n news" delaware valley's leading news progrwith rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.>> good anda off. i'm matt o'donnell in the news a police officer shoots a man in philadelphia. hear what police are saying about the confrontation. and a deadly fir rips through a new jersey apartment complex and choppiv first

like today. and today is the most uncomfortable day of the winter season so far. part of the fountain at philadelphia square is frozen in place and they are starting to chip away at the ice. spring mountain likes this kind of weather because they can make more snow overnight. which is what they did. if you vent out our side bundle up and cover up. we face single digit windchills for most of the day.ck of the forecast. >> we have plenty of sunshine as expected but one of those days where the sun is not helping and the numbers in from the national weather service 20 in philadelphia and still 18 in trenton and 16 in allentown and 18 in reading and millville. and down the shore in cape may. 19 in airport in atlantic city.hes a0s and you the ndchills. feels like 4 i oo much higher than what we had around down. 2 degree windchill in allentown

and 5 in reading and millville raw conditions out there. as we look at the rest of the afternoon it stays where we are now. you are looking at temperatures way. lots of sunshineee us inching u high at 3:00. and windchills likely stay in ingle digits and low single in somes. this is a day to pay attention to and be careful about.g cold and temperatures in the teens and 20s. and windchills to maybe 10 in center city. a day to bundle up and cover up the skin as much as you can. saturday and matt another cold crush for new years eveday. that story in the seven day for accuwea the arctic conditions made a tough job even tougher for firefighters in the city's kensington section. their equipment iced over as they battled a church fire that send flames erupts overnight. jeanette reyes is following the

investigation. good afternoon mat investigators were here to find out the cause of this fire today. that is still a mystery. take a b liveme there activity here. pgw is making s is a will be boarded again. blazing. luc hurt. >> firefighters responded to a fire at the aexception of our lord church on cornwall street in east arrivals were greeted with flames from the first floor and it spread t second floor. more than 100 people seeking shelter from the bitter cold were eva residents from the nearby homes. >> if i was in that situation, i would have been in with them also. >> smelled the smoke and the firefighters knocked on the door and said we have to vacate. and the roman catholic church was condemned andoarded up by

lni. fire officials says it had previous burn damage and difficult to navigate and the frigeaer made it worse. >> obviously you can see we have freezing going on out here. and our members are covered in ice and gear is 100 pounds dry and now they are totally covered with ice. >> tear itdown. yes. it ain't no good now. can't remodel it. have to tear it down. >> coming back out live to us. i got off the phone with lni and they tell me this building was sold in 2014 and deteriorated since then and has private owners now and says it is cited or unsafe conditions and boarded up although that seems to have been unsuccessful. no injuries are reported this time and officials say they are working to prevent people from getting inside in the future. jeanette reyess channel 6

"action news." the ninth grade student shot in phoenixville last night has died. the 14-year-old was wounded in the parking lot of dunkin' donuts off nut road and later died at the hospital. police do not believe it was a ran done act but have not made any arrests yet. we'll have a live report at 12:30. breaking details about the police involved shooting in german town section of philadelphia. the man shot by an officer died at the hospital this morning. it happened at openal street. and two plain clothes officers tried to stop a car wanted in connection to a homicide and that the driver pulled over he took off and rammed his car imarked police vehicle and then the driver took off crashing down the street and when he got out of the vehicle he refused the police officer's

commands. >> they approached and positioned on the sidewalk after repeated commands by the plain clothes officer to show his hands he makes a furtive abrupt nd officer fires one shot striking the male in the head. we take this veryeto maknvesonducttion op ri died this morning and they dt while the vehicle is connected to homicide the driver wt.n wcar or. a woman was also in the car and she is being questioned by detectives. >> the search is on for a killer indelaware. police are looking for the gunman that fatally shot a man on palmer street. he was shot o at 1:00 a.m. and homicide detectives are working to figure out a possible motive. "action news" learn that one person died during an apartment complex fire in princeton, new sey. hhopper 6 he scene giving us a first day light look at the damage left behind. a large portion of the roof

collapsed during the blaze last night. authorities confirmed that a 73-year-old woman was found dead inside and another 35 residents have been displaced. that hard fou back in the headlines because rep moore is refusing to accept defeat saying that voter fraud may have play aid >> matt the results were in a month ago for the senate seat of alabama and >> this is there just won't accept. his opponent doug jones narrowly beating him to win the alabama senate seat. >> when the vote is this close it's not over. >> moore filing a last minute complaint election fraud. in a statement the moore campaign saying this is not a republican or democrat issue as election integrity should matter to everyone. but alabama secretary of state denying moore's

request to delay certifying jones until a thorough investigation can take place. the jones campaign saying that this desperate atem by roy moore to subvert is the will of the people will not succeed. it was dominated by multiple charges against moore for sexual misconduct. >> he was trying to pull me in between his legs. it was terrible. >> throughout the campaign moore denied the allegations and if his complaint he takes that denial one step later and took the polygraph test that proved his innocence. doug jones will be sworn in by vice president make pence on january 3rd when congress resumes. channel 6 "action news" in washington. president trump plans to start the new year at camp david where he will lay out the republican agenda for 2018.

mitch mcconnell and paul ryan are part of the two day trip. and president trump wants to get moving on a numbe issues before focus turns to the midterm elections he is in palm beach florida, where he is spending the holidays with his family. eagles fans hope to score tickets for the playoffs will have their chance next week. general admission tickets go on sale a week from today. people with purchase tickets on january 4th at 10:00 a.m. from 105 to $185 and standing room only are $85. they play their playoff game on january 13 and or january 14th. still to come on "action news" at noon a police impersonator pulls off multiple fake traffic stops and makes a comical error that leads authorities to catch him. and the perfect companion takes

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and that they need you. >> creating a beneficial relationship that could be life changing. derful to have near you. >> like having a best friend with you at all times. as much as you give them they give back twice as much. make a lot of sense. the "action news" team is out working on news stories beginning today at 4:00. if you look to start 2018 off right it may be time to say out with the old and in with the new. from toxic people to closet clutter we help you figure out what to leave behind after the ball drops and what do the male romper and chicken nuggets have in common? they both topped the charts when it came to the most loved and hates things of 2017. we'll reveal the whole list at 4:00 p.m. accuweather is next at noon. meteorologist david murphy tells us how chilly it is going to stay. we'll be right back.

not much to think of that prepares us for this weather

unless you spend time in northern norway. >> exactly. and on sunday and monday we get more of the same. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry. taking a look outside. and here we two with the action cam, and boy that is the story right there. that wind ripping down the parkway. and really adding to the chilly feel, temperatures are bad enough but the windchills in the single digits the rest of the way. temperatures in philadelphia 20 and dew point 20. winds out of the north northern west. we were in the single digits at dawn and that is transferring to the surface a windchill making it feel like a delightful 4 degrees. many goodness. 16 in allentown. 18 in reading and 18 in lancaster and 20 in philadelphia and 18 in trenton and 20 down toward millville. but look at the windchill

factors everybody is feeling like it's in the mid to upper single digits. bundle up and cover up. you expose yourself to this sort of wind for too long it can start to damage your skin. sunshine out there and sunglasses a good idea. and lehigh valley mostly sunny and bitter cold. a high of 21 and windchills remaining and probably in the mid to maybe upper single digits. i think you are stuck in those mid single digits up there. down the shore cold and lots of sun and 28 and windchills getting up to 10 at times and plenty of sunshine in philadelphia. bitter cold a high of 23 degrees, and winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. and keeping the windchills in the upper single digits. we are pretty much stuck in philadelphia with windchills close to 9 and a couple of 10's in there by 3:00 and zipping down tonight and 5 degree

windchill in philadelphia. and the winds die down but with the temperature dropping a little bit of wind will give us raw numbers. and in terms of temperatures it's bitter down to 14 in philadelphia with gathering clouds and maybe 10 in some of the suburbs and winds are less and biting. and then for saturday we have tem coming across the west. it's not grg combine ie coastal low and we are with the clipper system they don't put down a lot of snow a general coating to 2 inches and heavier ams region and because of the weather we are experiencing is certainly possible. future tracker 6 bringing us in at 7:00 and 9:00 in the morning. continuing through the noon hour and afternoon and evening it breaks down into a couple scanned snow showers.the excluccuweather seven-day forecast today we have a red bar on the seven day for today. and ac weather alert because of the combination of blustery win and bitter cold. high of 23. and as you saw windchills if the single digits and friday more

and high of 28. and at night a couple of fluries saturday you just saw light snow moving in for part of the day a couple of inches, slow is down on the roads if you encounter that it will stick to thsh of colder air returns new years eve is brisk olundle up and cover up for the eagles game 22. and the new year at mid, it's go dnd years day we start out with a temperature of 8 degrees in they get up to 20 for a high. so matt heading to the really hase cautioners and cov >> and the parade may quicker. >> i would go quicker if i was them any new delivery of books helps to spark the imagination of children in atlantic city. dozens of books were donated to the pediatric office and thanks to hope for atlantic city committed thousands of dollars to the project. families are september home with

age appropriate their docto visits to get them a jump start on reading until they are old enough for school. still to come a new warning from the irs. why scrambling to prepay your 2018 taxes may not pay off. and we take you inside a new hot spot in philadelphia. dining and sports and night live come together at the vespers sporting club.

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hello again. here are the stories we are following for on "action news" at 12:30. a local high school dies after a shooting in a store parking lot. and new video of a suspected t happened when a local homeowner found this man standing in the kitchen. and authorities rush to save an injured man from an island surrounded by icy water in south jersey. and a shooting in phoenixville, chester county. the gunman wounded the teenager in a dunkin' donuts parking lot st night and sources tell us that the 14-year-old victim has died. and john rawlins following the six for a suspect this noon. >> reporter: the gunshot victim is identified as jason ortiz cameron this is a homicide investigation but they are not saying a lot. it's not a random act but it's

unclear how the shooter came be with the 14-year-old in the parking lot.s were available at the high school at 10:00 this