outside of the barracks the first of four shots from a rifle left corporal byron dickson on the ground. and william fells told of the chaos, he was alerted by dispatcher nicole palmer who testified about the ambush and seeing the officer suffer. and that troopers armed themselves with rifles and learned from douglas that a sniper may be in the woods across the street and testified that he and two other troopers moved a vehicle to near the front door as a shield and scrambled to get dickson inside and help. and looking into dickson's eyes there was nothing. >> farina arrives at the courthouse with a heavily armed escort. >>> joe kahn is getting serious support. he was endorsed by former governor, ed rendell. during his endorse many he says that the da's office is currently in crisis and the current da is facing current corruption and bribery charges. last month williams said he would not run for re-election. >>> time right now for a check of the "action news" traffic report on a wednesday. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center on this hump day. >> hi guys. it feels like we

he is charged with killing corporal byron dickson and wounding a second trooper. >>> turning to the accuweather forecast. some cloud out there and showers rolling through and we are clearing out and in for a nice day. lets go live outside sky 6 hd in showing you philadelphia not quite as warm as yesterday. but still a good day to be outdoors, that is where we find david murphy, you have the latest from accuweather. >> no jacket on today sara, the sun is making a run at clouds. i'll show you stormtracker 6 live double scan and the showers that 10 minutes ago were evident just to the north of philadelphia now they are really thinning out and some in bucks county may have a drizzle on the windshield. and here comes the clearing too you see how the kilaueas will thinning out as harrisburg and hagerstown and maryland. and over the next hour or so we see things get brighter as well. morning lows were comfortable 55 in philadelphia and light wind and just about refreshing when you stepped outside and a light jacket was enough. 71 degrees now you can throw the jacket over your shoulder and windier toda

frein is accuses of an ambush style shooting and the attack killed corporal byron dickson. >>> now to developing news out of washington. senate democrats have blocked president trump's nominee to the supreme court. but republicans promise that neil gorsuch will be confirmed. here is the latest on the senate showdown. >> do you hear by move to bring to a close the debate -- >> the senate showdown comes to a head. and the democrats filibuster the nomination of neil gorsuch. >> this is unprecedented and out of all proportion to the qualified judge before us. >> and senate republicans are answering back threatening a move so controversial it's called the nuclear option. blowing up senate rules and getting rid of the need for 60 votes and making it that just a simple majority of 51 from either party pushes through the nominee from any party. >> they acted with free will and we offered them alternatives. >> and john mccain reluctantly supports the nuclear option. >> they are fighting to the end. fighting over the record and still furious over the way they treated president obama's nominee r

barracks and approached and saw someone down and unholdered the side arm and recognized corporal byron dickson who was wounded. he said it felt like someone slammed him in the bat with the baseball bat realizing that someone coward or cowards were shooting from across the street. prosecutors maintain it was erick frein who fired the shots from a soviet styled rifle. earlier on a large screen the jury saw a large letter written by frein to his parents and the state police experts says it was found on his computer after a 48 day manhunt and the writer talks of revolution saying quote, there is so much long on so many lexes. amendss the loss of liberty. >>> an ambulance collided with an suv in cherry hill new jersey. chopper 6 hd was over haddonfield road and a patient was in the ambulance at the time of the collision. the patient was moved to normal ambulance and no other injuries were reported. >>> a fedex truck crash nood the woods along the atlantic city expression way this morning. chopper 6 hd was over the wreckage and you can see the long backup in the eastbound lanes in winslow township.

he is accused of the ambush that killed corporal by byron dickson. the coverage of the trial will continue this afternoon on "action news." look for john rawlins' live records at 4:00 and constant updates online at 6abc.com. >>> in other news, a man hit by a vehicle riding a bike in the port richmond section of philadelphia remains in critical condition. the victim believes to be in his late 40s or 50s was hit just after 10:30 last night at aramingo avenue. the man was unresponsive when paramedics arrived and officials said the driver did stay at the scene. >>> in bucks county a barn full of bales of hay went up in flames. this is the 200 block of smith field road in perkasie. what sparked the fire is under investigation. >>> we are learning more about yesterday's deadly attack on the subway system in st. petersburg, russia, officials say the person behind the blast was a 22-year-old suicide bomber born in kurdistan. and 14 people were killed and nearly 50 people are in the hospital with injured. and they found another bomb at a different subway stat

frein killed corporal byron dickson and wounded corporal douglas. douglas walks with a pronounced limp and suffers from a range of health problems and frein sparked a weeks long manhunt before his capture. >> that was annie mccormick reporting. >>> a man sleeping in his bed was almost hit by gun fire it flew through his window and came next to his bed post. police in the area heard the gun fire and pulled up to the scene at the intersection of north 15th and conlynn street. they are questioning two persons of interest that allegedly tried to speed away and tossed two guns out the window. heavy smoke met fire crews on the 1300 block of east cheltenham avenue. that smoke damaged a number of homes and police tell us there were no injuries. >>> the family of the woman who was struck by a philadelphia police cruiser is speaking exclusively to "action news" about what happened. this was the scene in kensington on tuesday within police carried 25-year-old michelle cull to their cruiser to bring her to the hospital. the officer accidentally backed into her

firing shots that fatally wounded corporal byron dickson. trooper fells today testified about the first chaotic moments when those inside realized the barracks were under attack. douglas who was bleeding managed to make it into the lobby and fells pulled douglas further into the building and learned that the sniper may be in the woods just across the street from the building and fells testified that he and another trooper moved a vehicle to the front of the building to block gun fire and get to the corporal still lying on the ground. >> the focus is on the unexpected attack in 2014 by a sniper and the jury has not seen any actual evidence tying frein to the crime. and this video of frein made after his arrest will be played in part and hand written notes about the attack and handwriting experts will say were written by frein. >> thank you john. >>> today is a great day to get outdoors, lets do it. sky 6 hd taking a live look at the ben franklin bridge in penn's landing, the sun is out and the skies are blue and it's dry, but this time tomorr

jurors heard from the widow of corporal byron dickson and described a lonely love and two sons suffering without their father. stay here for an update on the sentencing when we get it. >>> an suv landed upside down after crashing into a korea in south jersey. the driver lost control on the 1700 block ofkersly road in gloucester township. the passenger and driver are both injured. >>> police in princeton say that three people are attacked by the same groping suspect and he is still on the run. police released this video of one incident that happened last week. and they have hidden the woman's identity here and you see the man come up from behind her and they grope her and he runs off in the other direction. police just released the rendering of how the suspect looks. if you have any information you are asked to call police. >>> we are learning more about the gunman that opened fire at paris's famed champs-elysees. one the biggest tourist spots in europe. the attacker pulled up alongside a police vehicle and got out and started shooting with a military style weapon. >> it was absolute chao

ambush at the baracks in 2014 and the penalty phase got underway this afternoon and corporal byron dickson's wife, tiffany took the stand and talked about how her life changed. >>> and a philadelphia soccer coach is accused of sexually assaulting a former player and fathering her 7-month-old child. francisco contreras was arrested yesterday and faces statutory sexual assault. and a 15-year-old tells police that he cohersed her to have sex for money. >>> today we have learned more about the circumstances leading up to police shooting and killing a criminal suspect yesterday in bellefonte, delaware. that is where "action news" reporter vernon odom is live tonight. what is the real story? >> jim, the suspect's name released this afternoon keith price. he was from wilmington delaware and wanted in connection with an attempted murder earlier this month april 9th in fact and now dead at the hands of police. police officers utilizing fully marked patrol vehicles attempted to stop keith price at 24th street and market street. >> newcastle police gave their account of what led to the shooting of keit

he is charged with an ambush style shooting in 2014 that killed corporal byron dickson and wounded alex douglas. >>> thousands of gun locks are made available at no cost and town watch volunteers will distribute the gun locks on the city streets and they are vinyl covered steel cables that thread through the change ber preventing the weapon from going off by accident. >>> faculty and staff held a rolly outside of schooling calling for a fair contract. cct faculty and staff are working without a contract for eight months and there is little progress in the negotiations. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight. it take a village to tackle hunger. and young and old are making sure everyone in their community is taking on the challenge. and two high school students would not let their circumstances keep them from a beloved tradition and now strangers are stepping in to help their dreams become a reality. >>> and double scan live radar showing showers coming in and the storm system will have an impact on our weather tomorrow and then get ready for a drying and warming trend. i'll explain in t

barracks, frein a weapons enthusist using a rifle ambushed two state troopers, killed was corporal byron dickson and wounded was alex douglas. >> he was found hiding in a hangar at a -- and last month 12 jurors and six alternate s wer chosen in chester county. it went for an hour and 40 minutes, the defense's opening statements lasted less than five minutes, the jury was told that erick frein, the defendant would not take the stand but the defense asked the jury to keep an open mind that the point because they would hear from him on the lengthy video statement that he made with murder investigators in 2014. all that is to begin later on we are in a lunch break later on and the actual trial should begin later this afternoon. >> john, thank you. >>> in other news, police have identified the three men that died in a shooting at a school in north philadelphia. a 20-year-old and 22-year-old and 27-year-old were killed in a hail of gun fire yesterday. a fourth man was wounded and hospitalized in stable condition. police found at least 25 bullet cases on west styles street. and the shots were fired at

showing the two troopers being struck by rifle shocks and corporal douglas and killed corporal byron dickson and the rifle gunshot sound. and the journal allegedly written by frein who was hunted by police in the days after the attack. he was discovered living in an unuse the aircraft hangar at a small air field. >> and frein's attorney did open as well today. he said that frein would not take the stand during the trial but told the jury to take an open mind that they would hear from frein on video tape after hours of statement he gave to investigators shortly after he was arrested on october 30th. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> back to you. >> thank you. >>> well, the man suspected of firing bullets into the parking lot of the delilah's gentlemen's club. went before a judge today. lawrence mitchell was in court today. he appeared there because evidence found in his home matches the weapon used in the shoot that took place in northern liberty. during his hearing mitchell waived extradition to philadelphia where he faces an attempted murder charge. >>> and now police announce a now