dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> this morning some people are waking up without water after a water main break in the section of east falls. nearby shopping center was forced to shut down. the goes with a to get it back open by tomorrow em -- we'll keep you posted. >> a man was found murdered in wilmington shot several times in the basement of a home. it happened around 7:00. so far no arrests. >> police have not released the identity of a woman found dead in a wilmington park. we're not sure how she died. her body was discovered on a slide in candy park after 10:30 some of her clothing was around her ankles. detectives looked over what were called identification cards. the death is called suspicious. >> still to come on "action news," the results of sandra bland's autopsy are out. find out what they reveal and how her family is reacting. >> it's a typical day in terms of humidity and the temperatures are right on average. some changes coming over the weekend. i'll run that down for you with the shore and the city call for saturday and sunday that's coming up. >> new video flo

dann cuellar has the details of this arrest. from the get-go this case struck a nerve with people who were working on it. the synergy would approve toxic for james harris. there was conviction and passion in the voices of jasmine wright's neighbors on the arrest of james harris. >> jasmine wright will be dead forever, i'm glad he is off the street. >> you thought you were going to get away with it. he you're not getting out. i hope he never get out. >> 27-year-old wright was a recent masters grad who lived on a third floor apartment. harris was fired from his maintenance job last week he broke into her apartment 30 minutes before she arrived. >> she was on the cell phone with her mother at the time he attacked her. >> reporter: he was arrested for sexual assault and burglary of his father back in 1982. >> it's a hard pill to swallow. hopefully he'll spend the rest of his life in jail. >> reporter: homicide captain clark could not say enough about the people who worked so hard on the case. >> berk and worked around the clock. >>

and live at police special victims tonight is "action news" reporter dann cuellar. dann are police anywhere close to making an arrests. >> reporter: well, jim, police in fact have questioned several people in the savage attack. but so far no arrests. that being said, residents on the block are on edge. keeping an eye out for anything that might point to a suspect. >> we're on high alert doing everything we have to do to make sure this does not happen again. >> residents of north hutchen soin son alarmed by the vicious attack on the 5-year-old little girl keeping a close eye on her kids and looking for are leads that may kacht person responsible. >> this is something not accepted. it's not even accepted in prison nor on earth is this accepted. >> a photo sent to "action news" by the 5-year-old's family shows the extent of injuries she suffered. her mother, venica cop ipz kins and family friends recalled the moments they found the little girl laying in the we. d-filled yard. >> i thought she was dead. >> he was mott moving. >> and then they started to come to. >> it wa

and live at the scene is dann cuellar. what is the story there?> the residents have now been allowed to return to their apartments, after a little scare at 640 broad street a nine-story apartment building. an "action news" viewer sent us this footage showing flames and ambers coming from the roof. around 9:00 the smoke alarm and strobes went off after someone reported smoke from the air conditioning vents. and the firefighters responded to check out what was going on from the roof. more from residents. >> i was in my part and the alarm went off. >> we were sitting in the apartment and the alarm went off. it is usually a false alarm but i looked outside and the fire trucks were here. >> you grabbed your cats? >> yes, there are two cats in there. we have to kind of put them all in there. >> they are ok thank goodness huh? >> they are not happy, but hopefully we can go back in soon. >> they are back in and there was a mal function in the air conditioning equipment. and fortunately the good news no injuries. live in spring garden dann cuellar for chan

dann cuellar is live at police headquarters. dann are they getting closer?> yes jim they say they've been getting a lot of leads and they have a couple leads and a lot of tips and may very well be closing in on the person of interest. so far no arrests. they have also been talking to the victims' parents which could be crucial because one was talking to the vick timing on the phone around the tile of her killing. >> my understanding is that one of the parents was actually on the phone with the daughter eitherer at the time of the assault or right before the assault. that would be critical to find out what she heard or knows. >> friend of jasmine white are graduated over why someone would want tonight snuff out a promising young woman with a bright future she graduated with a pastors degree. she was ref eerd by friend and classmates. from physical evidence police say it appears her killer was filled with rage. >> she was beaten badly and ultimately strapingled that's cause of death. strangulation. so it would appear that was sort of person mall. >> what's cle

before 7:00 tonight in 700 block of colonial square drive where we find "action news" reporter dann cuellar and dann you have the latest details on that tonight. >> that's right brian firefighters remain on the scene colonial squi drive mean while as many as 14 residents and 11 adults and three children displaced from homes and looking for places to stay tonight. chop are hd over the scene after the fire broke. the fire quickly spread from 775 colonial square drive. residents were startled when firefighters banged on doors telling people to get out. >> they said get out there's a fire. flames were coming out of the original house. >> fire started to spread on my house and got worse and did damage to the roof i can imagine everything desgloyd it took 90 minutes to bring inferno under control. >> they had quite a battle out here. >> yes they did because of construction and amount of fire they had when they arrived on location. >> all four copied min yums were destroyed by the fire. >> kathy worries about the fate of her two cats oodles and nut ball. >> i don't care about anything but those tw

live at the prison is "action news" reporter dann cuellar. dann first the condition of the guard.l he survive? >> the guard will survive. as a matter of fact, leave it or not, he is already out of the hospital recuperating. here anticipates -- here's the latest. the guy in prison under $5 million bail because he was dangerous and officials say he proved just as dangerous even in prison. officials say the notorious matthew early in here for firing shots into a septa train stabbed a prison guard. tyree holmes making it is rounds in a unit housing violent criminals b2 pod 1. union officials say early approached the guard from behind stabbing him multiple times. >> stabbed 12 times in the back neck and head. >> how is he doing? >> right now he is in stable condition. he is responsive. >> the union president, lorenzo north says that holmes was stabbed with a shank recovered at the scene. the prison is on lockdown and all even visits canceled. >> we are dealing with some dangerous inmates. corrections officers do a dangerous job each and every day. >> in december of 2012 matthew early a

"action news" reporter dann cuellar now live at police headquarters and dann this one defies belief. >> yes, it does, brian and you know what from the gecko this struck a nerve a number of people working on it and struck a nerve with people in jasmine's wright's neighborhood that gave police all sort tips and it would prove toxic for james harris and arrest for burglary and rain and murder of drexel grad students. >> tonight there was conviction and passion in jasmine's wright's neighbors in con in arrest of james har sglis i'm glad he's off off street i'm glad. >> you thought you would get away with it but you didn't at all god prepared for you he got that ready for you. you're not getting out. he's not getting out. i hope he never get out. >> 27-year-old wright was a master's grad from drexel that lived in third floor apartment on 50th street. two weeks ago harris was fired from maintenance job in wright's apartment build egg and never surrendered keys to building own area last week he broke into her apartment 30 minutes before she arrived. >> she was on her cellphone talking to he

"action news" reporter dann cuellar was part of the opening scene 23 years going. and tonight, in upper darby he provides and extraordinary updates. >> "yo strikeings" is about a girl in swarthmore after reading a book on viking explorer eric dered she became obsessed with strikeings. yours truly did a report about emma and 7-year-old sister sarah stream by having their own bike viking ship. >> they decided to sell this one for 7500 or fwhurn old viking tradition and along came emma and sarah. >> long story short society donated bode to the girls hoping it would be used as educational tool for children. and judy wrote a best seller book about it called "yo strikeings "and inspired others to make a stage musical. >> did you ever think it would good tote this this? >> no, i thought writing andel straighting a vote and having it turn tie musical no dreams come true. >> by the way the musical features yours truly for his role and played by josh angel. >> josh, what makes you think you can play a wise guy reporter like myself. >> after practicing three weeks i've been t

dann cuellar "action news." >>> a fall claimed the life of a delaware county man tonight.he action cam on reservation road in drexel hill. a 52-year-old man cutting down a large tree in front of his yard. the ladder apparently gave way, sending him feet-first into the tree and several feet to the ground below. he was pronounced dead just before 10:00 p.m. at crozer-chester medical center. >>> a guilty verdict for a man prosecutors say was dragracing right before a crash that killed a mother and her three children. 23 year old khusen akhmedov convicted of third degree murder for the incident. the police say he was racing ahmen holloman on roosevelt boulevard when he hit the family as they crossed the street. holloman pleaded guilty last week. and akhmedov will be sentenced in october facing a maximum of 80 to 160 years in a state correctional institution. >>> police in new castle county delaware arrested a teenager for allegedly shooting a man in wilmington. police say the 15-year-old and the 27-year-old victim were acquaintances and had gotten into several verbal altercati

dann cuellar explains what has been a confusing process. >> reporter: last week septa placed 350,000il passes up for grabs on its web site s the agency did not expect the stampede it would create. people trying to get their hands on tickets made the site crash. >> a rail time e commerce site is not a viable solution. >> reporter: finding a way to celt passes without causing a stampede rush to get them was key in the creation of septa's plan b a lottery system. this moment this sunday night turns into monday you'll have 24 hours to submit your request for a one day regional rail pass for the weekend of september 26. that's when pope francis is scheduled to be in philadelphia. customers with winning entries will receive a congratulatory e-mail with details on had you to complete the transactions. >> everyone has the same chance of being selected no matter what time you make your entry. there's no need to set your alarm clock for midnight. >> reporter: some regional rail users hope this latest plan works. >> the plan if the system can hold it, septa says the system can hold it and every

dann cuellar has the details of his arrest. >> reporter: from the get-go it was clear this case struckorking on it. it was clear it struck a snerve snerve -- nerve with people in jasmine wright's neighborhood. the synergy would approve toxic for james harris. he was arrested for the rape and murder of the drexel student. there was conviction and passion in the voices of jasmine wright's neighbors on the arrest of james harris. >> his soul is going to be damned forever i'm glad he is off the streets. >> you thought you were going to get away with it. god had you prepared for you. he's not getting out. >> reporter: 27-year-old wright was a recent master grad who lived in a third floor apartment on 5 account street. harris was fired from the maintenance job in wright's apartment building. he never surrendered the keys. he broke into her apartment before she arrived. >> he was talking on her cell phone to her mother, at that time he attacked her. >> reporter: harris was arrested 31 times before that, he was arrested for sexle assault murder and -- sexual assault and burglaries and murder o

i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, dann. >>> this was the headache for septa commutersight. limbs ball on overhead wires after 7:00. fortunately nobody was hurt but all passengers aboard had to evacuate. rail service was cut off between woodborn and the west trenton station. had to use shuttle buses as a back up. >>> and the police chase winding from south jersey into south philadelphia, and back into new jersey and back once again into philadelphia. that's where it came to a dramatic conclusion. the suspect literally rolled over for police. authorities took robert ritter of blackwood, new jersey into custody without a fight. "action news" was there as he was brought from the hospital to the police station for questioning overnight. after all this investigators say it was a $10.50 worth of underwear that ritter stole allegedly from a brooklawn shoprite that set off this chain of events. oaklyn police would not comment on their policies of pursuit and whether it made sense to chase ritters 2:13 over this alleged crime. they said he has a long rap sheet. >>> and trying to

. >>> dann cuellar goes back to a delaware county school and takes a look how a dream turns into a reality. >> plus, high winds are to blame for a hot air balloon accident in the midwest this weekend. looking live through sky6 live hd at penns landing, you'll want to find water somewhere whether it's to drink or get into. it's a hot one, chris sowers has the details when we come back. in milwaukee a hot air balloon was not a match for heavy winds. handlers desperately tried to control the winds that was sweeping it away. one person was hurt and taken to the hospital for minor injuries. >> time for accuweather excessive heat warning today. >> reporter: you remember how bad february was would you rather have that or this? >> this. >> reporter: have you been out there yet? it's bad. >> have you had to shovel snow recently? >> reporter: you've got a good point there. these folks are not thinking about shoveling snow. they have a nice spot on the sand. they have their umbrella up and shading themselves from the sun. that's a perfect forge for folks in cape may. double scan live we're crystal cl

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the montgomery courthouse. what is the story there? >> the police have been vigorously looking for the two people said to be involved. with all of the money they allegedly stole they could be anywhere tonight. these are the two people being sought by montgomery county authorities. 33-year-old eric lamont martin and portia martin the co-owners of a heating and ventilation firm with an offers on pennsylvania ave. and they allege they were using the company as a front to apply for loans. >> the two individuals were able to apply for loans in their name through the business. have the loans paid into the company's bank account. from the company's bank account, the money was then moved into their personal account. >> one of the victims got a disturbing call from the fraud department of synrocony bank. >> we checked your records and it looks like fraud. >> and does it make you wonder how they got your information? >> i have no idea. i have no idea. >> somehow the two individuals obtained names and personal information of at least eight indivi

we're live here in center city i'm dann cuellar channel6 "action news." monica. >> all right, thank you, dan. >>> meantime from our delaware news room, police in new castle county are on the scene of a deadly crash involving a motorcycle. this one happened at the intersection of moore's lane and mid field road in new castle. police say the motorcycle hit the right back of a small sedan turning into the castle hills park land area. the motorcyclist was taken to the hospital but died there. two people in the car were not injured. >>> new jersey state police investigating two tractor-trailer accidents in gloucester county, one truck went over a guardrail near route 295 and route 628 in westville. another tractor-trailer was involved in a minor accident about a mile away. no reported injuries in either case. but traffic was tied up in the area as new jersey state police investigated both. >>> a $500 million development is taking shape now in center city philadelphia. east market will rise on an entire city block between market and chestnut from 11th to 12th.

live here outside of chaka fattah's office in winfield, pile pea dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> switching live to "action news" reporter walter perez at the federal building at 6th and market. walter, what is the political community saying about the indictment tonight? >> well jim, of course chaka fattah has been a power player for a long time. and many rose through the ranks with him and today they reacted not by discussing chaka fattah the politician, they talked about chaka fattah the man. mayor nutter has known chaka fattah for decades. he is concerned about the charges, he says the long-time congressman has been deeply committed to constituents and his family. >> it is sad to see anything go through this process, but especially someone i have known to work with for a long, long period of time. >> fattah served as years as a state representative and a state senator before winning his congressional seat in 1994. he ran for mayor in 2007. and it was the funding for that campaign that stands at the center much today's indictment. with that said, political an

dann cuellar has more on the suspect and how neighbors are reacting. >> reporter: from the get-go it was clear the case struck a nerve with the people working on it. and the people who gave police all sorts of tip. the synergy would approve toxic for james harris who was arrested for burglary and now the murder of jasmine wright. there was conviction and passion in the voices of her neighbors. >> his soul will be damned forever. i'm glad he is off the seat. >> you thought you were going to get away with it. god had it prepared for you. you are note getting out and i help you never get out. >> reporter: 27-year-old writhe was a recent drexel grad who lived on the third floor apartment. harris was fired from the maintenance job in wright's apartment building. last week he broke into her apartment 30 minutes before she arrived. >> she was on her cell phone who was talking to her mother, at that time he attacked her. >> reporter: harris had 31 prior arrests for sexual assaults, robberies and burglaries and the murder of his own father back in 1982. >> he is a monster and we're happy to g

. >> reporter: at police headquarters, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> from our delaware newsroom police made an arrest in a bizarre murder in wilmington. 29-year-old jamie murphy's body was discovered on a playground on south union street. police picked up her boyfriend gary perkins who abused her in the pass. >>> los angeles police shot and killed a man who fired into a busy shopping area. he fired seven shots into the the air and put the gun in a paper bag. officers worried he had a bomb attached to his body but no explosives were found. >>> we have details on the man who opened fire inside a louisiana movie theater killing two people and taking his own e own life. his wife and daughter filed court papers seeking a protective order against him. last year he while facing eviction he portland concrete down the drain and had the fuse box shut so nobody could use the house. >> i know what he did to the house, i didn't want him to hurt us. i felt better after the fbi came in. >> houser killed two women and injured 9 others. police say he tried to blend in with the crowd and escape,

here's a spot tomorrow across dann cuellar and eastern parts of montana. a jet stream way to the north, our friends in canada get more severe weather than we do in the states. 89 degrees with rain across parts of florida including orlando. that's a check on the national you'll, here's what's shaking locally. >> reporter: thanks rob we have nothing on storm tracker 6 live double scan. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, change today is an upstick in humidity. 89 is the high, a slight chance of a late thunderstorm. humid tomorrow and through a good portion of the workweek. cameras aren't on. >> sara >> this weather report brought to you by lyrica. thank you, lyrica. >> boston is having a tough summer after that horrible winter they had? >> they're not sweating so much up there. it's good. a positive spin. >> i guess so. >> they're being punished for that whole deflate thing. >> whatever key to the city you may have had, give it back. >>> coming up here it's lightning season, already this summer we have had few people hit. after the break, rob has s

dann cuellar light traffic volume with the latest. >> reporter: khusen hack meds dove was convicted followingjury trial that began last monday. considering the prison term he faces he could be a very old man before he ever sees freedom again. >> in these cases there really are no winners. samarra banks and her three sons are still dead. in july of 2013 authorities say 24-year-old khusen akhmedov was drag racing on the roosevelt boulevard against another driver 32-year-old ahmen holloman. he struck and killed 27-year-old samarra banks and her three sons ages four, 23 months and seven months. a five-year-old son survived. this is video of akhmedov's facebook page showing him drag racing and spinningying out in the same audi police say struck banks and her children and this is a souped up car driven by holman. authorities say akhmedov had a long history of reckless driving and related offenses. >> the most recent incident of reckless driving was a mere eight days prior to miss banks and her children meeting their deaths at his hands. >> reporter: his co-defendant holman pled guilty to lesser cha