and dann cuellar is live live ae art institute of philadelphia. dann.reporter:it was a standing room only crowd at the art institute to honor the member of laura. it was clear that the pain of her loss was shared by many at the institute. [♪ singing ] it was >>> tuesday night the big story on "action news" tonight is the surveillance video that has shaken the world of professional football and brought domestic violence in the forefront of the conversation. ray rice was punching his then fianceÉ janay palmer in the face. roger goodale revealed he knew there was a tape inside of the elevator. he or anybody else was not allowed to see it. he has taken flack after he suspended him for just two games after he dragged his unconscious fianceÉ out the elevator. they called for a re-evaluation to allow rice to enroll in a pre-trial intervention program that allowed him to avoid criminal prosecution. rice's wife janay blamed the media for their troubles making the couple "relive a moment in our lives that we regret every day is a horrible thing." why is rice's vi

and dann cuellar is live at the art institute of philadelphia. dann.reporter:it was a standing room only crowd at the art institute to honor the member of laura. it was clear that the pain of her loss was shared by many at the institute. [♪ singing ] it was a night of the remembrance for a 23-year-old grad student, laura. >> i wish we were doing laura's wedding instead of the memorial. they spared no expensive of beautiful white roses and candles everywhere. >> they were generous in the heartfelt word was tribute. >> leadership and integrity to those around her, she wanted to show people that they had the same potential for strength, leadership and integrity. that i ever had. she will be in our hearts. >>reporter:laura was murdered in july. her bode was found stuffed into a duffel bag. they charged jeremiah jackson. she lived there for a week. she was about to move because she felt uncomfort. heuncomfortable. dave roberts, retired from action news red read a proclam. to hear the classrooms and faculty tell it laura had a promising future ahead of her.

dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >>> nato committed itself to fighting the islamic state.sident obama found agreement among ten key allies today meeting at the nato summit in wales that isis is a threat to countries taken will combine a strategy of attacking isis financial resources and hitting them militarily. obama reiterated u.s. ground forces will not be needed to accomplish the goal. pentagon colonoscopy firms a u.s. air strike killed leader of somalia al qaeda linked terrorist group al shabad. it took confirmation to make sure he did not make the strike. >> after five months of fighting guns fell silent 11:00 in the morning our time. ukraine, rush qua and russian-backed separatetists signed a sees fire agreement. u.s. is skeptical that they will cease to violet sovereign un tixt further tests need to be performed to determine the exact cause of death of joan rivers. she had a heart attack thursday while undergoing a diagnostic endoscopy at a manhattan doctor's office. rivers was taken to the hospital on life support. he never he woke up. her initial autopsy did not r

"action news" reporter, dann cuellar has the details. >> we can't do this without you. >> reporter: afterpraying at the very spot where 15-year-old aisha abdur-rahman died so tragically in front of the einstein medical center a group of friend of the family marched. >> the group was mindful a second young man quadire gibson direct a number of people to shoot in front of einstein when aisha abdur-rahman was killed and 19-year-old critically wounded. >> our children are killing one another. the morals are gone. they have no hope, they have no morality. >> reporter: at father judge the football team practiced without him. the arch die seals said while they can not comment on a situation of this nature involving a minor, the entire school community is praying for those affected by the tragedy. those who gathered came on behalf of the family members who were too heart broken to attend. >> mainly for the family to encourage them to buffer them in this time of crisis. >> our hearts go out to all those in the philadelphia area who have lost young people. >> reporter: dann cuellar channel 6 "actio

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at southwest detective head quardzen and dann you have the details. >> that's right, jim, police and postal inspendtors are on the manhunt for the person responsible and it's a federal crime. police say it's clear the postal worker was being targeted when shot twice. other shots missed her. by someone with a bb gun. >> the 28-year-old postal worker left of the hospital after being treated. she was limping after being shot in the knee and back by someone with a bb gun. >> she has an abrasion deep if her left knee. >> it was before 3:00 this afternoon the postal worker was delivering mail in 6200 block of christian. >> towards the house, towards the door when she feels the first strike to her back and reactionary turns quickly and that's when she feels the second one that's when she begins to panic, yell and scream. >> shot to her back struck the strap of leather mail back which prevented it from striking her kin. three other shots hit the side of this prick row home. no mail was taken and it's unknown why she was shot. >> i want to walk open d

on the parkway, dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> it has been the day that thousands of employees in atlantic city were dreading. showboat casino shut its doors for good today first of three closings that will, without question, deliver a tough blow to the shore towns already struggling economy. "action news" reporter sharee williams has the story from atlantic city tonight. >> for the first time there's something different about the atlantic city boardwalk in 27 years. say take a look yourself. you can see where it's lit up all the way down. when you take a look, little closer, you can see where the lights have fallen dark on the show boat. hotel guests were told to be out of the hotel and casino by 4:00 today and also out are thousands of employees. >> it's a shame. >> down on its luck the showboat casino closed doors for good today. >> it's terrible it is the industry is saturated it's fist of three casinos shutting down in atlantic city over a 3-week span. >> i've been cominging here 30 years i'm very upset. >> regulars karen and mickey pamasano came from florida to say farewe

"action news" reporter dann cuellar spoke with some of her fans in philadelphia tonight. dan there was a complex woman behind the well known comic. >> joan rivers once said if there's a secret to being a comedians is loving what do you. she said this after suffering a number of setbacks in her career and personal life. >> for nearly 50 years joan rivers entertained the world with glount comedy and no one was off limits. >> that dress has more creases than my face before botox. >> she talked openly about numerous plastic surgeries, new york accent and raspy voice became trademarks fol a break on the today show in 1965. at the time carson said god you're funny and her career took off. >> right then and there changed my life. >> after named carson's permanent guest host 83 to 86 she decided to host a show on another network and carson never for gave her. >> i called him and he hung up on me. never, never, spoke to me again. >> after her show was cancelled rivers worked har to rebuild her career. this even after her husband who produced the show committed suicide at the four

. >> "action news" reporter, dann cuellar is live in the satellite center tonight. dann, you talked to a couple experts tonight who are very familiar with the the counter terrorism business, and what were they saying about all of this. >> reporter: jim, what they are saying is with the 13th anniversary of 9/11 a week away and with everything that is going on as it is right now, the the u.s. intelligence community should be on high alert. >> when you look at the the national threat advisory system, we're probably in between what is called elevated and imminent. >> reporter: professor jeffery tomlinson of desales university is former supervisor of the fbi joint terrorism task force in philadelphia he said with is is showing ruthlessness in the mass killings of people in syria and iraq and kidnapping and bee readings of two american journalist he said there should be no mistake the threat the terror group poses. >> my concern with isis is their flex ability, adopt ability and their built to move. >> reporter: tomlinson says in the world of u.s. intelligence they have to

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is following this latest development and dap you've got the details. >> reporter: that's right, jim, and you know for football fans these new revelations by espn add a whole new chapter to unseemly saga for some they want the nfl commissioner fired and gone and others say let's not jump the gun. >> if he did know he should resign you. >> think so. >> most definitely. >> football fans watching the game react together latest developments according to espn four sources now say that contrary to what nfl commissioner roger gadell said yesterday he has known since june what happened in the elevator and on june 16 ray rice told nfl commissioner he had punched his wife and knocked her unconscious inside a revel casino elevator yesterday, gadell said in television interview when he met with rice it was ambiguous as to what happened and it was not until he saw the video on monday he knew precisely what happened and four sources tell espn it was made clear to the commissioner exactly what happened and that rice said he was sorry and would never do it again. and

"action news" reporter dann cuellar has the story. >> reporter: residents tonight were getting one lastlook at the 16-story building they say they're ready to see the eye sore go and demolition experts say they're ready as well and they say all systems are for tomorrow morning's demolition. >> the highrise has been gutted and explosives set in place and if all goes as planned demolition should look like immotion of mantua hall in 2008. >> 7:15 a.m. tomorrow morning we plan to push that plunger calvin jeremiah plans to push the plunger and have that immotion take place. >> reporter: the building was vacant two years as housing authority worked with residents open a demolition plan. residents in a one block area of the structure in 300 block of west queen lane will be evacuated to comfort zone 4 p.m. and second zone with a two block radius is called the dust zone. >> we're asking the folks that live in that area to stay in their homes or stay in their apartments and keep the windows and doors closed and until we give all clear sign. >> the demolition will make way for construction of 55 n

>> "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live in philadelphia tonight with the latest, dann. >> well, rick, police are still on the scene here at the corner north broad and park processing the crime scene. they have been collecting some bullet casings that fell on the sidewalk here from the shooting. this happened right across the street from kip charter school. the cool with 360 kids, grades 5 through 8 and this second shooting that broke out here today police say this one broke out shortly before 3:00 as kids were in the playground. kids hit the ground and stayed there until police arrived and took them back inside the school building. a number of park vehicles were hit by bullets and police could find no victims. they think this could be tied to another shooting here this morning where a man was killed. kids were not ayoued to get off buses until police gave the all clear. police believe this may all stem from some sort of drug war going on here in the neighborhood. heres more from some of the residents. >> it's been terrible i mean i'm scared to walk to the store. that's how bad

live at montgomery county courthouse as "action news" reporter dann cuellar. for a point today tension in the courtroom must have been unbearable. >> yes was, jim, wrouingt with raw emotion parents of the dead baby testifying about the last time they saw their child and her grandmother alive. and then being cross scamened by their accused killer. >> it was difficult. they're being cross-examined by the person that murdered their mother and daughter. >> 28-year-old yandamuri who tells jurors he's a scapegoat is accuse vd of killing a grants mother and baby in king of prussia. he recounted shock of finding his mother on the floor and frantic search for his baby yandamari left behind a ran some note. he describes killing grandmother and sufficienting rag in the baby's mouth, wrapping her head in a towel and logginging her in a suitcase. today both baby's parents refused to look at the guy as they cross-examined him ten feet away. he sended testimony saying no one should experience this it should not happen to anyone. his wife at one point cried out, god bless my

and "action news" reporter dann cuellar has that story. >> from the good size crowd at st. paul baptist church it was evident issue of bb guns sold was a major concern especially when they look ha like this one. >> the guns they are selling look like the real guns. >> it was back september 1 we aired video that had gone viral on social media in which kids with bb guns purchased them at a point breeze corner store. >> the store in question stopped selling guns after story aired and residents say other stores continue to sell to kids which is against city ordinance. >> if we sold -- >> the problem with ordinance it only calls for small fine to any store owner selling to minors and nobody is checking to make sure stores are aware of the evidence. >> we should not be selling these types of doyz for young people trying to train them in how to handle a gun at such a young age. >> they fear a kid will pull it on a police officer and officer shoots him thinking it was a real gun. >> it's not a south philadelphia problem or philadelphia problem this is atlantic city problem, new jer

and "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live from the on the light center tonight with 9/11 nearing, no one is taking threat posed biasis lightly. >> reporter: that is right with the 13th anniversary of 9/111 week away one terrorism expert tells with us all that is going on, the the intelligence community should be on high alert. >> when you look at the the national, threat advisory system, there are probably in between what is called, elevated, imminent. >> reporter: professor tomlin at desales university is former supervisor of the fbi's joint terrorism task force in philadelphia he says with isis showing ruthlessness in the mass killings of syria and iraq and kidnapping and beheadings of two american journalist he said there should be no mistake that the threat the terror group poses. >> my concern with isis is their flexibility, adapt built and a bill to move. >> reporter: in the world of u.s. intelligence they have to work with the assumption that isis is already here and then try to prove or disprove that. his biggest concern is isis is getting help from american citizens, mak

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"action news" reporter dann cuellar has the story. >> reporter: a large crowd gathered outside point safe supermarket in point breeze and le tone use, they allege the merchandise had been selling bee bee guns to minors which ace begins city ordinances. >> we don't want a child to come out here and have an incident with our police because they thought it was a real gun. >> reporter: protesters pointed to this video that went viral on social media in which kids with bee bee guns said they had purchased them at that store. >> where did you get that from. >> on the corner. >> seriously. >> yes. >> the stories still continuing to sell the bee bee guns, even after several community organizers went to him. and we felt that was disrespect to the community. >> it is disgusting. i mean you have a business selling bee bee guns to children and some of those children could be mistaken as using a real gun, and possibly be murdered. >> reporter: residents say almost daily they have to sweep up bee-bee gun pellets the scattered across streets and sidewalks being shot by minors way below the age of 2

dann cuellar is live in the satellite center tonight and dap we talked about her death. tell bus her life. >> well, jim, joan rivers once said if theres with a seek trot being a comedian it's loving what you do. she said this after suffering a number of setbacks in her career and personal life. >> can we talk? >> for nearly 50 years joan rivers entertained world with glount comedy and no one was off limits. >> that dress has more creases than my face did before botox. >> rivers talked openly about numerous plastic surgeries and her new york accept and raspy voice became trademarks after her first big break in 1965 on the johnny carson show. at the time he said god you're funny and her career took off. am being a permanent guest host 1983 to 1986 she hosted her own late night show and carson never for gave her. >> i called johnny and said johnny -- he hung up on me and said never, never, never spoke to me again. >> after her show was cancelled rivers wourkd hard to rebuild her career. this even after her husband who produced the show committed suicide at the four seasons

at northeast detectives, i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >>> good samaritans jumped out of their car and ran to help a victim in this crash on i-95 tonight just before the vehicle burst into flames. delaware state police identified the driver as 26 year-old matthew brown, of newark, they say he was driving on the left hand shoulder of the highway to speed around traffic, when he crashed into the back of a broken down van. this southbound side in newport had to be shut down after 6:00 o'clock. brownies in the hospital, but the the van's driver was treated and released. troopers say charges are expected. >>> tonight philadelphia police are on the look out for a man with a bag full of stolen gold. "action news" reporter chad pradelli spoke exclusively with the victim and has the full story. >> reporter: cohen's passenger window is smash out, side of the vehicle covered in fingerprint dust. after a thief broke into the suv and stole a bag, containing a $140,000 in gold. cohen says that the the heist happened in just a few minutes, after he walked into this gold business to p

"action news" reporter dann cuellar has her exclusive story. >> i went to play my lottery at shop riteke do i every morning. >> reporter: amarillo gonzales says she was on her wheelchair on her way back from the shop rite at island and lindberg. she said a young man jumps off his bike and runs toward her. >> she said give me all of your money. i said i don't have any money. give me all your money, everything you have, or you will die. >> reporter: victim who has suffered with ms for 34 years said she was struggling with the man for her handbag when the attacker pulled a knife and stabbed her in the right shoulder. >> all there was, dann, $80. but i had my license and credit cards in there. >> reporter: for $80. >> for $80. it hurts. i'm going through pain right now. >> reporter: this assailant its same one who stabbed and robbed a six three-year old man monday at 5:00 in the afternoon. >> we're concerned in this area we have a strong residential population and a big commercial district here, and this individual is clearly out there on a bike and we are asking for public's help in tryin

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live in center city tonight. dann, an emotional night there. >> reporter: it was a standing room crowd at art institute of philadelphia to honor the memory of laura air joe and it is clear the pain was shared by many at the institute. >> ♪ candle in the wind >> reporter: it was a night of remembrance for 23 year-old grad student, laura. >> it is hard breaking. i wish we were doing laura's wedding instead of this memorial. >> reporter: it seems students and faculty spared in expense with white roses and candles every where. >> the kids actually made cup cakes and homemade pastries to raise money to buy beautiful flowers. >> reporter: they were very generous in their heartfelt words of tribute. >> lauer ace a designing example of friendship and she showed people the way has the same potential, for strength, leadership and integrity. >> she will always be in our hearts. >> reporter: laura, was murdered in july, her body found stuffed in a duffle bag in kensington. police would later charge a neighbor in mantua jeremi

dann cuellar has the details. >> we need your direction. >> yes father. >> we can't do this without you reporter: after praying at the very spot where aisha abdur-rahman died so tragically of all places in front of einstein medical center. a group of leaders and friends of the family march to delaware valley charter where she went to school. >> we want to see the violence stop. >> reporter: the group was mindful that just a few hours earlier a second young man 15-year-old a star running back from father judge high was arrested. he directed the 19-year-old darian person to shoot a number of people who gathered at broad and olney and later in front of einstein that was supposed to be a fight that's when aisha abdur-rahman was killed and 19-year-old critically wounded. >> our children have got to stop killing one another. the morals are gone. we have no hope, we have no morality. >> reporter: at father judge his football teammates practiced without him. the afternoon die seals said while -- archdiocese said while they can not comment on the issue involving a minor they are praying for thos

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is following the story live from southwest detectives, dann. >> shirleen, police and postal inspectors are on the manhunt for the person responsible. it's a federal crime. police say it's clear the postal worker was targeted when shot at least twice. there were other shots fired that missed her by someone with a bb gun. the 28-year-old postal worker let the hospital of the university of pennsylvania this evening of being treated he was limping a bit after shot in the knee and back by someone with a bb gun. >> she's got operation deep bruising to left knee. >> it was just before 3:00 this afternoon the postal worker was delivering mail in 6200 block of christian street. >> she is walking up towards the house towards the door when she feels a strike to her back and reactionary she turns quickly and that's when she feels the second one when she begins to panic, yell and scream. >> shot this her back shot the strap of the mail bag which prevented hitting her skin. police say no mail was taken and it's unknown why she was hot shot. >> we're going to knock on do

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at children's hospital with more and what parents need to know tonight, hi dann. >> reporter: how are you doing, brian. four patients that were treated here of been released. they are okay according to there is here. now officials say while this is first cluster of entero68 confirmed in pennsylvania this is not the first time we have seen it this year. >> this virus circulates, has circulated, we know at least several times in the past. >> reporter: we have seen it before. >> we have. >> reporter: doctor susan kaufman professor of pediatric infectious diseases say evd68 is type of virus found in infants, children's and teens this time of the year. it has garnered so much attention because of the incredible surge in patients in the midwest. so far centers for disease control say the virus has been confirmed across 12 states, as many as 130 cases have been reported so far but doctor kaufman says while we have more confirmed cases here, doctors have not seen a similar surge in patients as in the midwest. >> our respiratory, viral activity has b

live here in upper darby, dann cuellar for "action news" at ten on phl17. >> dann, thanks very much. >>> penn state is closer to being sanction free, a lot sooner than the school expect. the football team will be able to go to bowl games this season and next season all of its 85 scholarships will be restored. ncaa made that ruling today. change comes halfway through a four year post season ban, handedded down in the wake of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. penn state's current head coach james franklin had response on twit tore day saying quote our family is excited about the opportunities announce today, team focus is on working on one day, one practice, one play at a time. >>> new jersey governor chris christie issued a directive today allowing the state's casinos and race tracks to begin offering, sports betting. the the movies expected to be challenged wye professional sports leagues. directive comes as governor convened a sum to it day in plotting a path forward for atlantic city. three casinos have already shut down there this year, a fourth will close next week. governor

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is more from police headquarters live tonight, dann, you've got the latest. >> reporter: that is right, brian. witnesses continue to be questioned here, at police headquarters but so far, no arrests. police are still working to unravel the details of what led to a police say is the shooting of have two innocent bystanders, killing one, critically wounding another. the entrance to einstein medical center was a crime scene late today sealed with yellow crime scene tape. police say this began at 4:15 when a fight broke out the in the group of 50 to hundred teenagers and young adults. they were standing outside, the septa transportation center at broad and olney. >> a large crowd of juveniles and young adults were rowdy. they were unrulely. that was the radio call. they were walking south from broad an olney right towards einstein hospital. that is when shots rang out. >> reporter: tragically a 15 year-old girl, delaware will valley charter school student, walking with a friend and in the in the group was struck in the back by a bullet. police immediately

and "action news" reporter dann cuellar is following the big story live tonight, dann. >> sure line, in the american jushl system alleged kill rerz allowed to represent himself. it fit the same for emotional first day of trial. first parents of dead man testified -- the dead baby testifying about the last day they saw their child and grandmother alive and then being cross examined by their alleged killer. >> it was difficult. they're being cross-examined by the person that murdered their mother and daughter. >> 28-year-old randumari who tell jurors he's a escapegoat is accused of killing a woman and her granddaughter two years ago. vincana lost his mother and daughter that day. he discovered his mother on the floor and the frantic search for his daughter. he left behind a ran some note demanding $50,000. police videotaped the confession where he said he killed the grandmother and wrapped -- and wrapping her in a suitcase. today both the baby's parents refused to look at the guy as he cross-examined them sitting ten feet away and canavina said he ended his testimony saying no one shou

on the parkway, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> and it was a day of tough goodbyes on the atlanticoardwalk. the first of three casinos has cashed in its chips. the showboat closed after 27 careers of business. employees snapped pictures with many friends they made on the job. the closures places 2,000 worker also under the ranks of the unemployed. five hundred have found work within the caesars bairmt network. >> -- entertainment network. >> this is my best years here. >>> today revel casino will begin to wind down operations, doors shut tomorrow, trump plaza closes september 16. >> the coast guard and new jersey state police rescued 6 people from a sinking ship off sea girt monmouth county. the boaters were standing in two feet of water when they were pulled into rescue boats. their disabled vessel was towed to a marina nobody was hurt. >> beach will -- people will ha beach day. >> reporter: it's a tough one, because we'll have storms, so you have to keep an eye on your app on the phone. as we look outside we have drizzle and you can see a shower to the south and southwest. if you

"action news" reporter, dann cuellar has the details. >> reporter: the 28-year-old postal worker left the hospital of the university of pennsylvania after being treated. she was limping a bit after being shot in the knee and back by someone with a bb gun. >> she as aabrasion and deep bruising to her left knee. >> reporter: police say the postal worker was delivering mail on christian. >> she walked up to the door when she felt a strike to her back. she turn and that's when she feels the second one and that's when she begins to panic. >> reporter: the shot to her back struck the leather mail bag which prevented the bb from strike striking her skin. police say no mail was taken and it is unknown why she was shot. >> we're going to knock on doors to his if there were any issues with anybody could be kids playing around. >> reporter: this evening the postal work delivered the mail under the watchful eye of an armed postal officer. bb guns have been a concern to residents in south and southwest philadelphia because they look like real weapons. councilman johnson said this issue shows it ha

dann cuellar has the details. >> we need nor -- your direction. we can't do this without you. >> reporter: after playing at the spot where aisha abdur-rahman died so tragically in front of einstein medical center. a group of friends of the family marched. >> we want to see that the violence stops. we want our children lord god to be able to live. >> reporter: the group was mindful that a second young man, a star running back had been arrested charged with inis it a gating the shooting. he -- instigating the shooting, he directed the shooting. that's when aisha abdur-rahman was killed and 19-year-old critically wounded. >> the morals are gone. we have no hope, we have no morality. >> reporter: at father judge gibson's football teammates practiced without him. the afternoon archdiocese issuea statement saying while they cannot comment on an incident involving a minor they are praying for those affected by the tragedy. meanwhile, those gathered for the vigil said they came on behalf of the family members who were too heart broken to attend. >> mainly

"action news" reporter dann cuellar explains why this means more job losses. >> reporter: even before the shut down of the four atlantic city casinos and prospect of losing another the taj mahal in november atlantic city was already in dire straits losing billions from the down turn in the casino business so mayor don guardian says it is no surprise that the city will to have cut 300 jobs. at first they thought it could be done in the year 2017 but now. >> i need to ramp that up. we need to do it by june of next year. >> today city sent a letter to all city workers telling them that the city will file a layoff plan with the state october 1st. state then has 30 days to approve. mayor says they are looking at everything. >> are we providing services that the county of atlantic or state of new jersey already provided? the answer is yes. i think that is whole department that is we will be cutting out. >> reporter: like what? >> i don't think i'm comfortable discuss ago this right now. >> reporter: mayor ace begins eliminating the atlantic city police department in favor of the county run

"action news" reporter, dann cuellar has the detail. >> reporter: the 28-year-old postal worker left the hospital after being treated. she was limping after being shot in the knee and back by someone with a bb gun. she has an aabrasion deep bruising to her left knee. the postal work was delivering mail. >> she was walking toward the door when she felt the first strike to her back. she turned and that's when she feels the second one and that's when she feels the second one and starts to scream. >> reporter: the bb struck the leather sphrap of her mail bag. no mail was taken and it is unknown why she was shot. >> we're going to knock organ doors recently with anybody. >> reporter: another postal worker delivered the mail on the block under a watchful eye of an armed postal police officer. bb guns are of major concern to residents in south and southwest philadelphia because they look like real weapons. councilman johnson said this incident shows the problem has no borders. more suburbing -- disturbing. some unscrupulous merchants are selling these to kids under the age of 18. >> it show

dann cuellar is live now with the details. >> reporter: hey guys, with a 9-year-old being treated forries, northeast detectives are trying to get information on the car. at the end of the first day of school, a 9-year-old was walking out of the tacony branch library with his mother and was crossing torresdale and a man in a car flew by and started firing at a person on the block and one bullet struck the child on the left side of his head. fortunately it was just a graze wound. one man rushed to the mother to attend the child before the police arrived. >> he was all excited and i concalm him down. please sir, don't let me die. >> he was literally out here at the library crossing the street and probably going home. you heard pow pow he just got shot. this city is coming to a complete end, we have to stop this nonsense. >> the child was rushed to childrens hospital where he is reported to be in stable condition and detectives have

dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> philadelphia police are looking for a woman who helped herselfmoney from this donation box. this surveillance video shows her taking the donation box mayfair. it happened at crystal vision. not only is the money missing, but the sch may have had a child with her. employees couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> she took the box and put it in her book bag, she asks for the key to the bathroom and empties the box and gardz -- discards the box in the bathroom. >> the store thinks there may have been a few hundred dollars inside the box, the use of the donations is summer camp and thanksgiving baskets and gifts for the elderly at christmas. >>> 6 million people in sierra leone are being confined to there home because of the ebolaout break. thousands are searching for people sick with the disease who may be hiding. 2600 people have died over the past 9 months. 500 have been in sierra leone. this is the biggest ebola outbreak on record. >>> france has joined the fight against isis. two french war planes fired laser-guided bombs outside mosul. dozen

"action news" reporter dann cuellar live in the details open this tonight. dann. >> brian, after hearing a second person was arrested a group came to pray for rockman and her family. they were asking for healing and for leadership, to stem the tide of violence monday the city's youth. >> we need your direction. >> yes, father. >> we can't do this without you. >> yes, lord. >> after praying where rockman died so traumatically of all places in front ever einstein medical center a group of religious leaders and friends of the family marched to delaware charter where she went to school. >> we want to see the violence stop. our child, lord god, we want to be able to live. >> the group was mindful a few hours early second many star running back at father judge high was arrested charged with instigating the shooting. police say he directed 19-year-old darian person to shoot a number of people that gathererred broad and olney and later einstein for what was supposed to be a fight. that is when iesha was killed and 19-year-old injured. >> our children are killing one

dann cuellar is live in university city with the story. dann? >>reporter:jim, the good news that the four patients that have been treated are released. this is not the first time we have seen it here. >> this is a virus that circulates, had circulated we know several times in the past. >> so we have seen it before? >> yes, we have. >>reporter:dr. susan kaufman says that it is a type of virus found in infants children and teenagers this time of year. it garnered so much attention in the news because of the resurging of patients in midwest. there are 130 cases that were reported so far. we have four confirmed cases here. doctors have not seem a similar surge in patients as in the midwest. >> the respiratory and viral activity has been the same as it has been in past fall seasons. and so the proportion of tests that are positive for the respiratory viruses is the same as it was in the past seasons. >>reporter:the symptoms are like that of a common cold. they have difficulty breathing if they attract the virus. >> hand-washing, and throw away dirty

we are live from southwest philadelphia, i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news" at ten on phl17. >> all right dann, thank you very much. >> now to the forecast. if you like warm weather, you will like tomorrow. >> you better enjoy it while it lasts. meteorologist adam joseph is live at the big board. >> so, calendar says that we're still in summer but, in a meteorology world, meteorological fall, it the began september 1st. so technically in the weather world, we've already hit fall and it will feel like that through much of the seven day. in fact high today 82 degrees which is a couple degrees above the normal of 8o your record high 97. today's low 68 degrees. the numbers are right on either side of 07 degrees right now with the exception of millville and pine barons a clearer sky dropping that temperature. last hour to 65 degrees. the satellite and radar we've got southerly winds that will be pumping in tomorrow and out of the southwest ahead of the cold front. you can see to the north and west. a few light showers and central parts of pennsylvania holding together. maybe give

but as "action news" reporter dann cuellar reports the atlantic county prosecutor has done an about face and dann, the woman says ray rice case played a role in this. >> reporter: that is right, shirleen, the the prosecutor consulted with the attorney general's office, to clarify the law on allowing first time offenders to enter a no jail time program. now the prosecutor says it will no longer seek jail for a south philadelphia matter of two for merely carrying her gun across the bridge into new jersey. her legally owned gun. >> mommy is not going to jail. >> yeah, wow. >> reporter: reaction after 27 year-old shanein allen broke the news to her kids that she went go to jail after all for bringing her legally own gun into new jersey. she will now aloud to enter a pretrial intervention program. >> i don't to have wonder what is going to happen to them, now i know they will within me. >> reporter: after being robbed twice allen got a gun with a run to carry but she was later arrested in hamilton township new jersey after telling state trooper she had a gun and a concealed carry permit issue

in germantown, dann cuellar, "action news" at 10 on phl17. >>> guilty on all counts. that was verdict handed down today by the jury in a case against christina regusters it took the panel 6 hours to reach the conclusion that 1-year-old did abduct and sexually assault a 5-year-old girl. and sharee williams live tonight outside the courthouse in center city and sharee here comes the sentencing phase. >>> you're right about that, brian, penalty phase is set for december and in court today, regusters trembled each time she heard the word guilty. prosecutors could not have done this was the brave help of 7-year-old now survivor and a key piece of evidence talking bird named marty. >> it took six hours for a jury to convict former day a care worker christina regusters this was here a then 19-year-old who wore a muslim disguise to game access to a kindergarten class at bryant elementary. january, 2013 regusters took the young girl to a nearby house sexually assaulting her during a 19 hour ordeal keeping the girl naked under a bed. detectives say she tried to fool the 5-year-

dann cuellar has their story. >>reporter:with the philadelphia police combing the crime scene from lehigh valley. there is 350 students grade 5 to eight. they rushed to the charter after word of the shooting. he was at th at playground. he had to hit the ground. >> it's ridiculous. things are happening like this in the middle of the day. >>reporter:the van parked in the middle of the school shows how violent things got. a bullet let a big hole on the side of the van before it struck the driver's seat. fortunate, there was no one inside of the van. >>reporter:earlier today there was another shooting across the street. they are not able to locate a victim. they believe it's part of a drug war that has been going on for the past few weeks. >> this is from the wild, wild west. the car drove by. >> patricia hodge beared witness to some violence. >> it's terrible. i am scared to walk to the store. that is how bad. there are shootings night and day. >> one after another. it doesn't seem like it's going to stop. >>reporte