

the pga of america announced aronimink will get two more majors hosting the womens pga championship and the 2027 mens pga championship. and the flyers on the ice in st. paul minnesota. the flyers have been shut out four times including this past saturday against minnesota. >> there is always a little more you can do. and so those are the things we have concentrated on, one thing we can do better is make it more difficult for the other teams goaltender and give ourselves a better chance for success. >> in college hoops. villanova hosts nickel state.

finally got to 50 today but felt uncomfortably cool. >> that is 7 degrees below normal. the next few days we'll warm things up just a little bit. clouds today and chopper 6 hd was flying high above the schuylkill river taking a look at center city philadelphia. we saw some filtered sunshine and the clouds and sun really embattled. there was more sun along the coast and kathleen posted the photo from lbi of the sunset and sun mixing with clouds and temperatures on the cool side and a dry day. and we keep it dry tomorrow. this shows the chance of rain tomorrow. 0% chance it will be a dry day and increasing clouds through the day and a front moving through wednesday night and that

brings us a 40% chance of rain and we dry out thursday and friday and unfortunately for weekend plans the best chance of rain comes saturday, 80% chance of rain developing and on the light side. a chill in the air. millville 41 and cape may 43 degrees, wilmington 45 and the arrows were streamlined out of the northwest and a cool flow of air. it feels like the holidays think look at the stats we better get moving only nine days until thanksgiving and 41 days until christmas and 48 days until we celebrate now years eve. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you see the breaks in clouds over south jersey and clouds along i-95 areas north and west. we'll see partly cloudy skies overnight and it won't be foggy but chilly and 28 degrees in the suburbs and 38 for center city. tomorrow a mixture of clouds and

sunshine and more clouds later in the day and temperatures warmer than today. making just baby steps. 53 in philadelphia and allentown 50 and cape may 55 and wilmington 52 and wilmington 51 degrees, future tracker 6 showing as we head through the afternoon we cloud up at 4:00. and then the front rolls through and brings us scattered showers around 5:00 along i-95 and 9:00 moving off the coast. and then the sunshine is back. this is when the winds rush in thursday afternoon wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour. so temperatures slightly above normal. 58 degrees but it will feel cooler with the wind and then the cooler air will be arriving on friday. so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow partly sunny and more clouds later in the day and the high is 53 degrees and warmer than today. thursday, some early morning showers and the clouds break for sunshine and it's blustery and if it's garbage day good look

with that. and friday the cooler air arrives for one day 50 degrees and gets warmer on saturday ahead of a cold front and that front brings us rain and if you head to the temple game and you take the rain gear behind the system cold winds on sunday for the philadelphia marathon. temperatures only 50 and the high in the 40s for the morning and windchills in the 30s and if you are spectating bundle up and monday the high only 45 and clouds break for sunshine with a high of 50 degrees, definitely a temperature roller coaster next week. >> abc world news with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and ducis rogers. and please join us for an "action news" investigation here at 11:00 on channel 6. would you pay thousands of dollars for trash? investigative reporter wendy saltzman goes under cover to

investigate claims that a repair shop charge aid unsuspecting customer a premium for used part. >> normally can you see if a part is rusty and used but watch out. our hidden camera investigation show a shop where they charged for a rebills transmission but was used. >> i didn't pay for used. >> what happened when we went looking for answers. two incidents with one person than is just a fluke. i'm wendy saltzman don't miss my report transmission trash at 11:00. 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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tonight, breaking news. the deadly shooting spree. the gunman shooting into an elementary school, into a kindergarten classroom. tonight, authorities say seven locations, at least four dead. also, the manhunt tonight. a suspected serial killer strikes again. and the new video. did authorities miss the suspect by just seconds? the attorney general, jeff sessions, grilled on russia. what he now says about this meeting with donald trump and george papadopoulos, there in the middle, who has now pleaded guilty and is cooperating with robert mueller. the a.g. says he only remembered the meeting after news reports surfaced. senate candidate roy moore tonight, and that tearful fifth accuser. and now, this evening, was he banned from a local shopping mall because there were teenagers? the new storm moving in tonight. it could very well effect holiday travel.