northwest raiders. >> in germantown, chad pradelli, "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> still to come ton "action news" tonight more drenching rain headed for mudd slides plagued california also, protests or flat racism. debate after disturbing images are found hanging on a college campus. >> and one of the biggest stars come to illness sweeping the nhl >> and one of the biggest stars come to illness sweeping the nhl and how it impack the season >> uc berkley in california is investigating a cardboard cutout discovered yesterday morning hours ow after students joined the nationwide protest. the de separate sparked over whether imamounts were protest art or intended to be offensive. police joined in the search for who whoever is responsible. >> the month's outbreak in national hockey league continues to spread. one of the sports biggest stars sidney crosby of the peng wings is diagnosed with the mumps. crosby had a swollen face friday but told reporters he tested negative. a second test over the weekend confirmed the virus. he got a booster shot before going to winter olympics and said th

chad pradelli got new information for us at a news conference joins us with more. chad? >> two investigations remain one by upper darby police and one by the district attorney's office. >> if you listen to the videos you'll know that he was a troubled man on a collision course with police. >> this is the vehicle joseph pet pet petitchi was drive he was hit three times in the upper body. >> he was hit two in the shoeltd and one in the back of the neck. he was wanted for making terroristic threats against police and law enforcement. they first became aware of the man when he made threats and he posted several rants on youtube where he again threatened police some of what are inappropriate for broadcast. >> the lose lose scenario just try to arrest me now consequently -- >> there police followed him and stopped him in upper darby after being ordered to get out of his vehicle, he allegedly backed up at a high rate of speed narrowly missing officers and hitting a police cruiser that is when officers opened fire on him. several bullets hit nearby businesses which michael chitw

chad pradelli is at mill creek. >> we are off of kirkwood highway. the fire broke out at 1:00. they got to under control quickly. now the cleanu cleanup continue. the homeowner accidently drove into his meter. martin weise heard the tires screeched. he ran out to help. >> it was a little scary. you could feel the heat all the way to here. >> that is where the gas metres ometresof broken. >>reporter:the owner of the car that hit the gas meter didn't want to go on camera. he the car in drive not reverse when he slammed into the meter. >> seriously it was like desperate. like trying to do something even his wife trying to pick up the plastic hose, the water hose to get him out. lady, get out of there. it was bad. >>reporter:the firefighters say that one woman suffered smoke inhalation. she is expected to be okay. ruiz peppe helped the firefightd police. she was frantic when she got the call that the nearby townhomes were on fire. >> i got word that someone saved my dog. i was thankful to them for breaking the door to get the dog. >> four families were displaced. red cross is movin

chad pradelli is live now in media. >> reporter: jim, the arrest of dr. lawrence wean culminates an investigation, they made the bust it was recently created to deal with the addiction crisis in the county. >> this is nothing more than a pill mill. >> delaware county detectives raided the doctor's practice in baltimore pike. they called it a junky jackpot for the addicts. they would walk in and walk out with a prescription. in one instance district attorney jack whalen asked the officer what he would prescribe? >> no examination, not even his vital signs were taken during these office visits. >> as dr. wean was taken to be charged with narcotic abuse charges, he denied the allegations. >> this is all wrong. all wrong. >> these are people with serious drug addictions, do you feel responsible at all? >> no, i'm a good doc and i take care of people. >> it's unclear how long the investigation has been underway but dr. wean is the recipient of scathing reviews many of which detail the alleged operation, in one a person writes, if you come in for pain managemen

. >> lets go to chad pradelli live with the breaking details. >> reporter: hey monica we have one suspect dead and an active investigation in the officer-involved shooting officers from around delaware county were on scene and the body of that suspect was behind that emergency vehicle you see in front of us just moments ago upper darby police superintendant talked to reporters and he details what happened at 4:00 this morning. right on youtube where they are starting to kill police and fbi agents. they got the warrant for him and they were going to serve the warrant for him and he left the house in clifton and they followed him over here and he tried to rundown a couple of cops and he smashed into the employees chief from clifton's car and the police in fear of their life fired shots and struck the individual. >>> we know little information about the suspect, chitwood says he is a 52-year-old white male and apparently made threats against officers on youtube, that is when officers moved in on the suspect on garret road and shadeland, chitwood talked about the suspect and hit the vehicle a

live at the house tonight is "action news" reporter chad pradelli. chad what's the latest information on this? >> reporter: jim, investigators say there were ongoing tensions between detective morris and krupp. state police say this entire crime was caught on surveillance camera. they say krupp who lives right there in that yellow house was seen on video walking across that lawn walking up to the front porch and lighting christmas ornaments on fire. the fire quickly engulfed the front porch. this is video recorded by a neighbor before firefighters arrived early yesterday morning. and state police say it's just a few minutes after neighbor donna krupp intentionally set the fire. >> who would have thought that, you know, somebody living that close to you could do something that drastic and that is just horrible, despicable. >> it's tragic. i can believe that she was involved in it. >> reporter: that's because the owner of the now gutted home is limerick police detective ernie morris. investigators say krupp believed morris was responsible for the ongoin

chad pradelli is live. >> reporter: white was arrested on a parole violation but he is now charged with the murder of wayne ellington sr. >> detectives say that the community was key in this case and they received tons of leads and tips and now white is off the streets. >> i was happy and thankful that they finally took this person off the street. >> police say that carl white is the man that shot and killed wayne ellington sr. on the street last month. a source says he yelled at him and he stopped and white walked up and shot him in the head motive is unclear police say that marijuana is unclear and detectives have not nailed down why ellington there was. they say that white was high on pcp and may have been hallucinating. his son wayne, plays for the l.a. lakers and the family is devastating. >> it's a really big void, christmas will not be the same without him. >> court records reveal that white has a long history of crime, drugs, weapons and other crimes dating back to 1998, police call him a career criminal. and investigating if he is involved in other shootings. >> i hope this bri

i am live along the schuylkill river, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> federal investigator from the atf have joined the fire marshall in the investigation into the tuesday fire that killed firefighter joyce craig, she was trapped while fighting a basement fire here on west oak lane, investigators know they hit her may day signal but don't know how she became trapped. she was the mother of a teenage son and a toddler daughter. two viewings are held tomorrow night at the bachelor brothers funeral home at 6:00 and a memorial service is tomorrow morning at 10:00 and then craig will be laid to rest at ivy hill cemetery. >>> union 222 set up a fund for her two children. checks c checks can be made out to the joyce craig-lewis memorial fund. >>> the northampton county coroner says that the man that died after a police chase in october was actually killed by a police bullet. richard shoreman iii died after the chase that began in palmer township. they say that he ran his truck into a police vehicle and hit a utility pole and had self-inflicted knife wounds to his neck

vernon odom is live outside of energy 64 in long crest, but first chad pradelli is live at the scene of the blaze, you have the details on what happened there this morning. >> reporter: jim, joyce craig-lewis was one of the first firefighters here on scene and she went into the burning building behind me trying to save a life and ended up losing her own. looking from the outside it doesn't appear to be one of the most devastating fires but one of the most tragic in city history. downstairs they encountered heavy smoke and a superior pulled them back and then her brothers in line realized she was still in line. craig-lewis got on her radio and called for help. >> 928 begin evacuation. we are getting emergency evacuation, they say they are trapped in the basement. >> we understand there was a call and she did call and indicate she was in distress. >> efforts to resuscitate the veteran on scene were unsuccessful. a procession escorted her body to the medical examiner's office which will determine the cause of death. >> she loved her job and was a heavily trained firefighter that served

chad pradelli was with the agents when they raided the office. they are live with the video. >> this culminates a three months investigation and the task force that made the bust was created to deal with the county's addiction crisis. only "action news" was there as they raided dr. wean's practice in media, not far from the delaware county forecast where he was taken, he is accused of running a pill mill, writing prescriptions for sleeping pills and attention deficit drugs and pain drugs. he would charge $200, $300, and write a prescription no questions ask. he is practicing medicine for 27 years, he is the recipient of scathing reviews. in one a person writes, one of my closest and oldest friends died in a side business of rx, another quote says he is nothing but a drug dealer, and should have his license revoked. >> it not only looks at targeting drug dealers on street corners but we also attacked those drug dealers that are wearing white coats. investigators built the case on buys from the unities, dr. wean was take and to the district justice

"action news" reporter chad pradelli has the story. >> carmen pope and her husband are cleaning up and their home was fire bombed this morning around 1 a.m. they awoke to a loud bang. >> the time i got back down field the whole living room was on fire i said no we cannot gets out from downstairs we have to go up. >> few five people were inside the house including 4-month-old little girl. they rushed upstairs and climbed on to a roof and waited for help. >> at document males, females and infant were rescued bilateraler eight from the rear second floor roof. >> fire investigators have been to this unit block more than a dozen times. earlier this month the home next door to the popes was fire bombed. it's unclear you are connects the and the task force is investigating. >> they bust my windows out first and then months later fire bomb. >> what do you want to say who whoever did this. >> they have to pay for it. >> one woman and the 4-year-old were treated at einstein medical aebt are centerer and are released and it is comprised of fire, police and atf tion. in east ger than town, chad pr

"action news" reporter chad pradelli is live outside kildares on main street, chad. >> reporter: jim,rning new information about the investigation in the shane montgomery disappearance. sources tell "action news" that the bouncer who escorted montgomery from kildares public house in the early morning hours of thanksgiving, well, he told investigators that about an hour later he ran into montgomery further down main street. he said montgomery apologized, appeared to be in good health but what happened to him next is unclear. >> ♪ lean on me >> reporter: a couple hundred people gathered in west chester university campus to pray for shane montgomery. >> it is heart breaking and it is hard to go tour classes and try to be normal but we will do our best. we have a ton of hope. >> i just want the montgomerys to know it is not only the west chester university that support them but those of us in the community. >> reporter: montgomery's parents and family attended the candle light vigil, his father spoke briefly. the word were muffled by choking emotion. >> we miss him. we love him. >> we hop

"action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at the marketplace at garden state park in cherry hill. chad, a number of shoppers have already been victimized. >> reporter: yes, jim, cherry hill police say there have been eight cases over the past month or so and three of those occurred right here at the marketplace of garden state park. they're the men and women who prey on holiday shoppers. they like to distract and swipe or simply look for an unattended purse. >> it's awful. it's just scary. i mean, it's sad the world we live in now. >> it's terrible. they shouldn't do that, they really shouldn't. >> reporter: but they do. cherry hill police say this duo stole a wallet from panera bread and racked up more than $14,000 in charges. they spend fast. this woman allegedly snatched a wallet from wegmans then went next door to best buy and charged away. an investigators say this couple stole credit cards at the christmas tree shops. >> almost all of our victims haven't females and it's involved a handbag. >> reporter: police say shoppers need to pay attention, keep purses zipped up and atta

police have learned more about the suspect they shot and killed in drexel hill delaware county chad pradelli is following this story, live where this all unfolded. chad? >> those that new joseph said he was somewhat of a recluse that dealt with mental health issues he was shot and killed here yesterday and you can see the evidence markings on the roadway deputies tried to arrest him here and they ran him over with his vehicle and they opened fire and killed him. >> when it ends in a death it's tragedy period. i believe strongly that the officer did nothing wrong it was a barrage of gun fire, 22 shots in all and several hit joseph killing him on an upper darby street. it looks like he was hit two in the shoulder and one in the back of the neck. the 52-year-old was allegedly wanted for making terroristicic threats many of which are inappropriate for broadcast the lose lose scenario in which you try to arrest me okay, now consequently it's serious and irreversible consequences. >>> he overheard patch eveny threatening law enforcement and a detective contacted him and within the youtube rans wer

attempts to reach the comedian were unsuccessful n north philadelphia, chad pradelli for "action news" at ten on phl17. >>> well, rapper meek mill is out of jail earlier then expected. back in july he had an outburst at his parole office, which resulted in a why sentencing him to three to six months for violating parole. the parole was related to a drug case from 2009, he served five months, before today's release. meek mill was also ordered to take etiquette classes. >>> police in the bronx have made an arrest in this heinous robbery. that is a woman holding a baby being dropped kick, but mother felon top of her two month-old and suspect took off with her cell phone, fortunately it didn't take lock for police to identified alonzo brown as the attacker. the 18 year-old apologized after his arrest telling reporters and police he didn't realize his victim was holding a baby. >>> power is gradually being restored in the city of detroit. power outage there forcedded early dismissals at all public schools and wayne state university. other affect buildings including governmental facilities

. >> i'm live in center city chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> meantime in indonesia tonight crews are waiting for day break to resume what they are calling a recovery mission for the air asia airline that crashed into the scene they pulled body as well as debris from the sea they confirm that everything they found so far is from air asia flight 8501, family of passengers and crew were overcome when they saw images from the crash site. >> it's a scar with me for the rest of my life, it doesn't change anything but very little there was at least some closure compared to not knowing what happened and holding out hope. >> search crews confirm from the air they can see the silhouette of the entire plane. there is much more on the crash investigation on world news tonight with david muir, at 6:30 technically after "action news" at 6:00. >>> a man suspected in three rapes in pennypack park is extradited to philadelphia to face charges. robert palin was jailed in madison, wisconsin and dna linked him to attacks here. he resisted coming back to philadelphia and is now held on so milli

missing for a week, and he was last even in manayunk, and that is where "action news" reporter chad pradellis live tonight, chad. >> reporter: shirleen, we're learning new information about the investigation, into the montgomery's disappearance. sources tell "action news" that the bounce shore escorted montgomery from kildare is here last thursday morning, told investigators he ran into montgomery about an hour later, down main street. he said montgomery apologized to him. he was in good spirits and appeared to be in good health but what happened to montgomery after that is anybody's guess. >> ♪ lean on me >> reporter: a couple hundred people gathered on the the west chester university campus to pray, for shane montgomery. >> it is heart breaking and hard to go to your classes and try to be normal but we do our best to try to help. >> i just want the montgomerys to know it is not only the west chester university that is supporting them but those of us in the community. >> reporter: montgomery's parents and family attended the candle light vigil his father spoke briefly. the words were muffle

i'm live in east germantown, chad pradelli, "channel 6 action news." >> chad, thank you. there is still knoll word on the cause of a house fire in lower chichester delaware couldn't yip that fire killed a grandmother and injured her five grandchildren with her. take a look at viewer video of the towering flames that ripped through the home yesterday morning on the 100 block of firm field avenue and grandmother 62-year-old doris had multiple sclerosis son-in-law and neighborhood plan to the house to tre to save her and the children. >> he risked his own life and tried best to save mother's life. i love and respect that man so much. >> father is in critical and stable condition. three children are still in the hospital.go to our web site at . >> protesters continue to demonstrate he reforms for african americans and biggest test of the weekend so far was washington d.c. yesterday. and is it was intended to call attention to recent high profile deaths of unarmed black men hands of police in mow owe and new york. mothers of those men spoke out at the washington rally. >> prot

i'm chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> chad thank you. >>> philadelphia police sources tell "t over a girl put a drexel student in the hospital early this morning, saying the man was stabbed in the back outside of myers residence hall, and he was treated and released fairly quickly and two drexel students have been charged with assault. >> two people were charged in the kensington section hope you can help them fine a casual criminal. this is video from north fifth street on november 29th, you can see a woman standing in front of the house and then looks around and take a seat on the steps, she reaches in the doorway and grabs a package and puts it beside her, if you recognize the alleged thief call police. >>> a burlington county father will not be allowed to sue another child that broke his son's arm during a lacrosse game. the player was knocked over by a player from marlton, the family wants the other child held liable for the damage, they upheld a trial judge's decision, saying that an 11-year-old lacrosse novice should not have to pay for his actions on the field. it wou

in media, chad pradelli for "action news" at ten on phl17. >>> nascar driver curt bushh told a delawareudge that he repeatedly told his ex-girlfriend to leave his met or home the night she claims burba salted her. patricia driscoll is trying to keep burba way from her now. driscoll testified yesterday saying bush choke her, and smash her head into a wall at that met or home, at dover international speed way in september. bush's lawyers have denied, all of the allegations. >>> a local seven year-old received a farewell, fit for a hero today. fire fighters paid their respects to aiden reag will who lost his battle to cancer. it was his dream to be a fire fighter. the department in his home town of washington township made him an honorary member last year. word spread and soon department all over the world, added his name to their rosters. >>> dozens of dogs and puppies were rescued yesterday from a home in lancaster county. there were 62 in all there found inside of that house and the garage. the reek will will scattered all around the the property. the owner is expected to face cruelty c

i am live at police headquarters, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >>> temple university joined the movement for justice. both unarmed men that died at the hands of police. they held a die-in, and we silent for 4.5 minutes to represent the 4.5 hours that michael brown laid on the street. and this comes one day after the new york grand jury decided not to indict the officer that put him in a chokehold. >>> and this protest was in pittsburgh and they called a lack of indictment in the garner case was an injustice. changes will now be made to the city's police department. >> the train that will happen in this building will change the future of this city, it will have not just an impact of thousands of people but on millions of people. >> last night in center city philadelphia, demonstrators gathered at the holiday tree lighting at city hall to voice their opinions on the garner and brown cases. vernon odom is live now outside of city hall on how the city thinks they responded to the situation. >> reporter: good evening monica, the postmortem on had you they handled this, the grand

chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >>> there say new $5,000 reward to catch men behind robberies in the suburbs, first they held up the pliymouth tire center and stole a customer's honda sunday night. investigators have connected the same men to a third robbery to the lukoil station at street road in ben salem on november 18th, this time one of them dropped his mask right there giving the camera a good look at his face. >>> light snow fell throughout the day today in the lehigh and delaware valleys. if you head out be careful, the snow was accompanied by strong wind gusts. lets find out how low the temperatures will drop, and look at live radar from cecily tynan. >> temperatures are dropping below freezing tonight this is why it's a concern. many montgomery now and honey brook and downingtown working across route 30 and pottstown it's light and mixing with rain, it was heavier earlier today but earlier today temperatures were above freezing so most of these accumulations were on the grassy surfaces, most of the snow was melting on roads. feasterville .8 inches and wayne .3 and sp

"action news" reporter chad pradelli live in plymouth township with more. could. the plymouth auto and tire center here was robbed on tuesday neither at 11 o'clock and according to investigators here in plymouth township, the two suspects may be responsible for another violent armed robbery in chester county. now, authorities want you to take a close look at this surveillance video so they can apprehend these two suspects. the thieves were first captured on an exterior camera. they waited then quickly walked in to the plymouth auto and tire center. a lone employee was inside. one suspect shoved a gun to his stomach. they then forced him to open the register as one thief forces the employee to a bathroom, his partner loots the place of money and cigarettes. >> i've been here 20 years. nothing like this has ever happened to us before. these aren't employees, these are like my family and in some cases they are my family because i have family members who work for me. i take this perth. >> reporter: owner al torcini put up a $5,000 reward for information leading

live at the house tonight is "action news" reporter chad pradelli. the latest information on this? >> reporter: jim, investigators say there were ongoing tensions between detective morris and krupp. state police say this entire crime was caught on surveillance camera. they say krupp who lives right there in that yellow house was seen on video walking across that lawn walking up to the front porch and lighting christmas ornaments on fire. the fire quickly engulfed the front porch. this is video recorded by a neighbor before firefighters arrived early yesterday morning. and state police say it's just a few minutes after neighbor donna krupp intentionally set the fire. >> who would have thought that, you know, somebody living that close to you could do something that drastic and that is just horrible, despicable. >> it's tragic.

"action news" reporter chad pradelli is covering this story for us. e southwest detectives in west philadelphia with more. chad. >> reporter: sharrie philadelphia police say the suspect is wanted for six robberies, all occurred early last week leading up to the christmas holidays. like you said, he's armed with a gun and willing to use it and did so against a victim who fought back. >> it was no one in the lobby and he saw there was nobody in the lobby and he went behind the desk here. >> reporter: the armed robbery went down inside the north american motor inn around 1:00 tuesday afternoon but general manager diamond burrwell wasn't going let the thief take his employee's purse. >> i grabbed the chair and he ran out the door. i picked up the chair from inside and i hit him and knocked him down and knocked the pocketbook off his back that he took from my front beck clerk. >> reporter: he chased the suspect who hopped over this fence but then turned around and fired two shots. >> they saw the casing back here on the ground i don't know whether it ricoch

and chad pradelli is at the unit block of lower valley lane. what is the latest there. >> the homeowner didn't want to go on camera. he put his car in drive instead of reverse and hit that gas meter igniting the fire. it happened at 1:00 in the afternoon. the firefighters got the blaze under control. as you see the cleanup here continues. >> this is the fire as is ravaged four row homes and destroying two. after a homeowner slammed into his gas meter. >> we controlled the fire waiting for the gas company to come. >> it was scary. martin luis lives a few blocks from the blaze. he heard the sound of screeching tires. he ran out of the house and found his neighbor stuck in his car, the house on fire and the neighbor's wife trying to put out blaze. >> he was desperate. he was trying to do something. even his wife trying to pick up the plastic hose, the water hose to get him out. lady get out of there. it was bad. >>reporter:the gas line never blew. the firefighters say that one woman suffered smoke inhalation and taken to a local hospital. she is e

chad pradelli is live. >> reporter: white was arrested on a parole violation but he is now charged with the murder of wayne ellington sr. >> detectives say that the community was key in this case and they received tons of leads and tips and now white is off the streets. >> i was happy and thankful that they finally took this person off the street. >> police say that carl white is the man that shot and

"action news" reporter chad pradelli has the full story. >> carmen pope and husband are cleaning up and their home was fire bombed this morning arounds 1 a.m. they awoke to loud bang. >> bit too many i got downstairs the quhol living hoom was -- it was gone. i said no we can't get out from downstairs. we have to go up. >> five people were inside the house including a 4-month-old little girl. they rushed upstairs climbed ton her proof and donated for help. >> adult males, females, and instapt were res kudz by ladder 8 from the rear second floor move of roof of property at that time. >> earlier this month the home that's due to the post is fire bomb. investigators say it's unclear and son. >> my one goes out first and then months later it's a fire bomb. >> we want to say whoever did this. >> well they to pay for it. >> one of the women and the 4-month-old were treated ip up stein and both railroad released and doing well. arson task force is investigating and it's comprised of philadelphia fire, police, and apf agented. german goup, what, whatel 6 out of their home flames bro' broke out 1

i'm live in lower pottsgrove, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> all right, chad thank you. >>> on the weather front dreary conditions are sticking around as we head into the weekend. but for only part of it. sky 6 looking live tonight at a somewhat gloomy center city skyline. we saw drizzle and light rain throughout the early afternoon and early evening. if you're headed out tonight or tomorrow keep that umbrella handy. meteorologist cecily tynan is at the big board way closer look at the weekend forecast and kind of a mixed bag. >> reporter: it really is rick. it's going to be a 50-50 weekend. starting off wet. we have pockets of light rain across the region and there's plenty more out to the west. as we zoom farther out though the actual low pressure that i'm tracking for tomorrow is just moving in totten 10 valley and what this low pressure will do is track just to our south over virginia and this will bring us some heavy rain saturday afternoon into the evening. as far as tonight, temperatures you can see in our immediate area would have freezing, 45 degrees in philadelphi

"action news" reporter chad pradelli reports. >> the northwest raiders returned to the recreation september were trophy in hand. they're the division one midgit national champions. they beat new version britain rayers from connecticut the game was televised on espn. norm west raiders rolled to awi. >> the 12 to 15 years this is a championship culmination of hard work and accomplishment they'll cherish the rest of their lives. >> game two, i made a field goal to put it over time. it was a great experience for the kids. it was a wonderful time. >> more to come on "action news" tonight james bond at center of real life international intrigue and hackers behind the massive soapy cyber hack may have discovered by the new bound movie. >> and mother nature puts on shooting stars over germany. >> "action news" comes right shooting stars over germany. >> "action news" comes right back. the holiday season is here, which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty

. >> chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> police believe a 55-year-old man is behind several attacks behind women in university city, officers caught him going after a grad student and the 38-year-old woman was followed when she got off the bus and was struck in the head way metal bicycle lock and she fought back and was dragged 50 yards down the street and officers had increased patrols in the area because of recent crimes when they spotted the assault in progress, they believe the same man groped to students yesterday and sexually assaulted and robbed a student on monday. it shocked people that live nearby. >> live at 46th and walnut and i don't want to go out at night by myself. the suspect is connected to four or five attacks but they do not think he is responsible for the rape of a drexel student at his apartment. there are no suspects in that case and police are urging people in university city to stay alert. fellow firefighters and friends will say good-bye to a philadelphia hero, various people are invited to pay their respects to joyce craig at bachelor broth

. >> i am live in west oak lane, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> chad, thank you. >> our coverage of this tragedy continues at 6abc.com, we'll update the story throughout the evening with the latest information and can you see video of this morning's procession and the news conference following the deadly fire. it's all there at 6abc.com. >>> we are following a soggy forecast that brought flooding rains to the insure. we are not out of the woods just yet and depending on where you live you could see snow before it's all over. we have team coverage tonight, and we'll begin with david henry in ocean city. we'll start with the latest from accuweather, meteorologist cecily tynan standing by. >> hello we are tracking a soaking start to our day on this tuesday. can you see on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, a lot of heavy moisture pushing to the east through areas in lancaster, lets go in tighter on stormtracker 6 live double scan street level, some rain from trenton to philadelphia even intolmington. now the nor'easter is just off the coast of central new jersey to the south of

"action news" reporter, chad pradelli is live outside of the school tonight, chad you have the full story county district attorney tells me the video is amateurish but shows two middle age students in what appears to be several and it could be a case of insist. >> it's awful and very, very scary, and kids that young shouldn't even be thinking about things like that today. >> a general sense of disgust from parents tonight after word of a sex tape investigation at roosevelt middle school. bristol officials say that several students were caught watching the video tuesday night. >> it's my understanding that the video is distributed to our students showing minors engaged in activities, they are inappropriate and in fact

chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> huge flames tore through a business and homes in philadelphia's logan section today. chopper 6 hd was over the intersection of 10th street and olney avenue, that is where the fire broke out at 1:00 this afternoon. the building houses homes on top. the firefighters are still trying to figure out how this fire started. >>> it is time now for a check of accuweather forecast and today was the day, you had to bundle up. >> it's cold out there, lets go outside to cecily tynan in for adam joseph. >> i am bundled up because i knew it would be cold and windy, a good amount of sflin but the temperature in philadelphia is only $40 degrees and sea isle city is 40 degrees. we have a brisk wind from the west northwest in philadelphia. 16 in allentown and wind gusts around the 25 miles per hour range so that means the feels like temperature, currently 31 in philadelphia, feels like 29 in trenton and allentown and wilmington. it feels like 26 degrees in lancaster and wilmington. we are only a few days from winter arriving and it will feel like i

chad pradelli is live with more on what happened after that. >> reporter: rick, steven was a colwyn copf gunning down a family until the morton cop returned fire and wounded him. >> investigators tell "action news" that former cop, steven res kowski had a gun, after he kicked the door in, and allegedly shot valerie morrow and then her 15-year-old daughter once in the arm, morrow's husband a part-time cop was awakened by the gun fire. >> tom morrow hears the commotion and gun fire and reached into his nightstand next to the bed and pulled out the revolver and started to return fire. >> when morrow ran out of bullets he jumped out of a second story window breaking his ankle. motive appears to be jealousy cording to investigators, morrow and reskowski were believed to be involved at one time and yesterday valerie morrow obtain aid protection of abuse order against him. it was served at the home he shared with his mother and brother. >> she feared for her life and her family's life. >> i knew him since he was a baby, he was born, i lived here for 50 years, i can't believe this. my heart is

. >> and detectives told chad pradelli that his two young girls are devastated and getting a lot of support from their school. krupp remains in jail according to court records we checked on $1 million bail set by a judge today. she's not posted that as of yet. >> reporting live in lower pottsgrove, annie mccormick for "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> all right. thank you any. >> police in kallen township have been talking to a possible suspect in a deadly hit and run. someone struck 19-year-old keasia gray. an aspiring nurse walked away from the dollar treat and she was hit on link open highway. they found a damaged honda pilot believed to be the striking vehicle. the investigation is ongoing. >> bb seigel is recovering in the hospital tonight from two gunshot wounds to the abdomen. the rapper was found outside in pleasantville outside his home. he just dropped off his kids at school and became unintended shooting victim. this is the second time he was shot by bullets. he was shot in the arm 2006 during a robbery attempt. >> family, friend and volunteers took to the straets, flyers in hand

vernon odom is live outside of energy 64 in long crest, but first chad pradelli is live at the scenethe blaze, you have the details on what happened there this morning. >> reporter: jim, joyce craig-lewis was one of the first firefighters here on scene and she went into the burning building behind me trying to save a life and ended up losing her own. looking from the outside it doesn't appear to be one of the most devastating fires but one of the most tragic in city history. downstairs they encountered heavy smoke and a superior pulled them back and then her brothers in line realized she was still in line. craig-lewis got on her radio and called for help. >> 928 begin evacuation. we are getting emergency evacuation, they say

chad pradelli is live in manayunk with the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: the crews were out here this morning and the weather hampered their attempts, but this is the main focus, this parking lot and this waterway, the police leading theory is that montgomery was here and somehow ended up in the water. >> members of the task force assigned to find shane montgomery returned to the banks of the schuylkill to retrace their steps and the focus of their search is the parking lot and river. montgomery was last seen on this surveillance cameras entering the lot a few minutes after leaving the kildare pub. >> there is nothing else to it, and nobody followed him, he walked into the parking lot and that is all we have. >> but never returned? >> never returned. >> officers and the marine unit scoured the banks and the water, and this time diver teams will be deployed. the detective work is more than just boots on the ground, police are awaiting cell phone and data records from montgomery, anything that might provide a clue of what happened and why. >> my heart goes out to the famil

. >> chad pradelli spoke with one of the people instrumental with tracking down one suspect in this case. hey chad. >> reporter: hey sharrie, here at septa headquarters is the operation center and there is an arsenal of computers and officers. and she used her head and hands to help catch alleged thieves, they were nabbed on the subway line there on 3rd street. this is 18-year-old raykwan jackson running from the terminal. one of his two alleged accomplices keeps a lookout and he just snatched a cell phone from a young woman but keeping a watchful eye was shakira jones a dispatcher from the septa center. >> we assumed he had on all black clothing until another video of him coming out of the roller gate.

they are taking place throughout the day and chad pradelli is live in center city where several hundredes, i found the youth of today is much more tolerant and open to discuss race here in america and today students here in the philadelphia school district, black, whites and hispanics gathered for a series of die-in protesters the most recent at the science leadership academy. students joined a collective group of students across the city to stage a die-in for what they say is an injustice in ferguson and new york city. >> hopefully people will see this, and do the same thing, hopefully it will spread all over and we hope that more people take heed into what happened and get justice. >> think that a lot of teenagers especially are open to the idea of talking about racial issues, these are photos from this morning at the die-in, there are a lot of different races and ethnicities, they were peaceful and quick and monitored by a small concontingent of police. >> it was nice to sit with my peers knowing they care so deeply about this. >> we have support from all different types of people an

i'm live in cherry hill, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> all right, important lesson and thank you chad. >>> we are heading into the last weekend to get some shopping done before christmas and everyone wants know if the weather will cooperate. >> meteorologist melissa magee in for adam joseph today. melissa more days like today would be more than welcome. >> brian and shirleen i think you're in for a treat as we head into the last weekend before the holiday were he have plenty of sunshine today but it was definitely on the cool side. we'll check out the numbers across much of the midatlantic region. philadelphia 41 degrees, so a seasonable chill overhead. it's 45 in richmond but 31 in pittsburgh and 28 degrees in buffalo. there is a bit of a wind chill to factor in. we have an exiting storm moving over the canadian maritime and high pressure to our west so you factor in that north-northwesterly wind it feels like 33 in the city, 23 in pittsburgh. current wind chill in buffalo of just 20 degrees. we'll talk about what we can expect if you're stepping out on the town on this frid

. >> "action news" reporter chad pradelli live at the scene of the fire in lower pottsgrove with detailslice made the arrest rather quickly. that's because they say this entire crime was caught on surveillance video. that's the home that caught fire. you can see it has heavy damage there in the front. well, they say detectives say that neighbor right there, the woman there, walked across that lawn then walked up to the porch and lit some christmas ornaments on fire. that lighter, according to detectives and the clothes she was wearing have been recovered by police. this is home video of limerick police detective ernie morris' home going up in flames. the porch is engulfed and investigators say neighbor donna krupp is a woman who intentionally set the house on fire and state police say it was all caught on surveillance video. >> longstanding grille lighters, lights a christmas ornaments on fire then flees the scene. >> reporter: state police say krupp believed detective morris was responsible for the ongoing incarceration of her son who has a his

in south philadelphia, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> police in delaware say a teenage arehis father with a cross bow because he was afraid of getting in trouble for skipping school. 17-year-old seth ramsey was arrested yesterday at his home in harrington. police were doing a wellness check after coworkers at dover air force base said they hadn't seen todd ramsey the father for days. that's when the 17-year-old told him he shot his father because he knew he would be mad if he caught him at home instead of at school on tuesday. 41-year-old todd was a civilian employee of the 436 is this civil engineers squadron. the teenager is being held without bail. >>> police say 55-year-old man -- 55-year-old man will soon face charges for attacking at least one woman in university city recently. the suspect was arrested after officers caught him dragging a 38-year-old grad student down a street near 41st and pine last evening. they believe he is the same man who groped two drexel students earlier that day and sexually assaulted and robbed a different student on monday. however, investi