we begin tonight with the developing story about this toddler shot and killed on the 2900 block of bethel road in chester township delaware county and that is where we find "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves. >> reporter: authorities confirm a three-year-old boy died from a gunshot wound here police actually just cleared the scene a few minutes ago leaving with evidence bags. inside one of those evidence bags we're told a 9-millimeter gun, the gun in that fatally wounded the three-year-old boy inside this home and this obviously a developing story.

police were called to the home around 3:30 this afternoon the corner of green street and bethel road.he call came in as a child shot. police were on scene within minutes and so were ambulances. an ambulance remained at the scene until about 4:30 and that's when we saw a medical examiner's vehicle arrive. police did confirm a three-year-old boy died authorities saying he was shot in the chest with a 9-millimeter gun and that it appeared the bullet went completely through the child's body. outside the child's home we saw family members flooding here obviously devastated. an uncle of the little boy told us his nephew who he calls junior and who was three years old that young boy somehow got ahold of the gun inside the house and the uncle said the boy was playing with it and the gun went off. authorities investigating how this child got ahold of this gun. reporting live in delaware county, alycia nieves cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you so much for that update. also following breaking news out of london. a major police response is happening right now on the london bridge in the central

this is the scene here on bethel road, chester township.ing in and out of this home where it all happened. family members holding each other weeping, trying to make sense of what happened. from what we've been told the toddler either two or three years old somehow got a gun and reportedly shot himself in the chest this afternoon. emergency crews were here and rushed the child to the hospital. but it was too late. police are investigating the circumstances. we've been told the child's father was being questioned at chester township police headquarters. >> i can't really believe that a gun would be access tonight a two year old, from what i'm being told, a gun was under the bed. and i can't believe that a child would be able to get -- gain access to a gun under a bed. who, you know, who would do that? >> i spoke to family members. they said they needed time to process all of this before they make a statement or release a photo of that toddler who died of an accidental gunshot. we'll have more on this story tonight after the game. dawn, joyce?

. >> it happened on bethel road, in chester township, this afternoon.utside the chester township police department. joanne, you have the latest on this tragic story. >> reporter: that's right, joyce, difficult day for everyone here in chester township specially devastating, for the family that far little boy, tough on the police who respond today a call that a toddler had been shot, right now the investigation centering on how the little boiman and today get the gun and shoot himself. >> heart breaking to be here for this type of thing that's the reaction hereof deadly shooting in chester township. >> i i understand you have a license to carry, but poor kid to get it, i don't understanded. >> police say toddler who lived in this house found a loaded gun this afternoon and shot himself in the chest. next-door neighbor, steven pots; in shock. he saw the little boy, just yesterday. >> just yesterday coming home from work. he wanted to play with my daughter, loved my dog. just good kids. >> neighbors and family members gather to console one another outside

family members were overcome with grief outside the house on bethel road yesterday. >> i can't say i'm sure what happened here, and i know he's gone, and he's a child, a baby, and he had so much potential. >> police said you can see carrying out bags of evidence. it's unclear if anybody will be charged in this case. >>> and then stabbing a councilman is under arrest and he turned himself into police and denied stabbing the councilman and says he didn't know him. the councilman is back to work and is doing okay, and he said the attack puts the focus on issues that leads people to violence. >> i think you can address the underlying issues about why people end up in unfortunate circumstances in our city. >> there is no evidence linking his client to the crime, and he says once his police released his name it was so he could surrender and not be a fugitive. >>> we are following developments on the terror attack in london. we will have an update in just minutes. >>> plus, march for truth. we'll have the details why thousands took to the streets this weekend demanding answers from president

it happened right here in this home at the corner of bethel road. police first responding around 4:00 to reports of a child with a gunshot wound. we were here as detectives arrived and roped off this home. going inside. we saw them coming out about bags of evidence. unclear whether they took the gun out of the home. we were also here as the young child's body was carried out of the house. they didn't even transport the child. the child had died here on the scene. the investigation in its very early stages right now. it's unclear if there was foul play. though we were told that the family members of that young child were down at the chester township police department right now answering questions. unclear where that gun was, or how this all unfolded. this, again, is breaking news right now. we'll continue to talk with city leaders. this is right here on the border with chester, the city of chester, which had a very violent day yesterday. a 16-year-old murdered there yesterday. now reports of a toddler killed here also from gun violence. live in chest

price say the 2-year-old boy found a handgun under a bed on the home on the corner of bethel and green street in chester township. the boy died after shooting himself while playing with the gun. dozens gathered outside was police took bags of evidence from the home. township officials were in disbelief. >> i can't believe that a gun would be accessible to a 2-year-old, from i'm told the gun was under the bed. i can't believe that a child would be able to gain access to a gun under a bed. >> there is no word if there will be any charges in the shooting. >> the man arrested in the stabbing of a philadelphia city councilman last week is expected to face a judge on attempted murder charges at any moment. "action news" was right there as 24-year-old john yarbreau turned himself into authorities yesterday morning accused of attacking david oh outside his home on thursday night. oh picked him out out of a photo lineup before the arrest was made. >> when i saw this forecast i said that's him. i'm glad he turned himself in, that means nobody got hurt and he is cooperating and number two, the pu

. >> reporter: police say they were called to the home at the corner of bethel road and green street in chester township at around 3:30 in the afternoon. the mother of the three-year-old told them her son got ahold of the 9-millimeter gun that was in the second floor of the bedroom of the home and while the little boy had the gun it went off. he shot himself once in the chest. emergency responders tried to revive the toddler but ultimately pronounced him dead at the scene. >> it's terrible. truly terrible that a situation like this could h from what i'm being told the gun was under the bed and i can't believe that a child would be able to gain accesss to a gun under a bed. >> reporter: and police tell me at this point in the investigation they are trying to determine if the 9-millimeter gun was in a lockbox or not and if it was, how the child was still able to get into that box. authorities still searching for those answers tonight. it is the focus of this investigation into the toddler's death. reporting live in the sat center alycia nieves cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> the suspect wan

family members were understandably overcome with grief outside the house on bethel road yesterday. >> not sure what happened here. i know he's gone. he's a child, i mean, he's a baby. he had so much potential. >> as you can see police carried bags of evidence from the house. investigators also questioned family members and it's unclear if anybody will be charged in this case. >>> the suspect accused of stabbing a philadelphia councilman is under arrest and facing attempted murder charges this morning. he turned himself into police yesterday. he denies stabbing the councilman david oh, and he says he doesn't even know him. and oh is back to work and is doing okay, and he tells us the attack puts a focus on the issues that lead people to commit violence. >> motivated to get out and get to work and address the underlying issues about why people end up in unfortunate circumstances in our city. >> his lawyer tells us there's no evidence linking his evidence to the crime and he says once police released his client's name and photo, he surrendered so he would not be considered a fugitive. >>

a grand jury will conduct its own investigation into a deadly police shooting in lower bethel township he was shot and killed by state outside his home back in may. police say he had fireworks around his neck and attempt ed o light the fuse. state police are already investigating the deadly shooting. >>> in camden county, bakers and chocolate makers have a new place to get high quality ingredients for their sweet treats. they held a grand opening for the new facility. they process macaroons, nut flours, nut butters and almonds. the company moved from brooklyn. >>> just in time for the weekend, the bridge between avalon and the city is back open. the bridge was closed for two and a half months for repairs. also in camden county, it's a perfect day for a spray ground. a new playground with showers and spray just opened today. it's the first spray ground in the park system. 125,000 grant helped pay for it. >>> the fire department received close to $60,000 in grant. it came from the department of homeland security's assistants to firefighters grant program. that money will be used for gear

police say the two-year-old boy found the handgun under a bed yesterday in the home on the corner of betheln streets in chester township. the child died after shooting himself while playing with the gun. dozens of family and friends gathered outside while police took bags of evidence from the home. township leaders say they are in disbelief. >> i can't believe that a gun would be accessible to a 2-year-old. from i'm being told the gun was under the bed. i can't believe that a child would gain access to a gun under a bed. >> so far there is no word if there will be any charges filed in the shooting. >> a woman who was driving a car that crashed into a popular dewey beach restaurant has been ordered to pay $241,000. the crash ignited a fire that destroyed the business. 37-year-old michelle small of wyoming, delaware was sentenced on friday. she pleaded guilty to driving under the influence. she was speeding when she lost control of the car. in addition to paying $241,000 she'll serve two years of probation. >>> this morning, bill maher is facing major backlash and criticism. he as apologized

police say the 2-year-old found a handgun under the bed yesterday in the home in the corner of bethel and green streets in chester township. they say the child died after shooting himself while playing with the gun. dozens of shocked loved ones gathered outside while police took bags of evidence from the home. township leaders were in disbelief. >> i can't believe that a gun would be accessible to a 2-year-old, from what i am being told the gun was under the bed. i can't believe that a child would be able to gain access to a gun under a bed. >>> there's no word if there will be any charges filed in the shooting. >>> friends, family and colleagues are remembering an influential and renown trail blazer who died. amena young died on tuesday, she was the first african-american woman president of the ceo. she was pointed as a commissioner of pennsylvania gaming control board. she is known for her many achievements and her heart and helped those who followed in her footsteps. young was 69 years old. >>> children's hospital is hosting 400 verdicts of the fetal program -- 400 veterans of thei

emergency crews racing to the scene on bethel road yesterday afternoon.father. now, they're looking into how the boy was able to access a gun. >> heart breaking, really heart breaking to be here for this type every thing. >> i can't really believe that a gun would be accessible to a two year old, from what i'm being told, a gun was under the bed. and i can't believe that a child would be able to get -- gain access to a gun under a bed. who, you know, who would do that? >> a recent study by the associated press in usa today finds gun accident kill at least one child in this country every other day. happening today: the man accused of stabbing philadelphia councilman, david oh will be arraigned later this morning, 24 year old shawn yarbray turned himself into police yesterday. he's now charged with attempted murder. he's the one police say attacked the councilman, outside his home wednesday night. he was unloading items, out of the back of his suv, when the suspect approached him, demanded his keys, wallet and money. his lawyer says he maintains his innocen

watching a broken down truck in bethel township delaware county falk road and garnett mine road is thentersection to avoid. in delaware crash along route four by the chick-fil-a has cleared and mass transit just a couple of minor issues this afternoon and 11 minute delay on the regional rail line train. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you sir. >>> what firefighters having to battle besides flames as a massive wildfire continues to rage in southern utah. >> and on health check why the fda wants to hear directly from you if you have any problems with cosmetics or shampoo. cecily. >> what a beautiful start to the work week. low humidity, temperatures comfortably cool, only 80 in philadelphia t many of these suburbs stuck in the 70's but i'm tracking the return of humidity and storms. i'll let you know when in t for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second a

this is going to start to fall apart but if it does hold together watch out for easton up towards bethel for the next 25 to 30 minutes as it moves off towards the south and to the east. in fact you can see on fox future cast maybe a thunderstorm to the north and west this is very very isolated. really the exception rather than the rule as we go into the rest of this evening noon tonight. as you can see the temperatures are really really comfortable. this is going to be the hot spot tomorrow. as you can see right into the interior sections cherry hill, voorhees, glassboro you're into the upper 80s to around 90 tomorrow afternoon you're going to be watching these temperatures get into the 90s like middle 90s and we're lookinlooking afternoon highs uo around 95. so 7:00 o'clock this evening, 8. very warm. as we go into the 9:00 o'clock hour staying really beautiful if you have dinner plans this is perfect night to dine outdoors. 82. going down to 78 degrees as we get into the 11:00 o'clock hour. all about an area of high pressure bermuda high that's parked itself down to the south. that's a

if you're traveling along i-78 in between bethel and hamburg also into reading but also we're trackingebanon, in northern lancaster county. that's where we do have a severe thunderstorm warning so this is for man heim, ephrata adams town, just south of wome lsdorf. so, the

bethel hamburg along i-78 there are some downpours and thunderstorms working from the southwest to thet sliding in from the northwest to the southeast so clipping parts of lancaster berks and lehigh county. we'll watch those for that particular area but overall they will not be drifting as far south as philadelphia for this evening and again, tomorrow is the day we will be watching. take a look at these numbers. the heat index how it's feeling right now 95 in philadelphia, the same for trenton, wilmington 94 feels like 98 in dover. 94 in millville but right along the immediate shore line here we are dealing with temperatures that feel like only in the 70's because of a strong wind again coming in off of that very chilly ocean of 61 or so degrees. you see all the severe storms in new england right now again all that missing us slide to the north. weak boundary that falls apart overnight and then a second round coming from the ohio valley you see near cleveland, that's here during the day tomorrow. so, for tonight it is warm, it is very uncomfortable, a thunderstorm again in those far no

if you're traveling along i-78 in between bethel and hamburg also into reading but also we're tracking these showers and storms in lebanon, in northern lancaster county. that's where we do have a severe thunderstorm warning so this is for man heim, ephrata adams town, just south of wome lsdorf. so, therediction center has winds and haily is a big concern tonight. we'll talk about what we can expect now right through saturday morning. scattered showers and downpours are likely, up to 3-inches in some spots which could lead to localized flash flooding. the steadiest seems to be tomorrow morning between 4:00 a.m. and 8 o'clock. we'll take a closer look with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast rick. >> melissa thank you. be sure to check back with "action news" tonight at 11:00 and tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. for the latest on the forecast for your first weekend of summer by the way and remember you can get the latest weather and storm tracker6 live radar any time on your phone or tablet or our 6abc app. >> new tonight at 5:00, some local drivers may be stuck with costly car repa

you see monroe county here, getting just north of the upper mount bethel area, little bit more moderatenfall right along route 80. maybe see little bit of more showers north of the city here this morning, the same goes for northampton county again, north of phillips berg, also getting some of the more moderate rainfall. overall just small pocket where we are getting more moderate rainfall. and everywhere else, just kind of light drizzle see south of pottstown, also, again, maybe little bit of yellow showing up on storm scan3, maybe little bit more of heavier rainfall there. but overall, again, it is light drizzle for most of the region if not all of the region. and then we will be watching all of this shower activity diminish going through the rest of the morning, and by again lunchtime we should be starting to see some sunshine, break through, if not even maybe little bit before that. temperatures out there right now, 40's, 50's, for many areas. mount pocono, 47 degrees, but 53 allentown where the rain has been coming down little longerment same for reading, getting little more precipi

so you can bethel ' be talking about how he had been stabbed in the back politically before in his live, but never in reality. but last night, reality came home to his front doorstep essentially, unloading groceries out of his chevy suv. he has the hatchback up. guy says something to him, he doesn't understand what the guy says. he tries to talk to the guy. the guy is asking for the keys to his car. next thing you know, he knives david oh, in the back. >> the gentleman at some point pulls a knife out, and announces a robbery, tells him to give him the keys for the car. at some point the male stabs him in his left side. medics arrive. neighbors assist mr. o. they take him over here to pen presbyterian where he's stable, to bring him into emergency surgery because of where the stab wounds are, where the organs are, was in good spirit prior to surgery. we're looking for male, 20's, beard, appeared to go west on thomas from the location. >> the other good news in here is that david oh,'s got some great neighbors over there, and in his kingsessing neighborhood, probably known him for decades

. >> reporter: police were called to the home at corner of the bethel road and green street in chester township around 3:30 in the afternoon, mother of the three-year old told them her son got a hold of the 9-millimeter gun in the second floor bedroom of the home, and while the little boy had the gun, it went off. he shot himself once in the chest, and emergency responders, trying to revive the toddler but ultimately, pronounced him dead at the scene. >> just terrible. truly terrible that a situation like this could happen. >> from what i was told the gun was under the bed. i can't believe a child would be able to gain access to it, underneath a bed. >> reporter: police tell thaws at this point in the investigation they are still trying to determine the 9- millimeter gun was in the lock box and not and if it was how toddler was still able to get in. they are searching for that answer. it is focus of this investigation. in the cbs-3 sat center, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> in delaware county marple township now, suv struck and killed aid with man on the 300 block of su

this was the scene at bethel church in kansas city. several pews and instruments were broken and a section of the building used as a food pantry for families in need was destroyed. police believe the vandalism occurred between friday afternoon and sund morning. church members are broken heart broken. >>> a house fire and explosion in baltimore, maryland. earlier in the day, neighbors said they did report smelling gas but firefighters found nothing wrong. the exact cause remains under investigation. all the victims were rushed to an area hospital. only one required treatment. the house where the explosion happened is a total loss. >>> uber's chief business officer is leaving that ride hailing company. this comes one day before the scheduled release of a report that's expected to recommend significant changes to uber's culture and management. the recommendations were made by former attorney general eric holder. uber's bord of directors is reportedly considering a leave of absence for its ceo as well. >>> chevy volt also be available a mo

. >> reporter: police say they were called to the home at bethel road and green street in chester township at 3:30 in the afternoon, mother of the three-year old toll them her son got a hold of the gun that was in the second floor bedroom of the home and while the little boy had gun it went off. he shot himself once in the chest, and emergency responders trying to revive the toddler but ultimately pronounced him dead at the scene. >> just terrible, truly terrible that a situation like this could happen. >> whatever you were told the gun man was under the bed and i can't believe a child would gain access to a gun underneath a bed. >> reporter: police tell us at this point in the investigation they are trying to determine if the 9- millimeter gun was in the lock box and fit was how toddler was still able to get into it. they are searching for that answer. it is focus of thin investigation. in the bs3 sat center, i'm alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> crowd gathered in philadelphia as part of the nationwide march for truth rally. many held signs on the ben franklin parkway, they w

bethel township delco have a broken down truck giving us restrictions along falk road at garnett mineing over into the state of delaware in churchman's crossing watching that cross along route four ogletown stanton road at sam set drive. things not too bad along 95, 495, delaware memorial bridge also in the clear at this point and we had that crash earlier on highway one around odessa. that has been cleared out of the way. over in south jersey it's also a pretty typical afternoon. starting to see a red zone along 70. at this point it's not too bad along 42 or 55 if you're headed southbound towards gloucester county. had a vehicle fire in gloucester township along blackwood-clementon road. luck that just cleared so everything reopened there. brian and sharrie, we'll check it again in the 5 o'clock hour and alicia. >> all right, matt, thank you. >>> and it is now time for big talkers the. we spoke with a woman in tennessee kicked out of her apartment buildings' pool because her bathing suit was too revealing the big question is was that swimsuit too revealing. it was a one piece bathing

. >> reporter: stacy bethel says her daughter was playing in the water park when the pain started. >>as i did she started screaming. then i realized something was wrong like she was in pain. >> reporter: her skin visibly burned. these are some of the images shared by her mom. officials believe these burns were caused by a dangerously high level of chlorine in the water. the cdc says pool chemical injuries make up almost 5,000 hospital e.r. visits each year, nearly half of the patients under 18. the seven-peaks water park telling abc news we get the unfortunate incident that occurred. the accident was the result of a non-functioning automatic chlorine feeder and the park will remain closed until a thorough inspection has been completed. all right, so, what should you do if you're at a public pool? well, there's a couple of questions you could ask. one, how often is the equipment inspected? that should happen every week and also ask how often is the water, ph, the chlorine tested. that should happen every hour if you're at a personal pool once a week is fine. >> but what if the water ha